Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product FB300 Seiko Group
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F F B B 3 3 0 0 0 0 U U s s e e r r M M a a n n u u a a l l Rev. 001.
T T a a b b l l e e o o f f C C o o n n t t e e n n t t s s Table of Co ntents ................................................. ii Printer Presentation ............................................. 1 Unpacking the Printer ............................
1 P P r r i i n n t t e e r r P P r r e e s s e e n n t t a a t t i i o o n n This dot-matri x printer i s a mul ti-purpose pri nter for counter appl ica ti ons. It s compact structure is designed to be integrated in an ergonomic environment. The printer provides a high level of reliability, for m-hand ling accu racy and data integrity.
2 • Automatic switching betwee n cut sheets and fanfold paper If the paper path i s empty (i.e. the fanfold pa per is in the first line position), when inserting a cut sheet into the printer, it is automatically loaded after the printer automatically parked the fanfold paper.
3 U U n n p p a a c c k k i i n n g g t t h h e e P P r r i i n n t t e e r r Together with the printer the following items are included in the shipment box: Notify any damage to your supplier. • Paper stan d • Ribbo n ca rtridge • Power ca b le • CD-ROM with the pri nter documenta tion and dri v ers.
4 P P r r i i n n t t e e r r P P a a r r t t s s Never remove any printer part unless it is expressly indicat ed in this manual. F F r r o o n n t t v v i i e e w w Pa pe r S t a nd O per at or P ane.
5 R R e e a a r r V V i i e e w w R ear cover.
6 P P r r i i n n t t e e r r I I n n s s t t a a l l l l a a t t i i o o n n C C h h o o o o s s i i n n g g a a S S u u i i t t a a b b l l e e L L o o c c a a t t i i o o n n Consider the following.
7 I I n n s s t t a a l l l l i i n n g g t t h h e e P P a a p p e e r r S S t t a a n n d d 1. Open the printer cover. 2. Match the hooks on the lower side of the paper sta nd w ith the cl efts on the printer front part.
8 3. Holding the pa per sta nd oblique i nsert the hooks into the printer clefts. 4. Lower the paper sta nd to horizontal positi on making sure that the tw o holders on both sides are correctly i nserted into the corresponding slots. Press the paper stand down until it clips into place.
9 I I n n s s t t a a l l l l i i n n g g t t h h e e P P o o w w e e r r C C a a b b l l e e 1. Find the power ca b le connector and the rating plate on the rear side of the pri nter. Make sure that your power supply matches the power rating of the printer.
10 I I n n s s t t a a l l l l i i n n g g t t h h e e R R i i b b b b o o n n C C a a r r t t r r i i d d g g e e To install the ribbon cartridge, the printer must be powered on. 1. Remove the cartri dge from its bag . Turn the tension knob in the direction of the arrow to tighten the ribbon.
11 3. Hold the ribb on cartridge slightly inclined with the ribbon mask in front of the print head. 4. Insert the ribb on cartridge into the print head carri age, leading the cartridge pins into the fixing guides. In this way you assure the correct ribbon ma sk posi tion in front of the print hea d.
12 P P a a p p e e r r H H a a n n d d l l i i n n g g This printer i s designed for versatil e an reliab le paper handling . The flat-bed mechani sm allows the handling of special documents , such as mu ltiple invoices , postc ards, labels and tick ets.
13 When inserting the pa per i nto the printer, keep the foll ow ing points in mi nd: • The document may not exceed the limits of the paper stand. L e ft L im it R i ght Li m i t • The documents having a width of at least 90 mm must be inserted on the left hand side over the grooved area on the paper stand.
14 • To load the docu ments having a width of less than 90 mm: − make sure that in the program menu the MANUAL LOADING item is enabled . − hold the paper aga inst the left paper gui de of the pa.
15 L L o o a a d d i i n n g g f f a a n n f f o o l l d d p p a a p p e e r r The fanfold pa per is loaded form the rear of the pri nter. 1. Lower the two levers of the rear printer cover and unhook it from the printer. 2. Unhook the right tractor moving the tractor lever towards the outside of the printer.
16 3. Open the two tractor covers. 4. Insert the perforation of the fanfol d paper on the left paper tractor. Cl ose the tractor door. Insert the paper on the rig h t pa per tractor and close the tractor door. The upper margin of the inserted paper should not exceed the tractors.
17 Make sure, that t he paper is inserted correctly ( straight). 5. Move the right paper tractor towards the right to slightly tighten the paper. Lock the tractor in that position moving the tractor lever towards the inside of the printer. Make sure, that the paper is not too taught, otherwise it may tear.
18 T T h h e e O O p p e e r r a a t t o o r r P P a a n n e e l l The operator panel is located on the front left side of the printer and is composed of function keys and leds wi th which you ca n ea.
19 LOAD PARK If the paper path i s empty, the fanfold paper i s loaded into the printer ( LOAD function). This function is performed when the printer is online or offline.
