Fidelity Electronics SP-POS88IV SERIES Operation Manual

SP-POS88IV SERIES

THERMAL PRINTER

OPERATION MANUAL

READ THIS MANUAL VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE ATTEMPT TO

OPERATE THIS INSTRUMENT

Driver is available at:

http://www.fi-measurement.com/files/SPPOS88IVDriver.rar

Specifications subject to change without prior notice

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Content

Introduction ............................................................................................... ３

Chapter 1 Feature and Performance........................................................... ４

1.1 Print Performance........................................................................... ４

1.2 Print Paper...................................................................................... ４

1.3 Print Font........................................................................................ ４

1.4 Interface ......................................................................................... ４

1.5 Print control commands ................................................................. ５

1.6 Power Supply ................................................................................. ５

1.7 Operation Environment .................................................................. ５

1.8 Outline Dimension ......................................................................... ５

1.9 Model classification ....................................................................... ５

Chapter 2 Operation Specification............................................................. ６

2.1 Printer Appearance ......................................................................... ６

2.2 Paper Installation............................................................................ ６

2.2.1 Paper Loading........................................................................ ６

2.2.2 Solution to Paper Jam ............................................................ ７

2.3 Interface ......................................................................................... ７

2.3.1 Serial Interface....................................................................... ７

2.3.2 Parallel Interface.................................................................... ８

2.3.3 Cash Drawer Interface ....................................................... １１

2.3.4 Power Connection.............................................................. １１

2.4 Buttons and Indicators .......................................................... １１

2.5 Self-test................................................................................. １２

2.6 Printer Setting ....................................................................... １２

Chapter 3 Command List ....................................................................... １４

Appendix Index of Print Characters ................................................... １７

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Introduction

SP-POS88Ⅳ printer is a new type line thermal printer, it features in
fast speed print, low print noise, high reliability, perfect print quality and
ribbon needless, avoiding the vexation of regular maintenance.

SP-POS88Ⅳ printer: small in outline dimension, simple operation,
and extensive application, especially suitable for commercial cash register,
PC-POS, bank POS and all kinds of receipts print.

Driver of this unit is available at: -

http://www.fi-measurement.com/files/SPPOS88IVDriver.rar

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Chapter 1 Feature and Performance

1.1 Print Performance

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Print method: direct thermal

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Print paper width: 79.5±0.5mm

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Print density: 8 dots/mm, 576 dots/line

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Print speed: approx.250mm／sec.

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Reliability

Print head life: 100km

Using condition:

＊Print 12 × 24 ASCII characters, print 50 lines each time, intermittent

print repeatedly

＊Each dot-line printing at the same time should not exceed 25%, each

character line and one dot vertical printing repeatedly should
not exceed 11 times

＊Use specified thermal paper

Cutter life: 500,000 cuts

Using condition: less than 30 cuts/minute

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Valid print width: 72mm

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Feeding speed: approx.250mm／sec.

1.2 Print Paper

● Thermal paper roll model: TF50KS－E（Japan paper co.ltd）

AF50KS-E (JUJO THERMAL)

● Thermal paper roll : Width－－－ 79.5±0.5mm

Outer Diameter －－－ 80mm（max.）

Inner Diameter－－－ 13mm（min.）

Thickness －－－ 53～60g／m

1.3 Print Font

● IBM Character set II (ANK):

12×24 dots，1.25（W）×3.00（H）mm;

● GB GB2312-80(Chinese):

24×24 dots，3.00（W）×3.00（H）mm.

1.4 Interface

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● Serial interface

DB-25 socket (female), supports XON/XOFF and RTS/CTS protocols.

Baud rate: 12000～115200bps adjustable.

Data structure: 1start bit + (7 or 8) data bits + 1 stop bit.
Parity checking: no parity or odd, even parity optional.

● Parallel interface

DB-25 socket (male) or 36-pin is optional, 8-bit parallel interface,
BUSY/ACK handshaking protocol, TTL signal level.

● Cash drawer control

DC24V，1A，6-pin RJ-11 socket.

1.5 Print control commands

● Character print commands: support double-width, double height print of
ANK characters, user-defined characters and Chinese characters, the
character line spacing is adjustable.

● Graphics print commands: support the print of bit-map graphics and
download bit-map graphics with different density

● GS bar code print commands: support UPC-A，UPC-C，EAN-13，
EAN-8，CODE39，ITF，CODEBAR，CODE93，CODE128 bar code print.

1.6 Power Supply

● DC24V±10％，2A，A-1009-3P power socket.

1.7 Operation Environment

● Operation temperature: 5～50℃; Relative humidity: 10～80％

● Storage temperature: -20～60℃; Relative humidity: 10～90℃

1.8 Outline Dimension

● 150（W）×192（L）×150（H）mm

1.9 Model classification

Model

Cutter

Interface

SP-POS88Ⅳ-AS

Partial-cutting

Serial( DB25 female)

SP-POS88Ⅳ-AP1

Partial -cutting

Parallel(36-pin standard print)

SP-POS88Ⅳ-AP2

Partial -cutting

Parallel(DB25 male)

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SP-POS88Ⅳ-AU

Partial -cutting

USB

SP-POS88Ⅳ-AE

Partial -cutting

Ethernet

Chapter 2 Operation Specification

2.1 Printer Appearance

Power Indicator (green)
Status Indicator (red)

Paper-end Indicator (red)
Paper Feed Button（feed）

Paper-out Slot
Power Switch

Printer interface Cash drawer interface Power socket

Fig.2-1 printer appearance

2.2 Paper Installation

2.2.1 Paper Loading

SP-POS88Ⅳ adopts 80mm width thermal paper roll.
If you prepare to load the paper, you can do as the following steps.

Hold down the upper cover button, open the movable upper cover, move
away the old paper roll, and put the new thermal paper in the paper holder
of printer, draw a certain length of the paper roll, put the paper end on the