Extech MPP-II - Manuals

Page 6 3.0 OPERATING YOUR COMPACT PRINTER PART II 3.1 MSP - RS232C SERIAL INTERFACE 3.1.1 MSP SERIES - SERIAL COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL 3.1.2 MSP SERIES - SERIAL BUSY PROTOCOL 3.1.3 MSP SERIES - XON/XOFF PROTOCOL 3.1.4 MSP SERIES - RS232C CONNECTIONS 3.1.5 MSP SERIES - OPTIONAL RJ11 - RS232C CONNECTOR ...

Chapter 1 Installation and Initial Power-Up Page 7 1.0 INSTALLATION AND INITIAL POWER-UP Thank you for selecting the Extech compact portable printer. The MPP/MSP printer series feature compact reliable, plain paper dot matrix printers capable of printing 24 through 42 columns and dot addressable gra...

Chapter 1 Installation and Initial Power-Up Page 8 1.2 UNPACKING YOUR PRINTER When you remove the printer from its shipping box, make sure it is in good condition. The package also includes an AC power adapter, rechargeable battery pack, paper roll, a warranty registration card. If any of the compon...

Chapter 1 Installation and Initial Power-Up Page 9 1.4 MEMBRANE SWITCH PANEL Four membrane switches are provided on the left side of the MSP/MPP printers for various operator controls. The switches are labeled <SLCT>, <FEED>, <SET> and <ADVN>. The functions performed by these...

Chapter 1 Installation and Initial Power-Up Page 10 PART # DESCRIPTION 152117 MSP/MPP II 110 VAC IN / 9VDC 1A Out 152220 MSP/MPP II 220 VAC IN / 9VDC 1A Out 153117 MSP/MPP III 110 VAC IN / 9VDC 2A Out 153220 MSP/MPP III 220 VAC IN / 9VDC 2A Out 151129 DC CAR ADAPTER 1.6.2 DC POWER CONNECTION (OPTION...

Chapter 1 Installation and Initial Power-Up Page 11 Tear and discard any paper remaining in the printer tray. Remove any paper remaining in the printer mechanism, using the <FEED> switch. Do not REVERSE pull paper out of the printer mechanism - this will damage the printer mechanism Feed the n...

Chapter 2 Operating Your Compact Printer Page 12 2.0 OPERATING YOUR COMPACT PRINTER PART 1 The MSP/MPP compact portable printer series is comprised of a microcomputer-based printer controller card, a printer mechanism module, a rechargeable battery pack and a high impact cycolac enclosure. 2.1 PRINT...

Chapter 2 Operating Your Compact Printer Page 13 2.2.1 PRINTER PAPER SPECIFICATION The MSP/MPP printers use 2.25" wide, .0027" thick and 1.12" diameter rolls of common calculator paper. Three types of paper may be used in the printer, Single ply roll, Two ply pressure sensitive roll, Lab...

Chapter 2 Operating Your Compact Printer Page 15 2.4 CONTROL CHARACTERS The printer has a set of commands which provide control of printer functions. The printer also provides response commands informing the user of the printer status. In this section, the recognized control characters and the corre...

Chapter 2 Operating Your Compact Printer Page 16 CHAR. CON T H/D CONTROL ACTION AUXOFF ^U 15/ 21 Printer to Host: printer is off transmitted to host before power down CANCEL ^X 18/ 24 Cancel and reset printer If received, 2K print buffer is reset and printer placed in initial power-up default settin...

Chapter 2 Operating Your Compact Printer Page 17 2.6 CHARACTER SIZE Four character sizes can be selected through the communication interface, by sending control characters to the printer. Character Size Dot matrix size Normal 5x7 Expanded (Double Wide) 10x7 Extended (Double Height) 5x14 Large (doubl...

Chapter 2 Operating Your Compact Printer Page 18 2.7 DOT ADDRESSABLE GRAPHICS The MSP/MPP Compact Printers can print special symbols, graphs and characters if operated in the Dot Addressable Graphics mode. During the Dot Addressable Graphics mode of operation, the printer prints one dot line at a ti...

Chapter 2 Operating Your Compact Printer Page 19 2.8 OPERATING MSP/MPP PRINTER IN MS-DOS ENVIRONMENT To insure proper operation of the Extech MPP/MSP printers in DOS environment the following are required. FOR MPP SERIES - Parallel Printer 1- Use DOS print command to print, or Write Direct to printe...

Chapter 2 Operating Your Compact Printer Page 20 3.0 OPERATING YOUR COMPACT PRINTER PART 2 This chapter describes the input connections, operation, and electrical characteristics for all MSP/MPP printers. - The operating features of the MSP Serial printers are covered in section 3.1. - The operating...

Page 23 3.2 MPP SERIES - 8 BIT PARALLEL INTERFACE The Parallel Interface signals for the MPP printer series are terminated on a 25 pin IBM PC parallel printer output type connector located on the front panel of the printer. The table below lists the Parallel Interface signals and the connector pinou...

Page 25 Appendix A Serial MSP/MPP Users guide This Guide summarizes the operating and maintenance feature of Extech MSP or MPP printer series. Refer to user's and operators manual for additional information. Initial preparation - Install the battery pack in the battery compartment located on the bac...

Page 27 Appendix B Trouble Shooting Guide PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION Printer will not turn on Discharged Battery Recharge battery overnight. Charge LED not lighting No AC power Check AC outlet and adapter. when AC adapter is plugged in Bad AC Adapter Battery pack fully charged. Battery not Char...

Page 28 APPENDIX C Magnetic Card Reader Option Introduction An optional Magnetic Card Reader is available for the MSP/MPP series printers. This option is designed to read Magnetic Cards conforming to ISO standards (ABA, IATA, MINTS and THRIFT), convert the encoded signals to ASCII format and transmi...

Page 32 Sample Interface Program in C #include <stdio.h> // MSC Standard I/O #include <com.h> // C Run-Time Interrupt Driven Comm #include <vdsp.h> // C Run-Time Video Display Functions #define PRINTSPECS CM_SERIALFSM | CM_9600BAUD | CM_NOPRTY | CM_8BITS| CM_1STOP void readtrk( int...