20 PROGRAM Selects one of the available configurations ( P1 , P2 , P3 and P4 or a configuratio n couple P1/ P3 or P2/P4 ) if the PROGRAM LOCKED parameter is not ena b led. This key is active, when the printer is offline or when the printer is online and no print data a re in the buffer.
21 L L e e d d s s POW ER On, if the printer is powered on. LQ On, if the Letter Quality mode is selected. P1, P2, P3, P4 Indi cate the currentl y selected confi guration b oth in normal pri nting mode and during the Printer Setup procedure. See “ Printer Setup ” later in this se ction.
22 S S o o f f t t w w a a r r e e D D r r i i v v e e r r S S e e l l e e c c t t i i o o n n At this point i t is necessary to configure yo ur printer for your appli cation packa ge.
23 C C o o n n n n e e c c t t i i o o n n t t o o t t h h e e H H o o s s t t This printer ca n be connected to the host by means of a parall el standard Centronics or bidirectional IEEE 1284 type interface or by means of the serial RS232C interface.
24 S S e e t t t t i i n n g g t t h h e e I I n n t t e e r r f f a a c c e e P P a a r r a a m m e e t t e e r r s s P P a a r r a a l l l l e e l l I I n n t t e e r r f f a a c c e e The parameter.
25 5. To change the values of the ser ial interface par ameters, f ill in the mark er ( ) beside the value you want to set with a black or blue ball-point pen or a fiber-pe n.
26 P P r r i i n n t t i i n n g g a a T T e e s s t t P P a a g g e e It i s now useful to test, if the printer has been correctly installed. For this purpose print the self test page as follows. 1. Press the ON LIN E key while pow ering the printer on and hol d the key pressed until al l leds turn briefly on.
27 PROGRAM SETUP PROGRAM 1 PROGRAM 2 PROGRAM 3 PROGRAM 4 PROTOCOL IBM XL24E EPSON 570 IBM XL24E EPSON 570 FONT Draft Draft Draft Draft HORIZONTAL PITCH 10 cpi 10 cpi 10 cpi 10 cpi VERTICAL PITCH 6 lpi.
28 P P r r i i n n t t e e r r S S e e t t u u p p The default configuration of this printer matches most of the commonly used environments, but it may b e necessary to chang e some printer parameters. F or this purpose it is necessa ry to use preprinted forms to be used wi th the printer in configura tion mode.
29 If you press th e ON LIN E key: • the printer self-test is printed. See “ Printing a Test Page ” before in this manual. In this way it is possibl e to check the current printer parameters. • once the self-test is finished, the printer remains in Setup Mode.
30 Each printer setup form is i dentified by a marker in the upper left corner of the pa g e as follows: Config uration Setup Program 1 Program 3 Program 2 Program 4 If you press th e LQ key: The pri nting of the printer setup forms starts. The forms are pri nted according to the sele ction made with the PROGRAM key.
31 F F i i l l l l i i n n g g i i n n t t h h e e P P r r i i n n t t e e r r S S e e t t u u p p F F o o r r m m s s To change the values of the parameter s, fill in the mark er ( ) besid e the value you want to set with a black or blue ball- point pen or a fiber-pe n.
32 P P r r i i n n t t e e r r S S e e t t u u p p F F l l o o w w C C h h a a r r t t P2 P3 P1 P4 LQ ON L I N E PRO G R A M PRO G R A M PRO G R A M PRO G R A M LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ Se l f T est + + + + + N.
33 S S e e t t u u p p P P a a r r a a m m e e t t e e r r s s The following is a listing of the setup parameters. Configuration Sheet Setup Paramet er Values Description RESTORE TO MF G no all config prog.1, pr og. 2, prog.3, pr og 4 The selected values are not set to factory default s.
34 Setup Paramet er Values Description INTERFACE TYPE par allel, serial, aut omatic, auto+blink Selects the inter face type. In case of ‘ automatic ’ the interface type is selected by the pr inter depending on data coming fr om host.
35 Setup Paramet er Values Description SECURITY MODE enabled, disabled Enables or disables the security act ions that assure prot ection against paper jams. If disabled, the paper handling is faster. AUTO GAP OFFSET -0,075 mm , -0.050 m m, -0.025 mm, +0.
36 PROGRAM 1 PROGR AM 2 PROGR AM 3 PROGR AM 4 Setup Paramet er Values Description PROTOCO L EPSON 570, I BM X24E, IBM X24E AGM , IBM 2390 Defines the print er protocol. FONT Draft, C ouri er, OC R-B , Gothic , Pre stig e, P rese nt, OCR-A , Scri pt, Bo ldfa ce Selects the font .
37 Example: How to set the form length to 82 lines: FORM LENG TH ( ( ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) # lines A4 letter A5 legal 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100 x ( ) ( ) 10 x ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ( ( ) 1 x ( ) ( ) ( ( ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Setup Paramet er Values Descr iption LEFT MARGIN 10 x 1 x Sets the left margin in number of columns.
