Operator’s Manual
PS3000 Operator’s Manual INTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing the Minolta DPCS3000 (PS3000 + Di30). This users manual explains the various functions provided by the DPCS3000. It also gives some maintenance as well as troubleshooting tips. Before operating this system, read this manual carefully until you familiarize yourself thoroughly with its operation and features. After you have read through the manual, keep it for ready reference. Please also note of the following precautions.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Organization This manual consists of six chapters. Chapters 1 through 3 give the basic information, including parts identification, basic operation, and general precautions, for this system. Be sure to read these chapters before attempting to use your system. Chapter 1. First Things to Know About DPCS3000 Highlights and configuration of the system and basic information about the different parts including the Display Panel of PS3000. Chapter 2.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 1 Chapter 1. First Things to Know About DPCS3000 Highlights of DPCS3000 DPCS3000 is a copying system used exclusively for making copies from an encyclopedia, dictionary, or any other thick book. PS3000 reads the page or pages of an open bound original placed on its Original Table and Di30 prints the data on them. In addition to being capable of making a clear copy of texts, the system offers the Photo mode which produces a sharp copy out of a photo.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 1 Parts Identification (PS3000) 1 2 13 8 9 7 10 6 5 3 4 12 11 1. Scanner Unit: The Image Scanner is housed in this unit. 2. Lamp Unit: Illuminates the original when the Scanner Unit reads it. 3. Measurement Plate: Detects the position of the surface of the book original. 4. Main Switch: Use to turn ON or OFF PS3000. 5. Start Key: Press to let PS3000 start reading the original. (PS3000 reads the original differently depending on the mode it is in.) 6.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 1 Display Panel Key Identification (PS3000) D Spread / Page by Page E F B G Panel Reset H I I I I I A C A. Spread Key: Press to select the spread (landscape) copy mode. B. Page-by-Page Key: Press to select the page-by-page (portrait) copy mode. C. Panel Reset Key: Press to reset the control panel settings to the defaults. D. Exposure Key: Press to call the screen that allows you to set the copy image density and quality. E.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 2 Chapter 2. Installing It Properly Installing the system installation Site To ensure utmost safety and prevent possible malfunctions of the system, install it in a location which meets the following requirements. - A place away from a curtain or other things that catch fire and burn easily. - An area where there is no possibility that it might be splashed with water or other liquid. - An area free from direct sunlight.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 2 Space Requirements To ensure easy copying operation, supply replacement, and service maintenance, adhere to the recommended space requirements detailed below. PS3000 is connected to Di30 via a cable which is 2.5 meters long or more; however, keep a distance of less than 2 meters between the two machines to prevent load from being applied to the cable and connectors. For the space requirements for a Di30 and its options, see Space Requirements on p.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 2 Precautions When Making Copies To ensure the optimum performance of the system, follow the precautions listed below. At the same time, use the precautions for using Di30. (See Using the Copier Properly on p. 4 of the Di30 Operators Manual.) - NEVER place a heavy object on the Original Table or subject it to shocks. - NEVER move PS3000 or turn the Main Switch OFF while it is making copies.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 2 PS3000 requires no supplies, but so does Di30 and they are toner, copy paper, and other copier supplies. For handling of these supplies, see Care of Copier Supplies on p. 5 of Di30 Operators Manual. Moving If you need to transport the system over a long distance, consult your Technical Representative.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 3 Chapter 3. Using the System Display Panel With PS3000, you can make a copy when its Start Keys are lit up green. The LED in each Start Key tells the type of copy, Spread or Page-by-Page, you can make by pressing either one of them. (See How To Make Copies on p. 3-10.) Different parts on the Display Panel screen give different kinds of information as follows. 2 1 1. Tells the condition of the system and gives instructions or a warning. (For warnings, see p. 4-8.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 3 Making and Validating a Choice To select a menu item, press the Select Key immediately under the item of your choice on the screen. When the key is pressed, the item is highlighted, which indicates that your selection has been validated. Default Setting The default settings are the options of the basic as well as auxiliary functions that the system uses unless you specify another one. They are the factory settings and can be selected by pressing the Panel Reset Key.