Sony UP-21MD manual

3-206-154- 42 (1) Color Video Printer © 2001 Sony Corporation UP-20 UP-21MD Instructions f or Use[...]

2 Owner's Recor d The model and seri al numbers are located at the rear . Record these numbers i n the space provi ded belo w . Refer to these numbers whene ver you ca ll upon y our Sony d ealer re garding thi s product. Model No . _________ ___________ Serial No. _________ ___________ T o pre vent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the uni t[...]

3 T ab le of Cont ents Introduction About This Manual ........................ ....................... 4 System Over view ............................ ....................... 4 Location and Function of Parts and Controls .... 5 Front P anel ................ ........................... .............. 5 Rear P anel ........ ..........................[...]

Introduc tion About Th is Man ual / System Ov er view 4 Introduction About This Manual This manual co vers the follo wing UP-20 series color video prin ter s. •U P - 2 0 • UP-21MD Where ver the oper ation or an y other i tem dif fers between the models, th is manu al clearly describes those dif ferences. The dif ference among models i s as foll[...]

Introduc tion Locatio n and F unc tion of P ar ts and Controls 5 Locatio n and Fun ction of P ar ts and Co ntr ols For details, refer to the pages gi ven in pa rentheses. Fr ont Panel A PRINT ind icato r (for the UP-21MD) Lights while the printer is p rinting. PO WER indicator (for the UP-20) Lights in gr een while th e printer po wer is on. B ALAR[...]

Introduc tion Locatio n and F unc tion of P ar ts and Controls 6 J DISPLA Y button (19, 36) When the re gular screen is di splayed, pressi ng this bu tton togg le s the screen d isplay o f messag es such as Q1, A, etc., on and of f regardl ess of the setting of the DISP LA Y item in the OUTP UT SET UP men u. The s etting of D ISPLA Y in t he OU TPU[...]

Introduc tion Locatio n and F unc tion of P ar ts and Controls 7 A t INPUT (inp ut si gna l) connectors (10) Used to c onnect the v ideo equipment supplying the source image. a) RGB SYNC conn ectors a re equippe d only wi th the UP- 21MD. B - A C IN connector (1 0, 11, 12) Used to c onnect the print er to a wal l outlet with the supplied po wer cor[...]

Introduc tion Locatio n and F unc tion of P ar ts and Controls 8 D S or M (imag e type) displa y section Indic ates the t ype of image bei ng displayed on the monitor screen. S (Sour ce): The image from the i nput signal source is di splayed on the screen. M (Memory): The image capt ured in memory is displayed on the screen. E Printer operation mod[...]

Prepar ation Supplied Accesso rie s 9 Preparation Supplied Accessories The printe r is packed tog e th er with the fo llowing accessories. Check that no thing is missing from your package. Notes • Retain the ori ginal carton and pa cking materials in case you ha ve to tr ansport th e unit in t he future. • Remov e the ink ribbon car tridg e and[...]

Prepar ation Connecti ons 10 Connections T o enable pr inting, video equipment to act a s an input signal source, an d a vi deo mon it or t o di splay i mages or menus must be connect ed. The follo wi ng diagrams il lustrate ho w t o make t he input, output an d remote control connection s. Use this as a guide when co nnecting the cabl es required [...]

Prepar ation Connectio ns 11 Conn ecti n g the Vi deo Mo nito r Connect a video monitor to vie w captured images and to check those t o be printed. C onnect a suitabl e video monitor which wil l be used in actual print ing, using th e follo wing diagram as a gui de. Before con necting t he vi deo equipment , see “Important safeguards/not ices for[...]

Prepar ation Connecti ons 12 Making Connections to Enable Remote Control The printer can be cont rolled remotely by connect ing an RM-5500 Remo te Control Uni t (not sup plied), an RM- 91 Remote Con trol Unit (not supplied), or a personal computer . Remote control connecting cab le (supplied with the RM- 5500) to REMO TE 1 to REMO TE 2 to A C IN AC[...]

