Teac P-55 manual

P-55 DISC LABEL PRINTER INSTRUCTION MANUAL REV : K *This manual applies to [Model P-55-1 10/1 1 1/120/121][...]

2 T able of Content s SECTION 1 : Introduc tion ....................................................................................................... ..................5 SECTION 2 : Unpacki ng and Ins pection ........................................................................................... .......6 SECTION 3 : Identif ying the Parts ...[...]

3 IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1) Read these instruction s. 2) Keep these instructions. 3) Heed all warnings. 4) Follow all instructions. 5) Do not use this app aratus near water . 6) Clean only with dry cloth. 7) Do not block any ventilation opening s. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. 8) Do not install near a ny heat[...]

IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 4 [Shut-off T iming After Printing] If you turn off the printer within 10 seconds af ter print operation is completed, the thermal head may not be moved back in place. With the thermal head not in place, you cannot remove the ribbon cartridges from the printer . If you try too hard to remove them with such a condition[...]

5 SECTION 1 :Introduction Thank you for purchasing the TEAC P-55. The P-55 is a label printer suited to printing a high quality of label on a moderate amount of CD or DVD. This manual provides information on installing th e P-55, connecting it to your PC, loading ribbons, etc. When necessary , please refer to your PC's manual, too. Please read[...]

6 SECTION 2 :Unp acking and Inspection The packing-case cont ains the following items, as well as the P-55 itself. Please make cert ain that all the items are present. If anything is missing or damaged, cont act your dealer . Accessories for P-55 "Before Getting St arted" x1 Utility Sof tw are CD-ROM x1 (including Operation Manual, Printe[...]

7 SECTION 3 : Identifying the Part s 1 Exhaust Fan (on the right side) This is an air outlet for dropping the temperatu re inside the unit. Do not let foreign object s get in through this opening, or the resul ts may be dama ge to the unit and could hazardous to the operator . Place the unit in an adequate location. 2 Side Door Unlocking Button Pre[...]

SECTION 3 : Identifying the Part s 8 12 ST A TUS AUX Connector (optional) This connector allo ws connection of the P-55 to an extern al device for the combined use with the robotics system. *Please contact us before use. (See SECTION 20 : Cont act Information .) 13 Parallel Port Multi-connector This provides a parall el interface between your PC&ap[...]

9 SECTION 4 : Choosing Adequate Location - The P-55 is a precision machine. Be careful not to drop or subject the unit to severe impact (it weighs more than 22 kg). - The P-55 has been shipped with some internal part s fixed in place with special materials to prevent the unit from being damaged during transportation. Be sure to remove all shipping [...]

SECTION 4 : Choosing Adequate Location 10 Areas indicated by the hazardous heat warning label are very hot w hile the power is turned on or just af ter turning off the power . The temperature of the ribbon cartridges reaches about 30 °C to 35 °C while the printer is running or right after the power is shut of f. On such conditions, the heat cover[...]

11 SECTION 5 : Installin g/Removi ng Shipping Protection Materials T o prevent the product from being damaged in shipment, cu shioning materials and fixing met al are used to secure the internal p arts to the unit. Make sure all t hose protection materials are removed before use. For the future shipment, keep the fixing metal and p acking (3 types)[...]

12 SECTION 6 : Setting the Parallel Interface Mode on the PC T o use the P-55, you need to set a p arallel port on your computer to ECP mode. * ECP mode (Extended Ca pabilities Port ) Y ou can make the setting on the BIOS setup screen. For the setup det ails, refer to your computer’s manual.[...]

13 SECTION 7 : Installin g the Label Editor Insert the supplied Utility Software CD-ROM into your PC's DVD/CD-ROM drive and an inst allation wizard will automatically start. If the installation wizard does not st art automatically , click Sta r t --> My Computer --> CD-ROM --> SETUP . The window Choose Setup Language comes up. Select [...]

SECTION 7 : Inst alling the Label Editor 14 The window S tart Copying Files comes up. Click Next . The window InstallShield Wizard Complete comes up. Click Finish . The window Disc Label Editor Setup Complete comes up. Place a check beside Y es, I want to res t art my computer now , remove the CD-ROM from the DVD/CD-ROM drive and click Finish . The[...]

15 SECTION 8 : Connec tions  Connecting PC to P-55 CAUTION For U.S.A. and Canada The P-55 does not come standard with a power cable. Use a UL or CSA approved cable, type SJT or SVT , No.18AmG . For cable connector , use one rated at more than 7A and 125V . For Europe The P-55 does not come standard with a mains plug/connector and mains cable. Us[...]

SECTION 8 : Connections 16 Press the power switch on the rear p anel of the P-55 to turn it on. The LCD display on the front control panel will ch ange as follows: Initial RAM TEAC P-55 RevXX.XX Initial W arming up Ready With the above message indicated, the printer is ready for use.[...]