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 3 Turning ON and OFF the System Turning ON 1. Press the Main Switch of PS3000 to the I (ON) position. At this time, the PS3000 lamp lights up with its half intensity. (For details, see Lamp Lighting on p. 3-4.) NOTE Check that PS3000 is connected positively to Di30 via the Interface Cable. 2. Press the Power Switch of Di30 to the I (ON) position. It takes about 3 min. after this for Di30 to become ready to make copies. For more details, see 5.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 3 Precautions When Turning Power ON When the DPCS3000 system is turned ON, PS3000 is activated as a scanner. The Users Choice function of Di30, however, allows for making a different setting whereby PS3000 may be activated as otherwise. (For details, see 7. Users Choice on pp. 123-126 of Di30 Operators Manual.) While Di30 is functioning as a digital PPC, PS3000 remains in the standby state with the message "" being shown on its Display Panel.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 3 Notes on Originals This system is designed for exclusive use in making copies from an encyclopedia, dictionary, or a thick book or file. Note, however, that it may not make copies reliably from any of the following types of originals. 1. High-gloss originals Some of the color-photo pages such as gravures of magazines and catalogs have a gloss level of over 60. If such an original is used, the system gives a warning, interrupting the copy cycle.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 3 4. Originals to which Post-it is affixed 30 mm The system may not work properly if an original is used to which a tag is affixed or a bookmark is placed so that it is visible above the top edge of the original or beyond the right or left edge within a range of 3 cm from the top edge, as shown at left. (This is because the system takes the tag and bookmark as part of the original, resulting in false detection.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 3 Placing the Original Both a book original and a sheet original can be used on the DPCS3000 system to make copies from. Book Originals: Encyclopedia, dictionary, catalog, weekly magazine, etc. Sheet Originals: A sheet document including a photo Book Originals Stopper (reference edge) 1. Place the open book original face up, aligning its top edge with the Stopper (reference edge) on the Original Table. Base Centor size guide 2.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 3 Holding the Original To ensure that you will make a good copy, hold the original so that the two pages lie flat. If the height of the right-hand half of the book does not equal that of the left-hand half, press the higher half down so that the top surfaces of the two pages level off. Keeping that position, press the Start Key. The press of the Start Key will automatically lock the Original Table in position.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 3 3. Press the Start Key. This causes the Scanner to start reading the data on the open book. Keep holding the book in position with your two hands until the Scanner completes reading the data (which takes about 10 sec.). NOTE When the Start Key is pressed, make sure that the space enclosed by the Scanner Unit and the right and left edges of the book is clear of your arm or any other obstacle. If an arm is inside this space, the system will be unable to make a good copy.
PS3000 Operators Manual Chapter 3 How To Make Copies You can select the copying area, if you make a copy of whole area (two pages) of a original or only one side (left or right page) of the original, by the Spread Key and the Page-by-Page Key. A lit LED or LEDs behind the open-book graphic symbol in each Start Key tell the area of original to be copied. Spread Spread: The verso (left) and recto (right) pages of the open book are copied onto a single sheet of paper.
PC3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 3 4. Press either one of the two Start Keys. Example 1: To make a page-by-page copy of the recto (right) page of an open book or a sheet original, check that the message and lit Start Key are as shown in A at left and then press the right Start Key.
PS3000 Operators Manual Chapter 3 Types of Copy The system allows you to make three different types of copy. Select one according to your need. Spread Copy 1 2 1 2 The system copies the image of the original symmetrical around the center of the Original Table onto a single sheet of copy paper. Press the Spread Key to select this mode. When the key is pressed, its LED lights up green.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 3 Book Original Mode (Book Orig) Select this mode when making copies of a book original using PS-3000. When this mode is selected, the following functions can be set. Functions Automatically Set Curved Text Line Correction This function is automatically enabled when Book Orig is selected.
