EC-80320 User’s Manual

The Guide
Be sure to have read the manual seriously before your operation. Neither EC PRINTER nor
its affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of this product or third parties for damages,
losses, costs, or expenses incurred by purchaser or third parties as a result of: accident,
misuse, or abuse of this product or unauthorized modifications, repairs, or alterations to
this product, or failure to strictly comply with EC PRINTER’s operating and maintenance
instructions.

‰ Follow the notices and warnings carefully to avoid seriously bodily injury.
‰ Don’t touch the thermal head with your hand and other solid object at any moment to
avoid your body burned or the thermal head damaged.
‰ Be careful the dentate cutter when you replace the paper.
‰ You are forbidden to clean the printer with alcohol or other liquid when the printer is
connected to the power, pull the plug out when which is processed, using the soft cloth
instead of the hard object.
‰ Please don’t use the printer near the liquid.
‰ Make sure that the printer is connected to a reliable power outlet. It should not be on the
same electric circuit as copiers, refrigerators, or other appliances that cause power
spikes.
‰ Make sure the printer is far away from the appliance that can arouse electromagnetic jam,
such as loudhailer.
‰ The power outlet you plan to connect to should be nearby and unobstructed.
‰ Make sure that the surrounding area is clean, dry, free of dust and not exposed to direct
sunlight.
‰ Don’t remove the printer’s out-cover and repair the printer。When needed, call or take it
to the professional.
‰ Make sure to set the power switch OFF when connects the printer to the power or
computer.
‰ When the following error or problem occurred, please contact the professional or dealer:
A：The power cable is damaged or broken.
B：The printer is sloppy by some liquid.
C：The printer didn’t work when you operate according the manual.
D：The printer out-cover is broken.
E：The specification or print quality is going wrong obviously, need repaired.

Warning: In order to ensure the use life of printer, strictly prohibit printing full line full
black exceed than 2 CM.

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

*All the part of the printer can be recycled. When it is abandoned, we can callback it
freely. Please contact us when you abandon it.

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Table of contents
The Guide.................................................................................................................................................i
Chapter 1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................1
1.1 Features..........................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Part Description ..............................................................................................................................1
1.3 Parts Identification ..........................................................................................................................1
Chapter 2 Connecting Cables ...............................................................................................................3
2.1 Unpacking .......................................................................................................................................3
2.2 Unpack the Protect Materials ..........................................................................................................3
2.3 Connecting to Your Computer or Other Equipment.........................................................................3
2.3.1 Connecting the Parallel Interface Cable ...................................................................................3
2.3.2 Connecting the Serial Interface Cable (Optional) .....................................................................4
2.3.3 Connecting the USB Interface Cable........................................................................................4
2.3.4 Connecting the Drawer Cable ..................................................................................................5
2.3.5 Connecting the Ethernet Cable ................................................................................................5
2.4 Connecting the Adapter ..................................................................................................................6
2.5 Setup the Print Driver and Select the Cutter ...................................................................................6
2.6 Network Settings.............................................................................................................................9
2.6.1 Connecting Printer....................................................................................................................9
2.6.2 Setting IP Address....................................................................................................................9
2.6.3 Installing Printer Network Driver .............................................................................................12
Chapter 3 Base Control Panel Operations .........................................................................................19
3.1 Control Panel ................................................................................................................................19
3.1.1 Indicator .................................................................................................................................19
3.1.2 KEY ........................................................................................................................................19
3.2 Self-Printing ..................................................................................................................................19
3.3 HEX DUMP PRINTING.................................................................................................................20
3.4 Restoring Factory Printer Settings ................................................................................................20
3.5 Setting Slip Stitch..........................................................................................................................20
3.6 Online-aptitude Parameter Settings ..............................................................................................20
Chapter 4 Install and Replace the Roll Paper.....................................................................................22
4.1 Paper Installed Steps ....................................................................................................................22
Chapter 5 Features ...............................................................................................................................24
5.1 General Specification ....................................................................................................................24
5.2 Interface Features.........................................................................................................................25
5.2.1 Parallel Interface ....................................................................................................................25
5.2.2 Serial Interface (Optional) ......................................................................................................26
5.2.3 USB Interface .........................................................................................................................27
5.2.4 Drawer Connector ..................................................................................................................27
5.2.5 Power Supply Connector........................................................................................................28
5.2.6 Ethernet Connector ................................................................................................................28
Chapter6 Troubleshooting and Maintenance.....................................................................................29
6.1 Maintenance .................................................................................................................................29
6.2 Error Message on the Control Panel.............................................................................................29
6.3 Cutter Jammed or Error ................................................................................................................29
Chapter 7 Control Commands.............................................................................................................31
7.1 General .........................................................................................................................................31
7.2. Explanation of Terms ...................................................................................................................31
Appendix Commands List ...................................................................................................................44

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Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Features
EC80320 printer is a kind of high-speed mini thermal printer. It is a high-quality, high-reliability
and low-noise POS printer and operated easily, which can be widely used in ECR, PC-POS and
BANK POS for printing variety of receipt.

1.2 Part Description

According different data port (interface), EC80320 serials are divided into several different names:
EC80320 is the printer equipped with parallel interface, EC80320US is equipped with serial
interface and USB interface, EC80320U is equipped with USB interface and EC80320UE with
Ethernet interface and USB interface.
EC80320 serials printer is equipped with auto cutter, It have two kinds of cutter for the consumer
to selected: partial cutter can only cut the paper with one point left while full cutter cuts the paper
fully.

USB + Serial USB + Ethernet

Parallel interface USB interface
interface interface.
MODEL EC80320 EC80320U EC80320US EC80320UE

Note: Please contact with the dealer for changing the interface if needed.

1.3 Parts Identification

Power Indicator (Green)

Cover Open Lever
Error Indicator (Red)

(Dentate) Manual Cutter

Paper out Indicator (Red)

Power Switch FEED Key

Paper out Tunnel

Small Cover

Fig1-1 Main part of the printer

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Parallel (or serial or USB) Interface position Drawer connector Power connector

Fig1-2 Back of the printer

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Chapter 2 Connecting Cables

2.1 Unpacking
Check each item against the following packing list. If any of these items are missing. Please
contact your dealer.
The interface cable is optional, which will be equipped or cancelled according the customer’s
request.

Printer Power Cord Interface Cable AC Adapter

Driver CD
Facility user’s guide Pack List Guarantee Repair Card
(Includes Windows Driver and User’s manual)

Fig2-1 Packing List

2.2 Unpack the Protect Materials

1. Open the packing box, lift up the printer.
2. Save all the original packing materials, so that it can be used when to transport the printer.

2.3 Connecting to Your Computer or Other Equipment

Note：Before connecting/disconnecting the interface cable, make sure that power to the
printer and all the devices connected to the printer are turned off. Also make sure
the power cable plug is disconnected from the AC outlet.

2.3.1 Connecting the Parallel Interface Cable

1. Make sure the Host and the printer are both turned off, connect the parallel interface cable to
the connector on the rear panel of the printer, fasten the connector clasps as shown in Fig 2-2.

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Clip Wires

Parallel Interface Parallel Cable

Fig 2-2 Connecting the parallel interface cable

2. Connect the other end of the cable to the host. Tighten the connector screws.
3. This printer can carry out a network printing through connecting parallel interface to network
print server, which you can use are PS-1206, SX-110 and SX-3100 which have been
validated.

