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ACCEL-7450 User's Manual Declare * EPSON is a registered trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation. * ESC/P-K2 is a registered trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation. * OKI is a registered trademark of Oki Data Corporation. * OKI 5530SC is a registered trademark of Oki Data Corporation.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual Important 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. If the printer has been used just now, please not touch the print head for overheating.
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FCC NOTE: 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 in a residential installation.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual Table of Contents Declare................................i Important Safety Instructions ........................ii Chapter 1 Function Chracteristic ......................1 Chapter 2 Preparation ..........................2 2.1 Unpacking & Checking ........................2 2.2 Dismantling Protective Materials ......................2 2.3 Parts Identification..........................2 2.4 Installing the Printer ..........................3 2.5 Installing the Ribbon Cartridge ......................3 2.6 Installing and Dismantling the Right and Left Holders .................5...
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ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 4.2 Setting up the Tractor Mode ......................30 Chapter 5 Menu Function Description ....................32 5.1 Emulation ............................32 5.2 Print Mode............................32 5.3 Font Select ............................32 5.4 Compress Printing..........................33 5.5 Characters Pitch..........................33 5.6 Chinese Pitch ............................ 33 5.7 Line Feed Pitch ..........................
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ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 7.2 Interface Specification ........................47 7.2.1 Parallel Interface......................... 47 7.2.2 USB Interface ..........................48 7.2.3 Ethernet Interface ........................49 7.2.4 Serial Interface ........................... 49 7.3 Printable Area............................ 52 7.4 Cautions of Printing........................... 53 Appendix A Self-test and Adjustment ..................... 54 A.1 Self-test Function..........................
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual Chapter 1 Function Chracteristic Flatbed Paper-feed Mechanism Paper type and paper thickness are selectable: It can print with cut sheet and tractor paper (1~7 copies) of different thicknesses. Paper feed way is adjustable: Manual feeding way can be chose when using cut sheet to print;...
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual Chapter 2 Preparation 2.1 Unpacking & Checking Check each item against the following packing list, if any of these items are missing, please contact your dealer. Printer Ribbon cartridge JMR106 L & R front table holder Front table...
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual Tractor connector Parallel interface / Serial interface (9-pin) USB interface Ethernet interface Tractor Power supply inlet Figure 2-3 Main parts of printer (rear view) ★ According to specific interface standards Note: This product supports the configuration way of parallel interface + serial interface 2.4 Installing the Printer...
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ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 3. Turn the ribbon knob in the direction of the arrow to remove any slack from the ribbon so it is easier to install. (As shown below) Carriage handle Ribbon knob Ribbon cartridge (JMR106) Ribbon nip Ribbon core Figure 2-5 Ribbon cartridge 4.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual Ribbon cartridge Figure 2-8 Install the ribbon cartridge Note: 1. When your print becomes faint, you need to replace the ribbon cartridge. Otherwise, the print quality will be affected and the print head may be damage. 2. To remove the old ribbon cartridge, first make sure the power is turned off, move the print head to the left of the printer.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual Right front table holder Draw knob Figure 2-10 Dismantle the right front table holder Note: Please operate refer to the sketch map of Dismantle the holder when you are dismantling the holders: Firstly, pull the draw knob upwards then press the holder downwards, the holder will be dismantled.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual Figure 2-12 Start to install tractor 1. Insert the connect cable of the tractor into the connector on the printer. 2. Aim the install grooves on both sides of the tractor at the positioning shaft on right and left wallboards of the printer, then push them into place and low them backwards.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 2.9.2 Connecting to the USB Interface 1. Plug the USB cable A end (flat shape) into the computer's USB interface. As shown in Figure 2-13. 2. Plug the USB cable B end (square shape) into the printer's USB interface.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual Serial cable Screw Serial interface Figure 2-18 Connect to the serial interface (25 -pin) 2.10 Connecting to the Power Source 1. As shown in Figure 2-19. Make sure the printer is turned off. (The pressed down side of the power switch with “O”...
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ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 2.11.2 Hand-operated install way The installing steps for Windows 2000/XP/Vista are as follows 1. Click "Start" → "Settings", select "Printers". 2. Click "Add Printer", then it will show a window of "Add Printer Wizard", click "Next", then please read the select direct carefully, Such as, select "Local printer”...
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ACCEL-7450 User's Manual window, then click "Next". 3. Come out a window of "Click the manufacturer and model of your printer", click "Have Disk...", please click "Browse", select the path as follow: CD-ROM-"Driver"-"WIN98 (WINME)", where you can find a file named: 7450.inf, click "Open", then click "OK".
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 2.12 Network Settings Caution: The network printing function needs the operation system of Windows2000 or above. 2.12.1 Connecting Printer Power on the printer, connect with the Ethernet cable which has been connected to LAN, and look into the information of Ethernet LED indicator to ensure the printer has entered into the normal connection.
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ACCEL-7450 User's Manual If the printer still can not be found out when the network connection is correct and in the same network, Please check whether the network fire wall on the PC open or not. If there is a fire wall, please close it temporarily, open it again after finishing searching and setting a printer completely.