Prepar ation Bef ore Printi ng 13 Bef ore Printing Before print ing, but after mounting the paper tray on the printer and making the necessar y connection s (see “Connecti ons” on page 10), perform the follo w ing as prepara tion. • Loading an ink ribbon ( See belo w .) • Loading paper (See page 14.) • Selecti ng the in put signal (Se e p[...]

Prepar ation Bef ore P rintin g 14 4 Load th e ne w ink rib bon into the ink r ibbon compartment. 5 Close the f ront panel by pushing the po int marke d wit h “P ULL OP EN”. Note Be sure to close t he front panel completely . If you do not, a paper jam or a malfunction may occur while you are p rinting or cl eaning the internal therm a l head .[...]

Prepar ation Bef ore Printi ng 15 2 Remov e the protection sh eet placed on t he top of the pape r . 3 Close the co ver of the paper t ray , and then slide the paper t ray bac k into t he prin ter until it click s into place. Note When you canno t sli de the p aper tr ay back int o the printer , check whether o r not p aper or print outs a re left [...]

Prepar ation Bef ore P rintin g 16 4 Select t he desi r ed i nput sig nal b y p ressin g the G or g but ton. a) The RGB SYNC INPUT conn ectors are equ ipped on ly with the UP-21MD. When RG B is selec te d, ** ** ** is dis p la ye d at the selections o f items HUE and COLOR on the INPUT SETUP menu. 5 Press the M ENU button . The re gular screen appe[...]

Operat ion Making Full -Siz e Image Printouts 17 Operation Making Full-Size Image Printouts This section e xplains ho w to make a ful l-size image printout. T he operation s described here co nstitute the basic procedur e for making a printo ut. Bef o re maki ng a ful l- size ima ge printo ut • All connections shoul d ha ve already been made. (Se[...]

Operat ion Making F ull-Size Image P rintouts 18 Note Usually , it is recommended that you make printou ts in FRAME mode. Y ou can conf irm the memory mode setting on the bottom par t of the vide o monitor screen . T o chan ge the ima ge captu red in memory 1 T o display the source image when t he memory image is di splayed on the sc reen, press th[...]

Operat ion Making Full -Siz e Image Printouts 19 – Proceed as described in “Error/W arning Messages” on page 61. • When an ima ge has not been st ored in memory . – Image data stored in memory i s lost if yo u turn of f the po wer . Capture the image into memory again, then press t he PRINT b utton. If no i mage is stored in memor y , the[...]

Operat ion Making F ull-Size Image P rintouts 20 2 Select LO AD USER by pr essi ng the F or f bu t t on . 3 Select th e desired user number by pressing the G or g but ton. 4 Press the EX EC button. The user set sel ected in step 3 is execut ed. While the sel ected user set is being e xecuted, the follo wing message appears. 5 Press the CAPTURE butt[...]

Operat ion Making Full -Siz e Image Printouts 21 2 Press the PR INT QTY button u ntil the de sired number appears, whi le the screen which appea rs in step 1 is di splayed. Repeatedly pressing the PRINT QTY button increases the number up to a maximum of 9. Or repeatedly pressing th e g b utton also increases the number up to a max imum of 9. T o de[...]

Operat ion Making F ull-Size Image P rintouts 22 Capturing An other Image Whi le Printing While th e printer is printing, you c an queue printi ng jobs by capturing anot her image into another me mory page to be printed once the printer becomes free. T he number of usable memory pag es depend on the t ype of printout s and setti ngs. (See page “M[...]

Operat ion Making V ariations of Print outs 23 Making V ariations of Printouts Y ou can captur e vari ous kinds of ima ges in memory and make v ariations of pri ntouts using the images capture d in memory . Y ou can a lso m ake pr intout s of mul tiple r educ ed ima ges with white borders. (See “Making a pri ntout with white borders” on p age 3[...]

