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SEIKO Precision FB – 390 Dot-Matrix Flatbed Printer USER MANUAL.
i Import ant Safety Instructions 1. Read all of these instructions carefully and thoroughly and save them for later reference. 2. Follow all warnings and instructions in the manual as well as marked on the product. 3. Unplug this product from the power outlet before cleaning.
ii T able of Content s Chapter 1 Overview .............................................................................................................. 1 Features .......................................................................................
iii Chapter 4 Printing from Y our Software .................................................... 14 Setting Up Y our Printer T o W ork W ith Software .............................................. 14 Chapter 5 Control Panel ............................
iv Specifications ............................................................................................................................... . 28 General ............................................................................................
1 Chapter 1 Overview Features Thank you for purchasing this SEIKO Precision FB-390 printer . Combing high speed, high quality output with adv anced paper handing capabilities, this versatile, 24-pin, flatbed printer is ideal for a wide range of multi-part and cut-sheet printing requirements.
2 Automatic Interface Sw itching The FB-390 is equipped with two interface connectors and therefore a ccepts both p arallel (Centronics) and USB data transfer . The printer aut omatically detects t he type of dat a transfer received from the host computer and switc hes to the corresponding interface type.
3 Chapter 2 Preparation Unp acking Check each item against the following packing list, if any of these it ems are missing, please contact your local dealer .
4 Part s Identification Figures 2-2 and 2-3 highlight the main components of the printer . Figure 2-2 Main part s of printer (front view) A Paper path select lever G Gap adjust lever B Control panel H.
5 Inst allation Before placing the printer in your chosen location, consider the following guidelines: This printer should be placed on a normal table, printer stand or de sk. Be sure that the surface is level, to avoid an uneven l oad on the carriage as it operates.
6 3 Pull the Sub friction roller by gripping the center are a of the unit by your forefingers. Then lift it up until it is pos itioned upwards towards the top of the printer as shown in Figure 2-5. 4 If necessary , move and centre the print head carefully by hand.
7 Using the Parallel Interface and the USB Interface Figure 2-7 Connecting the parallel interf ace cable and the U SB interface cable Connecting to the Power Source Connecting the Power Cord Plug the power cord (supplied) into the pow er inlet at the rear of the printer .
8 Chapter 3 Loading paper Paper Thickness Adjustment Before loading cut sheet or tractor paper , you have to adjust the gap adjust lever on the front right side of the printer . T o feed thicker papers through the printer , you need to move the gap adjust lever from its st andard position.
9 Loading Cut Sheet Paper 1 T urn the printer on. 2 Set paper select lever toward the ba ck of printer as shown in Figure 3-2. Figure 3-2 Setting the paper select lever 3 Set the gap adjust lever for exampl e to the position “1” for thin paper . 4 Position the lef t cut sheet guide by r efe rring to the marking on the windo w cover .
10 position. Y ou can set the printer to det ect skew so if the p aper skews during loading, the printer detects it and automatically ejects the paper to the front table. 7 After the above steps, the printer is ready to print. Using T ractor Paper This printer feeds tractor paper from the rear of the printer to the front.
11 3 Move the left cut sheet guide to t he far left as much as possible. Figure 3-8 Moving the left cut sheet guide to the far left 4 Release the lock lever of tractor .
12 Figure 3-1 1 Adjusting the paper guide pulley position 7 Open the tractor covers and place the paper on the sprocket pins. If you are using preprinted paper or labels, install them with the printed or labeled side facing upwards. Figure 3-12 Setting paper on the sprocket pins 8 Close the tractor covers.
13 Figure 3-14 Locking the position of t he right tractor 10 When starting a new print t ask, the printer will automatically load the paper before the actual printing starts.
14 Chapter 4 Printing from Your Software Setting Up Y our Printer T o W ork With Sof t ware The printer supports the Epson ESC/P2 emulation. Y ou can select the Epson LQ-570+ driver for this p rin.
15 Chapter 5 Control Panel Control Panel Keys and LEDs The control panel consists of five keys and four LEDs as shown in Figure 5-1 Figure 5-1 The printer control p anel The following table details eac h indicator LED function: T able 5-1 LEDs on the control panel Indicator LED On Off POWER (green) Lights when the printer is turned on.
16 Basic Control Panel Operations Y ou can use the five keys on the control panel to operate your printer . ONLINE Pressing the ONLINE button, toggles between ONLINE and OFFLINE mode.
17 LF/FF: Decrease the top of form by 1/60 in ch. Y ou can decrease the margin to a maximum of -10 (-10/60 inch) from the default setting. Press the ONLINE key to exit and save your new setting. The POWER LED and ONLINE LED blink simultaneously 3 times with a beep, and then the POWER LED will be on.
18 menu lists, each list cont aining several settings. Y o u can select a new setting of the menu list and save it, or just go to the next menu lis t without altering the current setting. T o enter the Setup Menu System and change the settings 1. Lift the window cover of the printer .
19 Printing the Current Setting Report Y ou can use the information in the current setting report to dec ide which setting you want to change. T o print the current settings: 1. T urn the printer off. 2. Hold down both the P ARK/LOAD and LF/FF key at the same time 3.
