Aura Series (PP-7000-III / PP-7000U-III) Thermal Printer User’s Manual Rev.: A0 IMPORTANT!!!! Please read carefully before using this printer Before opening the Top Hood, make sure there is no paper jam or cutter jam trouble. (Read page 16 and Warranty Limit in the user’s Manual.
Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
I. GETTING STARTED A. CONGRATULATION You have made a very wise decision by purchasing the easy loading; low noise; high resolution; light weight; high reliability thermal printer Aura (PP-7000-III & PP-7000U-III) series of Posiflex products. This series of printers has been elegantly designed for a Point-Of-Sale, kitchen & kiosk application. The whole series complies with UPOS (Unified POS) 1.8 standards under Posiflex UPOS driver support.
The Aura PP-7000-III & PP-7000U-III supports a guillotine type auto cutter for paper partial cut and a manual cut mechanism. The Aura series also supports user’s company’s LOGO downloading for superior performance. It even supports some enhancement capability for reminder function to persons around. It can be used to drive a separately purchased kitchen bell for such reminder function in noisy environment.
d Powered USB cable (1.5 meter long) for Aura PP-7000U-III to use with 24V Powered USB port of POS system Length of the serial or parallel interface cable depends on whether the order includes the power adaptor. When power adaptor is included, the interface cable is 6 ft long for stand-alone application. When the power adaptor is not included in the order, the interface cable is a shorter one for integrated application in Posiflex POS system.
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Rear View of PP-7000U-III Rear View of PP-7000-III Frame Ground Parallel Connector USB Connector Frame Ground Serial Connector Peripheral Connector Power Connector F.
II. QUICK START-UP A. LOADING PAPER 1. 2. 1. Desk top application Slide the hood lock toward the front of the printer to release the hood. Raise the released hood wide open manually. Release Button Drop the thermal paper roll inside the printer in orientation as shown in the left picture. Close the hood back leaving the tail of the paper roll coming out of the opening between the hood and the top cover. Tear off excessive paper. 3. 2.
B. CONNECTING CABLES PP-7000-III PP-7000U-III 1. Serial connection All the external connectors are in the recessed area at the rear bottom for PP-7000-III. The serial connector is a 9-PIN D sub Female connector at the right in the picture above. Apply the male connector of RS232 cable to this port for serial application. Please note that when serial connection is used, there must be no cable connection at the parallel port on the printer.
has a type A normal USB connector at one end less flat shape 4-PIN connector and a type connector at the other end that is a more or less square shape connector as in picture at right. The Powered USB Cable (P/N: 20863256800) has 3 plugs: a + 24V Powered USB plug at one end, a type B normal USB plug and a 3-PIN power plug at the other end.
7000U-III. With use of Posiflex cash drawer cable 20863018001 (CCBLA-180-1) come with cash drawer, this port can control a Posiflex cash drawer CR3100 or CR3200 or CR4000 or CR4100. If a Posiflex special split cable 20867023800 (CCBLA-238) is used instead, this port can control two cash drawers of above models. When the printer is used as a kitchen printer, please use this port for kitchen bell connection instead. 5.
7. Self test Press and hold down the feed button while turning the on / off switch on. The printer will then perform a self-test. A sample slip of self-test result is printed as in below sample. Please note that both serial and parallel interfaces are indicated. That means the printer is working on an autosensing and auto-select algorithm. The header is printed in text mode and the rest part of this slip is printed in page mode.
adjustment allows sensor activation on paper roll overall diameter between 21 and 23.6 mm unless for too light bobbins. Remember, for smaller roll diameter, the sensor head should go higher. 2. Paper roll placement When the paper roll to put (back) in is Bobbin O.D. already nearly used up, the paper roll must be Bobbin I.D.
4. Paper cutting The paper advance after a protective cut is set to 12 mm. In case the user uses direct cut instead of protective cut to have something like a logo printed on top of each slip, it is also highly suggested to print the logo and necessary paper feeding to make 12 mm paper advance right after each cut to prevent curling up and jamming of paper front edge inside the paper exit slot. 5.
