DATECS

USER'S
MANUAL

ESC/POS
Thermal Printer
DPP-250
 We wish you a pleasant work
with DPP-250!

The information contained in this document is subject to change without prior notice.
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or adaptation of the information in this document
without prior written permission from DATECS Ltd. is prohibited

1784 Sofia, Bulgaria, 115A Tzarigradsko shosse blvd.

Tel.: +359 2/8165 500, 8165 501, 8165 506, 8165 511; Fax: +359 2/8165 510
-mail: sales@datecs.bg

Version: november 2009 . / firmware version 1.61

 CONTENTS
DATECS DPP-250

Introduction
Main features ........................................................................................................................ 4

1. Technical Specifications .................................................................................................. 5

2. Safety Instructions .............................................................................................................. 7
3. Confirmation of Carton Contents .................................................................................. 9

4. Part Names and Functions

Front / Right View............................................................................................................... 10
Front View / LEDS .............................................................................................................. 11
Front / Right View / Connections...................................................................................... 11
ON/OFF button and LF button Functions........................................................................ 12
LEDS .................................................................................................................................... 13
Magnetic Card Reader ....................................................................................................... 14
Smart Card Reader............................................................................................................. 14

5. Setup
DIP Switch Settings ........................................................................................................... 15
Printer Configuration ......................................................................................................... 16
Memory Switches Setup.................................................................................................... 17
Saving and Clearing PAIRING Info................................................................................... 18
Connecting Device ............................................................................................................. 19
Bluetooth Setup.................................................................................................................. 20
Loading Drivers for DPP-250 ............................................................................................ 21
Charging the Battery.......................................................................................................... 22
Replacing the Battery ........................................................................................................ 23
Loading Paper .................................................................................................................... 24
SELF TEST Printing ........................................................................................................... 25

6. Troubleshooting................................................................................................................. 27
7. List of Commands for ESC/POS mode ..................................................................... 28

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 INTRODUCTION
DATECS DPP-250

Main Features

DATECS DPP-250 is a mobile ESC/POS thermal printer with 2-inch wide printing
mechanism. It can be used in dynamic working conditions and its abundant built-in
features allow it to be widely used for different applications.

DATECS DPP-250 can quickly and easily print text and/or graphics, depending on
customers needs barcodes, logo, etc.

DATECS DPP-250 is the latest in the series of DATECS mobile printers.

DATECS DPP-250 is one of the smallest and lightest mobile printers in the World.

DATECS DPP-250 offers all the features of other popular models of DATECS mobile
printers: PP-50, PP-55, DPP-350, yet can easily fit in your pocket.

Features:
Small and lightweight, for real mobility;
High speed and low noise, owing to line thermal print;
Easy paper-loading;
Long lasting battery max 20000 lines per charge
Serial RS232 and USB interfaces;
Supports protocol for POS and BARCODE;
Capable of printing alpha-numeric and graphical data;
Drivers for Pocket PC, Palm OS, Windows and Blackberry.
Configuration Options:
Bluetooth interface;
Magnetic Stripe Reader (3 track);
Smart Card Reader;
Built-in metal belt hook and neck lanyard.

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1 Technical Specifications
DATECS DPP-250

Parameter Description
Printing Printing Method Line thermal dot printing
Printer mechanism FTP-628MCL 103
Resolution 203 dpi (8 x 8 dots/mm)
Dot pitch Horizontal 0.125 mm (8 dots/mm)
Vertical 0.125 mm (8 dots/mm)
Max. Print Width 48 mm / 384 dots per line
Paper Feed System Step

Printing Speed (ax.) 60 mm/s (480 dots/sec) at 8.5 V

Print lines per charge 20 000

Fonts Resident Fonts Font : 12 24 dots (32 char. per line);

Font B: 9 16 dots (42 char. per line);
Loadable Font C: 12 24 dots (32 char. per line);
Font D: 9 16 dots (42 char. per line);
Japanese vers. only Font E (JIS and Shift-JIS): 24 24 dots
(option) (168 char. per line);
Chinese vers. only Font F (GB2312): 24 24 dots
(option) (16 char. per line);
Width, mm 57
Media:
Diameter, mm 45
Roll Thermal Paper
Thickness, mm 60

