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DIRECT CARD PRINTER
PR53FS(LE)
Operation Manual
Ver. 1.0
Sep.'05

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  • Page 1 DIRECT CARD PRINTER PR53FS(LE) Operation Manual Ver. 1.0 Sep.'05...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Section For y our safety a) Before installing b) Before turning power ON c) Before using d) Before moving the equipment e) About laws and regulations F) Prohibited matters Section Preparation a) Package contents b) Consumables Ink Ribbon Card c) Parts to be replaced periodically Print Head Input Roller...
  • Page 3 Section Cleaning a) Input Roller b) Cleaning of the card transport rollers in Flip Turn Block c) Cleaning of the print rollers d) Cleaning of the ribbon transport roller e) Cleaning of the Sup ply roller f) Cleaning of the Print Head g) Cleaning of the card transport roller Section Periodical replacement of parts...
  • Page 4 Section For your safety Several illustrations are used in this operation manual to ensure safe operation. The following conventions are used to identify the result caused by the use or operat ions not following such illustrations. :This indicates that there is a danger of death or serious injury.

  • Page 5: A) Before Installing

    Before installing About e n v ironment for installation Do not install in humid and dusty room. It may cause fire and/or electric shock. Do not install the equipments near the heat emitting apparatus such as stove and heater or near the flammables such as curtain.
  • Page 6 Do not place where there is direct sunlight. It may cause deformat ion of plastic housing and decoloration of the prints. Enough space must be provided around the equipments. This is necessary for easy operation as well as for ventilation. If the ventilation opening is closed by obstac le, heat can not be dissipated and it may cause a fire.

  • Page 7: B) Before Turning Power On

    Before turning the power ON About power source Do not use any other outlet than following. Do not connect more than one equipment onto one outlet. Otherwise, it may cause a fire and/or electric shock. The specified rating of this equipment is f ollowing. 100~ 240 VAC Dust on the plug and electrical outlet must be removed.
  • Page 8 About connecting the grounding line Grounding line must be connected. If the equipment is not grounded and there is an electric leakage, it may cause electric shock or fire. < Grounding line may be connected to the following points.> Grounding terminal on the electric outlet T he line connected to an copper rod which is buried in the ground at the depth of 65cm(26inch) or deeper.

  • Page 9: C) Before Using

    Before using About handling the equipment Do not put anything containing water such as vase etc. on the equipment. If water is spilled, it may cause fire or electric shock. Do not put any metal pieces such as paper clips on the equipment. If they drop inside the equipment, it may cause short circuit and cause fire or electric shock.
  • Page 10 If smoke or unusual smell is detected, stop using. If it is used as it is, it may cause fire or electric shock. Turn OFF the main switch immediately, plug off the power cord and contact the dealer from whom the equipment was pur chased.
  • Page 11 About handling of the equipment Do not put any heavy article on the equipment. It may damage the equipment or cause the injury by dropping. Do not use flammable sprays at near the equipment. It may catch fire and cause fire accident. When the front door is open, do not put anything on the door or lean on.

  • Page 12: D) Before Moving The Equipment

    Before moving the equipment About power source Tur n OFF the main switch and plug off the power supply cord from the outlet before moving the equipment. Otherwise, it may damage the power cord and cause a fire. To pull off the plug of the power cord, hold the body of the plug and pull off.

  • Page 13: Section 2 : Preparation

    Section 2: Preparation - a) Package contents Following items are packed in the carton together with the printer. If anything is missing, contact the dealer from whom you have purchased.

  • Page 14: Ink Ribbon

    - b) Consumables Ink ribbons and cards must be prepared to use this printer. Ink Ribbons The following 2 kinds of ribbons ar e used for this printer. Name Marking Number of frames Reference (Per roll) Color Dye sublimation type full color w/ resin black + heat melting black+Overcoat Resin black...

  • Page 15: C) Parts To Be Replaced Periodically

    - c) Parts to be replaced periodically Spare Print Head, Input Rollers and Fan Filter are available for periodic replacement in order to ensure the optimum print quality and long life of machine. Print Head The Print Head comes with the floppy disk which contains the data for best print quality assured.

  • Page 16: Input Roller

    Input Roller Periodic replacement cycle for the Input Roller is every 40,000 frames if the recommended cards are used and cleaning is done every 2,000 frames. To exchange the Roller, refer the item "Replacing Input Roller" at 7-a) For cleaning the Rollers, refer the item "Cleaning the rollers" at 6-a) Fan Filter Recommended Replacement period: every 6 months Do not wash with water.

  • Page 17: D) Name Of The Parts

    - d) Name of the parts Front side of the printer 1.Front Access Cover 2.Top Cover 3.Rear Cover 4.Operation Panel 5.Card Feeding Unit 6.Power Switch 7.Reject Card Exit 8.Front Cover 9.Card Stacker Rear side of the printer...
  • Page 18 1.Circuit Protector 2.USB Connector 3.Power Cord Receptacle...

