User Manual MP2005. - DCA
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1. User Manual MP2005 Mobile Impact Printer 80 Column Dot Matrix DCA Soluti ions Cl the Cl wor TAPE www dca group com Table of Contans 5 Printer Operation 15 5 1 Control Keys 15 1 Customer Care And Service 4 5 2 Power Source 16 1 1 Warranty And Repair Service 4 5 3 Paper Loading 17 1 2 Application Support 4 5 4 Sensors 18 1 3 Notice 4 5 5 Maintenance 19 1 4 Warning 5 5 6 Inked Ribbon Cartridge Installation and 1 5 Limited Warranty 5 Replacement 20 2 Description 6 6 Interfaces 21 2 1 Printer Overview 6 6 1 Appendix A 21 2 2 Printer Layout 7 6 2 Appendix B 22 6 3 Appendix C 23 3 Technical Specifications 8 4 Installation 9 4 1 Unpacking 9 4 2 Procedure for Installation 9 9 4 2 1 Mechanical installation 4 2 2 Driver installation 9 4 3 Printer Setup 10 4 4 Caution 12 4 5 Self Test 13 4 6 Indicators 14 4 7 Alarm and Indicator Functions 14 Intertel Intertel Intertel Intertel V1 1 V1 1 1 Customer Care And Service 1 1 Warranty And Repair Service To obtain warranty or repair service please contact DCA Intertel at Phone 31 0 172 604963 or Fax 31 0 172 605237 for a RMA number and shipping instructions 1 2 Application Support If you have any questions on operating the MP 2005 or require information on specific applications please contact DCA Intertel Phone 31 0 172 604963 or Fax 31 0 172 605237 1 3 Notice The information contained in this document is subject to changewi2. Should be made to enter partly in the gap between the steel wire ribbon holder and the printhead nose Stretch the inked ribbon by turning knob A counter clockwise Turn the printer on without loading any paper make sure that after the switch on side movement of the printhead the ribbon is properly positioned under printhead s nose Intertel Intertel Intertel Intertel V1 1 V1 1 6 Interfaces 6 1 Appendix A The printer comes with standard RS 232 Serial Interface ada SIGNAL SIGNAL a Receive Data Data rom e T k Signal Ground Signal Ground _ Clear To Send RTS Request To and RTS Request To CTS Clear To Send CE TiC DTR Data Terminal DSR Data Set Ready hal Re aC 09 Not Connected Not Connected __ RS232 SERIAL INTERFACE CONNECTORS tite DSR Data Set Ready DTR Data Terminal Intertel Intertel V1 1 6 2 Appendix B CHARACTER SET ASCII 256 IBM HEX Characters control key ASCII name 0o00 00 NUL ene n 01 Ctrl A 006 06 ACK CtrlF acknowledge 007 07 Be amp ne bl 008 08 BS CA backspace 009 09 A Ctr Morizontal tab o1 o8 VT CtrlK__ vertical tab 013 OD CR CM carriage return SO SOU DC4 021 15 NAK CET U Intertel Intertel V1 1
3. the sheet and actions described above take place The carriage is likewise moved to the center until a new sheet is introduced the printer mecha nism is closed and the ON LINE push button is pressed Paper End Sensor 5 5 Maintenance The MP 2005 does not require special maintenance ex cept for the following periodic cleaning approximately every 10 million charac ters of the printhead bearing rod with isopropylic alcohol or similar verification of the distance between printhead and prin ting plate if the printer has suffered major shock or whe never an appreciable occurrence of bad quality printing is experienced The distance measured by a thickness gauge with the printer closed and no inked ribbon inter posed should be 0 55 mm 0 05 mm periodic cleaning of the printer s mechanism in order to avoid dust particles paper clips and the like can cause mechanism malfunctions Intertel Intertel V1 1 5 6 Inked Ribbon Cartridge Installation and Replacement Cartridge installation replacement procedure e Turn the printer off Remove used cartridge by unlocking bottom latch and then rotating cartridge body upwards as shown by arrow D Place ribbon extender on both studs B until it locks down paying attention to the ribbon not disengaging from the extender itself Gently move the cartridge body along the printing axis and seat it down on its holder C the ribbon