2.3.2 Connecting the Serial Interface Cable (Optional)

1. Make sure the Host and the printer are both turned off, connect the serial interface cable to the
connector on the rear panel of the printer. Tighten the connector screws as shown in Fig 2-3.
Screws

Serial Interface
Serial Cable

Fig2-3 Connecting the serial interface cable

2. Connect the other end of the cable to the host’s serial connector and tighten the connector
screws.

2.3.3 Connecting the USB Interface Cable

1. Plug the USB cable A end (square shape) into the printer's USB connector as shown in Fig2-4.
2. Plug the other end of the USB cable (flat) to the computer’s USB connector.。

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USB Interface
USB Cable

Fig2-4 Connecting the USB interface cable

2.3.4 Connecting the Drawer Cable

Turn off the printer and plug the drawer cable into the drawer connector on the back of the printer
as shown in Fig2-5.

Drawer connector
Drawer cable

Fig2-5 Connecting the Drawer cable

Warning: Don’t connect a telephone line to the drawer connector; otherwise both the
telephone line and the printer may be damaged.

2.3.5 Connecting the Ethernet Cable

1. Plug the crystal end of the Ethernet cable (RJ-45) into the printer's Ethernet connector as
shown in Fig2-6.
2. Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable (flat) to the LAN’s entrance。

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Ethernet connector
Ethernet cable

Fig2-6 Connecting the Ethernet cable

2.4 Connecting the Adapter

1. Make sure the printer’s power switch is turned off. Plug the adapter’s supply cable as shown
below. Connect the adapter to the power cord.
2. Make sure the voltage of the electrical outlet matches that of the adapter.
3. Plug the adapter to the printer’s electrical outlet.
4. Plug the power thread one end to the adapter and the other to the AC outlet with ground wire.
Note: 1. If the voltage of electric outlet isn’t within the scope marked in the label, please
contact your dealer for solution, and must not connect the power cord to the
wall outlet.
2. Please use the exactitude electrical outlet with ground wire.
3. Make sure to use EC PRINTER original adapter, or we will not assume to take
ability for the printer damage.

Power connector

Adapter
Power cord

Fig2-7 connecting the adapter

2.5 Setup the Print Driver and Select the Cutter

You must setup the printer driver in Windows before using the EC80320 printer.
Please use the cable to connect computer with printer, then turn on the computer and the printer,
put the drive CD into the CD-ROM. Install driver by the following way:

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Auto-install way
Double click the file “Setup.exe” in the driver disc, install driver by the following direct.
Hand operated installing way
1) The installing steps for Windows 2000/XP are as follows:
1. Click “Start” -->"Settings", select “Printers”.

2. Click “Add Printer”, then it will show a window of “Add Printer Wizard”, click “Next”, then please
read the select direct carefully, Such as, select “Local printer” in the "Local or Network Printer"
window, then click “next”.

3. Come out a window of “Select the Printer Port”, select a usable port. Such as, select “LPT1:
printer port”, click “Next”.

4. Come out a window of “Manufacturers/Printers", click "Have Disk...", click “Next”.

5. Come out a window of “Install From Disk”. Please according to the operating system
environment, such as Windows XP operating system you should select the path as follow:
CD-ROM-“Driver”-“WIN2000(XP-Vista)”, which you can find a file named: EC80320.inf, click
“Open”, then click “OK” to return to the window of “"Manufacturers/Printers" , click “Next”.

6. Follow the direct click “Next” gradually till the installation is finished.

2) The installing steps for Windows 7 are as follows:

1. Click “Start” -->"Settings and Printers”.

2. Click “Add Printer”, then it will show a window of “Add Printer Wizard”, click “Next”, then please
read the select direct carefully, Such as, select “Local printer” in the "Local or Network Printer"
window, then click “next”.

3. Come out a window of “Select the Printer Port”, select a usable port. Such as, select “LPT1:
printer port”, click “Next”.

4. Come out a window of "Manufacturers/Printers", click "Have Disk...", click “Next”.

5. Come out a window of “Install From Disk”. Please according to the operating system
environment, such as Windows XP operating system you should select the path as follow:
CD-ROM-“Driver”-“WIN2000(XP-Vista)”, where you can find a file named: EC80320.inf, click
“Open”, then click “OK” to return to the window of "Manufacturers/Printers" , click “Next”.

6. Follow the direct click “Next” gradually till the installation is finished.

Please setup the driver following the setup description in the CD going along with the printer.
What’s more, you can use the TM-T88II, TM-T88III serials driver from EPSON.
If you want to cut the paper after printing, please select the “Full cut” or “Partial cut” in the
Paper/Quality page after clicking the “Printing Preferences” button, which lies in the “General”
page of the driver properties. Referring figure is shown below.
It is noted that if paper cut effect is the same whichever you select “full cut” or “partial cut” in the
driver properties, which means that the cutter (the printer equipped with) can only carry out one
kind of cut-method.

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Fig2-8 EC80320 Printing Preferences

The following condition may cause the printer can’t cut paper properly in Win2000/XP (or updated
version).
1. You do not setup the driver with the document setup.exe in the CD. Instead, you follow the
Windows’ installation guide.
2. Once you connect a printer with a parallel or serial port, but online with USB port Later, which
may cause a WINDOWS setup duplicate driver.
Only when the driver property is modified manually after being installed during the condition
mentioned above, does the cut- method take effect.

If you find the driver couldn’t cut paper, modify the driver property as shown below.
（1）cancel the “√” in the pane before the “Enable advanced printing features” in the “advanced”
page.
（2）Then click the “Print Processor” button as shown below. Enter the “Print Processor” dialogue
box, select the “JMProces” and “RAW”, and click the “OK” button.

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Fig2-9 Modify the driver property

2.6 Network Settings

Please use EC PRINTER network setting software NetFinder to set the IP address for EC
PRINTER printers, which can be found in the CD or downloaded from EC products web site.

2.6.1 Connecting Printer

Power on the printer, connect with the Ethernet cable which has been connected to LAN, and look
into the information of Ethernet LED indicator to ensure the printer has entered into the normal
connection.

Yellow LED Green LED Description

ON Flash Normal
OFF OFF Not connect to network

2.6.2 Setting IP Address

1. Run NetFinder Software
Double click NetFinder.exe in the PC which connects the printer in the same LAN. The figure
of the software is shown as follows:

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Fig2-10 Run NetFinder Software

Button description:
Exit—Exit from the software
Search—Search printers in the same LAN
Assign IP—Modify the IP address and other settings for the specified printer.

2. Search printer
Click “Search” button in the main interface, the dialog box appearing will begin searching
automatically and show appearance, listing a printer in the main interface if found. The time is
counting down in the progress bar (10s in total) and the search will finish as soon as the time is
over. When going on searching, press “search” button again.

Fig2-11 Search printer

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If the printer still can not be found out when the network connection is correct in the same
network, Please check whether the network fire wall on the PC open or not. If there is fire wall,
please close it temporarily, open again after finishing searching and setting a printer completely.
3. Setting printer’s IP address
The printer’s information is listed in the main interface, the left side of which is the model and
description and the right is the IP and MAC address. What’s more, the assign mode
(dynamic/static) is noted behind the IP address.

