AB-88H

MINI Thermal Printer

USER'S MANUAL

MANUAL REVISION EN 1.1

 NOTICE
Do not fall the printer down and avoid
vigorously impact.
You must use the only supplied adapter. It is
dangerous to use other adapters.

Do not plug or unplug with your hands

wet. You may be electrocuted.

Make sure the printer power is off before

plug or unplug the cable.

Avoid magnetic objects near the printer.

Please don’t place the printer in

humidity or dusty space because Don’t use tweezers, knife,
excessive humidity and dust may screwdriver or other hard objects
damage it. to touch the heating piece; for the
heating piece will hurt you eternally.

Do not put printer on unstable surface.

Do not put foods or drinks on the
printer, in case that splash into
the printer.

The print head has a high temperature NOTICE

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after work. Please don t touch the
If there appears any abnormal noise, smoke etc, please power off the
print head or touch the motor shell
machine and unplug power at once. Please ask after-sarle service for
in case scalded.
help.
 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Packing List

Your printer box should include these items.

Chapter 1 Packing List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .01
Chapter 2 Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .02 1. Printer
Chapter 3 Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .03 2. User's Manual/Warranty Card
3. Paper Roll
3.1 Printer Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . 03
4. RS232 Interface Cable
3.2 Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .03 5. AC Adapter
Chapter 4 Usage Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .04 6. AC power cable
7. Oil Proof Cover
4.1 Connect the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . 04 8. USB Cable
4.2 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04
4.3 Installing the Roll Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05
4.4 Installing Oil Proof Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .06
4.5 Paper Jam Caused By Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06 AB-8 8IV
Paper Roll
4.6 Self-Test and DUMP Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07
4.7 DIP Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 08 RS232 Interface Cable
User's Manual/Warranty Card
4.8 Interface Explanation Interface Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.8.1 RS -232 Serial Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.8.2 USB Interfacet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
4.8.3 Ethernet Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.8.4 Cash Drawer Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .11 Oil Proof Cover
Printer

AC power cable

B
US
USB Cable
AC Adapter

Pictures for reference only.

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 Chapter 2 Specification Chapter 3 Product Overview
3.1 Printer Parts
Printing Method Thermal line printing
Printing Speed Max 250 mm/sec
Resolution 203 DPI 2
1
Paper Supply Mode Easy paper loading
1. Cover Opener
Language User language supported 2. Printer Cover
Interface RS-232 / USB / Ethernet 3 3. Paper Cabin
5
Pringing width 72 mm 4. Cutter Cover
5. Printer Head
Printing Font A:12×24 4
6. Control Panel
Character Size
Font B:9×17 6 7. Power Button
Character Per Line 42/48/53
7
Barcodes Code 39,Code 128,EAN 8,EAN 13
Driver Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/VISTA/7
Sensor Out of paper
Receive Buffer Size 4K Bytes 3.1
Mass Approx.1.45 kg
Dimensions W×D×H 146×196×152mm 3.2 Interfaces
Paper type Thermal Paper
Paper Width 79.5±0.5 mm
Diameter Max.￠80 mm
Printer head life Approx. 100 km (pringting rate 12.5% or less)
Reliability 8. Power Plug Port
Autocutter 500,000 cuts
9. Cash Drawer Interface
Power supply 24 VDC ± 10% 10. Ethernet Port
Usage
Operating 5℃~45℃，20~85%RH 11. USB Port
conditions
Storage -10℃~50℃，10~90%RH(the paper is not included) 12. RS232 Interface
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Notice: The printing speed relates with data transporting, command control
and power voltage etc.
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3.2

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 Chapter 4 Usage Description 4.3 Install the Roll Paper

4.1 Connection the Cables 1. Make sure that the printer is not receiving data before replacing the roll paper;
otherwise, data may be lost.
2. Upward the” PULL” buckle handle till the cover open.
3. Remove the used paper roll core.
4. Put into new paper roll. As picture 4.4shows.
5. Be sure the correct direction of the paper comes off the roll.
6. Pull out a small amount of paper, and then close the cover. As picture 4.5shows.

Power Supply Cable Ethernet Connector Cable Serial Connector Cable

Drawer kick-out Cable USB Connector Cable

4.1

4.2 Using the Printer

POWER
4.3 4.4
ERROR

FEED
Paper end direction:

4.2

POWER INDICATING LIGHT Front

Power on the printer, power lights; power off, light off.
ERROR INDICATING LIGHT
The light is on when the printer is lack of paper; the light will flash when the
printer cover installs not well or Online error. 4.5 4.6
FEED
Press the FEED button once to advance paper one line. You can also hold
down the FEED button to feed paper continuously.

