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TOSHIBA Thermal Printer
B-EV4 SERIES
Printer Manual
Document No. EO18-33025
Original Nov, 2008
(Revised )
This manual includes the contents of the Product Description, and Maintenance Manual.
PRINTED IN JAPAN
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EO18-33025 (Revision Date: Mar. 27, 2009) TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1. OUTLINE-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1- 1 1.1 Features of the B-EV4D/EV4T--------------------------------------------------------------------------1- 1 1.1.1 Front View ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1- 1 1.1.2 Rear View ----------------------------------------------------------
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1. OUTLINE EO18-33025 1.1 Feature of the B-EV4D/EV4T 1. OUTLINE 1.1 Feature of the B-EV4D/EV4T 1.1.1 Front View (1) B-EV4D STATUS Lamp Media View Window FEED Button Top Cover Release Button Media Outlet SD Card Slot Cover SD Card Slot (2) B-EV4T STATUS Lamp Media View Window FEED Button Top Cover Release Button Media Outlet SD Card Slot Cover SD Card Slot 1-1
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1. OUTLINE EO18-33025 1.1 Feature of the B-EV4D/EV4T 1.1.2 Rear View Fanfold paper slot Ethernet interface USB Interface Connector Power Switch Parallel Interface Connector (Centronics) Power Jack Serial Interface Connector (RS-232C) 1.1.3 Interior (1) B-EV4D Print Head Top Cover Media Holder Feed Gap Sensor (Receiver) Media Holder Lock Switch Media Guide Adjustment Dial Cover Open Sensor Black Mark Sensor Feed Gap Sensor
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1. OUTLINE EO18-33025 1.1 Feature of the B-EV4D/EV4T (2) B-EV4T Ribbon Access Cover Ribbon Rewind Gear Print Head Top Cover Feed Gap Sensor (Receiver) Spring Guide Wheel (Take-up side) Media Holder Media Holder Spring Guide Wheel (Supply side) Lock Switch Media Guide Cover Open Sensor Platen Feed Gap Sensor (Transmitter) Black Mark Sensor Media Guide Adjustment Dial 1-3
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1. OUTLINE EO18-33025 1.2 Indication of the Model Name 1.2 Indication of the Model Name B - E V 4 D - G S 14 - QM - R RoHS compliance model Destination country/Region code QM: Standard for World Wide Interface 14: USB, Serial, Parallel and Ethernet Issue mode S: Standard Dot density of the print haed. G: 8dots/mm (203dpi) T: 12dots/mm (300dpi) Print mode D: Direct thermal print T: Thermal transfer print Print width 4: 4inch 1-4
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1. OUTLINE EO18-33025 1.3 Basic Specifications 1.3 Basic Specifications Model B-EV4D B-EV4T Construction Double walled casing & Clam shell design General Maintenance No tool required to repair thermal head and platen Characteristics Paper holder No roll spindle & No paper holder spring Direct thermal printing Direct thermal/thermal transfer Printer Print method printing characteristics GS model: 203 dpi (8 dots/mm) Resolution TS model 300 dpi (12 dots/mm) GS model: 203 dpi Ma
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1. OUTLINE EO18-33025 (Revision Date: Mar. 27, 2009) 1.3 Basic Specifications Model B-EV4D B-EV4T Printer Bitmap: Alpha-numeric 20 types + Kanji 4 types characteristics Fonts Outline: 2 types Writable characters, Optional TTF LED One LED w/ 3 colors (w/ silk screen print of “STATUS”) Key Feed key (w/ silk screen print of “ FEED”) Switch Power S/W Media Label width 1” (25.4 mm) to 4.41” (112 mm) characteristics 203 dpi: 0.6” (15 mm) to 39” (999 mm) Label length 300 dpi: 0.6”
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1. OUTLINE EO18-33025 1.3 Basic Specifications Model B-EV4D B-EV4T Width 7.8” (198 mm) 7.8” (198 mm) Physical Height 6.7” (169.5 mm) 6.8” (173 mm) characteristics Depth 10.2” (258 mm) 10.2” (258 mm) Weight 2.5Kg or less 2.5Kg or less Related products Options Full cutter module (B-EV204-F-QM-R) Partial cutter module (B-EV204-P-QM-R) Strip module (B-EV904-H-QM-R) External Media Holder (B-EV904-PH-QM-R) AC Adapter Cover Kit (B-EV904-AC-QM-R) Accessories Start–up CDROM Power Ad
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1. OUTLINE EO18-33025 1.4 Key and LED 1.4 Key and LED STATUS Lamp FEED Button The [FEED] button operates as FEED button or PAUSE button depending on the printer statuses. Pressing this button when the printer is in online state causes a media feed. As the FEED button Pressing this button after removing a cause of an error returns the printer to online state. Pressing this button during printing stops printing after completing the current As the PAUSE button labe
