64-xx Operation - Avery Thermal Barcode Printers and Accessories
Contents
1. 11 07 Rev 4 03 01 USER MANUAL 64 xx Commissioning amp Operation Mounting the Printer cccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 2 Creating a print job ccceseineti enacted 13 UNpackINg Me BE siiryrarierorsisraiereiis 2 Transferring a print job ceceees 13 Carrying the 64 XX ssc oniscutieocidasuaxetsereineusenniae J Using CompactFlash cards saen 15 Mounting the 64 XX lt ccccccuisisscciesenscsontpisctsoses 4 Setting the realtime clock 0 0 eeeeeees 16 mili 1g CONNOCUONG sessies 5 Outputting the realtime clock value using Operator panel a a See 7 Easy Plug saa A E E A T AE EE E A E 16 Operating Modes ccccccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 9 Starting tO print n ooannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonennnennennne 17 Basic Operating Procedures 10 Settings for the material type 8 17 Connecting the printer s 10 PUNUNG INE SANS PEPOT siciersmavenvedsiewinans 17 Setting the interface eeeeeeseeeeeees 11 Offline operation ccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 11 Online operation sccouessasastnotseecietesetenenees 12 11 07 Rev 4 03 01 USER MANUAL Commissioning amp Operation 64 xx Mounting the Printer Unpacking the 64 xx Lift off the lid of the shipping box 1 Take out the plastic bag containing the accessories 1B Lift off the styrofoam support 1A Part the plastic cover 2 WARNING Printers with mounted cutter The cutter may cause Cut injuries Np saa2. 9 Remote operator panel article number A8293 11 07 Rev 4 03 01 USER MANUAL Commissioning amp Operation 64 xx Operating modes Offline mode Printer settings can be made when the device is offline The offline mode is normally active when the printer is switched on Print jobs are received via the selected interface but not processed OFFLINE 0 JOBS No jobs are waiting to be processed To configure the printer so that it goes directly into online mode when swit ched on set the parameter to Online Online mode In online mode print jobs are received and processed immediately Possible messages ONLINE 0 JOBS No jobs are waiting to be processed ONLINE 0 JOBS The current data transfer to the printer is shown on the display This is indicated by the dot on the bottom right next to the number of loaded jobs ONLINE 13JOBS_ During printing the display also shows the number Restcount 25 of print jobs read 13 and the remaining number of labels 25 to be printed in the current job ONLINE 13JOBS If aprint job recognises an endless number of labels Restcount endless to be printed then the remaining number for this job is also shown as endless m TO stop printing press the online button Message mode The printer uses status reports to signal an error or a particular operating sta tus This message mode indicates that the printer is waiting to quit or for fault clearance When quitting the printer swi
3. Do not grasp the cutter 4A as a ele 1 Shipping box without lid ipping box without lid gt Use the cutter motor 4B as a A Styrofoam support handle B Accessories gt i Ue ENS 7 oe SS RDI a a a te a i A A ey eNO eE Ta C Ta a ae al s 4 Dont use the cutter as a handle 5 Grab the printer from underneath and lift it out The material feed slot in the back wall of the printer SA can be used as a handle m Printers with mounted cutter The motor 4B but notthe cutter 4A may be used as a handle CAUTION Do not lift the printer by A N the front cover 4B The front cover is a movable part not designed for handling stress 6 Place the printer on a level surface in its 3 pame el out o P n l a ack wall of printer not visible usual operating position rubber feet 4C EE ETA E E ining at the bottom C Rubber feet m The original packaging should always be used for transporting the printer 11 07 Rev 4 03 01 USER MANUAL Commissioning amp Operation 64 xx Carrying the 64 xx WARNING The 64 xx is a heavy printer The weight depends on the printer type and equipement and can vary from 20 kg 64 04 05 up to 29 5 kg 64 08 Dis penser A bad carrying technique can cause back injury gt ry to lift the printer in a safe way for example by carrying it close to your body and by bending your knees not your back gt To carry the print
