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  • Page 1

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - i - Import ant Safety Instruction Be sure to have read the manual carefully before y our operation. Neither our Corporation nor its affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of th is p roduct or third parties for damages, losses, costs, or expenses incurred by purchaser or thir d parties as a result of: accident, misuse,[...]

  • Page 2

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - ii - T able of content s Import ant Safety Instruction ................................................................................................... ................i Chapter 1 Overview ............................................................................................................. ...................1 1[...]

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    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 1 - Chapter 1 Overview 1.1 Printer T ypes EC-520 ( micro bill printer ) are series products developed by our Corporation according to different requirement and dif ferent using environment. “TP” means micro printer , “220” means printer type, “C” means having paper cutter module. EC-520 series printers can be c[...]

  • Page 4

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 2 - Figure 1-3 Main parts of printer （ backwards ） Roll Paper Cover Paper Ladle 57.5mm Partition Board Ribbon Cassette Ribbon Knob Ribbon Cassette Cove r Power Switch Open Button Figure 1-2 Main parts of printer (downwards) 〖 without auto-cut ter 〗 Power Connector Cash drawer Connector Interface Connector ( Paralle[...]

  • Page 5

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 3 - Chapter 2 Inst allation 2.1 Unp acking Check the pack list as following (See t he Figure 2-1). It includes the following items: （ 1 ） Printer; （ 2 ） Power cord; （ 3 ） Interface cable; （ 4 ） AC adapte r; （ 5 ） 57.5mm roll paper guide; (6) 57.5mm Partition board; (7) Printer Driver Disk (Including use[...]

  • Page 6

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 4 - 2.3.1 Connecting the Cash drawer Cable Make sure the printer is turned off. Plug the inte rface cable into the cash drawer connector of the printer and the other end connector to cash drawer . Must use the cash drawer foll owing the requir ement noted by T able A-1 (Part 5.2 ) ， or the printer damage caused by this r[...]

  • Page 7

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 5 - 2.3.4 Connecting the Se rial Interface Cable 1. Make sure that the host computer and the printer are both turned off, connect the serial interface cable to the connecto r of the printer and tighten the screws as shown in Figure 2-5. 2. Connect the other end of t he cable to the host computer ’s serial connector and t[...]

  • Page 8

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 6 - 2.4 Connecting the Power Supply 1. Make sure the power switch is in the OFF pos ition (when the pre ssed side of power switch is in the “O” position). 2. Check and ensure the voltage supplied from elec trical outlet is matching with the printer ’ s specification. 3. Plug the AC adapter to printer's pow er co[...]

  • Page 9

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 7 - Note: 1. When printed characters begin to appear feint, it is time to replace the ribbon cassette. If not, it will affect the print quality or even damage the print head. 2. Before replacing the ribbon cassette, make sure the printer is turned off. Open the ribbon cassette cover , then follow t he figure show n on the [...]

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    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 8 - 2.6 Inst alling the Driver Install the driver after connecting the host computer , insert the driver disk to the computer , and then follow the steps below: Auto-inst all w ay Double click the file "Setup.exe" in the driver disc, install driver by the following direct. Hand operated inst alling way The flow o[...]

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    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 9 - Chapter 3 Control Panel 3.1 Control Panel There are three LEDs and one key on the c ontrol panel as shown in Figure 3-1. 3.1.1 Indicator LEDs LED On Blinks Off POWER Power on —— Power off P APER OUT Paper out ; Alarm voice is emitted. Paper near end Paper in ERROR Error occurs Print head is too hot and protected No[...]

  • Page 12

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 10 - 3.2 Printer Default Setting 3.3 Explanation for Printer setting Items 1. Through the inside setting of the printer (EC-520, with Parallel Interface or USB Interface), you can set the following items: black mark setting 、 print direction , p aper width. ① Black mark setting Black mark setting can be selected by “[...]

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    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 1 1 - “No check mode” is the factory default setting. ④ Dat a Length Data length is pre-set by 8 bits with no change. ⑤ Stop Bit S top bit Data length is pre-set by 1 bit with no change. ⑥ Control mode DTR/DSR, XOFF/XON; “DTR/DSR” is the factory default setting. ⑦ Black mark setting Black mark setting can b[...]

  • Page 14

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 12 - ■ Print-Pins T est While pressing the FEED key and holding on, turn on the printer . The printer sounds two beeps, and you should release the FEED key at the same time. The printer will print the print-pins test. As shown in the following figure. ■ Mode of column setting While pressing the FEED key and holding on,[...]

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    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 13 - NOTE ： Adjustment of column can have effect on printing quality . Y ou must think carefull y before adjusting and must operate strictly according to instruction. ■ Hexadecimal Printing Mode While pressing the FEED key and holding on, turn on the printer. The printer sounds four beeps, and you should release the FE[...]