Operat ion Making V ariations of P rintouts 24 Selecting the memory mode 1 Press the M ENU button and disp la y the LA YOUT SETUP men u by pressing the F , f , G or g bu tt o n . 2 Select ME MOR Y by pressing the F or f but t on . 3 Select the desired memory mode by pressing t he G or g button. 4 Pres s the ME NU b utton. The re gular screen appear[...]

Operat ion Making a Printou t of Mult iple Diffe rent Reduced Imag es 25 Selecting a memory page Press the ME MOR Y P AGE b utton re peatedly u n til the desired memory pag e appears. Making a Prin tout of Mult iple Different Reduced Ima g es Y ou can capture mult iple image s in a memory p age and make a p rintout wi th tho se reduc ed imag es. Th[...]

Operat ion Making a Printout of Multiple Differ ent Reduced Images 26 1 Press the MUL T I PIC TUR E butt on. The follo wi ng screen appears. If you do not pe rform an y operati on after yo u press the MUL TI PICTURE bu tton, the current setting appears for a fe w seconds, after which it disappears. 2 Select t he type of red uced images to be captur[...]

Operat ion Making a Printou t of Mult iple Diffe rent Reduced Imag es 27 Deciding which image is displa yed on the video monitor screen after capturing an image Y ou can switch im age displayed o n the video monit or screen after capturin g an image, a memory image or a source image. 1 Display the PRINTER S ETUP menu according t o the operat ions o[...]

Operat ion Making a Printout of Multiple Differ ent Reduced Images 28 Making a printout with m ultiple reduced images This subsect ion e xplains ho w to make printout s of multiple reduced i mages taking, as an example, t he making of a pr intout of fou r reduced images. Before making t he pr intout of four reduced ima ges • Conf irm the printout[...]

Operat ion Making a Printou t of Mult iple Diffe rent Reduced Imag es 29 3 Press the SO URCE/M EMOR Y button. The source i mage appears on t he video mon itor screen. 4 Repeat ste ps 2 and 3 until yo u hav e captured four images when the memory i mage remains on the video monit or screen. Repeat step 2 u ntil you ha ve captured four images when the[...]

Operat ion Making a Printout of Multiple Differ ent Reduced Images 30 3 Select th e desired sett ing by pressing t he G or g but t on . 4 Press the M ENU button . The re gular screen appears. Making a printout with white bor ders The unit allo ws you to d ecide whether or not the images are printe d with whit e borders. Note This setting is also ef[...]

Operat ion Making Print out s With a Caption 31 Making Pri ntouts With a Caption A caption, suc h as data or commen ts, ca n be ad ded t o a printout bel ow the image. Y ou can input up to 58 characters on o ne lines. About the CAPTION menu A caption is en tered from the CAPTION menu. A brief e xplanation of each it em of the CAPTION menu is gi ven[...]

Operat ion Making Prin tout s With a Caption 32 2 Select CAPTION by pr essing the F or f but t o n. 3 Press the g but t o n. The CAPTION menu appears. 4 Positio n the c ursor (the li ne lit in gre en) at the poi nt where you wa nt to enter the charact er in the character displ ay area. T o mo ve the cur sor 1 Select the ar ro w correspond ing to th[...]

Operat ion Making Print out s With a Caption 33 For e xample, when the cursor is posi tioned at N, pressing the g button results i n the cursor m oving to O a t the le ft en d on the ne xt line. When the cur s o r is posi t ioned at EXIT : Only the G and g bu ttons are ef fecti v e. If you pre ss the g butt on, the cur sor mo ves to the top on t he[...]

Operat ion Making Prin tout s With a Caption 34 2 Select INS by pressi ng the F , f , G or g but to n. Then press t he EXEC bu tton. A single space is inserted between characters and the cursor is positioned at the space. 3 Enter the character t o be added. When it is necessary to ch ange the CAPTION ON/OFF setting, go to step 8. If not , go to ste[...]

