Summary of Contents for DATAPROCESS ST 230
- Page 1 ST 230 USER MANUAL DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. 20082 Binasco (MI) Viale dell'Artigianato, 19 Tel. 02 900221 Fax. 02 90091353...
- Page 2 DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. ST 230 USER MANUAL Pag.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION ........................ 4 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION....................5 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS..................7 UNPACKING AND INSPECTION ..................8 STORAGE AND TRANSPORT ..................9 TRANSPORT ........................ 9 WORKING PLACE......................9 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS..................10 NOTICE FOR CUSTOMERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM......... 10 REAR PANEL, CONNECTION.................. - Page 4 DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. MAINTENANCE ......................40 14.1 PRINTHEAD CLEANING ..................... 41 14.2 RUBBER ROLLS CLEANING ..................42 14.3 PAPER GUIDES METALLIC SHAFTS CLEANING ............ 42 TROUBLE SHOOTING ....................43 APPENDIX A........................46 16.1 SERIAL CABLE PINOUT..................... 46 ST 230 USER MANUAL...
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Page 5: Introduction
ST 230 has to be installed following the here below instructions. In case of mal - function contact the authorised distributor directly. DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. is not responsible in case of maintenance carried out by non authorised personnel or if the instructions in the present manual are not correctly followed. -
Page 6: Product Description
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ST 230 is a label and slip overprinter to be used either in thermal transfer or direct thermal mode. The printer has been designed and manufactured for use in industrial applications where structure solidity is essential for high-volume production. -
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DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. ST 230 ACCESSORIES TABLE ACCESSORY DESCRIPTION PC graphics software MS DOS, it allows to create and print the label. SOFTWARE LW230 Allow to produce tags and tickets from CUTTER continuous paper roll. Allow to unwind labels roll up to 250 mm of diameter. -
Page 8: Technical Specifications
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS PRINT MODE: Thermal transfer and direct thermal on thermal paper PRINTING RESOLUTION: 6 dot/mm or 8 dot/mm PRINT AREA SIZE: Up to 105 mm (6 dot/mm) Up to 112 mm (8 dot/mm) LABEL SIZE: LENGTH:... -
Page 9: Unpacking And Inspection
• Keep the whole packaging unit available for the inspection by the transporter • Notify the transporter in writing and send a copy to DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. or its distributor, indicating the amount of the damage. IMPORTANT: DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A is not responsible for damages incurred during transport and is not authorized to replace or repair under warranty. -
Page 10: Storage And Transport
Picture 3 WORKING PLACE ST 230 can be installed on any flat surface able to support the weight of 17 Kg and of dimensions to adequately locate the printer and its accessories as indicated in picture 4 on your left. -
Page 11: Electrical Connections
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS The power cable of the printer has a female connector on one side and on the opposite pole a spindle type "SCHUKO". To provide a correct and safe connection to the electrical network follow the here below instructions,... -
Page 12: Rear Panel, Connection
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. As the colours of the cores in the mains lead of this equipment may not correspond with the coloured marking identifying the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows: • The core which is coloured green and yellow must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked with letter "E"... -
Page 13: Before Use Operations
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. BEFORE USE OPERATIONS WARNING: Before proceeding with the here below instructions, switch off the printer by pressing the power switch (indicated on paragraph 7.2) and disconnect the spin- dle SCHUKO of the power cable from the plug (as in- dicated in paragraph 7 point 2). -
Page 14: User Manual
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. Now lift up the printhead from the printing position rotating the black knob half way as indicated in picture 9 on your left. Picture 9 WARNING: Be careful not to put fingers between printhead and rubber roll. -
Page 15: Thermal Transfer Ribbon Loading Procedure
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. THERMAL TRANSFER RIBBON LOADING PROCEDURE WARNING: The cartridge is a very delicate mechanical component and it is therefore advisable to treat it with great care in order not to incur damage of the components. Take one roll of thermal transfer ribbon "FOIL"... - Page 16 DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. Take the starting part of the ribbon, generally a transparent strip, and pass it over the cartridge so that it passes all the aluminium pivots externally, and between the metallic blade fixed to the knurled knob and the pivot as indicated in picture 14.
- Page 17 DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. Wind the ribbon for some turns around the rewinding shaft till the transparent strip is completely rewound and the inked part is present as indicated in picture 17 on your left. Picture 17 See paragraph 11 for loading the cartridge in the machine.