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    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 14 - 5. The setting way is corresponding wi th that of printer menu system. In the “Printer Settings” layout, select the first class menu in the combo box of “Select Printer Setting Class”, select the second menu in the “Configuration” and set the item in the current parameters list. 6. Click the button “Rese[...]

  • Page 17

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 15 - Chapter 4 Loading Paper The printer can use the paper with the width 76mm or 57.5mm, and it is easy to load paper . How to load paper will be introdu ced in this chapter . 1. Press the open button to open the roll paper cover . If you want to use 57.5mm paper roll to print, you must install the 57.5mm roll paper guide[...]

  • Page 18

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 16 - Chapter 5 Specifications 5.1 Basic Specifications Printing method Dot matrix im pact Printing Direction Bidirectional wizard Printing width 42 columns / 63mm (76mm paper wid th) 30 columns / 45mm (57.5mm paper wid th) Printing Speed: 4.7rows/s (paper wid th 7 6mm, 40 columns); 6.0 rows/s (paper wid th 57.5mm, 30 colum[...]

  • Page 19

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 17 - Operating panel 1 key and 3 indicator lights Paper T ype Roll paper Paper Specifications Paper W idth: 76mm or 57.5mm Paper W eight: 52.3~64.0 g/ m 2 Paper Thickness: 0.06~0.20mm Outer Diameter: 83m m (3.27’ ’) max. Inner Diameter : 10mm (0.394’ ’) min. Copy Capabili ty 3 pieces (Original + 2 copies) Black Mar[...]

  • Page 20

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 18 - 5.2 Interface 5.2.1 Cash drawer Connector (1) The cash drawer connector on rear panel of printer is RJ-1 1 connecto r (6 lines), shown as below . (2) Definition of pins The definition of the cash drawer connec tor pins is shown as the T able below: T able A-1 Definition of the Cash drawer Connector Pins Pin NO. Signal[...]

  • Page 21

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 19 - T able A-2 Pin function of p arallel interface connector Pin return Signal name Direction Description 1 19 /STROBE Data selected IN Width of selected pluse is 0.5 µ sec. 2 20 DATA1 Date bit 1 IN / OUT 3 21 DATA2 Date bit 2 IN / OUT 4 22 DATA3 Date bit 3 IN / OUT 5 23 DATA4 Date bit 4 IN / OUT 6 24 DATA5 Date bit 5 IN[...]

  • Page 22

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 20 - 32 /ERROR Error happens with printer. Out When the printer is in state of paper out, offline condition or error, this signal level becomes low. 33 GND Ground --- Same with 19 ～ 30 pins. 34 NC Empty pin --- This pin is empty. 35 +5V +5V supply Out Pull up to 5V by the 3.3K Ω pull-up resistor. 36 /SLCTIN Printer is s[...]

  • Page 23

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 21 - 5.2.3 USB Interface 1. The USB interface connector is USB-B type (as shown by figure 5-4): 2. The connecting figure of printe r and computer with USB interface (as shown in figure 5-5). USB Interface is 2.0 Full-S peed interface, and displayed as an USB port in the computer finally . Y ou can use the USB Interface to [...]

  • Page 24

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 22 - (3) Definition of pins Definition of each pin of RS-232 serial interface is shown in T able A-3: T able A-3 Definition of pins of RS-232 serial interface Pin NO. Signal name Signal Direction 1 FG Frame GND 2 TXD Data output Output 3 RXD Data input Input 4 RTS Ask for Sending Output 5 CTS Allowable to Send Input 6 DSR [...]

  • Page 25

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 23 - Chapter 6 Printer ’ s maintenance 6.1 Clean the Printer It’s necessar y to clean the printer periodically .  Interval and Material for cleaning Interval ： Every 6 months or 300 hours of working time. Material ： Dry cloth （ soft cloth for meta l parts ） .  Cleaning the p aper feed path w ay and th e a[...]

  • Page 26

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 24 -  Phenomenon: Paper out LED is on and cannot print; Or the printing action stops suddenly while printing, and paper out LED is on; and at the same time the alarm voic e is presented by the printer . Reason: Paper out Solution: Install p aper roll once again, the printer wil l resume normal.  Phenomenon: Paper out[...]

  • Page 27

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 25 - Chapter 7 Command Code Summary 7.1 General The EC-520 printer‘s control commands are compatible with ESC/POS. Explanation of every command include format and de scription. ”Format ” part s give three kinds of command format including ASCII Code, Decimal code and hexadecimal code. “Description” parts describe[...]