Fig2-12 Setting printer’s IP address

1) Correlative description for IP address settings

In order to search and set printer’s IP address conveniently for the first time, the factory default
setting is DHCP mode which assigns IP address dynamically. If there is no DHCP server in the
connected LAN and printer is set to DHCP mode as well, then it will use the internal pre-set
address (IP: 10.0.0.1, Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0) automatically.
It is suggested that printer’s IP set to static in actual usage, which can cut down the time when
initializing the Ethernet interface as the printer is turned on and prevent IP conflicts (The
dynamic address used in printer may conflict with another one). The network segment part of
the IP address and Subnet Mask must be the same as those of PC connecting with a printer.
For example, the address of working PC is 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0 (IP/Subnet Mask),then
which of printer should be set to 192.168.0.x/255.255.255.0（x=2~254 and should avoid the IP
in used. It is not restricted for NetFinder to search printers in the same network but different
segment parts (can not stride gateway). Relative glossary of IP address may refer to
corresponding information.

2) Setting printer’s IP address

Select the printer information to be modified (black frame appears), click “Assign IP” button. Set
the IP in the dialog box appearing.
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automatically. Please make sure there is a DHCP server in the network, or the printer can not
receive an effective IP address.
When to specify static address, uncheck “Use DHCP” and fill in “IP address”, “Subnet Mask”
and “Default Gateway”. If there is no gateway in the network, fill 255.255.255.255 in the “Default
gateway”. “IP address” and “Subnet Mask” should obey the assigning rules of local LAN
(Ethernet), please enquire the administrator of networks which the printer connects to for more
details.
Click “OK” to send address setting information to the specified printer. The printer takes
response after “Close this window on success” is checked, and then this dialog is closed
automatically. Select “Reload Timer” then the software will wait for the printer’s response.
Generally, printer will take response in a circle time if network connection is correct.
Click “Cancel” if you abandon the modification.
Click “Search” in the main interface again to update printer information after modifying the
printer’s IP address.

3) Report printer’s IP address

Report the printer’s IP address, which will be used in the section “Newly-install printer network
driver” or “Upgrade-install printer network driver (setting driver’s network port)”.

2.6.3 Installing Printer Network Driver

The ways of installing network driver are divided into Newly-install way and Upgrade-install way
according to whether the PC installs the printer driver or not.
If the printer driver hasn’t been installed on the PC, adopt newly-install way whose steps are
shown in “Newly-install printer network driver”.
If the printer driver has been installed on the PC, adopt Upgrade-install way whose steps are
shown in “Upgrade-install printer network driver”.

1. Newly-install printer network driver

1) Click “Start”Æ”Settings”, select “Printers.
2) Click “Add printer”, then come out a window of “Add Printer Wizard”, click “next”, then please
read the select direct carefully. Such as, select “local or Network Printer”, then click “next”.
3) Come out a window of “Select the Printer port”, select a port you want your printer to use. For
example, select “Create a new port”, select “Standard TCP/IP Port” in the port, click “next”.
4) Come out a window of “Add standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard”, click “Next”.

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5) Come out a window of “Add Port”, enter the IP address reported by the “Setting printer’s IP
address” in the “Printer Name or IP Address” column. Take IP address “192.168.0.240” for
example. “Port Name” is created automatically after finishing filling in IP address.

6) Come out a window of “Additional Port Information Required”, select “Custom” in the “Device
Type”, then click “Settings”.

7) Come out a window of “Port Settings”. Affirm that “Port name” and “Printer name or IP address”
are correct, “Protocol” is “RAW” and “Port Number” is “9100”, click “”OK”.

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8) Return to “Additional Port Information Required”, click “Next”.

9) Come out a window of “Completing the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard”, click
“Finish”.

10) In the selection of "Manufacturers/Printers", click “Have Disk”, and then click “Next”.

11) Come out a window of “Install From Disk”. Please according to the operating system
environment, such as Windows XP operating system you should select the path as follows:
CD-ROM-“Driver”-“WIN200(XP-Vista)”, that you can find a file named: EC80320.inf, click
“open”, then click “OK”, then return to the window “install printer software”, click “next”.

12) Follow the direct click “next” gradually till the installation is finish. At this time, printer network
driver is installed completely.

2. Upgrade-install printer network driver (setting driver’s network port)

If PC has installed the printer’s driver, set driver’s network port to carry out network printing.
The concrete steps are shown below:

1) Click “Start”Æ”Settings”, select “Printers”

2) Right click EC80320 driver, click “Properties” on the window coming out.

3) Come out a window of “Properties”, click “Ports” and “Add Ports”.

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4) Come out a window of “Printer port”, select “Standard TCP/IP Port”, click “New port”.

5) Come out a window of “Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard”, click “Next”.

6) Come out a window of “Add a port”, import the IP address reported by the “Setting printer’s
IP address” in the “Printer name or IP address” column. Take IP address “192.168.0.240” for
example. “Port name” is created automatically after finishing filling in IP address. Click
“Next”.

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7) Come out a window of “Port information”, select “User-defined” in the “Equipment style”,
then click “setting”. Come out a window of “Additional Port Information Required”, select
“Custom” in the “Device Type”, then click “settings”.

8) Come out a window of “Port Settings”. Affirm that “Port name” and “Printer name or IP
address” are correct, “Protocol” is “RAW” and “Port Number” is “9100”, click “”OK”.

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9) Return to “Additional Port Information Required”, click “Next”.

10) Come out a window of “Completing the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard”, click
“Finish”.

11) Return to “Printer Ports”, click “Close

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12) Return to “Properties”, make sure the network port is selected, click “Apply”, and then click
“Close”. Thus, printer’s network port setting is finished.

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Chapter 3 Base Control Panel Operations

3.1 Control Panel

There are three light indicators and one key on the control panel shown as Fig 3-1.

Fig3-1 Control panel

3.1.1 Indicator
Indicator Description
Indicate whether the printer’s power supply is connected or not. The indicator is on
POWER
when the power is connected.
ERROR Indicate printer’s state. The indicator is on when the abnormity appears.
PAPER OUT Indicate printer’s paper state. The indicator is on when paper end or near end.

*Refer to 6.2 Error message on the control panel

3.1.2 KEY
Key Function

【FEED】controls paper feeding, you can enable or disable the button’s function with a
【FEED】 command. When enable, the paper will be fed continuously if you press and hold on it,
or stopped if you loosen it.

3.2 Self-Printing
Self-printing lets you know if the printer is working properly. If the printer printouts the self-test
content normally, it can be indicated that there is nothing wrong with the printer except for the
interface connecting to the host. Otherwise, the printer should be repaired.
Before self-test printing, make sure the power is turned off and the printer is closed properly. Hold
down the FEED button and turn on the power switch while the printer cover is closed. Press FEED
button and Power on the printer, the ERROR indicator blinks with two beeps (if beeper is installed
in the printer), loosen the button, then the printer will print out self-test information such as the
software version, update date and interface etc.

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3.3 HEX DUMP PRINTING

This function allows you to check whether the connection between the printer and the host or
terminal device works properly or not.
The method is that press FEED button and power on the printer, the ERROR indicator blinks once
with two beeps. Go on holding the button for about a second, loosen it after the ERROR blinks once
again with a beep. Turn off the printer when you want to exit this print mode.

3.4 Restoring Factory Printer Settings

The function is to clear the settings stored in the printer and restore the factory settings for
correlative parameters.
The method is that press FEED button and power on the printer, the ERROR indicator blinks once
with beeping twice at the same time. Do not loosen the button until the ERROR indicator blinks
twice with beeping twice in two seconds. At this time, turn off the printer and the function takes
effect.

