Ultratec Miniprint 425 manual

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Ultratec, Inc . 450 Science Driv e Madison, WI 53711 (608) 238-5400 (V oice/TTY) F ax: (608) 238-3008 Email: ser vice @ ultra tec .com www .ultra tec .com F ourth edition April 2002 First printing © 1993-2002 Ultratec , Inc . and T urbo Code are registered trademarks of Ultratec, Inc. Miniprint 425, TTY Announcer and Auto ID are trademarks of Ultr[...]

CONTENTS Impor tant safety instructions p . 3 Intr oduction p . 5 Ov er view of the Miniprint 425 6 CHAPTER 1 Set-up p . 7 Plugging in pow er and the telephone line 8 About Auto ID ™ 10 About the printer 10 CHAPTER 2 Calling p . 13 Making a call in dir ect connect 14 Answ ering a call in direct connect 16 Acoustic calling and answ ering 17 About [...]

T urning off Inter rupt 27 Setting the Baudot code baud rate 28 CHAPTER 5 Car e & Repair p . 29 Replacing the printer paper 30 About the batteries 31 Replacing the batteries 32 T r oubleshooting 33 Repair 35 Sticky k eys p . 36 Specifications p . 37 Index p . 40 Con v ersation Etiquette Back co ver 2 • CONTENTS[...]

Impor tant safety instructions When using your Miniprint 425, basic saf ety precautions should alwa ys be follo wed to reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, and injur y to per sons. Save these instructions! General safety 1. Read and under stand all instructions. 2. Follo w all warnings and instr uctions marked on the Miniprint 425. 3. Unplug th[...]

11. Unplug the Miniprint 425 from the wall outlet and ref er ser vicing to qualified ser vice per sonnel under the f ollowing conditions: a. When the pow er supply cord or plug is damag ed or fra yed. b. If liquid has been spilled into the Miniprint 425. c. If the Miniprint 425 has been exposed to r ain or water . d. If the Miniprint 425 does not o[...]

INTR ODUCTION W elcome to the Miniprint 425 ™ TTY from Ultratec.Y ou can either connect the Miniprint 425 directly to the telephone line or place any standar d telephone handset in the acoustic cups. When you use dir ect connect, you can dial directl y from the keyboard. The dial k ey ( + ) allows y ou to dial from the ke yboard. The ring flasher[...]

Special k e ys Escape k ey quits whatever y ou are doing and sav es chang es. Contr ol ke y gives instructions to the Miniprint 425 when you hold it do wn and press a function key . Function k eys give commands to the Miniprint 425 when you hold down the key . Examples of function ke ys are the dial key ( + ) and the inter r upt ke y ( + ). I Ctrl [...]

All you need to do to set up the Miniprint 425 is plug it in! Y ou must plug in the A C adapter for 24 hours to charg e the batteries. The r ing f lasher will not w ork properl y until the batteries are fully c harged. After the batter ies are c harged, leave the A C adapter plugg ed in all the time unless you need to use the batteries dur ing a po[...]

Plugging in po wer and the telephone line Be sure to pull the plastic tab out of the batter y compar tment on the bottom of the Miniprint 425 before y ou plug in the A C adapter . 8 • SETUP The picture abov e shows how to set up f or direct connect use. Direct connect means that the telephone line is plugged directl y into the Minipr int 425. Y o[...]

Char ging the batteries The A C adapter supplies electr icity to the Minipr int 425 and charg es the built-in batter ies. Leaving the A C adapter plugg ed in will not harm the Minipr int 425 or the batter ies. The fir st time you set up y our Miniprint 425, leave the A C adapter plugg ed in for 24 hours to charg e the batteries. Y ou can use the Mi[...]

About Auto ID ™ The A uto ID™ featur e aler ts a hearing per son that you are calling from a TTY . It aler ts the per son by sending several audible tones ov er the telephone line ever y f ew seconds. A uto ID helps emerg ency ser vice center s such as 911 automatically detect that y ou are calling by TTY . A uto ID comes on when you turn on yo[...]

Setting the print case The Miniprint 425 pr ints ever ything you type in low ercase (small) letter s and ever ything the other person types in uppercase (CAPIT AL) letters. Y ou can also set the Minipr int 425 so that ever ything is printed in uppercase letter s. Follow these steps to chang e the pr int case: 1. Press the options key ( + ). The dis[...]

12 • SETUP[...]

This chapter e xplains how to make and answ er calls in direct connect and with the acoustic cups. It also descr ibes T urbo Code and the f ollowing advanced calling f eatures: • Interrupt. This featur e allows you to interr upt the other per son while he or she is typing. • W ait for r esponse. This feature f lashes the r ing f lasher when you[...]

