Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product UP20 Sony
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3-206-154- 42 (1) Color Video Printer © 2001 Sony Corporation UP-20 UP-21MD Instructions f or Use.
2 Owner's Recor d The model and seri al numbers are located at the rear . Record these numbers i n the space provi ded belo w . Refer to these numbers whene ver you ca ll upon y our Sony d ealer re garding thi s product. Model No . _________ ___________ Serial No.
3 T ab le of Cont ents Introduction About This Manual ........................ ....................... 4 System Over view ............................ ....................... 4 Location and Function of Parts and Controls .... 5 Front P anel ..........
Introduc tion About Th is Man ual / System Ov er view 4 Introduction About This Manual This manual co vers the follo wing UP-20 series color video prin ter s. •U P - 2 0 • UP-21MD Where ver the oper ation or an y other i tem dif fers between the models, th is manu al clearly describes those dif ferences.
Introduc tion Locatio n and F unc tion of P ar ts and Controls 5 Locatio n and Fun ction of P ar ts and Co ntr ols For details, refer to the pages gi ven in pa rentheses. Fr ont Panel A PRINT ind icato r (for the UP-21MD) Lights while the printer is p rinting.
Introduc tion Locatio n and F unc tion of P ar ts and Controls 6 J DISPLA Y button (19, 36) When the re gular screen is di splayed, pressi ng this bu tton togg le s the screen d isplay o f messag es such as Q1, A, etc., on and of f regardl ess of the setting of the DISP LA Y item in the OUTP UT SET UP men u.
Introduc tion Locatio n and F unc tion of P ar ts and Controls 7 A t INPUT (inp ut si gna l) connectors (10) Used to c onnect the v ideo equipment supplying the source image.
Introduc tion Locatio n and F unc tion of P ar ts and Controls 8 D S or M (imag e type) displa y section Indic ates the t ype of image bei ng displayed on the monitor screen. S (Sour ce): The image from the i nput signal source is di splayed on the screen.
Prepar ation Supplied Accesso rie s 9 Preparation Supplied Accessories The printe r is packed tog e th er with the fo llowing accessories. Check that no thing is missing from your package. Notes • Retain the ori ginal carton and pa cking materials in case you ha ve to tr ansport th e unit in t he future.
Prepar ation Connecti ons 10 Connections T o enable pr inting, video equipment to act a s an input signal source, an d a vi deo mon it or t o di splay i mages or menus must be connect ed. The follo wi ng diagrams il lustrate ho w t o make t he input, output an d remote control connection s.
Prepar ation Connectio ns 11 Conn ecti n g the Vi deo Mo nito r Connect a video monitor to vie w captured images and to check those t o be printed. C onnect a suitabl e video monitor which wil l be used in actual print ing, using th e follo wing diagram as a gui de.
Prepar ation Connecti ons 12 Making Connections to Enable Remote Control The printer can be cont rolled remotely by connect ing an RM-5500 Remo te Control Uni t (not sup plied), an RM- 91 Remote Con trol Unit (not supplied), or a personal computer .
Prepar ation Bef ore Printi ng 13 Bef ore Printing Before print ing, but after mounting the paper tray on the printer and making the necessar y connection s (see “Connecti ons” on page 10), perform the follo w ing as prepara tion. • Loading an ink ribbon ( See belo w .
Prepar ation Bef ore P rintin g 14 4 Load th e ne w ink rib bon into the ink r ibbon compartment. 5 Close the f ront panel by pushing the po int marke d wit h “P ULL OP EN”. Note Be sure to close t he front panel completely . If you do not, a paper jam or a malfunction may occur while you are p rinting or cl eaning the internal therm a l head .
Prepar ation Bef ore Printi ng 15 2 Remov e the protection sh eet placed on t he top of the pape r . 3 Close the co ver of the paper t ray , and then slide the paper t ray bac k into t he prin ter until it click s into place.
Prepar ation Bef ore P rintin g 16 4 Select t he desi r ed i nput sig nal b y p ressin g the G or g but ton. a) The RGB SYNC INPUT conn ectors are equ ipped on ly with the UP-21MD. When RG B is selec te d, ** ** ** is dis p la ye d at the selections o f items HUE and COLOR on the INPUT SETUP menu.
Operat ion Making Full -Siz e Image Printouts 17 Operation Making Full-Size Image Printouts This section e xplains ho w to make a ful l-size image printout. T he operation s described here co nstitute the basic procedur e for making a printo ut. Bef o re maki ng a ful l- size ima ge printo ut • All connections shoul d ha ve already been made.