3.5 Setting Slip Stitch

Slip Stitch Cap

Slip Stitch
When plugging into
When pulling out

Fig3-2 Setting slip stitch

If needed, Slip Stitch is used to upgrade printer firmware or it should be closed in normal working
condition. When to upgrade, pull out the Slip Stitch Cap after the printer is turned off, press FEED
button and power on again, the ERROR and PAPER OUT indicator blinking once at the same time,
which indicates that the printer enters into the online-upgrade mode. Loosen the button and then
use the computer software equipped with the printer to upgrade. Turn off the printer after finishing
upgrading, plug Slip Stitch Cap and then the printer can be working normally.

Note: Do not change the Slip Stitch without any permission of the factory, or the printer can
not work.

3.6 Online-aptitude Parameter Settings

EC80320 supports the function of online-aptitude parameter settings, which can be set in the PC
with the driver installed in. The parameter settings of serial interface can be modified in the
driver’s property page.
The concrete setting steps are shown as follows:
1. Make sure that the host and the printer are connected with a cable and both the host and the
printer is turned on, the printer should be online as well.
2. Click “Start”Æ ”Settings”Æ”Printers”

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3. Right click”EC80320”, select “Properties”.
4. Click “Printer settings” in the property page.

Fig3-3 Parameter settings

5. Check whether the selected port in the “Ports” is matched with the port connecting to the printer
in practical. Return to “Device Property” page layout, the list in the left are the items you want
to set and the right are the item’s parameters. If you only want to change one item, click “Set
Item”, or if you want to change multiple items, click “Set All Item” after having set all items. The
settings are saved with the printer beeping once.

Note: The parameter settings shown in the “Device Property”

6. After finishing settings, click “OK”, exit the “Properties” window.

7. Startup the printer.

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Chapter 4 Install and Replace the Roll Paper

The printer can install the paper conveniently, which should be 80mm width. How to deal with the
paper will be explained in details in this chapter

4.1 Paper Installed Steps

！ Note

1. Don’t touch the thermal head after printing to avoid being burned.
2. Don’t pull the paper moving directly with your hand.

1. Push the cover open lever, open the cover.

Fig 4-1 Open the cover

2. Insert the paper roll as shown below（Be sure to note the correct direction that the paper comes
off the roll）.

Fig4-2 Insert the paper roll

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Note: Paper head should be pulled out by the direction of paper-input slot, but not the
opposite.

3. Pull out a small amount of paper as shown in Fig 4-3.

Fig 4-3 Pull out the paper

4. Put the paper as shown below, and then close the cover.

Fig 4-4 Close the cover

5. If you have connected the cable, turn on the power and then the printer is ready.

NOTE: After finishing installing the paper, if PAPER OUT indicator and ERROR indicator are
still on, or the printer rattle when feeding the paper, please open the cover and
re-close it tightly.

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Chapter 5 Features

5.1 General Specification

Item Description
Print method Direct thermal printing
Print direction Line printing
Paper width 72 mm
Print speed 220mm/s（52line/s）
Print head Lifespan: 100 Km
Resolution 8 dot/mm, 576dot/line, 203DPI
ASCII: 13 international character sets
Character set
Chinese: GB 18030
Code page 9 kinds
Bard code UPC-A、UPC-E、EAN-13、EAN-8、Code39、Code128、ITF-25、Codabar
Life space 1/6 inch, or programmable in 1/203 inch increments
Paper feed speed 220 mm/s at most
Emulation ESC/POS
Parallel interface（Centronics）+ Drawer interface（CPC6）
USB interface（2.0 Full-Speed）+ Drawer interface（CPC6）
USB interface（2.0 Full-Speed）+ Serial interface（RS-232C）+ Drawer interface
Interface （CPC6）
USB interface（2.0 Full-Speed）+ Ethernet interface（10/100Base-T）+ Drawer
kick-out interface（CPC6）
*Only equip with one assembled interface when leaving factory.
Buffer 4MB
Noise ＜38 dB (A)
Control panel The control panel consists of one key and three LED indicators.
Paper type Thermal roll paper
Thermal roll paper model: TF50KS－E（Japan paper co.ltd）
AF50KS-E（JUJO THERMAL）
Width: 79.5 ± 0.5 mm
Paper specification Weight: 53 ～ 80 g/m2
Maximum diameter: 80 mm
*Suggestion: Inner diameter of paper shaft:12mm, Outer diameter of paper
shaft:18mm
Physical dimensions 145 mm（Width）× 200 mm（Depth）× 145 mm（Height）
Weight About 2Kg
Operating environment: temperature: 5 ～ 50℃
Environmental Humidity: 10%RH ～ 80%RH（No condensation）
conditions Storage environment: temperature: -20 ～ 60℃
Humidity: 10%RH ～ 90%RH（No condensation）
Input voltage: 176 ～ 242 V
Power requirements Frequency: 50Hz/60Hz
Output voltage: DC24 V

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Electricity: 2.5 A
operation: 40 W; max: 180 W; standby: 2.9 W
Power consumption Note: Only when the product doesn’t connect any power supply, can it consume
zero energy.
MCBF: 52 million lines
Reliability
Lifespan of cutter: ≥1 million cut
Safety criterion GB 4943-2001
EMI Class B
Star of energy
Accord
resourceV1.1
Authentication CCC authentication
Specified function Online parameter settings
Paper feed width 79.5 ± 0.5 mm
Max paper thickness 0.065 ～ 0.15 mm
Black mark Match

5.2 Interface Features

The printer can connect to one drawer and one host. The interface connected to the host can be
CENITRONICS parallel interface or Full-speed USB 2.0 interface+RS-232C serial interface or
Full-speed USB 2.0 interface+10/100Base-T Ethernet interface according your need.

5.2.1 Parallel Interface

EC80320 printer’s parallel interface is compatible with CENIRONICS protocol, supporting
BUSY/ACK handshaking protocol.
The connector is a 36-PIN connector, whose pins are indicated as below.

Table A-1: Connector Pin Assignments

Pin number Signal Direction Description
1 /STB IN Trigger in low level, read the data in rising edge
2 DATA1 IN
3 DATA2 IN
4 DATA3 IN Stand by the parallel data from the first bit to the
5 DATA4 IN eight. ”1”means high level means, while “0” means
6 DATA5 IN low level.
7 DATA6 IN
8 DATA7 IN
9 DATA8 IN
Acknowledge signal，Low level means that printer is
10 /ACK OUT
ready for receiving data.
11 BUSY OUT High level means printer is too busy to receive data
12 PE OUT High level means that paper is out.
13 SEL OUT High level with the pull-up resistor.
32 /ERR OUT Low level means the printer is in error state
14、15、17、18、34、36 NC --- NC
16、19～30、33 GND --- GND，“0”level in logic

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Note: “IN” means input to the printer，“OUT” means output from printer.
The signal logical level is TTL level.
Relative signal is shown as Fig 5-1.

BUSY
/ ACK

DATA
/ STB 0. 5μ S
0. 5μ S

0. 5μ S
0. 5μ S
0. 5μ S

Fig 5-1 Timing signal in parallel

5.2.2 Serial Interface (Optional)

EC80320 printer’s serial interface is compatible with RS-232C protocol, supporting RTS/CTS and
XON/XOFF handshaking protocol. The DB-25 connector and each pin’s definitions are shown as
below.

Fig 5-2: Sequence numbers of Serial connector

Table A-2 Pin assignments of the serial interface

Pin number Signal From Description

2 RXD Host Receive data from Host
3 TXD Printer Sent control code X-ON/X-OFF and data to the Host
5 CTS Printer “MARK” state means printer is too busy to receive data; “SPACE”
means printer is ready for receiving data.
7 GND — Signal GND
8 DTR Printer Same as CTS

Note: ”From” means from the source the signal sending out.
Signal level is EIA level.

