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Figures and Tables PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Page vi Rev G 12/14/99 Table of Figures Figure 1 Single-wide character cell ...........................................................................................................7Figure 2 Character forming ......................................

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Overview 12/14/99 Rev G Page 1 Chapter 1:Overview of the Series 150 Printer Warranty Information Warranty Options All PcOS Series 150 Printers come with a standard 24-month warranty covering both parts andlabor. An optional warranty, covering both parts and labor f...

Overview PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Page 2 Rev G 12/14/99 Where can you find more information? An Operator's Guide is available that describes set up and use of the Series 150 Printer. Itdescribes basic procedures such as changing the paper; printing on a form; and replacing theribbon casset...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 General Description 12/14/99 Rev G Page 3 Chapter 2:General Description Series 150 Models There are four basic models of the Series 150 Printer. They are: Model 151 Receipt Printer;Model 152 Receipt/Journal Printer;Model 153 Receipt/Journal/Validation Printer; andM...

General Description PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Page 4 Rev G 12/14/99 Model 151: Receipt Printer The Model 151 receipt printer only provides receipt functions. The last line printed on the receipt iswithin one inch of the tear-off or cut-off edge. The receipt printing appears right-side up wi...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 General Specifications 12/14/99 Rev G Page 5 Chapter 3:General Specifications Printing Specifications Printing method impact dot matrix Head wire arrangement 9 pins in line Print wire diameter 0.34 mm (0.012 inch) Print wire pitch 0.35 mm (0.013 inch) Printing dire...

General Specifications PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Page 6 Rev G 12/14/99 Print Pitch Capability (in characters per inch) Wide 2.83” Maximum Characters per Line Characters per Second 8 22 (180) 10 28 (250) 12 34 (275) 15 42 (275) 17.1 (condensed) 48 (275) 20 (super-condensed) 56 (275) 24 (supe...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 General Specifications 12/14/99 Rev G Page 7 The following illustration shows a single-wide character cell. 1 3 5 7 9 11 2 4 6 8 10 12 Full Dots Half Dots Descender (Row 8 & 9) & Underline (Row 9) Character Spacing 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 3 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 10 Cha...

General Specifications PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Page 8 Rev G 12/14/99 Physical Specifications Dimensions 11.25 inches (286 mm) 6.63 inches (168 mm) 5.75 inches (146 mm) Figure 3 Physical dimensions Weight Approximate weight 7.0 pounds (3.2 kg) Shipping weight 10.0 pounds (4.5 kg) Electrica...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 General Specifications 12/14/99 Rev G Page 9 Interface Specifications Serial The serial interface is a standard RS-232 interface on a 9-pin D-shell connector. It is definedas a standard DTE device. A null modem cable is required to interface the printer to anotherD...

General Specifications PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Page 10 Rev G 12/14/99 Receipt/Journal Paper Paper-feed method Friction feed Paper-feed pitch Default - 0.13 inch (1/8 inch or 3.18 mm); can be set in units of0.0046 inch (1/216 inch or 0.12 mm) by software command Paper width 2.75, 3.00, or ...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 General Specifications 12/14/99 Rev G Page 11 Validation - Top Insertion First line of print Last line of print 2.85 inches (72.39 mm) 0.68 inch (17.15 mm) 2.34 inches(59.44 mm) 2.50 inches (min) (63.50 mm) 0.50 in (12.70 mm) 4.25 inches (min) (107.95 mm) Figure 5 ...

Control Codes Overview PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Page 12 Rev G 12/14/99 Chapter 4:Control Codes Overview This programmer’s guide is designed to help users of the PcOS Series 150 Printer develop applications.The Series 150 Printer is a point-of-sale (POS) printer that has several features no...

Control Codes Overview PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Page 14 Rev G 12/14/99 NCR2567 Emulation The standard control codes for the Series 150 Printer are extensions and subsets of the NCR2567emulation provided on other PcOS products. In all cases, an application designed for a Series 50Printer wi...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Control Codes Print/Paper Motion 12/14/99 Rev G Page 15 Chaper 5:Printer Control Codes Print/Paper Motion Low-level Paper Motion Control Function Carriage return ASCII [CR] Hexadecimal 0DH Decimal <13> IPCL &%CR EPOS 0DH Description This command prints th...

