Page 2 - CITIZEN
CITIZEN 2 <Important safety instruction> l Read all of these instructions and save them for later reference. l Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. l Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners.Use a damp cloth for clea...
Page 3 - CAUTION: Use shielded cable for this equipment.
CITIZEN 3 IMPORTANT: This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and usedin accordance with the instruction manual, may cause interference to radio communications. It has been tested andfound to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pur...
Page 6 - Do not put anything on the printer unit. This may cause a breakage.
CITIZEN 6 <! Precautions for installation> 1. Do not install or store this printer near fire, water, a heater, in the direct sunshine in the locations such as high-temperature, high humidity, oily and dusty. This may cause fire and abnormality. 2. Do not use this printer in locations such as l...
Page 7 - Caution label is attached on the following position.
CITIZEN 7 ! Caution label is attached on the following position. Make sure to use this equipment properly. Read the cautions for handling carefully. This label indicates the danger of burn due to the heat of print head.
Page 8 - Make sure to maintain the equipment after switching OFF the power .
CITIZEN 8 < ! Ordinary Maintenance > 1. Make sure to maintain the equipment after switching OFF the power . 2. When cleaning the platen of printer mechanism, wipe out the dirty portion by a cotton pad dipped into ethyl alcohol. 3. When cleaning the surface of the main unit case, use soft cloth...
Page 9 - Contents
CITIZEN 9 Contents 1 Outline ............................................................................................................................................................... 11 1.1 Features ..................................................................................................
Page 11 - Outline
CITIZEN 11 1 Outline CBM-290 is a Line Thermal printer which can be equipped in a rack and is widely used forvarious data communication, POS terminal and various measurement devices.This printer can be used for various applications since abundant functions are incorporated.Prior to actual use, pleas...
Page 12 - Basic Specifications; Model classifications
CITIZEN 12 2 Basic Specifications 2.1 Model classifications CBM-290 - 34 F - ( ) Model name CBM-290 : No auto paper cutter CBM-291 : Auto paper cutter equipped Number of print columns 34 : 34 columns (Font A) (LT-282 mechanism) Character set F : International Supplement code None : Standard model
Page 14 - Paper thickness
CITIZEN 14 2.3. Specifications of Roll paper 2.3.1. Recommended paper Type : Thermal Paper Paper width : 58 + 0, - 1 mm Paper thickness : 65 ± 5 micro m Outer diameter : Ø50 mm or less Recording side : Outside of roll Recommended type : Japan Paper Mill TF50KS-E2C or equivalent Core : Ø12 mm (Inner ...
Page 15 - The following specifications is required for Power supply.; Outer appearances and parts name
CITIZEN 15 2.4 Specified Power Supply The following specifications is required for Power supply. VCC : DC 5V ± 5% 0.2 - 0.5 AVP : DC24V±5% 2 - 3 A (6A or more at peak) Avoid using power supply which its power capacity of power current is extremely high. 2.5 Outer appearances and parts name 2.5.1 Out...
Page 17 - Operation
CITIZEN 17 3 Operation 3.1 Rack mounting (1) Put the main body into the rack as shown in the following drawing.(2) Hold the main body from rear side with mounting bracket, fasten the screws to fix the main body.(3) After mounting, make sure that front cover opens/closes properly.(4) In fasten screws...
Page 22 - Heating up of print head temperature
CITIZEN 22 l Auto paper cutter lock, paper jam. Turn OFF power supply and clear the problem. To make printer ready for print, turn ON power again afterclearing the problem.In this case, the print data which is remaining inside of print buffer is cleared due to power supply isturned OFF. Absolutely, ...
Page 23 - Dip switch setting; Short
CITIZEN 23 4. Dip switch setting Dip switch locates on the rear side of main body. Make sure that power is turned OFF before changing Dip switch settings. Change during power is ON can not be effective. DIP SWITCH ON OFF FACTORY SETTING DS1-1 AUTO CUTTER EQUIPPED NONE OFF = CBM-290 ON = CBM-291 2 CR...
Page 24 - Connecting connector; Function of each connector pins
CITIZEN 24 5. Connecting connector Configuration of the connector for power and interface which is packed in this box is as follows. Make sure to confirm the following configuration before connecting the connector. 5.1 Function of each connector pins PIN NO. SIGNAL NAME I/O FUNCTION 1 – 3 VCC OUTPUT...
Page 25 - Parallel Interface; Explanation of input / output signals
CITIZEN 25 5.2 Precautions 1. For LED ERROR , there is a resister of 330 Ohm on the circuit side to make current value 10 mA. Please use LED which its voltage is approx. 2V. LED over 10 mA may break a control board. 2. Make sure to supply power to all pins of power supply for circuit and power suppl...
Page 26 - All the output signals are pulled up by 50K Ohm.
CITIZEN 26 6.3 Electrical characteristics (1) Input Signal Level All the input signals are at TTL level. "HIGH" level : 0.7Vcc MIN "LOW" level : 0.3Vcc MAX (2) Output Signal Level All the input signals are at TTL level. "HIGH" level : Vcc – 0.1V MIN "LOW" level : 0.1V...
Page 27 - Data Input and Printing Timing; Data receiving control
CITIZEN 27 6.4 Timing chart (1) Data Input and Printing Timing ACK is not outputted. T1, T2, T3 : 0.5 micro sec. MIN T4 : 270 ns MAX T5 : 2.3 micro sec. TYP T6 : 500 ms MIN (On supplying power) 6.5 Data receiving control When BUSY signal is "LOW", data from the host can be received. When it ...
Page 28 - Serial Interface
CITIZEN 28 7 Serial Interface 7.1 Specifications (1) Data transfer system: Asynchronous (2) Baud rates 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200 bps (Selectable by user) (3) Configuration of one word Start bit : 1 bit Data bit : 8 bits Parity bit : Add/even or no parity (Selectable by user) Stop bit : 1 bit or ...
Page 29 - Case GND
CITIZEN 29 7.2 Explanation of Input / Output signals 7.2.1 Input / Output signals (1) RD Serial receiving data signal. On occurrence of framing error, overrun error, or parity error, the data is printed as "?". (2) DTR When this signal is READY, write data or a command. When they are written...
Page 32 - Print Control Function; Selecting the horizontal size (scale factor) of bar code
CITIZEN 32 8. Print Control Function 8.1 Command Lit CONTROL CODE FUNCTION 1 HT Horizontal tab command 2 CR Print command 3 LF Printing and paper feed 4 ESC SP Setting the right space amount of the character 5 ! Collective specifying printing mode 6 % Specifying/canceling download character set 7 &a...
Page 34 - Function
CITIZEN 34 (6) Specifying/Canceling Download Character Set (ESC % n) Code: [1B]h + [25]h + [n] * {0 ≤ n ≤ FF} data is described in Hex code. Specifying/canceling download characters. Download characters and download bit images cannot be defined simultaneously. Further, only the lowest bit (n0) is va...
Page 42 - Font
CITIZEN 42 (34) Selecting the font of HRI code (GS f n) Code : [1D]h + [66]h + N * n = 0, 1 Selecting the font of HRI code in printing bar code. The type of font can be printed by selecting n is as follows. n Font 0 Font A 1 Font B (35) Defining Download Bit Image (GS * n1 n2 Dn) Code : [1D]h + [2A]...
Page 48 - Appendix 1. Block Diagram
Page 49 - Appendix 2. Outer Appearance
