Epson TK14 Printer User Manual


 
FENIX IMVICO
TK14 OPERATION MANUAL
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0 – INTRODUCTION
The TK14 is a high performance thermal printer. Its compact and functional design covers many
professional uses (as in supermarkets, hotels, hospitals, restaurants, and so on.)
It is capable of printing text, graphics, logo and barcodes.
It can be used in laboratories, industrial and professional environments.
The main features of the TK14 are:
Simple installation and easy maintenance.
Low noise thermal printing.
Full-logic ticket presentation through intelligent processor, controlling even printer status.
Paper width: 58 mm.
High reliability: 100 million pulses. Abrasion resistance: 50 Km.
Power supply: 12V to 24V DC.
No-paper, paper-near-end and paper jam sensors.
Up to 80 mm paper roll diameter.
High speed printing up to 62,5mm/s.
Printing resolution: 8 dots/mm (203 dpi).
Passive cut of paper.
Nozzle ticket presenter.
IEEE 1284 parallel and serial RS232C data input interface on-board.
Two internal character fonts (A font = 12x24 dots. B font = 8x16 dots).
Scalable font (independent scale in X/Y-axis), up to 64 times.
Programmable character and line space.
Bold and reverse character capabilities
Graphic bitmap printing capabilities.
Several format Bar Code (EAN13, Code39, Code128 and ITF)
Control code based on ESC/POS commands (
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Hexadecimal mode for easy software debugging.
Automatic paper load.
Extended operating temperatures range (-30ºC to +70ºC).
Self test, hexadecimal mode and configuration mode features.
One logo load capability, through Windows driver.
Windows 95, 98 & 2000 drivers and demo/configuration program.
This manual is the printer operations’ guide and is intended for the application designer. The following
sections contain a detailed description of both the hardware and the configuration software that allow
obtaining the maximum benefit of the printer possibilities.
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