38 Example: How to set the Right Margin to 101. RIGHT MARGIN 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100 x ( ) ( ( 10 x ( ( ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 1 x ( ) ( ( ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Setup Paramet er Values Descript ion TOP MAR GIN 10 x 1 x Sets the t op margin in number of lines.
39 Example: How to set the bottom margin to 34 lines: BOTTOM M ARGIN 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ( ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 1 x ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ( ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Setup Paramet er Values Description IBM C-SE T IB M set 1, IB M set 2 Sele cts the IB M chara cter set.
40 Setup Paramet er Values Description LINE MO DE LF=LF, CR=CR CR=LF+CR LF=LF+CR LF&CR=LF+CR If the pr inter receives a LF code (LF) , it only perfor ms a line feed. I f the printer receives a CR code (CR), it only performs a car riage return. If the pr inter receives a CR code (CR) , it perf orms a carriage re turn followed by a line feed.
41 Setup Paramet er Values Description PARK MODE immediate manual imm. When pressing the PARK key or r eceiving a park command, the pr inter immediately par ks the paper. When pressing the PARK key, t he printer automatically parks the paper. When receiving a park com mand via software: 1.
42 Setup Paramet er Values Description MANUAL LOADING enabled, disabled Selects the manual loading m ode. Setting it t o enabled the printer loads any kind of document accor ding to the described procedures. Select disabled , when a m ore precise paper alignment is necessar y.
43 OFFSET TUNING SETUP Vertical Position Offset (1/10 INCH) PROGRAM 1 ( )* ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) PROGRAM 2 ( )* ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) PROGRAM 3 ( )* ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ).
44 The Vertical Offset Tuning values correspond to 1 /60 inches an d set the vertical offset of the first print li ne starting from the default sta ndard position at 1 mm from the upper paper margin.
45 T T r r o o u u b b l l e e s s h h o o o o t t i i n n g g C C l l e e a a r r i i n n g g P P a a p p e e r r J J a a m m s s The straight paper path of this printer is designed for trouble-free handling of a great variety of documents. In case a pa per jam condi t ion occurs, proceed as fol l ows: 1.
46 3. Remove the jammed pa per. 4. In case it is not possible to remove the jammed paper b ecause you cannot reach it with your hand or it is embedded so that you cannot move it, rotate the cog-wheel beside the paper path lev er to free the paper.
47 5. T o close the paper path, push the pa per path cover down unti l it locks i n position..
48 P P r r i i n n t t Q Q u u a a l l i i t t y y P P r r o o b b l l e e m m s s The following table is useful fo r identif ying and solve p rint quality p roblems. Problem Cause Solution Fading print The ribbon is not fed Check that the ribbon is correctly inserted.
49 H H e e x x a a d d e e c c i i m m a a l l D D u u m m p p If you need to check the da ta transmission a nd want to print in hex adecimal mode, proceed as follows: 1 . Press the LOAD/PARK key until all leds br iefly light up while po wering the p rinter on .
50 P P a a p p e e r r S S p p e e c c i i f f i i c c a a t t i i o o n n s s The documents must all g ua rantee the following cha ra cteri sti cs: • Use paper matchi ng the indicated characteristics . • They must have well defined top and left edges , with a square angle tolerance of 0.
51 C C u u t t S S h h e e e e t t s s I n se r t io n d ir e c t io n Pr i n t A re a A B C C D E Dimensions Maximum Minimum A Form width 240 mm 70 mm B Form length 711.2 mm 68.6 mm C Distance between dot position and left or right paper edge - 3.0 mm if length is less than 355.
52 F F a a n n f f o o l l d d P P a a p p e e r r Dimensions Maximum Minimum A Page width 242 mm 76 mm B Page length - 68, 6 mm C Distance between the left or right vert ical paper perforation and the leftmost or rightmost printing dot.
53 T T e e c c h h n n i i c c a a l l S S p p e e c c i i f f i i c c a a t t i i o o n n s s Printing Technology Print head: 24 pin Resolution : 360x360 dpi (Hx V) Line Length (@ 10 cpi) 94 columns .
54 Barcodes UPC/A, UPC /E, EAN8, EAN13, Code 39, Code 128, Postnet, C odabar, ADD-ON 2, ADD-ON 5, Code 11, Code 93, BCD, MSI, 2/5 Interleav ed, 2/5 Matrix , 2/5 Industrial Interfaces Parallel IEEE 128.
55 Pow e r Supply Tension: 110V and 220V Frequency : 60 H z and 50 H z Power consumpti on: 120 W max. ( printing ), 10 W (standby) Environmental conditions Temperature: work ing 5/40 ° C, stock - 25/60 ° C Humidity: wor king from 20 to 85% (r .h.), stock from 10% to 90% (r.
56 F F C C C C N N o o t t e e s s This equipment ha s b een tes t ed and found t o comply wit h t he li mit s for a Cl as s B di git al device, purs ua nt t o Pa rt 1 5 of t he FCC Rul es. Thes e limit s are des igned to provide rea sonabl e protection a gainst harmful i nterference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment .
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