Custom Audio Electronics F 190 User manual

F 190

Panel printer

User’s manual

www.custom.it

F 190

form whatsoever, whether it be on paper or through computer processes, is strictly

prohibited. Custom Engineering s.r.l. and the resource teams employed in the making

of this manual will not be held responsible for any problems arising as a result of

improper use of this manual, as they guarantee that the information contained in it has

been subjected to careful inspection.

Any suggestions regarding errors in its contents or possible improvements will,

nonetheless, be greatly appreciated. The products are continuously checked and

improved. For this reason Custom Engineering s.r.l. reserves the right to modify the

information contained in this manual without prior notice.

COD. DOME-F190 Revision 1.20

Custom Engineering

Str. Berettine 2 - 43010 Fontevivo (PARMA) - Italy

Tel. : +39 0521-680111-Fax : +39 0521-610701

http: www.custom.it Email : [email protected]

F 190

GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING SAFETY

•Read and keep the following instructions.

•Observe all warnings and follow all instructions attached to the printer.

•Before cleaning the printer, disconnect the feed cable.

•Clean the printer with a damp cloth. Do not use liquid or spray products.

•Do not operate the printer near to water.

•Do not place the printer on unsteady surfaces. It could fall and get seriously

damaged.

•Use the type of electricity supply marked on the printer label. In the event of

uncertainty, contact the seller.

•Position the printer in such a way as to ensure that the cables connected to it will

not be damaged.

•Ensure that the maximum absorbed current of the printer does not exceed the

maximum acceptable current for the type of feed cable used.

•Do not put objects of any kind inside the printer as they could cause a short circuit

or damage parts which could affect its performance.

•Do not spill liquids on the printer.

•Do not carry out technical operations on the printer with the exception of the

scheduled maintenance operations specifically indicated in the user’s manual.

•Disconnect the printer from the electricity supply and have it repaired by a

specialized technician should any of the following conditions occur:

A. The feed connector has been damaged.

B. Liquid has penetrated to the inside of the printer;

C. The printer has been exposed to rain or water;

D. The printer is not operating normally despite the instructions in the user’s

manual having been followed.

E. The printer has been dropped and its case damaged.

F. The performance of the printer is poor.

G. The printer does not work.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. DESCRIPTION

1.1 Generalfeatures

1.2 Product description

1.3 Technicalspecifications

2. INSTALLATION AND USE

2.1 Connections

2.2 Configuration

2.3 Self-test

2.4 Precautions

2.5 Maintenance

3. INTERFACES

3.1 TTL serial

3.2 TTLparallel

3.3 RealTimeClock(option)

4. PRINTER FUNCTIONS

4.1 Printing modes

4.2 Graphics

4.3 Controlcharacters

4.4 Character sets

APPENDIX CONTENTS

A. POWER SUPPLIES

A.1 PSM05 power supply

A.2 ALI9/40powersupply

INDEX

F 190

1.1 GENERAL FEATURES

TheF190(fig.1)isanextremelysimpleandfunctionalpanelprinter.

Itistheidealsolutionforapplicationswhichrequiretheimmediateprintingofdataonaticket,whetherthey

be of an industrial, professional or laboratory nature. It is suitable for POS, weighing systems, receipts

(notfor tax purposes), as well as for security, controlling and diagnostics purposes.

Ithas an8-needle,rapid impactprintingmechanism anduses57.5mm widepaperrolls. The F190printer

is so light-weight and compact that it can be easily fitted on any kind of machinery. It can be personally

programmed and is thus able to meet all possible requirements. It has a 150 byte print buffer and, is

equippedwitha2-KbyteEEPROM. Ithas TTLserialandparallelinterfacesasstandard. Itcan,inaddition,

be equipped with a Real Time Clock.

(Figure1)

DESCRIPTION

F 190

1.2 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

TheF190printer has an ABS casing withatop covering the paper roll andprinthead.

Thekeyboard,locatedonthefrontofthe printer,consistsofthePRINTandFEED keysand twoPowerand

StatusLEDs.

(Figure2)

- PRINTkey. When this keyispressed,ifthe printer isinparallelpin2 of J7comesoutoflogic state “0”,

whilein serialittransmits controlcharacter“$0D”; thisonlyhappens ifithas beenenabledby DATA4to

logic“0”. The contents of the memorized blocks areonlytransmittedifthefunction has been enabled.

- FEEDkey. This enables the manualpaperfeed. Ifpressed briefly,whentheRTCKoptionis installed,

the time and date are printed. The POWER LED indicates that digital power is being supplied to the

printer.

TheSTATUSLED, when lit, signals thatthepaperisfinishedor that the cover is open.

DESCRIPTION

F 190

1.3 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Table1 lists the mainfeaturesofthe two printer models: F190 24 and 40 columns.

