Chapter 7.Specification

Printing method

Thermal line printing

 

 

 

Dot density

203 dpi

203 dpi ( 8

8 dots/mm)

 

Printing width

72 mm {2.83"}, 576 dot positions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Characters per line

48 (default) or 72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Character size

1.25

3.00 mm

 

 

 

Number of characters

Alphanumeric characters: 95

 

 

 

Print speed

Approx. 150 mm/s {5.9"/s} max.; 47.2 lps, max.

 

(3.18 mm {1/8"} feed); 35.5lps, max. (4.23 mm

 

{1/6"} feed, at 24 V, 28 {82

}, density level 1).

 

Speed is adjusted automatically depending on the

 

voltage applied andhead temperature.

 

 

 

 

 

Paper feed speed

Approx. 180 mm/s

 

 

 

 

continuous paper feed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Line spacing (default)

4.23 mm {1/6"}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Character structure

12 x 24 o r 9 x 17

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper roll (single-ply)

Size: Width: 79.5 mm

0.5 mm {3.13" 0.02"}

 

Maximum outside diameter: 83 mm {3.26"}Paper

 

roll spool diameter: Inside: 12 mm {0.47"};

 

Outside: 18 mm {0.71"}

 

 

Interface (compatible)

RS-232C/Bi-directional parallel / USB (OPTION)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receive buffer

28KB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power supply

+ 24 VDC

10%

 

 

 

Life

Mechanism: 15,000,000 lines

 

 

Thermal head: 100 million pulses, 100 km

 

Autocutter: 1,500,000 cuts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MTBF

360,000 hours

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MCBF

52,000,000 lines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Temperature

Operating: 5

~ 45

{41

~113

}

 

Storage: -10

~ 50

{14

~122

},

 

except for paper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Humidity

Operating: 10 to 90% RH

 

 

 

Storage: 10 to 90% RH, except for paper

 

 

 

 

Overall dimensions

145(W)

192(D) 142(H)mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weight (mass)

Approximately:2kg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RP-3180 USER'S MANUAL 11

Chapter 8.PRINT CONTROL COMMAND

8-1 Command List

No.

Command

Description

Hexadecimal Code

Page

1

LF

Printing and paper feed

<0A>

13

2

CR

Back to printing

<0D>

13

3

ESC !

Select print mode

<1B><21><n>

13

4

ESC *

Specifying the bit image mode

<1B><2A><m><n1><n2>d1...dk

14

5

ESC 2

Specifying 1/6-inch line feed rate

<1B><32>

15

6

ESC 3

Setting line feed rate of minimum pitch

<1B><33><n>

15

7

ESC 9

Generating the specified pulses

<1B><39><m><n1><n2>

16

8

ESC @

Initializing the printer

<1B><40>

16

9

ESC A

Set line spacing

<1B><41><n>

16

10

ESC D

Select character Double-height mode

<1B><44>

16

11

ESC H

Select character Double-height mode

<1B><48><n>

17

12

ESC I

Select character Double-height mode

<1B><49>

17

13

ESC J

Printing and feeding paper in

<1B><4A><n>

1728

minimum pitch

 

 

 

 

14

ESC L

Selecting page mode

<1B><4C>

17

15

ESC V

Printing bit image

<1B><56><n1><n2>d1...dk

18

16

ESC W

Defining the print area in page mode

<1B><57><xL><xH><yL><yH>

1829

<dxL><dxH> <dyL><dyH>

 

 

 

 

17

ESC X

Select character Double-width mode

<1B><58><n>

19

18

ESC d

Printing and feeding the paper by

<1B><64><n>

2030

n lines

 

 

 

 

19

ESC I

Full cut

<1B><69>

20

20

ESC j

Printing and feeding paper in

<1B><6A><n>

2032

minimum pitch

 

 

 

 

21

ESC m

Partial cut

<1B><6D>

21

22

ESC p

Generating the specified pulses

<1B><70><m><n1><n2>

21

23

ESC M

Select character fonts

<1B><4D><n>

21

24

GS !

Select character size

<1D><21><n>

22

25

GS *

Defining the download bit image

<1D><2A><n1><n2>d1...dk

23

26

GS /

Printing the downloaded bit image

<1D><2F><m>

23

27

GS V

Cutting the paper

(1)<1D><56><m>

24

(2)<1D><56><m><n>

 

 

 

 

28

GS v 0

Printing of raster bit image

<1D><76><30><m><xL><xH>

2536

<yL><yH>d1...dk

 

 

 

 

29

GS h

Specifying the height of the bar code

<1D><68><n>

26

30

 

 

(1)<1D><6B><m>d1...dk<NUL>

37

GS k

Printing the bar code

26

(2)<1D><6B><m><n>d1...dk

 

 

 

 

31

FS p

Print NV bit image

<1C><70><n>

27

32

FS q

Define NV bit image

<1C><71><n>

38

28

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