SPRT Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd User Manual VER 1.00 Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,ltd www.sprinter.com.cn SPRT Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd Content NOTICE ........................................................................................... 1 Notice of Safety .......................................................................... 1 Notice of Using ........................................................................... 2 Notice of Storing ......................................................................... 3 Chapter 1 Outer Appearance ........................................................ 4 Chapter 2 Characteristic Specification ......................................... 5 2.1 Printing Specification ........................................................... 5 2.2 Physical Parameters ............................................................ 6 2.3 Environment Parameters .................................................... 6 2.4 Other Specification ............................................................... 7 Chapter 3 Operation Method ........................................................ 8 3.1 Using Preparation ................................................................ 8 3.1.1 Battery Installation ......................................................... 8 3.1.2 Paper Roll Installation ................................................... 9 3.2 Basic function usage ............................................................ 9 3.2.1 Switch On .................................................................... 10 3.2.2 Switch Off ..................................................................... 10 3.2.3 Self-Test ....................................................................... 10 3.2.4 Paper Feeding (Manual Feeding) ............................. 11 3.2.5 Hexadecimal Printing .................................................. 11 3.2.6 Printer Parameters Setting ......................................... 12 3.2.7 Battery Charging ......................................................... 13 3.2.8 Set Into Upgrading Mode ........................................... 14 3.3 Printer Parameters Setting ................................................ 14 3.4 Printer Interface Connection and Printing ........................ 15 3.4.1 Serial Port Connection ................................................ 15 SPRT Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd 3.4.2 USB Connection ......................................................... 16 3.4.3 Bluetooth Connection ................................................. 17 3.5 Buzzer ................................................................................. 19 3.6 LCD indication .................................................................... 19 Chapter 4 Other Information ....................................................... 21 4.1 Command Programming Manual ................................... 21 4.2 Description of pre-printed Black Mark ............................ 21 Appendix A .................................................................................... 23 Appendix B .................................................................................... 26 SPRT Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd NOTICE Please read this manual carefully before using the printer!
Notice of Safety Be sure to use the specified battery and power supply provided by our company. Otherwise it may cause fire, explosion or damage printer, meanwhile, the battery also may be damaged. Dont put battery into the fire, dont disassemble or heat the battery, dont be short circuit, it may cause fire, explosion or damage printer; meanwhile, the battery also may be damaged. If the printer would not be used for a long time, be sure to take off the battery, otherwise the battery may leak liquid which is corrosive liquid, If improper operation causes battery leak liquid, and it paste in the skin or clothes, please rinse it by clean water, if paste in the eyes, please rinse them thoroughly by clean water and see a doctor. Please do not open the paper case cover when it is printing or just when printing is finished, do not touch the printer head with hand or body, overheat may cause 1 Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd SPRT scald. Notice of Using Please do not print the receipt with over 1m length. Otherwise, it may cause the damage of printing mechanism. Water or other liquid should not be spilled into the printer, also the printer should not be appeared in the rain, or else may cause printer damage. Please do not open