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Confidential
EPSON
Receipt Printer
TM-T88III series
Specification
STANDARD
Rev. No. B
Notes
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SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
MATSUMOTO MINAMI PLANT
2070 KOTOBUKI KOAKA, MATSUMOTO-SHI, NAGANO, 399-8702 JAPAN
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Confidential REVISION SHEET Sheet 1 of 4 The table below indicates which pages in this specification have been revised. Before reading this specification, be sure you have the correct version of each page. Revisions Design Section Sheet Rev. No. Rev. Document WRT CHK APL SheetRev.Sheet Rev. SheetRev. Nakayama -- Omura A Enactment B 17 B 42 B I B Change II B 18 B 43 B B 19 B 44 B III IV B 20 B 45 B B 21 B 46 B V B 22 B 47 B VI 23 B 48 B 2
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Confidential REVISION SHEET Sheet 2 of 4 The table below indicates which pages in this specification have been revised. Before reading this specification, be sure you have the correct version of each page. Revisions Design Section Sheet Rev. No. Rev. Document WRT CHK APL SheetRev.Sheet Rev. SheetRev. A Enactment 67 B 92 B 117 B B Change 68 B 93 B 118 B 69 B 94 B 119 B 70 B 95 B 120 B 71 B 96 B 121 B 72 B 97 B 122 B 73 B 98 B 123 B 74 B 99 B 124
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Confidential REVISION SHEET Sheet 3 of 4 The table below indicates which pages in this specification have been revised. Before reading this specification, be sure you have the correct version of each page. Revisions Design Section Sheet Rev. No. Rev. Document WRT CHK APL SheetRev.Sheet Rev. SheetRev. A Enactment 142 B App.1 B B Change 143 B App.2 B 144 B App.3 B 145 B App.4 B 146 B App.5 B 147 B App.6 B 148 B App.7 B 149 B App.8
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Confidential REVISION SHEET Sheet 4 of 4 REV. SHEET CHANGED CONTENTS B All All pages are revised, due to addition of the multilingual support. II GENERAL FEATURES The following models are available … (added) III - VI Table of Contents (changed) 1 – 3 1.1 Printing Specifications 1.2 Character Specifications Description for Kanji and Thai characters support (added) 25 2.1.4 Other interfaces (added) 31 Kanji command list (added) 42 - 50 3.2.11 Page 20 through 3.2.17 Page 26 (
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Confidential CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT BY USING THIS DOCUMENT, YOU AGREE TO ABIDE BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. PLEASE RETURN THIS DOCUMENT IMMEDIATELY IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS. 1. This document contains confidential, proprietary information of Seiko Epson Corporation or its affiliates. You must keep such information confidential. If the user is a business entity or organization, you must limit disclosure to those of your employees, agents, and contractors who have a need
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Confidential GENERAL FEATURES This specification applies the following models of the TM-T88III series printer: TM-T88III (with serial interface (*1)) TM-T88IIIP (with parallel interface) The following models are available for each product above. 1) Alphanumeric (ANK) model 2) Multilingual model (*) 3) Japanese model (*): The multilingual character model supports printing with one of the following characters: ➀ Simplified Chinese ➁ Traditional Chinese ➂ Thai ➃ Korean The
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Confidential Table of Contents 1. GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS 1.1 Printing Specifications.................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Character Specifications .............................................................................................................. 2 1.3 Autocutter..................................................................................................................................... 3
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Confidential 3.4 Panel LED Indicators.................................................................................................................. 55 3.5 Self-test ...................................................................................................................................... 56 3.6 Hexadecimal Dumping ............................................................................................................... 57 3.7 Error Processing............................
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Confidential ESC J n........................................................................................................................................ 92 ESC L........................................................................................................................................... 93 ESC M n....................................................................................................................................... 94 ESC R n ................................
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Confidential APPENDIX A: MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ................................................................................App.1 APPENDIX B: PAPER ROLL SETUP.........................................................................................App.4 APPENDIX C: ADJUSTING THE PAPER ROLL NEAR-END SENSOR LOCATION.................App.5 APPENDIX D: RECOVERY FROM THE AUTO CUTTER ERROR............................................App.7 APPENDIX E: PRINT HEAD CLEANING ........................