The default setting in serial stands for 9600bps, 8 bits, parity check disabled and 1 stop bit.
EC80320 printer can be connected to the standard RS-232C connector. When connecting with an
IBM PC or compatible PC, the connecting picture is shown as figure 5-3. While connecting with a
25 pin PC, you can connect the cable as shown in Fig 5-4.

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Printer 9-Pin connector Host 9-Pin connector

Fig5-3 TP820 connecting with 9-Pin PC

Printer 9PIN connector Host 25PIN connector

Fig5-4 TP820 connecting with 25-Pin PC

5.2.3 USB Interface

Full-speed USB interface of version 2.0.

Fig 5-5 USB interface

5.2.4 Drawer Connector

The drawer connector on the back of the printer uses the RJ-11 connector, which is shown
below.
1 6

Fig5-6 Drawer connector

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Table A-3: Drawer connector Pin assignments
Pin number Signal Direction
1 Frame GND ---
2 Drawer kick-out drive signal OUT
3 Drawer Open/closed signal IN
4 24VDC OUT
5 Drawer kick-out drive signal OUT
Drawer kick-out Open/closed
6 ---
signal ground≤1A/24V
Drive electricity≤1A/24V

Note: Make sure the drawer meets the specification mentioned above, or we will not
guarantee to keep the printer in good repair.

5.2.5 Power Supply Connector

The connector is used to connect the printer to the external power source. The power source is
specified as 24V±10% and 2.5A.The connector on the printer is shown in Fig 5-7.

Fig 5-7 Power connector

5.2.6 Ethernet Connector

Fig 5-8 Ethernet connector

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Chapter6 Troubleshooting and Maintenance

6.1 Maintenance
To prolong the printer’s life, make sure that the printer is well away from heaters and other
sources of extreme heat, and the surrounding area is clean, dry, and free of dust.
Cleaning paper case and thermal head periodically is the main task of maintaining the printer.
We will talk with this problem in this section. It is noted that make sure to power off the printer
before maintenance.
Clear printer:
Dirt and dust does the most damage to the printer. Clean the paper in the printer and
accumulated dirt in the thermal head as well despite the outer case of the printer prevents
greater part of dust from invading.
Clean printer case:
Remove the dirt in the printer case with clean, soft cloth, and take out the paper pieces with a
nipper.

Attention: Be careful not to scratch the printer parts when cleaning.

Clean the printer periodically according to the prescription as follows.

Periodical cleaning: Once every 6 months or 300 work days
Cleaning tool: Dry cloth (Soft cloth if metal parts)

6.2 Error Message on the Control Panel

When the malfunction is occurred, the printer will be off-line and give an alarm through
indicators. You can make out different malfunction through the Table A-4 shown below.
Table A-4: Error message on the control panel

Error PAPER OUT

Malfunction Solution
indicator indicator

Blink fast OFF Cutter error Re-posit the cutter

ON OFF Cover is open Close the cover tightly
OFF ON Paper near end Load the paper again

ON ON Paper out Load the paper again

Thermal head over Recover
Blink OFF
hot automatically

6.3 Cutter Jammed or Error

If the auto-cutter was jammed, open the upper cover and take out the paper. If the upper
cover can not be opened and the cutter still can not return to the normal position after
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come out. Rotate the white plastic gear by hand in the direction of arrow to make the cutter
return to the normal position which is shown as figure 6-1.

Auto-cutter
Figure 6-1 Adjust the cutter by hand

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Chapter 7 Control Commands

7.1 General
The commands EC80320 supplies are based on ESC/POS, and are compatible with TM-88III
serials.
The format described as following:

Command Function
Format: ASCII: Indicates the ASCII equivalents
Decimal: Indicates the decimal equivalents
Hex: Written in hexadecimal code
Description:
Describe the function of the command

7.2. Explanation of Terms

BEL Beeper
Format: ASCII: BEL
Decimal: 7
Hex: 07
Description:
Actives the printer buzzer

HT Horizontal tab
Format: ASCII: HT
Decimal: 9
Hex: O9
Description:
Moves the print position to the next horizontal tab position

LF Print and line feed

Format: ASCII: LF
Decimal: 10
Hex: OA
Description:
Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds one line based on the current line spacing.

FF Print and Feed to next black mark position

Format: ASCII: LF
Decimal: 12
Hex: OC
Description:
Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds paper to the print starting position on the next black
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DLE EOT n Real-time status transmission *

Format: ASCII: DLE EOT n
Decimal: 16 4 n
Hex: 10 04 n
Description:
Transmit the selected printer status according the specified parameter n, 1<=n<=4;
n=1: Transmit print status
n=2: Transmit off-line status
n=3: Transmit error status
n=4: Transmit paper roll sensor status
*Note: Only valid in serial interface.

ESC BEL n1 n2 Beep for appointment

Format: ASCII: ESC BEL n1 n2 n3
Decimal: 27 7 n1 n2 n3
Hex: 1B 07 n1 n2 n3
Description:
N1 specifies the length of beeping time, n2 specifies the length of intermission time and n3 is the
beeping times. The unit of n1 and n2 is 100 milliseconds.

ESC SP Set right-side character spacing

Format: ASCII: ESC SP n
Decimal: 27 32 n
Hex: 1B 20 n
Description:
Set the right-side spacing of the character to n*(horizontal or vertical motion unit) n=0～255.
Horizontal or vertical motion unit is specified by GS P command

ESC ！ Set print mode

Format: ASCII: ESC ！ n
Decimal: 27 33 n
Hex: 1B 21 n
Description:
Select the print mode using n as follows. n=0～255

Bit Value Function

0 0 Character A
1 Character B
1，2 -- -- -- Not define
3 0 Emphasize mode not selected
1 Emphasize mode selected
4 0 Double-height not selected
1 Double-height selected
5 0 Double-width not selected
1 Double-height selected
6 -- -- -- Not define
7 0 Underline mode not selected
1 Underline mode selected

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ESC $ Set absolute print position

Format: ASCII: ESC $ nL nH
Decimal: 27 36 nL nH
Hex: 1B 24 nL nH
Description:
Set the distance from the beginning of the line to the position at which subsequent characters are
to be printed.
The distance is (nL+nH*256)* (horizontal or vertical motion unit). Nl, nH=0～255.
Horizontal or vertical motion unit are specified by GS P command.

ESC % Selected/cancel user-define characters set

Format: ASCII: ESC % n
Decimal: 27 37 n
Hex: 1B 25 n
Description:
n=1, Select the user-define characters; n=0, Select inter characters.
Default: n=0

ESC & Define user-define characters

Format: ASCII: ESC & y c1 c2 [x1 d1..d(y*x1)] [xk d1..d(y*xk)]
Decimal: 27 38 y c1 c2 [x1 d1..d(y*x1)] [xk d1..d(y*xk)]
Hex: 1B 26 y c1 c2 [x1 d1..d(y*x1)] [xk d1..d(y*xk)]
Description:
Define the user-define Characters from c1 to c2.
y=3; 32<=c1<=c2<=126;
0<=x<=12; [Character A 12*24], 0<=x<=9; [Character B 8*16];
d=0~255; k=c2-c1+1;
y specifies the number of bytes in the vertical direction, x specifies the number of dots in the
horizontal direction, d specifies the user-define data.

