TSC Alpha-2R User Manual

ALPHA-2R – Portable Direct Thermal Printer

SMALLEST MOST AFFORDABLE
MOBILE PRINTER

KEY FEATURES

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IP54-rated environmental case to

resist the dust and water

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Plastic design construction that

withstands 1.5 m (5 ft) drop

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Wired & wireless communication

interfaces: USB 2.0, RS-232, Bluetooth

4.0, Bluetooth 4.2 + MFi, NFC and

802.11 a/b/g/n (supports either WiFi
or Bluetooth)

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Wi-Fi Certified™

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High capacity 1620 mAh rechargeable

Lithium Ion batteries

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Large paper capacity to reduce the

frequency of changing paper roll

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High-speed processor and extensive

memory for fast print speeds of up to
102 mm (4”) per second

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Lasts more than 17 hours of printing

receipts on a single battery charge

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Supports TSPL-EZ™ (EPL2 and ZPL

emulations), ESC-POS, CPCL emulation

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2-year standard warranty

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ENERGY STAR® qualified

APPLICATIONS

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Direct Store Deliveries (DSD)

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Proof of Delivery and Pickup

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Field Sales/Repairs

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Mobile Point-of-Sale

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Parking Citations

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Mobile Ticketing

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Onboard Transportation

Ticketing

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Utility Billing/Meter Reading

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Fleet Management

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ALPHA-2R – Portable Direct Thermal Printer

PRINTER MODEL Alpha-2R

Resolution 8 dots/mm (203 DPI)
Printing method Direct Thermal
Max. print speed 102 mm (4”)/second
Max. print width 48 mm (1.89”)
Max. print length 2,286 mm (90“)
Enclosure Plastic

Physical dimension

Weight
(including battery)

Drop specification 1.5 m (5 ft), with IP54 case can be 2 m (6.5 ft)

IP rating
Max. roll capacity 50 mm (2") OD

Processor 32-bit RISC CPU

Memory

• 128 MB Flash memory

• 64 MB SDRAM

• USB 2.0

• 802.11 a/b/g/n wireless (factory option)

Interface

• Bluetooth 4.0 (factory option)

• Bluetooth 4.2 + MFi (factory option)

• NFC (factory option)

• RS-232 (user option)

Power Two-cell, 7.4V DC, 1620 mAh Li-ion rechargeable battery

Operation switch, button

Sensors

Internal fonts

• 3 buttons (On/off, feed, and cover-open)

• 2 color LED for printer status, 3 LEDs for battery status

• Reective sensor

• Head open sensor

• 8 alpha-numeric bitmap fonts

• One Monotype Imaging

• 1D bar code

Code 39, Code 93, Code128UCC, Code128 subsets A.B.C, Codabar, Interleave 2 of 5, EAN-8, EAN-13,

Bar code

EAN-128, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN and UPC 2(5) digits add-on, MSI, PLESSEY, POSTNET, China POST,
GS1 Data bar

• 2D bar code

PDF-417, Maxicode, DataMatrix, QR code, Aztec

Printer language TSPL-EZ™ (EPL2, ZPL2), ESC-POS or CPCL emulation
Media type Receipt paper, bline receipt paper (mark in printing side) & selected label

Media width

Media thickness
Media height Label: Min. 25.4 mm (1”)

Environment condition
Safety regulation FCC , IC, CE , CB , CCC, SRRC, BC, TÜV, NCC, Energy Star

Environmental concern Comply with RoHS, WEEE, REACH

• Quick start guide

Accessories

• Belt clip

• Li-ion battery

• Power adapter

• Printer: 2 years

Limited warranty

• Print head: 25 km (1 million inches) or 12 months which comes rst

• Platen: 50 km (2 million inches) or 12 months which comes rst

• 802.11 a/b/g/n wireless network (supports either WiFi or Bluetooth)

• Bluetooth

Factory options

• MFi

• Linerless

• NFC

• Fork truck mount, cart mount

• Mini type USB 2.0

• USB to RS-232 converter cable

• Li-ion battery

• Charge station 1 cell (with changeable power connector)

User options

• Charge station 4 cell (with changeable power connector)

• Vehicle power adapter

• IP54-rated environmental case with shoulder strap

• 12-24V DC automobile cigarette lighter plug

• Adapters for 1’’ or 2’’ media roll width

89.3 mm (W) x 134.5 mm (H) x 56.5 mm (D)

3.52” (W) x 5.3” (H) x 2.22” (D)

0.35 kg (0.77 lbs)

IP42 (without case)

IP54 (with case)

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CG Triumvirate Bold Condensed scalable font

Max 58 mm (2.28”)

*with adapter: 50.8 mm (2’’) and 25.4 mm (1’’) (user option)

Receipt: 0.05 ~ 0.10 mm (2 ~ 4 mil)

Label: Fasson media up to 0.14 mm (5.5 mil)

Operation: -20 ~ 50 ºC (-4 ~ 122 °F), 10 ~ 90% non-condensing

Storage: -30 ~ 70 ºC (-22 ~ 158 °F), 10 ~ 90% non-condensing

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* MFi will be available in January 2017

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