2-632-686-43(1) Digital Photo Printer Operating Instructions UP-D75 © 2005 Sony Corporation
Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located at the rear. Record these number in the space provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Model No. ____________________ Serial No. ____________________ WARNING Warning on power connection Use a proper power cord for your local power supply. 1.
Table of Contents Introduction Features .................................................................. 4 System Configuration ......................................... 4 Location and Function of Parts and Controls .... 4 Front ................................................................... 4 Rear .................................................................... 5 Preparation Supplied Accessories ............................................. 6 Assembly ............................................
Introduction Location and Function of Parts and Controls Introduction Features For details, refer to the pages indicated in parentheses. The UP-D75 Digital Photo Printer is a dye sublimation thermal transfer printer providing high quality, high resolution (300 dpi), and high speed printing of computer image data on A4 size paper in full color (256 gradations process and 16.7 million colors). Front System Configuration The following shows an example printer system configuration.
H Cursor control buttons (12, 13, 14) Use these buttons to increase or decrease a value and level shown on the menu, or scroll up and down through a menu. Rear J Introduction I CAL (Calibration) button (14) Press this button to adjust the gray balance. PRINT button (11, 14) Press this button to print the image data stored in the memory of the printer. K Paper cover (6) Printouts are ejected here. L Paper tray (6) Load paper here. Press the point marked with PUSH to remove the paper tray.
Preparation Assembly Mount the supplied ink ribbon holder, paper tray, paper cover, bottom cover and fan cover. Supplied Accessories This printer is packed together with the following accessories. Check that nothing is missing from your package. Preparation Paper tray (1) Paper cover (1) Note You cannot mount the ink ribbon holder when the thermal head is locked. Before assembling, turn on the power of the printer. The thermal head is unlocked and you can mount the ink ribbon holder.
Connections UP-D75 After connecting a USB connecting cable (not supplied) to the printer and the computer, connect the power cord. For details about the printer connection, refer to the manuals for the computer or other peripheral devices. Installing the Printer Driver Preparation AC power cord (supplied) USB Port Connection USB connecting cable (not supplied) Notes • Follow the connection procedures described in the computer manual.
Operation 1 Open the ribbon door by pulling the tab on the ribbon door and marked with PULL. 2 Remove the ink ribbon cassette by pressing the EJECT button. The ink ribbon cassette pops out. Before Printing Operation This section describes the operations that must be performed prior to starting printing. This explanation assumes that the printer has already been installed and that all connections have been made.
4 Load the ink ribbon to ink ribbon holder. 1 Load the spool holding the ink ribbon into the right-hand part of the holder, while pressing in the arrow direction. If your ink ribbon should tear Repair the tear with transparent tape. There should be no problem with using the remaining portion of the ribbon. Transparent tape Remove any slack. Ink ribbon holder (supplied) 2 Fit the other spool into the left-hand part of the holder. Bar code 5 Remove any slack from the ink ribbon.
2 Open the tray cover and place the paper in the paper tray. Reverse side with printed logos Riffle the paper. Print surface protection sheet Operation Place the paper in the paper tray with the printing surface (shiny side with no legends) and its protection sheet facing down. Pull up the tab and set the spacer according to the size of the paper. Notes The number of the paper is the same as the number of the paper that one roll of the ink ribbon can afford.
2 The printer starts printing after completion of image data transfer. The following message appears. Printing Before printing • Ensure that the printer is properly connected to the computer (page 7). • Ensure that the combination of the ink ribbon and paper is correct (pages 8 and 9). • Ensure that the ink ribbon cassette and paper are properly loaded (page 17). Printer window display 1 Paper outlet Turn on the power of the printer and computer.
When the paper runs out during printing Load the paper in the paper tray and press the PRINT button. The printer prints the remaining copies. Setting the Print Quantity Notes You can set a print quantity value up to 20 before printing. 1,3 2 Operation 1 Press the PRINT QTY button. The print quantity setting menu is displayed in the printer window display. Current setting 2 Set the quantity with the G or g button. G : The number increases. g : The number decreases.