ESC * Select bit-image mode

Format: ASCII: ESC * m n1 n2 d1..dk
Decimal: 27 42 m n1 n2 d1..dk
Hex: 1B 2A m n1 n2 d1..dk
Description:
Select the image mode with m; n1 and n2 specify the number of dots. The image data d1…dk
m=0,1,32,33; n1=0～ 255; n2=0～3; d=0～255.
k=n1+256×n2 (m=0,1)
k=(n1+256×n2)×3 (m=32,33)
The number of dots in horizontal direction is n1+256×n2.
If the number dots exceed the max dot number in a line (shown as below), the excess data is
ignored.

Vertical direction Horizontal direction

m Mode
Number of dots Dot density Dot density Number of dots(max)
0 8-dot single-density 8 68DPI 101DPI 288
1 8-dot double-density 8 68DPI 203DPI 576
32 24-dot single-density 24 203DPI 101DPI 288
33 24-dot double-density 24 203DPI 203DPI 576

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ESC - Turn underline mode on/off

Format: ASCII: ESC - n
Decimal: 27 45 n
Hex: 1B 2D n
Description:
n=0, 48 Turn underline mode off.
n=1, 49 one-dot thick underline mode on
n=2, 50 two-dot thick underline mode on

ESC 2 Set default line spacing

Format: ASCII: ESC 2
Decimal: 27 50
Hex: 1B 32
Description:
Set the line spacing to 1/6 inch.

ESC 3 Set line spacing as n/203 inch

Format: ASCII: ESC 3 n
Decimal: 27 51 n
Hex: 1B 33 n
Description:
Set the line spacing to n*(vertical or horizontal motion unit) n=0～255.
The vertical or horizontal motion units are specified by GS P Command.

ESC = Select peripheral device

Format: ASCII: ESC = n
Decimal: 27 61 n
Hex: 1B 3D n
Description:
The Last bit of n is 0, printer disable.
The Last bit of n is 1, printer enable.

ESC ? Cancel user-define character

Format: ASCII: ESC ? n
Decimal: 27 63 n
Hex: 1B 3F n
Description:
Cancel the character specified by n. n=32~126.

ESC @ Initialize printer

Format: ASCII: ESC @
Decimal: 27 64
Hex: 1B 40
Description:
Initialize the printer to the state when the printer was turn on.

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ESC D Set horizontal tab position.
Format: ASCII: ESC D n1……nk NUL
Decimal: 27 68 n1……nk NUL
Hex: 1B 44 n1……nk NUL
Description:
Set the horizontal tab position to the column specified by nk from the beginning of the line.
n = 0~255; k=0~32;

ESC E Turn emphasized mode on/off

Format: ASCII: ESC E n
Decimal: 27 69 n
Hex: 1B 45 n
Description:
When the last bit (LSB) of the n is 0, the emphasized mode is turned off.
When LSB of the n is 1, the emphasized mode is turned on.

ESC J Print and feed paper

Format: ASCII: ESC J n
Decimal: 27 74 n
Hex: 1B 4A n
Description:
Prints the data in print buffer and feed the paper n*(horizontal or vertical motion unit) inches.
n=0～255; Horizontal or vertical motion unit are specified by GS P command.

ESC M Select character font

Format: ASCII: ESC M n
Decimal: 27 77 n
Hex: 1B 4D n
Description:
n = 0,48;Character A（12*24）is selected;
n = 1,49;Character B（8*16）is selected.

ESC R Select the international character set

Format: ASCII: ESC R n
Decimal: 27 82 n
Hex: 1B 52 n
Description:
Selects the international character set according the value of n as shown in the follow.
0: USA 1: France 2: Germany 3:U.K 4: Denmark I 5: Sweden 6: Italy 7: Spain I 8:Japan 9:Norway
10: Denmark II 11Spain II 12: Latin America 13: Korea

ESC V Turn 90°clockwise rotation mode on/off

Format: ASCII: ESC V n
Decimal: 27 86 n
Hex: 1B 56 n
Description:
n=0,48 Turn off 90°clockwise rotation mode.
n=1,49 Turn on 90°clockwise rotation mode.
No 90°clockwise rotation for underline in underline mode.

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ESC \ Set relative print position

Format: ASCII: ESC \ nL nH
Decimal: 27 92 nL nH
Hex: 1B 5C nL nH
Description:
Set the print position at (nL+nH*256)* (horizontal or vertical motion unit) inches from current
position;
nL,nH=0～255. Horizontal or vertical motion unit is specified by GS P command.

ESC a n Select justification

Format: ASCII: ESC a n
Decimal: 27 97 n
Hex: 1B 61 n
Description:
n=0, 48: Left justification; n=1, 49: centering; n=2, 50; right justification.

ESC c 3 Select paper end sensor

Format: ASCII: ESC c 3 n
Decimal: 27 99 51 n
Hex: 1B 63 33 n
Description:
n=xxxxxxx1B, xxxxxx1xB, xxxxxx11B, Paper near end sensor takes effect.
n=xxxxx1xxB, xxxx1xxxB, xxxx11xxB, Paper end sensor takes effect.

ESC c 4 Select paper sensor to stop printing

Format: ASCII: ESC c 4 n
Decimal: 27 99 52 n
Hex: 1B 63 34 n
Description:
n=xxxxxxx1B, xxxxxx1xB, xxxxxx11B；Paper near end, printer stop printing.
n=xxxxx1xxB, xxxx1xxxB, xxxx11xxB；Paper end, printer stops printing.

ESC c 5 Enable/disable panel button

Format: ASCII: ESC c 5 n
Decimal: 27 99 53 n
Hex: 1B 63 35 n
Description:
When the LSB of n is 0, enable button.
When the LSB of n is 1, disable button.

ESC d Print and feed n lines

Format: ASCII: ESC c n
Decimal: 27 100 n
Hex: 1B 64 n
Description:
Print the data in print buffer and feed n lines, n= 0~255.

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ESC j Print and feed paper conversely

Format: ASCII: ESC j n
Decimal: 27 106 n
Hex: 1B 6A n
Description:
Print the content in the buffer and feed paper n*vertical unit inch conversely.
n=0～255. Horizontal or vertical motion unit is specified by GS P command.
Note: This function is only for Micro-adjustment. If the distance the paper feeding is over
long, which may cause the paper jammed or deviating from print roller.

ESC p m t1 t2 Generate pulse

Format: ASCII: ESC p m t1 t2
Decimal: 27 112 m t1 t2
Hex: 1B 70 m t1 t2
Description:
Printer output pulse, whose width specified by t1 and t2. On time is t1*2ms，low ist2*2ms.
m=0,48,1,49。

ESC t Select code page

Format: ASCII: ESC t n
Decimal: 27 116 n
Hex: 1B 74 n
Description:
Selects a code page through n as follows:
n=0 PC437;n=1 PC437;n=2 PC850;n=3 PC860;n=4 PC863;
n=5 PC865;n=16 WPC1252;n=17 PC866;n=18 PC852;n=19 PC858;

ESC { Turn on/off upside-down printing mode

Format: ASCII: ESC { n
Decimal: 27 123 n
Hex: 1B 7B n
Description:
When the LSB of n is 0, upside-down printing mode is turn off.
When the LSB of n is 1, upside-down printing mode is turn on.

