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. Unplug this product from the power outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview Features ... 1 Chapter 2 Preparation Unpacking ... 3 Parts Identification Installation ... 5 Installing the Front Table Extension Tray Installing and Replacing the Ribbon Cassette Connecting the Interface Cable Using the Parallel Interface and the USB Interface Connecting to the Power Source Connecting the Power Cord Turning the Power on and off...
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Chapter 4 Printing from Your Software Setting Up Your Printer To Work With Software Chapter 5 Control Panel Control Panel Keys and LEDs Basic Control Panel Operations Top of Form Adjustment Mode Tear-off Adjustment Mode Using the Setup Menu System...
Combing high speed, high quality output with advanced paper handing capabilities, this versatile, 24-pin, flatbed printer is ideal for a wide range of multi-part and cut-sheet printing requirements. Reliability, flexibility and ease-of-use are key features, making the FB-380 the perfect choice for performing demanding applications in a variety of environments.
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High Quality, High Speed Printing This FB-380 produces high quality printing in Letter Quality mode at a speed of 83 CPS at 10 CPI. In Draft mode, the printer outputs 250 CPS at 10 CPI or 375 CPS at 15 CPI. High Resolution Graphics A maximum resolution of 360×360 DPI enables the printer to produce fine, sharp graphics.
Check each item against the following packing list, if any of these items are missing, please contact your dealer. Hold the bottom of printer in the box, and then carefully lift it up. As you unpack, save all the original packing materials. They are specially designed to protect the printer and will make later repacking easy, if necessary .
Parts Identification Figures 2-2 and 2-3 highlight the main components of the printer. Figure 2-2 Main parts of printer (front view) Window cover Control panel Parallel interface connector Paper feed knob Gap adjust lever Sub friction roller Figure 2-3 Main parts of printer (rear view)
Before placing the printer in your chosen location, consider the following guidelines: This printer should be placed on a normal table or desk. Be sure that the surface is level, to avoid an uneven load on the carriage as it operates.
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Pull the Sub friction roller unit by gripping the center area of the unit by your forefingers. Then lift it up until the unit is positioned on the top of printer as shown in Figure 2-6. Sub friction roller Figure 2-6 Opening the sub friction roller unit If necessary, centre the print head by hand.
Plug the power cord (supplied) into the power inlet at the rear of the printer. Check that the power switch (located on the left of the printer) is in the OFF position, then plug the power cord into the wall outlet.
Turning the Power on and off To turn the printer ON, press the I mark on the power switch. To turn the printer OFF, press the O mark on the power switch.
Before loading cut sheet or tractor paper, you have to adjust the gap adjust lever on the right of the printer. To feed thicker papers through the printer, you need to move the gap adjust lever from its standard position.
The paper is fed automatically into the printer and stops at the print start position. You can set the printer to detect skew so if the paper skews during loading, the printer detects it and automatically ejects the paper to the front table.
If this happens, try a more medium setting. Using Tractor Paper This printer feeds tractor paper from the rear of the printer to the front. Figure 3-5 Feeding direction of tractor paper Loading Tractor Paper Turn the printer on.
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Figure 3-7 Setting tractor paper into the tractor When paper is loaded into the tractor, please set the top of paper to the edge of the tractor paper guide as shown in Figure 3-8. Release the lock lever of the right tractor and open the tractor paper guide. Place the paper on the sprocket pins, then close the paper guide.
Align the paper with the print start position. Ensure the tractor paper is in line with the print start position. If the paper is not aligned with the print start position, release the tractor lock levers of the left and right tractors, align the paper, and then fasten the lock lever to lock the tractors.
The printer supports Epson ESC/P2 emulation. You can select the Epson LQ-570+ driver for this printer, but the best way to ensure that all the features on your printer are supported by the software is to use the SEIKO Precision printer driver.
If you set the scale number of the lever position equal to or greater than 2 in the normal mode, the printer will transfer to the COPY MODE 1 as the current printing mode. However, the COPY MODE LED is still off.
LETTER QUALITY mode and HIGH-SPEED mode, with a beep sound for confirmation. The printer can only print DRAFT font in the HIGH-SPEED mode. If you need any other font listed in the SETUP MENU SYSTEM, please change to the LETTER QUALITY mode.