4. 2 To enter the date and time use the Cut button to shift the cursor the Feed button to change the parameter and the Online button to save it Setting parameters see topic section nfo Printouts and Parameters chapter Using the Parameter Menu Outputting the realtime clock value using Easy Plug Use the following Easy Plug commands to output the current realtime clock value e YC realtime as text e YS realtime as barcode e DM download month names Easy Plug manual 11 07 Rev 4 03 01 USER MANUAL Commissioning amp Operation 64 xx Starting to print Settings for the material type The parameter settings described below provide the printer with the neces sary information about the label material used When printing from a layout program these settings are usually provided automatically by the printer driver For your first test prints you need to configure them manually Material type e The label material is endless which means that it contains no punches perforations breaks or reflex marks that could be recognised by the punch sensor gt Set the to endless e The label material contains punches perforations breaks or reflex marks that can be recognised by the punch sensor so called punched material Set the to Punched Material length gt Set the to the length of the material in mm Material width gt Set the to the width of the material in
5. mode e Also for accessing deeper levels within the menu structure and selecting menu items e Increments values e For accessing the parameter menu when offline e For stepping back through the parameter menu and or exiting it 11 07 Rev 4 03 01 USER MANUAL Commissioning amp Operation 64 xx e For more detailed descriptions of the button functions please see Chapter Offline operation on page 11 and Chapter Online operation on page 12 In topic section Info Printouts and Parameter D rs Remote operator 64 0x Gen 3 or higher machines can be equipped with a remote operator panel panel For this the printer must provide the appropriate optional connector see chapter Printer connections on page 5 The connection can be retro fitted see service manual The button functions are the same as those on the standard operator panel Exception The on off switch is not available at the remote control panel With the remote control panel connected both panels are active and show the same information CAUTION A N Manipulating both operator panels simultaneously can cause malfunctions gt Always use only one operator panel at a time to operate the printer Using both operator panels alternately is admissible CAUTION A N If the connection cable is longer than 2 5 m EMC caused disturbances can occur Only use the factory installed cable Don t extend the cable
6. are available for different versions of Windows You can driver print from nearly every Windows application using the printer drivers Howe ver functionality is strongly dependent on the choice of software Special la bel layout programs are best suited for example NiceLabel a demo version is included with the printer shipment m The drivers help function explains how to use the printer driver The help function of your Windows operating system will tell you how to install the driver Printer drivers for the different versions of Windows can be found on the Internet at http www machines averydennison com printersystems_gb nst wview L4L3 OpenDocument Command file You can write a sequence of commands in a text file and send it to the printer To do this you can use any text editor and the MS DOS Copy command Easy Plug provides a special command language to program print jobs However writing a print job in text file format does require some pro gramming knowledge Furthermore you will not be able to preview the resul ting printout on the screen Instead you have to run a test print to see a copy of the finished result Easy Plug Manual here you can find a practice example of a print job together with instructions in the section Program Example in topic section General Definitions Commands Overview Transferring a print job The printer can only carry out a print job once this
7. TION A N Add on devices of an inferior quality may damage the printer Connect the printer only to devices that fulfil SELV safety extra low volta ge circuit requirements acc to EN 60950 Only connect OEM devices 7 Back of the 64 xx with the following options installed USI board H connector for remote operator panel I and start stop signal input J A Card slot For SD MMC cards is not yet supported B Card slot For CompactFlash cards used for storing fonts logos graphics etc C USB interface type B device For transfer of print data D 2x USB interface type A host To connect devices e g keyboard scanner E RS232 interface For serial transfer of print data Status LED Ethernet G Ethernet interface To connect to an Ethernet 10 100 Base T network 1 11 07 Rev 4 03 01 USER MANUAL Commissioning amp Operation 64 xx H Optional Signal interface USI e 4 inputs 8 outputs e Standard at 64 xx Dispenser A Optional Mini DIN connector To connect a remote operator panel J Optional start stop signal input e Standard at 64 xx Dispenser e To connect a foot switch signal starts printer or a stacker signal stops printer K Centronics interface For parallel transfer of print data cable is inclusive L Power switch Turns the printer on off M Mains power supply connector Connection to a mains socket using the provided p
