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2-638-113-34 (1)
Color Video Printer
Instructions for Use
UP-55MD
© 2005 Sony Corporation

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  • Page 1 2-638-113-34 (1) Color Video Printer Instructions for Use UP-55MD © 2005 Sony Corporation...
  • Page 2 Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your manual, may cause harmful interference to radio Sony dealer regarding this product. communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in Model No.
  • Page 3 UP-55MD. Guidance and manufacturer’s declaration-electromagnetic emissions The UP-55MD is intended for use in the electromagnetic environment specified below. The customer or the user of the UP-55MD should assure that it is used in such an environment. Emission test Compliance...
  • Page 4 Guidance and manufacturer’s declaration - electromagnetic immunity The UP-55MD is intended for use in the electromagnetic environment specified below. The customer or the user of the UP- 55MD should assure that it is used in such as environment. IEC 60601 test...
  • Page 5 Guidance and manufacturer’s declaration - electromagnetic immunity The UP-55MD is intended for use in the electromagnetic environment specified below. The customer or the user of the UP- 55MD should assure that it is used in such as environment. IEC 60601 test...
  • Page 6 Recommended separation distances between portable and mobile RF communications equipment and the UP-55MD The UP-55MD is intended for use in an electromagnetic environment in which radiated RF disturbances are controlled. The customer or the user of the UP-55MD can help prevent electromagnetic interference by maintaining a minimum distance between portable and mobile RF communications equipment (Transmitters) and the UP-55MD as recommended below, according to the maximum output power of the communications equipment.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Adjustment Table of Contents Functions That Can be Set on Menus ....47 Menu Tree .............48 Basic Menu Operations ........49 Introduction Adjusting the Color and Picture Quality ...52 System Overview ........... 8 Compensating for the Input Signals ....52 Location and Function of Parts and Controls ..8 Matching the Video Monitor Color to the Printer Front Panel ............

  • Page 8: Introduction

    Location and Function of Parts and Controls For details, refer to the pages given in parentheses. System Overview The UP-55MD is a color video printer that quickly and Front Panel easily reproduces images from video equipment such as a VTR.

  • Page 9: Menu Button

    Be sure not to insert a USB flash memory Also, these keys are used to position the cursor manufactured by other manufactures other than (green pointer) on the regular screen when Sony Corporation. capturing multiple reduced images. P x STOP button (23) H CLEAR button (41, 42) Press this button to stop continuous printing.

  • Page 10: Rear Panel

    Used to connect a computer to control the printer. Used to connect to the equipotential plug to bring For details, contact your nearest Sony dealer. the various parts of a system to the same potential. Refer to “Important safeguards/notices for use in E Dip switches the medical environments”...
  • Page 11 For detailed information on the menu screen, see “Menu A Type of printout Tree” on page 48. Indicates the type of printout. Two reduced Full-size image images Four reduced Eight reduced images images When SEPARATE (image with white borders) A C (caption)/F (file name) display section is set to ON on the LAYOUT SETUP menu, C is displayed when the printer is set to print a the borders are displayed on the screen.

  • Page 12: Preparation

    Preparation Connections To enable printing, video equipment to act as an input signal source, and a video monitor to display images or menus must be connected. Supplied Accessories The following diagrams illustrate how to make the input, output and remote control connections. Use this as a The printer is packed together with the following guide when connecting the cables required to transmit accessories.

  • Page 13: Connecting The Video Monitor

    monitor which will be used in actual printing, using the following diagram as a guide. 75-ohm to wall outlet termination switch to wall outlet AC power cord AC power cord (not supplied) (not supplied) to AC IN to AC IN Dip switch Dip switch to VIDEO...

  • Page 14: Making Connections To Enable Remote Control

    Making Connections to Enable Before Printing Remote Control Before printing, but after mounting the paper tray on the The printer can be controlled remotely by connecting an printer and making the necessary connections (see RM-5500 Remote Control Unit (not supplied), an RM- “Connections”...
  • Page 15 Open the front door by pulling the front door Detach the spent ink ribbon from the ink ribbon toward you. holder. Pushing the ink ribbon spool that takes up the ink ribbon in the direction of the arrow, remove the spool from the side with the gray gear.
  • Page 16 2 Place the ink ribbon with the white gear as If the ribbon is left slack, it may be damaged illustrated. when the ink ribbon cartridge is inserted into the printer. 1 Press the white gear of the ink ribbon. Turn the gears in the direction of Match the color of the the arrows until any slack is...

