SPRT®
POS Thermal printer user manual
（SP-POS88Ⅵ）
（Ver 1.01）
Beijing Spirit Technology Development
Co., Ltd
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Contents
Brief Introduction..............................................................................................................................3
Chapter 1 Feature and Performance.....................................................................................................3
1.1 Print Performance...................................................................................................................3
1.2 Print Paper...........................................................................................................................4
1.3 Print Font................................................................................................................................4
1.4 Interface.................................................................................................................................4
1.5 Print Control Commands.........................................................................................................5
1.6 Power Supply..........................................................................................................................6
1.7 Operation Environment...........................................................................................................6
1.8 Outline Dimension...............................................................................................................6
1.9 Model classification.................................................................................................................6
Chapter 2 Operation instruction...........................................................................................................7
2.1 Printer Appearance.................................................................................................................7
2.2 Paper Installation....................................................................................................................8
2.2.1 Paper Loading..........................................................................................................8
2.2.2 Solution to Paper Jam..............................................................................................9
2.3 Interface.................................................................................................................................9
2.3.1 Serial Interface .............................................................................................................9
2.3.2 Parallel Interface......................................................................................................12
2.3.3 Cash Drawer Interface.................................................................................................13
2.3.4 Power Connection ...................................................................................................14
2.4 Indicator, buzzer and button..................................................................................................15
2.5 Turn on the printer................................................................................................................17
2.6 Self-test.................................................................................................................................18
2.7 Hexadecimal Printing.............................................................................................................18
Appendix A: Parameter setting ...........................................................................................................20
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Brief Introduction
POS88Ⅵ printer is a new type line thermal printer, which features in fast speed
print, low print noise, high reliability, perfect print quality and ribbon
needless, avoiding the vexation of regular maintenance.
POS88Ⅵprinter: 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.
Warning
This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio inter
ference in which case the user may be
required to take adequate measures.
Chapter 1 Feature and Performance
1.1 Print Performance
●
Print method: direct thermal
Print paper width: 79.5±0.5mm●
Print density: 8 dots/mm, 576 dots/line●
Print speed: ● max 220mm／sec.
Reliability●
(1)Print head life: 100km
Using condition:
* Print 12 × 24 ASCII characters, print 50 lines each time, intermittent print repeatedly
* Use specified thermal paper
（2）Cutter life: 500,000 cuts. Using condition: less than 30 cuts/minute
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Valid print width: 72mm●
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 －－－ 0.06mm～0.08mm
1.3 Print Font
●ANK Character Set :
12×24 dots，1.5（W）×3.00（H）mm
●GB2312-80(Chinese):
24×24 dots，3.00（W）×3.00（H）mm
1.4 Interface
●RS－232C Serial Interface：
DB-25 socket (female), supports XON/XOFF and TR/DSR protocols.
Baud rate: 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200bps
adjustable.
Data structure: 1start bit + (7 or 8) data bits + 1 stop bit.
Parity checking: no parity or odd, even parity optional.
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●Parallel Interface：
36-pin，8-bit parallel interface，BUSY/ACK handshaking protocol, TTL
signal level.
●Ethernet Interface：
Standard Ethernet interface.
●USB Interface：：
Standard USB interface
●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-E，EAN-13，EAN-8，
CODE39，ITF，CODEBAR，CODE93，CODE128,PDF417,QR bar code print.
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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: -40～55; Relative humidity: 10℃ ～90℃
1.8 Outline Dimension
212● （L）mm×150（W）mm×135（H）mm
1.9 Model classification
Model Interface
SP-POS88SFⅥ
SP-POS88SⅥ
RS－232C Serial Interface
SP-POS88PFⅥ
SP-POS88PⅥ
Parallel Interface
SP-POS88EFⅥ
SP-POS88EⅥ
Ethernet Interface
SP-POS88UFⅥ
SP-POS88UⅥ
USB Interface
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Chapter 2 Operation instruction
2.1 Printer Appearance
Paper Cover
Power Indicator（green
Status Indicator (red)
Paper-end Indicator (red)
Paper Feed
Decap button
Paper-out slot
Cutter cover
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2.2 Paper Installation
2.2.1 Paper Loading
POS88 Ⅵadopts 79.5mm width thermal paper roll.
Steps of Loading Thermal Paper Are as below:
Hold down the upper cover button on the left side, open the movable
upper cover, draw a certain length of the paper roll, put the paper end on
the print head, close the upper cover and press it downwards lightly.
1.Pay attention to the direction of loading paper,make the printing
surface face to the print head.
2.Please don’t feed or draw the paper forwards or backwards with
hands.
Power Switch
Cash driver interface
Interface socket
Power socket
！Caution!
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3.Keep clean of the print head, avoid to influence the printing quality.
2.2.2 Solution to Paper Jam
If cutter jam, turn off the power, and turn on again, the cutter will be
back to original position. If paper jam, open the paper storage cover, and
take out the paper. If the cutter can not be back to the original position,
open the cover of it, and turn the white plastic gear by the direction
suggestive on the cutter by hand to make the cutter be back to the original
position.