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Confidential 1. GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS 1.1 Printing Specifications 1) Printing method: Thermal line printing 2) Dot density: 180 dpi × 180 dpi [dpi: dots per 25.4 mm {1"}] 3) Printing direction: Unidirectional with friction feed 4) Printing width: 72 mm {2.83"}, 512 dot positions 5) Characters per line (default): Font A: 42 Font B: 56 Kanji: 21 6) Character spacing (default): Font A: 0.28 mm {0.01"} (2 dots) Font B: 0.28 mm {0.01"} (2 dots) Programmable by control
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Confidential 8) Paper feed speed: Approximately 150 mm/s {approximately 5.9"/s} (continuous paper feeding) 9) Line spacing (default): 4.23 mm {1/6"} Programmable by control command. 1.2 Character Specifications 1) Number of characters: Alphanumeric characters: 95 Extended graphics: 128 × 11 pages (including one space page) International characters: 37 Japanese model: JIS (JIS X0208-1990): Level 1: 3489 Level 2: 3390 Multilingual character model supports
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Confidential 3) Character size: Refer to Table 1.2.1. Table 1.2.1 Character Size Double-width/ Standard Double-height Double-width Double-height W×H (mm) cpl W×H (mm) cpl W×H (mm) cpl W×H (mm) cpl Font A 12×24 1.41×3.39 42 1.41×6.77 42 2.82×3.39 21 2.82×6.77 21 Font B 9×17 0.99×2.40 56 0.99×4.80 56 1.98×2.40 28 1.98×4.80 28 Kanji 24 × 24 3.39×3.39 21 3.39×6.67 21 6.77×3.39 10 6.77×6.77 10 Thai FontA 1.14×10.16 42 1.41×20.32 42 2.82×10.16 21 2.82×20.32 21 Thai FontB 0.99×7.20
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Confidential 1.3 Autocutter Partial cut: Cutting with one point left uncut NOTE: To prevent dot displacement, after cutting, paper must be fed approximately 1 mm {14/360"} or more before printing. 1.4 Paper Roll Supply Device 1) Supply method: Drop-in paper roll 2) Near-end sensor: a) Detection method: Microswitch b) Paper roll spool diameter: Inside: 12 mm {0.47"} Outside: 18 mm {0.71"} c) Near-end adjustment: Can be adjusted by changing the position of the adjusting screw.
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Confidential 1.6 Printable Area 1) Paper roll The printable area of a paper with width of 79.5 ± 0.5 mm {3.13 ± 0.02"} is 72.2 ± 0.2 mm {2.84 ± 0.008"} (512 dots) and the space on the right and left sides are approximately 3.7 ±2 mm {0.15 ± 0.079"}. a a = 79.5 ± 0.5 mm {3.13 ± 0.02"} b b = 0.141 ± 0.05 mm {0.056 ± .002"} c = 72.2 ± 0.2 mm {2.84 ± .008"} c d = 3.7 ± 0.2 mm {0.15 ± 0.079"} e = 3.7 ± 0.2 mm {0.15 ± 0.079"} [All the numeric values are typical.] de Figure 1.6.
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Confidential 1.7 Printing and Cutting Positions Manual-cutter position Approx. 29 26.3 Approx. 15 14.8 Auto-cutter blade position Paper feed direction Center of the print dotline [ Units: mm (All the numeric values are typical.) ] Figure 1.7.1 Printing and Cutting Positions NOTE: Numeric values used here are typical values; the values may vary slightly as a result of paper slack or variations in the paper. Take the notice into account when setting the cutting position of the
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Confidential 1.9 Electrical Characteristics 1) Supply voltage: +24 VDC ± 7% 2) Current consumption (at 24V, room temperature): High speed mode: Mean: Approximately 1.8 A (Character font A α-N, capital letters, 36-character rolling pattern, 42 columns printing) Peak: Approximately 7.7 A Low power consumption mode: Mean: Approximately 1.2 A (Character font A α-N, capital letters, 36-character rolling pattern, 42 columns printing) Peak: Approximately 6.6 A Standby: Mean:
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Confidential 1.11 Reliability 1) Life: Mechanism: 15,000,000 lines Thermal head: 100 million pulses, 100 km Auto cutter: 1,500,000 cuts (End of life is defined to have reached the end of its life when it reaches the beginning of the Wearout Period.) 2) MTBF: 360,000 hours (Failure is defined as Random Failure occurring at the time of the Random Failure Period.) 3) MCBF: 52,000,000 lines (This is an average failure interval based on failures relating to wearout
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Confidential 3) Vibration resistance: When Packed: Frequency: 5 to 55 Hz 2 Acceleration: Approximately 19.6 m/s {2 G} Sweep: 10 minutes (half cycle) Duration: 1 hour Directions: x, y, and z No external or internal damage should be found after the vibration test, and the unit should operate normally. 4) Impact resistance: When Packed: Package: EPSON standard package Height: 60 cm {23.6"} Directions: 1 corner, 3 edges, and 6 surfaces No external or internal damage shou
