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Oki Microline 320 User Manual

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  • Page 1 MICROLINE 320/390FB User Manual (English) MICROLINE 320/390FB User Manual (English)

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    English Table of Contents Note to Customers ........E-2 Important Safety Instructions ....E-3 Important Wiring Instructions ....E-4 Installing Your Printer ......E-5 Preliminaries ..........E-6 Connecting to the Computer ....E-9 Installing the Ribbon Cartridge ....E-10 Loading Paper .......... E-12 Loading Continuous Paper ......

  • Page 3: Note To Customers

    Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is complete, accurate and up-to-date. Oki assumes no responsibility for errors beyond its control. Oki also can not guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this book will not affect the applicability of the information in this manual.

  • Page 4: Important Safety Instructions

    Important Safety Instructions Your printer has been carefully designed to perform safely and reliably. However, as with all electrical equipment certain precautions should be allowed: Read all documentation supplied with and on the printer before commencing. Always disconnect the printer from the mains source before cleaning.

  • Page 5: Important Wiring Instructions

    Important Wiring Instructions The wires in the mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following code: Green and Yellow Earth Blue Neutral Brown Live If the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this printer do not correspond with the markings of the terminals of your plug, proceed as follows: Green and Yellow must be connected to the terminal marked with the letter E (or the safety...

  • Page 6: Installing Your Printer

    Note: You can purchase an interface cable and paper for the MICROLINE 320/390 FLATBED from your dealer. Sheet stacker Ribbon cartridge...

  • Page 7: Preliminaries

    Preliminaries Before plugging in the printer, follow these steps to install your printer. 1. Hold both sides of the access cover and lift up. There is a shipping retainer to protect the printhead from jamming. Remove this shipping retainer and keep it with the other packing materials.
  • Page 8 2. Next install the sheet stacker. Put the stud of one of the stacker’s legs into the hole at the end of the rear vent. Gently press the other leg until it slips into the other hole. 3. Make sure the power switch is OFF. Plug the power cord into the back of the printer.
  • Page 9 5. Turn the power switch off. Important: Make sure the socket is earthed. Do not use an adapter because it will defeat the earthing. E – 8...

  • Page 10: Connecting To The Computer

    Connecting to the Computer These instructions are for the standard centronics parallel interface. 1. Make sure that both the printer and the computer are switched OFF. Wire clips Parallel interface cable Parallel interface connector 2. Plug the interface cable into the port on the back of your printer.

  • Page 11: Installing The Ribbon Cartridge

    Installing the Ribbon Cartridge 1. Set the headgap lever to the “R” position. 2. Open the access cover. 3. Slide the print head gently towards the centre to give yourself some working room. There is a cut-out at the centre of the sheet guide for changing cartridges.
  • Page 12 5. Insert the flat end of the cartridge into the upper part of the ribbon plate, then lower the front of the cartridge over the printhead until it snaps into place. Ribbon plate Blue take-up knob 6. Turn the take-up knob in the direction of the arrow icon to tighten the ribbon.

  • Page 13: Loading Paper

    Important: Do not peel off the plastic film (ribbon mask) on the top of the cartridge. Do not stack the ribbon cartridge sideways, it will cause poor quality printing. Loading Paper Loading Continuous Paper 1. Check that the POWER lamp is turned on. 2.
  • Page 14 3. Push the paper lever to the continuous paper position. Paper lever 4. Adjust the headgap lever on the left side of the printer according to your paper thickness. Headgap lever At its lowest (position 1), the lever sets a thickness for one sheet of paper.
  • Page 15 Note: In the positions above 5, the printer slows down to maintain print quality with thicker multipart forms. Note: “R” position indicates ribbon cartridge replacement position. 5. Hold both sides of the paper table and lift up gently. Paper table 6.
  • Page 16 7. Open both of the pin-tractors covers. Pin tractor covers 8. Lay down the continuous paper with printing face upwards on to the pin-tractors. Adjust the paper so that the first two pins of both pin tractors poke through the two sprocket holes of the paper.
  • Page 17 Note: The arrow icon ( ) on the scale and also the centre of the diamond shaped hole indicate the centre of the first printed character. Scale Lock lever Diamond hole Pin tractor 10. Slide the right pin-tractor to tighten the paper. Press the right lock lever down.
  • Page 18 11. Close the table. The extension guide is not necessary when using continuous paper. Push it clockwise so that it folds under the sheet stacker. Extension guide Sheet stacker 12. When you close the table, the ALARM lamp comes on, do not worry, it is just telling you that there is no paper loaded.