8. d Applications chapter otandalone Operation OFFLINE x JOBS Online Prog Choose a file Testdat FOR 11 07 Rev 4 03 01 USER MANUAL Commissioning amp Operation 64 xx Online operation e Switching to offline mode ONLINE x JOBS Online OFFLINE x JOBS gt o o e Setting the print contrast Press the Feed button to increase and the Cut button to decrease the print contrast ONLINE x JOBS Prog Print contrast gt gt xxx e Interrupting the print job The device will finish printing the current label ONLINE X JOBS Online ONLINE X JOBS Restcount XXX gt Stopped XXX a The message Stopped xxx alternates with Press Feed e Switching to offline mode while the print job is stopped ONLINE X JOBS Onli OFFLINE x JOBS Stopped XXX gt e Continuing the print job ONLINE X JOBS Feed ONLINE X JOBS Stopped XX gt gt Restcount XXX e Standalone operation Selecting a print job stored on a CF card e g Testdat FOR see topic section Advanced Applications chapter otandalone Operation ONLINE x JOBS Online Prog Choose a file gt Testdat FOR 11 07 Rev 4 03 01 USER MANUAL Commissioning amp Operation 64 xx Creating a print job Essentially there are two ways of creating a print job Either by using the 64 xx Windows printer driver or by creating a text file using print commands Windows printer 64 xx printer drivers
9. er put one hand under the base plate and the other into the feed slot at the back of the printer CAUTION Do not lift the printer by the front cover window side as this A N can damage it 5 Carrying the 64 xx safely A back grab by the feed slot B front grab by the base pla te 11 07 Rev 4 03 01 A USER MANUAL Commissioning amp Operation 64 xx Mounting the 64 xx The 64 xx has been designed as a desktop printer which means that it is normally mounted in an upright position on a table 2 Other sufficiently large level and sturdy surfaces can also be used as a base WARNING When choosing a base for the printer observe the following guidelines to avoid dangerous operating conditions The base needs to be at least as deep and wide as the printer itself Ihe surface needs to be level solid and dry The printer s fan and ventilation slits must not be obstructed as the device may overheat otherwise The printer must not be mounted in the immediate vicinity of other heat Sources gt The environmental conditions specified temperature air humidity etc need to be complied with he power cable should be run to the printer so that nobody will trip on it and that the power plug can easily be pulled out if necessary 6 The correct orientation of the 64 04 11 07 Rev 4 03 01 USER MANUAL Commissioning amp Operation 64 xx Printer connections CAU
10. job has been transferred into the printer s RAM This can be accomplished in two ways via a direct transfer from your computer via a data cable or by saving it to a Compact Flash CF card Data cable The print job can be transferred via the serial interface via the parallel interface or via the Ethernet connection To transfer data via the serial or parallel interface connect the corresponding ports on the host computer and the printer Use the DOS window to send the print job file to the interface Serial interface COM1 copy testjob txt com1 Parallel interface LPT1 copy testjob txt Ipt1 USB interface Ethernet interface copy testjob txt computername sharename computername Name of the computer e g DM ECH 0990 In Windows XP this can be found under START gt SETTINGS gt CONTROL PANEL gt SYSTEM gt COMPUTER NAME sharename enter the name found under START gt SETTINGS gt PRINTERS AND FAXES after clicking on a printer symbol and right 11 07 Rev 4 03 01 CF card USER MANUAL Commissioning amp Operation 64 xx clicking PROPERTIES gt SHARE in Windows XP The sharename stands for a printer which is connected to a certain port This is the USB port for tranferring via USB and the TCP IP port for transferring by Ethernet A few hints on using the USB interface m The method described here does not work in Windows 98 Windows ME or Windows NT 4 0 m The sharename has t
