sewoo SLK-T12EB Receipt Printer User Manual

September 21, 2024
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woo SLK-T12EB Receipt Printer

  • MODEL : SLK-T12EB

All specifications are subject to change without notice

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions.

  1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and
  2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Vic Barczyk
19700 S Vermont Ave Ste 200 Torrance, CA 90502 | USA NA_Sales@miniprinter.com

Victor Almazan
Paseo de la Reforma No. 265 Piso 2.Oficina SBC. Col. Cuauhtémoc, C.P. 06500 Ciudad de Mexico | Mexico LA_Sales@miniprinter.com

Disposal of Old Electrical &Electronic Equipment(Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate collection systems)
This symbol on the product or its packaging indicates that this product shall not be treated as household waste. Instead, it shall be handed over to the applicable collection point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. For more detailed information about recycling this product, please contact your local city office, your household waste disposal service, or the shop where you purchased the product.

Parts Identifications

Setting Up the Printer

Unpacking

Connecting the Cables
You can connect up the cables required for printing to the printer. They all connect to the connector panel on the back of the printer, which is shown below :

Before connecting any of the cables, make sure that both the printer and the computer are turned off.

Interface Connector

9Pin Serial Interface

PIN SIGNAL I/O Description
2 RDX Input The printer receives data line
3 TXD Output The printer transmits data line
4, 7 DTR Output Data Terminal Ready
5 GND System Ground
6 DSR Input Data Set Ready
1,8,9 NC

USB Interface

PIN SIGNAL I/O Description
1 +5V +5V
2 DATA- The printer transmits data line
3 DATA+ The printer transmits data line
4 GND System Ground

USB Interface

PIN SIGNAL I/O
1 Data Out + Output Data +
2 Data Out – Output Data –
3 Data IN + Input Data +
4 N.C
5 N.C
6 Data IN – Input Data –
7 N.C
8 N.C

This equipment is indoor use and all the communication wirings are limited to inside of the building.

Cash Drawer Connector
The printer can operate two cash drawers with a 6-pin RJ-11 modular connector. The driver is capable of supplying a maximum current of 1.0A for 510ms or less when not printing.

PIN SIGNAL Description
1 Signal GND
2 Drawer kick-out drive signal 1 Output
3 Drawer open/close signal Input
4 +24V
5 Drawer kick-out drive signal 2 Output
6 Signal GND

Loading the Roll Paper

NOTE Be sure to use paper rolls that meet the specifications. Do not use paper rolls that have the paper glued to the core because the printer cannot detect the paper end correctly.

Turn off the power switch.

  1. Make sure that the printer is not receiving data; Otherwise, data may be lost.
  2. Open the paper roll cover by pushing down the cover open push button.
  3. Remove the used paper roll core if there is one inside.
  4. Insert new paper roll as shown.
  5. Note the correct direction that the paper comes off the roll:
  6. Pull out a small amount of paper as shown. Then, close the cover.
  7. Tear off the paper as shown.

CAUTION
When the paper is jammed with the cutter, the top cover might be stuck. In this case, repeat power on and off several times. If the top cover is still stuck, please follow the steps to release the papers from jamming.

  1. Make sure the printer is turned off.
  2. Take out the cutter cover as shown.
  3. Turn the screw with drivers to a direction until the paper is released from the cutter.

Adjustment of paper width

  1. Please adjust the Paper Guide to fit the paper width in the direction of the arrow.
  2. Tight the screw after adjusting the Paper Guide.
  3. Pull the edge of the paper once the paper roll is installed correctly and close the Paper Cover.

Control panel and other functions

Control panel
You can control the basic paper-feeding operations of the printer with the button on the control panel. The indicator lights let you monitor the printer’s status.

Control Panel

Button
The button can be disabled by the ESC c 5 command. Press the FEED button once to advance the paper one line. You can also hold down the FEED button to feed the paper continuously.

Error indicators

STATUS PAPER ERROR POWER REMARKS
RED RED GREEN
Power off OFF OFF OFF Normal power is not supplied to the printer
Power on OFF OFF ON Normal power is supplied to the printer
On line OFF OFF ON Normal error-free mode

Cover

open

| OFF| ON| ON| Close cover
Paper

end

| OFF| ON| ON| Insert the new paper roll
Paper

near end

| ON| OFF| ON| Paper is low

Self Test

The self-test result indicated whether the printer was operating properly. Also with this, the user can check the following options or the status of the printer.

  • Control circuit
  • Printer mechanism
  • Printing quality
  • ROM version
  • Interface setting

This test is independent of any other equipment or software.