Resident 1D EAN 13
Barcodes EAN 8
UPC A
UPC E
Codabar
Code 39
Code 128
2D PDF417, QR Code
Logo Registration 1 Black & White Size: 384 248 dots
Serial RS232 C max. 115200 bps
Interfaces USB USB v 1.1, compatible with 2.0
Bluetooth Option

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1 Technical Specifications
DATECS DPP-250

Parameter Description
Emulation ESC/POS Continuous paper Mode
Label/Black Mark Mode

Readers "Smart Card" Reader Option

Magnetic Card Reader 3-track head, ISO 7811 (Option)

Input Buffer 128 KB (131072 bytes)

Battery Rechargeable 7,4 V / 1100 mAh
Li-ion battery
Adapter Model: 10AD-E
Input: AC 100 240 V, 1,3 A, 50/60 Hz
Output: DC 9 V, 1 A

Operation Button LF Paper feed, Self test, Dump Mode

switches
Button ON/OFF Switch On/Switch OFF

Power Switch ON/OFF

Weight Without paper: 295 g

With paper: 350 g

Dimensions (mm) 86 (W) X 113 (D) 57 (H)

Environment Operating temperature Temperature from 0 to 40
conditions: Humidity from 35% RH to 85% RH
Temperature from -20 to 60
Storage temperature
Humidity from 10% RH t 90% RH
conditions:
Reliability Printing Head: 50 km paper long
(printing rate 25% max)
"Drop" :
"Waterproof"
Cables RS-232 interface cable;
Mini USB cable to B cable (option)

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2 Safety Instructions
DATECS DPP-250

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
which must be strictly observed!

Indicates a situation, which if was not observed and

Warning handled properly, could result in serious injury.

Caution Indicates a situation, which if was not observed and

handled properly, could result in injury.

Caution

Prior to operation, read carefully DPP-250 safety instructions and save them for later
reference.

Do not drop or put foreign matter such as clips and pins into the printer. This may cause
problems.

Do not spill drinks such as tea, coffee and juice on the printer or spray insecticide on
the printer. If drink or water is spilled, first be sure to turn the power off and then
consult our service personnel.

Be careful when moving or carrying the printer. Dropping the printer may cause injury or
property damage.

When cleaning the surface of the printer case, do not use the cloth that is soaked in
thinner, trichloroethylene, benzine, ketone or similar chemicals.
Operate the control panel properly. A careless, rough handling may cause problems or
malfunction. Do not use such sharp-edged tool as a ballpoint pen for operation.

When printer trouble occurs, do not try to dissemble it. Instead, consult our service
personnel.

Do not disassemble or modify the printer.

Discard or safely store the plastic packing bag.

This bag should be kept away from children.
If the bag is pulled over a childs head, it may cause suffocation.

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2 Safety Instructions
DATECS DPP-250

DATECS
NOTICE

Before use, be sure to read this manual. And keep it handy for reference when
needed.

DATECS reserves the right to change the content of this manual without prior notice.

Reproduction, transfer, or transmission of the contents of this manual without prior

consent is strictly prohibited.

DATECS is not liable for any problems resulting from the use of optional products and
consumable supplies other than the designated products contained herein.

Do not handle, disassemble or repair the parts other than those specified in this manual.

DATECS is not liable for any damage caused by user's erroneous use of the printer and
inadequate environment.

Data residing in the printer is temporary. Therefore, all data will be lost if power is lost.
DATECS is not liable for any damage or loss of profits caused by data loss due to failures,
repairs, inspections, etc.

Please contact us if there are any mistakes or ambiguities within this manual.
We would be grateful!

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 3 Confirmation of Carton Contents
DATECS DPP-250

When unpacking the printer, check carefully that the following accessories are included in the
carton:

Item Part Name

1 DPP-250 Thermal printer

2 AC Charger

3 1 Roll of thermal paper

4 User's Manual

5 DPP-250 Drivers

6 Interface cable

Because of the continually evolving Drivers & SDK to support new mobile devices,
Drivers & SDK are distributed online andis available for download at our website
indicated below:
http://datecs.bg

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 4 Part Names and Functions
DATECS DPP-250

Front / right view

6 5

2 3

 Power ON/OFF Switch

 Paper Feed (LF)

 Magnetic Card Reader (Option)

 Smart Card Reader (Option)

 Paper Cover Lever

 Paper Cover Locking Lever

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 Part Names and Functions
DATECS DPP-250

Front view / LEDS 2

1 3

 ERR LED:
it indicates the printer status.