Control Codes PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Horizontal Motion Page 16 Rev G 12/14/99 Horizontal Motion Control There are several commands that can control the horizontal position of characters. Manyapplications use space control to position fields. However, there is the ability to control chara...

Control Codes PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Vertical Motion Page 18 Rev G 12/14/99 Vertical Motion Control Function Fine line feed ASCII [ESC] J <n> Hexadecimal 1BH 4AH <n> Decimal <27> <74> <n> IPCL &%FM <m 1 > <m 2 > <m 3 > EPOS [ESC] J <...

Control Codes PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Character Font Page 22 Rev G 12/14/99 Character Font Function Begin High Speed Draft (HSD) Mode ASCII [ESC] # <0> Hexadecimal 1BH 23H 00H Decimal <27> <35> <0> IPCL &%QT EPOS [ESC] ! <n> Description This command begin...

Control Codes PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Character Sets and Code Pages Page 24 Rev G 12/14/99 International Character Sets and Code Pages The Series 150 Printer supports 65 different international character sets. In IBM and EPOS printers,there has historically been two ways of selecting a ch...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Control Codes Character Sets and Code Pages 12/14/99 Rev G Page 25 <n> Language <n> Language <n> Language 64-’@’ ASCII (slashed zero) 71-’G’ Norwegian 78-’N’ Swedish IV 65-’A’ ASCII (unslashed zero) 72-’H’ Dutch 79-’O’ Turkish 66-’B’ British 73-’I...

Control Codes PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Character Pitch Ithaca Peripherals Page 30 Rev G 12/14/99 Character Print Control There are a number of character pitch and print mode operations that are possible and a few that arenot. The following table lists the operations that are possible in ma...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Control Codes Character Attributes 12/14/99 Rev G Page 33 Character Attribute Commands Function Begin one-line double-wide print ASCII [SO] Hexadecimal 0EH Decimal <14> IPCL &%MW EPOS none Description This command causes subsequent characters to be printe...

Control Codes PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Rotated Print Page 40 Rev G 12/14/99 Print Rotation Commands To provide printing flexibility on preprinted and various size forms, rotated print capability isavailable in validation and receipt modes. Rotated print mode aligns the print in any of thre...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Control Codes Graphic Mode 12/14/99 Rev G Page 45 Graphic Mode The Series 150 Printer conforms to the full definition of IBM all-points-addressable (APA) graphiccommands. The printer will only print graphics that are 2.4 inches wide. This at times can make itdiffic...

Control Codes PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Bar codes Page 48 Rev G 12/14/99 Bar codes The Series 150 Printer has the ability to print bar codes. The printer will print one of five formats,Interleaved 2 of 5, Code 39, Code 128, UPC A, and EAN-13. The host does not need to form thegraphic image ...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Control Codes Receipt Paper Out Sensor 12/14/99 Rev G Page 51 Receipt Paper Out Sensor The paper out sensor in the Series 150 Printer, senses when the paper is exhausted. Whenthe printer generates a paper out fault, the printer stops printing and goes off-line. If ...

Control Codes PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Validation Operation Page 52 Rev G 12/14/99 Validation Operation The form is inserted from the top and extends out the left side and/or top of the printer. It rests ona fixed stop. A maximum of 16 lines at 40 characters can be printed on a form. In th...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Control Codes Validation Operation 12/14/99 Rev G Page 53 Validation Operation Control The Series 150 Printer has several features that can be altered during operation. For example, thetime delay between when a form is sensed and when the form clamp is activated ca...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Control Codes Miscellaneous Control 12/14/99 Rev G Page 55 Miscellaneous Control Function Clear print buffer ASCII [CAN] Hexadecimal 18H Decimal <24> IPCL &%RP EPOS [CAN] Description This command clears any unprinted information in the printer received be...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Control Codes Printer Status Set/Inquire 12/14/99 Rev G Page 59 Printer Status Set/Inquire The Series 150 Printer is designed to be used as part of an automated system where the host computermakes every attempt to correct problems with the printer. In addition, the...

