Star Micronics SP300 TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. CONTROL PANEL ..............................................................................1
1-1. Basic Operation............................................................................ 1
1-2. Switch Operation (Combined Switch Operation)........................ 2
2. SERIAL INTERFACE ..........................................................................7
2-1. Interface Specifications................................................................ 7
2-2. Interface Circuit ...........................................................................8
2-2-1. RS-232C Serial Interface ..................................................8
2-2-2. Current Loop (option) .......................................................8
2-2-3. RS-422A Serial Interface (option) ....................................9
2-3. Connectors and Signals.............................................................. 10
2-4. Interface Connections.................................................................12
2-5. Installing the Optional Interface Board...................................... 13
2-6. Data Structure.............................................................................14
2-6-1. DTR mode .......................................................................14
2-6-2. X-ON/X-OFF mode ........................................................16
2-6-3. STX-ETX mode .............................................................19
3. PARALLEL INTERFACE.................................................................. 22
3-1. Interface Specifications.............................................................. 22
3-2. Interface Timing......................................................................... 22
3-3. Connectors and Signals.............................................................. 24
4. Emergency Suspension........................................................................ 25
5. VALIDATION PRINTING (Models with validation function only) .26
5-1. Operating Method ......................................................................26
5-2. Printing Format ..........................................................................27
5-3. Data format.................................................................................27
5-4. Other........................................................................................... 27
6. AUTO CUTTER (Auto-cutting models only)..................................... 28
6-1. Cutting Method ..........................................................................28
6-2. Cutting position.......................................................................... 28
6-3. Auto cutting control codes......................................................... 28
6-4. Other position to be observed ....................................................28