 BATT LED:
it indicates the battery status.
and the process of reading
magnetic and Smart Card.

 BT LED:
it indicates the PAIRING
of Bluetooth DPP-250
to other Bluetooth device.

Front / right view / connections

USB
RS232
AC/DC adapter input

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4 Part Names and Functions
DATECS DPP-250

ON/OFF button and LF button Functions

Button Functions
1. Switch ON / Switch OFF (holding ON/OFF button for more than 1 .)
the printer.
2. Short pressing: indicates the battery status.
3. Holding ON/OFF button while power on for ~ 4 . (first sound signal)
ON/OFF If serial cable is connected (RS232 communication) temporary
forcing 9600 bps serial speed.
If no serial cable connected (Bluetooth or USB communication)
starting a hardware menu for fast Bluetooth pairing info reset.
4. Holding ON/OFF button while power on for more than 6 . enters
hardware setup mode.
1. Pressing LF button feeding the media while the button is pressed, after
releasing the button the feeding stops.
2. Push and Hold After ~ 0.5 sec SHORT
while Power ON and after the 1-beep SELF TEST
Release after the number print
of beeps:
LF After ~ 2.5 sec Hex DUMP mode
and after the 2-beep
After ~ 4.5 sec LONG
and after the 3-beep SELF TEST
print

After ~ 8.5 sec Program mode

and after the 5-beep loading
4-tone beep the firmware

3. Pressing LF button in hardware setup mode confirms the changes.

4. LF switch operation in black mark mode:

Short pressing: feeds one line.
Continuous pressing (>1 sec): Feeds the paper to find next black marker
(the same as sending FF command).

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 Part Names and Functions
DATECS DPP-250

LEDS
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 it lights in green.
3. It flashes green/red the printer thermal head is overheat. The printer
stops printing. When the printer head temperature returns to normal the
STATUS LED light green and the printer continues to print.
ERR
4. It flashes green low battery.
5. When switching ON the printer, while the LF button is pressed, red and
green lights are rotated after every beep (up to the fifth).
6. In the long pressing the button it flashes green/red after a beep.
After releasing the ON/OFF button it lights green.

1. When the adapter is swiched ON only one of the BATT LED diodes is
lighting green, depending on the battery status (from left to right - low
battery to fully charged battery).
BATT For details see Section "Charging the Battery".
2. When the adapter is swiched ON the BATT LED diodes are lighting as
shown on the illustrtion in Section "Charging the Battery", up to full battery
charging.

3. When a Magnetic Card is reading the BATT LED diodes are lighting
simultaneously in both directions from the middle to left and right
(as shown on the illustration in Section "Charging the Battery".

BT 1. It lights blue when PAIRING.

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DATECS DPP-250

Magnetic Card Reader (option)

DPP-250 has optional 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.
Magnetic strip
(face this direction)

Card Swipe direction

The readers 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. Keep the bottom edge of
the card flat on the inner base of the reader to ensure that the magnetic strip passes over the
read head evenly.
When swiping the card through the reader, use an even consistent motion from start to finish.
The speed of swiping can vary however the speed must be consistent from start to finish of the
swipe in order to accurately read card data.

Smart Card Reader (option)

DPP-250 has a built-in smart card reader (optional). The smart card reader is designed to read
information stored embedded on smart chips and process the information using device side
software.
Smart Chip
(Face this
direction)
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
in to the reader until the card stops. Card Insert
direction

To use the magnetic and smart card reader features, special software must be used to
read and process the card information. I you do not have card reading software, please
consult your resaller to find out if this software is available or contact DATECS for
recommendations on compatible third party software solution.

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DATECS DPP-250

DIP Switches Settings

Switch OFF ON
Sw1 Bluetooth enabled Bluetooth disabled
Sw2 Continuous paper mode Black mark mode*
Sw3 None Xon/Xoff protocol
Sw4 Normal operation mode Protocol mode

The printer has two operation modes. They are determined by the state of switch Sw2:
OFF Continuous paper mode
ON Black Mark searching mode

* The black mark searching mode

is designed for accurate positioning
starting print position on paper
with printed information on it.

