Star Micronics TUP400 Series User manual

THERMAL PRINTER

TUP400 Series

TECHNICAL MANUAL

[SECOND EDITION]

NOTICE

STAR’s express permission is forbidden.

•The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.

•Alleffortshavebeenmadetoensuretheaccuracyofthecontentsofthismanualatthetimeofgoing

to press. However, should any errors be detected, STAR would greatly appreciate being informed

of them.

•The above notwithstanding, STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this manual.

• First edition : Aug.1997

• Second edition : Jun. 1998 Add interface board Ver. 2

Model Name

TUP 4 5 2 V2 D — 24 NL

No Transparent Laser

Voltage

24 : 24 VDC

Interface

D: RS232C

C: Parallel

K: RS422A

Board type

None:Ver.1

V2:Ver.2

Mechanism type

2: 40 columns

Printer type

5: Guilotine Type Full Cutter

8: Guillotine Type Full Cutter + Presenter

TUP400-series thermal printer

INTRODUCTION

This manual was created as a reference for maintenance of the Thermal Printer TUP400 Series for

personnelwhoare responsibleforperiodic inspectionsortroubleshooting ofthatequipment. This manual

was written for maintenance personnel, and was not intended to be used by the general operator.

This manual is organized into the following chapters.

Chapter 1 Specifications and Operation

Chapter 2 Theory of Operation

Chapter 3 Parts Replacement and Related Adjustments

Chapter 4 Maintenance and Lubrication

Chapter 5 Parts Lists

This page was intentionally left blank.

CHAPTER 1

SPECIFICATIONS AND OPERATION

1. General Specifications ....................................................................................... 6

2. External Appearance .......................................................................................... 7

3. DIP-Switch Settings ............................................................................................8

4. Print-Density Adjustment ................................................................................. 11

5. Sensor Adjustment ........................................................................................... 12

6. HEX Dump Mode/Test Print..............................................................................13

7. Changing the Interface Board.......................................................................... 14

– 6 –

1. General Specifications

Printing method Line thermal direct

Resolution 8 dots/mm (H) ×8 dots/mm (V)

Printable width 50 mm in Line Mode; 80 mm in Page Mode

Printing speeds 2 Inches/sec and 1 Inch/sec

Printable characters Page mode: ANK, International, Slash zero

Line mode: ANK, International, Special, Block graphics, IBM special,

IBM block graphics, Chinese characters, Slash zero

NOTE: ANK is comprised of ASCII characters and Japanese katakana characters.

Character matrixes Page mode

Small 8×16

Standard 16×24

Wide 24×32

OCR-B 16×24

Chinese chara. 24×24

Line mode

IBM block graphic 12×24 or 12×32

Chinese chara. 24×24 (12×24)

All others 12×24

Bar Codes JAN, EAN, UPC, Code39, ITF, Code93, Code128, NW-7

Paper

Recommended brands TF50KS-E, TF62KS-E (Nippon Paper Industries)

KP50-HEAEX (New Oji Paper Co., Ltd.)

Width 82.5 mm(3.25 inches)

Thickness General thermal paper 60 to 85 µm

Roll diameters External 203 mm max. (8 Inch), Internal 32 mm (1.26 Inch)

Interface RS232C, RS422A, or Parallel

MCBF 5,000,000 Lines

Head longevity 100 Km or 1.0 x 108pulses(excludes damaged caused by dirt or foreign objects.)

(Missing dots is Max. 5%. However, there will be no missing dots up to 50Km.

This is the point where the thermal body resistor value varies more than 15% of the

initial value when continuously printing up to 12.5% of the printing rate.)

Cutter longevity 300,000 cuts (One piece max. paper thickness: 85 µm.)

Power supply DC 24 V ±7%

Power consumption Max. 120 W

Operating environment Temperature 5°C to 40°C

Humidity 25% to 80% (No condensation)

Storage environment Temperature -20°C to 60°C

Humidity 10% to 90% (No condensation)

Fig. 1-1 External Dimensions

164mm

299mm

254mm

356mm

Approximately 3.3kg

Approximately 3.1kg

254mm

TUP452 TUP482

-1

– 7 –

Fig. 1-2-b Internal Configuration (TUP482)

Arm

Printer head

Presenter

Fig. 1-2-a Internal Configuration (TUP452)

2. External Appearance

Printer head

Arm

Cutter

– 8 –

3. DIP-Switch Settings

DIP switches are located on the interface board and they differ according to the type of interface.

