User Manual ESC/POS PRINTER DPP-250
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT CANNOT BE REPRODUCED IN ANY MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL OR ELECTRONIC WAY AND UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT FROM DATECS LTD.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual Legal Notice “Made for iPod,” “Made for iPhone,” and Made for iPad” mean that an electronic accesory has been designed to connect specifically to iPod, iPhone, or iPad, respectively, and has been certified by the developer to meet Apple performance standards. Apple is not responsible fort he operation of this device or its compliance with safety and regulatory standards. Please note that the use of this accesory with iPod, iPhone, or iPad may affect wireless performance.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual CONTENTS Legal Notice............................................................................................................................................. 3 Compatability........................................................................................................................................... 3 1. Technical specification ........................................................................................................................ 6 2.
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1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual Buffer Size up to 128 kB Periphery • Magnetic Stripe Reader - 3-track bi-directional reading - Compliant with ISO 7810, 7811 and 7813 • Smart Card Reader - Compliant with ISO7816 Emulation • ESC/POS Power Supply AC Adapter • Input: AC 100-240V~, 50/60Hz, 0.3A • Output: DC 9V, 1A Battery Rechargeable Li-Ion battery 7.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual 2. Box Contents Your DPP-250 comes with the following items listed below: Item Part Number Descriptions 1. DPP-250xx DPP-250 Thermal Printer 2. - AC charger 3. - 1 Roll of thermal paper 4. - User's manual, CD with Datecs Software 5.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual User Notes: Compatibility depends on the type of communication method “Serial / USB / Bluetooth®” your PDA or Smartphone supports and the availability of DPP-250 driver for your device. Determine the method of communications your device supports. Next determine if your device is supported by the DPP-250 Drivers & SDKs. Because of the continually evolving Driver & SDK to support new mobile devices, visit our developer web site at: http://www.datecs.bg 4.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual 5. About Your DPP-250 5.1 DPP-250 right view 1 Figure 1 5.2 DPP-250 right view 2 Figure 2 6. Charging the DPP-250 The DPP-250 uses a Lithium Ion rechargeable battery pack. Before first use, the DPP-250 battery pack should be charged for at least 12 hours. To prevent electrical damage to the pack, please use approved AC Charger only.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual 6.1 DPP-250 Charging Figure 3 6.1 DPP-250 Full Charge Figure 4 7. Status & Operating Modes The DPP-250 uses LEDs to indicate various conditions of operation. This may be charging, active or online, battery low conditions. The following explains these conditions and LED indication. LED Function 1. It lights in green – the printer power is on. 2. It lights in red – end of the paper or paper out. After the loading a new paper roll, LED turns green. ERR 3.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual 2. When the adapter is switched ON the BATT LED diodes are lighting as shown on the illustration in Section "Charging the Battery", up to full battery charging. BT 3. When reading a Magnetic Card, the BATT LED are lighting simultaneously in both directions – from the middle outwards to the left and right. 1. It lights blue when PAIRING. Table 4 8. Loading Paper The DPP-250 uses a drop-and-load design making paper loading easy and trouble free.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual 9. Diagnostic Information The DPP-250’s LF switch/button is used for entering various printer modes. These modes can be used to assist developers in debugging problems related to programming and communication. The following explain how to access the various operating modes. Step #1: Make sure the printer is OFF (On-line LED is OFF) before performing step #2. Step #2: Press and hold the line feed button (LF).
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual • Resident font sizes • Characters per line • Text formatting • Resident character set • Resident barcode symbols • Printer’s Configuration 14
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual 10. DIP Switch Settings The DPP-250 is designed to use different methods of communications. Care must be taken to ensure that the DIP Switches are not changed from its default factory configuration unless required. 10.1 DIP SWITCH SETTINGS: The printer has two absolutely different operation modes. They are determined by the state of switch Sw2: •Continuous Paper mode •Black Mark mode These two modes detect paper present conditions differently.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual Figure 10 10.3 Memory Switch Settings The DPP-250 uses nonvolatile memory for storing some of the printer default configuration. The following table shows the available options. Memory Switch Options Memory Switch 1000000010 (see command reference GS command) BAUD RATE 115200 bps POWER OFF TIME 10 minutes PRINT DENSITY 100% CHARACTER TABLE WESTERN (1252) Table 7 10.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual The pressing LF (YES) – confirms changes. The pressing ON/OFF (No) – cancels changes. Note: Care must be taken when changing factory preset configuration information. 10.5 Memory Switch Details •SW1: Enable/Disable buzzer.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual •SW2: Disable CR / CR is executed as LF •SW3: Enable/Disable LF •SW4: LF immediately after CR/ Disable LF immediately after CR •SW5: Font A (12x24)/ Font B (9x16) •SW6-7: Reserved for future features. •SW8: Prevents others from discovering printer when set to ENABLE. Must be set after pairing is completed. •SW9: Disable/Enable USB. Allow the use of USB port for communications. •SW10: (OFF) set USB as the host mode. Host/Device 11.