  • Page 19: Front Access Panel

    Front Access Panel 1.Input Roller Module 2.Ribbon Cartridge Holding Lever 3.Manual Rotation Knob 4.Ribbon Cartridge...
  • Page 20 /////MEMO/////...

  • Page 21: Section 3 : Installation

    Section 3: Installation First, please confirm that you have read the Cautions about installation. - a) Environment for installation The equipment can be used in the ambient temperature of 10 ~ 35? C ( 50~ 95°F) but to ensure the best performance, temperature range of 20~ 25? C( 68~ 77°F ) is recommended.

  • Page 22: D) Connecting The Printer To Computer

    - d) Connecting the Printer to Computer USB type interface Connecting Cable Shape of the connector on a printer side :B Type Connect the B type side to the back of a Printer at the connector with displayed as shown on right - e) Power ON The electrical rating of power for this printer is alternate power...

  • Page 23: Section 4 : Operation Panel

    Section 4 : Operation Panel Outline of the Operation Panel Appearance and composition Function of each part The functions of LCD and the three keys (Menu, Clear, Exe) are different for Normal Mode ( after the power is turned ON and before entering the User Mode) and for the User Mode.

  • Page 24: B) Operation Of Normal Mode

    Operation of Normal Mode When the power is turned ON, the printer is in Normal Mode. The Power LED (Green) turns ON and the printer status is shown on the LCD panel. Normal Mode is the mode for printing, and the printer status is shown on the LCD panel.
  • Page 25 EXE key print This is the function to repeat printing the data stored in the printer memory by pressing the E X E key. However, to effect this function, it is necessary to set the EXE Key Print to ON position in the user mode. This function is invalid regardless of the setting in the user mode if the system is designed so that the data is not stored in the printer memory to prevent double printing.

  • Page 26: C) Operation Of User Mode

    Operation of the User Mode User Mode is used to set the printer setting for the user environment or to check the printer status. Switching to User Mode 1.Press and hold the MENU key on the Operation Panel as illustrated. The message on the LCD display changes from "Input Command"...
  • Page 27 Y and M. Correlation of RGB and CMY If there is a customized setting, color tone of Nisca default setting and the customized setting can be selected with Gamma0 Select menu. Please ask the dealer for the details.
  • Page 28 ON/OFF of the error buzzer: Error Buzzer Select ON/OFF of the error alarm buzzer which sounds when the errors such as "Cover Open" or "Card Empty" occur. Ribbon type setting: Ribbon Type "YMCK01" for color printing and "K01" for black letters are used as the standard ribbons for this printer.

  • Page 29: E) Structure Of User Mode

    Structure of User Mode The items shown with? ? are to be set by the Ready to Print Removable Ribbon User. Default settings is shown by the white letters on the black background User Mode CLR:B ack EXE:Go Sub-menus as shown with are listed in the next page.
  • Page 30 Auto Remove Normal Set Cleaning Please wait….. Cards (EXE) Cards (EXE) Now Cleaning Return to Normal Return to Normal Mode (EXE) Mode (EXE) Printer Status Printer Status ROM Version Base Program CLR+EXE:submen EXE: sub menu Push MENU Key EXE Key Print Main Program Print Retry Head Number...

  • Page 31: A) Setting Cards

    Section 5: How to Set Cards and Ribbon - a) Setting cards Do not use the card other than designated by the de aler. Otherwise, it may not produce the normal print quality and cause trouble on the equipment. Double printing on the card which has been printed with this printer is not possible.
  • Page 32 When loading the cards, stack the cards evenly as marked with ? in the figure below. If it is stacked unevenly as shown with the × mark in the figure below, it may caus e "Pick Up Error" or the stack may collapse.

