Caring For Your Printer; Cleaning The Print Head (Tph); Cleaning The Roller; Cleaning The Media Compartment - Meteor COMPACT SERIES User Manual

13. Caring for your Printer

Before maintenance be sure to turn off the printer power.

13.1 Cleaning the print head (TPH)

Turn off the printer, open the cover, print head module and
remove the ribbon. Rub the print head with a piece of cotton,
which has been moistened with alcohol. Check for any traces
of black coloring or adhesive on the cotton after cleaning.
Repeat if necessary until the cotton is clean after it is passed
over the head
.
Note:
The print head should be cleaned at least every time the
ribbon is replaced and more often depending on actual
usage and conditions.

13.2 Cleaning the roller

Using cotton moistened with alcohol, clean the roll and rip off
the attached glue.
Note:
The roller should be cleaned whenever it has been in
contact with foreign materials such as dust or adhesives.

13.3 Cleaning the media compartment

Clean the media compartment with cotton, which has been
moistened with a mild detergent. Every time a media roll is
printed this compartment should be cleaned to reduce the
incidence dust.
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14. Reference Technical Information

14.1 General Specifications

Specifications Compact-400
Printing method Direct thermal & Thermal Transfer
Printing
resolution 203 dpi (8 dots/mm)
Printing speed 2 ~ 6 ips
(51~150 mm/s)
Printing length 0.4" ~ 43"
(10 mm ~ 1092 mm)
Printing width Max 4" (101.6 mm)
Memory 2MB DRAM
1MB Flash ROM
CPU type 32 bit RISC
microprocessor
Media sensor Reflective (Movable)
Display LED indicators x 3
Operation
interface Button x 3
Communication Centronics parallel
interface RS-232 serial
Fonts Int'l character sets standard
5 alpha-numeric fonts from .049"~ .23"H
(1.25mm~6.0mm)
All fonts are expandable up to 24x 24
4 direction 0º~270º rotation
Soft fonts are downloadable
2D Barcodes Maxicode, PDF-417, Data Matrix
Graphic PCX bit map, GDI graphics
Software PPLA / PPLB Language
Windows Driver (Win 98/2000/NT/XP)
Label editing software
Compact-600
300 dpi (12 dots/mm)
2 ~ 4 ips
(51~ 102 mm/s)
0.4" ~ 14"
(10 mm ~ 355.6 mm)
Max 4" (101.6 mm)
2MB DRAM
1MB Flash ROM
32 bit RISC
microprocessor
Reflective (Movable)
LED indicators x 3
Button x 3
Centronics parallel
RS-232 serial
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