DIP Switches Location

The DIP switch location is shown in the illustration below:

Unlocking
the battery
cover
DIP
switches

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DATECS DPP-250

Printer Configuration
DPP-250 uses nonvoltatile memory for storing some of the printer default configuration. The
following table shows the available options:

Memory Switches (see GS command) 1000000011

BAUD RATE 115200 bps
POWER OFF TIME 10 min
PRINT DENSITY 100%
CHARACTER TABLE WESTERN (1252)
PAIRING INFO [SAVE=NO]

To change the settings:

1. Switch OFF the printer.
2. Press and hold the ON/OFF button. The ERR LED flashes red / green every second.
3. Release the ON/OFF buton in about 6 sec. and wait for the printer to print out the
current memory settings. Follow the printer instructions to make the necessary changes.

The pressing LF (YES) confirms changes.

The pressing ON/OFF (No) cancels changes.

To exit the hardware menu hold the

ON/OFF button for more than 1 sec.

Care must be taken when changing

factory preset configuration information.

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Memory Switches Setup

DPP-250 has 10 memory switches, which have the following action:

Flag OFF ON
1 Power ON/OFF sound disabled Power ON/OFF sound enabled
2 CR (ASCII code 13) is not executed CR is executed LF (ASCII code 10)
3 LF (ASCII code 10) is executed LF (ASCII code 10) is not executed
4 LF immediately after CR LF immediately after CR
as selected by flag 3 is not executed
5 Default is Font A (12x24) Default is Font B (9x16)
6 Cover open sensor monitored Cover open sensor disabled
7 Disable IrDa module
8 Bluetooth in DISCOVERABLE mode Bluetooth in NONDISCOVERABLE mode
9 USB interface disabled USB interface enabled
10 USB in mode HOST USB in mode DEVICE
To change the settings:

1. Switch OFF the printer.

2. Press and hold the ON/OFF button.

The ERR LED flashes red / green every second.

3. Release the ON/OFF buton in about 6 sec.

and wait for the printer to print out
the current memory settings.

4. Follow the printer instruction

to make the necesary changes.

The pressing LF (YES) confirms changes.

The pressing ON/OFF (No) cancels changes.

Care must be taken when

changing factory preset
configuration information.

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DATECS DPP-250

Saving and Clearing PAIRING Info

When saving PAIRING Information, the printer Bluetooth information of the last device
connected paired) to the printer. Saving PAIRING info prevents the printer from asking for
passkey upon initialization. The process for using this option is described below:
To speed this programming process, you may bypass the memory switch settings by indicating
"NO" via pressing of the ON/OFF button when the printer prints "CHANGE MEMORY
SWITCHES" as shown on page 17. This will advance you to the next level of setting where
pairing can be found. The default PAIRING info option is [SAVE=No].

To save PAIRING Info:

1. Change the PAIRING Info option to [SAVE=YES].
2. Confirm SAVE SETTINGS pressing LF.
3. Turn the printer ON and it will PAIR with the first Bluetooth device.
4. The printer will now remember the PAIRING information and not prompt user for a
passkey on every printer initialization.
To clear PAIRING Info:
1. Change the PAIRING Info option to [SAVE= No].
2. Turn ON the printer and PAIR the new Bluetooth device to the printer.
3. The printer will prompt user for a passkey on every printer initialization.

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DATECS DPP-250

Connecting Device
DPP-250 is designed to use different method of communicaions. The connection can be
realized by a serial port, USB or Bluetooth. The figures below show how to attach the
different devices to the DPP-250:
Serial/USB (Cabled) Version: USB Port

Serial Port

Bluetooth (Wireless) Version:

DPP-250 Bluetooth version uses Bluetooth wireless technology to connect to Bluetooth
enable devices. See "BluetoothSetup" section for details.

Communication Configuration:

Communication options Memory Switch Options Hardware Switch Options

(from 1 t 10) (1, 2 3, 4)
With PDA device *******010 *, OFF, OFF, ON
Via Bluetooth/USB/Serial
With PC (using Windows
printer driver) *******011 *, OFF, OFF, OFF
Via Bluetooth/USB/Serial
With PC
in Service mode *******011 *, OFF, *, ON
Via Serial Interface

* Depending on user requirments can be 0 or 1.

