Benutzeranleitung / Produktwartung PROdot 350 des Produzenten Citizen
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- 1 - PRO dot 350 User’s Manual Addendum.
- 2 - Contents Introduction ............................................................ 4 Declaration of Conformity .......................................................................... 4 Trademark Acknowledgement ...............................
- 3 - Chapter 5 ............................................................... 20 The Control Panel .................................................................................... 20 Using The Printer Control Panel ..............................
- 4 - Introduction Declaration of Conformity We, Citizen Systems Europe GmbH 337 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 5PR, United Kingdom and Mettinger Strasse 11 D-73728 Esslingen, Germany declare under .
- 5 - to protect it from overheating, do not block or cover these openings. The openings should never be blocked by placing the product on a bed, sofa, rug or other similar surface. This product should never be placed near or over a radiator or heat register.
- 6 - operating instructions since improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the product to normal operation. e . If the product has been dropped or the cabinet has been damaged.
- 7 - Chapter 1 Overview of Additional Features Thank you for purchasing this Citizen Prodot 350 printer. This user manual addendum should be used in conjunction with the Prodot 300 user manual also supplied with this printer to provide a full list of the features and functions within this printer.
- 8 - Chapter 2 Installation Unpacking Check each of the items against the following packing list. If any of these items are missing, please contact the dealer from whom you purchased the printer.
- 9 - Before Using Your New Printer Before using your new printer, please remove the five shipping pads from the printer. Open the top cover and remove the five shipping pads as shown below: Printer L.
- 10 - Parts Identification A Top Cover B Control Panel C Parallel Interface D Serial Interface E Front Rollers F Ribbon Cassette Cartridge G Printhead H Left Adjustable Media Guide I Front Table For .
- 11 - A Tractors (to accept continuous, sprocket fed paper) B Power Supply Inlet (to be connected to the mains supply) C Power Switch D Paper Select Lever Inserting And Replacing The Ribbon Cassette 1. Turn on the printer power switch and then set the printer off-line by pressing the on-line key.
- 12 - up until the unit is positioned on the top of printer as shown above. 3. If necessary, centre the print head by hand 4. Hold the ribbon cartridge with the knob facing upwards and turn the ribbon knob in the direction shown by the arrow to take up any slack in the ribbon.
- 13 - Chapter 3 Loading Media In To The Printer Paper Thickness Adjustment By default, the Prodot 350 printer will detect the thickness of media being used on the first line of each page. You can override the default settings using the control panel and the printer’s configuration settings.
- 14 - Insert the paper as shown in the figure. The printer will automati- cally pull the paper in to the printer and correct any skewed paper to ensure it is perfectly straight. You can disable the skew correc- tion function using the control panel configuration as described in Chapter 5.
- 15 - Release the lock lever of left tractor and move the tractor to the left edge of the tractor paper. Fasten the lock lever to lock the tractor in position.
- 16 - Adjusting the Sensor Gap Detector The gap sensor adjustment switch is located behind the ribbon cartridge and mounted directly on the printhead carriage assembly. There are two positions for the sensor gap detector. Using the correct position will ensure better paper feeding and also avoid marks on the carbon copy pages of multi-copy media.
- 17 - Using Passbooks Turn the printer on. Then press the PARK/LOAD key to set the paper select lever at the cut-sheet position as shown in the figure below. Note: You should NOT change this setting manually. Always use the control panel key. Position the left hand guide in the correct location for the size of paper being used.
- 18 - Inserting a Passbook Insert a passbook as shown below: The passbook is fed automatically in to the printer. If the automatic skew correction feature is enable (which it is by default) the passbook will be straightened if it is not inserted correctly.
- 19 - Chapter 4 Printing from your software Setting Up Your Printer To Work With Your Software The printer supports two standards of printed output, or emulations, these are: Epson LQ 570 IBM Proprin.
