Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product CLP 6001 CLP-6001 CLP-6001 Citizen
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CLP-6001/6002 User ’ s M anual.
-i- FCC C OMPLI ANCE S T ATEME NT FOR AMERICA N USERS This equ ip m e nt has bee n te sted and found to comply w ith the limits for a Class A digital device , pursuant to Part 15 o f the FCC Rule s.
-i i- EMI COMPLIANCE S T A TEMEN T FOR CANADIAN USERS This equip m e nt gene rates and uses r adio fre quency ene rgy and if not installed and u sed properly , that is, in strict accorda nce with the m anu facturer's instruction s, may cause int e rfe rence to r ad io and television re ception.
- iii - I mpor tant Safety I nstr uction s 1. Rea d al l o f these i n st r uc t i on s a n d sa ve t he m f or la ter r ef er ence . 2. Foll ow al l warnings and i nstruct ions m arked on the product . 3. Unplug this produc t from the wal l outlet before c leaning.
-i v- Notice 1. B efo re us e, be sure t o re ad th is manu a l. And k eep it ha ndy f or reference when needed. 2. The contents of this manual may be changed without pr ior notice. 3. Repr o duc tion , tra ns fer , or tra nsm is sio n of th e c ont ents o f this m anua l wi thout pri or c onsent is stri ctly pr ohibited.
-v- T o prevent p er s onal injury o r pr operty damage , the followi ng shall be stri ctly obser ved. The degree of possible i n jury an d damage due to incorrect use o r improperly followi ng ins tructi ons i s described below . This is a mark to call attention to the reader.
-v i- W ARNING Never p er f orm th e follow i ng. I f n ot avoi ded, t hes e may ca use d ama ge or trou ble to th e pri nter or cause th e pr inter to ov er he at an d rel eas e smok e and c aus e burns or an el ec tri cal s ho ck.
-v i i- General Precautions 1. Prior to operation, read the safety instr uctions carefull y and observe them. 2. Be care ful w hen m ovi n g or carr yin g th e pr int er . Dro ppi ng t he pri n ter m ay cause inj ury or proper ty damage. 3. Make s ur e if you open the top c ove r , it i s ope ned al l th e way .
- viii - Prec autions When Installing t he Printe r 1. Prior to operation, read the safety instr uctions carefull y and observe them. 2. Do not us e or s tore t he pri nter near fir e, exc e ssi ve m .
-i x- Cha pte rs in T his M anua l Chapter 1 Setup Desc ri bes th e pac ked it ems after ope nin g the car ton as wel l as the names and funct ions of pa rts. Chapter 2 Contr ol panel Desc ri bes the neces sary item s for oper ati ons, s uch as the c ontr ol pa nel, print er s ettin gs a nd in dic ati o ns on t he LCD/L EDs.
-x- T able of Content s FCC Compl iance S tatement f or Amer ican Us e rs.................................. i EM I Com pliance Statem ent for C an adi an User s .................................. ii Im portant S a f e ty Instr ucti ons ...............
-x i- (c ontinued) Chapt er 4 T roubles hooti ng .................................................................. 4-1 4.1 Er ror M essages ..................................................................... 4-2 4.1.1 Error descri ptions and indica tion s .
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1-1 Chapter 1 Setup 1.1 Confirm ati on of Cart on Con tents ........................... 1-2 1.2 Part N ames an d Func tion s .................................... 1-3 1.3 Connecti on to Power ............................................. 1-7 1.4 Connecti on to a C omp uter.
1-2 1.1 Confirmation of Carton Conten ts CA U TION B e c arefu l wh en moving or carrying the printer and when t aki ng th e pr int er ou t o f the c art on . Th e pr inter may caus e injur y or pr oper ty dam ag e if dr opp ed . B e sure to gr i p the pri nter h ou sing ti ghtly wh en t aki ng i t out o f the car t on.
1-3 1.2 P art Names and Func tions FRONT VIEW Contr ol panel The pr int er has two LED i ndi cat or li ghts an d an LC D scr een t hat di spl ay s printer m essages. 1) LEDs One LED is the po wer ind ic ator and the other is the er ror indicator . 2) LCD Di splay s the c urr ent pr int er stat us, c on figur ation set tings , or a n err or message.