20 SEIKO Precision FB-390 Current Setting Report Current settings are FILLED . PRINT STYLE FONT ROMA N PITCH 10 CPI P AGE LA YOUT LINE SP ACING 6 LPI FORM LENGTH A 4 P AGE SKIP OFF COMPRESS PRT NORMA L PRINT MODE TEXT DIR BI-DIR GRAPHIC DIR UNI-DIR CHARACTER SLASH ZERO OFF CHARACTER SET GRA PHICS INTL CHAR SET U.
21 Options of the Setup Menu System The following printout in Figure 5-3 shows the selections from the Se tup Menu System and is followed by a description of how to use it in T able 5-2 (Options of the Setup Menu System). SEIKO Precision FB-390 SETUP MENU SYSTEM Use the P ARK/LOAD key to point t he print head to the desired setting.
22 Options Description FONT Set the font for the printer to use in the absence of any font control instructions from your software. PITCH Set the pitch to deter mine the horizontal spacing of the printed characters. LINE SP ACING Set the vertical spacing of the pr inted characters.
23 Restoring Factory Printer Settings Y ou can restore to the factory printer settings without having to work through the Setup Menu System to reset the menus. T o restore to the factory settings: 1. Make sure that the printer is ONLINE 2. Press and hold down the ONLINE and COPY keys on the control panel for 3 seconds.
24 Hex Dump Mode T urning power on while pressing the P ARK/LOAD key causes the printer to enter He x Dump mode. In this mode, if you execute the following program 10 LPRINT CHR$(27); “ 4 ” ； 20.
25 Appendix A Maintenance and Fault Finding Introduction Y our printer requires very little routine maintenance. In fact, the best maintenance for the printer is preventative. If you have follow ed the suggestions for locating it in an area free of excessive dust and heat it will give you a l ong and trouble-free performance.
26 Cleaning the platen Clean the platen with a soft cloth. Intervals and Materials for Cleaning Clean inside the printer in accordance with the following: Ribbon Cartridge The inked ribbon in the cartridge is a continuous loop and will print several million characters before needing r eplacement.
27 Printing is Smudged The ribbon is in front of the ribb on mask. Remove it and then insert it correctly . Adjust the gap adjust lever (move it downward). Poor Dot Positioning If poor dot positioning occurs, the horizontal dot alignment has to be performed by an authorized technician.
28 Appendix B S pecifications General T ype 24-Pin Flatbed Dot Matrix Impact Printer Fonts 1 DP (Draft) 7 LQ (ROMAN, SANSERIF , COURIER, PRESTIGE, SCRIPT , OCRA, OCRB) Emulation Epson ESC/P2 Memory 256K bytes (*Input buffer: 132K bytes) Interface Parallel Interface: Centronics (IEEE 1284 NIBBLE mode Compatible) USB Interface ： USB 2.
29 Mechanism MODE 10 CPI 12 CPI 15 CPI 300CPS 340 CPS 420 CPS Super High-S peed 80 DPI 80 DPI 80 DPI 250CPS 300 CPS 375 CPS DP 120 DPI 120 DPI 120 DPI 83 CPS 100 CPS 125CPS Print speed LQ 360 DPI 360 DPI 360 DPI Paper slew speed (Continuous feed): 5.
30 Print mode specifications Print mode Multipart mode Dot S pacing (V×H inches) Max No. of Columns Character Str uc tu re (V×H) Printing Speed (cp s) Normal 83 Dark 1 66 Dark 2 53 10cpi Dark 3 1/18.
31 Graphic Print Specifications Graphic type Density Pins Horizont al dot pitch Multip art mode Print speed (inch/second) Normal 、 Dark 1 9.9 Dark 2 8 120dpi 24 1/240 inch Dark 3 3.9 Normal 、 Dark 1 6.6 Dark 2 5.3 180dpi 24 1/360 inch Dark 3 2.6 Normal 、 Dark 1 6.
32 USB Interface USB 2.0 Full-S peed. The following table provides the standardized contact termi nating assignments by number and electrical value for Series “A” and Series “B” connectors.
33 Name Code (Symbol) Code (Hex.) Code (Dec.) Horizontal T ab HT 09 h 9 d Set Horizontal T ab Positions ESC D 1B h 44 h 27 d 68 d Set Character S pace ESC SP 1B h 20 h 27 d 32 d Set Absolute Horizonta.
34 Name Code (Symbol) Code (Hex.) Code (Dec.) Enable Character Set 2 ESC 6 1B h 36 h 27 d 54 d Cancel command ESC 6 ESC 7 1B h 37 h 27 d 55 d Assign Character T able ESC ( t 1B h 28 h 74 h 27 d 40 d 1.
35 Select Code Pages Format ESC ( t n1 n2 d1 d2 d3 (n1=3, n2=0, d1=0,1,2,3) Code No. d2 d3 (HEX) Name 437 1 0 U.S.A. 437GR 1 10 GRK 437 858 3 0 MUL TI 851GR 4 0 GRK 851 857 5 0 TURKEY 855 6 0 CYRILLIC.
36 This printer complies with the regulation about the maximum noise level in the work place – 3. GPSGV , under which the highest noi se level has to be 70 dB (A) or less in accordance with ISO7779. Maschinenlärminformations-V erordnung - 3. GPSGV , der höchste Schalldruckpegel beträgt 70 dB(A) oder weniger gemäß ISO7779.
Company name ： SEIKO PRECISION (Europe) GmbH Addr ess ： Hermann-Buck-W eg 9, D-22309 Hamburg, Germany.
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