Operat ion Making F ull-Size Image P rintouts 18 Note Usually , it is recommended that you make printou ts in FRAME mode. Y ou can conf irm the memory mode setting on the bottom par t of the vide o monitor screen .
Operat ion Making Full -Siz e Image Printouts 19 – Proceed as described in “Error/W arning Messages” on page 61. • When an ima ge has not been st ored in memory . – Image data stored in memory i s lost if yo u turn of f the po wer . Capture the image into memory again, then press t he PRINT b utton.
Operat ion Making F ull-Size Image P rintouts 20 2 Select LO AD USER by pr essi ng the F or f bu t t on . 3 Select th e desired user number by pressing the G or g but ton. 4 Press the EX EC button. The user set sel ected in step 3 is execut ed. While the sel ected user set is being e xecuted, the follo wing message appears.
Operat ion Making Full -Siz e Image Printouts 21 2 Press the PR INT QTY button u ntil the de sired number appears, whi le the screen which appea rs in step 1 is di splayed. Repeatedly pressing the PRINT QTY button increases the number up to a maximum of 9.
Operat ion Making F ull-Size Image P rintouts 22 Capturing An other Image Whi le Printing While th e printer is printing, you c an queue printi ng jobs by capturing anot her image into another me mory page to be printed once the printer becomes free. T he number of usable memory pag es depend on the t ype of printout s and setti ngs.
Operat ion Making V ariations of Print outs 23 Making V ariations of Printouts Y ou can captur e vari ous kinds of ima ges in memory and make v ariations of pri ntouts using the images capture d in memory . Y ou can a lso m ake pr intout s of mul tiple r educ ed ima ges with white borders.
Operat ion Making V ariations of P rintouts 24 Selecting the memory mode 1 Press the M ENU button and disp la y the LA YOUT SETUP men u by pressing the F , f , G or g bu tt o n . 2 Select ME MOR Y by pressing the F or f but t on . 3 Select the desired memory mode by pressing t he G or g button.
Operat ion Making a Printou t of Mult iple Diffe rent Reduced Imag es 25 Selecting a memory page Press the ME MOR Y P AGE b utton re peatedly u n til the desired memory pag e appears. Making a Prin tout of Mult iple Different Reduced Ima g es Y ou can capture mult iple image s in a memory p age and make a p rintout wi th tho se reduc ed imag es.
Operat ion Making a Printout of Multiple Differ ent Reduced Images 26 1 Press the MUL T I PIC TUR E butt on. The follo wi ng screen appears. If you do not pe rform an y operati on after yo u press the MUL TI PICTURE bu tton, the current setting appears for a fe w seconds, after which it disappears.
Operat ion Making a Printou t of Mult iple Diffe rent Reduced Imag es 27 Deciding which image is displa yed on the video monitor screen after capturing an image Y ou can switch im age displayed o n the video monit or screen after capturin g an image, a memory image or a source image.
Operat ion Making a Printout of Multiple Differ ent Reduced Images 28 Making a printout with m ultiple reduced images This subsect ion e xplains ho w to make printout s of multiple reduced i mages taking, as an example, t he making of a pr intout of fou r reduced images.
Operat ion Making a Printou t of Mult iple Diffe rent Reduced Imag es 29 3 Press the SO URCE/M EMOR Y button. The source i mage appears on t he video mon itor screen. 4 Repeat ste ps 2 and 3 until yo u hav e captured four images when the memory i mage remains on the video monit or screen.
Operat ion Making a Printout of Multiple Differ ent Reduced Images 30 3 Select th e desired sett ing by pressing t he G or g but t on . 4 Press the M ENU button . The re gular screen appears. Making a printout with white bor ders The unit allo ws you to d ecide whether or not the images are printe d with whit e borders.
Operat ion Making Print out s With a Caption 31 Making Pri ntouts With a Caption A caption, suc h as data or commen ts, ca n be ad ded t o a printout bel ow the image. Y ou can input up to 58 characters on o ne lines. About the CAPTION menu A caption is en tered from the CAPTION menu.
Operat ion Making Prin tout s With a Caption 32 2 Select CAPTION by pr essing the F or f but t o n. 3 Press the g but t o n. The CAPTION menu appears. 4 Positio n the c ursor (the li ne lit in gre en) at the poi nt where you wa nt to enter the charact er in the character displ ay area.
Operat ion Making Print out s With a Caption 33 For e xample, when the cursor is posi tioned at N, pressing the g button results i n the cursor m oving to O a t the le ft en d on the ne xt line. When the cur s o r is posi t ioned at EXIT : Only the G and g bu ttons are ef fecti v e.
