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Output Technology PS40T User Manual

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  • Page 1 Rev. 003...
  • Page 2 ® ®...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Serial Interface...26 Printing a Test Page... 28 Printer Setup... 31 Printing the Printer Setup Forms... 31 Filling in the Printer Setup Forms ... 34 Reading the Preprinted Forms... 34 Printer Setup Flow Chart ... 35 Setup Parameters... 36 Offset Adjustments... 48 Troubleshooting...

  • Page 5: Printer Presentation

    Easy paper handling The cut sheets are placed on the front table by the operator and the printer loads it without any other user intervention. The paper ejection towards the front or the rear of the printer allows an easy access to the printed document.
  • Page 6 Automatic document alignment feature The printer checks automatically the alignment of the top margin and the left margin of the document and adjusts it, if necessary. The printout is therefore performed correctly independently from the paper loading position. Storage of four complete configurations for instant recall Standard parallel and serial interface and automatic switch-over function.

  • Page 7: Unpacking The Printer

    Ribbon cartridge Power cable CD-ROM with the printer documentation and drivers. Always keep the packing material in a safe place as you must repack the printer into it, when Notify any damage to your supplier. you need to move it.

  • Page 8: Printer Parts

    Never remove any printer part unless it is expressly indicated in this manual. Operator Panel Printer Cover Paper Stand...

  • Page 9: Rear View

    Rear cover...

  • Page 10: Printer Installation

    Your printer must not be exposed to direct sunlight, extreme heat, cold, dust or humidity; You need an AC power outlet compatible with the plug of the printer’s power cord. The voltage of the outlet must match the voltage shown on the printer’s Name Plate;...

  • Page 11: Installing The Paper Stand

    1. Open the printer cover. 2. Match the hooks on the lower side of the paper stand with the clefts on the printer front part.
  • Page 13 3. Holding the paper stand oblique insert the hooks into the printer clefts. 4. Lower the paper stand to horizontal position making sure that the two holders on both sides are correctly inserted into the corresponding slots. Press the paper stand down until it clips into place.

  • Page 14: Installing The Power Cable

    1. Find the power cable connector and the rating plate on the rear side of the printer. Make sure that your power supply matches the power rating of the printer. In case the power rating does not correspond DO NOT CONNECT THE PRINTER TO THE 2.

  • Page 16: Installing The Ribbon Cartridge

    To install the ribbon cartridge, the printer must be powered on. 1. Remove the cartridge from its bag. Turn the tension knob in the direction of the arrow to tighten the ribbon. 2. Open the printer cover, the print head...
  • Page 17 Push the cartridge onto the print carriage until it clicks into place. 5. Turn the tension knob in the direction of the arrow to tighten the ribbon. 6. Close the printer cover.

  • Page 18: Paper Handling

    The print head determines the thickness of the documents and matches its position. The inserted documents must not have folds, tears, pins, clips, staples or any foreign material. If you insert damaged documents or paper with foreign material, you can seriously damage the printer. Clip...
  • Page 19 The documents having a width of at least 90 mm must be inserted on the left hand side over th e grooved area on the paper stand. The documents must cover the whole grooved area, otherwise the printer will not accept the paper.
  • Page 20 To load the documents having a width of less than 90 mm: make sure that in the program menu the MANUAL LOADING item is enabled. hold the paper against the left paper guide of the paper support while inserting it into the printer...

  • Page 21: Loading Fanfold Paper

    The fanfold paper is loaded form the rear of the printer. 1. Lower the two levers of the rear printer cover and unhook it from the printer. 2. Unhook the right tractor moving the tractor lever towards the outside of the printer.
  • Page 22 3. Open the two tractor covers. 4. Insert the perforation of the fanfold paper on the left paper tractor. Close the tractor door. Insert the paper on the right paper tractor and close the tractor door. The leading edge of the inserted paper should not exceed the tractors.
  • Page 23 Make sure, that the paper is not too taught, otherwise it may tear. 6. Hook the rear tractor cover into the corresponding slots (1) and push it against the printer until both rear tractor levers (2) firmly hook into the printer.

