PS-7 Thermal Receipt Printer

User’s Manual

（Ver 0.02）
 Content
Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 3
Chapter 1 Feature and Performance............................................................................................ 3
1.1 Print Performance..................................................................................................................3
1.2 Print Paper............................................................................................................................. 4
1.3 Print Font...............................................................................................................................4
1.4 Interface.................................................................................................................................4
1.5 Print Control Commands...................................................................................................... 5
1.6 Power Supply........................................................................................................................ 5
1.7 Operation Environment.........................................................................................................5
1.8 Outline Dimension................................................................................................................ 5
1.9 Model classification.............................................................................................................. 6
Chapter 2 Operation Specification.................................................................................................6
2.1 Printer Appearance................................................................................................................ 6
2.2 Paper Installation...................................................................................................................7
2.2.1 Paper Loading.........................................................................................................7
2.2.2 Solution to Paper Jam........................................................................................... 7
2.3 Interface.................................................................................................................................8
2.3.1 Ethernet Interface...................................................................................................8
2.3.2 USB Interface..........................................................................................................8
2.3.3 Cash Drawer Interface...........................................................................................9
2.3.4 Serial Interface........................................................................................................9
2.3.5 Power Connection................................................................................................ 10
2.4 Indicators, Buzzer and Buttons........................................................................................... 10
2.5 Power on status............................................................................................................... 13
2.6 Self-test................................................................................................................................13
2.7 Hexadecimal Printing..........................................................................................................14
2.8 Parameter Setting............................................................................................................15
2.9 Entering Upgrading Mode.............................................................................................. 15
Appendix A.......................................................................................................................................16
 Introduction
PS-7 printer is a new type line thermal printer, it features in fast speed print,
low print noise, high reliability, perfect print quality and ribbon needless,
avoiding the vexation of regular maintenance.

PS-7 printer: small in outline dimension, simple operation, and extensive

application, especially suitable for commercial cash register, PC-POS, bank
POS and all kinds of receipts print.

Warning

This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this product ma

y cause radio interference in which case the user may be
required to take adequate measures.

Chapter 1 Feature and Performance

1.1 Print Performance

● Print method: direct thermal

● Print paper width: 79.5±0.5mm

● Print density: 8 dots/mm, 576 dots/line

● Print speed: max 250mm/s

● Reliability

(1)Print head life: 100km

 Using condition:
＊Print 12 × 24 ASCII characters, print 50 lines each time, intermittent print
repeatedly
＊Use specified thermal paper
（2）Cutter life: 500,000 cuts
Using condition: less than 30 cuts/minute

● Valid print width: 72mm

1.2 Print Paper

● Thermal paper roll model: TF50KS－E (Japan paper co.ltd)

AF50KS-E (JUJO THERMAL)

● Thermal paper roll: Width－－－ 79.5±0.5mm

Outer Diameter －－－ 80mm (max.)

Inner Diameter－－－ 13mm (min.)

Thickness －－－ 0.06mm～0.08mm

1.3 Print Font

● ANK Character Set

12×24 dots，1.5（W）×3.00（H）mm
● GB GB2312-80(Chinese):
24×24 dots，3.00（W）×3.00（H）mm.

1.4 Interface

● Ethernet Interface： Standard Ethernet interface.

● USB Interface：Standard USB interface

● Cash Drawer Control

DC24V，1A，6-pin RJ-11 socket.

● RS－232C Serial Interface：
DB-9 socket (female), supports XON/XOFF and TR/DSR protocols.
Baudrate:1200,2400,4800,9600,19200,38400,57600,115200bps
Adjustable.
Data structure: 1start bit + (7 or 8) data bits + 1 stop bit.
Parity checking: no parity or odd, even parity optional.

1.5 Print Control Commands

● Character print commands: support double-width, double height print of ANK

characters, user-defined characters and Chinese characters, the character line
spacing is adjustable.

● Graphics print commands: support the print of bit-map graphics and

download bit-map graphics with different density

● GS bar code print commands: support UPC-A，UPC-E，EAN-13，EAN-8，

CODE39，ITF，CODEBAR，CODE93，CODE128,PDF417,QR bar code print.

1.6 Power Supply

● DC24V±10％，2A，A-1009-3P power socket.

1.7 Operation Environment

● Operation temperature: 5～50℃; Relative humidity: 10～80％

● Storage temperature: -40～55℃; Relative humidity: 10～90℃

1.8 Outline Dimension

●185(L)mm×150(W) mm×123 (H)mm

1.9 Model classification

Model Interface

PS-7 USB+Ethernet Interfaces

Chapter 2 Operation Specification

2.1 Printer Appearance

2.2 Paper Installation

2.2.1 Paper Loading

PS-7 adopts 79.5mm width thermal paper roll.