2.3 Interface
2.3.1 Serial Interface
The serial interface of SP-POS88VI printer is compatible with RS-232C,
supports DTR/DSR and XON/XOFF handshaking protocols, uses DB25 socket
(female). The pin order of the serial port is as Fig.2-2 shows:
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Fig.2-2 Pin Order of Serial Port
The pin assignment of serial interface is shown in Fig. 2-3:
Pin
No.
Signal
Name
Signal
Direction
Sourc
e
Description
1 FG —— —— Cover ground
2 TXD Output Printer Printer transmits control code
X-ON/X-OFF and data to host
3 RXD Input Host Printer receives data from host
4 RTS Output Printer The same with 20pins DTR
signal
6 DSR Input Host Signal “MARK” means the host
is busy and can not receive
data.Signal “SPACE” means the
host is ready to receive data.
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7 GND —— —— Signal Ground
20 DTR Output Printer Signal “MARK” means the host
is busy and can not receive
data.Signal “SPACE” means the
host is ready to receive data.
Fig. 2-3 The pin assignment of serial interface
Note: (1)“Source” denotes the source that signal come from;
(2)Logical signal level is EIA.
The baud rate and data structure in serial interface mode is 9600bps, 8-bit
data bits, no parity bit and 1 stop bit.
The serial interface of SP-POS88VI can be connected to standard RS-232C
interface. When it is connected to IBM PC or its compatible machine,
connection can accord to Fig.2-4.
Fig.2-4 Connection between SP-POS88VI and IBM PC Serial Interface Sketch Map
Printer
25PIN
IBM PC
DB9
Printer
25
PIN
IBM PC
DB25
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2.3.2 Parallel Interface
The parallel interface of POS88VI printer is compatible with CENTRONICS,
supports BUSY or ACK handshaking protocol,
The pin assignment of 36PIN parallel interface is as Fig. 2-5 shows:
Pin No. Signal Direction Description
1 STROBE In Strobe pulse to latch data, Reading
occurs at falling edge.
2 D1 In
3 D2 In
4 D3 In
5 D4 In
6 D5 In
7 D6 In
8 D7 In
9 D8 In
These signals represent the 1st bit
to 8th bit of the parallel data
representatively, each signal is at
HIGH level when data is logic 1,
and LOW when data is logic 0.
10 ACK Out Answer pulse, LOW level signal
indicates that data have already
been received and the printer gets
ready to receive the next data.
11 BUSY Out HIGH level signal indicates that the
printer is BUSY and can not
receive data.
12 PE Out HIGH level signal indicates that
paper is end.
13 SEL Out Pulling up to HIGH level signal by a
resistor
17 FG --- Signal Cover
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18 Logic-H --- Logic “1” level
32 nFault Out Low level means the printer is at
fault
14,15,17
18,34,36 NC --- No connection
16,19~30, 33 GND --- Grounding logical 0 level
35 +5V --- +5V power
Fig.2-6 Signal Timing Chart of Parallel Interface：
2.3.3 Cash Drawer Interface
The cash drawer interface of POS-POS88VI adopts RJ-11 6-pin socket, as
Fig.2-7 shows:
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Fig.2-7 Cash Drawer Interface
The pin assignment is as below：
Pin No. Signal Direction
1 Chassis Ground ——
2 Cash drawer driver signal 1 Out
3 Cash drawer on/off status signal In
4 +24VDC ——
5 Cash drawer driver signal 2 Out
6 Signal ground ——
2.3.4 Power Connection
POS88 Ⅵuses the external power supply adopter as 24V±10％、2A,
power socket is A-1009-3P model, as Fig. 2-10 shows:
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Pin No. Signal
1 +24VDC
2 Ground
3 NC
The pin assignment is as above：
2.4 Indicator, buzzer and button
There is one button, one buzzer and three indicators on POS88VI printer.
【FEED】is paper feed button. The function of this button is on/off can be set
by print command. When the function of this button is on, press【FEED】
button to feed paper; release【FEED】button to stop feeding button.
The buzzer can indicate the error and cutter status. Through parameters
setting, the buzzer can be set into error alarm, paper-cut indicating or both
above. The types of error status are same as ERROR indicator.
The green POWER light is the power indicator. POWER indicator lighting
means the printer is power on.
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The red ERROR light is error status indicator. It is off when the printer works
normally; while it flashes or persismently lights when the printer has
abnormal alarm.
If ERROR indicator flashes or persismently lights and the buzzer sounds, it
means the printer has error.
According to different flashing types, the different errors of printer are
indicated:
1. Un-recoverable error: the times of indicator flashing and buzzer sound
indicate the error type, then indicator persismently light.
2. Recoverable error: the times of indicator flashing and buzzer sound
indicate the error type, then indicator is persismently off.
3. Automaticly recoverable error: the indicator flashes and the buzzer sounds
continuously.