4. 4 Character set Character set B ode ON enabled OFF disabled es NOTE Standard factory setting SW 4 5 6 ON R Intertel Intertel TABLE 2 BAUD RATE SELECTION Baud Rate SW 1 1 SW1 2 OFF ON 2400 4800 9600 oFF OFF CRLF mode ON means that after every CR character carriage return sent by the host the printer automati cally performs a LF Line Feed operation STAND BY mode ON means that after a certain pre set inactivity period the printer goes to stand by mode re duced power drain If DIP switch setting is switched ON while the printer is on the new configuration will come into effect only after a subsequent printer turn off and turn on cycle Intertel Intertel V1 1 4 4 Caution Do Not print without inked ribbon or paper since this leads to rapid printhead needle wear out Do Not move the printhead manually Avoid mechanical shocks Before starting to print check that the inked ribbon cartridge is correctly installed the paper is loaded in the proper position and the printer s upper swiveling part is locked to the lower one Tf the printer has worked for some time avoid touching the printhead it can be very hot It is advisable to wait a few minutes before attempting to replace the inked rib bon cartridge Once the printer has been turned off wait at least 10 seconds before turning it on again this allows the inter nal reset circuitry to work p
5. Dots Line Char Set Ribbon Life Interface Operating temp Non operating MIL SPEC Intertel 7 kg 11 14 0 Volts DC 85 mA Standby 2 5 A at medium print density Impact Dot Matrix 9 pins Bi directional with logic seeking Bi directional Sprocket and friction 1 original 3 copies 150 cps Draft 7 lines second at 1 6 13 lines second continuous 8 25 8 93 pin to pin sprocket 3 5 8 5 tickets 1920 Max IBM graphic bit image Black 1 2 x 106 characters RS 232 5 C 40 C 15 C 70 C 810 D E Shock and Vibration Printer Operation Intertel V1 1 4 Installation 4 1 Unpacking Take the printer out of its shipping box and remove any packing material It is advisable to keep the shipping box in case the printer needs to be reshipped or stored elsewhere 4 2 Procedure for Installation 4 2 1Mechanical installation The MP 2005 can print in any position 4 2 2 Driver installation MP 2005 driver software supports DOS Windows NT Windows 95 and is EPSON LX 400 LX 800 compatible and it can therefore be configured as such in the majority of the software packages Intertel Intertel V1 1 4 3 Printer Setup The MP 2005 can be configured by using the DIP swit ches as shown in Fig 1 The function of the DIP switches is depicted in Table 1 TABLE 1 DIP SWITCHES SW 1 3 for serial interface o o ON XON XOFF mode g DIR DSR MOC E SwWwi
6. RROR indicator flashes This means that the motor is locked due to some mecha nical reason it is recommended to turn the printer off to avoid battery pack overcharging Intertel Intertel V1 1 5 Printer Operation The MP 2005 control panel is fitted with four control keys three indicators of which one is an alarm indicator 5 1 Control Keys This key switches the printer on and off When ON LINE the printer is ready to accept data from the computer Likewise when it is switched OFF LINE the carriage auto matically moves to the center of the printer span When ON LINE the printer ignores the remaining push buttons If the printer is switched ON LINE when the LINE FEED push button is activated a demonstration test is perfor med ONLINE Paper End Error This key advances the paper by one sheet length i e to the beginning of next page This key advances the paper by one line This key retracts the paper by one line PE E Intertel Intertel V1 1 5 2 Power Source The MP 2005 requires a power source between a 11 0 14 0 VDC i If the voltage drops below 10 5 VDC batteries drained the printer stops CONTROLPANEL DCA Intertel ONLINE O LA LI E creer 3 ERROR Intertel Intertel 5 3 Paper Loading MP 2005 can print on UNI A4 A5 size single sheet paper forms or multi part paper forms or continuous fan fold paper with hole to hole spacing of 227mm 8 94 The procedure fo
7. r correct paper loading is the following Set the printer OFF LINE e Open the printer by lifting lever A Fig 2 e Insert single sheet module by placing it over the printing plate while checking if it is equally spaced with respect to the printing area in case of continuous fan fold paper be sure that the sprockets engage correctly in the holes provided for near the edges see photo A B and C Front side Photo A Photo B Photo C Close the swiveling printer top see photo D Left side Photo D Switch the printer ON LINE again Intertel 17 Intertel V1 1 CAUTION If the printer has been printing for some time it is ad visable not to touch the printhead during paper loading or inkribbon cartridge replacement as it could be very hot Paper feeding direction mja 5 4 Sensors A reflective sensor is used on MP 2005 for determining the PAPER END condition When this sensor detects the end of the currently printed sheet the following actions take place 1 printing stops 2 the printer switches to OFF LINE ON LINE indicators goes off 3 PE PAPER END indicators comes on 4 carriage moves to middle of the printer span In order to resume printing a new sheet should be loa ded and the ON LINE pushbutton should be pressed Intertel Intertel 18 V1 1 The PAPER END sensor is also used to detect an open mechanism condition When the mechanism is open the sensor no longer sees
