Page 2 - TK14 thermal printer operation manual revision:
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 2/65 TK14 thermal printer operation manual revision: Version 1 Date: Febraury 2006 Page Revision type Before change After change
Page 3 - INDEX
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 3/65 INDEX IMPORTANT NOTES IN TK14 THERMAL PRINTER MANAGEMENT................ 6 0 – INTRODUCTION............................................................................................ 8 1 – GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS...................................................
Page 5 - FIGURES AND TABLES
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 5/65 FIGURES AND TABLES Fig. a. Thermal print head cleaning................................................................................................. 7 Fig. 2.1- TK14 accessibility.................................................................................
Page 6 - IMPORTANT NOTES IN TK14 THERMAL PRINTER MANAGEMENT
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 6/65 IMPORTANT NOTES IN TK14 THERMAL PRINTER MANAGEMENT In order to preserve the life of the printer, it is necessary to keep in mind some precautions in the handlingof the TK14 printer. Please read carefully the following points in order to make a good use of the ...
Page 7 - CLEANING PROCEDURE AND PRECAUTIONS; before proceeding to clean it.; RECOMMENDATIONS; Screws
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 7/65 • CLEANING PROCEDURE AND PRECAUTIONS In order to clean the thermal print head, proceed as indicated by the following steps: 1. Unplug the power supply cable and remove the 4 screws (2 in each side) holding the thermal print mechanism. Open the printer cover. W...
Page 8 - – INTRODUCTION
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 8/65 0 – INTRODUCTION The TK14 is a high performance thermal printer. Its compact and functional design covers manyprofessional uses (as in supermarkets, hotels, hospitals, restaurants, and so on.)It is capable of printing text, graphics, logo and barcodes.It can b...
Page 9 - GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 9/65 1 – GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS 1.1- Printing specifications 1) Printing method: Thermal line printing 2) Dot density: 203 dpi x 203 dpi (‘dpi’: dots per inch. 1 inch = 25.4mm)(203 dpi = 8 dots per mm) 3) Printing direction: Unidirectional with friction feed. 4) Pr...
Page 10 - thermal paper roll; mm; From Nippon Paper Industries
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 10/65 1.3- Passive cutter The TK14 has a passive cutter system. After present the ticket printed in the nozzle, user can take it and,himself, cuts the paper, without any TK14 automatic action. 1.4- Paper specifications 1) Paper type: thermal paper roll 2) Paper wid...
Page 11 - – INSTALLATION; The basic points that a correct installation must follow are:
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 11/65 2 – INSTALLATION 2.1- TK14 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS There are some general considerations to take into account when installing the TK14 printer.A wrong installation can cause many serious problems like paper jam, difficult maintenance of the printer,diffic...
Page 12 - Fig. 2.2-
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 12/65 For these reasons, FENIX suggests the following systems as solutions to a correct installation: The printer must be set quite near the front side of the user’s chassis.Special care in the design of the part which goes from the printer outlet to the paper guid...
Page 13 - TK14 power supply connector.; IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT POWER SUPPLY:; Current; Input current
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 13/65 2.2- POWER SUPPLY The TK14 is powered by an external power supplyby means of a female polarized connector of 4 pinsthat includes a security anchor. The power supplyvoltage must be verified before making the connectionbetween the supply and the printer.The pow...
Page 15 - Signal; PC
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 15/65 2.3.3- Serial RS-232 interface pins assignment The assignments of the terminals of the RS-232 connector and the functions of its signals are described inthe following table: Pin Signal name Signal direction (from the printer point of view) Function 20 TXD Out...
Page 16 - NIBBLE MODE
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 16/65 2.4- CENTRONICS PARALLEL INTERFACE The TK14 comply the IEE1284 protocol ( NIBBLE MODE ). Copyright © 1994 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc. 2.4.1- Compatibility mode (Data transmission from host system to the printer: Centronicscom...
Page 18 - Parallel interface pins.; Fig. 2.9-; Housing; Shield to chassis
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 18/65 NOTES: (1) The ‘n’ prefix used before a signal name means that they are active in ‘0’ logic level. If the host systemdoes not provide any of the signal lines mentioned above, both communication types could fail. (2) It is recommended to use twisted pair cable...
Page 19 - – BASIC OPERATIONS; Fig.3.1-; Automatic paper load.; Fig.3.2-
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 19/65 3 – BASIC OPERATIONS 3.1- PAPER LOADING W hen the printer runs out of paper, there are two ways of loading paper: automatic and manual.Before starting the paper load sequence, please make sure the paper roll has been placed in the rightway. Place the paper ro...