the paper case cover when it is printing, otherwise the printer may work improperly. If printer is using USB connection to work, should not unplug the USB cable, or else some printing data may be lost. When printer is using USB connection to work, the distance of communication should be within 10 meters, otherwise the printer doesnt print or prints rubbish codes. Too high45 or too low5 environment temperature and too high (85) or too low (20) environment humidity both effect the printing quality. The printer paper roll with poor quality or stored for too long time also may reduce the printing quality even damage the printer. Under the black mark detecting mode, the printer requires that the pre-printed black mark is accordant with the printing rule of black mark (please refer to details in 2 Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd SPRT Chapter 4.2), otherwise the black mark can not be detected correctly. Be sure to use up the power of the battery before charge up it, as it can ensure the using life of the battery. Notice of Storing and 60 The printer should be placed in such an environment that the temperature is between-20 relative humidity is between 10% and 90%. If the printer will be stored for a long time, please be sure to take out the battery, otherwise may damage the battery and printer. Declaration It is A class product, which may cause radio interference in the living environment. In this situation, users need to take feasible and effective measures. 3 SPRT Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd Chapter 1 Outer Appearance 1.1 Outer Appearance SP-L51 thermal printer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Printer cover C ontrol panel Po wer co nnec to r USB Interfac e connector Paper roll baffle Printing head Main body O pencas e button Paper width adjust wheel 10 Rubber roller Pic.1 Pic.2 4 Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd SPRT 1.2 Model Number SP-L52 Support USB and Bluetooth Interface as default Model No. SP-L52US SP-L52BTMM SP-L52BTDM SP-L52i SP-L52U Interface USB+Serial port Bluetooth (Android and IOS )+USB Bluetooth (Android and IOS )+USB IOS 2.0 Bluetooth + USB USB Chapter 2 Characteristic Specification 2.1 Printing Specification Printing Method: Thermal line Paper Width: 112mm0.5mm;
104mm0.5mm;
79.5mm0.5mm;
58mm0.5mm;
Effective Printing Width: 104mm; 100mm;72mm;
5 SPRT Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd 48mm;
Resolution: 8dots/mm203dpi Dots in each line: 112mm: 832dots/line;
104mm: 800dots/line;
78mm: 576dots/line;
58mm: 384 dots/line;
Printing Speed: Max 80mm/s Paper Thickness: 60140m Printable Content:
Character set: GB18030(Chinese) BIG5(traditional Chinese), GB12345(traditional Chinese), Shift+JIS(Japanese), ASCII, Custom Charest, figure Bar code:
1D:UPCA,UPCE,EAN13,EAN8,CODE3 9,ITF25,CODABAR,CODE93,CODE 128 2D: PDF417,QR CODE,DATA Matrix 2.2 Physical Parameters Dimension (WLH): 69 (L) X 150.3(W) X70 (H) mm Physical Weight: 624g (excluding roll paper) Paper Roll Diameter: Max 58.0mm Interface: USB, Bluetooth ,Serial port 2.3 Environment Parameters
~ 50 Operating Temp: 0 Operating Humidity: 10%~80%
6 SPRT Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd Storage Temp: -20
~ 60 Storage Humidity: 10%~90%
2.4 Other Specification Paper Loading Method: drop-in easy paper loading ( please refer to details in 3.1.2 Paper Roll Installation). Black Mark Location: available(details please see 4.2 pre-printed black mark manual). Printing Control Command: ESC/POS compatible command set/CPCL command set to<Portable Printer Command Program
(Refer Manual >). Power Supply: 7.4VDC/2300mAh rechargeable polymer lithium battery. indicator on LCD blinks full about 2 hours;
Power Alarm: when the battery is low, the battery Battery Charging: quick charging, it will be charged Auto Sleep: printer will auto sleep when it have not received printing data or key operation in 5 seconds, press FEED button/MODE button/Power switch or printer receive any printing data in auto-sleep period will wake up the printer. Battery Duration: under25% printing density, at least 200 meters, the standby time is over 6 days. These parameters are just for reference; long term usage will cause the capacity decline, and cannot ensure the time 7 Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd SPRT of printing. Chapter 3 Operation Method 3.1 Using Preparation 3.1.1 Battery Installation 1. Put the battery into the battery slot from the side with pins and press the other side into case. (as below Pic.3) Pic.3 8 Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd SPRT 3.1.2 Paper Roll Installation Installation procedures:
