SONY. surety ® Color Video Printer Operating Instructions Before aerating the unit, please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference. Color Video Printer This PRINTER is designed to use PRINT PACK bearing the VI E] trademark fo yield quality prints. VP and Design is a trademark used under license.
[WARNING | To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. To avoid electrical shock, do not open the cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel only.
T Table of Contents Getting Started inserting the ink {print cartridge). inserting the print paper Hooking up Connecting to a camcorder Connecting to a VCR Checking the connections BB NS Printing Printing a full-size picture Printing half-size pictures Printing 1/4or pictures . Making multiple prints Other Print Options Printing with a calendar Printing on sticker papers Creating a video cassette bale Cropping a picture Combining several pictures.
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Inserting the print papers " [ You can insert up to 25 sheets. I I Push the paper tray. The paper tray comes out from the printer. Notes !] Open the lid of the paper tray and make sure that the spacer is Check that the corners of the print papers are not bent, then set the papers in the paper tray with the printing surface facing up. The paper tray holds up to 25 sheets. Do not set different types or sizes of papers in the tray at the same time.
Hooking up Nt P Connect your camcorder to play back the tape you want to print from. Then, connect a TV so that you can monitor the pictures to e printed Connect the printer’s INPUT: VIDEO to the camcorder’s VIDEO output jack, using a video cable {not supplied). CLAN cable (not supplied).
. E! Connect the printer’s MONITOR You can also print from a VCR or laser disc player. OUT to the TV's VIDEO input jack, Connect your VCR (or laser disc player) as follows: using the supplied video cable. Connect the printer's INPUT: VIDEO to the VCR's VIDEO output jack, using a video cable (not supplied). CLAN cable (not Video i i ble (not m—r] § video cable (ot supplied) — i—é— ==t :Signal flow g =[O} Connect the supplied AC power cord to the AC IN jack of the printer and a wall outlet.
Hooking up Checking the 5 . connections When you want to print TV Check the connections you've made by playing back the programs tape on the camcorder {or VCR), Tf your VCR has a built-in TV tuner, you can make prints of the TV programs without recording them onto the Turn on the power of the printer tape. ‘ camcorder and TV. ‘ l Connect the printer to the VCR E! i P Set the TV's input selector to and TV as described on the € € previous page. video input.
.. Printing a full-size picture o 1 Start playing back the camcorder. The playback picture appear son the ["gorier TV screen. “SOURCE” appears. 2 Press STANDARD when the picture you want to PRINT print appears on the TV screen. STANDARD w Confirm MEMORY RECALL i L “CONFIRM" appears. 3 Press FIELD/FRAME if the designated picture is blurred. SOURCE FIELD/FRAME 4 Make sure that "CONFIRM” appears on the TV screen, then press PRINT. The designated picture disappears and printing starts.
Printing a full-size picture 10 | printing To check the designated picture while the playback picture appears on the TV screen Press MEMORY RECALL. The designated picture appears on the TV. The designated picture is stored until you designate a new picture or turn off the printer. To return to the playback picture, press SOURCE.
Printing half-size pictures UPPER PRINT SOURCE LOWER To print ably the upper or lower half Press only UPPER ar LOWER, then press PRINT. You can check the pictures before printing Tress MEMORY RECALL. Each time you press the button, the upper half picture and lower half picture appear on the TV screen materially To print the designated picture again Cross PRINT while the selected pictures appear sideways on the TV screen. You can print two half-size pictures on the upper and lower halves of a print paper.
Printing 1/4or pictures SPLIT MODE STANDARD POSITION SOURCE PRINT To return to normal print mode Press SPLIT MODE until “SPLIT 47 and “SPLIT 16” disappear. You can designate the position for the pictures Tress POSITION repeatedly until the frame you want to designate flashes. To re-designate printing pictures Press SOURCE, and press POSITION repeatedly until the frame you want to designate flashes. Then store the picture again 12 I Printing You can make prints divided into 1/4or pictures.
ok Making multiple prints PRINT PRINT QTY CANCEL PRINT Yo stop printing Press PRINT CANCEL. Multiple printing stops. The number of prints returns o 1. You can automatically make up to 25 sheets of the same print consecutively. Before printing, designate the picture and set the number of prints. Multiple printing is available for every print feature that this printer supports. 1 Designate the picture tc print. 2 Press PRINT QTY so that the number of prints you want appears on the TV screen.
Other Print Options Printing with a calendar 1996 TEMPLATE EXEC PRINT To reset to normal printing Truss TEMP nil no template indication is displayed. When designating two pictures in naif-size mode The picture displayed when you press EXEC i printed on the upper half of the calendar. The other picture is deleted.