11. mm Only for punched perforated material Type of punch e Label material with breaks or punches gt Set the to Punched e Label material with reflex marks gt Set the to Reflex Setting parameters see topic section Info Printouts and Parameters chapter Using the Parameter Menu Printing the status report A status report printout is a perfectly adequate printer test The width of the status printout can be set to 100 mm or 50mm This should match the width of the label material used The length of the printout is 200 mm 100 mm width gt Navigate to The printout that is triggered spans a label length of 2x 200 mm listing all of the printer s current parameter settings 50 mm width gt Set the to Compact right Navigate to The printout that is triggered contains the same information as the wider prin tout compressed to a width of 50 mm Density If the printout is not as black as you would like it to be increase the print den sity as follows 1 Press the Esc button while in online mode Display Print contrast 60 2 By pressing the Cut Feed buttons you can increase or decrease the heat energy of the printhead in 11 07 Rev 4 03 01 USER MANUAL Commissioning amp Operation 64 xx The heat energy should be kept as low as possible while retaining an accep table printing result A high level of heat energy reduces the lifespan of the printhead
12. o comply with the MS DOS formatting conventions no more than 8 characters no symbols or spaces Ethernet interface Information about using it can be found in topic section Advanced Applications m Before sending a print job from a text program you need to ensure that the correct printer driver has been installed m Special label layout programs such as NiceLabel make this much easier These programs also require a driver to be installed You require the following items to load a print job from a CF card e CF card copy the print job to the directory FORMATS e CF card reader to connect to your computer Transferring print jobs via CF card A detailed description can be found in topic section Advanced Applications chapter Standalone Mode 11 07 Rev 4 03 01 USER MANUAL 64 xx Commissioning amp Operation Using CompactFlash cards CF CompactFlash CAUTION Observe the following guidelines to avoid damaging the printer A N or the CF card gt Only use CF cards approved by the manufacturer gt Always wait at least 5seconds after switching off the printer before remo ving or inserting the CF card When inserting or removing the CF card never use force m The printer firmware cannot utilise more than 128 MB of card storage capa city COMPACT FLASH Slim guide notch Wide guide notch Contacts 11 Example A 32 MB CF card S
13. ower cable 11 07 Rev 4 03 01 Display Button functions Online button Cut button Feed button Prog button USER MANUAL Commissioning amp Operation 64 xx Operator panel Prog button Feed button Online button Cut button 8 Operator panel of the 64 xx With 32 digits and two lines the display shows the operating conditions mo des for parameters values status and errors You can select the language you want to use for the display Backlighting ensures good legibility The buttons offer a multitude of operating functions A logical menu structure is used for operation The meaning of each button varies according to the operating mode and the menu item Additionally special functions have been programmed for certain button combinations Depending on the modes and menu levels the following functions apply for each button e For switching between online and offline mode e For confirming entries menu items and messages e For selecting print jobs and for entering values in standalone mode e Triggers a cut Requirements Cutter fitted and activated Printer offline e Also for accessing deeper levels within the menu structure and selecting menu items e For decrementing values e For feeding in material when the device is offline e For starting the printing process once the feed has been stopped in online
14. rred via the RS232 USB or Ethernet interface gt The interface type is selected with the following parameter Setting parameters see topic section Info Printouts and Parameters chapter Using the Parameter Menu Data cables Ordering nubers can be found in topic section Accessories Ethernet interface Information about using it can be found in topic section Advanced Applications 11 07 Rev 4 03 01 USER MANUAL Commissioning amp Operation 64 xx Offline operation e Switching from offline mode to online mode OFFLINE x JOBS Online ONLINE x JOBS oeoo e Switch to online mode when the print job is stopped OFFLINE x JOBS Online ONLINE x JOBS Stopped xx gt gt Stopped XX e Slow material and ribbon feed OFFLINE x JOBS Online Feed OFFLINE x JOBS gt feeding e Material travels backwards under the printhead OFFLINE x JOBS eat Gains OFFLINE x JOBS gt feeding e Reset OFFLINE x JOBS C t Online Reed OFFLINE x JOBS gt ee0e gt e Access the parameter menu see topic section Info Printouts amp Parameters OFFLINE x JOBS Prog PRINT INFO b gt e Feed material until the next punch is reached or as long as the button is held down OFFLINE x JOBS Feed OFFLINE x JOBS gt feeding e Standalone operation Selecting a print job stored on a CF card e g Testdat FOR see topic section Advance
