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Using the printer Texas Instruments/Omni/Model 895/895E (TI 895)

The models 895 and 895e printers are versatile, high speed, serial or parallel, dot-matrix, impact printers capable of both draft and enhanced print quality. This manual describes the customization of TI 895 and TI 895e ticket printers.  

Customization TI 895 includes 

• Customization for ticket blank
  

• Connection to parallel port and set up Windows Generic/Text only driver
  

• Connection to serial port, cable configuration and set up Windows Generic/Text only driver

Customization for ticket blank

Customization ticket's Form Length

• Set  Print Features to the position D

• Press the  Command key

• Press  Set Form Length touch switch to start the setup. The printer beeps and moves the top of the form to the top of the tear-off bar.

• Press ^ key (Up arrow) touch switch as many times as necessary to bring the next top of form to the top of the tear-off bar. For example, press ^  24 times for 4 inch Aeroflot blank.

• Press the  Normal key to complete setup.

• Press Command key and  Menu key for  review of installations. Check value FORM LENGTH IN LINES=0xx where xx is installed value.

This value  can be in a range between 18 and 24 or more. At correct customization of form length  - there is a correct positioning the following form at running by Form Feed key

Adjusting  the left margin

• Press Command key

• Press Menu key

• Press the ^ (up arrow) touch switch to move the printed left margin to right 1/10 inch, or press V (down arrow) touch switch to move the left margin to the left 1/10 inch. 1/10 inch is 1 char.

• Press Menu key for review of installations. Check value LEFT MARGIN=00x where x is installed value. 

• When the left margin is satisfactory, Press Normal key

Adjusting the top of form

• Load ticket or paper  by pressing Load/Park key

• Switch Print Features key to  D position

• Press Command key

• Press Adjust Top of Form key

• Adjust the first print line as follows (Tear Off). If the horizontal tear-off perforations are above the tear - off bar when you press the Tear Off touch switch, press V key (down arrow) for each 1/2 printed dot ( approximately 1/144 inch).  If the horizontal tear - off perforations are below the tear - off bar when you press the Tear Off touch switch, press ^ (up arrow) touch switch once to adjust the stock 1/2 printed dot (approximately 1/144 inch).

• Press Tear Off touch switch to test the new adjustment

• Press Normal key to complete setup

Adjusting the first print line

• Press Command key

• Press Adjust Print Line key

• If the first line is printing too high on the stock, press ^  key (up arrow) touch switch once for each 1/2 printed dot (approximately 1/144 inch). If the first line printing too low on the stock. press  V key (down arrow) for each 1/2 printed dot ( approximately 1/144 inch). 

• Press Normal key to complete setup.

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Connection TI 895/895E to parallel port (LPT1 - LPT4)

For operation TI 895 through the parallel port it is necessary: 

1. connect printer to parallel port PC  (LPT1-LPT4) by standard cable

2. setup  parameters  14=OFF  17=ON on the printer

3. setup  Windows  Generic/ Text Only driver for selected parallel port (LPT1-LPT4)

Setup parameters 14=OFF 17=ON

• Load ticket or paper  to the printer  

• Set Print Features to position D

• Press Command key

• Press Menu key for configuration report print out

• After printing a configuration report , press the Change switch. The printer begins  the configuration menu by printing the currently selected code for communication mode. COMM 14 - ON/OFF. ON means the feature is selected, OFF means the feature is not selected. If parameter  14 = ON, then printer will be work through COM port. Press  Change key 2 times to change parameter  14=OFF and 17=ON. In this case printer will be work in the LPT mode. 

•  Press Accept key to select next parameter.

• Press Normal key to save parameters

Press  Command -> Menu for checking configuration parameters

For work through LPT1-LPT4 port should be setup following parameters: 

•    CNFG:17; 27, 32, 41

•    MISC=84; 85; 8A

•          98; 9B

Attention ! It is necessary to install a printer driver  Generic / Text Only for the parallel port before or after printer parameters customization.

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Connection TI 895 through serial ports COM1 - COM4

For operation TI 895 through the parallel port it is necessary: 

1. setup TI 895 parameters for work with serial ports

2. connect TI 895 to PC by special cable

3. setup the Generic/Text Only driver for serial ports (COM1-COM4).

Setup TI 895 parameters for work with serial ports

• Load ticket or paper  by pressing Load/Park key

• Select  Print Features to position D

• Press Command key

• Press Menu key for printing configuration report

You should receive the report:

• FORM: PRINT FEATURES=D

•     FONT=DRAFT

•     CHARACTERS PER INCH=10

•  

•     LEFT MARGIN=9

•     RIGHT MARGIN=80

• LINES PER INCH=6 24 STEPS PER LINE

•     FORM LENGTH IN LINES=024

•     FIRST PRINT LINE IN STEPS=0000

•  

• CNFG:14; 27, 32, 41

• MISC=84; 85; 8A

•      98; 9B

• After printing a configuration report, press the Change switch. The printer begins  the configuration menu by printing the currently selected code for communication mode. COMM 14 - ON/OFF. ON means the feature is selected, OFF means the feature is not selected. If parameter  14 = ON, then printer will be work through COM port. 

• Press Normal key to save installed parameters

It is necessary to install following parameters for work through serial port:

•     CNFG:14; 27, 32, 41

•     MISC=84; 85; 8A

•          98; 9B

Interface
14	COM - port (Serial)
17	LPT - port (Parallel)
Baud Rate
25	1200
26	2400
27	4800
28	9600
2A	19200
Parity
31	7,1,Odd, No
32	7,1,Even, No
35	7,1,Odd, Yes
36	7,1,Even, Yes
37	7,1,Mark, No
38	7,1,Space, No
39	8,0,not used, No
3A	8,1,Odd, Yes
3B	8,1,Even, Yes
Language
41	USA
42	France
43	UK
44	Germany/Austria
45	Sweden/FIN
46	Denmark/Norway
47	Spain
48	Switzerland
49	Canadian French
MISC Codes
84	Do a line feed and carriage return on reception of line feed( CR 0D)
85	Do a line feed and carriage return on reception of line feed( LF  0A)
8A	Enable BUSY
98  99	Print head position before a form feed
OFF OFF	Print head stays at current position
OFF ON	moves to far left
ON OFF	moves to center
ON  ON	moves to far right
95	Manual Tear Off. If 95 is ON, when the printer enters tear - off mode, it remains there until the Tear Off touch switch is received from host. If 95 is OFF , the 7-sec automatic tear-off delay is in effect.
9B	Power-up on line.

Recommended parameters for TI 895 are selected in the table.

Cable and windows port configuration for serial connection

 CABLE CONFIGURATION FOR SERIAL PORTS (COM1-COM4) CONNECTIONS ONLY

COM  port customization in the  Windows system

Check up installations of the system or ticket printer in Gabriel system before connection and usage   in the UTS ACCESS . If you work with terminals Sigma date, type on the Slave  terminal the command: CTRL/SET. You receive characteristics of printer connection  to the  COM port:

Baud Rate, Data Bits, Parity, Stop Bits, Flow Control

Setup the same parameters for PC COM port through Widows menu:

Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager -> Ports -> Communications Port -> Port Settings

In another case ( if you used Infoconnect, Liaison or Gnet Pep programs), address to the system administrator for printer specification  settings

Example

Windows COM1 configuration parameters for TI 895 is

Baud Rate	4800
Data bits	7
Parity	Even
Stop bits	1
Flow control	None

It corresponds TI 895 configuration  parameters:

CNFG:14; 27, 32, 41

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