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Page 18: Label Roll Loading Procedure
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. 10 LABEL ROLL LOADING PROCEDURE Open the covers, lift the printhead and take off the printhead following the instructions in paragraph 8. Take the black flange away from the roll holder as indicated in picture 18 on your left. - Page 19 DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. Adjust the width of the low paper guide following the above - men- tioned instructions and be sure that the paper passes inside the photosensor located on the low paper guide as indicated in the square reported on picture 21 on your left.
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Page 20: Strip Mode Label Roll Loading
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. After the above - mentioned preliminary phases, go through the procedures to insert the paper to operate in one of the following printing modes: • STRIP MODE • DISPENSING MODE 10.1 STRIP MODE LABEL ROLL LOADING This operating mode is generally... -
Page 21: Dispensing Mode Label Roll Loading
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. 10.2 DISPENSING MODE LABEL ROLL LOADING This operating mode is generally used when it is required to dispense the labels (that is detaching from silicon paper) after the printout in order to stick them manually on the object to be labelled as indicated in the picture on your left. - Page 22 DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. Picture 28 Attach the silicon paper to the rewinder shaft by winding it approximately two or three turns as indicated in picture 29 on your left. Picture 29 Lock the paper on the rewinder with the paper clamp as indicated in picture 30 on your left.
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Page 23: Final Operations
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. 11 FINAL OPERATIONS After installing the labels following one of the above - mentioned modes or a new thermal transfer ribbon the operator has to reinstall the cartridge (in case it has been taken off, only for inked ribbon... - Page 24 DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. Close the covers of the printer, starting from the front one paying attention to insert the labels in the appropriate slot and than lower the side cover as indicated in picture 34 on your left. Picture 34 WARNING: During closing procedure the side cover has to be helped.
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Page 25: Use Of The Printer
The test label (printed when the printer is on) contains the following information: LABEL TEST PRINTER MODEL AND FIRMWARE VERSION ST 230 B5.3. KIND OF PRINTHEAD AND TEM- PERATURE OF THE PRINTHEAD IN 6 dots/mm 29°... - Page 26 DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. The format used to represent values $&%, K, J, V, H, G, N is the same used by the corresponding commands that can be sent from the external driving device, while parameters BR, CM, NA are settable only by front panel in configuration mode.
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Page 27: Use Of The Printer Front Panel
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. 13 USE OF THE PRINTER FRONT PANEL Printer ST 230 is equipped with a command front panel, composed of a serie of buttons and leds that permit the printer parameters to be programmed. Examining in detail the front panel... - Page 28 DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. LIGHT LEDS TABLE LIGHT LED STATUS MEANING The printer in ON LINE status and is ready to execute the commands coming from serial line. The printer can be both in printing status or in OFF LINE. It is not possible to execute line commands that will be stored on the buffer with exception of those executable in real time.
- Page 29 DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. LIGHT LED STATUS MEANING End paper and/or inked ribbon, or feed error Normal working FLASH Temporary stop of printing due to printhead overheating. The printer is ready to print continuously. The printer is ready to print on labels or to detect the tag in order to maintain the printing feed.
