Seiko FB 390 инструкция обслуживания

SEIKO Precision FB – 390 Dot-Matrix Flatbed Printer USER MANUAL[...]

i Import ant Safety Instructions 1. Read all of these instructions carefully and thoroughly and save them for later reference. 2. Follow all warnings and instructions in the manual as well as marked on the product. 3. Unplug this product from the power outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. 4. [...]

ii T able of Content s Chapter 1 Overview .............................................................................................................. 1 Features ............................................................................................................................... ................. 1 Chapter 2 Preparation ................[...]

iii Chapter 4 Printing from Y our Software .................................................... 14 Setting Up Y our Printer T o W ork W ith Software .............................................. 14 Chapter 5 Control Panel ............................................................................................... 15 Control Panel Keys and LEDs [...]

iv Specifications ............................................................................................................................... . 28 General ............................................................................................................................... ............. 28 Print Head ...................................[...]

1 Chapter 1 Overview Features Thank you for purchasing this SEIKO Precision FB-390 printer . Combing high speed, high quality output with adv anced paper handing capabilities, this versatile, 24-pin, flatbed printer is ideal for a wide range of multi-part and cut-sheet printing requirements. Reliability , flexibility and ease-of-use are key feat ur[...]

2 Automatic Interface Sw itching The FB-390 is equipped with two interface connectors and therefore a ccepts both p arallel (Centronics) and USB data transfer . The printer aut omatically detects t he type of dat a transfer received from the host computer and switc hes to the corresponding interface type. High Resolution Graphics A maximum resoluti[...]

3 Chapter 2 Preparation Unp acking Check each item against the following packing list, if any of these it ems are missing, please contact your local dealer . A Printer D Ribbon cassette B Driver CD and User ’s manual E Power cable C Installation guidebook F Front table Figure 2-1 Packing list in the printer box NOTE Hold the bottom of printer in [...]

4 Part s Identification Figures 2-2 and 2-3 highlight the main components of the printer . Figure 2-2 Main part s of printer (front view) A Paper path select lever G Gap adjust lever B Control panel H Carriage shaft C Power sw itch I Ribbon cassette cartridge D Cut sheet guide J Print head E Front table K Window cover F Sub friction roller Figure 2[...]

5 Inst allation Before placing the printer in your chosen location, consider the following guidelines:  This printer should be placed on a normal table, printer stand or de sk. Be sure that the surface is level, to avoid an uneven l oad on the carriage as it operates.  Do not install the printer where it may be subjected to unsuit abl e condi[...]

6 3 Pull the Sub friction roller by gripping the center are a of the unit by your forefingers. Then lift it up until it is pos itioned upwards towards the top of the printer as shown in Figure 2-5. 4 If necessary , move and centre the print head carefully by hand. 5 Hold the rib bon cartridge with the knob facing upwards and tur n the ribbon knob i[...]

7 Using the Parallel Interface and the USB Interface Figure 2-7 Connecting the parallel interf ace cable and the U SB interface cable Connecting to the Power Source Connecting the Power Cord Plug the power cord (supplied) into the pow er inlet at the rear of the printer . Check that the power switch (loc ated on the front of the printer) is in the [...]

8 Chapter 3 Loading paper Paper Thickness Adjustment Before loading cut sheet or tractor paper , you have to adjust the gap adjust lever on the front right side of the printer . T o feed thicker papers through the printer , you need to move the gap adjust lever from its st andard position. The lever moves the print head relative to the plat en so t[...]

9 Loading Cut Sheet Paper 1 T urn the printer on. 2 Set paper select lever toward the ba ck of printer as shown in Figure 3-2. Figure 3-2 Setting the paper select lever 3 Set the gap adjust lever for exampl e to the position “1” for thin paper . 4 Position the lef t cut sheet guide by r efe rring to the marking on the windo w cover . The positi[...]

10 position. Y ou can set the printer to det ect skew so if the p aper skews during loading, the printer detects it and automatically ejects the paper to the front table. 7 After the above steps, the printer is ready to print. Using T ractor Paper This printer feeds tractor paper from the rear of the printer to the front. Figure 3-6 Feeding directi[...]

11 3 Move the left cut sheet guide to t he far left as much as possible. Figure 3-8 Moving the left cut sheet guide to the far left 4 Release the lock lever of tractor . Figure 3-9 Releasing the lock lever of the right tractor (view from rear) 5 Move the left tractor to the lef t prope r position (The “0”position indicates the horizontal starti[...]

12 Figure 3-1 1 Adjusting the paper guide pulley position 7 Open the tractor covers and place the paper on the sprocket pins. If you are using preprinted paper or labels, install them with the printed or labeled side facing upwards. Figure 3-12 Setting paper on the sprocket pins 8 Close the tractor covers. Figure 3-13 Close the tractor covers. 9 Sl[...]

