Datamax O'Neil Compact 4 manual

A26618-A ENG Operators guide ENGLISH - 1 6 4 1 2 3 5 7 8 9 MP Compact4 10 11 4 9 12 13 Overview 1. F ront co v er 2. T op co ver 3. Media roll 4. R oll guide 5. Status lamp 6. Print button 7. Print roller 8. Release le ver 9. Paper path 10 . Spindle 11 . Communication port s 12. P ower connection 13. P ower switch[...]

A26618-A ENG MP Compact4 Mobile 14 . Roll guide 15. Spool 16. Locking handle 17 . Communication port s 18. P ower connection 19. P ower switch 20. Lock plat e 21. Lock guide 22. Lock clips 23. Bottom plate 2 - ENGLISH 14 18 17 20 16 19 15 21 22 23[...]

A26618-A ENG Safety instructions This symbol is used t o notify t he r eader of situations requiring special attention. • Ensur e t hat t he pow er switch is of f when connecting t o t he socket. The user is only authorized to carr y out tasks which are co vered by this manual. For any o ther task s users are t o refer to a qualif ied ser vice te[...]

A26618-A ENG Connection T o a computer or ser v e r 1. COM1 2. COM2 3. USB 4. Ether n et/L AN 5. P ow er switch 6. P ow er connection Before connecting an y cables t o t he printer ensure that the power cable is not connect ed. The printer is eq uipped with serial connections: 300-115 000 baud (COM 1, COM 2). Ethernet TCP/ IP and USB. USB will only[...]

A26618-A ENG Changing media Base model The printer stops aut omatically when it is out of media. This is indicated b y an LED, the status lamp will indicate red. - T urn the release leve r t o lif t t he printhead. - Remo v e t he r oll guide and t he em pty media spool if applicable. - Insert a new roll of media, as f ar to the lef t as possible. [...]

A26618-A ENG Printer equipped with cutter - Pull out t he locking pin. - Fold do wn t he cutter . • Follow the instructions for t he base model. - Feed the end of the media roll t hrough the cutt er . - Pull out t he locking pin and fold back the cutter . - Feed th r ough a blank label. - Press the st art button in order t o f ind t he correct me[...]

A26618-A ENG Pr inter with P eel-Off kit F ollow the instructions for t he base model. - R emo ve s everal labels from the carr ier paper . Feed the media - behind the lower part of the front cover - through the reeling pins - Pull the reeling de vice counter- clockwise in or der t o increase tension of the carrier paper. - Press the start button i[...]

A26618-A ENG Base model - T urn t he release lever to lift t he printhead. - Remo ve the media roll. • Use the special cleaning cloths provided. - Feed in the clo th in the same manner as the media. - T urn t he release lever to PRINT . - Hold on to the cloth. - Star t t he printer by pressing the red print button. - Keep holding on to the cloth [...]

A26618-A ENG Changing the roller Base model - Open the front co ver . - Lift up the top cover by pr essing carefully with a pen or similar on t he catch. - Loosen the locking plug. - Press on the roller with you r t humb and mo v e it t o t he lef t. - Lift out t he right hand part of the roller . - Mo ve the roller along t he open- ing. - Lift out[...]

A26618-A ENG W ar ning! Bef ore beginning any w o rk on the printer ensure t hat the power cable is no t connected. - Open the printer . - T urn the r elease le ver to PRINT . - Remo ve the retaining scre w . - Press car efully on the front part of the head so that the two scre w heads become fr ee. - Carefully loosen the connector at the rear . ?[...]

A26618-A ENG Adjusting the print head pressure Adjusting the pressure of the print head is necessar y when using different types of media, e.g. labels, paper or tick ets. - Open the front co ver . - T urn the release le ver t o lift the printhead. Use a small f lathead screwdriver and turn t he adjusting scr ews counter- clockwise in order t o incr[...]

A26618-A ENG 150 mm kit This accessor y makes it possible t o use a 150 mm media roll instead of a standard 100 mm roll. Mounting - U nscrew the existing spindle. - Install your 1 50 mm kit. - Screw on t he ne w spindle. P eel-Off kit The P eel-Of f accessor y separates lables from their carr ier paper . The carrier paper is rolled up under t he pr[...]

A26618-A ENG Accessories W all mounting Enables w all mounting of the print er . - Secure the mounting plate on the under side of the pr inter . - Scr e w the guide securely t o the wall plate. - Mount the w all plat e. - Hang up the printer . L TS kit Label T ak en Sensor, is mos t often used t o gether wit h the Peel-Off kit. The pho to cell cont[...]

A26618-A ENG Accessories Print Head Diagnostic (PHD) Printers with an article number of 645130.02 or later can be equipped with PHD-Print Head Diagnostic. PHD w arns against missing dots on the print head. PHD requires Labelpoint 4.49 or later versions. • This accessory may only be installed at the factor y or by a quali- f ied ser vice t echnici[...]

A26618-A ENG Accessories Parallel cable The par allel cable con verts data from parallel t o ser ial communication. The MP Compact4 is not equipped with a parallelport, but wit h the help of the cable, information can be sent via the com puter’s parallel port. The cable can be used with W in 95, 98 och NT 4.0. Tw o w ay communication with the hel[...]

A26618-A ENG Connection Important information! The DC supply cable from the batter y to the printer mus t not be placed closer than 50 cms to any other interface, e.g. radio ant ennas and communication cables wit h high noise levels. Alternatively , use a shielded DC-supply cable. • If cables longer than 1 m are used, the cable diameter must be a[...]

A26618-A ENG V er tical mounting of the MP Compact4 Mobile Mount the bott om plate on the w all with the guide in t he left corne r . When mounting the printer ve rti- cally it can be hung - side wa ys - with t he media roll directed down- ward - with the media roll directed up- ward Never mount the print er so that t he roll guide is pointing do w[...]

A26618-A ENG Battery power supply Choosing the battery power supply Printer usage de termines the choice of batter y power suppl y . The batter y capacity is count ed in amper e-hours (AH) and is deter - mined by the following fact ors: - print speed - black/white-balance - supply volt age - label size - the number of pr int ed labels per hour A (c[...]

A26618-A ENG Power consumption Example In an application t he f ollo wing has been determined - 50 labels per hour - Label length 200 mm - Print speed 60 mm/s wit h a black/white-balance of 25 % . The applicable pow er source is a 2 4 V DC-batter y . By using t he table on the previous page it is clear that W(constant) is 10 W for a 24 V DC- power [...]

A26618-A ENG T roub le shooting Problem Measure The prin t ed i tem is greyish Clean the print head and the roller . Check - paper quality . See “P aper P ar ameter Settings” in the printer’s bro wser . The print ed item is uneven Check - mechanical adjustments. The printed item has v e rtical black Clean the print head. or white lines? If th[...]