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4.4 Installing Oil Proof Cover

The printer is an Oil Proof Cover supplied. It’s used to prevent water
splashing into the inside of the printer and not oil-water corrosion and
oxidation protection to the internal electronic components, which
extends the life of the printer.
Installation method:
Put the Oil Proof Cover onto the printer cover as the picture4.7 shows.

4.9
4.7

4.5 Paper Jam Caused By Cutter 4.6 Self-Test and DUMP Mode

1. If the paper is thick or sudden lack of power when cutting, paper jam might 1. Press "FEED" button and hold on when powering on the printer, the
appear.(cutter cannot reset) printer will perform self-test.
2. Normally the cutter will reset when repowered, if the cutter did not reset, 2. Power off the printer and take out the paper roll. Then press "FEED"
users could follow below steps to solve the problem.
button and hold on and power on the printer. Then put in the paper
① Take away the cutter cover as below picture4.8 shows.
roll and close the printer cover. The printer will print out "DUMP".
② Stir the cutter gear till the cutter moves to the Initial position as picture4.9
shows. That means the printer enters in DUMP mode. All data will be printed
out in raw hex format.
Back to normal mode: restart the printer could put the printer in normal
mode.

4.8

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4.7 DIP Switch DIP switches could perform printer configurations as follows: COM port baud
rate adjusting, beep alarm switch, printing density adjusting, parity selection
1)Unscrew the screw on bottom of printer and take away the metal cover as (for serial communication), parallel printing server mode or normal mode
the picture 4.10shows. adjusting , EPSON mode or 64character mode switching, Chinese Character
2)Users will find the DIP switches under the window as the picture 4.11shows. double byte mode or English character single byte mode selection.
Below are lists of DIP configurations:

Baud rate adjusting:

Baud Rate DIP1 DIP2 Default

9600bps OFF OFF ▲

1920bps OFF ON

38400bps ON OFF

115200bps ON ON

4.10
Character per line DIP3 DIP4 Default

42 OFF OFF ▲

48 OFF ON

Reserved ON ON

53 ON OFF
8
DIP

7
6

Beep DIP5 Default Density DIP6 Default

5

Disable ON Dark ON
4

6
E4

▲
3

▲
JA

Enable OFF Light OFF

8
7
ON 6
5
4
3
2
1
2
ON

Printing speed DIP7 Default Byte Mode DIP8 Default

SLOW ON Double-Byte Mode ON
4.11 FAST OFF ▲ SingleByte Mode OFF ▲

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4.8 Interface Explanation 4.8.3 Ethernet Interface

4.8.1 RS-232 Serial Interface

Ethernet port uses RJ45 port with 10M ability. Configurations are as below:
Signal configuration for communication with PC host:

PRINTER HOST
SIDE SIDE

(TXD) 2 3 (RXD)
(RXD) 3 2 (TXD)
Pin No. Signal Name Description
(GND) 5 5 (GND)
(DTR) 6 6 (DSR) 1 TX+ Tranceive Data+

(RTS) 8 8 (CTS)
2 TX- Tranceive Data+
3 RX+ Receive Data+

Printer serial port is DB9, baud rate supports 9600, 19200, 38400, 115200 bps, 4 n/c Not connected
8 bits data word length, 1 stop bit, no parity settings. 5 n/c Not connected
6 RX- Receive Data-
Descriptions to interface signals:
7 n/c Not connected
Pin No. Signal name Direction Function 8 nc Not connected
1 - - -
2 TXD Output Transmit Data
4.8.4 Drawer Connector Interface
3 RXD Intput Receive Data
4 - - -
5 GND - Signal Ground
6 DTR Intput Ready To Sen
6 1
7 - -
8 RTS Output Clear To send

Pin No. Signal name Direction

4.8.2 USB Interface 1 Frame ground -
USB port uses Type B plug and support USB1.0 and USB2.0. Signals are as 2 - -
below: 3 Open cash drawer Input
PIN Signal Name Direction
4 +24V -
1 VCC + 5V DC
2 D- Data - 5 - -
3 D+ Data + 6 Signal ground -
4 GND Ground

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