Press cover open button 8, open paper cover Push wheel 9 forward, put a new paper roll Pic.1. in(Pic.2). Push wheel 9 backwards, keep the paper baffle against the end of the paper roll and cover the paper cover (Pic.3). 3.2 Basic function usage Paper Type: Thermal paper, Black mark paper and Label paper. Standard Mode: 112mm, 104mm, 80mm and 58mm;
Standard 44mm mode. Under Standard mode, paper type is thermal paper as default. Set the print mode and paper type by Setting Tool. 9 Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd SPRT 3.2.1 Switch On PressPOWERbutton then you will hear one low one high prompt tone. The LCD shows Loading..., then the printer turns into work mode when loosen the POWERbutton. The LCD shows printer parameter. 3.2.2 Switch Off Under status of switch on, the printer will send out the prompt tone of one high one low after pressed the POWERbutton, the LCD turns off, then loosen the POWER button, the printer is off. 3.2.3 Self-Test After receiving the printer, users can check its current setting and status at anytime. Self-test method is as below: Power off, then hold down the FEED button and press the power button at the same time. Then loosen theFEEDbutton and Power button after you hear one low one high prompt tone, the current setting and status will be printed out. 10 Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd SPRT 3.2.4 Paper Feeding (Manual Feeding) Under power on status and using the thermal receipt paper, pressFEEDbutton, the paper feeding begins, and stop when loosen FEED button. When the printer uses black mark paper and label paper, pressFEED button, the printer begins to feed paper and stops over the position of black mark or label spacing. If the paper is not the black mark or label paper, the printer stops automatically after feeds paper for 26cm. And also alarm the error if under label paper mode. 3.2.5 Hexadecimal Printing The function of hexadecimal printing is to print the information received from host machine by hexadecimal numbers and corresponding characters. It will be convenient to debug application. Enter into hexadecimal printing: Power off, hold the MODEbutton and press the power button, then loosen the power button and press theFEEDbutton after you hear one low one high prompt tone of power on. After that you may loosen the MODEbutton and FEED button. The printer enters into hexadecimal printing mode, LCD shows hexadecimal mode and print hexadecimal mode prompt message. 11 SPRT Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd Quit hexadecimal printing: Switch off the printer or press the FEED button three times and enter into normal working mode. The printer will also print the presentation which shows that the printer have quit hexadecimal printing mode. 3.2.6 Printer Parameters Setting Set simple printing parameters according button operation. There are two methods of entering into parameter setting mode, which can set different parameters. A. Under the state of power off, hold downMODE button then press POWER . Then loosen the POWER button and MODEbutton orderly when you hear one low and one high prompt tone, the printer turns into parameters setting mode. PressFEED button or MODEbutton, LCD shows the first parameter which can be set and the current numerical value. (Refer to Appendix A.) Quitting parameter setting:hold MODEbutton, press FEEDbutton, then loosen MODE button and FEED button. Saving the set parameter and exiting the parameter setting mode. The setting parameters wont be saved if you directly press the POWER button to turn off the printer. 12 SPRT Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd B. Under the state of standby mode, pressMODE button to enter into parameter setting mode. Use the MODEbutton and FEEDbutton in combination, press MODEbutton to select the setting parameter item, and use the FEED button to select the sub-menu of parameter item.(Refer to Appendix B.) Wait for 5 seconds to save parameters value and quit setting mode automatically. 3.2.7 Battery Charging The battery will run out after a period of usage. When it nearly runs out, printer will give a alarm through the battery indicator flashing on LCD, at this time, users need to charge up the battery. The charging method is as following: connecting the adapter to the power socket with 220V, 50HZ, then plug the power charging plug to the power socket of the printer, so the power charging begins. During the course of power charging, the charging indicator CHARGE goes red, andCHARGEturns to green when the charging is full. Please dont use printer when its charging. 