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ACCEL-7450 User's Manual It is suggested that printer’s IP set to static in actual usage, which can cut down the time when initializing the Ethernet interface as the printer is turned on and prevent IP conflicts (The dynamic address used in printer may conflict with another one). The network segment part of the IP address and Subnet Mask must be the same as those of PC connecting with a printer.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 2.12.3 Installing Printer Network Driver The ways of installing network driver are divided into Newly-install way and Upgrade-install way according to whether the PC installs the printer driver or not. If the printer driver hasn’t been installed on the PC, adopt newly-install way whose steps are shown in “Newly-install printer network driver”.
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ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 7) Come out a window of “Additional Port Information Required”, select “Custom” in the “Device Type”, and then click “Settings”. 8) Come out a window of “Port Settings”. Affirm that “Port name” and “Printer name or IP address” are correct, “Protocol”...
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1) Click “Start” → “Settings”, select “Printers”. 2) Right click ACCEL-7450 Printer driver, click “Properties” on the window coming out. 3) Come out a window of “Properties”, click “Ports” and “Add Ports”. - 17 -...
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ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 4) Come out a window of “Printer port”, select “Standard TCP/IP Port”, click “New port”. 5) Come out a window of “Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard”, click “Next”. 6) Come out a window of “Add a port”, import the IP address reported by the “Setting printer’s IP address”...
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ACCEL-7450 User's Manual “Port name” is created automatically after finishing filling in IP address. Click “Next”. 7) Come out a window of “Additional Port Information Required”, select “Custom” in the “Device Type”, then click “settings”. 8) Come out a window of “Port Settings”. Affirm that “Port name” and “Printer name or IP address” are correct, “Protocol”...
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ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 9) Return to “Additional Port Information Required”, click “Next”. 10) Come out a window of “Completing the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard”, click “Finish”. 11) Return to “Printer Ports”, click “Close”. 12) Return to “Properties”, make sure the network port is selected, click “Apply”, and then click “Close”.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual Chapter 3 Control Panel 3.1 Control Panel The liquid crystal display (LCD) on the control panel displays the processing conditions of the printer and the setting of the functions. The keys on the control panel provide various functions.
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ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 1. In OFFLINE mode, press SPEED key once can display the current SPEED speed on the LCD, press this key one more time will change the SPEED speed in turn, lossen the key to choose the shown print speed. As shown below.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 1. According to the LF pitch of the menu setting, press LF key once will feed paper in forward direction according to the LF pitch. Hold on pressing this key can continuously feed paper in forward direction according to the LF pitch.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual Position Paper feeding way Manual Tractor 3.1.5 Gap adjust lever This lever is for adjusting the gap between the print head and the paper. 1. When the lever is in AUTO position, the printer will measure the paper thickness before printing and then automatically adjust the gap between the print head and the paper.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual ERROR (Amber) ON: Printer is paper out or malfunction occurs. OFF: No error is detected. BLINK: Functional error has occurred HIGH IMPACE (Green) ON: In copy printing mode. OFF: In normal printing mode. 3.1.7 Shortcut Key Function...
2) Press key to select the menu item (as shown below). MENU SETUP 2. PRINT MODE ► 3. FONT SELECT ► ACCEL-7450 Printer now totally contains 38 menu items (mainmenu): EMULATION PRINT MODE FONT SELECT COMPRESS PRN CHR PITCH CHN PITCH...
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ACCEL-7450 User's Manual COVER DETECT BAUD RATE PARITY BIT DATA LENGTH STOP BIT PROTOCOL 3) Press key to enter into submemu. Such as, select BAUD RATE, press key to enter BAUD RATE and the particular items are shown (as shown below): MENU SETUP 33.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual Chapter 4 Printer Setting 4.1 Setting up the Manual Mode 1. Adjust the positions of the right and left paper guides. Caution: Check whether need to adjust the right paper guide when using wider paper. 2. Pull the paper select lever to the position of “...
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 4. After connect the printer with the computer, and then print out the test page. Caution: As the paper sensor is near to the left of the paper in position, so the paper should be fed in along the left side (the “0” position of ruler) could it be detected.
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ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 5. Setting page length. MENU SETUP 8. TOP ADJUST ► PAGE LGTH TR 9. PAGE LGTH TR ► 18. 11 INCHES ※ 19. 11.5 INCHES 6. Connect the printer and the computer and then print out test page.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual Chapter 5 Menu Function Description This section is mainly introducing the item functions in the Menu Setup Mode. 5.1 Emulation This printer contains three emulations, use the corresponding Driver after selection. Compatible with EPSON ESC/P-K2 Compatible with OKI 5530SC...
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 5.4 Compress Printing Select the transverse 75% compress printing function on or off. When the function is on, normal speed, high 1 speed and high 2 speed setting is invalid. Setting process: MENU SETUP COMPRESS PRN 4. COMPRESS PRN ►...