If the default distance is not suitable for you, you can adjust it by the printer’s tear-off adjustment feature. With the printer online, press both the PARK/LOAD and LF/FF keys for about 3 seconds to get the printer to enter the tear-off adjustment mode. When the printer enters this mode, the ONLINE LED and the POWER LED blink alternately.
Each time you switch the printer on, it uses the new saved settings. Keep the printout of the menu selections so that you know what the current settings are.
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The printer automatically loads paper and prints the current settings. An example print out is shown in Figure 5-2.
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Current settings are FILLED . PRINT STYLE FONT ROMAN PITCH 10 CPI PAGE LAYOUT LINE SPACING 6 LPI FORM LENGTH PAGE SKIP COMPRESS PRT NORMAL PRINT MODE TEXT DIR BI-DIR GRAPHIC DIR CHARACTER SLASH ZERO CHARACTER SET INTL CHAR SET U.S.A.
Options of the Setup Menu System The following printout in Figure 5-3 shows the selections from the Setup Menu System and is followed by a description of how to use it in Table 5-2 (Options of the Setup Menu System). Use the PARK/LOAD key to point the print head to the desired setting.
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Options Description FONT Set the font for the printer to use in the absence of any font control instructions from your software. PITCH Set the pitch to determine the horizontal spacing of the printed characters. LINE SPACING Set the vertical spacing of the printed characters. You can set it to either 6 LPI (the default setting) or 8 LPI.
Restoring Factory Printer Settings You can restore to the factory printer settings without having to work through the Setup Menu System to reset the menus. To restore to the factory settings: Make sure that the printer is ONLINE Press and hold down the ONLINE and COPY keys on the control panel for 3 seconds.
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Cleaning the Cabinet Wipe soiled parts of the printer with a clean dry cloth. Remove bits of paper, etc., using tweezers. When cleaning, be careful not to scratch the equipment or to bend parts, etc.
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By implementing the solutions suggested, you should be able to resolve them. Printer is “Dead” No Light, No Action Make sure that it is plugged in, check both ends of the power cable. Make sure the power switch is turned on. Test the socket with another appliance to make sure it is working, check the fuse in the plug attached to the power cable.
Increase the top margin or advance to the second sheet before you start printing. Error LED on the Control Panel In the case of printer error, the printer enters offline state and indicates an alarm by blinking the LED’s as shown below. Error...
Mechanism Print speed Paper feed Speed Number of columns Copy capability Head gap adjustment Resolution Paper Cut sheet Paper size Fanfold Paper thickness Paper type Paper feed mechanism Mode 10 CPI 250CPS 120 DPI 83 CPS 360 DPI Paper slew speed (Continuous feed): 5.0 IPS (inches per second) Pitch: Variable in 1/360 inch increments 80 columns (10 CPI)
Print mode specifications Multipart Print mode mode Normal Dark 1 10cpi Dark 2 Dark 3 Normal Dark 1 12cpi (Normal Dark 2 Speed) Dark 3 Normal Dark 1 15cpi Dark 2 Dark 3 Normal Dark 1 10cpi Dark 2 Dark 3 Normal Draft Dark 1...
USB Interface USB 2.0 Full-Speed. The following table provides the standardized contact terminating assignments by number and electrical value for Series “A” and Series “B” connectors. Contact Number Shell Command Code Summary Epson Emulation Name Print and Line Feed Execution Carriage Return Line Feed n/180”...
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Name Set Left Margin Horizontal Tab Set Horizontal Tab Positions Set Character Space Set Absolute Horizontal Tab Set Relative Dot Position Define Unit Set Absolute Vertical Print Position Set Relative Vertical Print Position Set Form Format Set Horizontal Motion Index (HM) Print Mode Select Print Quality Select ELITE Width Mode (12CPI)
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Graphics Mode Select Graphics Mode Reassign Graphics Mode Select Graphics Mode Print Raster Graphics Input Data Control Cancel Line Delete Character Select Printer Deselect Printer Cancel MSB Control Sequence Set MSB to 1 Reset MSB to 0 Miscellaneous Null Beeper...
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This printer complies with the regulation about the maximum noise level in the work place – 3. GPSGV, under which the highest noise level has to be 70 dB (A) or less in accordance with ISO7779. Maschinenlärminformations-Verordnung - 3. GPSGV, der höchste Schalldruckpegel beträgt 70 dB(A) oder weniger gemäß...