When not using Driver/SDK developer tools, set DIP Switch 4 to OFF.

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Bluetooth Setup
Bluetooth setup enables the printer DPP-250 included Bluetooth option to communicate
with other Bluetooth devices. For this purpose, use the corresponding to your device
Bluetooth manager.
The following is a brief explanation on how to [PAIR] your Bluetooth DPP-250 to PDA and
Smartphon.

BlackBerry Devices:
Add Device or Pairing Bluetooth peripherals to BlackBerry
devices require the use of the device Bluetooth manager.
The image on the right shows a typical
BlackBerry Bluetooth manager.

WindowsMobile Devices:
Creating a New Partnership or Pairing Bluetooth
peripherals to your WindowsMobile device require
the use of the device Bluetooth manager.
The image on the right shows a typical
WindowsMobile Bluetooth manager.

Palm Devices:
Add Device or Pairing Bluetooth peripherals to your Palm
devices require the use of the device Bluetooth manager.
The image on the right shows a typical
Palm Bluetooth manager.

When adding / pairing the DPP-250 as a Bluetooth device, use the [0000] pairing
key when prompted.

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DATECS DPP-250

Loading Drivers for DPP-350:

To print information from your device it is necessary to install DPP-250 printer drivers.
DATECS offers the following drivers for DPP-250:
DATECS ESC/POS printer drivers (on Windows NT/2k/XP/2k3+)
Windows printer drivers for all Datecs ESC/POS printers.
PrintSuite
PrintSuit is a pack of applications and drivers for DATECS PP-50/55, CMP-10, DPP-250
and DPP-350 printers on Windows/PalmOS/Windows Mobile/Windows CE.
There are no developer tools and SDKs inside!
PPDevelop
Drivers, SDK, documentation and exemplary programs in different languages, giving
developers access to all the functionality of the printers and optional modules.
Current versions of application programs, drivers and SDK are distributed online and are
available for download at the website, indicated below:
www.datecs.bg
Loading DPP-250 drivers for PDA or Smartphones:
BlackBerry Decktop Manager, shown in the figure
on the right is used to load third party softawere on 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 Manager shown in the figure on the right
is used to load third party softawere on your device.
Please, review your device's documentation
on how to use the Active Sync Manager
to load new software on to your device.
In most of cases you only need to run
the DPP-250 installer to start the instalation.

PALM devices
Palm Install Manager Application shown in the figure
on the right is used to load third party softawere on your device.
Please, review your device's documentation
on how to use the Palm Install Manager Application
to load new software on to your device.
In most of cases you only need to drag & drop
DPP-250 PRC files in installer and click ADD.

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DATECS DPP-250

Charging the Battery

DPP-250 uses a rechargeable Lithium Ion battery pack. Before first use, the DPP-250
battery pack should be charged for at least 4 hours.
To prevent electrical damage to the DPP-250 and/or battery pack, please use approved
AC Charger only.
Charging the battery and the BATT LED and RR LED status are shown in the illustration
below:

BATT LED, depending on the battery status

(from left to right - low battery to fully charged battery).

A short pressing the button ON indicates the battery status. 1,2 3, 4 or 5

diodes are lighting green, depending on the battery status. When charging
the last of them (from left to right) is flashing.
When fully charged battery all BATT LED diodes are lighting (no flashing
diodes).

ERR LED flashes green, that indicates LOW BATTERY.

The Lithium Ion battery pack should be fully charged before use to ensure long
battery life.

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Replacing Battery
To replace the battery in the DPP-250 thermal printer follow the steps below:

1. Turn over the DPP-250 and place on a flat surface.

Rotate the locking lever as shown in the figure on the right.

2. Lift the battery cover as shown in the figure on the right.

3. Lift the battery as shown

in the figure on the right.

4. Detach the battery as shown in the figure on the right.

Reverse Steps 1-4 to install the new battery pack.