  • Page 24: The Operator Panel

    The operator panel is located on the front left side of the printer and is composed of function keys and leds with which you can easily check the printer status and select the functions as described below: Turns the printer on or off.
  • Page 25 If paper is loaded in the printer, pressing this key, the a single sheet is loaded in the printer, it is ejected; if the fanfold paper is loaded in the printer, it is parked if the printer is offline ON LINE there are no data to be printed.
  • Page 26 PROGRAM couple P1/P3 This key is active, when the printer is offline or when the printer is online and no print data are in the buffer. When pressed while powering the printer on, selects the offset adjustment page. See “...

  • Page 27: Leds

    Blinks, when receiving printing data from host. In case of a printer fault during the initialization of the LQ , P1 , P2 , P3 , P4 and ON LINE indicators blink continuously. Turn the printer off and on again. If the problem is not solved, Printer Setup indicator blinks.

  • Page 28: Software Driver Selection

    Included with the printer you received a CD-ROM containing the printer drivers for the Windows environment. This printer supports the Plug&Play facility in the Windows95/98 ® environment. If you want to install the printer in the Windows environment, insert the CD-ROM and follow the instructions.

  • Page 29: Connection To The Host

    This printer can be connected to the host by means of a parallel standard Centronics or bidirectional IEEE 1284 type interface or by means of the serial RS232C interface. Proceed as follows: Make sure that both the host and the printer are turned off.

  • Page 30: Setting The Interface Parameters

    The printer enters the Setup mode. 2. Insert a blank sheet of paper (A4 or Letter format). The printer loads the sheet and stops. The leds are lit.
  • Page 31 If more than one value is set for a parameter, the printer ignores these parameters and Do not fill in the marker beside the title of the preprinted form, otherwise the printer will not be 6. Once the serial interface parameters have been assigned, insert the sheet back into the printer.

  • Page 32: Configuration Setup

    It is now useful to test, if the printer has been correctly installed. For this purpose print the self test page as follows. 1. Press the key while powering the printer on and hold the key pressed until all leds turn ON LINE briefly on.

  • Page 33: Program Setup

    PROGRAM SETUP PROGRAM 1 PROTOCOL IBM XL24E FONT Draft HORIZONTAL PITCH 10 cpi VERTICAL PITCH 6 lpi LOCK no lock FORM LENGTH LEFT MARGIN RIGHT MARGIN TOP MARGIN BOTTOM MARGIN IBM C-SET IBM set 1 IBM COMPRESS 17.1 cpi EPSON C-SET graphic NATION C-SET CODE PAGE...

  • Page 35: Printer Setup

    The printer enters the Setup Mode. If you already have the preprinted forms for the printer setup, go to “ Filling in the Printer Setup Insert a blank sheet of paper (A4 or Letter format). The printer loads the sheet and stops. The leds are lit.

  • Page 36: On Line Key

    = lit = unlit The printer setup forms contain all printer parameters and the values that can be set. The current value is indicated by an asterisk (*). For a detailed description of the parameters and the settings see “Setup Parameters ” later in key: “Printing a Test Page...
  • Page 37 Each printer setup form is identified by a marker in the upper left corner of the page as follows: Configuration Setup Program 1 Program 2 If you press the key: The printing of the printer setup forms starts. The forms are printed according to the selection made with the key.

  • Page 38: Filling In The Printer Setup Forms

    If more than one value is set for a parameter, the printer ignores these parameters and Do not fill in the marker beside the title of the preprinted form, otherwise the printer will not be When the Printer Setup Forms have been filled in, insert them back into the printer. The printer is able to recognize the Setup Forms by means of the markers on these pages.

  • Page 39: Printer Setup Flow Chart

    S e l f T e s t PROGRAM Printer Powered-off PROGRAM ONLINE PROGRAM PROGRAM PROGRAM PROGRAM Normal Mode...

