Specifications

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TP202 Rev. A © Midmark Corporation 2013
Printer (Optional)
Operating the Printer
Whenthesterilizerispluggedin,theprinteris automatically powered up and initialized.
No user intervention or setup is required.
Power-Up Message
Whentheprintersuccessfullyinitializesafterthesterilizerispoweredup,itprintstheword“READY”to
assuretheoperatorthatitsbuiltinmicroprocessorisworkingproperlyandthesterilizationcycleswillbe
recorded by the printer.
Printer Tape Description
Theprinterwillprintthefollowinginformationforeachprogramcycle:
 •CycleNumber
 •Identication:alineisprintedsothesterilizerI.D.canberecordedontheprintertape
 • Operator:alineisprintedsotheoperator’ssignaturecanberecordedontheprintertape.
 •Date:linesareprintedforthemonth,day,year,hour,andminutesothedateandtimecanbe
recorded by the operator on the printer tape.
 •“BEGINselectedCYCLE”:toindicatedthebeginningofthecycleselectedbytheoperator.
 •Summaryofselectedcyclesetpoints.
Oncethecyclestarts,theprinterwillprintthewords“FILLINGCHAMBER”toshowthatthesterilizerisling
with water.
OncethesterilizerbeginstheHeatingPhaseofthesterilizationcycle,theword“HEATING”isprintedand
theprinterwillprintthechambertemperature,pressure,andelapsedtimein30sec.incrementsuntilthe
heatingphaseiscompleted.
Whenthesterilizerentersthesterilizationphase,theword“STERILIZING”isprintedandtheprinterwillprint
thechambertemperature,pressure,andelapsedtimein30sec.incrementsuntilthesterilizationphaseis
completed.
Whenthesterilizerhascompletedthesterilizationphaseoftheprogramcycle,theprinterwillprintthewords
“VENTINGCHAMBER”toshowthatthesteampressureisbeingexhaustedfromthechamber.
Whenthesterilizerentersthedryingphase,theword“DRYING”isprintedandtheprinterwillprintthe
elapsedtimein5minuteincrementsstartingwith0:00andthewords“DRYINGSTART”.Theprinter
continuestoprinttheelapsedtimein5minuteincrementsuntilthedryingphaseiscompleted.Thenal
recordforthedryingphasewillincludethewords“DRYINGCOMPLETE”.Intheeventthedryingtimeis
programmedtoatimethatisn’tdivisibleby5,thenalprintedrecordforthedryingphasewillreectthe
actualprogrammeddryingtimein1minuteincrements,e.g.aprogrammeddrytimeof12minuteswillhave
5,10,and12minutesprintedontheprintertape.
Whenthesterilizerhascompletedthedryingphaseofthesterilizationcycle,theprinterwillprintasummary
ofthesterilizationcyclewiththedurationofeachphaseofthecycleandtheTotalCycleTime.Followingthe
summarytheprinterwillprint“CYCLECOMPLETE”.
[NOTE: If drying cycle is aborted, “DRYING COMPLETE” and “CYCLE COMPLETE” will not print].