Operat ion Making Prin tout s With a Caption 34 2 Select INS by pressi ng the F , f , G or g but to n. Then press t he EXEC bu tton. A single space is inserted between characters and the cursor is positioned at the space. 3 Enter the character t o be added.
Operat ion Deleting I mages Sto red in Memo r y 35 Deletin g Ima ges Stored in Memory Y ou can delete i mages captured to memory pages, from either al l of the me mory pages or a si ngle memory page, by using t he CLEAR b utton.
Operat ion Erasin g the S creen Displa y on the V ideo Moni tor 36 Delet ing imag es in a ce r tain memo r y page Before deletin g im ages Set CLE AR to P A GE in the FUNCTION SETU P menu. 1 Press the SOURCE/MEMOR Y button when the source im age is display ed on the video monitor screen.
Operat ion Erasing the Screen Displa y on the Vid eo Moni tor 37 Each time you p ress the DISPLA Y but ton, the setting ch anges in the f ollo wing sequence: ON t OFF t ON.
Adjustment Functions That Can be Set on Men us 38 Adjustment Functions That Can be Set on Menus Y ou can set up t he printer to meet variou s specif ications. Once you ha ve ad justed and stored the set tings, the printer o p erates acco rding to th ose settin gs until th eir val ues are modifi ed.
Adjustment Menu T ree 39 Menu T re e COLOR ADJUST menu WIND OW S ETUP me nu LA Y O UT SET UP menu PRIN TE R SETUP menu CAPTION menu SYSTEM SET UP m enu INPUT SET U P me nu USER NAME menu OUTPUT SETUP men u FUNCTION SETUP menu COLOR BALANCE menu Regular sc reen Press the MEN U button.
Adjustment Basic Men u Operat ions 40 Basic Men u Oper ations In this sec tion, in a dditio n to the video mon itor displa y , the pri nter wind o w displ ay is al so int roduced. Si nce th e UP-20 is n ot equipped wit h a print er windo w display , ignore t he advice per taining to the printer win dow display when you use the UP-20.
Adjustment Basic M enu Op erat i on s 41 3 Select the desi red item by pr essing the F or f but t o n. Examp le : T o sele ct PRN SPE ED on th e PRINTER SET UP m enu 4 Change the sett ing by pressing the G or g button. T o change t he s electi on : Switch th e desired selecti on to green by pressi ng the G or g b utton .
Adjustment Basic Men u Operat ions 42 T o chan ge the set ting v alues: Press the G or g bu tton to decrease or i ncrease the setting values. T o re set the va lues t o fa ctory set ting: Position the cursor a t the item to be reset to defaul ts, then press the G and g butt o ns simultaneou sly .
Adjustment Adjust ing t he Color and Picture Qu ality 43 Adjusting the Color and Pictu r e Qualit y Compensating f or the Input Signal s A video imag e recorded un der poor condit ions may be of poor col or qualit y .
Adjustment Adjusti ng the Color and Pict ure Quality 44 Matching the Video Monitor Colo r to the Printer Color T o ma t ch the c ol or of the mo nitor im a g e to that of the printou t, adjust the mon itor and p rinter colors such that the mon itor colo r is the same as th at of the pr intout .
Adjustment Adjust ing t he Color and Picture Qu ality 45 Adjustin g the Print ou t Col or Y ou can a djust th e printou t quality by adjusti ng the co lor intensity , printou t contrast and sh arpness and tone (GAMMA) of t he printout.
Adjustment Adjusti ng the Color and Pict ure Quality 46 T o adjust the contra st (DARK/LIGHT) The contra st settings are di vided into 15 steps, from –7 to +7, indi cate d by a value an d grap h. Th e ce nter of the graph (0) corresp onds to the standard setti ng.
Adjustment Adjust ing t he Color and Picture Qu ality 47 Adjusting the tone of the printout Y ou c an adjust t he tone so that the de tails in th e white o r black part are clearly printed. 1 Displa y the PRIN TER SETUP m e nu. 2 Select GAMMA, and t hen the desired t one.
Adjustment Adjusti ng the Color and Pict ure Quality 48 T o el imina t e a horizontal black li ne produced at the bottom: Adjust th e bottom posit ion of th e imag e to be printed u sing th e V WIDTH item .
Adjustment Adjust ing t he Color and Picture Qu ality 49 The highl ighted area on the COLOR B ALANCE menu will b e printed to be used for adjust ing the color b a lance.
Adjustment Adjusti ng the Color and Pict ure Quality 50 4 Select TEST PRINT by pressing the F or f but t o n, then press the EXE C button. Nine ident ical images of the posit ion selected in step 2 are p rinted on a sh eet of pap er as a t est pri nt.
