DP650 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.
DP650 User’s Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS Important Safety Instructions ........................i Chapter 1 Overview ............................1 1.1 Features ..............................1 Chapter 2 Preparation ..........................3 2.1 Unpacking ............................3 2.2 Unpacking the Protective Materials.....................3 2.3 Parts Identification..........................3 2.4 Installation ............................4 2.4.1 Installing the Front Table.......................4 2.4.2 Dismantling the Front Table ......................5...
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DP650 User’s Manual 4.7.3 Hex Dump Mode.........................34 4.7.4 Alignment Adjust Mode .......................34 Appendix A Troubleshooting and Maintenance ..................36 A.1 Cleaning the Printer ..........................36 A.2 Problems and Solutions........................37 A.3 Error LED on the Control Panel ......................37 Appendix B..............................39 B.1 Specifications............................39 B.1.1 General ............................39 B.2 Printable Area ...........................40...
Then press LOAD/EJECT key, tractor paper may be fed to the printer again. Automatic Interface Switching The DP650 includes a parallel interface, a USB interface, a serial interface or Ethernet interface. (According to specific interface standards) The printer automatically detects the type of data transfer received from the host computer and switches to the corresponding interface type.
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DP650 User’s Manual Enhance Chinese Character Set This printer contains GB18030 Chinese character set and also supports 4 bytes Chinese printing. Compressing Printing You can set compress print proportion through modifying the Menu System Setting of the printer. (Caution: High Speed mode and Super High mode is invalidated while the printer in Compress printing mode.) In addition, you can set the compress printing through driver.
DP650 User’s Manual Chapter 2 Preparation 2.1 Unpacking Check each item against the following packing list, if any of these items are missing, please contact your local dealer. Figure 2-1 Packing list in the printer box A: Printer E: Driver CD (Including user's manual and driver)
DP650 User’s Manual Figure 2-3 Main parts of printer (front view) A: Paper select lever G: Gap adjust lever B: Control panel H: Carriage shaft C: Power switch I: Ribbon cartridge D: Paper guide J: Print head E: Front table...
DP650 User’s Manual Positioning pin Front table Install groove Figure 2-5 Installing the front table 2.4.2 Dismantling the Front Table Hold both ends of front table, press the front table or printer slant side, lift it up and then take it out.
Besides, do not touch the print head at the time finishes using the printer for overheating. 4. Please use the Jolimark JMR119 ribbon cartridge, our company will not guarantee to keep the printer in good repair, when it is damaged by unauthorized ribbon cartridge.
DP650 User’s Manual Wire clips Parallel interface cable Parallel interface Figure 2-9 Connecting to the parallel interface cable 2.7.2 Connecting to the USB Interface Cable 1. Plug the USB cable A end (flat shape) into the computer's USB interface. (As Figure 2-10 shown) 2.
DP650 User’s Manual Ethernet cable Ethernet interface Figure 2-12 Connecting to the Ethernet interface cable Note: The details of Ethernet interface printer’s net setting please refer to the User’s Manual. 2.8 Connecting to the Power Cord 1. Make sure the printer is turned off. (The pressed down side which marks “O” indicates the printer is off.)
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CD — ROM — "Driver" — "WIN2000 (XP-Vista-Win7) ", where you can find a file named: DP650.inf, click "Open”, then click "OK" to return to the window of "Add printer wizard" , click "Next".
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"Browse", select the path as follow: CD — ROM — "Driver" — "WIN98 (WINME) ", where you can find a file named: DP650.inf, click "Open", then click "OK". 4. Come out a window of "Install From Disk", click "OK", return to a window of "Add Printer", then click "Next".
DP650 User’s Manual 2.10 Network Settings Please use Jolimark network setting software NetFinder to set the IP address for Jolimark printers, which can be found in the CD or downloaded from www.jolimark.com. Caution: The network printing function needs the operation system of Windows2000 or above.
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DP650 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 fire wall, please close it temporarily, open again after finishing searching and setting a printer completely.