- 20 - Chapter 5 The Control Panel Using The Printer Control Panel The Printer’s control panel consists of 4 keys and 3 indicator LEDs as shown in the diagram to the left.
- 21 - PARK/LOAD In the off-line mode, pressing and holding down the PARK/ (3 seconds) LOAD key for about 3 seconds toggles between cut-sheet and tractor paper mode.
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- 23 - Chapter 6 Passbook Printing Passbook Printing Configuration To configure the printer to handle vertical passbooks, the following items in the control panel setup menu must be changed: Head Gap This determines the operation of the media gap sensor.
- 24 - Passbook1 Mode - Automatic Passbook Length Detection In off-line mode, press and hold the PARK/LOAD and DRAFT/LQ keys for about 3 seconds to enter automatic passbook measurement mode.
- 25 - Here is an example: The length of one page is the distance from the edge of the passbook to the centre line of the opened book, as shown above. In this case, the passbook is 85mm per leaf or page. 85mm ÷ 25.4 = 3.346 inches x 6 lines per inch = 20.
- 26 - Note 2: This line sets “Passbook1” mode. Alternatively, this may also be adjusted using the control panel menu system instead. Note 3: This selects unidirectional print mode, which improves print per- formance on thicker print media and passbooks.
- 27 - Recommend print area for passbooks Note 1: Avoid printing in this area to prevent the paper from bending or the ribbon from catching or becoming damaged.
- 28 - Appendix A Printer Specifications Technical Specifications The Prodot 350 has the same specification with the exception or addition of the following items: Power requirements 220 - 240 volts, -10%, +6% Power consumption Voltage 230 V Operation 62.
- 29 - Appendix B Command Code Summary Additional Programming Commands The following additional commands are available in all emulations present in the Prodot 350 to control the additional features present in the printer. A full command listing is shown in the Prodot 300 manual.
- 30 - Select head gap adjustment mode (passbook mode) Format ESC ~ G M m n 1B 7E 47 4D m n Selects head gap automatic adjustment mode, including Passbook1 and Passbook2 mode. See Chapter 5 for further details. m = 0 Selects “Auto One” mode, checking the paper thickness at the beginning of the page.
- 31 - Select skip mode Format ESC ~ j n m 1B 7E 6A n m Specifies how the gap between the printhead and platen changes when either the carriage moves over blank space or when the paper is fed over blank space. In this case, “blank space” is an area without printing.
- 32 - Copyright (C) Citizen Systems Europe GmbH 2001 www.citizen-europe.com.
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Wenn Sie Citizen PROdot 350 noch nicht gekauft haben, ist jetzt ein guter Moment, um sich mit den grundliegenden Daten des Produkts bekannt zu machen. Schauen Sie zuerst die ersten Seiten der Anleitung durch, die Sie oben finden. Dort finden Sie die wichtigsten technischen Daten für Citizen PROdot 350 - auf diese Weise prüfen Sie, ob das Gerät Ihren Wünschen entspricht. Wenn Sie tiefer in die Benutzeranleitung von Citizen PROdot 350 reinschauen, lernen Sie alle zugänglichen Produktfunktionen kennen, sowie erhalten Informationen über die Nutzung. Die Informationen, die Sie über Citizen PROdot 350 erhalten, werden Ihnen bestimmt bei der Kaufentscheidung helfen.
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Jedoch ist die eine der wichtigsten Rollen, die eine Bedienungsanleitung für den Nutzer spielt, die Hilfe bei der Lösung von Problemen mit Citizen PROdot 350. Sie finden dort fast immer Troubleshooting, also die am häufigsten auftauchenden Störungen und Mängel bei Citizen PROdot 350 gemeinsam mit Hinweisen bezüglich der Arten ihrer Lösung. Sogar wenn es Ihnen nicht gelingen sollte das Problem alleine zu bewältigen, die Anleitung zeigt Ihnen die weitere Vorgehensweise – den Kontakt zur Kundenberatung oder dem naheliegenden Service.