  • Page 33: B) Setting The Ink Ribbon

    - b) Setting the ink ribbon When taking out the ink ribbon cartridge before it becomes empty (while LCD panel displays other than "Ribbon Empty"), press RIBBON CHANGE key and confirm that the head is lifted. Cartridge can not be removed with the head at the printing position. The ribbon may be wrinkled or broken if the cartridge is removed forcibly.
  • Page 34 Release the lock of Ribbon Cartridge and and open as illustrated. Peel off the remaining ribbon from the supply bobbin. Dispose of the take up bobbin with the full used ribbon. Place the now empty supply bobbin in the take up side of the cartridge t o use as take up bobbin.
  • Page 35 Section 6: Cleaning To ensure the optimum print quality, precision components and electronic parts are used for this printer. Stain on rollers and print head is crucial to the print qualit y. To maintain the best print condit ions, observe the following point Clean these parts periodically to keep the optimum performance.
  • Page 36 - a) Input Roller Before starting this operation, please read the general advice which appears in the beginning part of this section. Remove the Input Roller module as explained in Page 45 and clean in the following procedure. Wet and squeeze a piece of soft cloth with alcohol for cleaning OA equipment and wipe in the direction as illustrated.
  • Page 37 - c) Cleaning of the Print Rollers This Operation shall be done by a service personnel. Before starting this operation, please read the general advice which appears in the beginning part of this section. Turn OFF the power without fail before the cleaning operation. ? It may cause a trouble and/or to have electrical shock.
  • Page 38 - e) Cleaning of the Supply Roller Before starting this operation, please read the general advice which appears in the beginning part of this section. Wet and squeeze the soft cloth with alcohol for OA equipments and wipe the all surface of the roller in the direction as shown by arrow in the figure below.
  • Page 39 - f) Cleaning of the Print Head The Print Head will be remaining hot when just after Printing. Before starting this operation, make sure that the Print Head module has been cool. Turn OFF the power without fail before the cleaning operation. ? It may cause a trouble and/or to have electrical shock.
  • Page 40 6 - g) How to clean the card transportation rollers The card transportation rollers are cleaned automatically by using cleaning card of which is bundled with this sheet and cleaning function on this printer. Prepare a cleaning card and turn power on the printer ? Remove the protection sheet on a cleaning card.
  • Page 41 /////MEMO/////...
  • Page 42 Section 7: Periodical replacement of parts This printer offers a superb performance for long period with very high reliability. But to maintain the performance, some parts need to be replaced periodically. This means the low running cost. Replacement can be easily done if the operator has basic knowledge or experience of handling electronic machinery.
  • Page 43 * Make sure the head module is locked firmly by the lever "C" as shown with circle "B". To install the head data First, you have to get the application for the download from NISCA homepage through internet addressed at http://www.teamnisca.com. Please see the information attached application for the way of installation.
  • Page 45 - c) Replacing Fan Filter Turn OFF the power without fail before the cleaning operation. It may cause a troub le and/or to have electrical shock. A figure on right shows a part of back side of the right cover located just below the card hopper.

  • Page 46: Basic Specification

    Section 8: Basic Specification 1 Printing Method Image Area : Dye Diffusion Ther mal Transfer Character Area : Molten Type Thermal Transfer Protective Layer : Molten Type Thermal Transfer system 2 Printing Media PVC Card (Conforms to ISO 7810 , JIS X6301 )or made of other materials with receivable layer on the surface Size : 54.5mm x 85.5mm Thickness : 0.76 +- 10% mm...

  • Page 47: Cleaning Unit

    Section 9: Configuration of the equipment ? Card Supply Unit Picks up a card from the bottom of the stack and feeds to the printer with the Supply Roller. The slot is 1.5 times of the thickness of the card so that the double feeding will not occur. ? Cleaning Unit Remove the impediments such as dusts on the surface of the card fed from Feeder Unit ? Flip Turn Unit...
  • Page 48 Section 10: Trouble and Countermeasure 10 - Troubles displayed on the operation panel If a trouble occurs, the red lamp on the operation panel turns ON and the nature of the trouble is shown on the LCD panel. In addition to the indication of ribbon empty and card empty, almost all kinds of troubles such as setting of the ribbon type, position of card jam, etc., can be checked with the messages on the LCD panel Display of trouble on the LCD panel...
  • Page 49 Trouble shooting Message on LCD Cause/ Countermeasure Ref. Card is empty. P 28 Card Empty ? Supply cards. ? Card is empty Front Cover is not closed correctly. Front Cover is ? Close the cover positively. ? ? -? ? Open Front Access cover is open...
  • Page 50 P.30 The ink ribbon is finished ? Replace with the fresh ink ribbon. Ribbon Empty ? ? - ? ? The ribbon type setting of the printer and the ribbon type actually Ribbon Type being used do not correspond. P.25 ? ? - ? ? Incorrect ? Pull out the ribbon cartridge after pressing the...
  • Page 51 - b) Releasing card jam Most of the card jam errors are caused by dirt and stain of the card transport rollers. If the rollers are dirty, card jam error frequently occur. To prevent this, periodic roller cleaning as described in paragraph 6 is recommended. ? Depending on the position of the card jam, you may have to put your hand in the printer.
  • Page 52 Block Layout...
  • Page 53 Card Jam which can not be released by Clear key Message on LCD Cause/Countermeasure Ref. Card is not taken into the printer and remaining in the Card Feeder Feeder Block. ? ? -? ? Area? ? Remove all cards in the Feeder and set them again after separating the edges of the cards.
  • Page 54 - c) Troubles which are not displayed on the operation panel Problem Cause/Countermeasure Ref. ? Color drop ? If a dust is on the surface of the card when printing, Partial drop or discoloration the part of the dust remains unprinted ? Do not use the card having a dust on the face.
  • Page 55 Problem Cause/Countermeasure Ref. ? If the ribbon cartridge is taken out without pressing The color of the printed image suddenly changes in the middle. P 20 Ribbon Change key and re-set again, the first frame is printed and output with this trouble. ? When taking out the ribbon cartridge with remaining ribbon, do not forget to press Ribbon Change key before taking out.
  • Page 56 Other troubles Problem Cause/Countermeasure Ref. ? Power do es not turn ON. ? Check the connection of the power cord. ? If the circuit protector lever above the power cord receptacle on the backside of the printer is protruding. ? Data can not be transmitted to ? Please call your deal er.
  • Page 57 /////MEMO/////...

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