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1. OUTLINE EO18-33025 1.5 Supply Specifications 1.5 Supply Specifications 1.5.1 Media Type The table below shows the size and shape of the media that can be used on this printer. Black Mark Black Mark Tag paper Label (on reverse side) (on reverse side) Cut position Feed Direction Unit: mm (inch) Issue mode Batch mode Strip mode Cut mode Item Width including backing paper 25.4 to 112 (1.0 to 4.41) Media width 22.4 to 109 (0.88 to 4.29
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1. OUTLINE EO18-33025 1.5 Supply Specifications NOTES: 1. To ensure print quality and print head life use only TOSHIBA TEC approved media. 2. When using a media roll of 76.2-mm (3”) inner core diameter, the 3”-Diameter Media Shaft included in the optional External Media Roll Hanger is required. 3. Precaution for use of labels When labels are used for printing, please only use outside wound labels. Use of an inside wound label causes a paper jam. Outside wound Inside wound Label Us
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1. OUTLINE EO18-33025 1.5 Supply Specifications The figure below shows the effective print area on the media. Start line 1mm 1.5mm from the left edge of media 1.5mm from the right edge of media Guaranteed print area 1mm Media feed direction Media width (Backing paper width is not included.) NOTES: 1. Be sure not to print on the 1.5-mm wide area from the media edges (shaded area in the above figure). 2. The centre of media should be positioned at the centre of the
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2. ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS EO18-33025 2.1 Block Diagram 2. ELECTRONIC SPECIFICATIONS 2.1 Block Diagram 2-1
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2. ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS EO18-33025 2.2 Main PC Board Layout 2.2 Main PC Board Layout U12: Serial Interface Controller JP7: Serial (RS-232C) JP4: Parallel (Centronics) DC Jack JP9: USB SW1: Power Switch JP3: Ethernet (10BASET/100BASETX) JP12: Print Head GS model: 203dpi Ground Terminal JP30: Print Head TS model: 300dpi U8: Ethernet Transceiver U5: Flash ROM U6: SDRAM U2: 32bit RISC CPU AT91SAM9260 U25: Amplifier (Reset Detect) JP2: SD Card Slot U2
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2. ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS EO18-33025 2.3 Description of the Main PC Board 2.3 Description of the MAIN PC Board This PC board, the brain of the printer, is comprised of the following components. 32bit RISC CPU (U2): Type: AT91SAM9260 The 32bit RISC CPU operates the following processing: Controlling the interfaces • Serial Interface (RS-232C) • Parallel Interface (Centronics) • Eternet (10BASET/100BASETX) Controlling the Status LED Detect the [Feed] key Controllin
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2. ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS EO18-33025 2.3 Description of the Main PC Board DC/DC Converter (U22, 23): Type: TS34063 It generates the voltages (+5V, +3.3V) from the power supply voltage (AC adapter). +5V and +3.3V are used as the operating voltage for each circuit. Eternet Transceiver (U8): Type: DM9161 This IC is used for controlling the Ethernet (10BASET/10BASETX). Regulator (U24, U33): Type: TS68N28CX5, TS9007DCX It generates the voltages (+1.8) from the DC/DC c
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2. ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS EO18-33025 2.3 Description of the Main PC Board JP2 (SD Card Slot): Type: MS3B11-KAA-0 This connector is connected to the SD Card. Pin Signal Note: Recommended SD card specification. No. • Supported DOS FAT file system. CD/DAT3 1 CMD 2 • Folders stored in the SD card should be in the 8.3 filename format. VSS1 3 • Approved SD card manufacturers: SanDisk, Transcend. VDD 4 SD V 1.0, V 1.1: 128MByte, 256MByte, 512MByte, 1GByte CLK 5 VSS2 6 SD V
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2. ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS EO18-33025 2.3 Description of the Main PC Board JP4 (Parallel Interfcae): This connector is used for the Parallel (Centronics) interface. Pin SPP Mode Nibble Mode I/O Function Pin Signal A low on this line indicates that there No. are valid data at the host. When this Strobe 1 1 Strobe N/A I pin is de-asserted, the +ve clock edge Data0 2 should be used to shift the data into the device. Data1 3 2-9 Data 0-7 N/A I Data Bus. Single-directional
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2. ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS EO18-33025 2.3 Description of the Main PC Board JP9 (USB): Type: Type B Connector This connector is used for the USB interface. Pin Signal No. +5 V 1 D- 2 D+ 3 N/C 4 GND 5 JP12 (Print Head): This connector is connected to the print head (for GS model, 203dpi). The voltages and signals for controlling the print head are input/output JP12-1 into/from the connector. Pin Signal No. VH (+24V) 1 VH (+24V) 2 VH (+24V) 3 VH (+24
