User's Manual
Tally Dascom 1430
XI
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 UNPACKING GUIDE ........................................................................................................................................ 1
PLACING THE PRINTER .......................................................................................................................................... 2
PRINTER COMPONENTS ........................................................................................................................................ 2
2 SETTING UP PRINTER .................................................................................................................................... 4
INSTALL RIBBON .................................................................................................................................................. 4
CONNECTING THE INTERFACE CABLE ...................................................................................................................... 5
CONNECTING THE MAINS POWER .......................................................................................................................... 6
INSTALLING THE WINDOWS DRIVER ........................................................................................................................ 7
3 PAPER INSTALLATION GUIDE ..................................................................................................................... 10
ADJUSTING THE PRINT GAP LEVER ....................................................................................................................... 10
FRICTION FEED HANDLING .................................................................................................................................. 10
TRACTOR FEED HANDLING .................................................................................................................................. 11
4 CONTROL PANEL OPERATION .................................................................................................................... 12
PANEL OPERATION ............................................................................................................................................. 14
Online State ............................................................................................................................................................ 15
Offline State ............................................................................................................................................................ 16
Power-On State ...................................................................................................................................................... 17
LANGUAGE SETUP .............................................................................................................................................. 18
SLIP SETUP ....................................................................................................................................................... 19
5. PRINTER SETTING CHANGES .................................................................................................................... 20
SYSTEM SETUP .................................................................................................................................................. 20
PRINT SETUP ..................................................................................................................................................... 20
PAGE SETUP ...................................................................................................................................................... 22
INTERFACE SETUP .............................................................................................................................................. 23
ADVANCED SETUP .............................................................................................................................................. 23
VERTICAL ALIGNMENT ........................................................................................................................................ 33
CHANGE PIN FUNCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 34
ADJUST PHYSICAL MARGINS ............................................................................................................................... 35
DASCOM PRINTER SETUP TOOL ........................................................................................................................... 37
6 MAINTENANCE ............................................................................................................................................. 38
CLEANING AND VACUUMING THE PRINTER ............................................................................................................. 38
CLEANING THE PAPER ROLLERS ........................................................................................................................... 38
7 TROUBLESHOOTING .................................................................................................................................... 40
PRINT QUALITY PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS ........................................................................................................ 40
PAPER HANDLING PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS ..................................................................................................... 41
OPERATING PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS .............................................................................................................. 41
ERROR INDICATIONS ON LEDS ............................................................................................................................ 42