17 SECTION 9 : Control Panel Features 1 LCD display: reports st atus information, etc. 2 READY lamp: light s up to show that the printer is ready and can st art printing. A circle (o) is displayed in the upper right corner of the LCD to indica te that the disc tray holds a print medium. 3 ERROR lamp: lights up when an error develop s. A brief error[...]

SECTION 9 : Control Panel Features 18  Selecting USB / Parallel Port 1. Make sure the LCD on the control p anel displays Ready . R e a d y 2. Press the SELECT button to set the mode to 6 Interface . 6 I n t e r f a c e U S B 3. Press the ENTER button to set the mode to Select I/F . S e L e c t I / F U S B 4. Until the desired port, USB or parall[...]

SECTION 9 : Control Panel Features 19  Indicating Operation St ate BUSY : shows the printer is in operation. While colors are being printed on the transfer ribbo n, the following messages are displayed o n the LCD. (The LCD displays the message s as shown below with PHOT O ink installed. With COLOR ink installe d, the printer print s black, cyan[...]

20 SECTION 10 : Installin g the Printer Driver If both the PC and P-55 are on before inst alling the driver , turn off the PC first and then the P-55, Then, turn on the P-55 first and then the PC again. The window Found New Hardware Wizard appears on the screen. If you are asked, “Can Windows connect to Windows update to search for soft ware?” [...]

SECTION 10 : Inst alling the Printer Driver 21 The message indicates the sof tware has been inst alled successfully . Click Finish . *In Windows, click Star t , select Printers and Faxes , and make sure the icon repre senting TEAC P-55 Disc Label Printer is displayed on the screen. T o restart the computer , in Windows, click Start and then Shut Do[...]

22 SECTION 11 : Error Messages Explained When an error develops, the ERROR lamp on t he control p anel lights u p and the LCD shows an error message. Error Message Description Corrective Action ERROR Door Open The side door is open. Shut the side door. ERROR No INK Cartridge No ink ribbon cartridge is loaded. Load an ink ribbon cartridge b y referr[...]

SECTION 1 1 : Error Messages Explained 23 NOTE Error Message Description Corrective Action ERROR RBN-IMG Mismatch (*1) The type of ribbon installed in theP-55 is different from the type of ribbon specified in the print data (*2) sent from your computer . Replace the current ribbon with the same type of ribbon as the one specified in the print data [...]

SECTION 1 1 : Error Messages Explained 24 Supplementary explanation. Note 1 When "No INK Ribbon" or "No TFR Ribbon" is di splayed and you find the corresponding ribbon is fully consumed, be sure to change it. (Attention: Do not close the side door without changing a fully consumed ribbon, or a tape that holds the ribbon shaft an[...]

SECTION 1 1 : Error Messages Explained 25 NOTE Note 6 How to mount the disc adapter 1) Set the slide switch on the front of the tray drawer to the RELEASE position. 2) Snap the protrusion of the adapter into the cut-out in the tray , as shown below . 3) Make sure that the adapter firmly sit s on the table and the n lock the adapter in place by sett[...]

26 SECTION 12 : Loading Ribbons NOTES - Use genuine TEAC ribbons. - Carefully handle the ribbons to prevent them from being scratched or broken. - Be sure to take out the ribbon cartridge from the P-55 it self when replacing the ribbon. The ribbon and components involved may be damaged if you attempt to replace the ribbon with the cartridge inserte[...]

SECTION 12 : Loading Ribbons 27 2. Loading Ink Ribbon 1) Flip up the lock lever that holds the Ink ribbon cartridge in place. 2) T ake out the ink ribbon cartridge by Pulling it toward you. 3) T ake the ink ribbon out from the package And remove all the pads from the ribbon as Shown on the left. *Ribbon specifications and appearance Are subject to [...]

SECTION 12 : Loading Ribbons 28 4) Place the ink ribbon with the t ake-up shaft on the left and t he supply shaft on the r ight, and their protrusions facing you and their openings facing away from you. 5) Insert the open end of the take-up shaf t into the hole provided in the cartridge (for ease of work, we recommend holding the shaf t by insertin[...]

SECTION 12 : Loading Ribbons 29 3. Loading Re-transfer Ribbon 1) Flip up the lock lever that holds the re-transfer ribbon cartridge in place. 2) T ake out the re-transfer ribbon cartridge by pulling it toward you 3) T ake the transfer ribbon out from the p ackage and remove all the pads from the ribbon as shown on the left. *Ribbon specifications a[...]