Page 20 - “YES”; meters; of paper
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 20/65 3.2- BUTTONS FUNCTIONS Fig. 3.3- TK14 led and buttons. 1) PFEED Button . Functions: • If pressed on start-up, it activates the SELF-TEST MODE. • If pressed together with PROG button on start-up, they activate the HEXADECIMAL MODE . • During PROGRAMMING MODE t...
Page 21 - PROCESSING; Fig. 3.5-
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 21/65 3.4- OPEN PLATEN SENSOR W hen this sensor detects the opening of the platen, it lights the orange LED, blocking all the activityrelated to printing. NOTE: If TK14 detects no paper or platen open while is printing, the current and the following data will be lo...
Page 22 - PFEED; Enabling this option, user can not print a new
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 22/65 3.6.2- Programming mode The TK14 has a PROGRAMMING MODE in order to set up some parameters of the printer, withoutsending any command neither setting micro-switches.In this mode, the printer makes some questions to the user. These questions must be answered b...
Page 23 - Fig. 3.6-
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 23/65 3.6.3- Hexadecimal dump mode Fig. 3.6- HEXADECIMAL DUMP mode example. NOTES: (1) For any received characters that are under 20h, the ASCII ‘.’ will be printed.(2) During the hexadecimal dump mode, the DEL EOT command does not work. (3) It must be taken into a...
Page 24 - DEL EOT; ERROR; PAPER; warning; “ESC c 4”
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 24/65 3.7- ERROR PROCESSING 3.7.1- Error types W hen an error happens, the TK14 visually notifies the error type through the led, located next to the buttons. This fact allows the final user to have a direct and visual reference on the current printer status.On the...
Page 25 - Paper
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 25/65 HARDW ARE ERROR [Description] At initialization, the printer internally checks its hardware devices. If they do not function properly, an error occurs. [Recover action] This error cannot be recovered. One of the control board components might be damaged and s...
Page 26 - THE MINIMUM TICKET LENGTH IS 120 mm.
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 26/65 PAPER JAM ERROR [Description] W hen printing a ticket, the paper must run across the printer mechanism and the presenter unit without any obstacle. Moreover, the ticket has to be the minimum length in order to the user may catch it. IMPORTANT NOTES: • THE MIN...
Page 27 - - Flow diagram of the error detection for the serial port
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 27/65 3.7.2- Printer operation when an error happens W hen the TK14 detects an error (except the near-end paper), it executes the following operations: • It stops all printing operations. • The red led blinks or orange permanently lights. 3.7.3- Data reception erro...
Page 28 - - Flow diagram of the error detection for the parallel port; HOST
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 28/65 3.7.5- Flow diagram of the error detection for the parallel port The TK14 meets the IEEE-1284 standard, in the nibble mode variant. Fig.3.11- Nibble mode phase transitions. NOTES: (1) The circles represent the IEEE1284 phases.(2) This diagram can not be consi...
Page 29 - – CONTROL COMANDS
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 29/65 4 – CONTROL COMANDS 4.1- COMMAND NOTATION [Name] The command name. [Format] The coding sequence. [Range] It provides the allowed range for the arguments. [Description] It describes the command functionality. [Notes] It provides important information in comman...
Page 33 - n x
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 33/65 ESC t n [Name] Select character code table [Formato] ASCII ESC t n Hex 1B 74 n Decimal 27 116 n [Range] n =<00>H , n = <11>H [Description] Selects page n from the character code table. n Page 0 PC437 (U.S.A., standard Europe) 17 PC866 (Cyrillic) [...
Page 35 - GS B n; ESC SP; ESC J n; Function
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 35/65 GS B n [Name] Turn white/black reverse printing mode [Format] ASCII GS B n Hex 1D 42 n Decimal 29 66 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Description] Turns on or off white/black reverse printing mode. W hen the LSB of n i s 0, white/black reverse mode is turned off. W hen...
Page 38 - GS ( A pL pH n m; GS L nL nH; APPENDIX A
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 38/65 [Notes] • This command is effective for all characters, except for HRI characters. • The vertical direction is the paper feed direction, and the horizontal direction is perpendicular to the paper feed direction. • W hen characters are enlarged with different ...
Page 40 - m n d
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 40/65 GS H n [Name] Select print position for HRI characters. [Format] ASCII GS H n Hex 1D 48 n Decimal 29 72 n [Range] n = 0/3 [Description] Selects the print position of HRI characters when printing a bar code. n selects the print position as follows: n Printing ...
Page 41 - APPENDIX E – CODE 128 BAR CODE
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 41/65 • This command is enabled only when no data exists in the print buffer. W hen data exists in the print buffer, the printer processes the data following m as normal data. • After printing the bar code, this command sets the print position to the beginning of t...