DP650 User’s Manual and Subnet Mask must be the same as those of PC connecting with a printer. For example, the address of working PC is 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0 (IP/Subnet Mask), then which of printer should be set to 192.168.0.x/255.255.255.0(x=2~254 and should avoid the IP in used. It is not restricted for NetFinder to search printers in the same network but different segment parts (can not stride gateway).
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DP650 User’s Manual 1) Click “Start” → “Settings”, select “Printers”. 2) Click “Add printer”, then come out a window of “Add Printer Wizard”, click “next”, 3) Come out a window of “Add Printer Wizard”, then please read the select direct carefully. Such as, select “local or Network Printer”, then click “next”.
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DP650 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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Windows XP operating system you should select the path as follows: CD — ROM — “Driver” — “WIN2000 (XP-Vista-Win7)”, that you can find a file named: DP650.inf, click “open”, then click “OK”, then return to the window “install printer software”, click “next”.
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DP650 User’s Manual 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” in the “Printer name or IP address” column. Take IP address “192.168.0.240” for example.
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DP650 User’s Manual 8) Come out a window of “Port Settings”. Affirm that “Port name” and “Printer name or IP address” are correct, “Protocol” is “RAW” and “Port Number” is “9100”, click “OK”. - 18 -...
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DP650 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”.
DP650 User’s Manual Chapter 3 Loading paper 3.1 Paper Thickness Adjustment Before loading cut sheet or tractor paper, you have to adjust the gap adjust lever on the front right side of the printer. To feed thicker papers through the printer, you need to move the gap adjust lever from its standard position.
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DP650 User’s Manual Tractor paper Cut sheet Figure 3-2 Setting the paper select lever 3. Set the gap adjust lever for example to the position “1” for thin paper. 4. Position the paper guide by referring to the marking on the window cover. As shown in Figure 3-3, the “0”...
DP650 User’s Manual Figure 3-5 Loading cut sheet 7. Wait about 0.5 to 2 seconds, printer will feed paper to the printing home position automatically. Then it is ready to print. After finish printing one page, printer auto feed the paper back to the front table and the PAPER OUT LED blinks while the ONLINE LED goes out.
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DP650 User’s Manual Figure 3-8 Moving the paper guide to the far left 4. Release the lock lever of tractor. (As shown in Figure 3-9) Figure 3-9 Releasing the lock lever of the right tractor 5. Move the left tractor to the left proper position (The “0” position indicates the horizontal printing home position).
DP650 User’s Manual Figure 3-12 Setting paper on the sprocket pins Caution: Please make sure the edge of the tractor paper is straight and smooth which ensures the paper feeding is smoothly. 8. Close the tractor covers. (As shown in Figure 3-13) Figure 3-13 Close the tractor covers 9.
DP650 User’s Manual Chapter 4 Control Panel 4.1 Control Panel Keys and LEDs The control panel consists of five keys and four LEDs as shown in Figure 4-1. Figure 4-1 The printer control panel The following table details each indicator LED function:...
DP650 User’s Manual In the offline mode, press the LF/FF key to feed the paper line by line. Alternatively, hold LF/FF the LF/FF key down, the printer will eject the cut sheet, or feed the tractor paper one page. In the offline mode, press the COPY key, switch among the three modes: NORMAL, COPY COPY “1+3”...
DP650 User’s Manual LOAD/EJECT: Press the LOAD/EJECT key to adjust the distance in 1/60 inch increments. You can maximum increase to +15/60 inch Press the LF/FF key to adjust the distance in 1/60 inch decrements. You can maximum LF/FF: decrease to -15/60 inch To exit and save your new setting, press ONLINE key.
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DP650 User’s Manual Current Setting Report LANGUAGE CHINESE EMULATION CHAR. MODE CHINA FONT SANS SER COURIER PRESTIGE SCRIPT OCR-B OCR-A ORATOR ENG PITCH 12 CPI 15 CPI PROPORTIONAL CHI PITCH 7.5 CPI SLASH ZERO INTL CHAR SET FRANCE GERMANY U.K.
