Compuprint 3046 Bedienerhandbuch

REV. JUNE 09 Compuprint 3046 Operator Manual

2 Unpacking the Printer Make sure your printer box includes the following items and that no damage has occurred to any of them. Please save the packi

3 Remove the protective material 141310981112Push into6123754Note:To prevent printer from being damaged during shipping, several pieces of protective

4 Printer parts

5 Setting up the printer Choosing a Suitable Location Consider the following points when selecting a location for your printer: • Place the printer o

6 Setting up the printer Installing the Ribbon Cartridge Make sure the printer is turned off. If the printer is connected to an electrical outlet, unp

7 3. For an easy installation of the ribbon Cartridge, turn the ribbon-tightening knob in the direction of the arrow to tighten the ribbon. Then

8 5. Slide the print head from side to side several times. Make sure the print head moves smoothly and the ribbon is not twisted or creased. 6.

9 7. Reinstall the printer cover unit. Insert the pegs of printer cover unit into the notches and put the cover down, as shown in the following figur

10 Front As shown in the below illustration, hold the handles of the front paper guide. Push the paper guide along the slot until it clicks into pla

11 Power connection 1. Make sure the printer is turned off. 2. Check the label on the back of the printer to make sure its voltage matches that of

i Compuprint Products Information Thanks for choosing the Compuprint 3046 printer. Your printer is a reliable working equipment that will be very u

12 2. Keep pressing the LF/FF button and turn on the printer until the printer beeps several times. Then the power indicator and the paper empty indi

13 4. Insert a cut sheet paper between the left and right edge guides until it meets resistance. About 1 second later, paper will be loaded automatica

14 Connecting to Host If the result of the self test is satisfactory, you can connect the printer to the host. Parallel port Follow the steps

15 Follow the steps below to connect the printer to your host using the USB interface. 1. Make sure both the printer and computer are turned off. 2

16 4. Appoint the USB port you installed as the port of the printer and you can support USB printing.

17 Operating the Printer Operator Panel The operator panel includes two sections: indicators and buttons. Indicators indicate the current status of th

18 NLQ (green) Lights up when Near Letter Quality is selected using Font button. Draft (green) Lights up when Draft Quality is selected using Font

19 Clear buffer (Shift + Ready button) Clears up data in buffer, and initializes the printer. Micro adjustment function: Shift + LF/FF button Feed

20 adjustment mode. This function helps to correct printout alignment problems. Resume factory default settings Hold down Shift button and Ready butt

21 Reservation Page Length 11inch, 5.5inch, 8.5inch, 11/3inch, 11/4inch, 70/6inch, 12inch Skip Perf. Invalid, Valid Auto Tear Off Auto, Manual Pin

ii FCC Notes This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

22 2. Press LF/FF button to change setting options forward until the status of LQ indicator, NLQ indicator and Draft indicator indicates the right

23 The adjustment of the loading position for the cut sheet can be saved after the printer is powered-off. The printer will feed the paper to the adj

24 2. Load the continuous paper or the cut sheet (Use the LOAD/EJECT button to load the cut sheet). 3. Hold down the Shift button while pressing

25 Tear-off Function This function is designed to feed the continuous paper to the tear-off position along the print cover after the printing has been

26 4. Tear off the printed continuous paper. 5. When the printer resumes printing, it will feed the continuous paper to the loading position a

27 1. Make sure that the paper has been set to the tear-off position. 2. Hold down the Shift button while pressing the LF/FF button to adjust the p

28 z Paths for cut sheet The cut sheet paths are designed to load the cut sheet, and the printer can feed the paper from the front-in path, top-in

29 1. Choose the cut sheet by the path selection lever, and set the paper guide upward. 1. Turn on the printer, the power indicator on the opera

30 Please press the LOAD/EJECT button to eject the paper. Front-in 1. Choose the cut sheet using the path selection lever, and open the

31 2. Turn on the printer. The power indicator on the operator panel lights up. 3. Move the edge guide and locate it when the sound of “click” is

iii EEC Regulations Hereby Sferal WWT declares that this product is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of E

32 Please press the LOAD/EJECT button to eject the paper. Use the platen knob on the left of the printer only when the printer is turned

33 Using the continuous paper The printer allows you to load continuous paper through the front, rear and bottom directions. You can use the continuo

34 Using paper out path guide It is convenient to change paper out path using the paper out path guide. It’s shown below: Set the position of th

35 Release the tractor by pressing the tractor lock tabs and pushing the tractor forward, then lifting it up. Set the rear push tractor 1. Ma

36 Set pull tractor 1. Make sure the printer is powered off, and remove the printer cover and paper guide. Then remove paper tension unit by grasp

37 2. Make sure the tractor is in the front mounting slot and the paper path selection lever is set to the front push tractor position.