1 DATECS DPP-250 The following default communication methods.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual 12.1 Serial / USB ( Cabled ) Version: • Connect the DPP-250 using Mini USB or Serial cable is shown in the figure below. Figure 11 12.2 BLUETOOTH® Version: The DPP-250 Bluetooth® version uses Bluetooth® wireless technology to connect to Bluetooth® enable devices. See page 19 for details on Bluetooth® setup. Figure 12 12.3 BLUETOOTH® Version with iOS Bluetooth The DPP-250 Bluetooth® version uses Bluetooth® wireless technology to connect to iOS devices with Bluetooth®.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual More information on page 20. Figure 13 13. Bluetooth® Setup Adding New Bluetooth® Device to PDA or Smartphones The following is a brief explanation on how to [Pair] your Bluetooth® DPP-250 to PDA, Smartphones and iOS device. BlackBerry Devices: Add Device or Pairing Bluetooth® peripherals to BlackBerry devices require the use of the device Bluetooth® manager. Image on the right shows a typical Blackberry Bluetooth® manager.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual peripherals to your Palm devices require the use of the device Bluetooth® manager. Image on the right shows a typical Palm Bluetooth® manager. When adding/pairing the DPP-250, use the [0000] pairing key when prompted. iOS Devices: Enable Bluetooth on iOS device. Select Bluetooth device, after this Pair to DPP-250. When is connected DPP-250 to iOS device, blue LED on DPP-250 will start blinking. Start app “Library Demo” and select “Print”.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual You can select “Print self test” to test Bluetooth connection. Android devices: Enable Bluetooth and press search device. On the list with available device will show “DDP-250”, pair device. Default PIN is “0000”. When is paired open application “Printer Sample”. Select a device to connect “DPP-250”. For test Bluetooth connection press “Print self test”. 14. Loading Drivers Loading DPP-250 drivers on your PDA or Smartphone.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual BlackBerry Devices: Blackberry Desktop Manager shown in the figure on the right is used to load third party software on to your device. Please review your device’s documentation on how to use the Application Loader Option to load software on to your device. Windows Mobile Devices: Active Sync shown in the figure on the right is used to install third party applications on to your mobile device.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual 15. Magnetic Card Reader (MS Version only) The DPP-250 has a built-in magnetic card reader. The card reader incorporates a (3)-track magnetic read head requiring a single swipe to read field data from all three tracks. The reader’s magnetic head faces towards the front of the printer. When placing the card into the reader, the magnetic strip must be facing as show in the figure above.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual When placing the card into the reader, the smart chip must be facing to the front of the printer as show in the figure above. Insert the card in to the reader until the card stops. User Notes: To use the smart card reader feature, special software must be used to read and process the smart chip information. Please consult your reseller if this software is available or contact DATECS for recommendations on compatible third party software solutions. 17.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual 3. Lift the battery as shown in the figure on the right. 4. Detach the battery connector as shown in the figure on the right. Reverse Steps 1-4 to install the new battery pack. 18. Developing Solutions Integrating the DPP-250 into your mobile solution requires the use of the DPP-250 PDA & Smartphone SDK. The SDK incorporates API specific to developing printing applications and using the integrated Magnetic Card Reader / Smart Card Reader capability of the DPP-250.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual 19. Troubleshooting If you’re having problems capturing signatures refer table below for possible causes. Item Problem 1 Paper feeds after issuing a print job but no printed text visible on paper. 2 On-line LED blinks RED continuously. 3 Text and/or graphics are printed very light. 4 5 6 Strange characters are printed when printing. Printer stops responding to print and paper feed commands. Printing is light or missing only on half of the print width.
1 DATECS DPP-250 User manual 20. List of commands for ESC/POS mode № 1 2 3 4 Command BEL HT LF FF 5 CR 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 DC2 = DC3 ( DC3 + DC3 DC3 A DC3 B DC3 C DC3 D DC3 F DC3 L DC3 M DC3 P DC3 p DC3 v CAN ESC FF ESC RS ESC SP ESC # ESC $ 26 ESC % 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 ESC & ESC ! ESC * ESC + ESC ESC .
1 DATECS DPP-250 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 ESC D ESC E ESC F ESC G ESC I ESC J ESC L ESC N ESC R ESC S ESC T ESC U 53 ESC V 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 ESC W ESC X ESC Y ESC Z ESC \ ESC ] ESC ^ ESC _ 62 ESC ` 63 64 65 66 67 68 ESC a ESC b ESC c5 ESC d ESC i ESC o 69 ESC pair= 70 71 72 73 74 ESC pwd= ESC r ESC s ESC u ESC v 75 ESC x 76 ESC y 77 ESC { 78 GS FF 79 GS $ 80 GS ) User manual Setting horizontal tab position Specifying/Canceling highlighting Filling or inverting the
1 DATECS DPP-250 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 GS * GS / GS : GS B GS C GS H GS L GS Q GS R GS S GS T GS U GS W 94 GS X 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 GS Z GS \ GS ^ GS c GS f GS h GS k GS p 103 GS q 104 GS w 105 GS x User manual Defining a Downloaded Bit Image (logo) Printing a Downloaded Bit Image Starting/ending macro definitions Enabling/Disabling inverse printing (white on black) Read the Real Time Clock Selecting printing position of HRI Code Setting the left margin Printing 2-D barco
