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Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley ClearMark Quick Start Manual

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Bulletin 1492 Allen-Bradley ClearMark™ Printer

Table of Contents

Section
Introduction
This guide provides the basic information required to start up your ClearMark printer. For
detailed information on specific product features or configurations, refer to the ClearMark
printer user manual, publication 1492-UM008*-EN-P. Read this guide carefully before you
use the ClearMark printer and retain it for future reference.
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    QUICK START Bulletin 1492 Allen-Bradley ClearMark™ Printer Table of Contents Section Page Unpacking and Inspecting Installation Requirements Preparing the System Driver and Software Installation Calibrating the ClearMark Printer Printing with the ClearMark Printer Introduction This guide provides the basic information required to start up your ClearMark printer. For detailed information on specific product features or configurations, refer to the ClearMark printer user manual, publication 1492-UM008*-EN-P.

  • Page 2: Unpacking And Inspecting

    Unpacking and Inspecting Figure 1 - Removing the Printer from Packaging Grips 1. Take printer out of box 2. Remove protective foam ATTENTION: Printer weight is approximately 65 lb. Always use 3. Place on a flat, stable surface two people and make use of the 4.

  • Page 3: Installation Requirements

    Installation Requirements • Operating Temperature: +68…95 °F (+20…35 °C) • Power Source: – Cat No. 1492-PRINT110: 100...120V, 50/60 Hz, 8 A – Cat. No. 1492-PRINT220: 220...240V, 50/60 Hz, 4 A Figure 2 - Printer Overview and Clearance Requirements - in. (mm) Operating and Control Panel Display 3.94”...
  • Page 4 Figure 4 - Load marker cards ATTENTION: Do not open the printer covers during operation 2. Load the marker cards into the printer (see picture on printer for insertion) Figure 5 - Power and data connections Power Network Cable Cord Cable (if desired) 3.

  • Page 5: Driver And Software Installation

    Driver and Software Installation Figure 6 - Language Selection 1. Insert the “Printer Driver and So ware” CD into your CD drive. CD starts automatically, If not, locate setup.exe found on the CD. 2. Please select your language and con rm by clicking the [ ] button. Figure 7 - Printer Driver Installation 1.
  • Page 6 2. Accept the license agreement and click [Next]. 3. Choose “Connect with USB cable” and click [Next]. 4. Confirm that the printer is off and click [Next]. 5. Turn on the printer. 6. Click [No] for default printer. 7. Choose “Never display status monitor” and click [Next]. Figure 8 - Status Monitor 8.
  • Page 7 9. Next, Install ClearTools so ware. a. Select Install So ware ClearTools Vista/XP/Win2000/Windows 7 Figure 9 - Software Installation 10. Click [Next]. 11. Accept the license agreement and click [Next]. 12. Click [Next]. 13. Click [Install]. 14. Click [Finish]. e ClearTools so ware is now installed.

  • Page 8: Calibrating The Clearmark Printer

    Calibrating the ClearMark Printer Note: Affects all Cards 1. To open ClearTools, Go to Start→Programs→Rockwell Automation→ ClearTools→ClearTools. 2. Double click on "1492-M5X5" in the variant list. 3. In the first column, 5 marker tags down, place a capital "X" as shown.
  • Page 9 6. In the pull down menu select GelSprinter GX3000/3050N printer . See Figure 11. Figure 11 - 7. Click [Map]. (The 1492-M5X5 is now linked to this printer) 8. Click [OK], with the "As Printer" selected. See Figure 11. 9. Click [Calibration]. 10.
  • Page 10 12. Load the 1492-M5X5 card. 13. Click “Print”. (Pop-up window appears: leave heat off and click [OK].) 14. If the "X" is centered, proceed to step 19. 15. If the "X" is not centered. Go to File -> Print, and Click [Calibration]. 16.
  • Page 11 19. Place a capital "X" in the upper right corner as shown See Figure 15 . You can leave the "X" in the first column because it will not move with these upcoming changes. 20. Go to File -> Print, and click [Print]. Figure 15 - 21.
  • Page 12 23. See Figure 17 for horizontal adjustments 24. See Figure 18 for vertical adjustments. Figure 17 - If “X“ appears on If “X“ appears on this half of the this half of the card decrease card increase the “Actual Width the “Actual Width (X)“...

  • Page 13: Printing With The Clearmark Printer

    Printing with the ClearMark printer 1. Select Tools→Product Catalog (or Select File→New). 2. From the product catalog select a desired card (Ex. 1492-M5X10) from the variant list and double click on it. Figure 19 - 3. To select all the cells on the marker card hit [Ctrl+A]. (Or select Edit→Select→All) Figure 20 - 4.
  • Page 14 Figure 21 - Consecutive Numbering 5. Click [OK] and the card will be numbered 1 through 144. See Figure 21 Figure 22 - 6. If desired the direction of the text can be changed, by clicking the orientation icons. See Figure 22 7.
  • Page 15 8. In the pull down menu select the GelSprinter GX 3000/3050N printer driver. 9. Click [Map]. Note: Every time you are printing a new type of marker card for the first time, you must map the printer prior to printing. 10.
  • Page 16 Allen-Bradley, Listen. Think. Solve., Rockwell Automation, Rockwell Software, ClearMark, and ClearTools are trademarks of Rockwell Automation, Inc. Publication 1492-QS002B-EN-P - October 2011 Copyright ©2011 Rockwell Automation, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in Germany...