POSIFLEX Business Machines Printer aura series thermal printer User Manual

Aura Series  
(PP-7000-III / PP-7000U-III)  
THERMAL PRINTER  
TECHNICAL INFORMATION  
A. INTERFACES  
1. Peripheral interface  
The connector for peripheral control is a 6P6C RJ11 jack with  
the following pin assignment. The best recommended cash drawers to  
this connector are Posiflex CR3100, CR3200, CR4000 and CR4100.  
Using the cable 20863018001 (CCBLA-180-1) delivered with the  
cash drawer, the Aura series can control one dedicated cash drawer.  
However, by using an optional split cable 20867023800 (CCBLA-  
238), Aura series controls two cash drawers through this connector.  
Please connect the CR1 plug to the cash drawer (CRA) to be opened  
by command Esc p 1 n1 n2 and the CR2 plug to the cash drawer  
(CRB) to be opened by command Esc p 0 n1 n2  
6
1
6
1
6 pin plug  
6P6C RJ11 jack  
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Effect of positions 1 & 2 on baud rate is defined as in table below  
with parity check set according to position 3, number of data bits  
always set to 8, and stop bit set to 1. When the parallel interface is  
used, please set both positions to ON.  
SW Pos. 1  
SW Pos. 2  
ON  
ON  
OFF  
ON  
ON  
OFF  
OFF  
OFF  
Baud rate 38400 bps /  
or Interface (Parallel)  
4800 bps  
9600 bps  
19200 bps  
Switch position 3 defines the parity check regulation in serial  
interface. In Aura, it is selectable between even and none.  
Switch position 4 defines the handshaking method in serial  
interface. When it is set to ON, the printer transmits an “XOFF” for  
busy and sends an “XON” for not busy. When it is set to OFF, the  
printer signifies the busy status over hardware signals that can be  
detected by the host as “DSR” or “CTS”. When parallel interface is  
used, both switch positions 3 and 4 should be set to OFF.  
For switch position 5, if the switch is set to ON, the busy signal is  
sent to host only when input buffer is full. When it is set to OFF, busy  
signal is sent to host whenever an off line status occurs. Therefore,  
signals including the paper near end detect will generate busy signal to  
the host. Consequently, the printing may be stopped even when there is  
still a long way to go before the paper roll is actually exhausted. Taking  
the paper out beep into consideration, the printer will keep on beeping  
at Paper End (completely no paper) till paper is replaced when S1-5 is  
ON. Yet when S1-5 is OFF, the printer will keep on beeping every 3  
seconds at Paper Near End (still long paper in replace) till paper is  
replaced.  
For switch position 6, when it is set to OFF, there will be a 20  
mm paper feed before cutting when software does not define this point  
and there will be further 10 mm paper after cutting to prevent paper jam.  
Before setting this switch to ON, please make sure that your software  
will take care of enough paper feed for the paper jam prevention issue.  
For switch position 8, when it is set to ON in the field, the printer  
maybe subject to unpredictable damages and must be strictly prevented.  
The factory default for each position is listed below:  
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Switch Position  
Serial interface  
w/ auto cutter  
Parallel interface  
w/ auto cutter  
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF  
ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF  
C. INTERNAL SWITCH  
There is an extra internal 4 position DIP switch in PP-7000-III  
series for more technical settings. To access these setup, please first  
turn off the printer power and disconnect every cable from the printer.  
Remove 4 screws from bottom of printer and remove the plastic bottom  
cover with the power switch pressed. The 4 position DIP switch seats  
beside the 8 position DIP switch for setup window with the switch  
position counting starts from the nearest side to the 8 position DIP  
switch.  
This 4 position DIP switch works as following:  
Switch position  
Function  
Factory internal setting Disable  
Setting Effect  
OFF  
ON  
ê
1
Default  
2
3
4
Paper width  
Line format  
Reserved  
58 mm  
80 mm  
576 dots / line 512 dots / line  
N. A. N. A.  
The Switch position 1 default set to ON. The print speed is fixed  
at 42.5 lines/sec.  
Switch position 2 is usually set to OFF for use with 80 mm paper  
width. When the printer is installed with the 58 mm paper guide adaptor  
for use with the paper roll of 58 mm width, the switch should be set to  
ON in PP-7000-III & PP-7000U-III.  
Switch position 3 is usually set to OFF for ESC/POS command  
application that prints at 512 dots / line. Only technical users shall set  
this switch to ON and make the printer work in the 576 dots / line  
format.  
D. SOFTWARE COMMANDS  
The Aura thermal printer supports all commands applicable to  
Epson printer TM-T88III. The only difference is the smoothening  
command in enlarged text fonts. Please visit our web site  
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description of the supported commands if required.  