  • Page 17: Inserting The Paper Tray/Loading Paper

    Close the front door. Inserting the Paper Tray/Loading Paper To load paper in the paper tray and insert the paper tray into the printer, follow the procedure below. Be careful not to touch the printing surface of the paper. When you use the printer for the first time, start the operation to insert the paper tray from step 2.
  • Page 18 protection sheets before placing the paper in Slide the paper tray back into the printer until it the paper tray. clicks into place. Riffle the paper with the protection sheet. Note If you cannot insert the paper tray completely, check whether any paper is left inside the printer. If you find a left sheet, slowly pull it straight out.

  • Page 19: Selecting The Input Signal

    Select the desired input signal by pressing the G or Selecting the Input Signal g button. Before printing, select the appropriate input signal (the input connector to which the signal to be printed is being Highlight the desired input signal in green by pressing the G or g button.

  • Page 20: Setting Date And Time

    The factory-installed battery is for monitoring. Highlight the desired input signal in green If date and time display lags, the battery may be drained. by pressing the G or g button. Please contact your Sony service facility or your Sony dealer. 2, 4 2, 7...
  • Page 21 CLOCK ADJUST menu appears. Highlight START by pressing the f button. Switch START to green. Set the year, month, day, hour, minute and second respectively. Press the EXEC button. To set year The internal clock starts. 1 Press the f button. Press the MENU button.

  • Page 22: Operation

    Start the video source to display the source image Operation on the video monitor. This operation is done using the controls of the video equipment acting as the source. Making Full-Size Image Printouts This section explains how to make a full-size image printout.
  • Page 23 The printing time depends on the print speed Note settings. Usually, it is recommended that you make printouts in FRAME mode. On the video monitor, Q display blinks in the color which You can confirm the memory mode setting on the is being printed.

  • Page 24: Making Printouts With The Desired User Set Number

    If the printer does not print • Do not allow alcohol or other volatile organic solvents While an error message is displayed on the video to come into contact with the printouts. monitor screen and printer window display. Proceed as described in “Error/Warning Messages” on Making Printouts with the Desired page 67.
  • Page 25 Select desired user set number by pressing the Press the MENU button, and display the PRINTER LOAD USER button, or G or g button. SETUP menu by pressing the F, f, G or g button. Each time you press the LOAD USER button, the user set number changes.

  • Page 26: Making Multiple Copies Of Identical Printouts

    Press the CAPTURE button at the instant the image copies appears for a few seconds, after which it you want to print appears on the screen. disappears. The image is captured into memory according to the user set selected in step 3. Press the PRINT button.
  • Page 27 Select PRINT QTY by pressing the F or f button. printout quantity is reset to 5. If you want to print only the remaining copies, set the printout quantity to 2 after loading the paper. (See “Inserting the Paper Tray/ Highlight PRINT QTY in green by pressing the F Loading Paper”...

  • Page 28: Capturing Another Image While Printing

    Press the PRINT button. Capturing Another Image While The image captured in step 2 is queued. The image Printing is printed as soon as all previous printing jobs have been completed. While the printer is printing, you can queue printing jobs by capturing another image into another memory page to be printed once the printer becomes free.

  • Page 29: Making Variations Of Printouts

    Frame mode: An image is captured in a memory area. Making Variations of Printouts with high resolution can be obtained. Printouts Video monitor You can capture various kinds of images in memory and make variations of printouts using the images captured in memory.

  • Page 30: Selecting A Memory Page

    Selecting the memory mode Select the desired memory mode by pressing the G or g button. Highlight the desired memory mode in green by 1, 4 1, 3 pressing the G or g button. Mode Contents FRAME We recommend that, whenever possible, you print in this mode.