Running the self-test

  1. Make sure the printer is turned off and the printer cover is closed properly before performing the self-test.
  2. Turn the printer on by holding the FEED button, then the self-test will start. The self-test prints the printer setting value and then prints the following, and pauses. (Error LED On)
  3. Press the FEED button consecutively (1~4)
    1. ASCII PRINT

(press the FEED button once)

| Printing test page constructed with ACII code.
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2. ECO MODE

(press the FEED button twice)

| Set the ECO mode to save paper and power.

(Default font type, Reduce paper margin, Density)

3. PRINTER SETTING

(press the FEED button triple time)

| Set the printer option.

(Serial baud rate, Cutting mode, Error beep, Melody)

4. HEXADUMP MODE

(press the FEED button quad time)

| Printing the HEX value received from the interface

  • Wait for 5~6 seconds if you want to exit. The printer performs a cutting when exiting this mode.
  1. The printer is ready to receive data and finish the settings.

ASCII Print

ASCII PRINT is printing a test page constructed ASCII code. You can able to check the printer works properly with this The ASCII PRINT test automatically ends and cuts the paper after printing the following: Completed The printer is ready to receive data as soon as it completes the ASCII PRINT.

ECO Mode

After entering the ECO MODE, the list that can select the ECO option will be printed. Similar to Self Test, you can press the FEED button to select an ECO option. Once the input performs properly, the printer shows a result and stores it.

ECO MODE

  1. FONT SETTING
  2. LINE SPACE SETTING
  3. LINE FEED SETTING
  4. BARCODE[1D] HEIGHT
  5. DENSITY SETTING

Font
THE FONT SETTING menu can be changed to the Font mapping(FONT A / FONT B). If you do not want the other side font, you can disable that.

  • FONT A: 12×24
  • FONT B: 9×13

FONT SETTING

1. FONT A -> A / FONT B -> B
2. FONT A -> B / FONT B -> B
3. FONT A -> A / FONT B -> A
4. FONT A -> B / FONT B -> A

Paper Reduce
A reduced menu (Line space, Line feed, barcode[1D] height) was developed for paper saving.

Line space
“Line space” means the amount of feed when you intentionally generate newlines.

Line feed
“Line feed” means the amount of feed when there is an automatic line break.

Barcode Height
“Barcode Height” means the height of the barcode when creating a one- dimensional barcode.

LINE SPACE SETTING

  1. NORMAL
  2. REDUCE 50%
  3. REDUCE 75%
  4. REDUCE 90%

LINE FEED SETTING

  1. NORMAL
  2. REDUCE 50%
  3. REDUCE 75%
  4. REDUCE 90%

BARCODE HEIGHT SETTING

  1. NORMAL
  2. REDUCE 50%
  3. REDUCE 75%
  4. REDUCE 90%

Density
Adjust the print density to save the power consumed by the printer.

SELECT DENSITY

  1. NORMAL
  2. LOW
  3. DARK

Printer Setting

Change the printer settings. The options below can also be changed via the Memory Saver.

PRINTER SETTING

  1. SELECT BAUDRATE
  2. SELECT CUTTING MODE
  3. SELECT THE ERROR BEEP OPTION
  4. SELECT MELODY OPTION

Baudrate

After entering the BAUDRATE MODE, the list that can select the BPS will be printed. Similar to Self Test, you can press the FEED button to select a BAUDRATE. Once the input performs properly, the printer shows a result and stores it. The printer is ready to receive data as soon as it completes the SELECT BAUDRATEMODE.

SELECT BAUDRATE

  1. 4800bps
  2. 9600bps
  3. 19200bps
  4. 38400bps
  5. 57600bps
  6. 115200bps

Cutter

Set cutter mode.

SELECT CUTTING MODE

  1. PARTIAL CUT
  2. FULL CUT

Error Beep

If the cover is open or there is no paper, the error beep function is activated. This option allows you to enable/disable the error beep.

SELECT THE ERROR BEEP OPTION

  1. BEEP ON
  2. BEEP OFF

Melody
To DK Port (Cash), Melody box or external buzzer can be connected. You can activate it from the Melody Setting menu, and the melody will operate after the cutting operation.

  • Melody Box: Melody is fixed and the volume can be adjusted.
  • External Buzzer : 3 types of melody are output according to the Melody Type setting and volume control is not included.

SELECT MELODY OPTION

  1. MELODY SETTING
  2. SELECT MELODY TYPE

MELODY SETTING

  1. MELODY ON AFTER CUTTING
  2. MELODY OFF

SELECT MELODY TYPE

  1. MELODY-Ⅰ
  2. MELODY-Ⅱ
  3. MELODY-Ⅲ

Hexadecimal Dump

This feature allows experienced users to see exactly what data is coming to the printer. This can be useful in finding software problems. When you go into the hex dump function, the printer prints all commands and other data in hexadecimal format along with a guide section to help you find specific commands.

