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1. With the Express you have purchased a professional cardboard printer Developed and produced by F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH the Express sets new bench marks in the field of industrial application of cardboard printers The Express prints on bag tags with or without metal or plastic rings in thermal direct or thermal transfer printing technology With special transfer ribbons the protection of the printed information against mechanical abrasion or chemicals such as oils greases or organic solvents is guaranteed The printer can simply be prepared for thermal direct printing without any additional ribbon The easy handling the modular construction and thus the easy replacement of components combined with the attractive design of the Express distinguishes this modern thermal printer At the beginning you will learn how to initialise this printer After you are familiar with the operation of the printer this manual will render a good service to you for quick reference Please keep this manual safe Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH FD Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de User Manual Express 5 Initial Start Up 2 Initial Start Up 2 1 Preparation of Location Location of installation must be even and stable Please allow sufficient room e to connect the cables and e to operate the printer Th2. 2 stop bits Without parity even parity odd parity without XON XOFF with XON XOFF Printing Mode Without Print key with print key Printing is only possible by depressing the PRINT key F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de User Manual Express 17 Operating 3 3 5 Character LCD Schedule ANSI ASCII multilingual Country USA England Germany Denmark France Sweden Italy Spain Norway Netherlands Update Flashdata Here logos and fonts can be store in the printer The data is transferred via serial or parallel interface For the conversion and implementation of logos the tool FDLogo can be CHARACTER LCD schedule CHARACTER LCD country CHARACTER LCD Update FlashData CHARACTER LCD scrolling CHARACTER LCD language used This is available on the homepage www FuDdruck de Activate the MS DOS mode at the PC DX g iUuE o rm copy b file name Iptx Example copy b logos upd Ipt1 Enter via MS DOS to the printer Connect the printer via the parallel interface to the LPT port of the PC Change to the menu CHARACTER SET Update FlashData Activate the Update mode by pressing the 6 key In the display the following message will be shown Data to be transmitted has to be prepared for the p
3. Copies Input key 6 to exit editor 0060 In case the number is incorrect the editor can be called again by depressing the key once again The option is exited either by depressing the gt key or the SAVE key F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de 3 3 1 Menue and Parameters 13 press MENU PRINTER INFOS CARD DATA PRINTER SPECS CHARACTER LCD V print status copies 0000 heating time tph 30 to 30 ANSI e ASCII multilingual cards e WBF01 e WBF02 image width 80 mm 960 dot printing speed 100 mm s 125 mm s 150 mm s USA England Germany Denmark France Sweden Italy Spain Norway Netherlands barcodes EAN 8 13 eC 205 I ec 39 ec 128 EAN128 PDF417 image height 120 mm 1440 dot transfer nicht vorhanden ist vorhanden Update FlashDa Send Data COURIOGF COURI14F ARIALOSF ARIAL18F C c nicht vorhanden ist vorhanden scrolling no yes oF FDLogo byteam XXXXH acknowledge display only ignore 70 ignore keys and character explanation V key leaf through the main menue P key leaf through the sub menue key select option default RS232 Drucker Mode 4800 Baud ohne PrintTaste 9600 Baud mit PrintTaste 19200
4. error message Printer Device Upper Rewinder Device for Transfer Ribbon Printer Device Lower Insertion of Transfer Ribbon Printers equipped with the option Transfer Device feature a wind off wind on mechanism positioned above the printer upper section see diagram on previous page Push transfer ribbon reel onto winding device below operator panel Centre reel to print head Guide ribbon according to diagram on previous page below the opened printer device upper Wind transfer ribbon round rewinding device Insert clamp strap into the groove and hole Turn the rewinding device one full circle clockwise and thus tension the transfer ribbon Hinge printer device down and secure again NO ob ON F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH FD Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de User Manual Express 7 Initial Start Up Notice The shiny side of the ribbon must point towards the thermal print head The somewhat more dull side is the colour layer which must point towards the paper ie 2 Printing Process Description Display 1 Switch on the printer 2 Insert bag tag card retracts automatically Bag tag is in printing position 3 Send data set If the printing order arrives at printing the pri
