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EXTECH DATA SYSTEMS
SERIES 2000 + SERIES 3000
DEVELOPER’S GUIDE
VERSION: 4B
DATE: October 2000 Part Number: 7A060028DG
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Extech Data Systems Celebrates 10 Years Design and Manufacture Battery Operated Portable Printers Extech Data Systems, the Portable Printing Division of Extech Instruments, started Engineering development of a new line of portable instrumentation in 1988, just ten years ago. The first products from this development, a portable battery operated printer and a portable modem were introduced in 1989. Designed specifically for the Psion Organiser, this initial foray into the world of mobi
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in magnetic card reader allows fans to order directly from their seat. The order is radioed to the kitchen, filled and delivered right to the seat. Payment by credit card is made, authorization obtained over the radio network and on to the next fan! The system is so quick, additional kitchen space was added! § Swedish Railway who introduced “the first computerized conductors in the world” equipped with a hand held computer and an Extech Mini Serial Printer enabling passengers to pur
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§ Introduction of vehicle mount printers, operating from the vehicle battery, for EFTPOS systems Additionally, the design of our products allows easy modification as needed to satisfy customer needs. We pride ourselves on responding to specific customer requirements. Over the past four years the needs of many of our major customers demanded that we develop new variations of printers for them. Some recent examples include: Customer Product A a field sales organization in insurance
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Section 1 … Preparing the Printer Introduction This guide summarizes the programming, operating and maintenance features of the SERIES 2000T, Series 2000i and Series 3000T Extech printers. This section should be included in your operating guide for the final users of the printer. Initial preparation of the Printer § You must charge the battery cartridge before you can operate the printer. • To do this you must install the battery in the printer, or • Use a separate battery charger
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§ Press the switch to turn on the printer. Manually Installing Paper (figure 4) … Thermal Printers § To unlock the top hinged cover, place each thumb on the grooved sections indicated in the figure at the rear of the cover. Press the two locking ribs located at the rear of the printer to release the first lock; raise the hinged cover to open. Press on the two locking arms to allow the cover to fully open and provide access to the paper area. § Release the print head pressure by
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§ Place the wedge of the leader just under the roller in the print-head; the printer will sense the paper and advance it through the print-head. If you experience difficulty, press the switch. § Place roll in the printer. § Feed the leading edge of the paper into the slot of the hinged cover § Lower the hinged cover and lock. § Pull the 4 inches of paper forward against the teeth of the paper tear bar and pull to either side to tear off the paper. § The printer is then loade
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Installing Ribbon (figure 1) … Impact Printers § Unlock and raise the top hinged cover as described above. Remove the worn out ribbon by pressing with one finger at the location labeled “EJECT” on the ribbon cartridge. § Insert the new ribbon in place and press at the extreme ends of the ribbon cartridge to secure it in place. With your thumb, tighten the ribbon, by rotating clockwise, the ribbed wheel located on the front of the ribbon cartridge. § Feed paper to insure that the
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§ Red Indicates printer paper out. Indicates print head lever is up. Indicates incorrect read with magnetic card reader. Indicates printing with low power (printing not possible). § Flashing Indicates printer is paused; to continue printing current receipt, press or to clear print buffer press . Page 9
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Section 2 … Serial Communications RS 232 Communication Interface (Standard) § Eight position dip switch, located to the left of the paper roll, is used to select and set the serial RS232 interface. The printer reads these switches once on initial power-up (see below). § Proper Baud Rate and protocol settings are required to communicate with a host computer. The standard factory setting is 19,200 BAUD, 8 DATA BITS, NO PARITY BIT, and one STOP BIT, all switches in off position. To mak
