Printer Basic Functions

General

Resolution203.2 dpi x 203.2 dpi (8 dots/mm)

Interface

(communicate with a system)

USB Type-B 2.0 High Speed / Full Speed

Printer class (PTPR), HID class (NHPI), Vendor specific class (EPiC)

Note

For more information, refer to the USB VID/PID table below.

Interface

(communicate with USB memory device)

USB Type-A 2.0 High Speed

Mass storage class

  • File format supported: FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, VFAT
  • Max. size of USB memory device supported: 32 GB
Emulation Mode
  • NCR 7199
  • ECS/POS
Receipt Printing Speed

Series i: Maximum 14 ips (inch per second)/Minimum 1.5 ips

Series ii: Maximum 16 ips (inch per second)/Minimum 1.5 ips

Printing speed is defined according to print density.

Note

For more information, refer to the Maximum receipt Printing Speed in each mode table below.

Character attributeDouble width, double high, rotate, under line, scalable, bold, superscript, italic, subscript, inverse image characters
Character Cell SizeSBCS Font A13(H) X 24 (V) dots
SBCS Font B10(H) X 24(V) dots
SBCS2 Font A13(H) X 28 (V) dots
SBCS2 Font B10(H) X 20(V) dots
SBCS3 Font A13(H) X 28 (V) dots
SBCS3 Font B10(H) X 28(V) dots
DBCS 1 byte (Standard)12(H) X 24(V) dots
DBCS 2 byte (Standard)24(H) X 24(V) dots
DBCS 1 byte (Compress)10(H) X 24(V) dots
DBCS 2 byte (Compress)20(H) X 24(V) dots
Column Width 80mm Paper mode58mm Paper mode
SBCS Font A44 columns32 columns
SBCS Font B56 columns42 columns
SBCS2 Font A42 columns30 columns
SBCS2 Font B56 columns40 columns
SBCS3 Font A42 columns30 columns
SBCS3 Font B56 columns40 columns
DBCS 1 byte (Standard)48 columns35 columns
DBCS 2 byte (Standard)24 columns17 columns
DBCS 1 byte (Compress)57 columns42 columns
DBCS 2 byte (Compress)28 columns21 columns
Printable Width 80mm Paper mode58mm Paper mode
SBCS Font A572 dots (71.57 mm)416 dots (52.05 mm)
SBCS Font B560 dots (70.07 mm)420 dots (52.55 mm)
SBCS2 Font A546 dots (68.32 mm)416 dots (52.05 mm)
SBCS2 Font B560 dots (70.07 mm)390 dots (48.80 mm)
SBCS3 Font A546 dots (68.32 mm)416 dots (52.05 mm)
SBCS3 Font B560 dots (70.07 mm)390 dots (48.80 mm)
DBCS 1 byte (Standard)576 dots (72.07 mm)400 dots (50.05 mm)
DBCS 2 byte (Standard)576 dots (72.07 mm)408 dots (51.05 mm)
DBCS 1 byte (Compress)570 dots (71.32 mm)420 dots (52.55 mm)
DBCS 2 byte (Compress)560 dots (70.07 mm)420 dots (52.55 mm)
Graphics576 dots (72.07 mm)424 dots (53.05 mm)
Character Set

For Series i:

  • SBCS
  • CP497 (DOS USA)
  • CP850 (DOS Latin 1)
  • CP852 (DOS Latin 2)
  • CP858 (DOS Latin 1 + Euro)
  • CP860 (DOS Portuguese)
  • CP862 (DOS Israel)
  • CP863 (DOS French Canadian)
  • CP864 (DOS Arabic)
  • CP865 (DOS Nordic)
  • CP866 (DOS Russian)
  • CP874 (ISO Thai)
  • CP928 (Greek)
  • CP737 (DOS Greek)
  • CP855 (IBM Cyrillic)
  • CP1250 (Windows Eastern European)
  • CP1251 (Windows Cyrillic)
  • CP1252 (Windows Latin 1)
  • CP1256 (Windows Arabic)
  • Katakana
  • Hungary
  • Romania
  • DBCS
  • 932 (Japanese)
  • 936 (Simplified Chinese)
  • 949 (Korean)
    Note

    Take note of the following:

    • A1 < =First Byte <=AC , A1<= Second Byte <=FE
    • B0 <= First Byte <=FD , A1< =Second Byte <=FE
  • 950 (Traditional Chinese)
  • GB18030 (Chinese)
    Note

    Take note of the following:

    • Double Byte:

      80<First Byte<FF, 40<Second Byte <FF

    • Four Byte:

      If First Byte = 81, Second byte =39, EE<= Third Byte <= FE, 30 <=Fourth Byte <= 39

      If First Byte = 82, 30 <= Second byte <=35, 81<= Third Byte <= FE, 30 <= Fourth Byte <= 39

  • Unicode support (UTF-16)

For Series ii only:

  • CP1254 (Windows Turkish)
  • CP1255 (Windows Hebrew)
Print line height
  • Minimum 51 dots (4 LPI / Constructed 874 Large Font (874 LF))
  • Minimum 24 dots (8.46 LPI / Standard font mode)
  • Minimum 20 dots (10.5 LPI / 850 Mini Font B)
  • Minimum 16 dots (12.7 LPI / 866 Mini Font B)

USB VID/PID

USB VIDUSB PIDNCR Class#Description
0x04040x036B71997199 Printer Boot Loader
0x04040x036C71997199 Printer, Printer Class Interface
0x04040x036D71997199 Printer, NHPI Interface
0x04040x03127197Receipt (EPiC Interface)
Note

For USB VID/ PID or other USB Descriptor information, endpoint numbers are the same for each USB mode (NHPI, PRTR, EPiC) in ESC/POS emulation mode.

Maximum Receipt Printing Speed in each mode

ModeMaximum Speed
Receipt Sync Disabled

Series i: 14 ips

Series ii: 16 ips

Receipt Sync Mode 1

Series i: 14 ips

Series ii: 16 ips

Receipt Sync Mode 24 ips
Print Quality Mode10 ips