User Guide

Chapter 2 Operating Your Compact Printer
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2.2.1 PRINTER PAPER SPECIFICATION
The MSP/MPP printers use 2.25" wide, .0027" thick and 1.12" diameter rolls of common
calculator paper. Three types of paper may be used in the printer, Single ply roll,
Two ply pressure sensitive roll, Label stock Custom Kiss-cut with perforation. Below is
the specification for each type of the paper.
PAPER TYPE
PART # WIDTH THICKNESS LENGTH
Single Ply 757058 (5 rolls) 2.25"/57.5 mm .0027" / .08 mm 25' / 6.3 m
Two Ply 757135 (5 rolls) 2.25"/57.5 mm .0035" / .09 mm 16' / 4.0 m
Label stock Custom made 2.25"/57.5 mm label .066 mm custom lengths
Kiss-cut w/perf. carrier .058 mm
2.3 PRINTER POWER
Printer power, battery locations and characteristics were described in section 1.6. This section
reviews the printer power and battery operation and specification.
Like any battery-power device, the battery pack supplied with the MSP/MPP printers have finite
life. The maximum usage between recharge will be obtained when the following simple rules are
followed.
- Turn off printer when not in use.
- Recharge until the <charge> LED turns off, indicating full charge.
- Use Extech power adapter to recharge the battery pack.
- Use "Logic Switching" capacity in your software to facilitate
the auto turn on or turn off of the printer.
2.3.1 MANUAL POWER-UP AND POWER-DOWN
The <SLCT> or <ON> membrane switch is used to turn the printer ON manually. The
<ON-Line> LED indicator is turned ON when <SLCT> or <ON> switch is pressed.
Press the <SET> or <OFF> switch to turn off the printer power. The red <Error> LED
starts flashing momentarily, to indicate the start of the power down process. This
process will last about 5 seconds.
2.3.2 AUTO POWER DOWN TIMER
The MSP/MPP printers have a built-in 30 second Power-Down-Timer. The timer is
automatically restarted under any one of the following conditions.
- If any of <SLCT> or <ON>, <FEED> or <ADVN> or <OFF> switches are
pressed.
- If a character is received via data interface.
Upon timeout of the Power-Down-Timer, the printer starts flashing the red <Error> LED
to worn the operator and transmits the power down command string to the host.
The power down timer may be disabled by activating the <RTS> or <SELECT> signals
on the interface connector.