Steps of Loading Thermal Paper are as below:
Hold down the upper cover button on the left side, open the movable upper
cover, draw a certain length of the paper roll, put the paper end on the print
head, close the upper cover and press it downwards lightly.

！Caution!
1. Pay attention to the direction of loading paper,

make the printing surface face to the print head.

2. Please don’t feed or draw the paper forwards or

backwards with hands.

3. Keep clean of the print head, avoid to influence

the printing quality.

2.2.2 Solution to Paper Jam

If cutter jam, turn off the power, and turn on again, the cutter will be back to
original position. If paper jam, open the paper storage cover, and take out the
paper. If the cutter can not be back to the original position, open the cover of it,
and turn the white plastic gear by the direction suggestive on the cutter by
hand to make the cutter be back to the original position.
If cutter jam, but hope no loss of data in printer, don’t turn off the power. Get
the cutter back to the original position by the above mentioned method by hand.
Then open the paper cover and take out the paper, close the paper cover. The
printer will recover automatically from Cutting Error.

2.3 Interface

2.3.1 Ethernet Interface

The model with Ethernet interface use RJ45 Network socket. The appearance
is as Fig.2-3 shows:

Fig.2-3 Ethernet interface

2.3.2 USB Interface

The standard accessories of PS-7 printer includes a B Type USB cable which
connects printer and main device. The USB type belongs to the slave device
type(DEVICE). Pins description of USB as Fig.2-4 below:

Pin Function Notes

1 V Bus Power +5V
2 Data- Data-
3 Data+ Data-
4 GND Ground

Fig.2-4 USB interface

2.3.3 Cash Drawer Interface

The cash drawer interface of PS-7 adopts RJ-11 6-pin socket, as Fig.2-5
shows:

Fig.2-5 Cash Drawer Interface

The pin assignment is as below：

Pin No. Signal Direction

1 Chassis Ground ——

2 Cash drawer driver signal 1 Out

3 Cash drawer on/off status signal In

4 +24VDC ——

5 Cash drawer driver signal 2 Out

6 Signal ground ——

2.3.4 Serial Interface

The serial interface of PS-7 printer is compatible with RS-232C, supports

DTR/DSR and XON/XOFF handshaking protocols, uses DB 9 socket (female).
The pin order of the serial port and the definition of pin are as Fig.2-6 shows:
Pin Signal Sourc Description
No. Name e
2 TXD Printer Printer transmits control code
X-ON/X-OFF and data to host
3 RXD Host Printer receives data from host
6 DSR Printer The same as CTS signal
 8 CTS Printer Signal “MARK” means the host
is busy and can not receive
data. Signal “SPACE” means
the host is ready to receive
data.
5 GND —— Signal Ground

Fig.2-6

2.3.5 Power Connection

PS-7 uses the external power supply adopter as 24V±10％、2A,

power socket is A-1009-3P model, as Fig. 2-7 shows:

2.4 Indicators, Buzzer and Buttons

There is one button and two inner buzzers(a bigger on and a smaller one) and
three indicators on PS-7 printer.

【FEED】is paper feeding button, the function of its enabling or disabling the
button on/off can be set by print command, when the button is enabled, press
【FEED】 button, then the paper presenting driver starts up and paper fed into
the printer; release【FEED】 button, paper feeding stops.

The smaller buzzer indicates the error status type, which can be set to
enabling error alarm or disabling by parameter setting. Error status type is the
same as error indicator.
The bigger buzzer indicates there is a document to be printed, which can be
set enable or prohibited by parameter setting.

Green POWER Indicator is power status indicator. Power indicator on means

the printer is on.

Red PAPER OUT Indicator is paper status indicator. This indicator on means
the printer is out of paper.

Red/Blue ERROR/ALARM indicator is error status/receipt checking indicator,

the red indicator is dark when printer work normally, and it alarm abnormal
status of printer while it flashes. When the read indicator is on for a long time, it
means paper case opened in the printing process. The blue indicator flashes
reminds that printer has receive receipt data.

When the receipt checking indicator flash and bigger buzzer ring for three
times, it reminds that printer has received receipt data.

When the error indicator flash and smaller buzzer ring, it means there is an
error in the printer.

According to the different flicker type, the different error types are as below:

1. Non-recoverable error, the times of indicator flickering and small buzzer

sounding mean the error type, then persistent lighting.

2. Recoverable error, the times of indicator flickering and buzzer sounding

mean the error type, then persistent indicator-off.

3. Auto-recoverable error, the indicator flickers and the buzzer sounds

persistently.