  • Page 19: Loading Cut Sheet Paper

    Loading Cut Sheet paper 1. Check that the power is on. 2. Check that the SEL lamp is off (printer off-line). If it is on push the SEL button to turn it off. 3. Pull the paper lever to the forwards position, (cut sheet paper position).
  • Page 20 Note: Unless you alter the standard margin setting using the MENU MODE, the paper guide must be placed correctly against the arrow icon: too big a left margin may cause printing on the platen and not the paper, resulting in a loss of data. 6.

  • Page 21: Setting The Top Of Form

    Setting the Top of Form Your printer can adjust the top of form (the first line of the printing surface) by increments of inch. This allows you to set a desired top of form very precisely. 1. To advance the paper, keep pressing the TOF/ QUIET button and press the FORM FEED button.

  • Page 22: Positioning Of The Printer

    3. Release the two buttons at the desired top of form position. Press the TOF/QUIET button again to fix the setting. It remains in the printer’s memory and will not change until the printer is reset. Note 1: The reverse process is limited in order to avoid paper jams.

  • Page 23: Running A Self Test

    2. Also, keep the printer 60 cm or more from the wall in order to store paper. These storage requirements are necessary to avoid jammmg. 60cm or more Wall Floor Running a Self Test Now that you have installed the ribbon and paper, you are ready to run one of two types of self test.

  • Page 24: Printing Demo Patterns

    Printing Demo Patterns 1. First load the printer with the correct paper. 2. Switch off the power to the printer. 3. Choose the demo pattern you want to produce and associated button, from the following table. 4. Keep pressing the button and turn on the power. The self test will start almost immediately.

  • Page 25: Changing Menu Settings

    Changing Menu Settings To change the menu settings follow these steps: 1. Make sure that the printer is on line. 2. Press the MODE/Exit button to put the printer in Menu Mode. 3. Press the TOF/QUIET/Print button to print a list of menu settings.
  • Page 26 If you want to return the printer to the factory default settings, turn the power on while holding down the MODE/Exit and SEL buttons, all menu settings will then return to the factory default. An example of a menu printout: ML390FB ML320FB E –...

  • Page 27: Specifications

    Specifications Print method Impact dot matrix Printhead 24 pin (ML390FB) 9 pin (ML320FB) Print speed Utility 270 cps at 12 cpi (ML390FB) 250 cps at 12 cpi (ML320FB) Letter quality 90 cps at 12 cpi (ML390FB) 62.5 cps at 12 cpi (ML320FB) Characters per line at 10 cpi...
  • Page 28 Electrical characteristics Voltage 230V AC(+6%-14%). 240V AC(±10%). Frequency 50/60Hz ±2%. Data interface Centronics parallel standard. RS232C serial optional. Dimensions Depth 343mm. Width 465mm. Height 200mm. Weight 12kg. Continuous paper Width 76.2mm to 304.8mm. Length 76.2mm to 355.6mm. Single part Weight 12 to 34lb.
  • Page 29 Cut sheets Width 90mm to 304.8mm. Length 70mm to 420mm. Single part Weight 12 to 41lb. Thickness 0.051mm to 0.196mm. Multipart* Weight Paper: 10 to 12lb. Carbon: 9lb. Number of copies Original plus 4 copies. Thickness 0.36mm max. * Note: All parts must be glued at the top. Envelopes (individual) Weight 24lb.

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