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TOSHIBA Bar Code Printer
B-SX4T Series, B-SX5T Series
External Equipment Interface Specification
First Edition: November 18, 2002
2nd Edition: February 21, 2003
3rd Edition: June 6, 2003
4th Edition: August 22, 2003
5th Edition: February 27, 2004
6th Edition: January 14, 2005
7th Edition: February 8, 2005
8th Edition: May 9, 2005
9th Edition: April 4, 2006
10th Edition: May 23, 2007
11th Edition: April 18, 2008
12th Edition: November 13,
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1. SCOPE....................................................................................................................................... 1 2. GENERAL DESCRIPTION......................................................................................................... 1 3. INTERFACE ............................................................................................................................... 8 3.1 SERIAL INTERFACE.............................
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Page 6.3.21 2-BYTE WRITABLE CHARACTER CODE RANGE COMMAND.................................... 197 6.3.22 BIT MAP WRITABLE CHARACTER COMMAND ([ESC] XD) ......................................... 198 6.3.23 BIT MAP WRITABLE CHARACTER COMMAND ([ESC] XA) ......................................... 199 6.3.24 GRAPHIC COMMAND..................................................................................................... 210 6.3.25 SAVE START COMMAND ([ESC] XO)....................................
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Page 9. STATUS RESPONSE ................................................................................................................ 267 9.1 FUNCTIONS.......................................................................................................................... 267 9.1.1 STATUS FORMAT ........................................................................................................... 268 9.1.2 DETAIL STATUS................................................................
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1. SCOPE This specification applies to the external equipment interface for use with the B-SX4T-GS10/20- QQ/QP/CN/QQ-US and B-SX4T-GS10-QQ-CCS (hereinafter referred to as “B-SX4T”) and B-SX5T- TS12/22-QQ/QP/CN/QQ-US (hereinafter referred to as “B-SX5T”) industrial high-performance class general-purpose bar code printers. 2. GENERAL DESCRIPTION The external equipment interface connects a printer to the host computer through a serial interface (RS- 232C/USB), parallel interface (Centronics
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The following table shows the combination of the main program and the boot program. As shown below, some combinations disable the proper printer operation. Boot program V1.0 V1.1 V1.1A V2.0 V2.0A V2.0B V2.0E V3.0 Main program V1.0 X X X X X X V1.0A X X X X X X V1.0B X X X X X X V1.0C X X X X X X V1.0D X X X X X X V1.1 X X X X X X V1.1A X X X X X X V1.1B X X X X X X V1.2 X X X X X X V1.2A X X X X X X V1.2B X X X X X X V2.0 X X X X X V2.0A X X X X V2
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Boot program V1.0 V1.1 V1.1A V2.0 V2.0A V2.0B V2.0E V3.0 Main program V5.4 X X X X X X X X5.4 X X X X X X X V5.5 X X X X X X X : This combination enables the proper printer operation. X: This combination disables the proper printer operation. NOTES: 1. Some program versions are not released actually. 2. Boot programs V1.1A and V2.0A do not support the SNMP function as they are not able to download this function. Any other functions than the SNMP function are supported. 3. As
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Main PC board MAIN4-R or greater MAIN3-R or earlier Boot When the boot program is sent to Downloaded normally. program the printer by the downloader, the earlier than printer shows “MODEL TYPE V3.0 ERROR” on the LCD and results in an error. When the COM is used as the interface, the downloader shows “Check Sum Error”. (Then, the printer is forcibly shut down.) After the printer is restarted, it starts up in the previous status Main When the main program is sent to Downloaded norm
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The model configuration and the differences between the models of the B-SX series are described below. Model B-SX4T-GS10/20- QQ/QQ-US, B-SX4T- B-SX4T-GS10/20-QP B-SX4T-GS10/20-CN GS10-QQ-CCS Flash ROM 4 MB × 1 = 4 MB Memory Whole 8 MB × 1 = 8 MB SDRAM Image buffer of 1.2 MB (Label length: 1500 mm) whole SDRAM When the SNMP function is enabled: 0.6 MB (Label length: 750 mm) Chinese ROM None Future specification RS-232C Standard Centronics Standard USB board Option 100BASE LAN boar
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Model B-SX5T-TS12/22-QQ B-SX5T-TS12/22-QP B-SX5T-TS12/22-CN Flash ROM 4 MB × 1 = 4 MB Memory Whole 16 MB × 1 = 16 MB Image buffer of 3.3 MB (Label length: 1500 mm) SDRAM whole SDRAM When the SNMP function is enabled: 1.65 MB (Label length: 750 mm) Chinese ROM None Standard RS-232C Standard Centronics Standard USB board Option 100BASE LAN board Option Ribbon save module Standard Swing cutter module Option Rotary cutter module Option Strip module Standard PCMCIA board Option