Control Codes PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Printer Status Set/Inquire Page 60 Rev G 12/14/99 Receipt paper status is always dynamic. If the PE signal is to be returned to the valid paper errorstate, an [ENQ] <4> should be issued when all other inquires are completed. PE DATA STROBE BUSY ...

Control Codes PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Printer Status Set/Inquire Page 62 Rev G 12/14/99 Inquire Commands Function Inquire printer status ASCII [ENQ] <n> Hexadecimal 05H <n> Decimal <5> <n> IPCL none EPOS [GS] r or [DLE] [ENQ] or [DLE] [EOT] Description This command...

Control Codes PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Extended Diagnostics Page 68 Rev G 12/14/99 Extended Diagnostic Commands Function Extended diagnostics ASCII [ESC] ~ <n> Hexadecimal 1BH 7EH Decimal <27> <126> IPCL none EPOS [ESC] ~ <n> Where n = 0 Prints model, configuration,...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Control Codes EPOS Codes 12/14/99 Rev G Page 69 EPOS Codes This section lists the EPOS codes that are supported by the Series 150 Printer. Ithaca Peripherals hasno control over how Epson extends or changes these control codes. Ithaca Peripherals makes noguarantees ...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Control Codes EPOS Deviations 12/14/99 Rev G Page 71 EPOS Deviations There are several important differences between the Series 150 and EPSON printers. The closestEPSON printer to the Series 150 is the TM-U325. An application that was written for theEPSON printer m...

Control Codes PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide EPOS Deviations Page 74 Rev G 12/14/99 Function Set bar code ASCII [GS] k <m> {information} [NUL] Description The Series 150 Printer uses the same print functions to print EPOS barcodes as the normal mode bar codes. EPOS has two formats for bar ...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Control Codes MICROLINE Codes 12/14/99 Rev G Page 75 MICROLINE Codes This section lists the MICROLINE codes that are supported by the PcOS Series 150 Printer. IthacaPeripherals has no control over how Okidata extends or changes these control codes. IthacaPeripheral...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Control Codes STAR Codes 12/14/99 Rev G Page 77 Star Codes This section lists the Star codes that are supported by the PcOS Series 150 Printer. Ithaca Peripheralshas no control over how Star extends or changes these control codes. Ithaca Peripherals makes noguarant...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Control Codes NCR2567 Codes 12/14/99 Rev G Page 79 NCR2567 Codes This section lists the NCR codes that are supported by the PcOS Series 150 Printer. Ithaca Peripheralshas no control over how NCR extends or changes these control codes. Ithaca Peripherals makes nogua...

Control Codes PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide TELPAR Codes Page 80 Rev G 12/14/99 Telpar Codes This section list the Telpar codes that are supported by the PcOS Series 150 Printer. The Telparemulation is intended to make it as easy as possible to replace a Series 50 Printer with a Series 150. Tel...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Control Codes Summary by Code 12/14/99 Rev G Page 81 Control Codes Summary by Code NormalASCII SecondASCIIfield Hex Code IPCL equivalentcode Description Page [NUL] 00 Null [ENQ] <n> 05H Set inquire status.(Refer to command descriptions.) 62 [BS] 08H &%BS ...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Control Codes Summary by Function 12/14/99 Rev G Page 85 Control Codes Summary by Function NormalASCII SecondASCIIfield Hex Code IPCL equivalentcode Description Page Print/paper motion [CR] 0DH &%CR Set carriage return. 15 Vertical motion [LF] 0AH &%LF Set ...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Operator Panel Controls 12/14/99 Rev G Page 89 Chapter 6:Operator Panel Controls Push Buttons - Momentary Switches The FEED key advances the receipt and journal paper.The RELEASE key opens and closes the validation clamp. It cycles through open and close mode.The R...