(1) Setting the DIP Switches

1. Turn the power supply OFF.

2. Remove the screw holding the ROM cover in place. (The screw is located at the base of the paper-roll holder.)

3. Remove the ROM cover to expose the main and interface PCBs

4. Set the DIP-switches on the interface board.

Fig. 1-3 DIP-Switch Settings

DIP Switches

VP4 (Black Mark Sensor)

EPROM

Main Logic Board

VP3 (Paper End Sensor)

Interface Board (RS-232C)

Fig. 1-4 Main Interface Board

– 9 –

2. DIP-switch values

(1) RS-232C interface

This board has a single 8-bit DIP switch.

Switch Setting ON OFF

1-1 Baud

1-2

1-3 Handshake DTR XON/XOFF

1-4 Data 8 bits 7 bits

1-5 Parity No parity Enabled

1-6 Parity Odd Even

1-7 DC1/DC3 Disabled Enabled

1-8 Power ON

Baud 1-1 1-2

2400BPS OFF OFF

4800BPS OFF ON

9600BPS ON ON

19200BPS ON OFF

Mode 1-8 ON Power On

DC1/DC3 Disabled Disabled Printer selected

DC1/DC3 Disabled ON Printer selected

OFF Printer de-selected

Addressable ON Printer de-selected

OFF Printer selected

*1 The old type is selected.

– 10 –

(2) RS-422A interface

This board had two DIP switches: one 8-bit switch and one 4-bit switch.

DIP switch #1 (8 bits):

Identical to the DIP switch on the RS-232C. (Bit 1-7 is disabled.)

DIP switch #2 (4 bits):

SW2-1 SW2-2 SW3-3 SW2-4

DC1,3 off ON ON ON ON

Address #1 OFF ON ON ON

#2 ON OFF ON ON

#3 OFF OFF ON ON

#4 ON ON OFF ON

#5 OFF ON OFF ON

#6 ON OFF OFF ON

#7 OFF OFF OFF ON

#8 ON ON ON OFF

#9 OFF ON ON OFF

#10 ON OFF ON OFF

#11 OFF OFF ON OFF

#12 ON ON OFF OFF

#13 OFF ON OFF OFF

#14 ON OFF OFF OFF

DC1,3 mode on OFF OFF OFF OFF

* DIP-SW #2 overrides the DIP-SW #1 DC1/3 setting (bit 1-7).

* DIP-SW #2 factory setting: All ON

(3) Parallel (Centronics) interface

The parallel-interface board has no DIP switches.

Table of contents

Other Star Micronics Printer manuals

Star Micronics

Star Micronics WinType 800C User manual

Star Micronics

Star Micronics FVP-10U User manual

Star Micronics

Star Micronics TSP650II SERIES User manual

Star Micronics

Star Micronics LC-8521 User manual

Star Micronics

Star Micronics TUP900 Series Quick setup guide

Star Micronics

Star Micronics MULTI-FONT NX-1000II User manual

Star Micronics

Star Micronics NP-345 Installation instructions

Star Micronics

Star Micronics NP-266S Installation instructions

Star Micronics

Star Micronics TSP043E Series User manual

Star Micronics

Star Micronics DP-8340 FM-120 User manual

Star Micronics

Star Micronics TCP300 Series Operating and maintenance manual

Star Micronics

Star Micronics TSP743II Series User manual

Star Micronics

Star Micronics NX-1000 User manual

Star Micronics

Star Micronics SB-15 User manual

Star Micronics

Star Micronics Rainbow NX-1000C User manual

Star Micronics

Star Micronics NX-15 User manual

Star Micronics

Star Micronics LaserPrinter 4III User manual

Star Micronics

Star Micronics TSP100LAN User manual

Star Micronics

Star Micronics FVP-10U User manual

Star Micronics

Star Micronics Multi-Font XR-1000 User manual

Star Micronics

Star Micronics TSP043 Series User manual

Star Micronics

Star Micronics TSP1000 Series Installation instructions

Star Micronics

Star Micronics TSP1000 Series User manual

Star Micronics

Star Micronics TSP700 Series Operating and maintenance manual

Popular Printer manuals by other brands

Lexmark

Lexmark 1400 Series Manual

Canon

Canon i70 Series quick start guide

Evolis

Evolis Elypso user guide

Kyocera

Kyocera FS-9530DN specification

Canon

Canon LASER SHOT LBP-1210 Specifications

Samsung

Samsung BIXOLON SRP-350plusF user manual

Canon

Canon PIXMA PRO-1 Series Getting started

Canon

Canon PIXMA G3560 Online manual

Dell

Dell Color Laser Printer 2130cn user guide

Tektronix

Tektronix Phaser 840 user guide

Epson

Epson ET-7750 Programming guide

Canon

Canon CLBR 460ps Service manual

Eltron

Eltron P210 Guide manual

Ricoh

Ricoh MD-P1 Service manual

Epson

Epson SC-F7100 series user guide

Epson

Epson Stylus C40UX Service manual

Canon

Canon imagePASS-A2 Service guide

Canon

Canon S820D user guide