13 Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd SPRT 3.2.8 Set Into Upgrading Mode In the status of power off, press the MODEbutton andFEEDbutton, then press the Power button, hear one low one high prompt tone, loose all the button immediately, then the printer enters upgrading mode, the LCD shows upgrading mode. Please note: USB and serial interfaces can support online program upgrading. 3.3 Printer Parameters Setting Users can set more parameters by using the specified SP-L52 Setting Tools software through computer. The setting includes: languagefontprinting densitydefault code pageBluetooth device name and password, printing mode etc. About the setting method please refer to the <SP-L52 Setting Tools Software Help>, offered with the software together. 14 Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd Interface Connection and SPRT 3.4 Printer Printing 3.4.1 Serial Port Connection The optional configuration of SP-L52 includes one 9 holes/MINUSB 8P(the other end is the MINUSB 8P plug, connected with printer). The serial port of printer is Uart asynchronous serial Interface, which can work under the Baudrate of 1200bps2400bps4800bps9600bps19200bps 38400bps 57600bps115200bps.The outer appearance and pins are as below picture:
PIN FUNCTI NO ON 12 VCC 3 CTS REMARKS POWER+
When the signal is Mark, it means printer is too busy to receive data, when the signal is SPACE, it means printer is ready to receive data Printer receive data from main engine When the signal is SPACE, it means the status of printer is online 4 5 RXD DSR 15 SPRT 6 Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd TXD Printer send data for main engine, when use X-ON/X-OFF handshake Protocol, printer send control code X-ON/X-OFF for printer GND, POWER-
78 GND 3.4.2 USB Connection The standard accessories of SP-L52 printer includes Mini USB cable which connects printer and main device. The USB type belongs to the slave device type. Pins description of Mini-USB as below:
16 SPRT USB Pin Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Function V Bus Data-
Data+
GND Notes Power +5V Data-
Data-
Blank Ground Mini Socket and Definition 3.4.3 Bluetooth Connection Hand-held device, laptop and other information terminal devices with Bluetooth can drive SP-L52 to print by the Bluetooth interface. SP-L52 portable printer is compatible with Bluetooth2.0 standard. Power class is CLASS 2, effective communication distance is 10meters. The Bluetooth of the printer belongs to the slave device. The initial name of the printer is L52 BT Printer, the initial password is 1234; users can change the printer name and password by using<SP-L52 Setting Tools> software. Please see the details in help file of <SP-L52 Setting 17 Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd SPRT Tools>. Before working, SP-L52 Portable Thermal Printer needs to be paired with primary device. Pairing begins from the host device. Usual pairing course is as below:
1. Power on printer;
2. Host device searches for the outer Bluetooth 3. If there are other Bluetooth devices, please select device;
L52BT Printer;
4. Enter the password 1234;
5. Pairing finished. Please see details in primary device Bluetooth function instruction for reference. Illustration:
The Bluetooth of SP-L52 divided into dual mode Bluetooth, one-to-many Bluetooth and IOS Bluetooth. Dual mode Bluetooth supports Android device and one IOS 4.0 device, and only one device can connect with the printer at time. One-to-many Bluetooth supports seven Android devices and one IOS device connect printer simultaneously. IOS Bluetooth supports IOS 2.0 device. Notice:
the same 1. When pairing, please make SP-L52 printer switch on. 2. Once the Bluetooth of SP-L52 paired with the host Bluetooth device successfully, it cant be paired with other Bluetooth device until it unconnected with the host 18 Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd 3. Bluetooth Icon on printer LCD shows the connection status after paired successfully. SPRT device. 3.5 Buzzer There is also a buzzer to indicate various status of the printer. The meanings are as below:
One low one high: power on;
One high one low: power off;
Circulation continuous two lows: printer at error status. 3.6 LCD indication Turn on the printer, the LCD shows Loading..., and shows the relevant information after printer initialization. If printer didnt receive any data or connect with any device within 5seconds, the display will turn off showing automatically. But itll show again until printer receive data or connect with device. 1. Standard mode:
19 SPRT Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd W hen the icon is
, it means theres no Bluetooth connection; When the icon is the Bluetooth is on connecting state.
