Epson U220B - TM Two-color Dot-matrix Printer Technical Reference Guide

5-4 Application Development Information Rev. D
5.2 Cash Drawer Control
5.2.1 Advanced Printer Driver
5.2.1.1 Drawer Open
When you control a drawer which is connected to this printer using APD, you have 2 methods
to open the drawer. The first method is using “Control font,” second is using “Status API.“
Below is as example of a program (Visual Basic) to open a cash drawer using Control font.
Below is as example of a program (Visual Basic) to open a cash drawer using Status API.
'Execute open cash drawer1.
Printer.Font.Name = "control"
Printer.Print "A" íThisîAî means ìopen the drawer1 with 50msec pulse.ì
'call api to open the drawer1
rtn = BiOpenDrawer(m_hApi, EPS_BI_DRAWER_1, EPS_BI_PULSE_100)
íThis calling means ìopen the drawer1 with 100msec pulse.ì
Note: Program needs to call “BiOpenMonPrinter“ before calling “BiOpenDraewer.“

Epson U220B - TM Two-color Dot-matrix Printer Specifications

General

Print Method	9-pin, serial impact dot matrix
MTBF	180, 000 hours
Weight	Approx. 2.5 kg
Data Buffer	4 KB or 40 bytes
Paper Handling	Friction feed
Character Set	95 Alphanumeric, 128 x 12 Graphic
Paper Dimensions	58, 70, 76 mm
Interface	USB, Serial (RS-232C), Parallel (IEEE-1284)
Reliability	18 million lines
Dimensions	160 (W) x 248 (D) x 139 (H) mm
Inked Ribbon	ERC-38
Color Support	Two-color printing (Black and Red)
Print Speed	4.7 LPS (lines per second) at 40 columns, 6.0 LPS at 30 columns
Character Size	1.2 × 3.1 mm (W × H) / 1.6 × 3.1 mm (W × H)