To use the hex dump feature, follow these steps

  1. Please turn the printer off.

  2. Please turn the printer on while pressing down “Feed” button.

  3. Press the FEED button three times when the Self Test is printed.

  4. Now printer had entered Hexa dump mode.

  5. Run any software program that sends data to the printer. The printer prints ”Hexadecimal printing mode…” and then all the codes it receives in a two-column format. The first column contains the hexadecimal codes and the second column gives the ASCII characters that correspond to the codes.
    Hexadecimal Dump

    • 1B 21 00 1B 26 02 40 40 .!..& . @ @
    • 1B 25 01 1B 63 34 00 1B .%..c4.
    • 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 ABCDEFGH
    • A period (.) is printed for each code that has no ASCII equivalent.
  6. Turn off the printer.

  7. Turn on the printer.

Printer Cleaning

If the interior of the printer is dusty, printing quality can be lowered. In this case, follow the instructions below to clean the printer.

NOTE

  1. Make sure to turn the printer power off before cleaning
  2. Regarding print head cleaning, as the print head is very hot during printing, turn off the printer power and wait approximately 10 minutes before starting.
  3. When cleaning the print head, take care not to touch the heated part of the print head. The print head is subject to be damaged by static electricity.
  4. Take care not to allow the print head to become scratched and /or damaged in any way.
  5. Use an applicator swab moistened with an alcohol solution to clean the print head and remove any dust.
  6. Once the cleaning is completed, insert a paper roll into the printer a few minutes later and close the printer cover.

Preventing Overheating
To prevent the motor from overheating, continuous operation of the printer should be 1.5 m or less in print length. Set the pause time for 30 seconds or more than it.

Linerless Printer

Linerless Printer Cleaning
Paper dust or impurities inside the printer may cause printing problems. Please clean as below.

  1. Open the printer cover and clean the paper PASS part.
  2. Remove the paper if it is jammed.
  3. Remove impurities from the cutter blade with a cleaning pen or alcohol.
  4. Wipe the printer head and roller with a cleaning pen.
  5. Wipe the paper detection sensor with a cotton swab or cloth.
  6. When using linerless paper, please perform cleaning before using 30 Rolls or within a week.

NOTE
If the adhesive builds up due to poor cleaning, printing problems may occur.

Recommended Paper
MAX International Converters, Inc. MAXStick Products Ltd(USA)

WARNING
We are not responsible for any paper use issues other than recommended paper, which may result in poor print quality or damage to the product.

Specifications

Printing Method Direct Thermal
Printing Speed Max. 220 mm/sec

Linerless – Max. 160mm/sec

Resolution| 180 DPI / 203 DPI (Optional)
Dot Pitch| 0.141mm x 0.141mm / 0.125mm x 0.125mm
Printing Width| Max. 72mm / 80mm
Number of print columns| Font A – 42 columns / Font B – 56 columns
Emulation| ESC/POS Command compatible

Driver

| Windows Driver(XP ~, Server2003 ~),Windows CE & Mobile Driver(CE 4.2 ~, Mobile

5.0 ~), Linux Driver, Mac Driver, OPOS Driver, JavaPOS Driver, iOS SDK, Android(6.0 ~) SDK,

Windows SDK, Windows CE SDK Linux SDK

Paper

| Paper type| Thermal receipt paper / Linerless (Optional)
Width| 50 ~ 82.5 ± 0.5mm
Thickness| 0.06 ~ 0.09mm
Roll Max Diameter| Max. 80mm
Roll Core| 12.5mm ± 0.5mm

Sensor

| Standard| Paper End, Paper Low, Cover Open
Option| Black Mark
Interface| Standard| USB(B type)+Ethernet + Serial(RS-232C)
Cash drawer| 2 circuits(24V, 1A Max.)

Reliability

| MTBF| 60 million lines
TPH Life| 160Km / Linerless – 100km

Cutter

| Type| Guillotine
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Life| 2,000,000 cuts

Linerless – 1,000,000 cuts

Paper Thickness| 0.06 ~ 0.09mm

Power

| AC| 100 ~ 240Vac 50/60 Hz
DC| 24Vdc / 1.75A
Size (W x D x H)| 152 × 204 × 150 mm
Weight| 1.7kg