Table 1

Columns 24 40

Characters (L x H)

Normal 1.7x 2.6 1.1 x 2.6

Doubleheight 1.7x 5.2 1.1 x 5.2

Doublewidth 3.4x 2.6 2.2 x 2.6

Expanded 3.4x 5.2 2.2 x 5.2

Graphic dot 0.33 x 0.38 0.19 x 0.38

Dots per line 144 240

Print speed

Lines / sec 2.5 1.5

Characters/sec 60 60

Feed (lines / sec) 6 3.6

Line buffer 24byte 40byte

Print buffer 150byte

Print method dotmatriximpact

Character matrix 6 x 10 dots

Print direction Normalor reverse

Character set Normaland extended

Paper roll size 57.5.0.5mm x Ø50 mm max

Standard interfaces TTLserial and parallel

Power supply Double or single 5 Vdc. ± 10%

Absorption

Mediumwhenonstandby 38 mA

Mediumwhen printing 880 mA

Impulsewhenprinting 3,5 A (600 µSec)

Environmental conditions

Operatingtemperature 0°C - +50°C

Operatinghumidity 35% - 85%

Storagetemperature /humidity -20°C - +70°C / 10%-90%

Options Realtimeclock, Power supply

DESCRIPTION

F 190

2.1 CONNECTIONS

Power supply

Withregardtopower supply,the F190printerhas astandardAMPMODU14-pinmale (J2)typeconnector.

Thepower supply connector pins are marked as follows:

1GND

2GND

3+VT: 5Vdc ± 15% (printerneedlepowersupply)

4+VDC: 5 Vdc ± 7% (logic card power supply)

Connectingwiththepower supply connector (J2) can be avoided by using the flat 20 or 26-pin connector

(J1)ofthe logic or by replacing thelatter, by specialrequestat the order stage, with asimilar26-pin one,

thus connecting the power supply and the printer signals with a single cable. In this case, however, the

maximum length of the flat cable must not exceed 30 cm for the 20-pin version and 70 cm for the 26-pin

version. The reason for this is that current running along inside narrow wires can lead to power failures

whichcould interferewiththecorrect functioningoftheprinter.

For the pin pattern required for supplying power through the logic flat cable, please refer to the following

paragraph.

Logic

In theJ2 20-pin connector,the signals are arranged as follows:

1+VT 2+VT

3+VDC 4+VDC

5GND 6GND

7TD 8D6

9D5 10 D4

11 D3 12 D2

13 D1 14 D0

15 D7* 16 RESET

17 S-EN 18 READY/RTS

19 FEED 20 STB/RD

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F 190

TheJ126-pinconnectorcan beused ifthe flatcable doesnot exceed700 mmin lengthand hasadiameter

ofatleast 0.12 mm2. The corresponding signals are:

1 GND 2GND

3GND 4TP

5+VT 6+VT

7+VT 8+VT

9+VCC 10 +VCC

11 GND 12 GND

13 TD 14 D6

15 D5 16 D4

17 D3 18 D2

19 D1 20 D0

21 D7 * 22 RESET

23 S-EN 24 READY/RTS

25 FEED 26 STB/RD

*TheD7signalisnottaken into consideration in cases of 7-bit programming of the parallel port. In order

toconfiguretheF190withtheextendedcharacterset,8-bitprogrammingoftheparallelinterfaceisrequired.

Thesignals indicatedhavethefollowing functions:

GND: signalground and powersupply;

+VT: powersupplytothe printer needles;

+VDC: powersupplytothelogiccard;

S-EN (input): serial/parallel interface selection. If shortcircuited to ground (0), it enables serial

communication; iffree (1) it enables parallel communication;

D0, ..., D7 (inputs): databus. Inparallelconfiguration, thesecorrespondto the printerinputdata bus(the

high level indicates the binary digit 1). In serial communication, these are utilized to determine speed of

communicationand transmissionprotocol; normallythe databusisat logiclevel1: in ordertoobtainlogic

level0,ithastobeshortcircuitedtoground(GND).

Theserialbaudratecanbeselectedfromthe following table:

INSTALLATION and USE

F 190

D0 D1 D2 BAUD

0 0 1 300

1 0 1 600

1 1 1 1200

0 1 1 2400

0 0 0 4800

1 0 0 9600

All the other combinations select a speed of 1200 bauds.

D3 = 1: flag-type transmission protocol. When the print buffer is full, the printer sends a low level on the

RTSsignal,whichinterrupts transmission; when the buffer is able toreceivefurtherdata,the level of the

RTSsignalisthenchangedto1.

D3 = 0: XON/OFF type transmission protocol. When theprintbufferisfull,theprintersendsanXON$13

(DC3)whichinterrupts transmission; whenthebufferisabletoreceivefurther data,thecommandXON$11

(DC1)istransmitted.

D4 = 1: when the PRINT key is pressed, nothing happens.

D4 = 0: when the PRINT key is pressed, the signal $0D (CR) is transmitted to the TD pin, if the serial

interfacehas been configured.

D5, D6, D7: the selection of thesebitsresults in the serial being configured withthetransmission format

listedinthetablebelow:

D7 D6 D5 Format

1118bits without parity and 1 stop bit

0118even parity bits and 1 stop bit

0108odd parity bits and 1 stop bit

1107bits without parity and 1 stop bit

1017even parity bits and 1 stop bit

1007odd parity bits and 1 stop bit.

Rememberthat, in order to configure theprinterinserialmode,it is necessary to shortcircuit thesignalS-

ENto ground on connector J1.

RESET (input): cardcontrollerreset,activeata low level. Resetting initializes the printer’sparameters

andhas thefollowingeffects:

erasureof the line bufferandprinterbuffer;

selectionoftheprintformataccordingtotheprogramming

readingofthe S-EN pin of J1 for serialorparallel configuration;

printingof the self-test if the FEED key is pressed;

functionalitycheck of the optioncardsinstalled,ifany.

INSTALLATION and USE

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