  • Page 40: Setup Parameters

    1 beep, continuous Description The selected values are not set to factory defaults. The values set in all printer setups are reset to factory default values. The values set in the configuration setup are reset to factory default values.

  • Page 41: Interface Type

    Description Selects the interface type. In case of ‘automatic’ the interface type is selected by the printer depending on data coming from host. When the auto+blink item is selected, the P1 and P2 leds blink to indicate which interface is selected: P1 blinks when the serial interface is selected, whereas P2 blinks when the parallel interface is selected.

  • Page 42: Skip Perforation

    Setup Parameter Values AUTO GAP OFFSET -0,075 mm, -0.050 mm, -0.025 mm, +0.000 mm, +0.025 mm, +0.050 mm, +0.075 mm, +0.100 GET EDGE QUOTE 0/2”, 1/2”, 2/2”, 3/2”, 4/2”, 5/2”, 6/2”, 7/2” SKIP disabled, enabled PERFORATION TEAR ADJUST -0,85 mm, -0,56 mm, - 0,28 mm, +0,00 mm, +,28 mm +0,56 mm, +0,85 mm...
  • Page 43 FORM LENGTH # lines, A4, letter, A5, legal PROGRAM 2 PROGRAM 4 Description Defines the printer protocol. Selects the font. Selects the character spacing in characters per inch (cpi). Selects the line spacing in lines per inch (lpi). The following selections made via operator panel may be locked: font, horizontal pitch ( hor.pitch ), or both the...

  • Page 44: Form Length

    Example: How to set the form length to 82 lines: FORM LENGTH # lines 100 x 10 x Setup Parameter Values Description LEFT MARGIN 10 x Example: How to set the Left Margin to 20. LEFT MARGIN 10 x numbers considering that the first line corresponds to the hundreds, the second line to the tens and the third line to the units.

  • Page 45: Right Margin

    Setup Parameter Values Description RIGHT MARGIN 100 x 10 x Example: How to set the Right Margin to 101. RIGHT MARGIN 100 x 10 x Setup Parameter Values TOP MARGIN 10 x Example: How to set the Top Margin to 15. TOP MARGIN Sets the right margin in number of columns.

  • Page 46: Bottom Margin

    10 x Setup Parameter Values BOTTOM MARGIN 10 x Example: How to set the bottom margin to 34 lines: BOTTOM MARGIN 10 x Setup Parameter Values IBM COMPRESS 17.1 cpi, 20 cpi IBM C-SET IBM set 1, IBM set 2 EPSON C-SET Italic, graphic NATION C-SET...
  • Page 47 LATIN A1...
  • Page 48 If the printer receives a CR code (CR), it only performs a carriage return. If the printer receives a LF code (LF) or a CR code (CR), it performs both a line feed and a carriage return.

  • Page 49: Park Mode

    Setup Parameter Values PRINT DIRECTION unidir., bidir., sw control EJECT ON FF no, yes CUT SHEET EJECT on front, on rear Selects whether the cut sheet loaded into the printer is ejected PARK MODE immediate manual imm. after tear without (no).
  • Page 50 2. The paper is moved to the tear-off position. 3. The P1, P2, P3 and P4 leds blink. 4. When the ON LINE key is pressed the printer parks the paper...

  • Page 51: Tear Mode

    Selects, whether the print gap is sensed for each inserted sheet ( auto ) or only for the first sheet after the printer power on ( fix ). The print gap is sensed separately for the cut sheet and the fanfold paper.

