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TEC Thermal Printer
B-SX4T/SX5T SERIES
Product Description
Document No. EO10-33013B
Original Jan., 2003
(Revised Feb., 2003)
Jan., 2006)
PRINTED IN JAPAN
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EO10-33013B (Revision Date: May 22, 2009) TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1. OUTLINE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1- 1 1.1 PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------1- 1 1.2 DESCRIPTION OF MODEL NUMBER ---------------------------------------------------------------1- 1 1.3 APPEARANCE AND DIMENTIONS (APPROXIMATE) -----------------------------------------1- 2 1.4 BASIC
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1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Jan 22, 2009) 1.1 PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS 1. OUTLINE 1.1 PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS 1) Various bar codes, characters and graphic data can be printed using both thermal transfer and thermal direct methods. This printer can also print writable characters and logos at designated coordinates by using a graphic command. 2) The Centronics and RS-232C are available as standard interfaces between the printer and a PC. In addition, optional interfaces such as
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1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B (Revision Date: May 18, 2006) 1.3 APPEARANCE AND DIMENSIONS (APPROXIMATE) 1.3 APPEARANCE AND DIMENSIONS (APPROXIMATE) 1.3.1 Front View/Rear View Front View Rear View PCMCIA Card Slot (Option), USB Connector (Option), or Parallel Interface Top Cover LCD Message Display LAN Connector (Option) Connector (Centronics) Operation USB Connector Panel (Option), Wireless LAN module (Option) or LAN Supply Window Connector (Option) Expansion
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1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.4 BASIC SPECIFICATIONS 1.4 BASIC SPECIFICATIONS 1) Printing method ................... Thermal direct printing or thermal transfer printing 2) Print head [B-SX4T: 4 inches] (1) Total number of dots ...... 832 dots (3) Effective print width ....... 104.0 mm (2) Dot density ..................... 8 dots/mm (4) Thermal pitch .......…...... 0.125 mm [B-SX5T: 5 inches] (1) Total number of dots ...... 1536 dots (3) Effective print width ....... 128.0 mm (2) D
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1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.4 BASIC SPECIFICATIONS 8) Magnification of bar code UPC/EAN/JAN/CODE93/128/PDF417.........Up to 6 modules can be automatically calculated using 1-module width designation (1 to 15 dots). Dots/Module 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Bar code UPC-A/E Min. Module Width (mm) 0.25 0.38 0.50 0.63 – – – EAN8/13 Magnification (times) 0.76 1.14 1.51 1.91 – – – JAN8/13 CODE93 EAN128 Min. Module Width (mm) 0.25 0.38 0.50 0.63 0.75 0.88 1.00 CODE128 PDF417 Dots/Module 9 10 11 12 13
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1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.4 BASIC SPECIFICATIONS 12) White or black background all types of characters are available. 13) Character rotation ...........................0 °, 90 °, 180 °, 270 ° 14) Character strings rotation ............... 0 °, 90 °, 180 °, 270 ° 15) Type of line (1) Horizontal line (2) Vertical line (3) Slant line (4) Square (5) Rounded Rectangle (6) Circle 16) Line Width ....................................... 0.1 to 0.9 mm can be specified (in unit of 0.1 mm) 17
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1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Jan. 22, 2009) 1.5 ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS (3) Auto cut mechanism (Option) When the cutter module is installed, the backing paper of the label stock or tag paper is cut individually (stop and cut). Ribbon Tag Ribbon End Sensor Pinch Cutter Print Head Roller Platen Feed Black Mark Roller Sensor 18) Power supply QQ model: AC100 ~ 120 V ±10%, 50/60Hz QP/CN model: AC220 ~ 240 V ±10%, 50Hz QM model: AC100 ~ 240 V ±10%, 50/60
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1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Jan. 22, 2009) 1.5 ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS Specification of the MAIN4 PC Board Hardware Software Model Kanji ROM Registry Program Flash ROM RAM Kanji Font (IC7) area size area size B-SX5T-TS22-QM-R 16MB → 32MB B-SX4T-GS20-QM-R 8MB → 16MB None 896KB 2304KB SP40II-R 8MB 4MB → 8MB → 16MB ↓ ↓ 3072KB 4096KB B-SX5T-TS22-CN-R 16MB → 32MB Simplified None → 8MB B-SX4T-GS20-CN-R 8MB → 16MB Chinese Except for the memory capacity, the specification of t
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1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.5 ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS XON/XOFF (DC1/DC3) protocol + READY/BUSY (DTR) protocol • When initialized after power on, this printer becomes ready to receive data and converts the DTR signal to "High" level (READY). The printer sends an XON code (11H). • When the free area in the receive buffer are 10K bytes or less, the printer converts the DTR signal to "Low" level (BUSY) and sends an XOFF code (13H). • When the free area in the receive buffer are 512KB or m
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1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.5 ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS Interface circuit Input circuit Output circuit SN75188 or equivalent SN75189 or equivalent RD TD CTS RTS DSR DTR Signal level Input voltage: "H" .. +3V~ + 15V Output voltage: "H" .. +6V ~ +13V "L" ... –3V~ – 15V "L" ... –6V ~ –13V (2) Centronics interface Data input method: 8-bit parallel (DATA 1~8) Control signals Compatibility mode: nStrobe, nAck, Busy, PError, Select, nAutoFd, nInit, nFault, nSel
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1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.5 ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS (3) Expansion I/O interface (B-SX4T: Option) Interface circuit Input circuit External controller, etc. Printer COM1 Vcc R IN0 R IN5 Photo-coupler TPL521 (TOSHIBA) TLP521 (TOSHIBA) There are six input circuits, and each input is a current loop using a photo-coupler. The anode of the photo-coupler is connected to common pin COM1 in each of the six circuits. Each cathode is independent.
