Page 2 - Warranty Limits; Copyright Posiflex Inc. 2005
P/N: 19740900010 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement 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 limit s are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful...
Page 3 - Table Of Contents; GETTING STARTED; MAINTENANCE GUIDES; MAINTENANCE GUIDE LINES
i Table Of Contents GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -- 1 CONGRATULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -- 1 PRODUCT BRIEFING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -- 1 UNPACKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -- 2 OPTIONS ...
Page 4 - ii; SPECIFICATIONS
ii Printing problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 -- 2 Paper jam problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -- 4 Auto cutter problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -- 4 Advanced analysis tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 -- 6 SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 5 - CONGRATULATION; You have made a very wise decision by purchasing the easy; PRODUCT BRIEFING; The Aura PP-5000 series support two types of interface
1 - 1 I. GETTING STARTED A. CONGRATULATION You have made a very wise decision by purchasing the easy loading ; low noise ; high resolution ; light weight ; high reliability thermal printer Aura (PP-5000 & PP-5200) series of Posiflex products. This series of printers has been elegantly designed f...
Page 6 - kitchen bell; UNPACKING; Be sure
1 - 2 Aura series also supports user’s company’s LOGO downloading for superior performance. It even supports some enhancement capability for reminder function to persons around. It can be used to drive a separately purchased kitchen bell for such reminder function in noisy environment. This printer ...
Page 8 - INDICATORS; Rear View
1 - 4 F. INDICATORS • Power LED: green • Error LED: red • Paper Out LED: red Parallel Connector Serial Connector Power Connector Peripheral Connector Rear View Screws Window Plate Screw Setup Window Bottom View Power Switch Front View
Page 9 - LOADING PAPER; Desk top application
2 - 1 II. QUICK START-UP A. LOADING PAPER 1. Desk top application 1. Press down the hood release button to release the top hood. 2. Raise the released hood wide open manually. 3. Drop the thermal paper roll inside the printer in the orientation as shown in the picture. 4. Close the hood back leaving...
Page 10 - When to replace paper; Whenever the printer gives paper out signal or a red line; CONNECTING CABLES; Serial connection; All the external connectors are in the recessed area at the; switch positions both 1, and 2 to OFF leaving the; Parallel connection; The parallel connector is a 25 pin D sub Male connector at
2 - 2 2. When to replace paper Whenever the printer gives paper out 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 il...
Page 11 - Peripheral connection; The peripheral controller is a 6 pin RJ11 jack between the; Power connection; The power connector is a 3 pin jack at the rightmost; CAUTION: Before doing the insertion or extraction of the
2 - 3 keep parallel interface in fast operation, please adjust in setup window the switch positions both 1, and 2 to ON leaving the rest unchanged as factory default setting . 3. Peripheral connection The peripheral controller is a 6 pin RJ11 jack between the power connector and the parallel connect...
Page 12 - Power on; When all the above cable connections are made correctly,; Self test; Press and hold down the feed button while turning the
2 - 4 5. Power on When all the above cable connections are made correctly, you may connect your power adaptor to the wall outlet. Make sure that the type of power cord and the voltage requirement of the power adaptor meet the local power conditions. Now the printer is ready for power on. 6. Self tes...
Page 13 - SPECIAL ADJUSTMENTS; Paper near end sensor
2 - 5 The header is printed in text mode and the rest part of this slip is printed in page mode. If FEED button is pressed at this moment, a font table will be printed in text mode again. To exit the test printing, please turn the printer off and on again. C. SPECIAL ADJUSTMENTS 1. Paper near end se...
Page 14 - Paper cutting; The paper advance after a protective cut is now set to 12; Wall mount application; In wall mount application, the option kit will include screws
2 - 6 either paper near end sense or paper feed action. It is also noticed that some market available paper roll has extremely light bobbin, easily causing the paper roll to go off position when paper feeding with low remaining paper. In this case, the paper near end sensor may function abnormally a...