1-4 IN SIDE VIE W Ribbon winder Open le ve r Offset verif icati on window Ribbon holder Pape r holder Roll guide Roll holder Cove r.
1-5 Nam es and f unctions of each par t CA U TION • W hen opening the cove r, open it all th e wa y. I f only p art way open, th e cov er co uld sl am sh ut , possibly caus ing injur y. • Be car e ful o f the edge o f th e cov er wh en t he c ove r is op en ed.
1-6 SID E VIEW I nterface connector T o connect the i nterface cabl e. PCM CIA mem ory card cover T o prot ect t he PCM CI A memor y car d from ex po sur e to d ust a n d forei gn mat ter . T o i nst all a P CM CIA memo ry c ard , f irst unhook this cove r , then slide it o ut.
1-7 1.3 Connection to Power CA U TION Use a n AC o utle t th at acce pts a thr ee- pron ge d plug. Other wi se, stati c el ectr ici ty may be ge nera te d and the re will be danger of electri c s hock. Connect to an AC outlet a s f ollows : 1 Check that the powe r s witch on the print er is set to OFF.
1-8 1.4 Connection to a Computer An inter face cable is necessar y for connecting the p rinte r to a computer . T o connect them, pr oceed as f ollows: 1 T urn off both power switches of the prin ter and the c omputer .
2-1 Chapter 2 Control Panel 2.1 Control P an el ...................................................... 2-2 2. 2 L CD/ LED Ind icat ion s and Ad ju stme nt C ont rol s .. . 2 -3 2.3 Norm al Opera ting M ode ...................................... 2-3 2.
2-2 2.1 Control Panel The co ntrol panel on the f ro nt o f the pr int er c ons ists of thr ee co ntrol k eys (Paus e, Feed and St op), tw o LED i ndic ator l ig hts (Pow er , Error ) an d a LCD me ssag e sc ree n. On t he lef t side of t he cont rol p ane l the re are th ree adjustm ent control s (paper gap, black l ine and LCD contras t).
2-3 2.2 LCD/LED Indications and Adjustment Controls 1L C D The eig ht-ch ar ac ter LCD scre en dis play s the curr e nt printer sta tus , configuration setti ngs, or an error message. 2L E D s Power : The green LED pow er i ndicator goes on w hen the power i s tuned ON .
2-4 2.4 Printer Setup Mode T o enter t he pri n ter s et up mod e, pr es s an d hold dow n the Pau se th en pr ess t he Fee d key and r el eas e b oth k ey s. Th e functi ons o f the c o ntrol keys are d esc rib ed below . Chan g es t o t he pr int er con figur a tio n ar e s tor e d in nonv olati le memor y .
2-5 2.6 Sy stem M aintenance M ode The printer enters the system mainte nance mode when the Pause , Feed a n d Stop keys ar e pressed and held down sim ultaneousl y w hile turning the printer on .
2-6 V oltage setti ng mode I n the v olta ge s et ting m ode, oper at e the paper ga p and blac k li n e adj us tme nt co nt rols so that th e vo ltage s of bo th " PE " an d "B L" d isp la yed on the L CD s cree n read 3.0 V − 3.
3-1 Chapter 3 Paper and Ri bbon 3.1 Kinds of Paper .................................................... 3-2 3.2 Speci f icati on of Lab el and T ag............................. 3-2 3.3 Ribbo n ..........................................................
3-2 3.1 Kinds of Paper 1 Kinds of paper Di rect- therm al or ther mal -tr ans fer printi ng p ap er i s av aila ble. T he pa per must be high -quality .
3-3 Un it: mm (inch ) CLP-6001 CLP-6002 Min. value M ax. value Min. value Max . value A Label width 25.40 (1. 0) 1 18.00 (4.65) 25.40 (1. 0) 1 18.00 (4.65) B Liner width 25.40 (1. 0) 1 18.00 (4.65) 25.40 (1. 0) 1 18.00 (4.65) C Labe l left-si de edge position 0 2.
3-4 Uni ts for positi on and length The print p ositi on s m ay be specified in e it her inch o r metric system. Swit ching between the two systems is acc ompli shed through sof twar e. The pri nt p ositi o ns can b e freel y desi gnate d wi t hi n the m axim um l abel si ze , regar dless o f which system you use.
