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Jolimark DP320 User Manual

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  • Page 1 User's Manual DP320 Dot Matrix Printer...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    DP320 User's Manual Important Safety Instructions Read all of these instructions carefully and thoroughly and save them for later reference. The unauthorized operation would lead to malfunction or accident. Manufacturers have no responsibilities for the problems which are led by misoperations.

  • Page 3: The Guide

    Notes contain important information and useful tips on the operation of your printer. The Guide First thanks for purchasing this Jolimark printer. Your printer is a 24-pin 80-column dot matrix printer, offering a wide range of features and multiple functions. It can be widely used in tax, mail, telecom, police, hospital, insurance, finance, stock, customhouse, cabaret, aviation and transport etc.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    DP320 User's Manual Table of Contents Important Safety Instructions ........................i The Guide ..............................ii Chapter 1 Installing the Printer........................1 1.1 Unpacking & Checking ........................1 1.2 Removing the Protective Materials......................1 1.3 Main Parts of the Printer........................2 1.4 Choosing a Place for the Printer ......................2 1.5 Installing the Printer ..........................3...
  • Page 5 DP320 User's Manual 3.2.1 Setting printer parameter through the control panel..............24 3.2.2 Online-aptitude Parameter Settings.................... 26 3.3 Printer setting descriptions ........................ 27 3.4 Restore the Default Settings ......................29 Chapter 4 Problems and Solutions ......................30 4.1 Power Supply ............................ 30 4.2 Printing ..............................30...

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Installing The Printer

    DP320 User's Manual Chapter 1 Installing the Printer 1.1 Unpacking & Checking Check the following items in the package, if any of these items is missing, please contact your dealer. Figure1-1 Packing list A: Printer B: Ribbon cartridge (JMR111) C: Power cord...

  • Page 7: Main Parts Of The Printer

    DP320 User's Manual 1.3 Main Parts of the Printer Figure1-3, Figure1-4 and Figure 1-5 shows the main parts of DP320. Gap adjust lever Cutter Paper guide Paper select lever Power switch Print head Paper feed knob Control panel Ribbon cartridge...

  • Page 8: Installing The Printer

    DP320 User's Manual 3. Moderate environmental conditions. Select a cool, dry area and protect your printer from direct sunlight, excessive heat, moisture, or dust. 4. Appropriate power source. Make sure you use a grounded outlet; do not use an adapter plug. Avoid electrical outlets controlled by timers or wall switches;...
  • Page 9 DP320 User's Manual Cutter Lock sheet Figure1-8 Remove the cutter 4. Pull the gap adjust lever to the highest position. 5. Move the print head to the middle. Note: Never move the print head when the printer is on, or else the printer may get damaged.

  • Page 10: Installing The Tractor

    DP320 User's Manual 8. Use hands or other auxiliaries, to guide the ribbon between the print head and metal sheet. Turn the ribbon knob to feed the ribbon into place, it should not be twisted or creased. Metal sheet Print head Figure1-12 Guide the ribbon between the print head and metal sheet 9.

  • Page 11: Installing The Draught Tractor

    DP320 User's Manual 1.6.2 Installing the Draught Tractor If the tractor has been installed the push position (back of printer), take down the tractor, remove the cutter, and then install the tractor in the pull position. The concrete steps are as follows.

  • Page 12: Connecting The Power Cord

    DP320 User's Manual Figure1-17 Install the draught tractor 1.7 Connecting the Power Cord 1. Make sure the printer is turned off. (“O” mark on the power switch is pressed down.) Power switch Electrical outlet Power cord Power supply inlet Figure1-18 Turn off the printer 2.
  • Page 13 6. After the printer finishes printing, press LF/FF key or LOAD/EJECT key to eject cut sheet, and then turn off the printer to exit self test mode. ASCII Self-test mode Jolimark DP320 VX.X 20XX/XX/XX !"#$%&’( )*+-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`ab !"#$%&'( )*+-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcd "#$%&'( )*+-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcde...

  • Page 14: Connecting The Printer To Your Computer

    DP320 User's Manual NOTE: If the self test does not print satisfactorily, see Chapter 4. If it prints correctly, go on to the next section. 1.9 Connecting the Printer to Your Computer The printer can be configured with parallel interface, USB interface or Serial interface (according to the specific interface standards).

  • Page 15: Connecting To The Serial Cable

    DP320 User's Manual USB interface Figure1-26 Connect to the USB cable 1.9.3 Connecting to the Serial Cable 1. Turn off both the computer and the printer. Plug the serial cable securely into the printer’s serial interface. Tighten the screws on both sides of the connector.
  • Page 16 DP320 User's Manual should select the path as follow: CD-ROM → “Driver” → “WIN2000 (XP-Vista-Win7)”, click “Open”, then click “OK” to return to the window of “Install Printer Software”, select the respective model, click “Next”. 6. Follow the guide click “Next” gradually till the installation is finished.
  • Page 17 DP320 User's Manual 6. The printer driver process is installed successfully. (2) The installing steps with an USB cable: Note: 1. As the system of Windows 98/ME doesn’t have integrated USB driver control, please install USB driver before using USB interface printing. Then install USB printer driver.