  • Page 31: Making A Printout Of Multiple Different Reduced Images

    Selecting a memory page Making a Printout of Multiple Different MEMORY PAGE button Reduced Images You can capture multiple images in a memory page and make a printout with those reduced images. This section explains how to make a printout with multiple reduced images.
  • Page 32 Press the MULTI PICTURE button. Select MULTI PIX by pressing the F or f button. The following screen appears. Highlight MULTI PIX in green by pressing the F or f button. The currently selected type of reduced images to be captured in memory is lit in green.

  • Page 33: Selecting The Image Which

    Deciding which image is displayed on the Select AUTO LIVE by pressing the F or f button. video monitor screen after capturing an Highlight AUTO LIVE in green by pressing the F or f image button. You can switch image displayed on the video monitor screen after capturing an image, a memory image or a source image.
  • Page 34 Making a printout with multiple reduced In the mode where white borders are to be attached around the images, the white borders images appears on the screen. This subsection explains how to make printouts of The memory multiple reduced images taking, as an example, the page in which the four reduced making of a printout of four reduced images.

  • Page 35: Selecting Whether Or Not

    When the image captured in memory is kept being Whether white borders are attached depends on the displayed, go to step 3. setting of SEPARATE in the LAYOUT SETUP When the source image is displayed, go to step 4. menu. (See page 35.) If the printout is blurred Press the SOURCE/MEMORY button.

  • Page 36: Making Printouts With Date Or A Caption

    Select whether the images are printed with or Making Printouts With without white borders by pressing the G or g button. Date or a Caption Switch the desired setting to green by pressing the G or g button. Making Printouts With a Caption A caption, such as comments, can be added to a printout below the image.

  • Page 37: Entering A Caption

    Symbols and words can be used to enter a Select CAPTION by pressing the F or f button. caption Highlight CAPTION in green by pressing the F or f button. Display in the Function CAPTION menu Inserts one character without erasing the highlighted character.
  • Page 38 Example: Move the cursor to the left by two. For example, when the cursor is positioned at N, pressing the g button results in the cursor moving to O at the left end on the next line. 1 Highlight the G The cursor is currently button in green.
  • Page 39 The cursor moves back by one and the To add characters midway character entered in step 5 is highlighted in 1 Position the cursor at the position where a green. character is to be added by performing the 2 Select DEL by pressing the F, f, G or g button. operations explained in step 4.

  • Page 40: Making Printouts With A Date

    1 Select ON by pressing the F, f, G or g button. Select DATE PRINT by pressing the F or f button. Highlight DATE PRINT in green by pressing the button. Highlight ON by pressing the F, f, G or g button. ON blinks in green.

  • Page 41: Deleting Images Stored In Memory

    Deleting Images Stored When you want to Settings Delete images of all memory pages. in Memory Delete images of a single memory PAGE page. You can delete images captured to memory pages, from Delete the reduced image. PART either all of the memory pages or a single memory page, Deactivate the CLEAR button.
  • Page 42 Deleting images in a certain memory Select the memory page from which the reduced image is to be deleted by pressing the MEMORY page PAGE button. Before deleting images Select the reduced image that you want to deleteby Set CLEAR to PAGE in the FUNCTION SETUP menu. pressing the F, f, G or g button.

  • Page 43: Erasing The Screen Display On The Video Monitor

    Each time you press the DISPLAY button, the Erasing the Screen setting changes in the following sequence: ON t OFF t ON..Display on the Video Monitor You can erase characters displayed on the video monitor (Q1, A and so on) when, for example, it is hard to see the image that is hidden behind the screen display.

  • Page 44: Storing Image Data On A Usb Flash Memory Device

    Note Device Be sure not to use a USB flash memory device other than a USB flash memory device manufactured by Sony When a USB flash memory device is inserted into the Corporation. USB host port on the front of the printer, on-screen...

  • Page 45: Selecting The Printer Operation When The Usb Flash Memory Device Becomes Full

    Press the MENU button. Folder in which image data is stored Image data is stored in the following folder in the printer. \\SONY\PRINTER\IMAGES Notes on using the USB host port • The USB host port supports the USB mass storage class.

  • Page 46: Making Printouts With File Names

    • The printer can write image data in the USB flash memory. But the printer is not allowed to load or to When you want to Setting delete data from the USB flash memory device. Make printouts without file names. Make printouts with file names Making Printouts with File Names Press the MENU button.