3-5 Refe rence line and points The r efer enc e li ne and p oints are d escr ib ed her e. The posi tion of 2.5 mm from t he le ft e dg e o f th e paper is t he refer e nce li n e for pa per . Alw ays th e left bo ttom is t he re fere nce p oint for printi ng charac ter s an d bar c od es.
3-6 3.3 Ribbon Size o f ribbon W idth of ribbon: 25.4 mm − 1 1 4 . 3m m( 1i n − 4.5 in) The wi dt h of the ri bbo n for therm al-tr ans fer pr inti ng is r ecom m en ded to be t he ± 10% of the width o f th e paper . The i nner diameter of the ribbon c ore m ust not exceed 25.
3-7 3.4 P aper Setting CA U TION Be careful of the edges o f the plat es so injury or proper ty damage is poss ibl e. The pri nter i s desi g ned for easy l oadi n g of pape r and rib bo n. Aft er openi ng the cover , set the register paper as follow s: 1 Push down the open l ever 1 to m ove the p rint head out o f the wa y.
3-8 Roll paper Notch for ali gnment Re ference sid e Roll paper 1 10 2 5 4 6 3 10 1 5 4 6 3 7 9 8.
3-9 3.5 Ribbon Sett ing CA U TION Be care ful of th e e dges o f the pl at es so inj ury or proper ty damage is poss ibl e. After openi ng the cover , set the r ibbon a s f ollows : 1 Push down the open lever 1 to m ove the p rint head out of t he w ay.
3-10 3.6 P rint Head Offset A djustm ent s CA U TION Ensur e the pr int he ad o f fset a djus tme nts ar e ma de prop erl y ac cordi ng to the ty pe o f pr int m edi a (t hic knes s & width). Incorrect a djustments can ca use failure o f the pri nt head.
3-1 1 The r ela tio nshi p betw een th e of fset adjustm e nt s cr ew an d th e pri nt hea d heating element is show n bel ow: 2 W hen pr int dark ness on the left and right sides of the label is not equal: Adjus tm ents may be n eede d i f paper with di ffer e nt wi dt h is use d.
3-12 Adjustm ents Nor mal ly , the pr ess ure on th e l eft a nd ri ght sid es o f the pri nt head h as alr ea dy been adjus ted t o equal loads at the fact ory .
3-13 3.7 Ribbon T ension A djustments W h e n th e r ibb on sli ps or w ri nkl es duri ng pr in ti ng, adj ust t he r ib bo n tens io n. The pr int er ha s al read y been f act ory s et w ith the ribbon w idt h of 1 14 m m.
3-14 3.8 P aper Detector A djustm ents (for C LP-6001 only ) 3.8.1 Exter ior view and part names Exter ior view and pa rt names Adjust-k no b Mark (Y ello w ) Guide rail upper 37.
3-15 3.8.2 How to operate ad justabl e sensor (1) Move th e adj ust a ble se nsor uni t to y our r e quir ed posit io n to detect by t urn in g the a djust- k nob.
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4-1 Chapter 4 T roubl eshooting 4.1 Error M essages ................................................... 4-2 4.1.1 Error descr iptio ns and indica tion s ............ 4-2 4.1.2 Error indic ati ons and corr ecti ve action s ... 4-4 4.2 Power T roubl esh ooti ng .
4-2 4.1 E rror Messages W h e n ther e is a probl em with th e prin ter , a buz z er soun ds, and t he err or lamp o n the control panel lights and an error m essage is displayed on the LCD screen. Err or descri ptions and corr ectiv e actions are shown bel ow.
4-3 Descript ion Indi cati on LED Buz zer Paper out (paper posi ti on can't be detec ted) Error c ontents and sens or inf orm at ion repeatedl y di splayed M com m and: Sets lengt h for det ecti on m i ss c hec ki n g wit h sy ste m com m and M Max im um : Max .
4-4 4.1.2 Er ror indication s and correcti ve actions Indi cati on Descript ion Correcti v e ac tions Battery Battery dead Autom ati call y returned a fter d ispl aying t he error f or a cer tai n ti me. Change the l it hium bat tery (CR2032) . No te : C on ta c t ou r se rvice per sonnel to repl ace the batter y.
