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Precautions in the Printer • DO NOT insert any foreign objects such as a piece of metal or any liquid in the internal parts or slot of the printer. Doing so may cause fire or electric shock. • DO NOT put the printer into water in a place where it could get wet. Doing so may cause fire, a failure or other accidents.
1. Printer and Accessories 2. Accessories Once you have opened the carton, make sure it contains the printer and all accessories. 1. Printer Thermal paper AC adapter AC cable Battery pack Printer cable (The battery pack is set in the printer) Manual Function setting guide *...
2. Part Names 1. Front 2. Back Ground screw Paper cover Paper cover window Power supply jack Serial input connector Parallel inputconnector 3. Bottom Power Switch Power lamp Battery pack cover...
3. Operation Panel 1. Names 4 Power LED 6 OFFLINE LED Indicates the power is on. Blinks once every second 3 ONLINE button to indicate the battery is being charged. Blinks once 2 FEED button every 1/2 second to indicate the battery is low. 5 ONLINE LED Indicates the printer is ONLINE.
4. Connecting AC Adapter * Always use an specified adapter. 1 Turn off the power. * Connect the ground terminal to ground screw with 2 Plug the DC plug on the AC adapter into the power ground wire. supply jack on the printer. *...
5. Loading the Paper 1 Lightly push up on the front of the paper cover with your thumb and rotate it toward the back of the printer. Insertion Slot The printing surface is the outside of the thermal paper roll. 5 Keep pressing the FEED button until the thermal paper feeds straight and smoothly.
6. Connecting the Printer <Parallel> 1 Turn off the printer and measuring instrument. 2 Connect the printer to the measuring instrument with Measuring instrument an printer cable. <Parallel> Secure with veil lock. <Serial> Secure with screws. 3 Set the software DIP switches (DIP SW) to match the input method.
* I t is n e c essar y to chang e th e set ting with th e Input Method Parallel Serial measuring instrument used. Please see attached Printing speed High paper "VZ-330 function setting guide" in detail. Auto loading * The setting cannot be discontinued until ending it the Carriage return Carriage CR function and line feed return setting is started on the way.
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2. DIP SW2 Switch No. Function Switch No. Character set No.rmal printing Condensed printing Print mode (40 columns) (80 columns) Japanese User-defined characters back-up American Ordinary Special Chatacter type German characters characters φ English Zero font International French 5 to 8 See the table below character set Spanish 1...
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3. DIP SW3 Switch No. Function Switch No. Baud rate Data bit length Eight bits Seven bits Parity permission Without With Parity condition Even Flow control H/W BUSY XON/XOFF 5 to 8 Baud rate See the table below 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200...
8. Test Print 2. Print Sample In a test print, characters 20H to FEH are printed in condensed, ordinary and double-width modes according to the international, special character and zero font settings of the software DIP switches. This is followed by a small checkered pattern and solid black pattern printed dot by dot, after which the current settings are printed.
9. Handling the Battery Pack 1. Inserting the Battery Pack Even if AC adapter is not used, this printer can be used by the battery pack. 1 Turn the printer over and open the battery cover as shown in Figure 1. * The battery pack has already been installed as for 2 Connect the battery pack as shown in Figure 2, turn this printer at purchase.
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3. Charging the Battery 4. When the Battery Gets Low During Printing 1 Turn the power OFF. When the power LED starts blinking about once every 0.5 seconds and the printer goes OFFLINE, connect 2 Connect the AC adapter to the printer. The POWER the AC adapter.
10. Maintenance Both the ONLINE and OFFLINE lamps light and data input and paper feed are disabled when one of the following four errors occurs. 1. Errors Situation Considered cause, solution method • The head does not return to the home position even Are there any dust such as a piece of paper in the when the power is turned on.
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* Interval Home Return 2. Caring For The VZ-330 Printer To protect the printer, the head returns to the home position (the leftmost position) automatically when; If the outside of your printer gets dirty, wipe it with a soft, dry cloth. If it gets very dirty, wet a soft cloth 1 data is not sent from the measuring instrument.
11. Trouble shooting Symptoms Check Point Action Is the power switch on? Turn on power switch. See Section 4. The power does not turn on. Is the AC adapter connected correctly? Plug other electrical appliances into the outlet to (The power LED is off.) Is power being supplied from the outlet? check that it is working.
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Symptoms Check Point Action Are the SWDIP switches set correctly? Set them according to the “Function setting guide”. Please confirm whether for the cable to left out or to Is the printer cable connected correctly? be connected correctly. The printer does not print Is the print set ting of the measuring Please confirm whether to be set correctly referring or stops during printing.
11. Specifications • Printing method : Thermal serial dot • Thermal paper specifications Width : 112mm • Character mode Outer diameter : 48mm Total number of dots : 9 × 320 dots / line Roll length : Approx. 28m Character matrix : 9 dot high ×...
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