  • Page 47: Adjustment

    Menu Functions to be set Reference Adjustment pages FUNCTION Selecting the image which SETUP appears after storing the image into memory, the source image or the Functions That Can be memory image Assigning the function to Set on Menus remote control units connected to the REMOTE 2 connector You can set up the printer to meet various specifications.

  • Page 48: Menu Tree

    Menu Tree Normal screen COLOR ADJUST menu WINDOW SETUP menu Press the MENU button. LAYOUT SETUP menu CAPTION menu For reference pages of each menu, see the table on “Functions That Can be Set on Menus” on page 47. CLOCK ADJUST menu PRINTER SETUP menu SYSTEM SETUP menu USER NAME menu...

  • Page 49: Basic Menu Operations

    When the cursor (that is highlighted in Basic Menu Operations green) is not positioned on the top line: Move the cursor to the top line by pressing the F or f button. In this section, in addition to the video monitor display, the printer window display is also introduced.
  • Page 50 Select the desired item by pressing the F or f Example: To select HIGH of the PRN SPEED button. item on the PRINTER SETUP menu Example: To select PRN SPEED on the Highlight HIGH in to green by pressing the G or g button.
  • Page 51 To change the setting values: The SYSTEM SETUP menu appears. Press the G or g button to decrease or increase the setting values. Highlight SYSTEM in green by pressing the F or f button, then press the g button. The current setting value Press the F or f button until SYSTEM appears, then press the g button.

  • Page 52: Adjusting The Color And Picture Quality

    of an NTSC and PAL composite video signal or a separated luminance (Y) and chrominance (C) signal. Adjusting the Color and b) On a setting of step –14, OFF appears and the image, displayed on the video monitor, becomes black and white. Picture Quality c) When a component (RGB or YCbCr signal) signal is input, you cannot adjust OFFSET below 0.

  • Page 53: Adjusting The Printout Color

    Adjustment on the video monitor The monitor color may not be adjusted correctly even if Menu When you Button to Adjustment the printer color is correctly adjusted. Check the color of adjustment want to direction on the video monitor before adjusting the printout color. In item pressed the menu...
  • Page 54 Also, you can make a printout using temporarily set Adjust the printout color. values, without clearing the stored adjustment values. Perform the adjustments while viewing the images Items to be used for adjusting the captured in memory. color intensity Display the COLOR ADJUST menu. COLOR ADJUST menu Items to be used for adjusting the contrast Select the LOAD COLOR number of the values to...
  • Page 55 TEMP disappears from the menu. Menu When you Button to Adjustment To continue settings for another LOAD COLOR Adjustment want to direction on item pressed the menu number: Repeat steps 2 to 5. To finish the setting: Press the MENU button. g button MAG-GRN Make the...

  • Page 56: When A Black Frame Or Lines Show Up On The Printouts

    Adjusting the tone of the printout Perform adjustments according to the printout obtained by using the V START, V WIDTH, H You can adjust the tone so that the details in the white or START and H WIDTH items. black part are clearly printed. Item to be used for eliminating the vertical Display the PRINTER SETUP menu.

  • Page 57: Fitting The Printout To The Paper

    To eliminate a horizontal black line produced at Select RESIZE TO FIT. the bottom: Adjust the bottom position of the image to be printed using the V WIDTH item. When a vertical black line is produced on the printout To eliminate a vertical black line produced on the left side: Adjust the left position of the image to be printed using the H START item.
  • Page 58 The highlighted area on the COLOR BALANCE Decide the position of the source image to be used menu will be printed to be used for adjusting the for adjusting the color balance. color balance. To decide the position of the source image, move the highlighted area by pressing the F, f, G or g You can move this area to any place on the video monitor.
  • Page 59 Example of the actual color change in the test print In this case, you can perform either fine adjustment or a rough adjustment by changing the value of BAL STEP. Yellow To perform fine adjustment Yellowish Orangish greenish To perform color balance adjustment within the current color balance range, reduce the value of BAL STEP.