Operator Panel Controls PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Page 90 Rev G 12/14/99 Fault Indicators If the printer indicates printer fault, the error is not recoverable. The printer must be restarted andmay lose information. To aid in printer troubleshooting, the RESUME key will activate an extendedd...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Product Self-tests 12/14/99 Rev G Page 91 Chapter 7:Product Self-tests The Series 150 Printer contains several levels of self-test features. At power on, the printer always runsLevel 0 diagnostics which check the printer’s operation. After Level 0 diagnostics, the ...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Configuration Mode 12/14/99 Rev G Page 93 Chapter 9:Configuration Mode Initial Power ON The initial power cycle of a Series 150 diagnostic will find that the EEPROM is not valid. Remainingin Level 0 diagnostics for about ten seconds will indicate this. During this ...

Configuration Mode PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Page 94 Rev G 12/14/99 Feature Configuration The Series 150 Printer has many configurable features. The following section discusses these featuresand the possible configurations. An operator can configure most of the features by manipulating thek...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Configuration Mode 12/14/99 Rev G Page 103 C device Options Knife This specifies that the knife is attached.Not presentEnabled Validation This specifies that the unit has validation.Not presentEnabled General Recommendation Journal This specifies that the unit has ...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Configuration Mode 12/14/99 Rev G Page 105 Vertical Control The line spacing can be defaulted to six or eight lines per inch (lpi). An auto line feed feature can be set as a default where all [CR]’s will have a [LF] added. If autoline feed is set to on, this featur...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Communications Overview 12/14/99 Rev G Page 107 Chapter 10:Communications Protocol and PrintBuffers Overview The following figure illustrates the communication flow from the host computer to the printer andfrom the printer to the cash drawer. Host computer Printer ...

Communications PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Overview Page 108 Rev G 12/14/99 In most cases, the host computer is capable of sending information to the printer much faster than theprinter can print it. To prevent information from being lost, a flow control mechanism is provided.This mechanism i...

Communications PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Parallel Port Page 110 Rev G 12/14/99 Parallel Port Parallel Port Protocol The Series 150 parallel port behaves just like any printer connected to a personal computer. Theparallel interface accepts eight bits of data from the host. The strobe signal ...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Communications Parallel Port 12/14/99 Rev G Page 111 Printer Buffer Size The Series 150 Printer has a configurable buffer size. It can be set from 256 bytes to 6144 bytes.This allows an application to control how far ahead of the printer it can get. The smaller the...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Communications Parallel Port 12/14/99 Rev G Page 113 Mode 0 Mode 0 provides a reverse channel for information from the printer. Normal responses to inquire (ENQ) commands will be placed in the IEEE 1284 reversechannel buffer. The Mode 0 reverse channel request will...

Communications PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Parallel Port Page 114 Rev G 12/14/99 Parallel Port Inquire (Non-IEEE 1284) All inquire commands require a response from the printer. The serial port is bidirectional; thenon-IEEE 1284 parallel port is not. For this reason, the parallel, non-IEEE 128...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Communications Parallel Port 12/14/99 Rev G Page 115 Parallel Port Plug and Play Microsoft Windows implements Plug and Play (PnP) by doing an IEEE 1284 inquire during boot.The Series 150 Printer will respond to this inquire if IEEE 1284 is active. If the Windows Pn...

Communications PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Parallel Port Page 116 Rev G 12/14/99 Parallel Port Connector The parallel printer interface is a 25-pin D-shell connector. The pin out is such that the printerwill interface to a standard personal computer parallel printer interface with a one to on...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Communications Serial Port 12/14/99 Rev G Page 117 Serial Port Serial Port Features The serial port features are as follows: Baud rates 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19.2K Bit patterns 8-bit, no parity; 8-bit odd; 8-bit even; 7-bit no parity; 7-bit odd; 7-bit e...

Communications PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Serial Port Page 118 Rev G 12/14/99 Serial Port Protocol The serial port supports two flow control standards, XON/XOFF and Ready/Busy (sometimescalled DTR or hardware handshake.) When Ready/Busy flow control is selected, the printer can be configured...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Communications Serial Port 12/14/99 Rev G Page 119 Serial Communications port Data Buffer filling up Buffer emptying Data Select key Printer control software Print buffer 256 - 6K Serial Port Flow Control XON/XOFF RTS -> Request to send DTR -> Data terminal r...