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DATECS DPP-250

Loading Paper
DPP-250 uses a drop-and-load design making paper loading easy and trouble free. To
load paper, simply lift up the paper cover latch and drop in the new roll as shown in the
steps below.
Paper cover lever
1. Unlock the paper cover
as shown in the figure on the right.
Lift the paper cover latch
to open the cover as shown
in the figure on the right. Unlocking
direction

2. Drop the new roll as shown in the figure on the right.

The thermal roll must be placed as shown

in the figure on the right the thermal surface
of the media must must be faced
to the thermal head.

3. Close and lock the cover.

Locking
direction

Be sure to pull at least 12 mm or more of media above the top

of the printer before closing.

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SELF TEST printing

Short SELF TEST
Press and Hold the LF button, while Power On the printer. Release after ~ 0.5 sec
and after the 1-beep. The printer will print a Short Self Test, which contains information
about:
Printer's model; Firmware version;
Serial number;
Interface;
Black Mark mode;
Country
Code table
Protocol mode;
Intensity;
Auto Off Time;
Temperature;
Date and Time;
Battery;
Switches.

The Short SELF TEST looks as shown below:

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Long SELF TEST

Press and Hold the LF button, while Power On the printer. Release after ~ 4.5 sec
and after the 3-beep. The printer will print a Long Self Test, which contains
information about:
Rezident font sizes;
Characters per line;
Text formating;
Rezident character set;
Rezident barcode symbols;
Printer's onfiguration

A Long SELF TEST is shown in the image

on the right:

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 6 Troubleshooting
DATECS DPP-250

Troubleshooting
If you're having printing problem refer to the table below for possible causes:

Problem Possible Causes

1. Paper feeds after Thermal media is specially coated on outside of roll. Remove
issuing a print job, but paper roll and reload properly.
no printed text vizible See section "Loading Paper" for details on loading paper.
on paper.
Paper cover not installed properly. See section "Loading Paper"
2. ERR LED blinks RED for details on replacing paper cover.
continuously. Printer out of paper or Paper not properly loaded.
See section "Loading Paper" for details on loading paper.

Battery voltage low.

See section on charging battery pack.
Text and/or graphics
3.
are printed very light. Thermal media not imaging correctly.
Verify that you are using the recommended
thermal media.

4. Strange characters Battery voltage low.

are printed when See section on charging battery pack.
printing.

5. ERR LED flashes Battery voltage low.

green
6. ERR LED flashes The printer thermal head is overheat. When the printer head
green/red temperature returns to normal the ERR LED light green and
and printer stops the printer continues to print.
printing.
7. Printer stops
Remove battery for 5 seconds
responding to print
and reconnect battery.
and paper feed
commands.

8. Printing is light Paper cover not properly installed. See section on loading
or missing only paper.
on half of the print
width. Mechanism jarred loose. Contact technical support.

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7 List of Commands for ESC/POS Mode
DATECS DPP-250

Command Description
1 BEL Sounds the buzzer
2 HT Horizontal Tab Command
3 LF Printing line and Paper Feeding command
4 FF Printing and paper feeding to the black mark position
5 CR The operation of the command depends on the state of the
configuration flags 2, 3 and 4
6 DC2 = DC3 (Ruled line) commands sequence start
7 DC3 ( Sets the ruled line ON
8 DC3 + Sets the ruled line off
9 DC3 - Selects ruled line A
10 DC3 A Selects ruled line B
11 DC3 B Clears selected ruled line buffer
12 DC3 C Sets a single dot in selected ruled line buffer
13 DC3 D Ruled line pattern set
14 DC3 F Ruled line line set
15 DC3 L Selects ruled line combine mode
16 DC3 M Ruled line 1 dot line print
17 DC3 P Ruled line n dots line print
18 DC3 p Ruled line image write
19 DC3 v Canceling print data in page mode
20 CAN Printing data in page mode
21 ESC FF DC3 (Ruled line) commands sequence start
22 ESC RS Sounds the buzzer
23 ESC SP Setting character spacing
24 ESC # Setting EURO symbol position
25 ESC $ Specifying the absolute horizontal position of printing
26 ESC % Selecting/Canceling the printing of downloaded user character sets
27 ESC & Selecting user character set
28 ESC ! Specifying printing mode of text data
29 ESC * Printing graphical data
30 ESC + Switchs OFF the printer
31 ESC - Selecting/Canceling underlining
32 ESC . Printing self test/diagnostic information