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual MENU SETUP LF PITCH 7. LF PITCH ► 1. 3 LPI 8. TOF ADJUST ► 2. 4 LPI 3. 6 LPI ※ 4. 8 LPI 5. 9 LPI 5.8 Top of Form Adjustment The top of form function is used to set the printing home position. When feeding paper, the printer detects the top edge of the paper and determines the printing home position according to the top of form value.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 13. 8.5 INCH 27. 15.5 INCH 14. 9 INCH 28. 16 INCH 5.10 Page Length Manual Set the page length on manual mode. Setting process: MENU SETUP PAGE LGTH MN 10. PAGE LGTH MN ► 1. AUTO ※...
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual If thif function is ON, the printer detects the left edge of the paper. 5.13 Top Margin Set the printing start position (use “line feed pitch” as unit). Setting process: MENU SETUP TOP MRG 13. TOP MRG ►...
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 5.17 Graph Direction Set the printing direction in graph printing mode. Setting process: MENU SETUP GRAPH DIR 17. GRAPH DIR ► 1. BI-DIRECT ※ 18. ZERO STYLE ► 2. UNI-DIRECT 5.18 Zero Style Select or cancel the printing of a slash (/) through zero to distinguish them from the letter O.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual Setting process: MENU SETUP AGM IBM 23. AGM IBM ► 1. OFF 24. SKEW DETECT ► 2. ON ※ 5.24 Paper Skew Detection Set the Paper Skew Detection off or on which detects if the paper is skew.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 5.28 Quiet Mode Set the quiet mode on or off. Setting process: MENU SETUP QUIET MODE 28. QUIET MODE ► 1. OFF ※ 29. CR SETTING ► 2. ON 5.29 Carriage Return Setting Set whether the printer line feed automatically when receives CR command.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 5.32 Load Paper Choose (0.5sec, 1.0sec or 2.0sec) or choose LOAD/EJECT key to feed paper. When the insert wait time set to 0.5sec, 1.0sec or 2.0sec, after the corresponding time the paper feed sensor detects there is paper, the printer will feed the paper automatically. If “PUSH KEY” is selected, press LOAD/EJECT key to load paper.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 5.35 Parity Bit Set the printer serial interface parity checking type. It includes NONE, ODD and EVEN. Setting process: MENU SETUP PARITY BIT 35. PARITY BIT ► 1. NONE ※ 36. DATA LENGTH ► 2. ODD 3. EVEN 5.36 Data Length...
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual Chapter 6 Troubleshooting How to Solve the Problem 1. Printing speed is slow Press SPEED key and select Speed Mode. NORMAL HIGH 2 HIGH1 LQ speed is slowest while the print quality is best; HIGH 2 (Super high speed) is fastest while the print quality is worst.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual —— Adjust the printer’s alignment (see detailed in Appendix A2). 8. Print the wrong characters. The communicate transportation of the printer may be incorrect. —— Check if the connection of the cable is correct or damaged. Check if the control system of the computer and the data code are consistent with the printer setting.
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ACCEL-7450 User's Manual Power on the printer, open the front cover, the LCD display will display this information, then the printer will enter into stop state which the FRONT COVER IS ONLINE key blinks at the same time. OPEN Please close the front cover and the printer will recover to normal state.
Grade B 7.2 Interface Specification This ACCEL-7450 printer can be configured with 2.0 Full-Speed USB interface, Centronics (IEEE1284 NIBBLE) parallel interface, RS-232 serial interface or 10/100Base-T Ethernet interface (according to specific interface standards). You can connect the printer to computer according to your requirement.
Connect with the serial interface, the baud rate and data frame has been set to 9600 bps, 8 data bits, no check and 1 bit stop bit. ACCEL-7450 printer’s serial interface can be connected with RS-232C interface. Refer to Figure 7-6 - 49 -...
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ACCEL-7450 User's Manual when connect to the computer. Serial interface connect relations are as follow: Printer 9 PIN connector HOST 9 PIN connector Figure 7-6 The connection of printer and HOST 7.2.4.2 Serial interface (DB-25) DB-25 serial interface connector’s pin number is shown as Figure 7-7:...
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ACCEL-7450 User's Manual Request to Send Signal Ground —— Data Terminal Ready O: USE X: NOT USE *: HIGH LEVEL Signal description: Prescription of signal level on RS-232C 1=Low (Mark): -25 ~ -3 V 0=High (Space): +3 ~ +25V RDY/BSY protocol (RS-232C) PIN 1 FG (Frame Ground —...
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 7.3 Printable Area Caution: 1. To guarantee the print quality, please ensure the contents are all within printable area. 2. If the print contents are out of the printable area, it may cause the print head to break pins.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual 7.4 Cautions of Printing The paper which inserted should not be collapsed, tore or carry any staple, clip or pin and so on. (As shown in 7-11) Or else, it will damage the printer seriously. Do not use the print paper which edges fall into disrepair.
ACCEL-7450 User's Manual Appendix A Self-test and Adjustment A.1 Self-test Function ACCEL-7450 printer supplies several print-test functions which make you run the self-test of the printer in different states. A.1.1 Chinese Self-test After install the paper (tractor paper: 136 lines, manual paper feed: A4 paper), then use the following way to run the self-test.
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