15. t and that the power plug can easily be pulled out if necessary 1 Ensure that the printer power switch is set to 0 off 2 Connect the printer to the power supply using the cable 9B provided 3 Using the data cable supplied connect the Centronics interface 9A on the printer to the host computer 10 Sockets for the Centronics cable A and power cable B on a 64 04 4 Turn on the printer using the power switch set to position 1 The following sequence of messages is displayed System start The boot loader is starting System start Valid firmware recognised program is starting Start user prog 64 05 Printer type V 4 10 Version number of the printer firmware 11 07 Rev 4 03 01 USER MANUAL Commissioning amp Operation 64 xx Memory 64 MB Internal RAM here 64 MB Flashcard 32 MB Optional RAM on the CompactFlash card here 32 MB only displayed when a CompactFlash card is in use OFFLINE 0 JOBS Offline mode Initialisation ONLINE 0 Online mode The unit is ready for printing JOBS im When the parameter is set to Offline the prin ter switches directly to offline mode when turned on m CAUTION Wait at least 10 seconds between switching the device off and on again otherwise any modified parameter settings are not saved Setting the interface By factory default the 64 xx is set for data transfer via the Centronics interface Print data can also be transfe
16. tches from message mode to offline mode depending on the error and the progress of the last active process Status 5001 Messages are made up of the status number anda No gap found brief descriptive text The status message 5001 shown above occurs when for example the prin ter is set for punched label material but continuous form material without punches has been inserted In this case the printer will continue to feed the material for a few seconds before it generates an error message Status Reports see topic section Status Reports Standalone mode In standalone mode print jobs are not transferred but saved on a plugin card They are started directly from the printer s operator panel or via a connected keyboard Standalone mode see topic section Advanced Applications 11 07 Rev 4 03 01 USER MANUAL Commissioning amp Operation 64 xx Basic Operating Procedures Connecting the printer WARNING A N The printer operates using mains voltage Touching electrically live parts can cause exposure to hazardous electrical currents and may lead to burns gt Make sure that the printer is switched off before connecting the power ca ble Only operate the printer using the system voltage indicated on the name plate Only connect the printer to a grounded power socket fitted to authorised standards gt he power cable should be run to the printer so that nobody will trip on i
17. uitable CF cards see Plugin card manual topic section Card types chapter CompactFlash card Applying CF cards see Plugin card manual topic section Application chapter CompactFlash card Inserting a CF card 1 Switch off the printer Wait for 5 seconds 2 Insert the CF card 11A completely into the card slot contact side first The card s label is on the right side m Push the CF card into the slot until the release button 11B comes out The inserted card will sit flush with the back wall of the housing m The differently sized guide notches 10 of the CF card prevent the card from being inserted wrongly For the card to be inserted correctly the wider guide notch needs to be on top Removing a CF gt Press the release button 11B to remove the CF card EREI TT TTT eu E E g s E i 4 gel lt acd i re card p Q MT l p ao 12 Inserting the CF card If the CF card has been inserted correctly it will sit flush with the printer s back wall right 11 07 Rev 4 03 01 USER MANUAL Commissioning amp Operation 64 xx Setting the realtime clock The realtime clock in the 64 xx printers can be used for example to calcu late and print the expiry date of a perishable product This is how you set the realtime clock 1 Navigate to the Realtime clock dd day mm month yyyy year hh hour dd mm yyyy hh mm mm minute
Download Pdf Manuals
Related Search