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Page 30: Operations From Front Panel
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. 13.1 OPERATIONS FROM FRONT PANEL The operations from front panel can be divided in three phases: • ON LINE • OFF LINE • SET UP or configuration 13.2 ON LINE The printer is in ON LINE after switching on phase, as per instructions in paragraph 12 and the light leds on the front panel will show information on the status of the printer (see instruction on LED TABLE on page 25 and 26). -
Page 31: Off-Line Phase
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. This is also valid when the interruption is caused by an error (once removed the cause). 13.4 OFF-LINE PHASE To execute the operations below it is necessary to have the printer in OFF-LINE status (following instructions on paragraph 13.2). -
Page 32: Printing Interruption
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. ECONOMIZER SELECTION It is made by pressing the RIBBON ECONOM key and is indicated by the light of the relative led (see description of light led function). 13.5 PRINTING INTERRUPTION The following procedure permits the termination of one session of printing before the end of the number of labels ordered. -
Page 33: Macro Selection
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. Once the selection is made, press the HEAD LIFT key and ON LINE key again in order to have the elaboration and the printout of the desired text. 13.7 MACRO SELECTION It is possible to insert, in a proper EPROM memory, a series of further texts (up to a maximum of 99) or, generally, command sequences (MACRO) in order to personalise the printer to specific operations. -
Page 34: Baud Rate Selection
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. 2. Press the ON-LINE key to and the printer is OFF-LINE. Then press the key HEAD LIFT and then the ON-LINE key. All the leds are off (with the exception of the red one) and the printer is in confi-guration status and you can be selected the parameters here below. -
Page 35: Character Fonts Map Selection
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. Press the RIBBON ECONOM key again to complete the selection: it is printed a test label with the updated BR value. At this moment, exit from configuration mode (as described in paragraph 13.8) and switch the printer off so that the new BAUD RATE is operative. -
Page 36: Printing Speed Selection
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. + 1 mm - 1 mm Pressing RIBBON ECONOM again, the selection stops and a test label is printed where the width of the central zone (black, grey and bars) it adjust to the value given to the margins always keeping itself centered with respects to the printhead. -
Page 37: Label Calibration
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. fine adjustment, respectively to up and down of 10mW each time. Each key pression a test label is printed that shows the variation. + 10 mW - 10 mW It is always advisable to operate at the minimum speed in case of rough temperature adjustments to avoid any possible burns of the ribbon during the passage of values. -
Page 38: Operation Mode Selection
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. format and than to include the set commands of the correct values sent for the printout of each label to reach the automatic alignment of the printout. 13.15 OPERATION MODE SELECTION Select the printer in configuration mode (as described in paragraph 13.8) then press the HEAD LIFT key (the respective led is turn on). -
Page 39: Enable/Disable Of The Photodispenser Sensor (Optional)
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. Press the THERM TRANSF key: the corresponding led lights in Thermal Transfer, whilst when it is off is in direct thermal. 13.15.4 Enable/Disable of the photodispenser sensor (optional) Press the ON LINE key: the corresponding led indicated the status. -
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Page 41: Maintenance
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. 14 MAINTENANCE Due to the reduced number of moving parts, the printer does not require particular maintenance, but a simpler periodical cleaning of the parts subject to dirt, that are: • printhead • feeding rubber roll • paper guide shaft •... -
Page 42: Printhead Cleaning
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. WARNING: Switch off the printer handling on the button mounted on the rear panel of the printer and disconnect the spindle from the feeding plug. As previously explained in paragraph 8, please proceed with the following operation by keeping the printer with: •... -
Page 43: Rubber Rolls Cleaning
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. 14.2 RUBBER ROLLS CLEANING Take a soft cloth wet with iso- propylic alcohol and pass it over the rubber rolls to eliminate all the dirt (silicon residuals and possible inked ribbon residuals) posed during the labels printing as indicated on picture 37 on your left. -
Page 44: Trouble Shooting
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. 15 TROUBLE SHOOTING Some small problems can be easily solved by the operator. In case something on the ST 230 printer goes wrong please checks the following points before calling the Technical Assistance. SYMPTOM POSSIBLE CAUSE ACTION Check the power cord Wrong power supply connection. - Page 45 DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. SYMPTOM POSSIBLE CAUSE ACTION Printhead lifted (printer with Lower in printing position rewinder). Printhead connection (flat cable). Verify the correct insertion of the flat cable into the con- nector located at the back of the printhead. THE PAPER IS FED BUT NOT PRINTED.
- Page 46 DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. SYMPTOM POSSIBLE CAUSE ACTION Dirty residues lift between paper Verify the cleanliness of the and ribbon. materials used. POOR PRINT QUALITY Improper paper or ribbon Verify the material used and (LIGHT SPOTS) replace with recommended type. Clean with proper solvent or Dirty rubber roll, used or contact Technical Assistance.
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Page 47: Serial Cable Pinout
DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. 16 APPENDIX A 16.1 SERIAL CABLE PINOUT Here below the pinout of connector CANNON 9 female located on the rear panel of the printer: SIGNAL DESCRIPTION Input - received data Output - transmit data Ground Output Request to send... - Page 48 DATAPROCESS EUROPE S.p.A. Cable for 9 pin connector. PRINTER PC - 25 Pin RxD 2 TxD 3 GND 5 RTS 7 CTS 8 ST 230 USER MANUAL Pag.
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