Adjusting the Printouts Adjustment items Adjustment content You can adjust the picture quality of a printout with the MENU button before printing. The most recent setting remains effective until changed. COLOR RED Red becomes stronger.a) GREEN Green becomes stronger.a) BLUE Blue becomes stronger.a) 1,4 2,3 BRIGHTNESS DARK Dark tone becomes stronger.a) LIGHT Light tone becomes stronger.a) SHARPNESS GAMMA LAMINATE 1 2 Half tone colors become stronger.
Adjusting the Gray Balance 4 Next, look at the printout of Group B to determine the best gray balance from this group, too. 5 Press the F and f buttons to select GRAY ADJUST [A]. The printer enters the gray balance adjustment mode. The ink ribbon and the paper are contained in one same package as a pair. The gray balance may differ depending on each pair. It is recommended that you adjust the gray balance each time you reload the ink ribbon and paper. The gray balance was set to No.0 at the factory.
Miscellaneous Precautions Safety Installation • Avoid placing the unit in a location subject to: – mechanical vibration – high humidity – excessive dust – direct or excessive sunlight – extremely high or low temperatures • Ventilation holes are provided on the back of the unit to prevent the unit from overheating. Be careful not to obstruct them with other objects or by covering the unit with a cloth etc.
1 Remove the fan cover, then filter. Filter • When the use of the white tip has no effect. • Periodic head cleaning We recommend use of the black tip every month (or every 500 sheets of printout) to keep the thermal head clean. Store the tips by inserting the white one into the cleaning tip hole on the holder, and the black one into the spare tip hole. Fan cover Cleaning tip hole 2 Clean the fan using the vacuum cleaner and the like.
Cleaning of the thermal head To clean the thermal head, proceed as follows: 1 Remove the ink ribbon cassette from the printer. 2 Attach the cleaning tip to the cleaning tip holder, and install the cleaning tip holder in the printer. The cleaning tip holder can be mounted in the same way as that of the ink ribbon cassette. 3 Insert the cleaning tip holder fully until it stops, then pull the holder out until the open window of the holder fully appears.
Specifications Miscellaneous Power requirements 100 – 240 V AC, 50/60Hz Input current 3.0 – 1.3 A Operating temperatures 5ºC to 35ºC Dimensions Approx. 493.8 × 176 × 468.8 mm (w/h/d) (19 ½ × 7 × 18 ½ inches) Mass Approx. 18 kg. (39 lb 11 Oz) Printing system Dye transfer sublimation thermal printing Thermal head 2,560 elements, 11.8 dot/mm (300dpi) Gradations 8 bits (256 levels) processing each for yellow, magenta and cyan Print size Maximum Letter size: 254.0 × 203.2 mm (w/h) (10 × 8 inches) A4 size: 271.
Troubleshooting Error messages Possible causes and remedies PLEASE WAIT When you turn off the power while printing, or the printer detects an invalid combination of the paper and ink ribbon and automatically stops printing, this message appears. tWait for the printer to eject the paper. REMOVE PAPER AND PRESS [g] The paper has jammed. tRemove jammed paper from the printer and press g button. (page 19) RIBBON ERROR The ink ribbon develops some trouble.
If you find a jammed sheet on the way inside the printer, slowly pull it out to the right. If the tray cover is in the way, remove it. If the tray cover is in the way, remove it by lifting it up 1, and then pulling it out to the direction of arrow 2. Press PUSH on the paper tray. The paper tray pops out. 4 Remove the bottom cover. 5 Check whether any paper is found on the bottom of the printer. If you find one, remove it. 6 Ensure that the paper is properly loaded.
Index A AC power cord 6 Accessories supplied 6, 18 Adjusting the gray balance 14 Adjusting the printouts 13 BRIGHTNESS 13 COLOR 13 CONTRAST 13 LAMINATE 13 SHARPNESS 13 Assembly 6 B Bar codes 9 BLUE 13 Bottom cover 6, 20 BRIGHTNESS 13 C D DARK 13 E EJECT button 8 Error messages 19 F Fan 6, 16 Features 4 Ferrite core 7 Filter 6, 16 GAMMA 13 Gray balance 14 GREEN 13 I Image data 11 Ink ribbon 8 Ink ribbon and paper usable printing pack 17 Ink ribbon cassette Bar codes 9 If your ink ribbon should tear 9
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