III. MAINTENANCE GUIDES A. MAINTENANCE GUIDE LINES • • • Always turn off and disconnect power before opening the cover. The areas around the print head and motor become very hot during and just after printing, DO NOT touch them. When handling the interior of the thermal printer, please pay attention not to be hurt by any sharp edge of the metal parts. B. GENERAL CLEANING Please use soft hairbrush or compressed air to clear away any dust or paper scraps accumulation inside the printer.
Before putting back the paper roll for printing, alcohol solvent must be dried completely. D. TROUBLE SHOOTING This section gives solutions to some printer problems you may have. 1. General Problems No LED lights up on control panel when switched on – Make sure that the power supply cables are correctly plugged into the printer, the power adaptor and to the power outlet. Make sure that power is supplied to the power outlet. If the outlet is controlled by a switch or timer, try use another outlet. 2.
both situations are not the cause, please try pulling the hood lock forward. If the top hood won’t release automatically, check for paper jam described in next item. If there is no paper jam and the print head is not overheated, turn off the printer and wait for half a minute then turn it back on. If the problem still remains, contact a qualified service person. Nothing can be printed with ERROR LED OFF – Try to run self-test according to previous chapter to check if the printer itself works properly.
from trembling and degraded performance. As a common practice, increasing the communication baud rate could be a smart decision to this situation. (No need to change baud rate if no trembling occurs to eliminate possible data error rate.) 3. Paper Jam Problems Paper is jammed inside the printer – Turn off the printer and open the print hood by releasing the hood lock. Remove the jammed paper and reinstall the paper roll. Close the hood properly and firmly. Then turn on the printer for operation.
it back to position when finish. The lock up of the print hood can then be released after this problem solved. Please use manual cutter as temporary alternative measure once the auto cutter malfunctioned. Lift transparent protective foil Open Cutter Cover when hood locked Turn the wheel downward till a hole in the plastic gear appears in this window 5. Advanced Analysis Tool This printer supports Hexadecimal Dump for experienced user to view exactly what data is received by the printer.
IV. SPECIFICATIONS A. PRINTER ITEM Printing method Effective printing width Thermal head configuration Printing speed Paper feed method Paper load method Auto-cutter capability Manual cutter Dot Pitch Input power type Input voltage Dimension (mm) Weight SPECIFICATION Thermal sensitive line dot method 64 mm 512 dots / line 180 mm /sec. Friction auto-feed Drop and use Partial cut (1 point at center left) Saw tooth blade 0.125 x 0.125 mm DC 24 V + / - 5 % 148 (W) x 199 (D) x 144 (H) 1.35 Kg net B.
C. POWER ADAPTOR ITEM INPUT VOLTAGE INPUT FREQUENCY INPUT CURRENT OUTPUT VOLTAGE OUTPUT POWER STATIC LOAD OUTPUT REGULATION MTBF EMI STANDARDS REQUIREMENT 100 V AC ~ 240 V AC 50 ~ 60 HZ 1.8 A MAX. @ 115 V AC + 24 V DC 60 W 0 A ~ 2.
V. USEFUL TIPS • Please note that only those qualified technicians may adjust several jumpers for some technical settings. Please visit our web site http://www.posiflex.com or http://www.posiflex.com.tw for details of the technical information such as driver installation, DIP switch settings and command sets etc. if required. • Place the printer on a sturdy, level surface. • Choose a place that is well ventilated and free of excessive dust, smoke or fume.
• Do not use a power outlet of a circuit shared with any equipment that uses a lot of power or causes great electrical noises, such as a copier, electric motors or a coffee maker. • Do not use thermal paper containing Sodium (Na+), Potassium (K+) and Chlorine (Cl-) ions that can harm the print head thermal elements. • If the surface of thermal paper is scratched with a hard object such as a nail, the paper may become discolored.