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1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.5 ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS (4) USB Standard: Conforming to Rev. 1.1 Transfer type: Control transfer, Bulk transfer Transfer rate: Full speed (12M bps) (5) Network interface (LAN, PCMCIA) Constitution: • PCMCIA board + LAN card • 10 Base-T or 100 Base-TX LAN board Protocol: TCP/IP Network specifications: • LPR server function • WEB printer function • Socket communication function • FTP server function • E-mail function 4)
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1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.5 ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS Feed gap sensor (Transmissive sensor) This sensor detects the difference in potential between the backing paper and the label to find the print position of the label. The feed gap sensor is located at 8 mm to the right of the black mark sensor. Side detection (max.) Center detection Center of Label Home Position 78.5 mm Center of Label Home Position 8 mm 8 mm Label Label 22.5 mm Backing Paper 101 mm Backing P
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1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.5 ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS (5) Slit sensor (Transmissive sensor) This sensor detects the rotation count of the ribbon shaft and the ribbon motors. The ribbon motors torque works to take up slack in the ribbon and is dependent on the detected count. The slit sensor is a photo coupler combining an LED and a transistor. Slit Slit Rewind Slit Gear Feed Slit Gear Slit Sensor (Rewind) Slit Sensor (Feed) (6) Strip sensor (Tra
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1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.5 ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS (7) Rewind full sensor (Transmissive sensor) This sensor detects that the built-in rewinder is full when winding backing paper or printed media onto the take-up spool. It is positioned at 316.4 mm (Tr side) and 272 mm (LED side) from the platen. A rewinder full status is detected when the backing paper blocks the light from the LED. Pinch Roller Print Head Take-up Spool Platen Rewind Full Sensor (Tr) Backing P
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2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B 2.1 MEDIA 2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS Information regarding the supply specifications contained in Product Description is essential to service engineers. Detail specifications and other information on the media and ribbon are described in Supply Manual by model. It is issued by and sent from TOSHIBA TEC H.Q (Sales Division) upon release of new model or manual's revision. When purchasing the supplies locally, be sure to refer to the Supply Manual for
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2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B 2.1 MEDIA NOTES: 1. To ensure print quality and print head life use only TOSHIBA TEC specified media. 2. The media length specifications for use of the cutter are: *1: When issuing a label using the swing cutter, label length should be 35.0 mm – (Gap length/2). *2: The rotary cutter does not support the print speed of 10”/sec. 3. When marking black marks on the label rolls, they should be marked at the gaps. 4. “On the fly issue” means that the p
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2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B 2.1 MEDIA < Non Print Area > 2 mm 1.0 mm Cut Position Printing Area Printing Area 1.0 mm 2 mm 1.5 mm 1.5 mm Black Mark 1.5 mm 1.5 mm 3) Relationship between the head effective print width and paper. [B-SX4T] Outside the print range Outside the print range Head effective print width 4.0 4.0 mm 104.0 mm 0.2 mm mm 112.0 mm (Maximum paper width) [B-SX5T] Outside the print range Outside the print
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2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B 2.2 RIBBON 2.2 RIBBON No. Item Specification 1 Shape Spool type B-SX4T 41 to 112 mm 2 Width B-SX5T 41 to 134 mm 3 Max. length 600 m 4 Max. OD ø 90 mm 5 Back treatment Coated 6 Core Material Cardboard Shape See the following figures. 7 Leader tape Polyester film (Opaque), 300 ± 5 mm long 8 End tape Polyester film (Opaque), 250 ± 5 mm long 9 Winding method The ink side faces outside of ribbon winding NOTES: 1. To ensure print quality and