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33 ESC 2 Specifying 1/6-inch line feed rate

34 ESC 3 Specifying line feed rate n/203 inches
35 ESC < Changes print direction to opposite
36 ESC = Data input control
37 ESC > Selecting print diraction
38 ESC ? Reading magnetic stripe card
39 ESC @ Initializing the printer
40 ESC CAL Black mark mode sensor calibration
41 ESC D Setting horizontal tab position
42 ESC E Specifying/Canceling highlighting
43 ESC F Filling or inverting the page area in page mode
44 ESC G Specifying/Canceling highlighting
45 ESC I Specifying/Canceling Italic print
46 ESC J Printing and Paper feed n/203 inches
47 ESC L Sellecting page mode
48 ESC N Reading programmed serial number
49 ESC R Selecting country
50 ESC S Specifying speed (bps) of the serial port
51 ESC T Printing short self test
52 ESC U Selecting/Canceling underlined printing
53 ESC V Selecting/Canceling printing 90- right turned characters
54 ESC W Defining the print area in page mode
55 ESC X Specifying max printing speed
56 ESC Y Selecting intensity level
57 ESC Z Returning diagnostic information
58 ESC \ Specifying relative horizontal position
59 ESC ] Loading the default settings stored in Flash memory
60 ESC ^ Saving current settings in Flash memory
61 ESC _ Loading factory settings
62 ESC ` Reading the Battery Voltage and Thermal head temperature
63 ESC a Aligning the characters
64 ESC b Increasing text line height
65 ESC c5 Enabling/Disabling the functioning of the button LF
66 ESC d Printing and feeding paper by n- lines

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67 ESC f Select symbol 0 printing style

68 ESC i Feeding paper backwards
69 ESC o Temporarily feeding paper forward
70 ESC pair= Enabling/Disabling PAIRING info saving in Bluetooth mode
71 ESC pwd= Programming a new Bluetooth password (PIN)
72 ESC r Full command for sounding buzzer
73 ESC s Reading print settings
74 ESC u Selecting code table
75 ESC v Transmitting the printer status
76 ESC x Setting the time interval for automatically switching Off the printer
77 ESC y BTH: Bluetooth module settings adjustment
78 ESC { Enabling/Canceling printing of 180 turned characters
79 GS FF Printing in page mode and returning to standard mode
80 GS S Specifying the absolute vertical position in page mode
81 GS ) Setting printer flags (memory switches)
82 GS * Defining a Downloaded Bit Image (logo)
83 GS / Printing a Downloaded Bit Image
84 GS : Starting/ending macro definitions
85 GS B Enabling/Disabling inverse printing (white on black)
86 GS C Read the Real Time Clock
87 GS H Selecting Printing position of HRI Code
88 GS L Setting the left margin
89 GS Q Printing 2-D barcodes
90 GS R Filling or inverting a restangle in page mode
91 GS S Selecting 2-D barcode cell size
92 GS T Sellecting the print direction in page mode
93 GS U Selecting standard mode
94 GS W Setting the print area width
95 GS X Drawing a rectangular box with selected thickness in page mode
96 GS Z Printing the non blank page area only in page mode
97 GS \ Specifying the relative vertical position in page mode
98 GS ^ Executing macro
99 GS c Setting the Real Time Clock
100 GS f Setting the font of HRI characters of the barcode

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 List of Commands for ESC/POS Mode
DATECS DPP-250

101 GS h Setting the height of the barcode

102 GS k Printing a barcode
103 GS p Settings for 2D barcode PDF417
104 GS q Selecting the height of the module of 2D barcode PDF417
105 GS w Selecting the horizontal size (Scale factor) of the barcode
106 GS x Direct text print in page mode

Asian Languages Support

107 FS ! Specifying printing mode of two-byte text data
108 FS & Selecting two-byte text mode (JIS or GB2312)
109 FS - Selecting/Canceling underline mode for two-byte text mode
110 FS . Canceling two-byte text mode
111 FS 2 Defining one custom Kanji character
112 FS C Selecting Shift-JIS mode (Japanese version only)
113 FS S Specifying character spacing for two-byte text mode
114 FS W Selecting double size characters for two-byte text mode

* For details about commands for ESC/POS mode see Programmer's User.

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