Making a call in dir ect connect 14 • CALLING 1. T ur n on the Minipr int 425. 2. Press the dial key (hold down the key and press the key . ) 3. T ype the telephone number you ar e calling (use the key to cor rect mistakes). Press the key to dial the number . 4. When you see an ans wer on the displa y , type a gr eeting. When your conversation is[...]

Signal light and displa y The signal light and display sho w what is happening on the telephone line in the f ollowing wa ys: • Signal light steadily on : dial tone. • Signal light flashing slo wly or RINGING on display: telephone ringing. • Signal light flashing quickly or BUSY on display: telephone busy . • Signal light flick ering : per [...]

Ans wering a call in dir ect connect 16 • CALLING 1. The ring f lasher blinks when the telephone rings. 2. T ur n on the Minipr int 425. 3. T ype a greeting and wait f or an answ er . 4. When you ar e finished with your conversation, tur n off the Miniprint 425.[...]

Acoustic calling and ans wering CALLING • 17 1. Put the telephone handset in the acoustic cups on the Miniprint 425. Make sure the telephone cord is on the left side. 2. T ur n on the Minipr int 425. If you ar e answ er ing a call, type a greeting. If you ar e making a call, go on to Step 3. 3. Dial the number on the telephone. 4. When you see an[...]

About T urbo Code ® T urbo Code is an enhanced ver sion of Baudot Code. It sends signals to other T urbo Code TTYs as fast as y ou can type. The Miniprint 425 takes care of connecting in T urbo Code or Baudot code, depending on which code the other TTY is using. It only uses T urbo Code with other T urbo Code TTYs. T urbo Code also allows you to u[...]

INTERR UPT . The other per son can choose to stop typing and let you g o ahead or ignore y our inter r uption and continue. If you see INTERR UPT on your displa y while you are typing, it means that the other per son wants to interr upt you and start typing. Y ou can choose to stop and let the other person go ahead or continue typing yourself. Inte[...]

1. Hold down the and ke ys and press the key ( + + ) to put the call on hold. Leave the Miniprint 425 turned on. 2. Go to another TTY connected to the same telephone line (either direct connect or acoustic), tur n it on and type 3 periods. This tells the Minipr int 425 to hang up. 3. Continue your conv er sation from the second TTY . Thr ee-wa y ca[...]

T ransferring a call Office telephone systems var y widely and specifics of how to transf er a call will be different f or each system. Most telephone systems require a hook f lash to transfer a call. On the Miniprint 425, typing an ! when you are dialing sends a hook f lash. Here is an e xample of typical steps required to transf er a call while y[...]

22 • CALLING[...]

Use auto-ans wer when you w ant the Minipr int 425 to automatically ans wer TTY calls and take messages. One way to use auto-ans wer is to turn it on when you are w orking around y our home or of fice to make sure you do not miss calls. Y ou must be using direct connect to turn on auto- ans wer . The Miniprint 425 answ er s a call by sending a TTY [...]

T ur ning on auto-ans wer 24 • AUT O-ANSWER Press the auto-ans wer key (hold down the key and press the key). 4 Ctrl T ur ning off auto-ans wer T o turn of f auto-answ er , press the ke y or tur n off the Miniprint 425. Interrupting auto-answ er If you see the Miniprint 425 sending your ans wer memo or receiving a messag e and you want to ans wer[...]

This chapter describes all of the settings you can c hang e with the options key . The y are listed in the order they appear on the display when y ou press the options key ( + ) and then the ke y . Use the to show the different settings f or each option. Use the key to select a setting. Setting the print case Follo w these steps to pr int in all up[...]

Setting pulse/tone dialing The Miniprint 425 is set for tone dialing, which is correct fo r almost all telephone lines. But you can chang e to pulse dialing if your line does not accept tone dialing.This setting remains c hanged until y ou chang e it a gain or reset the Miniprint 425 or you lose pow er . Follow these steps to set pulse dialing: 1. [...]

2. Press the key until you see TURBO CODE ( ON) on the display . 3. Press the to chang e the setting to OFF . 4. Press the key to save the new setting and leav e options or press the key to save and go to the ne xt option. T ur ning off Auto ID Follo w these steps to tur n of f A uto ID: 1. Press the options key ( + ). Y ou will see PRINT (UP/LO W)[...]

Setting the Baudot code baud rate Each time y ou tur n on the Miniprint 425, the Baudot code baud rate is set to the auto setting.The auto setting uses whatever code it needs to ans wer a call. If you need to specify the code that the Miniprint 425 uses, you can set the unit so that it will only use either 45.5-baud or 50-baud Baudot code. When you[...]

