Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 6800 POSIFLEX Business Machines
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Pa ge 2 GETTING ST A RT PRODUCT BRIEFING Posif lex Aura- 6800 series is an easy l oading, low noise, hig h resolut ion, an d trustworth y ther m al prin ter. Additio nally, clearing a paper jam in the Posiflex Aura- 6800 series printer i s an easiest thing.
Pa ge 3 2). On e tests t hermal paper ro ll 80 mm w ide. 3). 58 m m paper s pacing plate (P/N: 19710303013/ 6). 4). On e of the interface cables : a. Serial cable w ith 9 pi n D su b Fem ale to 9 pin D sub Male conn ectors for Au ra-6800 seri al model b.
Pa ge 4 Front Vie w Bottom View Rear View Bo ttom Cover Pow er Swit ch Ru bber Foot Window Plate Screw Setup Window Plate Ru bber Foot Mo untin g Ho le Mo untin g Ho le Par allel Por t (I/O Area for A.
Pa ge 5 INDICATORS * Power L ED: Green . * Error LED: Red (brief lit indicates p rinter busy). * Paper ou t LED : Red. QUICK ST A RT - UP LOAD ING P A PER Desk To p Applicatio n Press dow n the h ood release bu tton t o release the top h ood as in Pix.
Pa ge 6 Furth ermore, du ring the s tandby m ode (not in the power off mode), i t can straight to replace the pape r roll. The printer will automaticall y cut the unnecess ary paper rig ht after the top h ood closed.
Pa ge 7 Peripheral Connection The periph eral cont roller is a 6-pi n RJ11 ty pe m odular jack. Wi th u se of Posiflex cash drawer cable come with cash drawer, this port can cont rol a Posif lex cash draw er CR3100 or CR 3200 or CR4000 or C R4100 or C R- 6310.
Pa ge 8 The header is printed in text m od e and the rest part of this slip is p rinted in page m ode. If FEED button is press ed at thi s moment , a font t able w ill be printed in text m ode a gain. To exit the test pri nting, please turn the pr inter off and on again.
Pa ge 9 Paper Cutting Generally, after paper printed and auto matically cut e very ti me, printer will retract the pape r roll in order to reduce the paper loss. When t he au to -cut function enable, th e printer wi ll leave the advance paper in 4.8 mm long.
Page 10 LA N POS Printe r Manager This utility can be u sed to manag e multiple Au ra-6800L’s conn ected in same net work unde r Wi ndo ws as l ong as ther e is no c onfl icti ng I P i n the net wor k. This utility can assign to each LAN printer a diff erent device name f or eas y recognition.
Page 11 * When handling the interior o f th e thermal printer, p lease pay attention not to be hurt by any sharp edge of the metal parts. GENER A L CLE A NING Please us e soft hairbrush or com pressed air to clear aw ay any dust or paper scraps accum ulation inside the printer.
Page 12 Nothing can be printed with ERROR LE D ON – Check the Paper Out L ED . If it is ON, most pr obably either the paper roll is not installed or the paper roll is at or near th e end. Inst all a new paper roll. If th e Paper Out LED is OFF, please ch eck if the print hood is properly closed.
Page 13 release button is pr essed. Should the cutter j am be so serious to interfere the hood releas e operation, pleas e re-clos e t he h ood and try opening it again. Never force open the top hood. Please also clear away any contaminants accumulated in th e cutter trac k abov e the thermal elements.
Page 14 * Do not touch t he areas around the prin t head and motor during or right after printing. It can be very hot. * Do not allow the cut receipt to s lide back into th e c utter du ring the opera tion.
Page 15 Therm al h ead configuration 512 do ts / lin e(Maximum 576 dots/line) Print ing speed 150 mm / sec. m ax. Pape r feed m ethod Friction auto-feed Paper load m ethod Drop an d us e Auto-cutter capabilit y Partial cut (1 p oint at center lef t) Manual cutter Saw tooth blade Dot Pit ch 0.
Page 16 printer densit y and o thers. Following explanation is goi ng to descript these t w o switches set ting. DIP Switch On bot tom cov er of the Au ra-6800 series th erm al printer, there is scre wed a metal plate for setup window. In this windo w , t here is an 8-position DIP swi tch for pri nter s etup.
Page 17 For s w itch po sition 5, if the switch i s set to “ON”, the busy si gnal set to host only when i nput buffer is f ull. When it is se t to “OFF”, b usy signal is se nt to host when ever the input buffer is full or an off line status occurs .
Page 18 Swit ch positio n ON OFF 1 2 P rint Dens it y (Nor mal, High Quality or Light) 3 Enable paper au to-c ut at t op hood close and sw itch on the printer. Disa ble paper auto- cut at top hood close and sw itch on the printer. 4 Full-cut m od e. Partial-cut m ode .
Page 19 Switch position 6 d efi nes t he parity chec k reg ulatio n in serial interface. In Au ra-6800, it is s electable betw ee n ev en and none. For switch position 7 can choice the handshakin g m ethod in serial interface. When it is set to ON, the print er transmits an “XOF F” for busy and sends a n “XON” for not busy.
Page 20 refres hment periodi cally. When the prin ter is engage d in such operation s there will be a brie f period of time that the printer is b usy without e xternall y apprehensible cause.
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