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- Page 1 User’s Manual Addendum - 1 -...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Adjusting the Sensor Gap Detector ... 16 Using Passbooks ... 17 Inserting a Passbook ... 18 Automatically Adjusting Print Start Position ... 18 Chapter 4 ...19 Printing from your software ... 19 Setting Up Your Printer To Work With Your Software ... 19 - 2 -... - Page 3 Example program or using Passbook1 mode ... 25 Example program for using Passbook2 mode ... 26 Recommend print area for passbooks ... 27 Inserting the passbooks in to the printer ... 27 Appendix A ...28 Printer Specifications ... 28 Technical Specifications ... 28 Appendix B ...29...
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Page 4: Introduction
Mettinger Strasse 11 D-73728 Esslingen, Germany declare under sole responsibility that the product of type Dot Matrix Printer, model number NN20-M01 and trade name of Prodot 350, to which this declaration relates is in conformity with the following standards: Safety... - Page 5 to protect it from overheating, do not block or cover these openings. The openings should never be blocked by placing the product on a bed, sofa, rug or other similar surface. This product should never be placed near or over a radiator or heat register. This product should not be placed in a built-in installation unless proper ventilation is provided.
- Page 6 operating instructions since improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the product to normal operation. If the product has been dropped or the cabinet has been damaged. If the product exhibits a distinct change in performance, indicating a need for service.
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Page 7: Chapter 1
If media is miss-inserted in to the front of the printer at an incorrect angle, the Prodot 350 will automatically correct the angle of the media to ensure it is straight within the printer. This feature is also known as automatic skew correction. -
Page 8: Chapter 2
Printer Power Cord Hold the bottom of printer in the box, and then care fully lift it up. As you unpack, save all the original packing materials. They are specially de- signed to protect the printer and will make re-packing easy. -
Page 9: Before Using Your New Printer
Before placing the printer in your chosen location, consider the following guide lines: 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. -
Page 10: Parts Identification
Parts Identification Top Cover Control Panel Parallel Interface Serial Interface Front Rollers Ribbon Cassette Cartridge Printhead Left Adjustable Media Guide Front Table For Media Paper Feed Knob Gap Sensing Pressure Adjustment Switch - 10 -... -
Page 11: Inserting And Replacing The Ribbon Cassette
Paper Select Lever Inserting And Replacing The Ribbon Cassette Turn on the printer power switch and then set the printer off-line by pressing the on-line key. Open the top cover and then pull the front roller unit by gripping the centre area of the unit by your forefingers until you hear a click. - Page 12 If necessary, centre the print head by hand Hold the ribbon cartridge with the knob facing upwards and turn the ribbon knob in the direction shown by the arrow to take up any slack in the ribbon.
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Page 13: Chapter 3
Loading Media In To The Printer Paper Thickness Adjustment By default, the Prodot 350 printer will detect the thickness of media being used on the first line of each page. You can override the default settings using the control panel and the printer’s configuration settings. -
Page 14: Using Tractor Paper
Chapter 5. Using Tractor Paper To load tractor paper in to the printer, first turn the printer on. Press the PARK/LOAD key to set the paper select lever to the tractor position as shown. - Page 15 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. Slide the right tractor to left to take up any slack in the paper, then fasten the lock lever to fix the tractor in position as shown.
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Page 16: Adjusting The Sensor Gap Detector
Adjusting the Sensor Gap Detector The gap sensor adjustment switch is located behind the ribbon cartridge and mounted directly on the printhead carriage assembly. There are two positions for the sensor gap detector. Using the correct position will ensure better paper feeding and also avoid marks on the carbon copy pages of multi-copy media. -
Page 17: Using Passbooks
Note: Do not feed irregularly shaped passbooks nor passbooks who’s pages are covered in a smooth coating otherwise improper printing and damage may occur. Before inserting the passbook in to the printer, flatten it as shown in the figure below. - 17 -... -
Page 18: Inserting A Passbook
Inserting a Passbook Insert a passbook as shown below: The passbook is fed automatically in to the printer. If the automatic skew correction feature is enable (which it is by default) the passbook will be straightened if it is not inserted correctly. -
Page 19: Chapter 4
The best way to ensure that all the features on your printer are supported is to use the Citizen printer driver. If one is not available on your software please call your software company. We are updating the available drivers constantly and the best source of the latest drivers is Citizen's web site: www.citizen-europe.com... -
Page 20: Chapter 5
The Printer’s control panel consists of 4 keys and 3 indicator LEDs as shown in the diagram to the left. The control panel of the Prodot 350 is exactly the same as the standard Prodot 300, with the exception of the... -
Page 21: Default Configuration Report
In the off-line mode, pressing draft toggles between DRAFT and LQ mode. Default Configuration Report Extra items have been added to the configuration report for the Prodot 350 to cater for the passbook printing capabilities, the automatic head gap adjustment and the skew correction function. - Page 22 - 22 -...
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Page 23: Chapter 6
Chapter 6 Passbook Printing Passbook Printing Configuration To configure the printer to handle vertical passbooks, the following items in the control panel setup menu must be changed: Head Gap This determines the operation of the media gap sensor. There are 5 options:... -
Page 24: Passbook1 Mode - Automatic Passbook Length Detection
3 seconds to enter automatic passbook measurement mode. At this point, the ONLINE and POWER LEDs will blink. Insert a passbook into the printer so that the passbook is automatically is fed to the measure the length of the passbook. Press the ONLINE key and the length will be stored in the printers memory. -
Page 25: Example Program Or Using Passbook1 Mode
Here is an example: The length of one page is the distance from the edge of the passbook to the centre line of the opened book, as shown above. In this case, the passbook is 85mm per leaf or page. 85mm ÷... -
Page 26: Example Program For Using Passbook2 Mode
Note 2: This line sets “Passbook1” mode. Alternatively, this may also be adjusted using the control panel menu system instead. Note 3: This selects unidirectional print mode, which improves print per- formance on thicker print media and passbooks. Example program for using Passbook2 mode The following program is very similar to the previous one, but selects passbook2 mode and selects an 85mm passbook page. -
Page 27: Recommend Print Area For Passbooks
Note2: Avoid printing in this area to prevent miss-feeding Inserting the passbooks in to the printer Please refer to Chapter 3 for details, hints and tips on how to correctly and successfully load a passbook in to the Prodot 350 printer. - 27 -... -
Page 28: Appendix A
Appendix A Printer Specifications Technical Specifications The Prodot 350 has the same specification with the exception or addition of the following items: Power requirements Power consumption Weight (unpacked) Paper types Passbook media size Passbook thickness Safety standard 220 - 240 volts, -10%, +6%... -
Page 29: Appendix B
Command Code Summary Additional Programming Commands The following additional commands are available in all emulations present in the Prodot 350 to control the additional features present in the printer. A full command listing is shown in the Prodot 300 manual. Function... -
Page 30: Select Head Gap Adjustment Mode (Passbook Mode)
ESC ~ i n 1B 7E 69 n Specifies whether fanfold or cut sheet paper should be used. If a different paper type is currently set in the printer, it will be ejected. n=0 or 48 Fanfold tractor paper (rear fed) -
Page 31: Select Skip Mode
Select skip mode Format ESC ~ j n m 1B 7E 6A n m Specifies how the gap between the printhead and platen changes when either the carriage moves over blank space or when the paper is fed over blank space. In this case, “blank space” is an area without printing. The gap changes according to the values of n and m n=0 or 48 The gap remains unchanged when the carriage moves... - Page 32 Copyright (C) Citizen Systems Europe GmbH 2001 www.citizen-europe.com - 32 -...
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