1. Paper out alarm  
When Paper End signal is detected, the printer keeps on intensive  
beeping and stops receiving data till the signal is neutralized. When  
Paper Near End signal is detected, the printer gives a beep every 3  
seconds and stops receiving data.  
2. Enhancement commands  
Following commands are included in the printer firmware version  
since ver. 3.2:  
ESC ‘ o’ : Beep command  
GS ‘ o’ m: Beep definition (0 < m 16, default 3 seconds)  
ESC p m n1 n2: Cash drawer kick or kitchen bell drive  
command  
GS ‘ p’ m n: Beep when cash drawer remain open (0 < m < 256, n  
= ‘0 or 1)  
Explanations as below:  
ESC ‘ o’ : Beep command  
Hexadecimal codes are: 1B 6F  
Printer beeps when this command is received per condition set by  
beep definition.  
GS ‘ o’ m: Beep definition (0 < m 16, default 3 seconds)  
Hexadecimal codes are: 1D 6F m  
This command defines length of beep as m seconds when beep  
command is received. When m = 0, default applies.  
ESC ‘ p’ m n1 n2: Kitchen bell drive command (m = ‘ 0’ , 0 ≦  
n1 n2 255)  
Hexadecimal codes are: 1B 70 m n1 n2  
This command can be used to drive a kitchen bell purchased  
from Posiflex when this printer is used as a kitchen printer and the  
environment could be so noisy that the beeper for reminding the kitchen  
staff of the printing can be not loud enough. After fixing the kitchen  
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bell onto say a kitchen wall, connect the cable from the bell to the  
peripheral connector on the printer. Then use this command with m set  
to 0 and both n1 and n2 set to 255. The printer will be able to drive the  
kitchen bell for about half a second on each such command. If this  
command is sent to the printer multiple times consecutively, the bell  
will ring for about half a second and rest for also about half a second  
then ring again for multiple times.  
GS p m n: Beep when cash drawer remain open (0 < m <  
256, n = 0 or 1)  
Hexadecimal codes are: 1D 70 m n  
If the cash drawer connected to the printer remains open for more  
than m seconds, the printer beeps until the drawer is closed. If m = 0,  
this function is disabled. The factory default of the printer is set to  
disable this function. The parameter n in this command identifies the  
way cash drawer indicates drawer open status. n = ‘ 0’ (30H) applies  
to drawers giving an “open” signal when cash drawer is opened. n =  
1’ (31H) applies to drawers giving a “short” signal when drawer is  
opened. Any value of the parameters outside the defined range will  
cause the entire command ignored.  
E. CHARACTER CODE PAGES  
Aura PP-7000-III & PP-7000U-III series support all code pages  
and international character sets applicable to Epson printer TM-T88.  
There are five models for character sets application as standard model,  
European model, Greek model, Arabic model and Lithuanian model  
Page 0 (PC437: USA for Standard / European / Greek / Arabic /  
Lithuanian model)  
Page 1 (Katakana for Standard / Arabic / Lithuanian model)  
Page 2 (PC850: Multilingual for Standard / European / Greek / Arabic /  
Lithuanian model)  
Page 3 (PC860: Portuguese for Standard / European / Greek / Arabic /  
Lithuanian model)  
Page 4 (PC863: Canadian-French for Standard / Arabic model)  
Page 5 (PC865: Nordic for Standard / Arabic / Lithuanian model)  
Page 17 (PC866: Cyrillic #2 for European / Greek model)  
Page 18 (PC852: Latin II for European / Greek model)  
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Page 19 (PC858: Euro Dollar Sign included in PC850 for European /  
Greek model)  
Page 253 (Greek437 as Default setting for Greek model)  
Page 255 (Thai for Standard model)  
Page 255 (Greek for European / Greek model)  
Page 255 (PC864: Arabic as Default setting for Arabic model)  
Page 255 (Lithuanian as Default setting for Lithuanian Model)  
Further support to some double byte language systems can be  
achieved by adding each relevant font chip in standard model:  
Japanese: Kanji  
Korean: KCS5601  
Traditional Chinese: Big 5  
Simplified Chinese: GB2312  
The international character sets supported in basic ASCII range  
include USA; France; Germany; UK; Denmark I; Sweden; Italy; Spain;  
Japan; Norway; Denmark II; Spain II; Latin America; Korea for  
character set code from 0 to D and Ex-Jugoslavia for character set code  
F.  
If any undefined code (<00> to <1F>) or an undefined <ESC>, <FS>,  
or <GS> command sequence beyond these tables is received, the code  
or the sequence of codes will be discarded. (However, when received  
within image print data, character registration data, or command  
parameters, they are handled as ordinary data.)  
The user may visit our web at http://www.posiflex.com.tw or  
http://www.posiflex.com for a view of the fonts in the code pages and  
character sets.  
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