38 3. Push the tabs of the tractor backward and loose the sprockets locks. 4. Slide the left sprocket to the left side, about 12mm (0.5 inch) t

39 6. Close the sprocket cover. 7. Move the right sprockets to tension continuous paper, and lock the sprockets. 8. Set the front paper guide and

40 Load continuous paper from the rear tractor 1. Make sure the printer is powered off and remove paper guide. 2. Make sure tractor is set in rear

41 4. Slide the left sprocket to the left about 12mm (0.5inch) to the left margin, and push the left sprocket lock backward to fix it. Then slide the

iv Safety Information In order to prevent personnel injury, electronic shock, or cause fire, machinery fault, etc, please read this guide and the i

42 6. Close the sprocket cover. 7. Slide the right sprocket to tension the continuous paper, and then lock it. 8. Place paper guide to keep it ho

43 pages in one time may cause paper damaged. Loading continuous paper with the pull tractor 1. Make sure the printer is powered off, and tak

44 4. Slide the left sprocket to the left about 12mm (0.5 inch ) to the left margin of the printer, then lock the sprocket by pushing the lock tab ba

45 6. Open the sprocket cover to fit the holes of continuous paper to the pins of tractors. 7. Close the sprocket cover. 8. Slide the right sprock

46 12. Close the front cover. Setting top-of-form position You may need specified top-of-form position to satisfy different format printout

47 Remove continuous paper from the pull tractor 1. Tear off continuous paper along the perforation. 2. Eject continuous paper forward by pressing “

48 4. Load cut sheets from the front or top position, same as described in this chapter. Switching to continuous paper It is easy to switch to co

49 Load continuous paper with “load/eject” button before printing. Multipart forms Gap lever There are six choices in the gap lever for different t

50 Multipart forms The printer can print on up to 5-level multipart forms. Set the lever in right position according to the thickness of paper. T

51 Printer Specifications Printing Printing method 24-pin impact dot matrix Printing Speed High-speed Draft 400 cps at 10 cpi Draft

v z When you switch off the printer, you should wait for 5 seconds, do NOT switch it back ON until all of operator panel indicators are turned off.

52 Font You can also use software commands to choose other combination of the fonts /printing space. Character table 96 standard ASCII chara

53 Printable Area: Cut-Sheet 8.5 mm(0.33 inch)or more 3.0 mm(0.12 inch) or more 13 mm(0.51 inch) or more 13.5 mm(0.53 inch)or more Continuous

54 Printing paper width The minimum left and right margin 101-377.8 mm (4-14.575 inch) 13mm (0.51 inch) 381-420 mm (15-16 inch) 15mm (0.59 inch) Pri

55 Printing Paper Weight Cut-sheet (rear in) 14-24 pounds (52.3 to 90g/m2) Cut-sheet (front in) 17-24 pounds (64 to 90g/m2) Continuous Paper

56 Ribbon Fabric ribbon cartridge 6 million characters in draft mode. MTBF 10,000 hours. Print Head Life 300million s

57 Environmental Specifications Temperature Operating 5deg~35deg Storing -20deg~60deg Humidity Operating

58 Troubleshooting Power No power supply. Power indicator unlit: z Check if the power line inserted in outlet correctly. z If the power outlet is co

59 Paper-empty indicator is lit: z Please load print paper. It sounds the printer is printing, but in fact it doesn’t print a character: z Please ch

60 Lose printing dots during printing characters or figures: Lose a line dot in the printout: z The print head is damaged. Stop printing

61 The setting of page length doesn’t match with continuous paper page length: z Please use EDS setting to change the setting of page length. z Che

vi Contents Safety Information ... iv Contents ...

62 z Load cut-sheet smoothly again. Paper-feed slanting or paper-jam: z Turn off the printer power switch, and set the path selection lever t

63 z Check if the size of continuous paper is within the specified arrange, please refers to Printing Paper Size. The continuous paper cannot be eje

64 Maintenance and Transportation Cleaning the Printer In order to keep your printer in perfect condition, you should clean thoroughly the dust and di

65 Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge If the printing is fading, then you need to replace ribbon. It is advisable to use the genuine ribbon cartridge prov

66 User information according to European Directive 2002/95/EC and 2003/108/EC This unit must be recycled or discarded according to applicable l

vii The Disposal of Printing Paper ..... 61 Maintenance and Transportation ...

1 Getting to know your printer Printer Features 1. Providing letter quality, draft, and high speed draft printing mode. At 10CPI, the printing speed