13 Figure 3-14 Locking the position of t he right tractor 10 When starting a new print t ask, the printer will automatically load the paper before the actual printing starts. ( Y ou can also press the PA R K / L O A D key to load the paper manually .) T earing off T ractor Paper T o tear off the paper , make sure that printed-paper is fed to the fr[...]

14 Chapter 4 Printing from Your Software Setting Up Y our Printer T o W ork With Sof t ware  The printer supports the Epson ESC/P2 emulation. Y ou can select the Epson LQ-570+ driver for this p rinter , but th e best way to ensure that all the features of your printer ar e supporte d by the software is to use the SEIKO Precision printer dri ver [...]

15 Chapter 5 Control Panel Control Panel Keys and LEDs The control panel consists of five keys and four LEDs as shown in Figure 5-1 Figure 5-1 The printer control p anel The following table details eac h indicator LED function: T able 5-1 LEDs on the control panel Indicator LED On Off POWER (green) Lights when the printer is turned on. It flashes w[...]

16 Basic Control Panel Operations Y ou can use the five keys on the control panel to operate your printer . ONLINE Pressing the ONLINE button, toggles between ONLINE and OFFLINE mode. P ARK/LOAD In the offline mode, pressing the P ARK/LOAD button shortly controls feeding tractor paper or cut sheets LF/FF In the offline mode, press the LF/FF key to [...]

17 LF/FF: Decrease the top of form by 1/60 in ch. Y ou can decrease the margin to a maximum of -10 (-10/60 inch) from the default setting. Press the ONLINE key to exit and save your new setting. The POWER LED and ONLINE LED blink simultaneously 3 times with a beep, and then the POWER LED will be on. T ear-off Adjustment Mode There is a tear-off bar[...]

18 menu lists, each list cont aining several settings. Y o u can select a new setting of the menu list and save it, or just go to the next menu lis t without altering the current setting. T o enter the Setup Menu System and change the settings 1. Lift the window cover of the printer . 2. Eject any paper currently in the printer (o r park tractor pa[...]

19 Printing the Current Setting Report Y ou can use the information in the current setting report to dec ide which setting you want to change. T o print the current settings: 1. T urn the printer off. 2. Hold down both the P ARK/LOAD and LF/FF key at the same time 3. T urn the printer on. The printer automatically loads paper and prints the current[...]

20 SEIKO Precision FB-390 Current Setting Report Current settings are FILLED . PRINT STYLE FONT ROMA N PITCH 10 CPI P AGE LA YOUT LINE SP ACING 6 LPI FORM LENGTH A 4 P AGE SKIP OFF COMPRESS PRT NORMA L PRINT MODE TEXT DIR BI-DIR GRAPHIC DIR UNI-DIR CHARACTER SLASH ZERO OFF CHARACTER SET GRA PHICS INTL CHAR SET U.S.A . C O D E P A G E U.S.A. INST AL[...]

21 Options of the Setup Menu System The following printout in Figure 5-3 shows the selections from the Se tup Menu System and is followed by a description of how to use it in T able 5-2 (Options of the Setup Menu System). SEIKO Precision FB-390 SETUP MENU SYSTEM Use the P ARK/LOAD key to point t he print head to the desired setting. Use the LF/FF k[...]

22 Options Description FONT Set the font for the printer to use in the absence of any font control instructions from your software. PITCH Set the pitch to deter mine the horizontal spacing of the printed characters. LINE SP ACING Set the vertical spacing of the pr inted characters. Y ou can set it to either 6 LPI (the default setting) or 8 LPI. FOR[...]

23 Restoring Factory Printer Settings Y ou can restore to the factory printer settings without having to work through the Setup Menu System to reset the menus. T o restore to the factory settings: 1. Make sure that the printer is ONLINE 2. Press and hold down the ONLINE and COPY keys on the control panel for 3 seconds. The LED’s of the POWER and [...]

24 Hex Dump Mode T urning power on while pressing the P ARK/LOAD key causes the printer to enter He x Dump mode. In this mode, if you execute the following program 10 LPRINT CHR$(27); “ 4 ” ； 20 LPRINT “ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ” 30 LPRINT CHR$(27); “ 5 ” ； 40 LPRINT “ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ” The results of the hex dump pr[...]

25 Appendix A Maintenance and Fault Finding Introduction Y our printer requires very little routine maintenance. In fact, the best maintenance for the printer is preventative. If you have follow ed the suggestions for locating it in an area free of excessive dust and heat it will give you a l ong and trouble-free performance. Periodic cleaning, rep[...]

26 Cleaning the platen Clean the platen with a soft cloth. Intervals and Materials for Cleaning Clean inside the printer in accordance with the following: Ribbon Cartridge The inked ribbon in the cartridge is a continuous loop and will print several million characters before needing r eplacement. When printed characte rs begin to appear feint, it i[...]