, it means It shows the different paper type, 112mm 104mm80mm58mm The current capacity level of printer battery icon. The different icons shows the current battery level. When it comes to low battery level, itll become to show this icon with flickering. Text indication display. Printer current state is showed by text. It shows USB mode when the printer have not connected with external device. It shows USB connected when the printer connect with main device via USB. It shows USB communicating when the printer received data via USB connection. It shows serial communicating when the printer received data via serial port. It shows Bluetooth connected when the printer connect with main device via Bluetooth and open the corresponding port. It shows USB and Bluetooth connected when the printer connect with main device via both Bluetooth and USB. 20 SPRT Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd It shows Bluetooth communicating when the printer received data via Bluetooth connection. Chapter 4 Other Information 4.1 Command Programming Manual
<SP-L52 Technical Manual> is a technical manual for engineer to develop printer utility, and users can claim our company for it. 4.2 Description of pre-printed Black Mark If user use pre-printed black mark to locate the receipt, please be sure to abide by the following pre-printed black mark regulation when print the black mark paper. Otherwise, it will cause that the printer cannot identify the black mark. The black mark pre-print regulations are as below:
21 SPRT Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd Printing Position: As the picture above, the black mark should be printed on the right edge of the side of words (both sides of the paper is available). Width range: width7mm Height range: 4mmheight6mm Reflectivity of infrared ray : <10% (infrared ray reflectivity of other parts of the black mark paper is>65%) HPS: It is the distance between edges of black mark and loading position. 4.5mmHps6.5mm 22 SPRT Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd Appendix A Setting introduction: PressMODEbutton to choose setting, when press it once, the set become the next one and it will print the present set value; useFEEDbutton to set the set value, when press it once, the set become the next one and it will print the present set value. After setting, pressMODEandFEEDbutton together, itll save the current value and printer enters into normal operation state. Otherwise it wont save the value. General Setting:
Language SET SET SET Paper sensor sensitivity Font Density SET SET Black mark sensor sensitivity SET 23 112/100mm paper type SPRT Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd SET 80mm paper type SET Printing SET SET Power off 58mm paper type Languages:
English FEED FEED FEED Chinese Chinese-BIG5 FEED FEED Jap-ShiftJIS Font:
GB12345 Song 12*24 FEED FEED FEED Song 8*16 Song 9*17 FEED FEED Msyh12*24 Paper Sensor Sensitivity:
Msyh16*32 FEED FEED FEED 15 16 1 2 3 FEED 24 SPRT Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd FEED 32 33 18 18 18 17 17 17
(112/100mm)/80mm/58mm Paper Type:
FEED FEED Thermal paper Label paper Black mark paper FEED FEED FEED FEED 20minutes 5 minutes FEED FEED 30minutes FEED Power off Mode:
Never Printing Direction Reverse Normal FEED FEED 25 Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd SPRT Appendix B Setting introduction: PressMODEbutton to choose setting, when press it once, the set become the next one and it will shows the present set value; useFEEDbutton to set the set value, when press it once , the set become the next one and it will print the present set value. After setting, itll quit the Setting mode automatically and save the current value after 5 seconds. General Setting:
SET SET SET Language SET SET SET SET Label sensor Printing Clear Bluetooth Print self test Black mark sensor Bluetooth paper binding address 26 Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd FEED FEED Chinese Chinese-BIG5 FEED FEED GB12345 3 4 SPRT Languages:
English Jap-ShiftJIS FEED Print Density:
FEED FEED 1 2 FEED FEED FEED 5 Bluetooth visible:
Yes No Label Sensor Setting:
FEED FEED Under standard mode, set as label paper under paper mode. PressMODEbutton, adjust the setting items to label sensor setting, then press FEEDbutton, the printer will feed paper by 260mm, and print out the self-test paper for max power voltage, min voltage, set 27 Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd SPRT threshold voltage and the voltage difference value between the max and min voltage. Itll save the value after 5 seconds. Black Mark Sensor Setting:
Under standard mode, set as black mark paper under paper mode, put black mark paper into printer,
(pressMODEbutton, adjust the setting items to black mark sensor setting, then press FEEDbutton, the printer will feed paper by 260mm automatically, and print out the self-test paper for max power voltage, min voltage, set threshold voltage and the voltage difference value between the max and min voltage. Itll save the value after 5 seconds. 28 FCC Caution 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. Any Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
-Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.