  • Page 18: Chapter 2 Control Panel

    DP320 User's Manual Chapter 2 Control Panel You can use the four keys on the control panel to operate your printer, such as line feed, form feed, load paper, eject paper or set print speed. The indicator lights on the control panel show the current print speed.

  • Page 19: In The Cut Sheet Mode

    DP320 User's Manual Press this key in the online mode, the printer is offline, ONLINE indicator is off and the printer is unavailable to print. 2. If the paper is at the tear off position in the offline mode, press ONLINE key, the printer will go back to the printing home position of the current page or the next page.

  • Page 20: Feed Paper To The Tear Off Position

    DP320 User's Manual 2.2.5 Feed Paper to the Tear Off Position 1. Turn on the printer, and then hold the ONLINE key down for about 3 seconds in the offline mode till the ONLINE indicator blinks with a beep. 2. Hold the TEAR key down for about 3 seconds to switch the function of automatically feeding paper to the tear off position ON or OFF.
  • Page 21 DP320 User's Manual Copies (including original) Lever position (Reserved) Standard paper (cut-sheet or tractor paper) 2-ply 3-ply Multi-ply paper 4-ply 5-ply 20-pound Envelopes 24-pound (Reserved) - 16 -...

  • Page 22: Chapter 3 How To Use The Printer

    DP320 User's Manual Chapter 3 How to use the printer Here are the steps of using printer: 1. Assemble the printer as the chapter 1, connect the printer to your computer and install the driver correctly. 2. Load the correct type of paper.

  • Page 23: Loading Tractor Paper

    DP320 User's Manual Figure 3-3 Raise the paper guide upright 4. Slide the left edge guide until it reaches the triangular guide mark. Next, adjust the right edge guide to match the width of your paper. (As shown below) Figure 3-4 Adjust the paper guide 5.
  • Page 24 DP320 User's Manual Here’s how to load tractor paper: Using drive tractor: 1. Make sure the printer is turned off. Remove the paper guide and place the paper select lever in the tractor paper position. Open the printer window, and then adjust the gap adjust lever according to paper type.
  • Page 25 DP320 User's Manual Figure 3-9 Load the tractor paper in the tractor Note: Only to clean the paper jams when the printer is turned off, can use the paper feed knob on the right side of the printer. Otherwise, you may damage the printer or change the printing home position.
  • Page 26 DP320 User's Manual perforation of the tractor paper to the edge of the window so that you can tear off the last sheet. Note: Set the function of feeding paper to tear off position in the Print Setting mode on.
  • Page 27 DP320 User's Manual it. Move the paper support midway between the two sprockets. Figure 3-14 Adjust the position of the sprocket 6. Make sure your paper has a clean, straight leading edge. Open the sprocket covers. Fit the first holes of the paper over the sprocket pins and then close the sprocket covers. Slide the right sprocket to remove any slack in the paper and lock it in place.

  • Page 28: Loading Multi-Ply Papers

    DP320 User's Manual Figure 3-16 Adjust the position of the draught tractor 6. If the tractor holes of the paper do not match with the sprocket of the draught tractor when tightening the paper lengthways, then you can do as follows: 1) Pull the paper select lever to the cut sheet position.

  • Page 29: Loading Envelopes

    DP320 User's Manual 4. Do not leave labels in the printer while doing other jobs, or they would curl around the platen and may jam when you resume printing. 5. Remove the labels from the printer, tear off the fresh supply at the rear of the printer, and then press LF/FF key to eject the remaining labels out of the printer.
  • Page 30 DP320 User's Manual Jolimark DP320 Current Setting Report VX.X-XXX XXXX/XX/XX SYSTEM SETUP LANGUAGE CHINESE CHAR. MODE CHINA CHARACTER FONT SANS SER COURIER PRESTIGE SCRIPT OCR-B OCR-A ORATOR ENG PITCH 12 CPI 15 CPI PROPORTIONAL CHI PITCH 7.5 CPI INTL CHAR SET...

  • Page 31: Online-Aptitude Parameter Settings

    4. Turn off and restart the printer, newly settings are in operation. 3.2.2 Online-aptitude Parameter Settings DP320 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.

  • Page 32: Printer Setting Descriptions

    DP320 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 combobox of “Select Printer Setting Class”, select the second menu in the “Options” and set the item in the current parameters list.
  • Page 33 DP320 User's Manual ENG PITCH Specify the ASCII character spacing in characters per inch (cpi). CHI PITCH Specify the Chinese character spacing in characters per inch (cpi). Specify the printer internal character set according to different using INTL CHAR SET circumstances of international characters.

