User's Manual

Table Of Contents

Catalog

Chapter 1 Setting up the printer ................................................................................................1

1.1 Unpacking the printer........................................................................................................... 1

1.2 Connecting the printer to the power source......................................................................... 2

1.3 Connecting the printer to the computer................................................................................ 2

1.3.1 Parallel interface ........................................................................................................... 2

1.3.2 Serial interface .............................................................................................................. 2

1.4 Installing the ribbon cassette ............................................................................................... 3

1.5 Setting up the Rear tractor mode......................................................................................... 4

1.6 Setting up the Manual mode................................................................................................ 8

1.7 Setting up the Front tractor mode ...................................................................................... 10

1.8 Setting up the ASF (option) mode...................................................................................... 14

1.9 Installing the printer driver ................................................................................................. 18

Chapter 2 Control panel operation .......................................................................................... 19

2.1 Control Panel..................................................................................................................... 19

2.1.1 Control Panel view ...................................................................................................... 19

2.1.2 Function keys.............................................................................................................. 20

2.1.3 LCD............................................................................................................................. 23

2.1.4 Lamps ......................................................................................................................... 23

2.2 Paper path lever ................................................................................................................ 24

2.3 Head adjustment lever....................................................................................................... 25

2.4 Key shortcut functions ....................................................................................................... 25

Chapter 3 Setup options........................................................................................................... 26

3.1 How to use the setup modes ............................................................................................. 26

3.1.1 Keys used for setting................................................................................................... 26

3.1.2 Setting example .......................................................................................................... 27

Chapter 4 Ho

w to use MENU Memory ..................................................................................... 28

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................... 29

5.1 How to solve the problem .................................................................................................. 29

5.2 How to solve the error message........................................................................................ 31

5.2.1 Functional error message ........................................................................................... 31

5.2.2 Operational error message ......................................................................................... 32

Chapter 6 Specifications .......................................................................................................... 35

6.1 Printer specifications.......................................................................................................... 35

6.2 Other specifications ........................................................................................................... 36

6.3 Paper specifications........................................................................................................... 36

6.4 Options&Consumable........................................................................................................ 37