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CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide Revision history Date 05/08/01 05/09/01 Version 050420（V1.00） 050901 （V1.40） 05/11/16 06/1/28 051116 (V1.51) V1.53 06/7/30 V1.56 07/3/20 V1.57 07/04/30 V1.57a 07/11/26 V1.581 08/07/02 1.582 08/12/25 1.582a 09/04/08 1.583 Details This document is released CT-S280 driver is added. FontAxx / FontBxx are added to CD-S500 series driver The problem with longer data than fuｌｌ column is corrected. Fewer columns problem with Font 15cpi Size 80 is corrected.
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CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide 1. Operating system Citizen Systems drivers are designed to work on any of following operating systems. Microsoft Windows 2000 (SP4 or later) Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 （The functions in terminal mode are limited.） Microsoft Windows Vista Windows Installer 3.x needs to be installed for driver installation. (This software is automatically installed by Windows update.) Windows Installer can be downloaded from following site. http://www.microsoft.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide Supported interfaces are Serial interface Parallel interface USB (If you need to use Ethernet interface, please use non-installer type driver. Non-installer type driver can be downloaded from our Web site.) Caution USB Virtual com driver If you use CT-S280/PMU2xxx/BD2-222x USB interface model or CT-S2000/4000/310/281/PMU2xxxII with setting for V-COM, USB drivers need to be installed before Windows driver installation. Please refer to the separate manual for USB driver.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide 3. Install and uninstall the driver These instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system. Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 and Vista are similar. Please uninstall the older drivers prior to the installation. 3-1. Install the driver Run the driver installer “Setup.exe”. Welcome window shows up. Press “Next” button. If you can accept the our License Agreement, choose “I accept…” and press “Next”. Choose the model to install the driver for.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide Choose the interface to connect the printer. Actual installation starts by pressing “Install”. This kind of warning may show up once or twice. Please press “Continuous Anyway” on this screen.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide The installation is finished. If the interface is serial, these steps finish the installation. If the interface is USB or parallel, when the printer is connected to the PC, following additional steps automatically starts. Choose “No, not this time” here.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide This kind of message shows up. As this driver does not have any problem, please go ahead by pressing “Continue Anyway” button. Then installation is finished with the message of “Finish”. Please check if the driver is added in “Printers and Faxes” windows. 3-2. Uninstall the driver If the driver is installed by this way, driver appears in “Add or Remove Programs” of “Control Panel”. To remove the driver, please press “Remove” button.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide 4. DIP/Memory switch setting of printer and port settings of Windows The printer drivers are designed to work with the factory default settings for the printer. To set the printer to the factory default settings please check the printer’s users manual. If you are having trouble with a serial port printer (RS-232) please refer to appendix A. 5. Using the printer 5.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide Then press the “Advanced” button. There are some items for the printer setting. Paper size: You can choose the paper size. Please refer to the explanation of paper width and paper length in this document.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide NV Logo process There are 2 ways for logo registration. Depending on the method, logo printing method is different as well. This setting choose which way should be used. Usually, “FS q” should be OK. GS ( L is supported by CT-S2000/4000/310 only. Printer Features: You can choose Receipt or Ticket as paper types. Receipt allows flexible paper length according to the data length. Ticket is for the fixed length. Label version driver does not have this choice.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide Open the “Printer functions” selection Then you will see more items to change the setting of the driver. Upside down printing: Allows Upside Down Printing but all print data must be stored in the printer once. Therefore, there is a limitation of data length due to the printer memory size. Also it takes little time to start printing. Cutter Mode (Page/Job): Specifies whether what kind of cut should be applied at end of page and end of Job.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide Cash Drawer: Specifies when Cash Drawer #1 will be opened. The pulse width can be specified to match the cash drawer specifications. Two cash drawers can be connected to one printer but do not open two cash drawers same time to avoid any trouble. Buzzer: Specifies if the buzzer should be sounded at the beginning or end of the print job and how many times the printer beeps.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide Bar Code Printing: Allows the user to change the default Human Readable Interpretation (HRI) positioning. The HRI can be added to the top, bottom or top and bottom of the barcode. Logo Printing: Allows the user to select when and which logos should be printed.