FS ! Select Chinese character mode

Format: ASCII: FS ! n
Decimal: 28 33 n
Hex: 1C 21 n
Description:

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Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Function

0 - - - Not define
1 - - - Not define
2 Off 00 0 Double-width is not selected
On 04 4 Double-width is selected
3 Off 00 0 Double-height is not selected
On 08 8 Double-height is selected
4 - - - Not define
5 - - - Not define
6 - - - Not define
7 Off 00 0 Underline is selected
On 80 128 Underline is not selected

Selects the Chinese character mode according n as follows:

FS & Set Chinese language mode

Format: ASCII: FS &
Decimal: 28 38
Hex: 1C 26
Description:
In this mode, the code between 0x81 and 0xff are printed as Chinese character.

FS - Turn Chinese character underline mode on /off

Format: ASCII: FS - n
Decimal: 28 45 n
Hex: 1C 2D n
Description:
n=0, 48 turn off the Chinese character underline mode.
n=1, 49 turn one dot the thick underline of Chinese character mode on.
n=2, 50 turn two dots the thick underline of Chinese character mode on.
Underline mode is ignored if 90°clockwise rotation is turned on at the same time.

FS . Cancel Chinese language mode

Format: ASCII: FS .
Decimal: 28 46
Hex: 1C 2E
Description:
In this mode No Chinese character printed.

FS 2 Define user-define Chinese characters

Format: ASCII: FS 2 c1 c2 d1……d72
Decimal: 28 50 c1 c2 d1……d72
Hex: 1C 32 c1 c2 d1……d72
Description:
c1=fe; a1<=c2<=fe; 0<=d<=255; c1 specified the first byte of the character code, c2 specified the
second byte of the character code. Data dk defined from up to down 3 bytes one column, and
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FS S Set Chinese character spacing

Format: ASCII: FS S n1 n2
Decimal: 28 83 n1 n2
Hex: 1C 53 n1 n2
Description:
0 ≤ n1 ≤ 255, 0 ≤ n2 ≤ 255 Set the character left-side spacing to n1*(horizontal or vertical motion
unit)，right-side spacing to n2*(horizontal or vertical motion unit).
Horizontal or vertical motion unit is specified by GS P command.

FS W Turn quadruple-size mode on/off for Chinese character

Format: ASCII: FS W n
Decimal: 28 87 n
Hex: 1C 57 n
Description:
0 ≤ n ≤ 255
When the LSB of n is 0, turn off the quadruple-size mode.
When the LSB of n is 1, turn on the quadruple-size mode.

FS p n m Print NV bit image

Format: ASCII: FS p n m
Decimal: 28 112 n m
Hex: 1C 70 n m
Description:
1 ≤ n ≤ 64 m=0, 1, 2, 3, 48, 49, 50, 51
Prints the NV bit image n using the mode specified by m.
m = 0, 48 Normal mode; m = 1, 49 Double width mode;
m = 2, 50 Double height mode; m = 3, 51 Quadruple mode.

FS q n Define the NV bit image

Format: ASCII: FS q n [xL xH yL yH d1 d2 …dk]1…[xL xH yL yH d1 d2 …dk]
Decimal: 28 113 n [xL xH yL yH d1 d2 …dk]1…[xL xH yL yH d1 d2 …dk]
Hex: 1C 70 n [xL xH yL yH d1 d2 …dk]1…[xL xH yL yH d1 d2 …dk]
Description:
1 ≤ n ≤ 64; xH= 0; 0<=xL<=72; yH=0; 0<=yL<=30
k= (xL+xH*256)*(yL+yH*256)*8
The command can define 64 bit images at the same time. All NV images preciously defined are
canceled when new bit image defined. When this command processing, ERROR indicator will
be on for a period time, then the PAPER OUT indicator and ERROR indicator will be both on and
the printer resets. No more other data or commands followed this command, or may cause data
lost or printing mess. The NV image data will be stored in the printer even which is powered off,
and will not lose till this command reprocessed. Excessive use of this function may cause the NV
memory damaged. As a guideline, the command should not be processed more than 10 times
per day.
The hole command including the bit image data should less than 128K bytes (1M bits).
xL,xL specifies (xL+xH*256) bytes in the horizontal direction for the NV bit image you defined.
yL,yH specifies (yL+yH*256) bytes in the vertical direction for the NV bit image you defined.
d specifies the definition data for the NV bit image(column format).

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GS BEL n1 n2 Beep for appointment

Format: ASCII: GS BEL n1 n2 n3
Decimal: 29 7 n1 n2 n3
Hex: 1D: 07 n1 n2 n3
Description:
N1 specifies the beeping times, n2 specifies the length of beeping time and n3 specifies the
length of intermission time. The unit of n1, n2 is 0.1 second.

GS FF Print and feed to next black mark position

Format: ASCII: GS FF
Decimal: 29 12
Hex: 1D OC
Description:
Print the content in the buffer and feed paper to the next black mark position.

GS ！ Select Character size

Format: ASCII: GS ！ n
Decimal: 29 33 n
Hex: 1D 21 n
Description:
n=0~7, 16~23, 32~39, 48~55,64~71,80~87,96~103,112~119;
Selects the character height (vertical number of times normal font size) using bits0 to bits3 and
selects the character width (horizontal number of times normal size) using bits4 to bits7.

GS ( F pL pH a m nL nH Set adjustment
Format: ASCII: GS ( F pL pH a m nL nH
Decimal: 29 40 70 pL pH a m nL nH
Hex: 1D 28 46 pL pH a m nL nH
Description:
（pL+（pH×256））=4 （Here pL=4,pH=0）； 1≤a≤2； m=0, 48 or 1,49
0≤（nL+nH×256）≤65535，（Here 0≤nL≤255,0≤nH≤255）
This command is only effective when allowing black mark sensor.
Set the printer adjustment value specified by a.
z The numbers of parameter (such as a) specified by pL and pH are (pL+ (pH*256)) bytes.
z A specifies the value of original position and paper cut position.
a Function
1 Set the value of original position
2 Set the value of paper cut position

z M specifies the direction of adjustment.

m Function
0，48 Specify the direction of feeding paper
forward.
1，49 Specify the direction of feeding paper
conversely

z The setting value of nL and nH is specified as (nL+nH*256)*0.125 millimeter.

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GS * Define downloaded bit image
Format: ASCII: GS * n1 n2 d1…dk
Decimal: 29 42 n1 n2 d1…dk
Hex: 1D 2A n1 n2 d1…dk
Description:
Define the downloaded bit image in the downloaded graphic area.
n1=1～48，n2=1～255，n1×n2<1200,k=n1×n2×8。
d specifies the bit image data . n1×8 dots in the horizontal direction and n2×8 dots in the vertical
direction.
The downloaded bit image is available till printer is powered off or reset.
The format of bit image is shown below.
n1× 8

d 1 dn2+1 高位
d n2×2+ 1

d 2 dn2+2
d n2×2+ 2
n2× 8
低位

d n dn2× 2 dn2× 2× 8

GS / Print downloaded bit image

Format: ASCII: GS ／ n
Decimal: 29 47 n
Hex: 1D 2F n
Description:
Print the downloaded bit image using the mode specified by n. n=0, 1, 2, 3, 48, 49, 50, 51.
The bit image defined by GS * command. n specifies the mode as follows:
n Mode Density in vertical Density in horizontal
0，48 Normal 203DPI 203DPI
1，49 Double-width 203DPI 101DPI
2，50 Double-height 101DPI 203DPI
3，51 Quadruple 101DPI 101DPI

GS B Turn white/black reverse mode on/off

Format: ASCII: GS B n
Decimal: 29 66 n
Hex: 1D 42 n
Description:
When the LSB of n is 0, turn the white/black reverse mode off.
When the LSB of n is 1, turn the white/black reverse mode on.