Page 44 - FS q n [xL xH yL yH d1...dk]1...[xL xH yL yH d1...dk]; FS q
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 44/65 FS q n [xL xH yL yH d1…dk]1…[xL xH yL yH d1…dk] [Name] Define NV bit image [Format] ASCII FS q n [x L x H y L y H d1...dk]1...[ x L x H y L y H d1...dk] Hex 1C 71 n [x L x H y L y H d1...dk]1...[ x L x H y L y H d1...dk] Decimal 28 113 n [x L x H y L y H d1.....
Page 45 - APPENDIX A – SPECIFICATIONS
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 45/65 APPENDIX A – SPECIFICATIONS Printing method Thermal line printing Dot density 203 dpi x 203 dpi (dpi = dots per inch. 1 inch=25.4mm)8 dots x mm Printing direction Unidirectional with friction feed Printing width 48 mm (384 dots) Character per line (default) F...
Page 46 - APPENDIX B – IF1500 CONNECTORS AND BUTTONS; AUTOCUTTER UNIT
APPENDIX B – IF1500 CONNECTORS AND BUTTONS IF1500 IFCON1500 ACU6205 (Seiko) AUTOCUTTER UNIT LTP1245 (Seiko) LINE THERMAL PRINTER MECHANISM Serial RS232 and Parallel CENTRONICS (IEEE1284) Comunication connector POW ER SUPPLY connector LOW PAPER connector TICKET PICKUP connector INTERCONNECTION PAPER ...
Page 47 - APPENDIX C – EXTERNAL APPEARANCE; COTES IN mm
Page 48 - APPENDIX D – HOW TO ORDER; AVAILABLE ACCESORIES; PARTNUMBER; Special version; nil; Standard type; xx
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 48/65 APPENDIX D – HOW TO ORDER TK14-58-XX AVAILABLE ACCESORIES PARTNUMBER Description FAPOS-1 Power supply close frame FA-40TK Power supply open frame RS232-6 Serial cable 1,5m CENTRONIC-7 Centronic cable 1,5m T58X80X25,4 Standard 80 mm diameter paper roll for 58 ...
Page 49 - APPENDIX E – CODE128 BAR CODE
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 49/65 APPENDIX E – CODE128 BAR CODE In Code128 bar code system, it is possible to represent 128 ASCII characters and 2-digit numerals usingone bar code character that is defined by combining one the 103 bar code characters and 3 code sets.Each code set is used for ...
Page 51 - SP
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 51/65 E.3 Printable characters in CODE SET B Transmit Data Transmit Data Transmit Data Character Hex Decimal Character Hex Decimal Character Hex Decimal SP 20 32 H 48 72 P 70 112 ! 21 33 I 49 73 Q 71 113 “ 22 34 J 4A 74 R 72 114 # 23 35 K 4B 75 S 73 115 $ 24 36 L 4...
Page 52 - CODEA
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 52/65 E.4 Printable characters in CODE SET C Transmit Data Transmit Data Transmit Data Character Hex Decimal Character Hex Decimal Character Hex Decimal 00 00 0 40 28 40 80 50 80 01 01 1 41 29 41 81 51 81 02 02 2 42 2A 42 82 52 82 03 03 3 43 2B 43 83 53 83 04 04 4 ...
Page 53 - APPENDIX F – INTERNAL CHARACTER TABLES
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 53/65 APPENDIX F – INTERNAL CHARACTER TABLES a) Page 0 . PC437: USA, Standard Europe (International Character Set: USA).
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FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 54/65 Page 0 (Continued): 80H to FFH € 213
Page 56 - APPENDIX G – TESTING SOFTWARE; file and follow the instructions on the screen.; PC COMMUNICATION PORT CONFIGURATION
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 56/65 APPENDIX G – TESTING SOFTWARE The TK14 printer is delivered together with a W indows-based, testing program. This program is an easyway to explore the TK14´s main features.To install the program, run the “SETUP.EXE” file and follow the instructions on the scr...
Page 57 - PRINTER STATUS
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 57/65 PRINTER STATUS W hen enabling the printer status window, the program tests the printer’s sensors and notifies everysignificant error or printing status. The program tests the printer’s status once. In some errors, there may be a little time delay from themome...
Page 58 - SAMPLE TICKET
FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 58/65 SAMPLE TICKET W ith this feature, user can appreciate different formats of text by choosing the attributes of the desiredtext. User can change this text (up to 25 characters) Attributes to choose Prints the customized ticket Prints an autotest including the p...