Printing on sticker papers Examples (2] You can print the same 16 pictures divided into 1/16size on a sticker paper to create your own labels, name cards, and so on. 1 Designate the picture to print. 2 TEMPLATE PRINT Press TEMPLATE until “NAME CARD” appears on the TV screen.
Creating a video cassette label You can create video cassette labels to identify the contents of your video tapes. ‘The print size is roughly the same as the index label of an 8mm video cassette or the cassette label of a VHS video cassette. The print has two same pictures on the upper and lower halves of a print paper. You can designate the 1/4or 1 ‘size picture, or a cropped picture as the printed picture. For easy creation of tables, use the V PM-PSOWS video pia pack (sticker type).
Cropping a picture You can crop the picture using the following five patterns: L pear, [7) Oval, [ Wave, [} Brush, pastry 1 Designate the picture to be cropped. 2 Press TEMPLATE until “CROPPING” appears on the TV screen. cropping ™ (] TEMPLATE PRINT EXEC 3 Press NEXT until the desired crop pattern appears. Each time you press the butt, the CHOPPING w T pattern changes in the following order: Heart » Oval & Wave » Brush» Tapestry & Heart » . NEXT 4 Press EXEC.
i Combining several pictures SPLIT MODE POSITION PRINT SOURCE STANDARD To reset to normal printing Trove: or PLIGHT 167 disappears Note Press STANDARD to designate the background picture in step 1. The picture designated by pressing the UPPER or LOWER Hutton cannot be wed for the background picture: Other Print Options You can make prints that combine several pictures, such as the 1/4or 1/16size pictures with a full-size picture (picture in picture). 1 Designate the background picture using STANDARD.
it Adjusting the picture You can adjust the quality of prints. You can also adjust the source (input) picture quality if the picture quality differs between the printer and the camcorder. Adjusting: the: picture quality of prints . e Since you cannot determine the adjusted picture quality an the TV screen, check the printed picture. To adjust the brightness of prints Set BRIGHT to the desired position. © Set to 1o decrease the brightness of the print. * Set to o increase the brightness of the print.
For Your information Precautions On safety * Operate the printer on 120V AC, 50 Hz only. + Be careful ot to set or drop any heavy objects on the power cord, or to damage the cord in any way. Never operate this printer with a damaged power cord. + Should any solid object or liquid fall into the cabinet, unplug the printer and have it checked by qualified personnel before aerating it any further. + Never disassemble the printer. + To disconnected the cord, pull it out by the plug. Never pull the cord itself.
If the ink ribbon should tear Repair the ribbon with transparent tape. There should be no problem with using the remaining portion of the ribbon. Repair the ribbon with transparent tape.
Troubleshooting Check the mlluwmg to troubleshoot problems. Please place Video Print Paper in tray. + Make sire that print papers are inserted in the paper tray. » Make sure that the paper tray is inserted firmly into place. Please insert Video Print Cartridge. * Make sure that the print cartridge is inserted. Please remove jammed paper from rear of unit. # Remove the jammed print paper from the bear of the unit Please open paper tray and remove jammed paper.
lithesome Specifications Printing system Sublimation heat transfer printing Number of picture elements 448 (V) x 708 (F) dot (for full-size printout) 79 (VIXENISH H) mm 3 1/4x43/8 inches) {for full-size printout) 256 levels (8 bits) Printing size Total gradation Printing time Standard size printing: Approx. 60 seconds per sheet Half size printing: Approx.
‘Main unit Index to parts and controls For explanation of the use of each part, refer to the pages indicated in Rear of the printer Cartridge compartment lid Rear paper id (22} ACING connector (6} Lever (4) Cartridge compartment lid (4) MONITOR QUT connector (6} i (1 HUE control (19) INPUT: VIDEO connector INPUT: S VIDEO connector COLOR control {19) (6} LLANO jack (6) Paper tray removed from the printer Paper tray (5) For Your information
EXEC DUPONT s SPLIT MODE button 14} (12) NEXT Button e g POSITION button {14y 19 TEMPLATE BRIGHT switch (19) Bunion (14) HaE g DISPLAY button =) 1 SHARP switch {19} Turn the an-screen .
Index to parts and controls o ‘Remote commander S Point the head of the cremate commander toward the remote sensor on the printer. You can operate the printer with the remote commander within 5 m (16 feet 5 inches) of the printer. Transmitter Point toward the cremate sensor to contra the printer after turning on the printer.
Index * Full-size picture 9 1/4or picture 12 Name card 15 Half-size picture 11 Calendar 14 Cassette label 16 Cropped picture 17 Combined picture 18 Others Adjusting the picture 18 Hooking up Connecting to a camcorder 6 Connecting to a VIR 7 Inserting the ink (print cartridge) 4 Inserting the print papers 5 Making multiple prints 13 Optional print paper 23 Precise memory function 10 Printing TV programs 8§ Troubleshooting 27 Sony Corporation Printed