5. Baud 38400 Baud 7 data bits 8 data bits 1 stop bit 2 stop bits no parity even parity odd parity no XON XOFF with XON XOFF C c m English no French yes German V 14 User Manual Express Operating 3 3 2 Printer Infos Print Status Print out of all parameter to be set Image width and image height must be set to gt 54 mm 648 dots each You can print the print status by PRINTER INFOS using the 6 key Warnings Details of warnings including confirmation possibilities print status PRINTER INFOS Insert data warnings Amount of data submitted to the Express The amount is displayed in a hexadecimal number Barcodes PRINTER INFOS All barcodes stored in the printer will be displayed here You can print insert data the select barcode by using the SAVE key Fonts All fonts stored in the printer will be displayed here You can print the select font by using the SAVE key PRINTER INFOS barcodes Logos All logos stored in the printer will be displayed here You can print the select logo by using the SAVE key Cards PRINTER INFOS All cards stored in the printer will be displayed here You can print the fonts select card by using the SAVE key PRINTER INFOS logos PRINTER INFOS cards Barcodes fonts logos and cards stored in the printer can be printed out easily and is described below Print out stored data set Barcodes fonts logos and labels stored in the
6. ISO15693 13 56 MHz Windows NT 4 0 2000 und XP Labelling Software SprintLabel F D also supplies custom tailored consumables such as thermal papers labels and transfer ribbons F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de 28 User Manual Express Declaration of Conformity 10 Declaration of Conformity F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstr 38 i 69239 Neckarsteinach EG Konformit tserkl rung Die Ger te mit der Typenbezeichnung Express sind Wertbeutelfahnendrucker mit manueller Zuf hrung die nach dem Prinzip des Thermodirektdruckes zum Bedrucken von thermosensitiven Materialien oder als Thermotransferdrucker mittels Thermotransferfolie zum Bedrucken anderer Materialien eingesetzt werden Hiermit erkl ren wir f r das nachfolgend bezeichnete Ger t aufgrund seiner Konzipierung und Bauart sowie in der von uns in Verkehr gebrachten Ausf hrung bei Einsatz innerhalb der in der Betriebsanleitung vorgegebenen Grenzen die Konformit t gem der Richtlinien 98 37 EG 73 23 EWG sowie 89 336 EWG des Rates zur Angleichung der Rechtsvorschriflen der Mitgliedsstaaten Bei einer nicht mit uns abgestimmten nderung der Maschine oder des Verwendungszwecks verliert diese Erkl rung ihre G ltigkeit Ger tefamilie Express Angewandte EG Richtlinien und N
7. also serves for communication with the PC but it is slower than the parallel interface By using the keyboard you can set Baud rate 4800 9600 19200 38400 Data bits 7 8 Stop bit 1 2 and Parity without with even odd Protocol without XON XOFF with XON XOFF Standard settings are printed in bold Notice Before connecting the cable the printer and the PC had to be switched off 2 11 Transporting the Printer 1 Switch printer off 2 Unplug carefully the mains cable and the interface cable serial and or Centronics cable 3 Use original packing material for transportation where possible Notice Before transporting the printer all paper and transfer ribbon rolls must be removed F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de User Manual Express 9 Operating 3 Operating 3 1 Control Panel The control panel consists of e LCD Screen 2x16 digits e 2 LEDs Power and Error e 6 keys PRINT key FF SAVE key MENU key STATUS V key CUT key CLEAR key 3 1 1 LCD Display The information shown on the display depends on present operating mode of the printer In total 4 different sub screens can be opened Standard Screen This mode displays the actual short status of the printer which is of interest during the printing process Thi
8. display are divided into 3 categories Error Codes 01 99 100 239 240 255 WARNING ERROR Y lowest priority HARDWARE highest priority F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de 24 User Manual Express Service Diagnosis 6 2 1 Error Level 1 In this error status all printer functions are still allowed After warning message s have been deleted by depressing the CLEAR key the printout will be started which can be incorrect With this error category most of the time incorrect control sequences or object sequences by the user are the reason As far as possible these are replaced by standard values WARNING messages can always be erased by depressing the CLEAR key Reaction of red LED blinking slowly The first display line contains the error category and the error number WARNING 023 the second display line hints at a possible error source control sequence Deviating from this standard reaction to warnings further possibilities can be set via the menu Menu PRINTER INFOS Warnings _confirm This menu corresponds to the above description Warnings are deleted by depressing the CLEAR key Menu PRINTER INFOS Warnings display only Warnings are displayed as usual but do not have to be confirmed by the user The printing process will not be interrupted Menu PRI