Operat ion Deleting I mages Sto red in Memo r y 35 Deletin g Ima ges Stored in Memory Y ou can delete i mages captured to memory pages, from either al l of the me mory pages or a si ngle memory page, by using t he CLEAR b utton. Whether the images of al l memory pages or only a single memory page a re deleted depends on the sett ing of CLEA R in th[...]

Operat ion Erasin g the S creen Displa y on the V ideo Moni tor 36 Delet ing imag es in a ce r tain memo r y page Before deletin g im ages Set CLE AR to P A GE in the FUNCTION SETU P menu. 1 Press the SOURCE/MEMOR Y button when the source im age is display ed on the video monitor screen. The image captured in memory is d isplayed on the screen. 2 S[...]

Operat ion Erasing the Screen Displa y on the Vid eo Moni tor 37 Each time you p ress the DISPLA Y but ton, the setting ch anges in the f ollo wing sequence: ON t OFF t ON.... T o displ ay char acter s on th e vide o moni tor Select ON. T o perf orm the set ti ng f or the mo ni tor dis pla y on the me nu Y ou can also set whether characters are d i[...]

Adjustment Functions That Can be Set on Men us 38 Adjustment Functions That Can be Set on Menus Y ou can set up t he printer to meet variou s specif ications. Once you ha ve ad justed and stored the set tings, the printer o p erates acco rding to th ose settin gs until th eir val ues are modifi ed. Y o u can set up the printer according to its int [...]

Adjustment Menu T ree 39 Menu T re e COLOR ADJUST menu WIND OW S ETUP me nu LA Y O UT SET UP menu PRIN TE R SETUP menu CAPTION menu SYSTEM SET UP m enu INPUT SET U P me nu USER NAME menu OUTPUT SETUP men u FUNCTION SETUP menu COLOR BALANCE menu Regular sc reen Press the MEN U button. For ref er ence pages of each menu, see the table on “Functions[...]

Adjustment Basic Men u Operat ions 40 Basic Men u Oper ations In this sec tion, in a dditio n to the video mon itor displa y , the pri nter wind o w displ ay is al so int roduced. Si nce th e UP-20 is n ot equipped wit h a print er windo w display , ignore t he advice per taining to the printer win dow display when you use the UP-20. 1 Press the M [...]

Adjustment Basic M enu Op erat i on s 41 3 Select the desi red item by pr essing the F or f but t o n. Examp le : T o sele ct PRN SPE ED on th e PRINTER SET UP m enu 4 Change the sett ing by pressing the G or g button. T o change t he s electi on : Switch th e desired selecti on to green by pressi ng the G or g b utton . Note When / is displayed at[...]

Adjustment Basic Men u Operat ions 42 T o chan ge the set ting v alues: Press the G or g bu tton to decrease or i ncrease the setting values. T o re set the va lues t o fa ctory set ting: Position the cursor a t the item to be reset to defaul ts, then press the G and g butt o ns simultaneou sly . When the re are sub men us: When the re are sub menu[...]

Adjustment Adjust ing t he Color and Picture Qu ality 43 Adjusting the Color and Pictu r e Qualit y Compensating f or the Input Signal s A video imag e recorded un der poor condit ions may be of poor col or qualit y . If the signa l is an NTSC or P AL composite v ideo signal or se parate luminance (Y) and chrominance (C) signals, you can correct th[...]

Adjustment Adjusti ng the Color and Pict ure Quality 44 Matching the Video Monitor Colo r to the Printer Color T o ma t ch the c ol or of the mo nitor im a g e to that of the printou t, adjust the mon itor and p rinter colors such that the mon itor colo r is the same as th at of the pr intout . The print er outputs eit her of two ki nds of video si[...]

Adjustment Adjust ing t he Color and Picture Qu ality 45 Adjustin g the Print ou t Col or Y ou can a djust th e printou t quality by adjusti ng the co lor intensity , printou t contrast and sh arpness and tone (GAMMA) of t he printout. Adjusting the color in tensity , contrast and sharpness Y ou can store up to three ty pes of setti ngs and manage [...]