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Available PCMCIA cards • LAN card SCCE589ET series only, manufactured by 3COM • ATA card ATA flash card using flash memory manufactured by SanDisk or HITACHI. • Flash memory card Device Manufacturer’s Capacity Manufacturer Item Code Operation Code Code 1 MB Maxell EF-1M-TB AA D0H 1CH Read only Mitsubishi MF81M1-GBDAT01 4 MB Maxell EF-4M-TB CC 88H B0H Read/Write Maxell EF-4M-TB DC ADH 04H Centennial FL04M-15-11119-03 01H Technologies INC. INTEL IMC004FLSA A2H 8
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3. INTERFACE 3.1 SERIAL INTERFACE (1) Type: Conforming to RS-232C (2) Mode of Communication: Full duplex (3) Transmission Speed: 2400 bps 4800 bps 9600 bps 19200 bps 38400 bps 115200 bps (4) Synchronization Method: Start-stop synchronization (5) Start Bit: 1 bit (6) Stop Bit: 1 bit 2 bits (7) Data Length: 7 bits 8 bits (8) Parity: None Even Odd (9) Error Detection: Parity error Vertical parity error check Framing error This error occurs if no stop bit is found in
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(13) Transmission Control: XON/XOFF (DC1/DC3) Protocol READY/BUSY (DTR) Protocol XON/XOFF (DC1/DC3) Protocol + READY/BUSY (DTR) Protocol READY/BUSY (RTS) Protocol XON/XOFF (DC1/DC3) Protocol When initialized after the power is turned on, this printer becomes ready to receive data and sends an XON code (11H). (Transmission or non-transmission of the XON code is selectable by means of the parameter setting.) The printer sends an XOFF code (13H) when the blank positions in th
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XON/XOFF (DC1/DC3) Protocol + READY/BUSY (DTR) Protocol When initialized after the power is turned on, this printer becomes ready to receive data and turns the DTR signal to “High” level (READY). The printer also sends an XON code (11H). When the blank positions in the receive buffer become 10 Kbytes or less, the printer turns the DTR signal to “Low” level (BUSY) and sends an XOFF code (13H). When the blank positions in the receive buffer become 512 Kbytes or more, the printer
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(14) Input/Output Signals FG TD RD RTS Printer Host CTS DSR SG DTR (15) Connector Pin Assignment and Signal Description Signal Pin No. Function Signal Direction Name 1 FG Ground line for circuit protection 2 RD Line for data which the printer receives from the host. ← Host Logic 1 is a Low level, while logic 0 is a High level. It is in the Low (Mark) state when no transmission is in progress. 3 TD Line for data which the printer sends to the host. Printe
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(16) Interface Circuit Input Circuit SN75189 or equivalent RD CTS DSR Output Circuit SN75188 or equivalent TD RTS DTR Signal Levels Input Voltage H ......+3 ~ +15 V L.......-3 ~ -15 V Output Voltage H ......+6 ~ +13 V L.......-6 ~ -13 V - 12 -
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3.2 PARALLEL INTERFACE (1) Type: Centronics (2) Mode: Conforms to IEEE1284 Compatibility mode, Nibble mode, and ECP mode (3) Data Input Method: Parallel 8 bits (DATA1 ~ 8) (4) Control Signals: Compatibility mode Nibble mode ECP mode nStrobe HostClk HostClk nAck PrtClk PeriphClk Busy PtrBusy PeriphAck PError AckDataReq nAckReverse Select Xflag XFlag nAutoFd HostBusy HostAck nInit nInit nReverseRequest nFault nDataAvail nPeriphRequest nSelectIn IEE
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(7) Input/Output Circuit Configuration and Input/Output Conditions: Signal Configuration +5V SN74LS245 or equivalent DATA1 ~ 8 1K Logic level Input (Input) +5V “1” = 2 ~ 5 V nStrobe/HostClk/HostClk “0” = 0 ~ 0.4 V SN74LS14 or equivalent nInit/nInit/ 1K nReverseRequest nAutoFd/HostBusy/ 100P HostAck nSelectIn/IEEE1284Active/ IEEE1284Active +5V Busy/PtrBusy/PeriphAck SN7406 or equivalent nFault/nDataAvail/ 1K Outpu nPeriphRequest
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(9) Connector Pin Diagram (IEEE1284-B Connector): Pin Signal Name No. Compatibility Mode Nibble mode ECP mode 1 nStrobe HostClk HostClk 2 Data 1 Data 1 Data 1 3 Data 2 Data 2 Data 2 4 Data 3 Data 3 Data 3 5 Data 4 Data 4 Data 4 6 Data 5 Data 5 Data 5 7 Data 6 Data 6 Data 6 8 Data 7 Data 7 Data 7 9 Data 8 Data 8 Data 8 10 nAck PtrClk PeriphClk 11 Busy PtrBusy PeriphAck 12 PError AckDataReq nAckReverse 13 Select Xflag XFlag 14 nAutoFd HostBusy HostAck 15 NC NC NC 16 0V 0V 0V
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(10) Input/Output Signals : Compatibility mode Data 1 ~ 8 (Printer ← Host) Input data signals for the 1st to 8th bits. Logic 1 is “High” level. Min. data pulse width of 2.5 µsec. nStrobe (Printer ← Host) Synchronizing signal for reading the above data. Normally at “High” level. The data is read at the rise of the Low level pulse. Minimum data pulse width of 0.5 µsec. Busy (Printer → Host) This signal indicates that the printer is in a Busy state. When
