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PP4000 Series
Thermal Printer
Rev.: Original
User's Guide
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Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful inte
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You have made a very wise decision by purchasing the high speed – low noise – high resolution – light weight – high series of printers has been elegantly designed for a Point-Of-Sale application. The manufacturer of this printer not only wishes to take this opportunity to congratulate your smart investment on buying this printer but also likes to express the wishes for your 1 1 - prosperous future by using it. reliability thermal printer PP4000 series of Posiflex products. This CONGRATULATI
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B. The PP4000 series printer uses thermal sensitive paper in form of a roll at a width of 80 mm. The PP4000 printer serves the stand-alone POS application as well as the application within a The PP4000 series can support different interface input through different sub-codes to the model number. The interfaces include RS232 for serial interface and Centronics for parallel interface. PP4000 printer of different model number sub-codes utilizes different connector, accessory cable and part of inter
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C. PP 4 0 0 0 S 0 The last two digits in the model number structure as explained above are called sub-codes. The rest are the basic 3 1 - model number. POS printer 4: thermal printer Product series Reserved Kanzi 5. Japanese 4: Thai 3: Korean 2: BIG-5 code Chinese 1: GB-code Chinese 0: English (standard) Language/Expanded character set Reserved S: serial (RS232) C: parallel B: serial (RS422) Interface: 5: AUS adaptor 4: SA adaptor 3: UK adaptor 2: European adaptor 1: USA adaptor 0: No adaptor
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As illustrated in the above picture, followings are items you may find when you carefully unpack the carton that delivers PP4000 series printer. If there is any discrepancy or problem, contact your dealer immediately. Be sure to save the packing materials in the event that the printer needs to be shipped at . The printer itself. Choices are PP4000S, PP4000C and a Serial cable with 9 pin D sub Female to 9 pin D sub Mal e b Parallel cable with 25 pin D sub Male to
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5 1 - Paper feed button Paper End LED (red) Power LED (green) Power On / off switch Paper exit slot Bottom base Top cover MAIN PARTS ON THE EXTERIOR E.
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F. • • PAPER END INDICATOR: red. Different lighting 6 1 - HWRERR 5 blinks plus OFF 1.2 seconds VOLTERR 4 blinks plus OFF 1.2 seconds TEMPERR 3 blinks plus OFF 1.2 seconds HEAD UP 2 blinks plus OFF 1.2 seconds ABMARK 1 blink plus OFF 1.2 seconds Paper Near End Constant blinking Paper End Constant light up Meaning Lighting pattern pattern indicates each error status. POWER LED: green INDICATORS Power connector Peripheral connector Parallel connector Bottom plate Serial connector
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• • Choose a place that is well ventilated and free of • • Ideal room temperature is from 5ºC to 40 ºC. Ideal • Since the paper roll is very thermal sensitive, please and 65% RH when keep them in a dark place that is 20º • • Use only the power cord and power adaptor furnished • Do not use a power outlet of a circuit shared with any equipment that causes great electrical noise, such as • Do not use a power outlet of a circuit shared with any equipment that uses a lot of power, such as a copie
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H. • Do not pull the paper in the direction opposite to the • Do not touch the areas around the print head and motor • Do not use thermal paper containing Sodium (Na+), Potassium (K+) and Chlorine ( Cl-) ions that can harm • Use only water paste , starch paste, polyvinyl paste or • Use of volatile organic solvents such as alcohol, ester and • Some adhesive tapes on thermal paper may cause • Use only products made from polyethylene, polypropylene or polyester for storage of thermal paper. If th
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• Store thermal paper away from high temperature and • Do not set any liquid or drinks such as coffee on the 9 1 - printer case humidity. Avoid extended exposure to direct light.
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LO Open top cover by gently pressing the rear part of cover inward and lift it up. Take the cover away to expose the paper roll Put the paper roll into the paper roll compartment in the direction shown as above. Push down the head-up lever on 1 2 - Rear insert slot Head-up lever Note direction of paper roll compartment and the thermal print engine. Thermal print engine Paper roll compartment ADING PAPER A. QUICK START-UP II.
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thermal print engine and try to aim the front end of the paper roll When the front end is inserted into the rear insert slot, close forward. If the paper is not inserted in proper position, you may push down the head-up lever and adjust the position of paper and 1. Auto paper feed This printer automatically feeds paper forward about 4 mm every time it is powered up or every time the head-up lever is closed up during power on. Therefore, you may tear the front end of paper roll off against the
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2. Manual paper feed You may also extend the front end of paper out of the paper 3. When to replace paper Whenever the printer gives paper near end signal or a red line appears on the thermal paper, it is the proper timing for replacing the paper. Do not wait till the print engine is dragging the paper roll at the very end. Remove the leftover and replace a new paper roll as illustrated above to prevent excessive paper dust 3 2 - in the printer and consequently possibility for paper jam. Tear
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B. 1. SERIAL CONNECTION This cable comes from any All connectors are at the All the external connectors are in the recessed area at the rear bottom. The serial connector is a 9 pin D sub Female connector at the left. Apply this cable only for serial application of the serial model. The protocol used in serial connection is 4 2 - bps, none parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit. always 19200 bottom rear COM port of host computer CONNECTING CABLES
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2. PARALLEL CONNECTION This cable connects to LPT port of the host The parallel connector is a 25 pin D sub Male connector at the rightmost location in the connector area. Apply this cable only 3. PERIPHERAL CONNECTION This cable goes to cash The peripheral controller is a RJ11 jack near the serial connector. With use of Posiflex special split cable (CCBLA-238 as an option) for cash drawer control, this port can control two 5 2 - cash drawers. drawer. for parallel model. computer
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4. POWER CONNECTION Pull back the The power connector is a 3 pin jack between the peripheral connector and the parallel connector. During insertion, be sure to CAUTION: Before doing the insertion or extraction of the power plug, be sure to pull the outer sleeve of the plug backward to release the internal latch. Failure to do this could damage the power plug. Such damage is considered as an artificial 5. POWER ON When all the above cable connections are made correctly, you may connect your pow
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6. SELF TEST Press and hold down the paper feed button while turning the on / off switch on. The printer will then perform a self test. A slip of self test result is printed below. Please note that the content of such print is always the same no matter what interface or Please note that there could be some mild vibration of the printer due to intermittent pulling on the paper roll by the motor. This vibration would be lighter with thinner paper roll and higher printing speed and heavier with thi