9. set one card will be printed FF key Transports the paper through the printer without printing MENU key The menu screen will be displayed This gives the user the possibility to check the set printer functions or change them respectively The menu will be exited by depressing the same key again By depressing this key for a longer time period that particular part of the menu can be skipped to where the last skip back took place During a print job this can be stopped by depressing the key for a while and depressing the key again enables finishing the print job STATUS key The status screen will be displayed In case of an error this key depress key 2x displays the 2nd status screen with up to 8 error codes The menu will be exited by depressing the same key again CUT key Should a cutting device be available this can be activated by depressing the Cut key CLEAR key Functions only when error screen is opened By means of CLEAR key the displayed warning message can be erased In case several errors are indicated at the same time only the warning message with the highest priority at that time will be displayed The CLEAR key can only be depressed for that amount of time until all warning messages are displayed or erased respectively ERROR and HARDWARE messages cannot be erased 3 2 Main Menu Mode This menu is called up by depressing the MENU key Depressing the key for only a short time skips to the start of t
10. 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 49 0 6229 700 0 Fax 49 0 6229 700 67 Mail hotline FuDdruck de Web www FuDdruck de Copyright by F D 3092 02 093 90 06 Spezifications subject to change without prior notice
11. 90 89 60 x 400m F43 black 3070 99 804 90 89 F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de 26 User Manual Express Bag Tag Measures 8 Bag Tag Measures coloured frame possible printing area EEEN gittat eteru IHREN l IE RK AD o Lay PX UN UN SS 5 RR N AU N INN b X XX gt i l m 200 MENZ RZ TN em em eme m em A 1 TS DR KOK OR TT TKS MUERE ETE ATTE EE ELLE ELLE LLL Metalring 9 8 inside Spec paperweight 120 180 g m 911 5 outside Paperqualities only from F D released Thickness max 1 6 Metalring beaded Cardboardring for reinforcement 14 outside Cardboardring close fitting Bos MT Weights And Measures Fear und Dci to change Bagtag for printer Express in 69239 Ne torateinoch Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH fD Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de User Manual Express 27 Technical Data 9 Technical Data Printing Method Print Resolution Printing Speed Print Width History Control Fonts Font Sizes Barcodes Drawing Capability Specialities Processor RAM Interfaces Operation Panel Bag Tag Transfer Ribbon Monitoring Measurements Weight Electrical Environmental
12. Conditions Options Driver Software Thermal Direct or Thermal Transfer Printing 12 dots mm 300 dpi 100 150 mm sec 80 mm Software 2 internal bitmap fonts Courier bold Arial bold optional bitmap fonts loadable Width and Height 2 6 mm Courier 6 8 10 12 14 Arial 6 8 9 10 12 14 16 18 as well as by steps up to 255 Code 2 of 5 Interleaved Code 39 Code 128 EAN 8 EAN 13 EAN 128 PDF 417A Barcodes variable in height module width and ratio Optionally with control line check digit subscript line and start stop code line box with varying line widths 2 level technology for fixed and variable objects text barcode logo All objects can be copied into the image memory in transparent non transparent mode Text as well as barcode objects can be placed precisely and indexed numerically Intel 32 bit 8 MB Parallel IEEE 1284 ECP RS 2328 4800 38 400 baud 6 operation keys 2 x 16 digit LCD 2 LED s 120 180 g m width 89 3 o5 mm length 150 mm min 90 mm with or without metal or plastic rings manual input with monitoring of paper position Length max 450 m width max 110 mm roll diameter max 75 mm core diameter 25 4 mm Automatic card recognition and print release ribbon end HxW xD in mm 275 x 250 x 351 12 5 kg 230 115 V auto switch 50 60 Hz Current 1 1 2 2 A fuse T 3 15 A 10 45 C 20 8096 humidity non condensing RFID Device Contactless encoder for transponder chips
13. During data transmission the display shows READ DATA process will take approx 15 sec 7 When data transmission is finished the printer will show READY 8 Please restart the printer 9 Now the new software is available in the printer 10 For doing a check please press the status button which effects the software version to be shown F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de User Manual Express 21 Hardware Modifications 5 Hardware Modifications 5 1 Thermal Direct Printing The direct printing requires special thermal direct paper which reacts to temperature due to special pre treatment This enables the printing without colour ribbon but it is sensitive to light heat and various chemicals 5 2 Transfer Device A durable printing format is achieved by means of using wax or resin coated ribbons whose colour film is heated by the thermal print head and thus transferred onto the card material The transfer device consists of a retarding winding device and a motor driven rewinding device 5 3 Input Unit The input unit makes possible the processing of bag tags with or without metal or plastic rings by manual feeding of the cardboards The input unit is fixed with a screw to the printer device and electrically connected with a socket to the printer The in