4. Paper out: the indicator lights and the buzzer sounds persismently.
The details are as below,
a. Un-recoverable error, the indicator flashes several times, then persismently
lights. Then cycle. The times of flashing means the error type.
Error type Description Types of ERROR
flashing
LED flashes once : Memory
read - write errors
Un-recovera
ble error
LED flash twice:
Over-voltage
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LED flashes three times: the
voltage is lack
LED flashes four times : CPU
Execution error (wrong
address )
LED flashes five times : UIB
error
LED flashes eight times :
temperature detection of
circuit is wrong
b. Recoverable error: the indicator continuously flashes and persisment off for
a period.
Error type Prescription Type of flash
Recoverable
error
LED flashes once .the place
of cutter is wrong
c. Automaticly recoverable error: the indicator flashes continuously.
Error type Description Type of flash
Automaticly
recoverable
error
LED continues flashing ：
the temperature of printing
head is over high and the
cover is wrong
2.5 Turn on the printer
When the printer is off and paper case cover is closed, press the POWER
button to turn on the printer. The status indicator and Paper Out indicator
flashes twice alternatively, then indicator off. The printer enters into the
normal working mode.
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2.6 Self-test
The self-test will check the condition of printer, if the printer prints out the
self-test receipt correctly, it means the printer works normally except interface
with host. Otherwise it needs to repair.
The self-test will print out: Manufacturer name, printer model, software
version, interface type, default value of printer parameters, 96 ANK characters
in ASCII code, content of default codepage (if language is set English) or
name of Chinese character library (if the language is set Chinese), barcode
type.
Way of self-test: hold down【FEED】button and turn on the printer, At this time,
printer will print out self-test receipt. The content is as below picture 2-9:
2.7 Hexadecimal Printing
Turn on the printer according to the steps below, it will enter the mode of
Hexadecimal Printing
1.Open the cover；
2.Hold down【FEED】button，and connect with power；
3.Close the cover, the printer will print out 3 lines as below:
Hexadecimal Dump
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To terminate hexadecimal dump,
Press FEED button three times.
This means the printer has entered hexadecimal printing mode, and
under this mode, all of the input will be printed out as hexadecimal number,
feed one line with single-click of “FEED” button, after 3 times, it will print out
“*** Completed ***”,and exit hexadecimal printing mode.
2.8 Printer parameter Settings
This function is for the setup of parameters.
Steps for setting parameters: When printer power is off, open paper case
cover firstly, then press the 【FEED】 button and turn on the printer. After
status indicator and paper out indicator flash twice alternatively, press
【FEED】 button twice, then close pape case cover. Printer enters into
parameter setting mode and print out the first set parameter and its default
value. The details method of setting parameter can refer to Appendix A.
Steps for exiting of parameter setup: open paper case cover and press the
【FEED】 button; then close paper case cover and release the 【FEED】
button. The printer will save the setup of parameters, exit setting mode and
enter the normal working mode.
The data will not be saved if turn off the printer directly.
2.9 Enter the program upgrade mode
When printer power is off，open paper case cover, hold down the【FEED】
button, then turn on the printer. After the status indicator and paper out
indicator flash alternatively, release【FEED】 button. Then press 【FEED】
button five times and printer enters into the program upgrading mode. At this
time, the indicator flashes once each second.
Quick method of entering this mode: when printer power is off, open paper
case cover, hold down the【FEED】 button, then turn on the printer and release
the【FEED】 button. Printer enters into the program upgrading mode. At this
time, the indicator flashes once each second.
Notice: After printer enters into Program Upgrading Mode, if paper out
indicator lights, it means this interface can’t support program upgrading. Only
serial interface or USB interface can support program upgrading online.
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Appendix A: Parameter setting
This appendix is the method to set default parameters of printer by buttons.
Setup instruction: use the button of【paper case cover】 to choose the setting
items, change the item by press the button【paper case cover】, and print out
the current value. Use the button of 【FEED】to set the parameter, the
parameter will be changed by press the 【FEED】 button.
Summary setting：
Paper case paper case paper case paper case
Cover cover cover cover
Paper case paper case paper case paper case cover
Cover cover cover
Baud rate：
FEED FEED FEED
FEED FEED
FEED FEED FEED
Language：
FEED FEED
FEED
Font dots：
FEED
FEED
Print Density ：
FEED FEED
FEED
China
English
12×24 9×17
中 低 高
China-BIG5
Baud rate
Density
Speed
Font dots
Language
Buzzer
function
Print function
for out of paper
Black label
option
9600 57600 38400 19200
4800 115200 1200 2400
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Print speed：
FEED FEED FEED
FEED
Buzzer：
FEED FEED FEED
FEED
Re-printing lack of paper：
FEED
FEED
Black label mode：
FEED
FEED
220mm/s 150mm/s
250mm/s 200mm/s
OFF Cut ON
Error ON ALL ON
OFF ON
off on
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