4-5 Indi cati on Descript ion Correcti v e ac tions Ov erHeat Co o lin g Head over heat Wait un til the head temperature goes down. W hen t he t emper ature becomes lo w , the rem aini ng pr int ing resumes. Stop Stop k ey pressed E nters a pause after d is playing the stop by t he Stop key .
4-6 Indi cati on Descript ion Correct iv e ac tions RibonO ut Ribbon end Check the cont ents and cl ear wit h the St op key . Instal l t he ri bbon. Check t hat the r ibbon winds f ul ly . Correct the f aul ty sett ing o f th e print m ode (di rect- therm al or therm al -transf er).
4-7 4.2 Power T roubleshooting Probl em Cause and remedy No power even with powe r s wi tch turn ed ON . • Power cord i s not properly connected to the outl et. • Power cord i s not properly connected to the power inlet . • Input v ol tage i s not correc t; i nput v ol tage i s greater or l ess than the rated v ol tage.
4-8 4.3 Paper Feed T roubleshooting Probl em Cause and remedy Paper doesn't f eed. • W rong paper path. • M echanism head i s open. → Use correct pat h. → Close the m echani sm head. Paper skews . • P aper end i s not i n contact with the paper guide.
4-9 4.4 Ribbon Feed Troubles hooting Probl em Cause and remedy Ribbon doesn 't wind. • Prin t mod e is s et to dir ect-t herm al pri nti ng. • W r ong ribbon path. • Ri bbon wind d irec tion is rev ers ed. • Ri bbon wind tensi on is not corre ct.
4-10 4.5 Print T roubleshooting Probl em Cause and remedy Pri nti ng doesn't st ar t. • Power t o the pr inter is off. • P rint er i s not pr operly connect ed to com puter. • P rint er sett ing i s not correct. → T urn the powe r swi tch t o ON .
4-1 1 4.6 Interface T roubleshooting Probl em Cause and remedy Pri nter doesn't pri nt. The f ol l ow ing are the probabl e causes: Pri nt disordered. Error m essage is displ ayed and pri nter doesn't pri nt. • I nterf ace c able i s not properly conne cted.
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5-1 Chapter 5 Options Fact ory or resell er (dealer ) options: 5.1 Auto-C utter U nit .................................................. 5-2 5.2 Peeler U nit .......................................................... 5-2 5.3 Adjus tabl e Sensor ( for CL P-600 2 only) .
5-2 5.1 A uto- Cutt er Unit The auto-c utter unit that has been installed on th e printer will be available. See the operation manual of the auto -cutter for details . Specific ations • Cutting method: Cir cul ar cutter • Max. thi cknes s of cut paper: 0.
5-3 5.4 P CM CIA M emory Card The PCM CI A m emor y card is used to: 1 St ore prin t f ormat f iles. Data in the f ield register area can b e sto r ed and loaded. 2 Store gr aphi c dat a. F or exam pl e, gra phic d ata such as a corp ora te log o can be stored and recal led from the PCM CI A mem ory card and pri nted.
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6-1 Chapter 6 Specifications 6.1 Mai n Speci f icati ons ............................................. 6-2 6.2 Inter f ace .............................................................. 6-6 6.2.1 System con f ig urati on ..............................
6-2 6.1 M ain S pecificati ons Item D es cr iption Printi ng • Di rect-t herm al or t herm al-t ransf er print ing • 203 d pi (8 dots /mm) print head (Mai n scanning l ine dens ity: 8 dots/mm) (Subscanni ng li ne dens ity: 8 l ine s /mm ) • Max.
6-3 Item D es cr iption Standar d f onts • F ont No. 0 − 6 (f ix ed p itch, alphanumer ic) • F ont No. 7 − 8: OCR-A , OCR-B • F ont No. 9: C G Trium v i rat e smoot h f ont; 6 pt, 8 pt, 10 p.
6-4 Item D es cr iption Com muni cat ion int er fac e • RS -232C (standar d) • Cent roni cs (standard) Indi cati ons, k eys and sw it ches • LEDs: Powe r and error • LCD: Displ ays print er s .