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    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 26 - FF Print a nd change page Format ： ASCII ： FF Decimal ： 12 Hex ： 0C [Description] Prints one line data in the line editing buf fer and f eeds to the top of next page based on the current page length. ESC SP Set right-side character spacing Format ： ASCII ： ESC SP n Decimal ： 27 32 n Hex ： 1B 20 n [Desc[...]

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    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 27 - ESC & Define user -defined characters Format ： ASCII ： ESC & s n m a d1 d2 …… db Decimal ： 27 38 s n m a d1 d2 …… db Hex ： 1B 26 s n m a d1 d2 …… db [Description] This command is used for self-def ining characters. The meaning of each parameter is shown as follows: s ： The number of longi[...]

  • Page 30

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 28 - ESC - T urn u nderline mode on/off Format ： ASCII ： ESC - n Decimal ： 27 45 n Hex ： 1B 2D n [Description] n=0, turns off underline mode; n=1, turns on underline mode. ESC 2 Set 1/6 inch line spacing Format ： ASCII ： ESC 2 Decimal ： 27 50 Hex ： 1B 32 [Description] Set the line spacing to 1/6 inch. ESC 3[...]

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    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 29 - Format ： ASCII ： ESC C n Decimal ： 27 67 n Hex ： 1B 43 n [Description] The command sets the length of detecting black mark in the meantime. If the black mark can’t be detected in this length, th en it is considered that the p aper has no black mark. The specified page length = cu rrent line spacing* n. ESC D[...]

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    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 30 - When double-strike mode is turned on, the same c haracter will be printed twic e in the same position. • When n is 0, double-strike mode is turned off. • When n is 1, double-strike mode is turned on. ESC J Print and feed paper Format ： ASCII ： ESC J n Decimal ： 27 74 n Hex ： 1B 4A n [Description] Prints th[...]

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    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 31 - • When n ＝＜ *******0 ＞ B, all buttons are enabled (Default) . • When n ＝＜ *******1 ＞ B, all buttons are disabled. ESC d Print and feed n lines Format ： ASCII ： ESC d n Decimal ： 27 100 n Hex ： 1B 64 n [Description]Prints the data in t he print buf fer and feeds n lines. n=0 ～ 255. ESC e Print[...]

  • Page 34

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 32 - ESC v transmit printer st atus Format: ASCII: ESC v Decimal: 27 1 18 Hex: 1B 76 [Description] This command is effective by using serial interface, and its function is to transmit the status of paper sensor as 1 byte of data. The signi fication of this by te is following: When paper is out, bit2=1; When paper is in, bi[...]

  • Page 35

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 33 - FS 2 Self-define Chinese characters Format: ASCII: FS 2 a1 a2 d1 d2 d3 …d32 Decimal: 28 50 248 a2 d 1 d2 d3 …d32 Hex: 1C 32 F8 a2 d1 d2 d3 d32 [Description] Defines the user-defined Chinese characters. a1=F8 (Hex); A1 ≤ a2 ≤ FE (Hex). Chinese code has two bytes: a1 is th e first byte and a2 is the second byte.[...]

  • Page 36

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 34 - GS （ F set offset of black mark for printing and cutting position Format: ASCII: GS （ F pL pH a m nL nH Decimal: 29 40 70 pL pH a m nL nH Hex: 1D 28 46 pL pH a m nL nH [Description] The parameters set by this command will be va lid even after the printer is restarted. This command is used for selecting permission [...]

  • Page 37

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 35 - position offset from the beginning print-posit ion is same with the inherent mechanical value Q 0 of the printer (shown as figure 7-2) , all the offset value set by “GS （ F” command is 0. 2. (1) When the distance L of the tearing/cutti ng position offset from the black mark is less than the inherent mechanical v[...]

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    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 36 - GS r Transmit printer status Format: ASCII: GS r n Decimal: 29 114 n Hex: 1D 72 n [Description]This command is effe ctive at serial interface. If n=1 or n=49, paper status is returned. If paper is present, the bit2, 3 of t he returned byte is 0; if paper is not present, the bit 2, 3 of the returned byte is 1. GS V sel[...]

  • Page 39

    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 37 - Appendix. Commands List Control Code Hexadecimal Code Function HT 09 Horizontal tab LF 0A Print and line feed CR 0D Print and carriage return FF 0C Page mode print and return ESC SP 1B 20 n Set ri ght-side character spacing ESC ！ 1B 21 n Select print mode(s) ESC % 1b 25 n Select/cancel user-defined character set ESC[...]

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    EC-520 User ’s Manual - 38 - GS ( A pL pH n m 1D 28 41 pL pH n m Test command G S ( F p L pH a m nL nH 1D 28 46 pL pH a m nL nH set offset of black mark for printing and cutting position GS r 1D 72 n Transmit status GS V m n 1D 56 m n select cut mode and cut pape r[...]

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    Manufactur ed from: EC Printer[...]