Adjustment Adjusti ng the Color and Pict ure Quality 46 T o adjust the contra st (DARK/LIGHT) The contra st settings are di vided into 15 steps, from –7 to +7, indi cate d by a value an d grap h. Th e ce nter of the graph (0) corresp onds to the standard setti ng. T o adjust the sharp ne ss (SHARP NESS / INTERPOL .) SHAR PNESS : Y ou can set the [...]

Adjustment Adjust ing t he Color and Picture Qu ality 47 Adjusting the tone of the printout Y ou c an adjust t he tone so that the de tails in th e white o r black part are clearly printed. 1 Displa y the PRIN TER SETUP m e nu. 2 Select GAMMA, and t hen the desired t one. The select ed tone is sp el le d out. When a Black Fram e or Lines Show up on[...]

Adjustment Adjusti ng the Color and Pict ure Quality 48 T o el imina t e a horizontal black li ne produced at the bottom: Adjust th e bottom posit ion of th e imag e to be printed u sing th e V WIDTH item . Note If you enlarg e the botto m position by pr essing the g bu tton e ven though t here is no video signal, the v alue of V ST AR T may be cha[...]

Adjustment Adjust ing t he Color and Picture Qu ality 49 The highl ighted area on the COLOR B ALANCE menu will b e printed to be used for adjust ing the color b a lance. Y ou can mov e this are a to any place on the video mon ito r . When you adjust t he color balance for th e first time after you pur chase the printer , the v alues of B A L X, B A[...]

Adjustment Adjusti ng the Color and Pict ure Quality 50 4 Select TEST PRINT by pressing the F or f but t o n, then press the EXE C button. Nine ident ical images of the posit ion selected in step 2 are p rinted on a sh eet of pap er as a t est pri nt. Each image has a dif ferent color balance. Example of t he actual colo r change in the t est print[...]

Adjustment Adjust ing t he Color and Picture Qu ality 51 T o perf orm fi ne adj ustmen t T o perf orm color balan ce adjus tment wi thin the current color balance rang e, reduce the v alue of BA L S T E P . Note The abo ve illustrati on indicates the color balance when the balance st ep is changed from 05 to 03. Ho we ver , on th e actual prin tout[...]

Adjustment Making V arious Settings 52 Making V arious Settings Assigning Fun ctions to the Remote Control Unit Y ou can contr ol the printer using the RM-91 Remote Control Unit (not supplied) connected t o the REMO TE 2 connector o n the rear panel of the pr inter . Using the menu, yo u can assign the desir ed functions t o the remot e control u n[...]

Adjustment Making V arious Settings 53 a) W hen you u se the remote control un it with this fu nction, confirm that t he sourc e image is disp layed on the vid eo monitor . If not, press the SOURCE/MEMOR Y button so that the sou rce im a ge wil l be d ispl ay ed. W hen multiple reduced imag es are being c aptured, a fter the last image is captured,[...]

Adjustment Making V arious Settings 54 Setting the Baud Rate When controllin g the printer with a computer conn ected to the printer’ s RS-232C connector , select the appropria te baud rate. For detai ls, contact you r nearest Sony d ealer . 1 Displ ay the SYSTEM SETUP menu f rom the PRINTE R SETU P menu . 2 Select the B A UD RA TE item, then sel[...]

Adjustment Making V arious Settings 55 For detai led information on ho w to enter characters, see “Enterin g a Caption” on pag e 31. Y ou can use up to 16 characters. 3 Select EXIT by pressing the F , f , G or g bu tt o n o n the USER N AME me nu, the n press the EXE C but t o n. The user name is stored, and the SYST EM SETUP menu appears agai [...]

Miscellaneous Precaut ion 56 Miscellaneous Precautio n Safety • Operate the printer using the po wer source specified in “Specif ications” o n page 58. • Be careful no t to damage the A C power cord by placing o r dropping hea vy objects on it; it is dangerous to use the uni t with a damaged A C po wer cord. • If you do n ot inten d to us[...]