  • Page 34: Restore The Default Settings

    DP320 User's Manual 3.4 Restore the Default Settings 1. Hold on TEAR, LOAD/EJECT and LF/FF keys on the control panel at the same time while turning on the printer. The indicators of the POWER and ONLINE on the control panel blink 3 times respectively at the same time and the printer makes two beeps to confirm that the printer’s factory...

  • Page 35: Chapter 4 Problems And Solutions

    Solutions: Check whether the printer’s rating voltage is matched with the power cord. If not, unplug the power cord immediately and contact your dealer or a specified Jolimark service center for advice. Do not plug the power cord to the electrical outlet again.
  • Page 36 Phenomenon 1: A line of dots are missing in the printout. Solutions: The print head may be damaged. Stop printing and contact your dealer or a specified Jolimark service center to have the print head replaced. Phenomenon 2: Dots are missing in random positions.

  • Page 37: Paper Handling

    DP320 User's Manual Phenomenon 2: Regular gaps occur in the printout. Solutions: Page Skip may be on. Set Page Skip function to off in the Menu Setup mode. See “Changing printer settings” on page 3.2.2. 4.3 Paper Handling Cut sheets do not be fed properly Phenomenon 1: Paper does not feed.

  • Page 38: Alignment Adjust Mode

    DP320 User's Manual 1. May be the page length is too long. When using the draught tractor, tear off the paper having entered the printer, then press the LF/FF key to feed the paper forward. When using the drive tractor, tear off the last paper printed out, then press the LOAD/EJECT key to feed the paper backward.

  • Page 39: Chapter 5 Printer Maintenance

    DP320 User's Manual Chapter 5 Printer maintenance Carriage Shaft Figure 5-1 Printer cleaning Periodical cleaning and cleaning tool Periodical cleaning: Every 6 months or 300 working hours Cleaning tool: Dry cloth (Use soft cloth while cleaning metal) Cleaning carriage shaft: There is a layer of oil covered on the carriage shaft which guarantees the carriage runs smoothly.

  • Page 40: Appendix A Specifications

    DP320 User's Manual Appendix A Specifications A.1 General Item Description Printing method 24-Pin Dot Matrix Impact Printer Printing direction Bidirectional logic seeking Printing width 80 columns(10cpi)/ 203.2 mm ASCII Chinese Speed 10 CPI 12 CPI Speed 6.7 CPI 7.5 CPI...
  • Page 41 DP320 User's Manual paper thickness Set through gap adjust lever adjustment Width: 148 ～ 257 mm Cut sheet Thickness: 0.065 ～ 0.14 mm (Feed by paper guide) Weight: 52 ～ 90 g/m Width: 101.6 ～ 254 mm Total Thickness: 0.065 ～ 0.39 mm...

  • Page 42: Printable Area

    DP320 User's Manual A.2 Printable Area Note: 1. To assure the print quality, please make sure the print contents are within the printable area. 2. If the print contents exceed the printable area, the print head may be damaged. A.2.1 Cut Sheets ≥8 mm...

  • Page 43: Parallel Interface

    DP320 User's Manual A.3.1 Parallel Interface The parallel interface has the following characteristics. 8-bit Data format: STROBE pulse Synchronization: BUSY and ACKNLG signals Handshaking: TTL compatible Signal level: Figure A-1 Parallel interface connector pin numbers A.3.2 USB Interface The following table provides the standardized contact terminating assignments by number and color for Series “A”...
  • Page 44 DP320 User's Manual Pin No. Signal Direction Description Protective Ground (FG) — Printer’s chassis ground Transmitted Data (TXD/SD) Printer has transmitted serial data Received Data (RXD/RD) Printer has received serial data Signal Ground (SG) — Return path for data control signals...

  • Page 45: Appendix B Command Summary

    DP350 User's Manual Appendix B Command Summary This printer supports EPSON ESC/PK2 control commands shown as the follow table: Classify Command Description ESC @ Initialize Printer Cancel Line Select Printer Deselect Printer Delete Character ESC # Cancel MSB Control Sequence ESC >...
  • Page 46 DP350 User's Manual Cancel Double Width Mode Select/Cancel quadruple-size mode Chinese character Select lengthways printing Select transverse printing Two character lengthways half-size mode paratactically printing Select/Cancel Underline Mode for Chinese character Select full-size mode pitch for Chinese character Select half-size mode pitch for Chinese character Select half-size mode pitch adjustment for character Cancel half-size mode pitch adjustment for character Chinese...
  • Page 47 DP350 User's Manual ESC & Define Downloaded Characters ESC : Copy ROM Characters Set into RAM ESC % n Select/Deselect User-Defined Set ESC 6 Enable Character Set 2 ESC 7 Cancel command ESC 6 Select Compressed Mode Cancel Compressed Mode Select Double Width Mode Cancel Double Width Mode ESC W n...

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