Quick Start Guide for Thermal Printer Development Kit System

QUICK START GUIDE
This QSG is for the Thermal Printer Development Kit system.
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1.
Quick Start Process
The system consists of four parts as listed in the table below.
3
2
1
4
Number
1
2
3
4
Material name
TPDK3INC board
Print head
Front board
Front board cable
Description
System main board
JX-3R-021AP
Display print status by LEDs and feed paper by key.
Connection between TPDK3INC board and front board
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The TPDK3INC board provides functional blocks as below.
3
4
2
1
5
11
6
7
10
9
Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
Port Designator
24V adapter DC005-F,
5.5mm * 2.1mm interface
24V adapter B4P-VH interface
21-pin FFC connector
15-pin FFC connector
Front board interface
Paper near end sensor interface
7
SWD debug interface
8
RS232-C interface
9
USB interface
10
Switch toggle
11
12
Reset button
Feed button
Description
24 VDC ±10%, 3A AC-DC Adapter
24 VDC ±10%, 3A AC-DC Adapter
FFC 21pin 1.25 mm pitch, Pin thickness 0.1 mm or more
FFC 15pin 1.25 mm pitch, Pin thickness 0.1 mm or more
For front board
For paper near end sensor board
Connect TPDK board to PC by JTAG and debug.
Requires a separate debug port converter such as a JLink.
Connects TPDK3INC board to PC by RS232-C Used to
deliver print data and commands.
Connects TPDK3INC board to PC by USB cable Used to
deliver print data and commands.
Select communication mode, black mark, baud rate, print
density, and print speed.
Reset system
Feed paper button
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2.
Install and print
1) Install print head and front board
Insert 21-pin FFC of printer into 21-pin FFC connector and Insert 15-pin FFC of
printer into 15-pin FFC connector.
2) Install the DEMO frame
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3) Install paper
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4) Select communication mode
The TPDK3INC supports two communication modes.
Note: Two communications cannot be used at the same time.
a) RS232
Connect the TPDK3INC board to PC with RS232-C cable, turn on toggle switch 1,
and turn off toggle switch 3 and 4 to configure the baud rate to 115200bps
b) USB
Connect the TPDK3INC board to PC with USB cable, and turn off toggle switch 1.
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5) Power supply.
Note: Two adapter interfaces cannot be supplied at the same time.
6) Test print
a) Offline test print
Press Feed button and make system power on at the same time. The printer will
enter test print state.
b) Online test print
Send test command to the TPDK3INC board. The data is “1D 28 41 02 00 00 02”.
The image is printed as shown in the above.
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