  • Page 52: Offset Adjustments

    For a precise adjustment of the position of the printed characters on a pre-printed form, this printer allows to easy adjust of the first line and the first printing column as follows: 1. Press the key while powering the printer on.
  • Page 53 OFFSET TUNING SETUP Vertical Position Offset (1/10 INCH) PROGRAM 1 ( )* PROGRAM 2 ( )* PROGRAM 3 ( )* PROGRAM 4 ( )* Vertical Offset Tuning (1/60 INCH) PROGRAM 1 PROGRAM 2 PROGRAM 3 PROGRAM 4 Horizontal Position Offset (1/10 INCH) PROGRAM 1 PROGRAM 2 PROGRAM 3...
  • Page 55 3 mm Horizontal Offset Tuning 3. Fill in the marker corresponding to the value you want to set and reinsert the sheet into the printer. The printer reads the selected values and sets them. 4. Turn the printer off. 1 mm VERT.

  • Page 56: Troubleshooting

    In case a paper jam condition occurs, proceed as follows: 1. Open the printer cover. 2. Pull the lever on the right inner side of the printer towards the printer front side to open the paper path and with the other hand hold the paper path cover.
  • Page 57 3. Remove the jammed paper. 4. If it is not possible to remove the jammed paper because you cannot reach it with your hand, or it is embedded so that you cannot move it, rotate the white cog-wheel beside the paper path lever to free the paper.
  • Page 58 5. To close the paper path, push the paper path cover down until it locks in position.

  • Page 59: Print Quality Problems

    The following table is useful for identifying and solve print quality problems. Problem Cause Fading print The ribbon is not fed The ribbon is used up or torn Paper The paper does not damaged after correspond to the printing specifications given in this manual or was not loaded according to the indications given...

  • Page 60: Hexadecimal Dump

    LOAD/PARK 2. The data sent to the printer are printed in three columns where the first column indicates the number of the line, the second shows the hexadecimal values corresponding to the transferred data and the third column shows the corresponding ASCII values.

  • Page 61: Paper Specifications

    Form opacity must be at least 75%. Forms with a lower opacity may cause feed errors. Never print on documents with metallic or hard plastic fasteners or staples, they may damage the printer. To get the maximum print contrast you should print on white or light colored paper. You may overstrike to improve the low contrasting paper.
  • Page 62 Print Area Dimensions Form width Form length Distance between dot position and left or right paper edge Distance between top of the first printed line and top margin of the document Insertion direction Maximum 240 mm (226 mm if thickness is higher than 0.2 711.2 mm Paper weight...

  • Page 63: Fanfold Paper

    Distance between the lower margin and the lower part of the last printed line Print Area 6.6 mm Dimensions Page width Page length Distance between the left or right vertical paper perforation and the leftmost or rightmost printing dot. Distance between the upper page margin and the upper margin of the...

  • Page 64: Technical Specifications

    Printing Speed 420/350 cps @ 12/10 cpi (Draft) 140/117 cps @ 12/10 cpi (LQ) Emulation IBM ® Personal Printer 2390+, Proprinter XL24E, Proprinter XL24AGM, Epson 570 Resident Fonts Draft, Courier, Gothic, Prestige, Presentor, Script, OCR-A, OCR-B, Boldface Character Set PC standard set (CS1-CS2) - 13 National Epson sets - CP437 (USA) - CP437G (Greek) - CP850(Multilanguage) –...
  • Page 65 11, Code 93, BCD, MSI, 2/5 Interleaved, 2/5 Matrix, 2/5 Industrial Interfaces Parallel IEEE 1284 bidirectional, Serial RS-232/C Automatic Interface Switching Memory 32 Kbytes buffer Special Functio ns Automatic Gap Adjustment (AGA) Auto Alignment Auto Border Recognition Bar Code Reading (in horizontal & vertical mode - option) Ribbon Life 4 million characters (black) Reliability...
  • Page 66 Power Supply Tension: 110V and 220V Frequency : 60 Hz and 50 Hz Power consumption: 120 W max. (printing), 10 W (standby) Environmental conditions Temperature: working 5/40 °C, stock -25/60 °C Humidity: working from 20 to 85% (r.h.), stock from 10% to 90% (r.h.) (without condensing) Standard EN 60950, IEC 950 Environment...

  • Page 67: Fcc Notes

    This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits 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 when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

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