SECTION 12 : Loading Ribbons 30 4) Place the re-transfer ribbon with the supply shaft on the left and the take-up shaf t on the right, and their protrusions facing you and their openings facing away from you. 5) Insert the open end of the t ake-up shaft into the hole provided in the cartridge (for ease of work, we recommend holding the shaft by ins[...]

SECTION 12 : Loading Ribbons 31 9) Once both the ink ribbon cartridge and the re-transfer ribbon cartridge have been mounted, lock them in place by flipping down the lock lever . 10) After locking the ribbon cartrid ge in place, make sure that ribbon slack has been removed before closing the side door . - The side door is designed so as not to clos[...]

SECTION 12 : Loading Ribbons 32 4. Checking the Remaining Ribbon Amount 3 Ink Remain When the P-55 is Ready as the LCD indicates, press the SELECT button as many times as necessary for "Ink Remain" to appear on the L CD, and then press the ENTER button. 3 TRF 99% INK 99% The re-transfer ribbon's remaining amount is indicated on the u[...]

33 SECTION 13 : Loadi ng Print Media NOTES - The P-55 supports a st andard medium (12-cm diam eter) only . Mini media (8-cm diameter) and odd-shaped media are not supported. - With the P-55 you need to use the TEAC-specified media exclusively . Use of commerciall y available media for inkjet printers might inevitably result in poor quality output. [...]

34 SECTION 14 : Getting Label Print Job St arted 1. Getting Label Print Job S tarted Load a medium on the P-55 printer . (T o do this, refer to SECTION 13 : L oading Print Media .) 1) In Windows, point to Start and select Disc Label Editor . Then, in the File menu of the Disc Label Editor , click Open . Select an image file you want to print. The i[...]

SECTION 14 : Getting Label Print Job S t arted 35 4) Click the St andard tab in the properties to display and specif y the following settings. 4)-1 S pecifies the outside and in side diameters of the m edium to be printed. The default setting is120 mm for outside diameter and 21mm for inside diameter . If you want to keep your custom setting for fu[...]

SECTION 14 : Getting Label Print Job S t arted 36 4)-6 Color Balance Click the Color Balance tab in the properties to open t he setting dialog and fine-adjust th e density of each CMY(K) fo r data to be printed. For PHOTO and COLOR ribbons, you can increase or decrease the density of each CMY by up to 25%. Once changes have been made to the setting[...]

SECTION 14 : Getting Label Print Job S t arted 37 6) Enter the number of copies you want to prin t into the Number of copies box. 7) Enter the outside and inside diameters into the Outs ide and Inside diameter boxes to define the print area. (The outside diameter default s to 120mm and the inside diameter to 21mm.) 8) Click OK and the printing proc[...]

SECTION 14 : Getting Label Print Job S t arted 38 9) Print to file Check the box for Print to file as circled above an d click OK . The image you have selected to print is printed to a file (referred to as PRN file ) instead of directly to the P-55. PRN files to be created by the printer driver contai n the ribbon type setting and image data with d[...]

SECTION 14 : Getting Label Print Job S t arted 39 2. Correcting for displacement and hue shif t between colors With the P-55 you can correct for displacement of boundaries and hue shift between colors. These corrections are made by first printing test patterns and t hen reading and entering necessary corrective values from the printed patterns. 1) [...]

SECTION 14 : Getting Label Print Job S t arted 40 4) Place a print medium into the P-55 and click Print next to Positioning pattern on the Maintenance tab. 5) The P-55 st arts printing the first test pattern. * The first test pattern is printed as s hown on the lef t. 6) T ake out the medium from the tray . Then, with the medium rotated by 180 degr[...]

SECTION 14 : Getting Label Print Job S t arted 41 8 ) After the second p attern has been printed, take out the medium . NOTE - The upper and lower test patterns relative to the center hole are the same, and so are the lef t and right test patterns. - The upper and lower scales relate to vertical adjustment and the lef t and right scales relate to h[...]

SECTION 14 : Getting Label Print Job S t arted 42 2) Correcting for hue shift bet ween colors 1) Place a new medium on the tray and click Print next to "CMYK pattern." 2) After the test p attern has been printed, take out the medium from the tray , and determine which pair of black and colored line s is aligned (or which pair of lines ha [...]

SECTION 14 : Getting Label Print Job S t arted 43 3) Correcting for aspect ratio 1) Place a medium on the tray and click Print next to Aspect ratio on the Maintenance tab. 2) The P-55 st arts printing the first test p attern. * The first test pattern is printed as s hown on the lef t. 3) T ake out the medium from the disc tray . Then, with the medi[...]

SECTION 14 : Getting Label Print Job S t arted 44 5) After the second test p attern has been printed, take out the m edium from the disc tray . 6) Find out the longest line that is aligned with, or is least displaced with respect to, a scale mark. (Y ou can use either the upper and lower scales or the left and right scales.) In the above example, y[...]