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide Label paper: Allows the user to select to enable/disable for label or black mark function. This is only for the driver with Black mark or label function 5-2 Tool tab File sender: You can send the data file to printer by this function. External Too: If the software “POS Printer Utility” is installed, this item shows up on this tab. The software can be started from the button. If the software is installed after driver installation, this button is also shown.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide 6. Printer fonts Following printer fonts can be selected by using Windows driver. Printing by printer font is much faster than printing by Windows font. Therefore, we recommend using these printer fonts for faster printing. Driver CBM1000II CT-S2000 CT-S280 CT-S281 CT-S300 CT-S310 CT-S4000 PMU2xxx PPU-700 BD2-222x Font 15 cpi 15 cpi [Euro] 15 cpi [Ext.] 15 cpi [RED Euro] 15 cpi [RED Ext.] 15 cpi (RED) 7.5 cpi 7.5 cpi [Euro] 7.5 cpi [Ext.] 7.5 cpi [RED Euro] 7.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide CBM1000II CT-S2000 CT-S280 CT-S281 CT-S300 CT-S310 CT-S4000 PMU2xxx PPU-700 BD2-222x 25 cpi 25 cpi [Euro] 25 cpi [Ext.] 25 cpi [RED Euro] 25 cpi [RED Ext.] 25 cpi (RED) 12.5 cpi 12.5 cpi [Euro] 12.5 cpi [Ext.] 12.5 cpi [RED Euro] 12.5 cpi [RED Ext.] 12.5 cpi (RED) 6.25 cpi 6.25 cpi [Euro] 6.25 cpi [Ext.] 6.25 cpi [RED Euro] 6.25 cpi [RED Ext.] 6.25 cpi (RED) 3 cpi 3 cpi [Euro] 3 cpi [Ext.] 3 cpi [RED Euro] 3 cpi [RED Ext.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide CD-S500 series FontB11 FontB11 [255] FontB11 [Ext.] FontB12 FontB12 [255] FontB12 [Ext.] FontB21 FontB21 [255] FontB21 [Ext.] FontB22 FontB22 [255] FontB22 [Ext.] FontB24 FontB24 [255] FontB24 [Ext.] FontB42 FontB42 [255] FontB42 [Ext.] FontB44 FontB44 [255] FontB44 [Ext.] FontB48 FontB48 [255] FontB48 [Ext.] FontB84 FontB84 [255] FontB84 [Ext.] FontB88 FontB88 [255] FontB88 [Ext.] Control 16 cpi 16 cpi [Euro] 16 cpi [Ext.] 16 cpi [RED Euro] 16 cpi [RED Ext.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide FontA11 FontA11 FontA12 FontA12 FontA21 FontA21 FontA22 FontA22 FontB11 FontB11 FontB12 FontB12 FontB21 FontB21 FontB22 FontB22 Control 7x9 dot [255] 9 18 [255] 9 [255] 18 [255] 9x9 dot 9 [255] 18 [255] 9 [255] 18 [255] 12 [Note] * The difference of “xx cpi”, “xx cpi [Euro]” and “xx cpi [Ext.]” is characters/functions assigned to 80 ~ FF hex. The details of difference are as follows.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide 7. Barcode Using following barcode font can print barcode.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide 9. Special functions To use special function of printer, it is necessary to send specified character in “Control” font or to send specified character in “xx cpi“ font. Both “xx cpi [Euro]”, “xx cpi [Ext.]” font. Windows font (TrueType font) does not work for the special functions.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide 10. Paper sizes A) Length Followings paper length can be chosen. a) b) c) d) e) f) g) Paper length A4 length (297 mm) B5 length (257 mm) 6 in Page (6 in) Letter length (11 in) Executive length (10.5 in) Receipt (3240 mm) *** This is default setting User-Defined size [Note] Size a – f,) Printing will stop before the specified length if the print data is finished before reaching end of the page.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide B) Width Paper width depends on the printer and the setting. Model CBM1000II CT-S2000 CT-S280(281) CT-S300(310) CT-S4000 PMU2xxx PPU-700 CD-S500 series BD2-2220/2221 Paper width 80mm(48col.) 80mm(42col.) 58mm(36col.) 58mm(30col.) 83mm (53col.) 80mm (48col.) 80mm (42col.) 58/60mm (36col.) 58mm(30col.) 58mm(32col.) 58mm(30col.) 80mm(48col.) 80mm(42col.) 58mm(32col.) 58mm(30col.) 112mm(69col.) *1 83mm(55col) 80mm(48col) 80mm(42col) 80mm(48col.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide 11. Example of usage by Microsoft Word This is the sample to use printer font on MS-Word. From the menu, click File--> Print --> Printer Name Choose the printer to use then click Close button. Then File --> Page setting --> Paper size Choose the paper size to use. Then File --> Page setting --> Margin Set the proper margins. (If you set the margins to zero, it will be corrected to minimum number automatically after the error message.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide 12. Example of program by Visual Basic Following program list is for “CITIZEN CT-S2000”. ‘Set “CITIZEN CT-S2000“ as default printer driver Dim X As Printer For Each X In Printers If X.DeviceName = “CTIZEN CT-S2000” Then Set Printer = X Exit For End If Next ‘Printing Windows font” Printer.FontSize=10 Printer.FontName=”Ariel” Printer.Print “Font Ariel / Size 10” ‘Printing Printer font Printer.FontSize=12 Printer.FontName=”15 cpi” Printer.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide Addendum 1. Serial Port Settings The serial port settings on both the printer and Windows need to match. To check the current port settings on the printer please run a printer self test. The printer will run a self test by holding down the feed key while turning the printer on. To change the settings on the printer, please consult the printer’s users manual. You can follow the steps below to change the port settings for the driver.
CITIZEN SYSTEMS Windows Driver Guide Then press the “Configure Port…” button. Please configure the port setting from device manger on Vista. The COM Properties dialog will pop up and you can select the correct setting for your printer based on the self test. If the printer Handshake is set to DTR/DSR then use “Hardware” for Flow Control on PC. When done press the “Apply” button and then the OK button. Addendum 2. USB port Once a USB port is used for driver installation, please do not use other USB port.