Page 15 - III. MAINTENANCE GUIDES; Please use soft hair brush or compressed air to clear away; PRINT HEAD CLEANING; The print head is located underneath the roll paper passage; NOTE: Never do this when print head is still hot; Thermal Elements
3 - 1 III. MAINTENANCE GUIDES A. MAINTENANCE GUIDE LINES • Always turn off and disconnect power before opening the hood or cover. • The areas around the print head and motor become very hot during and just after printing. Do not touch them. • When handling the interior of the thermal printer, please...
Page 16 - TROUBLE SHOOTING; General Problems; No LED lights up on con trol panel when switched on; Printing Problems; Nothing can be printed with ERROR LED ON
3 - 2 Before putting back the paper roll for printing, alcohol solvent must be dried completely. D. TROUBLE SHOOTING This section gives solutions to some printer problems you may have. 1. General Problems No LED lights up on con trol panel when switched on – Make sure that the power supply cables ar...
Page 18 - Paper Jam Problems; Paper is jammed inside the printer; Auto Cutter Problems
3 - 4 setup and changing the switch positions 1 and 2 in the printer setup window to ON may help. 3. Paper Jam Problems Paper is jammed inside the printer – Turn off the printer and open the top hood by releasing the hood lock. Remove the jammed paper and reinstall the paper roll. Close the hood pro...
Page 20 - Advanced Analysis Tool; Hexadecimal Dump
3 - 6 Please use manual cutter as temporary alternative measure once the auto cutter malfunctioned. 5. Advanced Analysis Tool This printer supports Hexadecimal Dump for experienced user to view exactly what data is received by the printer. This can be useful in finding software problems. To start th...
Page 21 - IV. SPECIFICATIONS; PRINTER; ITEM; PAPER
4 - 1 IV. SPECIFICATIONS A. PRINTER ITEM SPECIFICATION Printing method Thermal sensitive line dot method Effective printing width 54 mm Thermal head configuration 432 dots / line PP-5000 120 mm /sec. Printing speed PP-5200 220 mm /sec. Paper feed method Friction auto-feed Paper load method Drop and ...
Page 22 - POWER ADAPTOR
4 - 2 C. POWER ADAPTOR ITEM REQUIREMENT INPUT VOLTAGE 100 V AC ~ 250 V AC INPUT FREQUENCY 50 ~ 60 HZ INPUT CURRENT 1.5 A MAX. @ 115 V AC OUTPUT VOLTAGE + 24 V DC OUTPUT POWER 60 W STATIC LOAD 0 A ~ 2.5 A OUTPUT REGULATION + / - 5 % MTBF 30,000 HRS EMI STANDARDS VDE – B, FCC – B, VCCI – B
Page 23 - V. TECHNICAL INFORMATION; INTERFACES; Peripheral interface; Description
5 - 1 V. TECHNICAL INFORMATION A. INTERFACES 1. Peripheral interface The connector for peripheral control is a 6P6C RJ11 jack with the following pin assignment. The best recommended cash drawers to this connector are Posiflex CR3100, CR3200, CR4000 and CR4100. Using the cable 20863018001 (CCBLA-180-...
Page 24 - Serial interface; The serial interface cable is a RJ45 plug to DB9F cable of; DB9F; SETUP WINDOW; On bottom cover of the Aura series thermal printer, there is
5 - 2 2. Serial interface The serial interface cable is a RJ45 plug to DB9F cable of length 1.8 meters (about 6 feet). To use the serial interface with a distance longer than the cable length can be achieved through use of LAN cable and a RJ45 jack to DB9F converter. Please insert one end of the LAN...
Page 26 - ADVANCED SETTINGS
5 - 4 For switch position 5, if the switch is set to ON, the busy signal is sent to host only when input buffer is full. When it is set to OFF, busy signal is sent to host whenever an off line status occurs. Therefore, signals including the paper near end detect will generate busy signal to the host...
Page 28 - Do not use a power outlet of a circuit shared with any
6 - 2 • Do not use a power outlet of a circuit shared with any equipment that uses a lot of power or causes great electrical noises, such as a copier, electric motors or a coffee maker. • Do not use thermal paper containing Sodium (Na+), Potassium (K+) and Chlorine (Cl-) ions that can harm the print...