SECTION 14 : Getting Label Print Job S t arted 45 3. Beware When you successively print on multiple media an image in which linear elements are dominant and they run horizontally relative to the direction in which the disc tray slide s out (Figure 1), there are occasions where the print head r etains these linear image elements af ter completing th[...]

46 SECTION 15 : Removi ng Disc Label Editor and Printer Driver For Windows XP users, Point to Start and Printers and F axes . For Windows 2000 users, Point to Start , Settings and then Printers . Right-click the icon for “TEAC P-55 Disc Label Printer” and select Delete from the menu that appears on the screen. The message “Are you sure you wa[...]

SECTION 15 : Removing Disc Label Editor and Printer Driver 47 For Windows XP users, Point to Start and Printers and F axes . For Windows 2000 users, Point to Start , Settings and then Printers . For Windows XP users, Select File and then Server Properties . For Windows 2000 users, Select File and then Server Properties . Select the tab Drivers from[...]

SECTION 15 : Removing Disc Label Editor and Printer Driver 48 The warning message “De leting this printer driver will remove it from the system. Are you sure you want to delete TEAC P-55 Disc Label Printer?” appears on the screen. C lick Ye s . Make sure that “TEAC P-55 Disc Label Printer” is remove d from the Installed pr inter drivers . T[...]

SECTION 15 : Removing Disc Label Editor and Printer Driver 49 Point to Start and then Control Panel . For Windows XP users, Select Add or Remove Programs . For Windows 2000 users, Select Add/Remove Programs . Select Disc Label Editor fro m Currently installe d programs . Click Change/Remove . The dialog “Choose Setup Lan guage” appears on the s[...]

SECTION 15 : Removing Disc Label Editor and Printer Driver 50 Select Remove and click Ne xt > . The confirmation file deletion dialog appears on the screen. Click OK . If the message “Shared File Detected” appears d uring the file deletion process, always click Ye s . The window appears on the screen. Cl ick Finis h . The dialog appears on t[...]

SECTION 15 : Removing Disc Label Editor and Printer Driver 51 ■ Uninstalling the P-55 related infor mation T o remove the P-55 related information comp letel y from your computer , you need to use our removal tool. Insert the attached P-55 UTILITY SOFTWARE CD-ROM into a DVD/ CD-ROM drive of your co mputer and then execute “RemoveP55inf.exe.” [...]

52 SECTION 16 : Maintenance It is important for you to clean the following p arts in order to maint ain print quality: (1) Platen roller (at ink ribbon replacement time) (2) Head (at ink ribbon replacement time) (3) Ink cartridge guide roller and guide plate (at ribbon replacement time) (4) Cooling fan filter (every half year) T o clean the platen [...]

SECTION 16 : Maintenance 53 3. Cleaning ink cartridge guide roller/guide plate (at time of ink ribbon replacement) There may be some dirt such as powdery white dust stuck on the ink cartridge guide roller or guide plate as shown in the area colored red below . If you find any dirt on the guide plate when replacing an ink ribbon, wipe it from the gu[...]

54 SECTION 17 : Shipping When you need to ship the P-55, first replace the shipping materials in reverse order of removal b y referring to SECTION 5 : Installing /Removing Shipping Protection Materials . Thereaf ter , p a ck the printer by referring to the illustration below . NOTE Shipping the P-55 without shipping protection materials replaced in[...]

55 SECTION 18 : Specifications 1) Printer Printing Method: Thermal re-transfer printing Print Resolution: 400 dpi Minimum Dot Diameter: 15-25 microns (variable dot technology) T one: 24-bit full color 256 gradation levels per color , CMY PHOTO ribbon: Continuous-tone method COLOR ribbon: Halftone-dot method (Auto switch between PHOTO ribbon and COL[...]

SECTION 18 : S pecifications 56 3) External Dimensions[...]

57 SECTION 19 : Options ■ Ink Ribbon Photo Ribbon Set Part No.: 19610050-10 (including ink ribbon and re-transfer ribbon, one e ach) COLOR Ribbon Set Part No.: 19610050-01 (including ink ribbon and re-transfer ribbon, one e ach) Single Ribbon (Black) (1 pc.) Part No.: 19610010-20 * Single ink ribbon cartridge additionally required COLOR Re-transf[...]

58 SECTION 20 : Contact Information ■ Product Information TEAC America, Inc. 7733 T elegraph Rd. Montebello, CA. 90640.USA URL: http://www .teac.com/DSPD/ e-mail: webmaster@teac.com TEAC Europe GmbH DSPD Bahnstrasse 12, D-65205 Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Germany Phone: +49 (0) 61 1 7158 658 Fax: +49 (0) 61 1 7158 666 e-mail: info@teac-roboflex.de sales[...]