14. Feinwerk und Drucktechnik Ihr kompetenter Partner f r Thermodrucksysteme User Manual Cardboard Printer Express User Manual Express Introduction Contents UNE oec eer e deans 4 EE poesi P 5 2 1 Preparation of Location sssssssssssssssseeees enenatis nn 5 2 2 Security AdVIC6 oi aun s Rees SERERE idace Bb e ek a a ea aaia ERA 5 2 3 DPIC arran E EAE E EET EE A E 5 2 4 Mounting the Input Unit Cover sssssssssssssss sesenta nnn 5 2 5 Connection of Mains Cable sssini een sessi enne enne nnns enn 6 2 6 Insertion of Paper and Transfer Ribbon essen enne enne 6 2 12 Pining doin NE 7 2 8 Pinout OF a Test Cara ioo RERO b edd IAM 7 2 9 Parallel Intelacei n ei e a E IEEE NH 7 210 Serial InlelfRCO oso ceo rap ERI RESI UEBER a FREE SIR REOR ade OEERIRR 8 2 11 Transporting the Printer detenta dd eoe AEL EE RR ERRE ddp Ee an 8 3 Operaga rp 9 MEO ELM 9 SAA ECDEDISPIOY m a seines ann nennen 9 3 1 2 Power and Error Display sss nennen nennen nnne nennen nnns nennen 10 31 3 eas 10 3 2 Main Men Mode erento eine 10 3 3 Su b Menu MOGde ie ee ins be keines 11 3 3 1 Menue and Parameters cccccccccceceecectectecencesesnecasenanecannaenesseesteceeeeseneeeesttesteeseees 13 33 2 Punternfos t e end a a Mee RR a Me EO ruhen RR PA M ERR 14 3 3 9 Card D8l8 isa E EO RA C E RR
15. NTER INFOS Warnings ignore Warnings are neither displayed nor do they have to be confirmed Via status request and status display they can be called in Menu PRINTER INFOS Warnings Y ignore 70 Warning 70 character will be completely ignored and is preset as a standard in the printer 6 2 2 Error Level 2 In this status all printer functions are allowed but it can no longer be printed This error category most of the time shows serious data set errors memory overflows or paper errors Paper errors can normally be cleared Other errors require in the main a switching off and on of the printer ERROR messages cannot be deleted via CLEAR key Reaction of the red LED blinking quickly The first display line contains the error category and the error number ERROR 185 the second display line hints at a possible error source insert memory 6 2 3 Error Level 3 In this status all printer functions are allowed but it can no longer be printed This error category concerns either an incorrect printer configuration or a hardware error An incorrect printer configuration means for example a logged on cutting device although no cutting device is connected If this is triggered a hardware error message is the result Hardware errors due to incorrect printer configuration can be resolved by the user This is not the case with pure hardware errors Here the user has to contact the Service Department HARDWARE messages can
16. RR ER RR A RHOD n RE 15 9 9 4 SPINIer POCS estere teria ee ne DP T IDEE rere 15 3 3 5 Character LCD 2a Bil ee dE Bee ans 17 d gt WIAA CG nina 19 4 1 Ribbon CRANGIAG RR 19 4 2 Cleaning of the Thermal Print Head sss eene 19 4 3 Cleaning of the Feed Rollers sss eene eene nennen 19 44 Changing of Thermal Print Head sisse esent nna 19 4 5 Update of printer software Express sssssssssssssss esee nennen enne nnns 20 5 Hardware MOOWICQUONIS c 21 27 Thermal Direct Printing iei iei Le eios ieee a aed e SMEs rri EDU lee 21 5 2 Transfer Device Rm 21 5 30 1 219123 UNO i Pope Te ee a LEE MELLE 21 0 4 RFID DEVICE it 21 6 Service DIAGNOSIS nee ee 22 6 1 Improvement of the Printing Quality esses enne 22 Cor Enor COMGCHON pn 23 6 2 1 Error Level 1 stia mp ded vede a kenne nO E ERE Ee ste Ease ey sais 24 6 22 Error Level 2 ed t D est a deae Cake e EC eaa nen 24 6 2 3 Error Level Oii oio te e e de Gab OR Te Ai Aiea 24 7 Accessories ORION ann 25 8 Bag Tag MASTS TEE 26 9 Fechnical DAG CTS 27 10 Declaration of CONVONINY E 28 EE LC E E ne Seer oe 29 Document 3092 02 093 90 06 Revision June 2007 F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de 4 User Manual Express Introduction 1 Introduction
17. Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de 20 User Manual Express Maintenance 7 Nestthe thermal print head from the lower tab locking of printer upper side into the rectangular holes on the printer upper via the tabs 8 Rotate the print head to the upper side until the thread bush mates with the knurled screw p 9 In order to tighten the knurled screw draw 3 EN down the printer upper and lock N wc NW s I 2 E Ta j a 7 8 7 thermal print head with print head adapter Notice Unfortunalety it is not possible to claim for warranty as the lifetime of the thermal print head is depending very much on the boundary conditions such as paper quality printing speed heating time quality of thermal ribbon 4 5 Update of printer software Express A new printer software firmware can be load via the serial or parallel port to the Express Running Update 1 Connect the printer via the parallel port to the LPT port of the PC 2 While switching on the printer please press the buttons Cut and Clear to reach the programming mode 3 The display will show PROGRAM UPDATE 4 Please activate the MS DOS mode at the PC or use the file update bat position 5 is inapplicable then 5 Now the new version can be load to the printer under MS DOS using the command copy b file name Iptx for example copy b EXES2106 upd Ipt1 lt Enter gt 6