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RS 232 Communication Interface (Special / Impact Only) § The standard factory setting for this version is 9,600 BAUD, 8 DATA BITS, NO PARITY BIT, and one STOP BIT, all switches in off position. To make changes use the table below: Dip Switch Function 1 & 2 Baud rate SW1 SW2 9,600 off off 4,800 on off 2,400 off on 1,200 on on 3 No. of data bits SW3 7 Data Bits on 8 Data bits off 4 & 5 Parity bit SW4 SW5 No Parity off off Odd Parity o
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RS232C Connections § The RS232C Interface signals for the S2000T Series printers are terminated on a 6 PIN RJ type data connector located at the back of the printer (Figure 3). § Six connections are provided from the Serial Interface to the host computer for proper operation of this option. § The table below lists the Serial Interface signals and pinouts on the RJ connector. § A minimum of two connections are required for operation, RXD-pin3 and Common-pin1. RJ FUNCTIONAL SIGNA
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SERIAL IrDA Communication Interface § This section summarizes the operating features of the Extech S2000T printer series with built in Infrared Data Receiver Interface (IrDA) § The IrDA Interface is designed for reception of serial data and no interconnecting cables are required for data transfer. It conforms and exceeds Infrared Data Association protocol specifications for secondary station, as specified in IrDA-1 standard. § Three layers of the IrDA protocol specifications are supp
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Section 3 ... Battery Battery Recharging Operation § The Extech Printers features an internal fast battery recharge system. This system is designed to fast charge the battery cartridges in 90 minutes using 120V/9VDC/1.0A power adapter (PN# 152120). This adapter is designed for North American use. Both 220V (PN# 152320) and 240V (PN# 152340) versions are available for international use. § The battery voltage, temperature and maximum charge time are monitored during battery recharge
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Section 4 ... Control and Character Set Control Characters § The printer has a set of commands which provide control of printer functions. The printer also provides response commands informing the user of the printer status. § In this section, the recognized control characters and the corresponding printer actions are summarized below: Character Con Hex/Dec CONTROL ACTION EOT ^D 04/04 End Of Text Printer sends an EOT character when buffer is empty; tells the host that printer
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Character Control Hex/Dec CONTROL ACTION XOFF ^S 13/19 Printer receiver is off Printer to Host: Print Buffer is full. Host to Printer: Host transmitter off. NORM ^T 14/20 Return to normal print AUXOFF ^U 15/21 Printer to Host: printer is off transmitted to host before power down or paper out CANCEL ^X 18/24 Cancel and reset printer If received, print buffer is reset and printer placed in initial power-up default settings. ESC ^[ 1B/27 Escape Es
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Section 5 ... S 2000i Character Sets Resident Character Sets (S2000i) § There are 3 resident fonts for the 2000i. CHARACTER NAME MSP FONT International character set (Standard) ESC+F+1 Hebrew character set ESC+F+2 IBM compatible character set ESC+F+3 § The characters are formed using a 5x7 matrix. The first 127 entries in the font table are ASCII characters. Characters 0 through 31 are ASCII printer control characters, while 32 through 127 are the 96 ASCII alp
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§ The Large characters are formed by using a 10x14 dot matrix. Large character print is selected if both Expanded and Extended print is selected. To reset large print to normal print, Expanded and Extended prints must be disabled or Carriage return sent to printer. Dot Addressable Graphics § The SERIES 2000i can print special symbols, graphs and characters if operated in the Dot Addressable Graphics mode. § In the Dot Addressable Graphics mode of operation, the printer prints on
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Section 6 ... S 2000T Character Sets Resident Character Sets § The Series 2000T has two resident character sets, the standard international and IBM compatible character sets. For both resident character sets, the lower 128 bit values follow the ASCII standard. Characters 0 through 31 are reserved ASCII printer control characters, while 32 through 127, are the ASCII alpha numeric upper lower case characters. The extended characters are from 128 to 255. § For the international chara
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ESC+F+7 48 24 cpi bold 8x21 ESC+k+5 21 cpi bold 42 9x21 ESC+k+4 38 10x21 19 cpi normal ESC+k+3 32 12x21 16 cpi normal ESC+k+2 24 16x21 12 cpi normal ESC+k+1 24 16x21 12 cpi bold ESC+k+0 § Both fonts are monospaced, meaning for each character pitch selected (cpi) all the characters are exactly the same width, making page layout easy to control. The MSP compatible dot matrix font are based on a single 6x16 font table. The printer modifies this table to yield various wi