GS H Select print position of HRI character

Format: ASCII: GS H n
Decimal: 29 72 n
Hex: 1D 48 n
Description:
Select the print position of Human Readable Interpretation (HRI) when printing a bar code, using
n as follows: n=0, 48: NO HRI printing. n=1, 49: above the barcode. n=2, 50: below the barcode.
n=3, 51: Both above and below.

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GS L Set left margin

Format: ASCII: GS L nL nH
Decimal: 29 76 nL nH
Hex: 1D 4C nL nH
Description:
Set the left margin to (nL+nH*256)*(horizontal or vertical motion unit); nL, nH=0～255.
Horizontal or vertical motion unit is specified by GS P command.

GS P Set horizontal or vertical motion unit

Format: ASCII: GS P x y
Decimal: 29 80 x y
Hex: 1D 50 x y
Description:
Set the horizontal and vertical unit to 1/x inch and 1/y inch.
When x or y=0, the default horizontal or vertical unit is selected.

GS V Select cut mode and cut paper

Format: ASCII: GS V m (n)
Decimal: 29 86 m (n)
Hex: 1D 56 m (n)
Description: (There is only one cut mode can be selected if the cutter can only realize one cut
type.)
m=0，48;No n parameter, Executes a full cut.
m=1，49;No n parameter, Executes a partial cut (with one point left in the middle).
m=6，n=0~255;Feed paper to n*(horizontal or vertical motion unit) and executes a full cut.
m=66，n=0~255;Feed paper to n*(horizontal or vertical motion unit) and executes a partial cut.

GS W Set print area width

Format: ASCII: GS W nL nH
Decimal: 29 87 nL nH
Hex: 1D 57 nL nH
Description:
Set the print area width to (nL+nH*256)* (horizontal or vertical motion unit), nL, nH=0～255.
Horizontal or vertical motion units are specified by GS P.

GS f Select the HRI character font

Format: ASCII: GS h n
Decimal: 29 102 n
Hex: 1D 66 n
Description:
Selects the HRI character when printing a bar code, using n as follows:
n=0,48；Selects character A (12*24)
n=1,49；Selects character B (8*16)

GS h Set bar code height

Format: ASCII: GS h n
Decimal: 29 104 n
Hex: 1D 68 n
Description:
Set the height of the bar code to n dots.
n=0～255.

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GS k Print bar code
Format: ASCII: GS k m d1..dk NUL
Decimal: 29 107 m d1..dk 0
Hex: 1D 6B m d1..dk 00

* ASCII: GS k m n d1..dn
Decimal: 29 107 m n d1..dn
Hex: 1D 6B m n d1..dn

*when m>64

m Bar code Amount of The range of character Character code

type data k
0 UPC-A Fixed 11<=k<=12 0~9 48<=d<=57
1 UPC-E Fixed 11<=k<=12 0~9 48<=d<=57
2 EAN13 Fixed 12<=k<=13 0~9 48<=d<=57
3 EAN8 Fixed 7<=k<=8 0~9 48<=d<=57
4 CODE39 Can be 1<=k 0~9,A~Z,SP, 48<=d<=57,48<=d<=57,
changed $,%,+,-,.,/ d=32,36,37,43,45,46,
*(stat, stop) 47. d=42(stat, stop)
*65 UPC-A Fixed 11<=n<=12 0~9 48<=d<=57
*66 UPC-E Fixed 11<=n<=12 0~9 48<=d<=57
*67 EAN13 Fixed 12<=n<=13 0~9 48<=d<=57
*68 EAN8 Fixed 7<=n<=8 0~9 48<=d<=57
*69 CODE39 Can be 1<=n<255 0~9,A~Z,SP, 48<=d<=57,48<=d<=57,
changed $,%,+,-,.,/ d=32,36,37,43,45,46,
*(star, stop) 47. d=42(stat character)
*70 ITF Can be 1<=n<255 0~9 48<=d<=57
changed (Even)
*71 CODABAR Can be 1<=n<255 0～9,A～ 48≤d≤57,65≤d≤68,
changed D,$,+,-,.,/,: 36,43,45,46,47,58
*73 CODE128 Can be 2<=n<255 NUL~SP(7F 0<=d<=127
changed H)

GS v 0 Print raster bit image

Format: ASCII: GS v 0 m xL xH yL yH d1…dk
Decimal: 29 118 48 m xL xH yL yH d1…dk
Hex: 1D 76 30 m xL xH yL yH d1…dk
Description:
Print a raster bit image using the mode specified by m as follows.
m=0, 48: normal; m=1, 49: double width; m=2, 50: double height; m=3, 51: quadruple.
XL,xH,yL,yH=0~255;
XL,xH specifies (xL+xH*256) bytes in horizontal direction for the bit image;
YL,yH specifies (yL+yH*256) dots in vertical direction for the image.
k= (xL+xH*256)*(yL+yH*256) indicates the number of bit image data.

GS w Set barcode width

Format: ASCII: GS w n
Decimal: 29 119 n
Hex: 1D 77 n
Description:
Set the horizontal size of barcode.
2<=n<=6.

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Appendix Commands List

Here list the commands supported in the printer in alphabetical order.

Control commands Functions Page

BEL Beeper 32
HT Horizontal tab 32
LF Print and line feed 32
FF Print and Feed paper to next black mark position 32
DLE EOT Real-time status transmission 32
ESC BEL Beep for appointment 33
ESC SP Set right-side character spacing 33
ESC ! Set print mode 33
ESC $ Set absolute print position 33
ESC % Select/cancel user-defined character set 34
ESC & Define user-define characters 34
ESC * Select bit-image mode 34
ESC – Turn underline mode on/off 34
ESC 2 Select default line spacing 35
ESC 3 Set line spacing 35
ESC = Select peripheral device 35
ESC ? Cancel user-define character 35
ESC @ Initialize printer 35
ESC D Set horizontal tab position 35
ESC E Turn emphasized mode on/off 36
ESC J Print and feed paper 36
ESC M Select character font 36
ESC R Select the international character set 36
ESC V Turn 90°clockwise rotation mode on/off 36
ESC \ Set relative print position 36
ESC a Select justification 37
ESC c 3 Select paper end sensor 37
ESC c 4 Select paper sensor to stop printing 37
ESC c 5 Enable/disable panel button 37
ESC d Print and feed n lines 37
ESC j Print and feed paper conversely 37
ESC p Generate pulse 38
ESC t Select code page 38
ESC { Turn on/off upside-down printing mode 38
FS ! Select Chinese character mode 38
FS & Set Chinese language mode 39
FS - Turn Chinese character underline on /off 39
FS . Cancel Chinese language mode 39
FS 2 Define user-define Chinese characters 39
FS S Set Chinese character spacing 39

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FS W Turn quadruple-size mode on/off for Chinese character 40

FS p n m Print NV bit image 40
FS q n Define the NV bit image 40
GS BEL Beep for appointment 40
GS FF Print and Feed paper to next black mark position 41
GS ! Select Character size 41
GS * Define downloaded bit image 41
GS / Print downloaded bit image 42
GS B Turn white/black reverse mode on/off 42
GS H Select print position of HRI character 42
GS L Set left margin 42
GS P Set horizontal or vertical motion unit 43
GS V Select cut mode and cut paper 43
GS W Set print area width 43
GS f Select the HRI character font 43
GS h Set bar code height 43
GS k Print bar code 43
GS v 0 Print raster bit image 44
GS w Set bar code width 44

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