DP650 User’s Manual Note: 1. Only after installed the subassembly of automatic edge detection, the current settings of black mark detection and paper edge detection can be printed out. 2. If printer hasn’t installed Ethernet interface, it will not print out the relative Ethernet information of MAC and IP when it runs self-test or menu printing.
DP650 User’s Manual reset the menus. To restore to the factory settings: 1. Make sure that the printer is ONLINE. 2. Press and hold down the ONLINE and COPY keys on the control panel for 3 seconds. The LEDs of the POWER and ONLINE on the control panel blink 2 times respectively at the same time and the printer makes 3 beeps to confirm that the printer’s factory settings have been restored.
Table 4-2 Description of Options 4.6.5 Online-aptitude Parameter Settings DP650 supports the function of online-aptitude parameter settings, which can be set in the PC with the driver installed in. The concrete setting steps are shown as follows: 1.
DP650 User’s Manual 5. The setting way is corresponding with that of printer menu system. In the “Printer Settings” layout, select the first class menu in the combo box of “Select Printer Setting Class”, select the second class menu in the “Options” and select the parameter of that option.
Continuous printing of H pattern is performed by turning power on, while pressing the COPY key. Pressing the ONLINE key can stop printing, and turn off the printer to exit H pattern mode. H PRINT MODE Jolimark DP650 VX.X 20XX/XX/XX HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...
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DP650 User’s Manual Each press this key, the even line will move left with one step (adjust value EJECT/LOAD increase). Press ONLINE key to check the result. Each press this key, the even line will move right with one step (adjust value LF/FF decrease).
DP650 User’s Manual Appendix A Troubleshooting and Maintenance Caution Do not open the printer top cover or rotate the paper feed knob while printing, Do not place any heavy object on the printer no matter the printer is printing or not.
DP650 User’s Manual 1. Clean the dust on the light extinction patch. 2. Clean the dust on the protect cover of the photoelectric sensor. Note: 1. Turn off printer and pull out the power cord before cleaning. 2. Being used under dust circumstance, the carriage shaft may stack much dust and affect the print quality.
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DP650 User’s Manual The PAPER OUT LED and the Return the select lever to the correct Paper select lever error ONLINE LED blink alternately slowly. position The PAPER OUT LED is on and the Automatically traverse when print ONLINE LED blinks. At the same head temperature too high.
Wireless disturbance Grade B B.2 Printable Area DP650 is configured with Centronics (IEEE1284 NIBBLE) parallel interface, 2.0 Full-Speed USB interface, RS-232 serial interface or 10/100Base-T Ethernet interface. You can connect to the computer according to your requirement. B.2.1 Parallel Interface...
DP650 User’s Manual DATA STROBE BUSY (Field number 77: MODE 1) : Min.0.5us : Approx.3.8us Approx.2.1us (Field number 77: MODE 2) Figure B-1 Sequence diagram Pin Assignments Signal Pin No. Return Line Pin No. Signal Name Signal Direction /STROBE Printer ←Host 2 ~...
DP650 User’s Manual Contact Number Signal Name Typical Wiring Assignment VBUS White Green Black Figure B-3 USB-B Type connector B.2.3 Serial Interface Serial Specification Data input/output mode: 7-bit or 8-bit serial interface Data input code: ASCII, JIS 7-bit or 8-bit, International character code, CG, Dot matrix graphic code...
DP650 User’s Manual Figure B-5 Serial interface connector pin number 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 --- connect to the printer rack)
DP650 User’s Manual B.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.
DP650 User’s Manual B.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 B-9) Or else, it will damage the printer seriously. Do not use the print paper which edges fall into disrepair.
DP650 User’s Manual Appendix C Command Code Summary C.1 Epson Emulation Name Code (Symbol) Code (Hex.) Code (Dec.) Print and Line Feed Execution Carriage Return Line Feed n/180” Line Feed ESC J n/180” Reverse Line Feed ESC j Format Control Set 1/8”...
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