PS3000 Operators Manual Chapter 3 Basic/Auxiliary Functions Auto Exposure Light Auto Dark Image O K This function can be selected only when Text is selected in the Book Orig mode. It is automatically canceled and, instead, the central level of the Manual Exposure mode (default) is set when either Text or Book Orig is canceled. In the Auto Exposure mode, PS3000 detects the background (density) level of the original during prescan and "blanks out" the background during scan to print the texts only.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 3 Book Split Book Book Dup Split Orig Unit 3-15 Set OK This function can be selected when "Book Orig" and "Book Split" are both selected and, in addition, the Page-by-Page mode is further selected. It allows you to make a copy each of the verso (left) and recto (right) pages consecutively in that order or in reverse order depending on which Start Key is pressed. The side of the Start Key depressed is copied first.
PS3000 Operators Manual Chapter 3 Set Center When this function is selected (highlighted), the image is moved to the center of the copy paper and printed. In normal conditions, the image is printed with reference to the upper part at the center of the copy paper in the Spread mode. In the Page-byPage mode, the image is printed with reference to the upper left corner of the copy paper when the right Start Key is used and to the upper right corner of the copy paper when the left Start Key is used.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 3 Sheet Original Mode Select this mode when making copies of a sheet original. None of the functions of Auto Exposure, Auto Zoom, and Auto Focus can be used in this mode. (The focal point is fixed on the surface of the Original Table.) When Book Orig is canceled, PS3000 is automatically set into this Sheet Original mode with exposure and zoom set to the defaults. NOTE Text mode is the default setting for image quality.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 3 Scanner Selection As noted earlier, the DPCS3000 system consists of a PS3000 and a Di30. PS3000 functions as a scanner, while Di30 serves not only as a printer, but also as an freestanding digital PPC using its own Scanner (platen). By shutting off communications between PS3000 and Di30, Di30 becomes a digital PPC to read the original using its own Scanner and platen. Shutting Off Communications 1. Press the Function Key to select the function setting screen.
PS 3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 4 Chapter 4. Working with the Menu When you open the panel cover to the left of the Display Panel, you will find five menu keys used for making various settings. Pressing one of these keys will bring you to the corresponding menu screen on the Display Panel. When OK is pressed on each menu screen, you can go back to the paper selection screen.
PS 3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 4 Manual Exposure Mode Light Auto Dark Image O K The system is in the Manual Exposure mode when Auto is not selected. When in this mode, you can manually vary the exposure level in nine steps. One press of Light or Dark change the level one step toward the key pressed. Both Text and Photo can be used in the Manual Exposure mode. Image Quality Menu When you press the Select Key corresponding to Image, the image quality setting screen appears.
PS 3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 4 Zoom Menu When you press the Zoom Key, the zoom ratio setting menu appears on the Display Panel. On the screen, you have a choice of Auto Zoom or manual zoom (fixed and variable). With the variable manual zoom, the ratio can be set in the range between X0.50 and X2.00 in 0.01 increments. (Once X0.50 or X2.00 is reached, the ratio will no longer be changed even by pressing the key.) Auto Zoom Auto Zoom can be selected only when Book Orig has been selected.
PS 3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 4 Multi-Copy Menu When you press the Multi-Copy Key, a screen appears allowing you to set the number of copies to be made. Any number from 1 to 9 can be set. Setting No. of Copies to be Made 1 - Multi Copy clear + Count O K To set the number of copies to be made, use the - and/or + key. When either key is pressed, the number on the display is increased or decreased. You can press Clear to reset the number to 1.