8. roperly Do Not open the printer when it is operating amp NOTICE Turn the computer on before the printer and turn the printer off before the computer This is only to avoid dummy data to be sent by the computer printer du ring the on off sequence Intertel Intertel V1 1 NOTE The small size of the printhead did not allow for a headpaper spacing adjustment device to be used in single copy or multi copy printing Therefore when multi copy printing is performed with a freshly in Stalled inked ribbon cartridge the first printed pages may have some ribbon marks 4 5 Self Test The printer is able to perform an internal self check routi ne followed by a self test printout To execute this procedure simply keep the LINE feed push button pressed while the printer is powered up The test procedure prints a first page with general information about the MP 2005 and a second page of fonts CAUTION DO NOT SELF TEST WITHOUT INKRIBBON OR PAPER Intertel Intertel V1 1 4 6 Indicators POWER ON This indicator lights when the printer is correctly powe red ON LINE Turns on when the printer is ready to accept data If the ON LINE indicator flashes the printer has switched to STAND BY mode PAPER END Comes on when the printer is out of paper 4 7 Alarm and Indicator Functions The following description assumes that the control panel with associated indicators and alarm is connected to the printer E
9. sponsible for any damages arising out of or in connection with the use of this product Intertel Intertel V1 1 2 Description 2 1 Printer Overview The MP 2005 Mobile Printer is a ruggedized dot matrix printer designed specifically for mobile and portable ap plications It can print in graphics mode along with diffe rent character fonts both in draft 150 cps and NLQ 25 cps mode It has both tractor and friction feed me chanisms and can print on multi copy paper 1 original and up to 3 copies MP 2005 is particularly suited for in vehicle applications due to its compact size and reduced weight Power re quirements have been kept to a minimum bij means of two DC motors with integrated optical encoders and an integrated driver board for precise positioning rather than stepping motors MP 2005 has a 2 Kbytes input buffer and comes with an RS 232 serial interface The MP 2000 driver software Supports DOS Windows NT Windows 95 and is compa tible to the commandset of EPSON LX 400 800 Intertel Intertel V1 1 2 2 Printer Layout PRINTER HEAD Intertel Power Board Power Supply Servermotor Logic Board Servermotor l a Control Panel i I a E o TTL Serial Interface Dip Switches TTL Parallel Interface Intertel V1 1 3 Technical Specifications Weight Power Print Paper Feed Copies Speed Paper Speed Print Width Paper Width
10. thout notice DCA Intertel makes no waranty of any kind with regard to this material and shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for consequential da mages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material Intertel Intertel V1 1 1 4 Warning This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and may cause interference to radio communications It has been found to comply with the li mits for a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC rules which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area may cause such interfe rence that the user may be required to take measures to correct 1 5 Limited Warranty The MP 2005 is warranted against manufacturing defects in material for a period of one year from shipment to the purchaser Within this period DCA Intertel will repair or replace the product without charge for material or la bor Extended warranty is available This warranty does not cover damage or failure caused by abuse improper maintenance or any repairs or modifications other than those provided by DCA Intertel DCA Intertel makes no other warranty either expressed or implied with respect to this product and specifically disclaims the implied war ranties of merchantaility and fitness for a particular pur pose and shall not be re
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