Temperature

| Operation| 0 ~ 45℃
Storage| -20 ~ 60℃

Humidity

| Operation| 35 ~ 80%
Storage| 10 ~ 90%

Command-List

No. Command Function REMARKS
1 HT Horizontal tab
2 LF Print and line feed
3 CR Print and carriage return
4 F Print and return to standard mode(in page mode)
5 CAN Cancel print data in page mode
6 DLE EOT Real-time status transmission
7 DLE EQ Real-time requests to the printer
8 DLE DC4 Generate pulse in real-time
9 ESC FF Print data in page mode
10 ESC SP Set right-side character spacing
11 ESC! Select print mode(s)
12 ESC $ Set absolute print position
13 ESC % Select/cancel the user-defined character set
14 ESC & Define user-defined characters
15 ESC * Set bit-image mode
16 ESC – Turn underline mode on/off
17 ESC 2 Select default line spacing
18 ESC 3 Set line spacing
19 ESC = Select peripheral device
20 ESC? Cancel user-defined characters
21 ESC @ Initialize printer
22 ESC D Set horizontal tab positions
23 ESC E Turn emphasized mode on/off
24 ESC G Turn double-strike mode on/off
25 ESC J Print and feed paper using minimum units
26 ESC L Select page mode
27 ESC M Select character font
28 ESC R Select an international character set
29 ESC S Select standard mode
30 ESC T Select the print direction in page mode
31 ESC V Turn 90° clockwise rotation mode on/off
32 ESC W Set printing area in page mode
33 ESC \ Set relative print position
34 ESC a Select justification
35 ESC c 3 Select paper sensor(s) to output paper-end signals
36 ESC c 4 Select paper sensor(s) to stop printing
37 ESC c 5 Enable/disable panel buttons
38 ESC d Print and feed paper in lines
39 ESC p General pulse
No. Command Function REMARKS
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40 ESC t Select character code table
41 ESC { Turn upside-down printing mode on/off
42 FS p Print NV bit image
43 FS q Define NV bit image
44 GS! Select character size
45 GS $ Set absolute vertical print position in page mode
46 GS * Define downloaded bit image
47 GS / Print downloaded bit image
48 GS B Turn white/black reverse printing mode on/off
49 GS H Select the printing position of HRI characters
50 GS I Transmit printer ID
51 GS L Set left margin
52 GS P Set horizontal and vertical motion units
53 GS V Select cut mode and cut the paper
54 GS W Set printing area width
55 GS \ Set relative vertical print position in page mode
56 GS a Enable/disable Automatic Status Back(ASB)
57 GS f Select font for HRI characters
58 GS h Set bar code height
59 GS k Print bar code
60 GS r Transmit status
61 GS v 0 Print raster bit image
62 GS w Set bar code width
     
     
  < Add >  
1 ESC i Full cut
2 ESC m Partial cut
3 FS! Set print mode(s) for Kanji characters
4 FS & Select Kanji character mode
5 FS – Turn underline mode on/off for the Kanji character
6 FS. Cancel Kanji character mode.
7 FS 2 c1 d1…dk Define user-defined Kanji characters
8 FS C Select the Kanji character code system
9 FS S 1 2 Set Kanji character spacing
10 FS W Turn quadruple-size mode on/off for Kanji character

Utilities

The following utilities and concerned manuals can be found on the CD or homepage.

No. Name Description

1

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Memory Saver

|

This is a utility that allows you to set printers by interface.

Detailed settings such as Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and COM ports

can be configured.

2

|

NV Logo Upload

|

With NV Logo Upload running on Windows OS, you can upload and remove theBMPp file as a Logo in the printer’s flash memory, and a print test is possible.

3

|

Download Tool (F/W)

|

Printer F/W and Font Download are available, and BT, Wi-Fi module F/W Download is supported as an option.

4

|

Android Utility (Sewoo M_Utility)

|

It is a utility app that prints text, barcodes, images, etc. through Bluetooth and Wi-Fi communication, nd can print settings.

S/W
We provide SDK, Driver, etc. as follows to respond to various S/W usage environments. You can download this S/W from the homepage.

No. Name Description

1

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Windows Driver

|

This is an install program used to print a POS printer in Windows OS.

2

|

Linux Driver

|

This is the Cups Driver used to print a Thermal printer in the Linux environment.

3

|

OPOS Driver

|

This is a driver that controls POS printers using the OPOS standard.

It can be used after initial setting(POS Printer&Cash Drawer) using the setting tool.

4

|

JavaPOS Driver

|

The JavaPOS driver is an interface standard for POS software written in Java.

5

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Mac Driver

|

This is the Cups Driver used to print a Thermal printer in the Mac OS environment.

6

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Android Plugin (Sewoo Print Service Plugin)

|

This is a print service plug-in that allows you to print documents, images, and web pages without installing additional apps.

7

|

Windows SDK

|

This is a library for communication and data output with a Thermal printer in Windows OS.

Can be used through direct communication and driver.

No. Name Description

8

|

Android SDK

|

This is a library for communication and data output with Thermal printers in Android OS.

9

|

iOS SDK

|

This is a library for communication and data output with Thermal printers in iOS.

10

|

Linux SDK

|

This is a library for communication and data output with Thermal printers in Linux.

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