Adjustment Adjust ing t he Color and Picture Qu ality 51 T o perf orm fi ne adj ustmen t T o perf orm color balan ce adjus tment wi thin the current color balance rang e, reduce the v alue of BA L S T E P . Note The abo ve illustrati on indicates the color balance when the balance st ep is changed from 05 to 03.
Adjustment Making V arious Settings 52 Making V arious Settings Assigning Fun ctions to the Remote Control Unit Y ou can contr ol the printer using the RM-91 Remote Control Unit (not supplied) connected t o the REMO TE 2 connector o n the rear panel of the pr inter .
Adjustment Making V arious Settings 53 a) W hen you u se the remote control un it with this fu nction, confirm that t he sourc e image is disp layed on the vid eo monitor . If not, press the SOURCE/MEMOR Y button so that the sou rce im a ge wil l be d ispl ay ed.
Adjustment Making V arious Settings 54 Setting the Baud Rate When controllin g the printer with a computer conn ected to the printer’ s RS-232C connector , select the appropria te baud rate. For detai ls, contact you r nearest Sony d ealer . 1 Displ ay the SYSTEM SETUP menu f rom the PRINTE R SETU P menu .
Adjustment Making V arious Settings 55 For detai led information on ho w to enter characters, see “Enterin g a Caption” on pag e 31. Y ou can use up to 16 characters. 3 Select EXIT by pressing the F , f , G or g bu tt o n o n the USER N AME me nu, the n press the EXE C but t o n.
Miscellaneous Precaut ion 56 Miscellaneous Precautio n Safety • Operate the printer using the po wer source specified in “Specif ications” o n page 58. • Be careful no t to damage the A C power cord by placing o r dropping hea vy objects on it; it is dangerous to use the uni t with a damaged A C po wer cord.
Miscellaneous Recommende d Ink Ribbon and P aper 57 Cleaning Cleaning the cabinet Clean the cabinet, panel and cont rols with a soft dry cloth, or a soft cloth lightly mo istened wit h a mild detergent solu tion. Notes • Be sure to turn off the po wer of th e prin te r b efore cleaning.
Miscellaneous Specifications 58 Specifi cations Po wer requirement s 100 to 12 0 V A C only , 50/60 Hz (for 100 to 120 V A C users) 220 to 24 0 V A C only , 50/60 Hz (for 220 to 240 V A C users) Po wer consumption About 1.8 A max . at 25°C (for 100 to 120 V A C users) About 1.
Miscellaneous Specifications 59 SYNC: 1 Vp-p, 75 ohm termi nated, sync negat i ve S VIDEO (Separate luminance (Y) an d chrominance (C) signals): 4-pin mini -DIN × 1 Y : 1 Vp-p, 75 ohm t erminated, sy nc ne gati ve C: For NTSC/EIA standards: 0.29 Vp-p color burst, 75 ohm t erminated For P AL B .
Miscellaneous Specifications 60 When IMMED. CAP . is s et to O FF: The abov e e xample shows that the images at the sev enth and eighth po sitions are captured. Ho weve r , images at other po sitions could be captured de pending on th e printer m o de and p rinter setti ngs.
Miscellaneous Error/W arning Messages 61 Err or/W arning Messa g es There are t wo kinds of messages: error messages and warning messages. This section lists these messages together wit h their possible cau ses and remedies. Note the messages and act accordingly .
Miscellaneous Error/W ar ning Message s 62 W arning Messages In case of a w arning, onl y warnin g messages appear . The ALARM lamp does not light. W arning me ssage P ossible causes an d remedies On .
Miscellaneous T rouble shooting 63 T r oubleshoot ing If Dama ge is Su spected The fol lowin g troublesho oting che cks will help y ou correct th e most co mmo n probl ems you may encoun ter with your unit. Before pr oceeding with these troubl e checks, f irst check that t he power cord is firmly connected.
Miscellaneous T roub leshootin g 64 If the P aper Jams If th e paper jams af ter you p ress th e PRINT b utton, remov e the jammed paper foll owi ng the ste ps below . 1 Remo v e the paper tray . If any pri nto uts have be en ej ect ed on to th e pap er tray and h av e accumulated o n the paper tray , remov e t hem before removing the paper tray .
Inde x Inde x 65 Inde x A About This Manual 4 Accessories ink ribbo n and paper 9 paper tray 9 power c ord 9 Adjusting the color and picture quality adjusting the colo r balance 48 adjusting the print.
Inde x Inde x 66 adjusting t he printout co lor 45 compensatin g for the input sign al 43 eliminating th e blur 17 Printout quant ity setting 20 Printouts note on st oring 1 9 variations 23 R Remote c.
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