Communications PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Serial Port Page 120 Rev G 12/14/99 Print Buffer Flow The following flow chart illustrates the communication driver getting data from the serial portand placing the data in the buffer using Ready/Busy or XON/XOFF flow control. At the top of the flow ...

Communications PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Serial Port Page 122 Rev G 12/14/99 The print controller is always looking for data when the printer is on-line and not printing. Itcontinuously asks the buffer if it has any data. If there is no data in the buffer, it doeshousekeeping chores like ke...

Communications PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Serial Port Page 124 Rev G 12/14/99 Serial Port Inquire The serial port inquire is more straightforward than parallel mode. The serial acknowledge(ACK) or not-acknowledge (NAK) responses follow a uniform format. The ACK or NAK isalways followed by th...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Communications Programmer’s Notes 12/14/99 Rev G Page 125 Remote Printer Reset Reset in Serial Mode It is possible to generate a printer reset in serial mode. The [ENQ] <10> command will requestthat the printer reset. (This is not a hardware reset). It will, ...

Programmer’s Guide PcOS Series 150 Cash Drawer Interface 12/14/99 Rev G Page 127 Chapter 11:Cash Drawer Interface Interface Description The Series 150 Printer supports dual cash drawers with status. The driver in the printer is capable ofsupplying 24 VDC at up to 1.5 amps and 250 milliseconds. The S...

Printing Graphics PcOS Series 150 Programmer’s Guide Page 128 Rev G 12/14/99 Chapter 12:Printing Graphics The Series 150 Printer has bit image graphic capabilities and a full PC-compatible graphic character set.The bit image format is similar to that used on other personal computer printers. There a...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Printing Graphics 12/14/99 Rev G Page 129 [ESC]U<1> Select unidirectional print for better alignment. [ESC]: Select 12 cpi. [ESC]3<34> Set line spacing to 0.157 inch. (This is slightly smaller than 1/6 inch.) <201> Send the line graphic characters...

Printing Graphics PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Page 130 Rev G 12/14/99 When printing line graphics, the data path to the printer must be eight bits. Seven-bit serial protocolswill not access the extended characters. The extended characters require that the form be reverse fed.This means that p...

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Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Appendix A 12/14/99 Rev G Page 133 Appendix ALanguage Tables Code Page Country Code/ Language Set Decimal <n 1 > <n 2 > Hex <n 1 > <n 2 > ASCII <n 1 > <n 2 > <n 3 > Epson ID 64 USA (slashed 0) 0,64 0H,040H 0,0,6,4 NA 65 USA...

Appendix A PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Page 134 Rev G 12/14/99 Code Page Country Code/ Language Set Decimal <n 1 > <n 2 > Hex <n 1 > <n 2 > ASCII <n 1 > <n 2 > <n 3 > Epson ID 895 Kamenicky (MJK) 3,127 3H,07FH 0,8,9,5 55 1008 Greek 437 3,240 3H,0F0H 1...

Programmer’s Guide PcOS Series 150 Appendix B 12/14/99 Rev G Page 135 Appendix BASCII Code Chart HEX Decimal ASCII 00 0 NULL 01 1 SOH 02 2 STX 03 3 ETX 04 4 EOT 05 5 ENQ 06 6 ACK 07 7 BEL 08 8 BS 09 9 HT 0A 10 LF 0B 11 VT 0C 12 FF 0D 13 CR 0E 14 SO 0F 15 SI 10 16 DLE 11 17 DC1 12 18 DC2 13 19 DC3 14...

Appendix C PcOS Series 150 Programmer's Guide Page 136 Rev G 12/14/99 Appendix COrdering Cables General Information To order cables, use the following order numbers: 10-2020 9-pin female to 9-pin female serial interconnect 10-2021 9-pin female to 25-pin female serial interconnect 10-2022 9-pin femal...

Programmer's Guide PcOS Series 150 Index 12/14/99 Rev G Page 137 Index —[— [CAN] Clear print buffer........................................ 54[CR] New line ....................................................... 15[DC2] Set 10 cpi .................................................... 31[DC4] End one-...