  • Page 60: Making Various Settings

    To perform rough adjustment Making Various Settings To perform color balance adjustment beyond the current color balance range, increase the value of BAL STEP. Assigning Functions to the Remote If you change BAL STEP from 05 to 10, the color balances of the test print are changed as illustrated.
  • Page 61 Function to be Operation Function to be Operation selected selected CYCLIC-C Captures images to memory PRINT & PAGE Starts to print when you press the (CYCLIC CAPTURE) pages where there are no queued switch if the image has been images. It does this cyclically captured in the memory, and at whenever you press the switch.

  • Page 62: Adjusting The Brightness Of The Printer Window Display

    Setting the Baud Rate When controlling the printer with a computer connected to the printer’s RS-232C connector, select the appropriate baud rate. For details, contact your nearest Sony dealer. Registering a User Set Display the SYSTEM SETUP menu from the PRINTER SETUP menu.
  • Page 63 menu, and store those settings as a user set. The printer To make another user set retains these setting - even if you turn off the power. Perform all required settings and adjustments using the Thus, different operators can make printouts with menus, then register them with another user set number.

  • Page 64: Miscellaneous

    • If the unit malfunctions or if a foreign body falls into the cabinet, disconnect the AC power cord immediately and consult your Sony service facility or Cleaning your Sony dealer. Note...

  • Page 65: Ink Ribbon And Paper

    Ink Ribbon and Paper Specifications Power requirements Do not re-use 100 to 120 V AC, 50/60 Hz Doing so may result in malfunction and (for 100 to 120 V AC users) negatively affect printing results. 220 to 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz (for 220 to 240 V AC users) Both paper and an ink ribbon are necessary for printing.
  • Page 66 Output connectors Mode of operation: RGB/Component (BNC × 3): Continuous 0.7 Vp-p Using the automatic printing capabilities SYNC ON G: ON/OFF (REMOTE 2) SYNC (BNC × 1) If you send remote control pulse signals as illustrated 1.0±0.2, sync negative through the REMOTE 2 connector, the printer can be S VIDEO (4-pin mini-DIN ×...

  • Page 67: Error/Warning Messages

    • The ink ribbon has torn. tRepair the torn ink ribbon. (See page 17.) tWhen this message appears even though the ink ribbon is not torn, contact your Sony service facility or your Sony dealer to clear the error status. CHECK PAPER:LOAD nn CHECK PAPER nn Paper has jammed inside the printer.

  • Page 68: Warning Messages

    READ ERROR the message appears again, contact your Sony service Write error in the Memory Stick MEMORY STICK facility or your Sony dealer to clear the error status. WRITE ERROR USB MEMORY IS FULL USB MEMORY FULL The USB flash memory is full.

  • Page 69: Troubleshooting

    Sony dealer or local authorized Sony service facility. paper again. (See page 17.) A black line appears Any portion for which there is no signal...

  • Page 70: If The Paper Jams

    Load the paper into the paper tray correctly. If the Paper Jams If paper jamming has occurred after the PRINT button has been pressed, the message “SAVING IMAGES...” appears and all of the images captured in the printer and all of the menu settings are stored. When this message disappears, remove the jammed paper as follows.
  • Page 71 When you turn on the power for first time after you have Do not try to remove it forcibly. Contact your turned off the power with the message “SAVING nearest Sony dealer. IMAGES” displayed, proceed as follows. Press the POWER switch.

  • Page 72: Storing Or Loading Image

    The following message appears. Note RESTORE MEMORY IMAGES? YES/NO In this case, image data and menu settings stored in the “Memory Stick” are overwritten. This message appears when you turn on the power for the first time after you have turned off the power Loading all of the image data and menu with the message “SAVING IMAGES”...

  • Page 73: Index

    Error messages 67 LAYOUT SETUP menu 20, 30, Index menu tree 48 OUTPUT SETUP menu 13, 53, Full-size image printout making 22 PRINTER SETUP menu 25, 26, Accessories setting 31 33, 56 ink ribbon holder 12 FUNCTION SETUP menu 33, 41, 60 sub menus 51 paper tray 12 SYSTEM SETUP menu 52, 62,...
  • Page 74 making printouts with a caption when becoming full 45 User set making printouts with a date 40 recalling 24, 63 making printouts with file names registering 62 making printouts with the desired user set number 24 Warning messages 68 selecting the printout type 31 WINDOW SETUP menu 56 Printing pack adjusting the color balance 57...
  • Page 75 Sony Corporation...

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