6-5 Item D es cr iption Env i ronm ent • O perati ng condi ti ons : T em peratur e: 5 − 35 ° C( 4 1 − 95 ° F) Hum idi ty: 30 − 80% ( noncondensing) • St orage: T em perat ure: -20 − 60 ° C( - 4 − 140 ° F) Hum idi ty: 5 − 85% • Ventil ati on: Conv ect iv e ci rcul ati on.
6-6 6.2 I nterface 6.2.1 Sy stem con figur ation The p rinter is connec ted to a co m pute r and p rints lab els accord ing t o t he com mand from the computer .
6-7 6.2.2 Specification of inter face (1) Serial inte rface Method As ynchr onous s eri al inter face RS-232C Connector DSUB 25- pin Prot ocol c ontrol XON/XOF F and CT S/DT R Re ce iv e bu f f er 32 .
6-8 6.2.3 RS-232C loopback test After c onn ect or wir ing as s how n in th e figur e, t he test m o de is tur ned on. The p rinter will receive data th at has been tran smi tted b y pr inter itse lf an d the test of receivin g and transmitti ng data will be pe rformed.
6-9 6.2.4 RS-232C pr otocol (1) X -ON/X-OF F system (s ee th e fi gure) Th is is a con tro l syste m i n whi ch the dat a transmi ssio n re ques t signal (X- ON ( 1 1H) c od e) and the data trans mission stop r eque s t signal ( X-OFF ( 13H) code) ar e output.
6-10 (2) Ready/Bus y system (see th e figure ) This is a co ntrol syst em in w hic h th e DTR signal i s ou tput at Re ady (H igh) /Busy( Low) l evel. Requi rem ents of DTR " Hi gh": • W hen the printe r is "on line." • W hen the rem aining buffer is less than 2K bytes.
6-1 1 6.2.5 I nter face pin assignmen t Seri al and parallel interface pin ass ignment tables are shown below. Seri al inter face pin as signment table Pi n No.
6-12 Paral lel interface pin assignment table Pi n No. S ignal Inpu t/Outpu t De s cription 1 S TROB E Input S trobe signal f or readin g 8 -bi t data 2 − 9 DA T A1-8 I nput 8-bi t parall el si gnal.
6-13 6.3 Outline of Command Sy stem For details a bout command system, see the Comma n d Re f er en c e separately avail able. Comma nds for th is printer consist of a string of AS CII co de and e nd with "CR" (dec imal : 13, h ex: 0D).
6-14 6.4 Example of Connection to a Com puter W hen RS- 232C i s used: I BM PC compatible Com munic ation control: XON/XOFF or CTS/D TR.
6-15 6.5 T ear-Off Function The t ear- o ff func tio n eli mina tes the w aste o f label s w hen t eari n g ma nual ly . It allows the paper to au toma tically ad van ce to the t ear pos ition a ft er pri n tin g. W h e n this f u ncti on is tur ne d on, the pr int er ch ec ks for pri nt req ues t for 0.
6-16 • Paper is fed to the tear posi tion • W hen manual tearing i s needed, tear the l abel at this ti me. • Perform s next label printi ng. W h e n nex t print dat a is tra nsm itte d from the c om put er , the print er feeds b ack paper to the previous pr int compl eted po s ition and res umes printing.
6-17 6.5.4 T ear-off and ty pe of data W h en t h e t ear -o f f is vali d, the pri nt er m onit ors t he pri nt da ta f or 0 .5 sec o n d duri ng o r after pr int in g . If prin t da t a is tran sm itt ed w it hin 0 .5 sec o nd d uring or afte r p rinting, the prin ter will st art next p ri nting with out tear -off.
6-18 • Initi ali zati on parameter values I niti ali zatio n val ues for pri nt or tear posi tion are descri bed below by eac h operati ng mode. In N ative ON Un it: mm (in c h) Norm al pri nt Au to-c utte r Pee ling T ea r-off Minim um va lu e Pr int p o s itio n (Onnnn, f or m of f set) 55.
6-19 6.5.7 Pr iority or der The follow ing thr ee functions (optional ) cannot be perform ed si mul taneously . If co mm ands fo r those three func ti on s are received simu lt aneously , they will be.
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