Ordinar y care of your Miniprint 425 requir es changing the printer paper when it r uns out and replacing the batteries when they no longer hold a full c harge.Y ou may be able to solve other pr oblems by reading the troubleshooting section. Besides the printer paper and batter y compar tments, the Miniprint 425 has no other user-ser vicea ble part[...]

Replacing the printer paper The printer uses high-quality ther mal paper . Use the order card that comes with the Miniprint 425 to order paper . If you do not have a car d, contact your dealer or Ultratec (the Ultratec address is on the inside fr ont cover of this manual). T ur n on the Minipr int 425 and be sure the printer is on, then f ollow the[...]

About the batteries The Miniprint 425 r uns on batter ies when you unplug the A C adapter or when the pow er fails. Fully charg ed, the 6 AA rec hargeable NiCad batteries will provide 45 to 60 minutes of normal use. When the pow er light blinks, you hav e about 5 minutes of batter y power left. The batteries will last longer if y ou tur n off the p[...]

Replacing the batteries Replace the batteries ever y two or three y ear s, or when they alwa ys r un down in less than 30 minutes and e x ercising them does not help. T o chang e batter ies, tur n ov er the Minipr int 425 and f ollow these steps: 32 • CARE & REP AIR T ake off the batter y cover by pushing in on the latch and lifting up. T ake[...]

T r oub leshooting Dir ect connect Dialing does not work. Make sure y ou have the right tone/pulse setting for y our telephone system. The display says NO DIRECT CONNECT . The Miniprint 425 is not properly connected to the telephone line. Be sure the cord is firmly plugg ed into the Miniprint 425 and the telephone wall jack. Y ou can also tr y usin[...]

Printer The printer does not work. Be sure the printer is on. Y ou can also tr y resetting the printer by tur ning the Miniprint 425 of f and on. The printer works, but it prints too lightly or not at all. Make sure y ou have high-gr ade ther mal printer paper and it is correctly installed. See Replacing the printer paper on page 30. The printer pr[...]

Resetting the Miniprint 425 Resetting the Miniprint 425 retur ns all options to their orig inal settings. Follow these steps to reset the Miniprint 425: 1. Press the left key , the r ight ke y , and the ke y all at the same time. The display will giv e a version number and say RESET Y/N . 2. Press the key to reset. The display sa ys MINIPRINT 425 I[...]

STICKY KEY S Ordinarily , when you use the or ke ys, you must hold down either key while you press another key . If you hav e trouble pr essing two keys at once, the sticky keys featur e lets you use the and keys b y pressing one key at a time. T o turn on sticky keys, press either key five times. The display sa ys STICKY KEYS ON. Now y ou can type[...]

SPECIFIC A TIONS SPECIFICA TIONS • 37 Ph ysical Dimensions Size: 10" x 9.5" x 3" (25.4 cm x 24.1 cm x 7.6 cm) W eight: 3.75 lbs (1.7 Kg) with batteries Po w e r AC adapter: 9VDC, 650 ma (barrel is positive) AC adapter is UL/CSA listed The six AA NiCad rechargeable batteries are user replaceable. They power the unit for 45 to 60 min[...]

FCC information 38 • SPECIFICA TIONS The Miniprint 425 has been tested and found to comply with the specifications for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates and uses radio frequen[...]

SPECIFICA TIONS • 39 Industr y Canada information NO TICE: This equipment meets the applicable Industry Canada T erminal Equipment T echnical Specifications. This is confirmed by the registration number . The abbreviation, IC, before the registration number signifies that registration was performed based on a Declaration of Conformity indicating [...]

INDEX 40 • INDEX AC adapter , 6, 7, 9, 34 jack, 6 Acoustic cups, 6 using, 17, 33 Adapter , see AC adapter Address, Ultratec, inside front cover Answering calls, 16, 17 automatically , see Auto-answer with acoustic cups, 17 Auto-answer , 23 direct connect and, 23 interrupting, 24 messages, 23 number of rings, 24 turning on and off, 24 Auto-answer [...]

Messages, auto-answer , see Auto-answer messages NO DIRECT CONNECT prompt, 33 Options key , 25, 26, 27, 28 Paper replacing, 30 type needed, 30 Phone, see T elephone Phone line, see T elephone line Power connecting, 8 problems, 34 Power jack, see AC adapter jack Power light, see Light, power Print key , 10 Printer , last line of conversation and, 10[...]

Con v ersation Etiquette GA When you talk with another person by TTY , you type while the other per son reads. When you want the other person to respond, type GA f or “Go ahead. ” GA OR SK T o sa y goodbye, type GA OR SK. This gives the other per son a chance to sa y any last wor ds bef ore ending the conversation. SKSK T ype SKSK to end the co[...]