Toshiba Bsx4t Manual

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1)  Printing method  ..................  Thermal direct printing or thermal transfer printing 
2)  Print head  
  [B-SX4T: 4 inches] 
  (1) Total number of dots  ..... 832 dots  (3) Effective print width ....... 104.0 mm 
  (2) Dot density  .................... 8 dots/mm  (4) Thermal pitch .......…...... 0.125 mm 
  [B-SX5T: 5 inches] 
  (1) Total number of dots  ..... 1536 dots  (3) Effective print width ....... 128.0 mm...

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8) Magnification of bar code 
„ UPC/EAN/JAN/CODE93/128/PDF417 .........Up to 6 modules can be automatically calculated 
using 1-module width designation (1 to 15 dots). 
Dots/Module 
Bar code
 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
Min. Module W idth (mm) 0.25 0.38 0.50 0.63  –  –  – UPC-A/E 
EAN8/13 
JAN8/13 Magnification (times) 
0.76 1.14 1.51 1.91  –  –  – 
CODE93 
EAN128 
CODE128 
PDF417 Min. Module W idth (mm) 
0.25 0.38 0.50 0.63 0.75 0.88 1.00 
 
Dots/Module 
Bar...

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12)  White or black background all types of characters are available. 
13) Character rotation  .......................... 0
°, 90°, 180°, 270° 
14)  Character strings rotation  ............... 0
°, 90°, 180°, 270° 
15)  Type of line 
  (1) Horizontal line  (2) Vertical line  (3) Slant line  (4) Square  (5) Rounded Rectangle  (6) Circle 
16)  Line Width  ...................................... 0.1 to 0.9 mm can be specified (in unit of 0.1 mm) 
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  (3)  Auto cut mechanism (Option) 
  When the cutter module is installed, the backing paper of the label stock or tag paper is cut 
individually (stop and cut).  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18) Power supply 
  QQ model:  AC100 ~ 120 V 
±10%, 50/60Hz 
  QP model:  AC220 ~ 240 V 
±10%, 50Hz 
19) Current consumption 
 [B-SX4T]  [B-SX5T] 
  QQ model  QP model      QQ model  QP model 
Printing  133 W, 1.6A  134W, 1.0A    Printing  130 W,...

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g Error detection 
 
„ Parity check:  VRC (Vertical Redundancy Checking) 
 
„ Framing error:  This error occurs when no stop bit is found in the frame specified 
starting with the start bit. 
 h Data entry code:  ASCII, 8-bit code for European characters, 8-bit code for graphic 
 i Receiving buffer:  B-SX4T: 1MB, B-SX5T: 6MB 
 j Protocol 
 
„ XON/XOFF (DC1/DC3) protocol 
• When initialized after power on, this printer becomes ready to...

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„ READY/BUSY (RTS) Protocol 
• When initialized after power on, this printer becomes ready to receive data and converts 
the RTS signal to High level (READY). 
• The printer converts the RTS signal to “Low” level (BUSY) when the free area in the 
receive buffer amount to 10K bytes or less. 
• The printer converts the RTS signal to “High” level (READY) when the free area in the 
receive buffer amount to 512KB or more. 
• When there is no free...

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l Interface circuit 
 
„ Input circuit „ Output circuit 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 „ Signal level 
  Input voltage:  H .. +3V~ + 15V  Output voltage:  H .. +6V ~ +13V 
    L ... –3V~ – 15V    L ... –6V ~ –13V 
 
  (2) Centronics interface 
 c Data input method:  8-bit parallel (DATA 1~8) 
 d Control signals 
  Compatibility mode:  nStrobe, nAck, Busy, PError, Select, nAutoFd, nInit, nFault, nSelectIn 
  ECP mode:  HostClk, PeriphClk, PeriphAck,...

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  (3) Expansion I/O interface (B-SX4T: Option) 
Interface circuit 
 
„ Input circuit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  There are six input circuits, and each input is a current loop using a photo-coupler. 
  The anode of the photo-coupler is connected to common pin COM1 in each of the six circuits.  
Each cathode is independent.  The voltage of Vcc is 24 V (max.) while the diode operating 
current is 16 mA. 
 
„  Output circuit...

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 (4) USB 
 c Standard:  Conforming to Rev. 1.1  
 
d Transfer type:  Control transfer, Bulk transfer 
 
e Transfer rate:  Full speed (12M bps) 
 
 
  (5) Network interface (LAN, PCMCIA) 
 c Constitution: 
· PCMCIA board + LAN card 
  
· 10 Base-T or 100 Base-TX LAN board  
 
d Protocol:  TCP/IP 
 
e Network specifications: 
· LPR server function 
  
· WEB printer function 
  
· Socket communication function 
  
· FTP server function 
  
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„ Feed gap sensor (Transmissive sensor) 
This sensor detects the difference in potential between the backing paper and the label to 
find the print position of the label.  The feed gap sensor is located at 8 mm to the right of the 
black mark sensor. 
 
  Side detection (max.)
  Center detection 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(4) Ribbon end sensor (Reflective sensor) 
When printing in thermal transfer mode (using the ribbon), this...