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USER’S MANUAL
Impact Receipt Printer
BTP-M170
Shandong New Beiyang Information Technology Co., Ltd.
ORIENT Technologies bv
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BTP-M170 User’s Manual Declaration Information in this document is subject to change without notice. ORIENT Technologies bv (hereinafter referred to as “ORIENT Technologies”) and SHANDONG NEW BEIYANG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as “SNBC”) reserves the right to improve products as new technology, components, software, and firmware become available. If users need further data about this product or have any doubt about safety issues that might arise from using i
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BTP-M170 User’s Manual BTP-M170 has been approved of the following certification. Contact us In CHINA: Address: No.169 Huoju Rd, Weihai, Shandong, China. 264209 Hot line: +86-631-5673777 Fax: +86-631-5673778 E-mail: sales@newbeiyang.com Website: www.newbeiyang.com (via Contact button) In EUROPE: ORIENT Technologies bv Address: Meerheide 115, 5521 DX Eersel, The Netherlands Hot line: +31-497-331080 Fax: +31-497-386430 Website: www.orient-technologies.c
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BTP-M170 User’s Manual Contents GENERAL SAFETY INSTRUCTION ....................................................................................... 1 1 OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 OUTLINE ...................................................................................................................... 2 1.2 FEATURES .................................................................
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BTP-M170 User’s Manual 4.10 HOW TO USE THE DRIVER ...................................................................................... 14 4.10.1 User defined page ............................................................................................... 14 4.10.2 Parameter explanation ........................................................................................ 16 5 MAINTENANCE .................................................................................................
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BTP-M170 User’s Manual General Safety Instruction Before installing and using the printer, please read the following items carefully: 1. Safety Instructions Do not touch the tear-off bar of the printer. The print head is at a high temperature during printing or just after operation, do not touch it and its peripherals for reasons of safety. The print head is an ESD-sensitive device. To prevent damage, do not touch either its printing parts or connecting parts. 2. Cautions 1） Instal
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BTP-M170 User’s Manual 1 Overview 1.1 Outline The BTP-M170 is a 9-pin serial impact dot matrix receipt printer offering high quality, high speed, and stable performance. It is widely used in real-time printing on-site, such as POS system and hospitality applications. The BTP-M170 can be connected with other devices via parallel interface and serial interface, and also offers drivers and applications under WINDOWS98 /NT4.0 /2000/2003/XP/Vista. 1.2 Features High printing speed. Easy op
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BTP-M170 User’s Manual 2 Specifications 2.1 Main Specification Item Specification Print mode 9-pin serial impact dot matrix Print speed Max. 4.2LPS (420 dots/line) Print width Max. 420(half dots)/210(full dots) Paper type Continuous paper or marked paper Paper width 76±0.5mm,69.5±0.5mm,57.5±0.5mm Paper Single layer 0.06—0.085mm Multi-layer paper 0.05—0.08mm,total thickness ≤0.2mm (1 original+2 copies) Character type Font A:9×9 Font B:7×9 Chinese:16×16 76mm 69.5mm 57.5mm
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BTP-M170 User’s Manual 2.2 Paper Specification 2.2.1 Continuous paper 1) Normal paper Paper width: 76±0.5mm/69.5±0.5mm/57.5±0.5mm Max. paper roll O/D: Φ83 mm Paper roll core: Φ12.5mm Paper thickness: 0.06—0.085mm 2) Multi-layer paper (1 original +2 copies) Paper width: 76±0.5mm/69.5±0.5mm/57.5±0.5mm Paper thickness: 0.05－0.085mm,total thickness ≤0.2mm Caution Use only multi-layer paper (1 original + 2 copies) of which the original layer on contact the print head thicker than
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BTP-M170 User’s Manual 2.3 Print and Tear-off Position 2.3.1 Print position L1: Paper width L2: Print width L3: Print left margin L4: Print right margin According to the different paper width of the L1, the print width (L2) and the right/left margin (L3/L4) should be changed as below: Paper width (L1) Print width (L2) Left margin (L3) Right margin (L4) 76mm 63.5mm 6.3mm 6.2mm 69.5mm 54.4mm 8.9mm 6.2mm 57.5mm 45.3mm 6.0mm 6.2mm 2.3.2 Tear-off position L1: About: 20mm - 5 -