27 Printing is Smudged The ribbon is in front of the ribb on mask. Remove it and then insert it correctly . Adjust the gap adjust lever (move it downward). Poor Dot Positioning If poor dot positioning occurs, the horizontal dot alignment has to be performed by an authorized technician. Characters On The Screen Don’t Match The Printed Characters M[...]

28 Appendix B S pecifications General T ype 24-Pin Flatbed Dot Matrix Impact Printer Fonts 1 DP (Draft) 7 LQ (ROMAN, SANSERIF , COURIER, PRESTIGE, SCRIPT , OCRA, OCRB) Emulation Epson ESC/P2 Memory 256K bytes (*Input buffer: 132K bytes) Interface Parallel Interface: Centronics (IEEE 1284 NIBBLE mode Compatible) USB Interface ： USB 2.0 Full-S peed[...]

29 Mechanism MODE 10 CPI 12 CPI 15 CPI 300CPS 340 CPS 420 CPS Super High-S peed 80 DPI 80 DPI 80 DPI 250CPS 300 CPS 375 CPS DP 120 DPI 120 DPI 120 DPI 83 CPS 100 CPS 125CPS Print speed LQ 360 DPI 360 DPI 360 DPI Paper slew speed (Continuous feed): 5.0 IPS (inches per second) Paper feed S peed Line spacing: 1/6-inch or programmable i n 1/360-inch in[...]

30 Print mode specifications Print mode Multipart mode Dot S pacing (V×H inches) Max No. of Columns Character Str uc tu re (V×H) Printing Speed (cp s) Normal 83 Dark 1 66 Dark 2 53 10cpi Dark 3 1/180×1/360 1 10 24×18 26 Normal 100 Dark 1 80 Dark 2 64 12cpi Dark 3 1/180×1/360 132 24×18 32 Normal 125 Dark 1 100 Dark 2 80 LQ (Normal S peed) 15cp[...]

31 Graphic Print Specifications Graphic type Density Pins Horizont al dot pitch Multip art mode Print speed (inch/second) Normal 、 Dark 1 9.9 Dark 2 8 120dpi 24 1/240 inch Dark 3 3.9 Normal 、 Dark 1 6.6 Dark 2 5.3 180dpi 24 1/360 inch Dark 3 2.6 Normal 、 Dark 1 6.6 Dark 2 5.3 360dpi 24 1/360 inch Dark 3 2.6 Parallel Interface Signal level Inp[...]

32 USB Interface USB 2.0 Full-S peed. The following table provides the standardized contact termi nating assignments by number and electrical value for Series “A” and Series “B” connectors. Contact Number Signal Name Typical Wiring Assignment 1 VBUS Red 2 D- White 3 D+ Green 4 GND Black Shell Shield Wire Command Code Summary Ep son Emulatio[...]

33 Name Code (Symbol) Code (Hex.) Code (Dec.) Horizontal T ab HT 09 h 9 d Set Horizontal T ab Positions ESC D 1B h 44 h 27 d 68 d Set Character S pace ESC SP 1B h 20 h 27 d 32 d Set Absolute Horizontal T ab ESC $ 1B h 24 h 27 d 36 d Set Relative Dot Position ESC 1B h 5C h 27 d 92 d Define Unit ESC ( U 1B h 28 h 55 h 27 d 40 d 85 d Set Absolute V [...]

34 Name Code (Symbol) Code (Hex.) Code (Dec.) Enable Character Set 2 ESC 6 1B h 36 h 27 d 54 d Cancel command ESC 6 ESC 7 1B h 37 h 27 d 55 d Assign Character T able ESC ( t 1B h 28 h 74 h 27 d 40 d 11 6 d Dow nload Character Select/Deselect User-Defined Set ESC % n 1B h 25 h 27 d 37 d Define Downloaded Characters ESC & 1B h 26 h 27 d 38 d Copy[...]

35 Select Code Pages Format ESC ( t n1 n2 d1 d2 d3 (n1=3, n2=0, d1=0,1,2,3) Code No. d2 d3 (HEX) Name 437 1 0 U.S.A. 437GR 1 10 GRK 437 858 3 0 MUL TI 851GR 4 0 GRK 851 857 5 0 TURKEY 855 6 0 CYRILLIC 860 7 0 PORTUGAL 863 8 0 CANADA 865 9 0 NORW A Y 852 0A 0 EAST EUROPE 864 0D 0 ARAB NLS 866 0E 0 RUSSIAN 1253 0F 0 GRK 1253 861 18 0 ICELAND 1252 19 [...]

36 This printer complies with the regulation about the maximum noise level in the work place – 3. GPSGV , under which the highest noi se level has to be 70 dB (A) or less in accordance with ISO7779. Maschinenlärminformations-V erordnung - 3. GPSGV , der höchste Schalldruckpegel beträgt 70 dB(A) oder weniger gemäß ISO7779. This unit complies [...]

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