Miscellaneous Recommende d Ink Ribbon and P aper 57 Cleaning Cleaning the cabinet Clean the cabinet, panel and cont rols with a soft dry cloth, or a soft cloth lightly mo istened wit h a mild detergent solu tion. Notes • Be sure to turn off the po wer of th e prin te r b efore cleaning. • Do not use any type of solve nt, such as alcohol or benz[...]

Miscellaneous Specifications 58 Specifi cations Po wer requirement s 100 to 12 0 V A C only , 50/60 Hz (for 100 to 120 V A C users) 220 to 24 0 V A C only , 50/60 Hz (for 220 to 240 V A C users) Po wer consumption About 1.8 A max . at 25°C (for 100 to 120 V A C users) About 1.0 A max . at 25°C (for 220 to 240 V A C users) Operating temperature 5?[...]

Miscellaneous Specifications 59 SYNC: 1 Vp-p, 75 ohm termi nated, sync negat i ve S VIDEO (Separate luminance (Y) an d chrominance (C) signals): 4-pin mini -DIN × 1 Y : 1 Vp-p, 75 ohm t erminated, sy nc ne gati ve C: For NTSC/EIA standards: 0.29 Vp-p color burst, 75 ohm t erminated For P AL B .G.I. standards: 0.3 Vp-p color burst, 75 ohm termin at[...]

Miscellaneous Specifications 60 When IMMED. CAP . is s et to O FF: The abov e e xample shows that the images at the sev enth and eighth po sitions are captured. Ho weve r , images at other po sitions could be captured de pending on th e printer m o de and p rinter setti ngs. Note When A UTO LIVE of the FUNCTION SETUP menu is set to OFF , the memory[...]

Miscellaneous Error/W arning Messages 61 Err or/W arning Messa g es There are t wo kinds of messages: error messages and warning messages. This section lists these messages together wit h their possible cau ses and remedies. Note the messages and act accordingly . Err o r Messages If a prob lem oc curs, th e ALARM lamp li ghts in o range and an err[...]

Miscellaneous Error/W ar ning Message s 62 W arning Messages In case of a w arning, onl y warnin g messages appear . The ALARM lamp does not light. W arning me ssage P ossible causes an d remedies On the video mo nitor On the printer win dow displ ay (only for the UP-21MD) HIT ANY KEY HIT ANY KEY This message ap pea rs wh en the remote contr ol un [...]

Miscellaneous T rouble shooting 63 T r oubleshoot ing If Dama ge is Su spected The fol lowin g troublesho oting che cks will help y ou correct th e most co mmo n probl ems you may encoun ter with your unit. Before pr oceeding with these troubl e checks, f irst check that t he power cord is firmly connected. S hould th e problem per sist after you h[...]

Miscellaneous T roub leshootin g 64 If the P aper Jams If th e paper jams af ter you p ress th e PRINT b utton, remov e the jammed paper foll owi ng the ste ps below . 1 Remo v e the paper tray . If any pri nto uts have be en ej ect ed on to th e pap er tray and h av e accumulated o n the paper tray , remov e t hem before removing the paper tray . [...]

Inde x Inde x 65 Inde x A About This Manual 4 Accessories ink ribbo n and paper 9 paper tray 9 power c ord 9 Adjusting the color and picture quality adjusting the colo r balance 48 adjusting the printout color 45 compensating fo r the input signals 43 eliminating the black lines produced o n printouts 47 matching t he video monit or color to the pr[...]

Inde x Inde x 66 adjusting t he printout co lor 45 compensatin g for the input sign al 43 eliminating th e blur 17 Printout quant ity setting 20 Printouts note on st oring 1 9 variations 23 R Remote control using the automatic prin tin g capabilities 59 Remote control unit using as a wi red unit 12 using as a wi reless unit 12 S Setting up the prin[...]

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