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BTP-M170 User’s Manual 3 Outline and Parts 3.1 Outline and Parts 1 － Tear-off bar 2 － Top cover 3 － Paper near end sensor 4 － Paper guide 5 － Power switch 6 － FEED button 7 － PAPER LED 8 － ERROR LED 9 － POWER LED 10 － Ribbon 11 － Ribbon knob 12 － Print mechanism 13 － Paper guide platen 14 － Communication interface 15 － Cash drawer connector 16 － Power connector Functions of parts: a- Paper guide Th
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BTP-M170 User’s Manual e- ERROR LED Indicate all error status. Under normal conditions, ERROR LED is always off; under error conditions, ERROR LED will flash. f- POWER LED Indicate power status (on/off). When turning on printer, POWER LED is always on; when turning off printer, POWER LED is always off. g- Paper near end sensor Detect the status of paper roll. If paper near end, the ERROR LED will flash and indicate user to replace paper. The printer will continue printing until the
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BTP-M170 User’s Manual 4 Installing 4.1 Unpacking When unpacking, you should check whether all parts are present and undamaged in accordance with the packing list. If any part is missing or damaged, please contact SNBC or your local agents. 4.2 Installing Position and Direction of the Printer 1) The printer should be mounted on a flat and stable surface. It is recommended to use horizontal installing mode; the slanting angle of the printer should not exceed ±15°only in paper feeding dir
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BTP-M170 User’s Manual Caution: Use only the supplied power adapter or other equal model. When connecting or disconnecting the cable connector of the power adapter, always pull on the connector, not on the cable. Do not pull on the power adapter cord. Otherwise the cord may be damaged or broken, causing a risk of fire or electric shock. Do not place the power adapter cord near a heating device, otherwise, the cover of the cord may melt, causing a risk of fire or electric shock. Whe
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BTP-M170 User’s Manual 4.6 Loading the Roll Paper 4.6.1 Confirming the media After connecting the power adaptor and signal cable, you can load the media for printing. Before loading roll paper, you should confirm the type of the paper to be used for printer. The default paper type is continuous paper. If marked paper will be used, please contact SNBC or your local agents. 4.6.2 Loading/replacing roll paper 1) Turn on the printer power. 2) Open top cover of the printer and confirm paper
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BTP-M170 User’s Manual Roll paper should be rolled tightly to eliminate risk of paper jam or other malfunction. Paper should be loaded in paper cabinet firmly and straight; otherwise, it will affect paper auto-loading and printing. 4.7 Loading Ribbon 1) Open top cover of the printer. 2) Turn the ribbon knob two or three times according to the mark to tighten the ribbon. 3) Mount the ribbon on the print mechanism vertically until the ribbon cartridge is fixed. 4) Turn the ribbon k
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BTP-M170 User’s Manual and Hold FEED key to configure the print” then enter hold-on status. The PAPER LED flashes. 3) Press the FEED button for a short time, the printer will print a second page with a pattern using the built-in character sets; Press the FEED button for a long time, the printer will enter button configuration mode. 4.9 Installing the Printer Driver BTP-M170 printer offers the drivers under Windows 98/Windows NT4.0/ Windows 2000/ Windows XP/ Windows server 2003 and Windo
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BTP-M170 User’s Manual 3) Select the setup type “Typical”, then click “Next” button. 4) Select the current system type and click “Next” button. 5) Set printer port. The default port is “LPT1”. User can install it based on actual port. Under Windows NT4.0 or above, please select “BYCOMx” for serial driver (x equals to 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 or 8). Click “Finish” button to end the installation. 6) If the current system is Windows 98/Me, click “Yes” in the pop-up window to restart PC. - 13 -
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BTP-M170 User’s Manual 4.10 How to Use the Driver After installing the driver, you can print all characters and images in WORD or EXCEL file, That is ‘’What You See Is What You Get’’. But you should set the page and select parameters properly. 4.10.1 User defined page If the page size defined by the driver can not meet user’s requirement, user can define the page size by himself; under Window 98 system, user defined self-defining page can be realized via page settings. But under Windows
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BTP-M170 User’s Manual 7) Take “Metric” or “English” as measurement units. Self define paper width and length, right/left margin and up/down margin of the printing area. 8) Click “Save Form” button. 9) Click “Apply” button to finish paper self-definition. Caution: Before set paper self-definition, please ensure that the printer driver has been installed properly. In application, you can select the page in varieties of official software such as WOED, EXCEL and so on. - 15 -