PS 3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 4 Paper Menu When the Paper Key is pressed, a screen appears allowing you to select the copy paper size. (Note that there is no OK key on this screen.) PS3000 automatically reads the sizes of the paper loaded in the drawers of Di30 and shows the corresponding sizes on the screen. The copy paper sizes shown on the Display Panel are related to the drawers of Di30 as shown on the left.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 4 Function Menu (Auxiliary Functions) When the Function Key is pressed, a screen appears that allows you to set the various auxiliary functions - they are: -Book Orig -Book Split -Dup(lex) Unit -Set Book Orig This function, when set, allows you to activate the following functions during the prescan motion for making copies from a book original. -Auto Exposure -Auto Zoom -Auto Focus For details, see Book Orig on p. 3-12.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 4 Dup Copy 1 When this function is selected, the paper direction graphic symbol shown on the upper right part of the Display Panel is doubled, indicating that the 2-sided copying function is set. Another marker appears to the right of the message area and left of the paper direction symbol, 1 indicating that the current copy cycle is the first one and 2 the second one. 2 1 2 Face Down face down The copies are normally fed out face up on the Copy Tray of Di30.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 4 Warn(Warning) When Warn is selected, PS3000 halts the copy cycle giving a corresponding warning message on the Display Panel if Auto Focus (Bind Height), Auto Exposure, and Auto Zoom (Size Detect) do not function properly to make good copies during the prescan motion. This avoids a miscopy. This function is valid only when Book Orig is selected.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 4 What You Should Do When a Warning Message is Given When a warning message appears on the Display Panel during the prescan sequence, the Start Keys turn green and the copy cycle is halted. In this condition, you cannot press the Start Key. Read the following and perform these steps to make your copies successfully. Be careful, once modes and settings are changed, those remain valid thereafter.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 4 When OK is pressed, the paper selection screen appears. Now, press the Function Key and cancel the warning function from the Warn menu. Note the following particulars for each warning function: Bind Height: If a copy is made with Bind Height canceled when Auto Focus is faulty (the height of the original is not detected properly), Auto Focus does not function and the Scanner reads the original with its focal point fixed at a level of 20 mm from the Original Table.
PS3000 User’s Manual Chapter 5 Chapter 5. Troubleshooting When a malfunction or paper misfeed occurs in either PS3000 or Di30, the DPCS3000 system gives a trouble message on the Display Panel. At this time, the Start Keys light up orange and the system is brought to an immediate stop if it was in the process of reading the original or making copies.
PS3000 User’s Manual Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Warning Message Book heigh is over 50 mm Possible Cause ⋅ The height of the surface of the original is more than 50 mm above the Original Table. ⋅ A tag or bookmark is on the book original. ⋅ The height of the surface of the original is more than 50 mm above the Original Table. ⋅ A tag or bookmark is on the book original. ⋅ The book original is outside the size lines on the Original Table.
PS3000 User’s Manual Chapter 5 Warning Message Possible Cause ⋅ The book original is outside the size lines on the Original Table. ⋅ The original is placed aslant with respect to the size lines. ⋅ A tag or bookmark is on the book original. ⋅ The original is tilt with respect to the Stopper. ⋅ The original is not pressed up against the Stopper. ⋅ The Measurement Plate is dirty. Action ⋅ Align the original with the size lines. ⋅ Align the original with the size lines.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 6 Chapter 6. Caring for the System To keep the DPCS3000 system in the best possible condition and ensure utmost safety, make the following daily checks and clean the system parts as instructed below. NOTE PS3000 has different service items from Di30. For these service items for Di30, refer to Care of the Copier on pp. 170 to 172 of Di30 Operators Daily Checks Any of the following conditions could damage the system or other electrical equipment.
PS3000 Operator’s Manual Chapter 6 The height of the original is not correctly measured if the Measurement Plate or Sharding plate(white tape) is dirty, resulting in a warning message. Wipe the surface clean of dirt with a dry, soft cloth. Measurement Plate Sharding Plate NOTE Before cleaning the surfaces, make sure that the PS3000 power cord has been unplugged.
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