4. Paper out, PAPER OUT indicator lights and the buzzer sounds persistently.
When the paper case cover is open, whether the paper is out or not will not be
tested, but just testing whether there is paper in printer.
The details are as below:

a. Non-recoverable error, the indicator flickers several times, then persistent

lighting. The times of flickering means the error type,

ERROR Indicator Flickering

ERROR Type ERROR Description
Type
LED Flikers once：Internal memory
reading and writing error

LED Flikers twice：over-voltage

LED Flikers three times：

under-voltage
LED Flikers four times: CPU
Non-recoverable execution error (wrong address)
error
LED Flikers five times: UIB error

LED Flikers six times: FLASH

writing error
LED Flikers seven times: parameter
writing error
LED Flikers eight times:
Temperature testing circuit error

b. Recoverable error, indicator flickers constantly, then persistent off for one
period.
ERROR Indicator Flickering
ERROR Type ERROR Description
Type

Recoverable LED Flikers once：Cutter

error position error

c. Auto-recoverable error, indicator flickers constantly, including printing head

over-heat error and upper case cover opening error during printing.

ERROR Indicator Flickering

ERROR Type ERROR Description
Type
 LED Flickers constantly: printing head
Auto-recoverabl
over-heat; upper case cover opening
e error
error during printing

2.5 Power on status

Paper cover close when power off. Press the power button, the error indicator
and paper out indicator flash twice alternately and out, then printer will be on
the normal working mode.

2.6 Self-test

The self-test will check the condition of printer. if the printer prints out the
self-test receipt correctly, it means the printer works normally, except interface
with host. Otherwise it needs to repair.
The self-test will print out the name of manufacturer, printer type, interface type
and printer defaulted parameter, 96 characters in ASCII and defaulted Code
page content(the language is English) or the name of Chinese characters
library(if the language is Chinese) and Bar code type.

Way of self-test: hold down【FEED】button and turn on the power, self-test

begins automatically at this moment as Fig.2-8 shows:
 Fig.2-8

2.7 Hexadecimal Printing

Turn on the printer according to the step below, it will enter the mode of
Hexadecimal Printing
1.Open the cover；
2.Hold down【FEED】button，and connect with power；
3.Close the cover, the printer will print out 3 lines as below:
Hexadecimal Dump
To terminate hexadecimal dump,
Press FEED button three times.
This means the printer has entered hexadecimal printing mode, and under this
mode, all of the input will be printed out as hexadecimal number, feed one line
with single-click of “FEED” button, after 3 times, it will print out “***
Completed ***”, and exit hexadecimal printing mode.

2.8 Parameter Setting

This function is for the setting of some simple printer parameters.

Steps for entering parameters setup:

When printer power is off, open paper case cover firstly. Hold the【FEED】
button, then switch on the printer and release the【 FEED】 when the status
indicator and paper-out indicator flash alternately. Then press the 【FEED】
twice and close the paper cover, printer enter the setting mode and print out
the first set parameter and its current value. The details method of setting
parameter can refer to Appendix A.

Steps for exiting of parameter setup:

Open paper case cover and press the【FEED】 button; then close paper case
cover and release the 【 FEED 】 button. The printer will save the setup of
parameters, exit setting mode and enter the normal working mode.
The data will not be saved if turn off the printer directly.

2.9 Entering Upgrading Mode

When printer is power off, open paper case cover. Hold the【FEED】button,
then switch on the printer and release the【FEED】when the status indicator
and paper-out indicator flash alternately. Then press the 【FEED】for five times
and close the paper cover, printer enter the program upgrade mode. At this
time, the status indicator flash once a second.

Quick enter method:

Open the paper case cover firstly when printer is power off. Hold the 【FEED】
button and switch on the printer, then release the 【FEED】button quickly, then
printer enter the program upgrade mode. At this time, the status indicator flash
once a second.

Notice:
When printer enter the program upgrade mode, the paper-out indicator flash
means the interface can’t be upgraded by this interface. Only serial interface
and USB interface are supported online program upgrading at the moment.

Appendix A
This appendix is the method to set the printer parameter according to button
operation.

Setting introduction: Press【Paper cover】button to choose setting，when press

it once , the set become the next one and it will print the present set value; use
【FEED】button to set the set value, when press it once , the set become the
next one and it will print the present set value.

General Setting：

Paper cover Paper cover Paper cover Print density Paper cover
Baudrate Languag Font Print speed

Paper cover Paper cover Paper-out Paper cover Buzzer Paper cover
Black mark
reprint
Baud rate：
9600 FEED 19200 FEED 38400 FEED 57600

FEED FEED

4800 FEED 2400 FEED 1200 FEED 115200

Language：
FEED FEED
China China-BIG5 English

FEED
Font：
12×24 FEED 9×17

FEED

Print density：
FEED FEED
MEDIUM HIGH LOW

FEED

Print speed：
220mm/s FEED 250mm/s FEED 150mm/s FEED 200mm/s

FEED

Buzzer：
OFF FEED Error ON FEED Cut ON FEED ALL ON

FEED

Paper-out reprint：
OFF FEED ON

FEED

Black mark mode：

FEED
OFF ON

FEED