18. e 10 Sample cards Thermal Direct 2 4 Mounting the Input Unit Cover e At the cover there is a guiding pin e insert this pin in the hole at the front of the printer e Press the thumb screw down and turn it 90 to the right hand side e Now the Input unit cover is fixed Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH FD Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de 6 User Manual Express Initial Start Up 2 5 Connection of Mains Cable At the rear of the printer the connector for mains cable and the mains switch are located e Switch off Express 0 must be depressed on mains switch e Connect mains cable consider firm connection Use earthed socket only e Switch on Express 1 must be depressed on mains switch 2 6 Insertion of Paper and Transfer Ribbon Insertion of Paper Bag Tag The Express prints on bag tags with or without metal or plastic rings in thermal direct or thermal transfer printing technology 1 Insert the bag tag into the slit at the front of the printer 2 Putthe bag tag with the plain side in the input unit 3 The card retracts and prints only with printing order automatically 4 By data set with multiple copies you have to take the card out of the printer before you can print the next one If the bag tag is located with the slant side first it will be recognized by the printer and results in an
19. e printer has to be used according to the conditions of operation for which the printer was conceived 2 2 Security Advice ie e The housing or the interior of the printer are not allowed to come into contact with liquids e Before operating the printer please make sure that your mains supply is operated at 230V 50 Hz Hz or 115V 60 Hz e n order to avoid the risk of an electric shock do not remove the cover The interior of the Express does not contain any parts to be serviced by the operator e Maintenance work can only be effected by qualified service personnel e Incase the printer is not used for a while remove the mains plug from socket Always remove on the plug never pull at the cable e Interrupt operation immediately if liquids or parts enter the interior of the Express Shut off at the mains plug and inform qualified service personnel e Before transporting the printer all paper and transfer ribbon rolls must be removed e To drive the printer via centronic interface the enclosed delivered cable or an equivalent printer cable according to the IEEE 1284 specification the single conductors are twisted two by two and twice shielded must be used 2 3 Unpacking After unpacking the printer please check contents of the box e Printer Express e Input Unit Cover e Mains Cable DIN Standard e Centronics Cable IEEE 1284 specification e User Manual and Software Manual e Printer Driver with Description
20. er this value the higher the intensity of black PRINTER SPECS Notice The higher this value the higher the loading on the thermal heating time tph print head Printing Speed Printing speed determines the transportation speed of the card paper PRINTER SPECS within the printing range printing speed 100 125 or 150 mm s Transfer Transfer can be applied in combination with all other components PRINTER SPECS not present transfer present In case transfer is logged on a monitoring of the transfer ribbon is ffected Il as the drive of the transfer ribb inding device effected as well as the drive of the transfer ribbon rewinding device PRINTER SPECS Transponder transponder For describing of Transponder the hardware RFID Device option must be existing not present present The Transponder is described before printing at the same moment a writing control is executed With successful describing there sounds a short signal sound and with a write error there sounds a long signal sound with indicating of the error In the error case the label is not printed PRINTER SPECS PRINTER SPECS RS232 printing mode F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de 16 User Manual Express Operating RS232 4800 9600 19200 38400 baud 7 data bits 8 data bits 1 stop bit
21. ervice Diagnosis 6 2 Error Correction Error Description Reason for Error Error Correction No green LED Mains Cable Mains Plug Mains Fuse Internal Power Supply defective Change Mains Cable Establish correct contact Change Mains Fuse Manufacturer Service No printed image Print Parameter incorrect Transfer ribbon inserted incorrectly Thermal Paper incorrect Transfer ribbon of other quality Adjust print parameter anew Insert transfer ribbon according to drawing Use material recommended by manufacturer Use transfer ribbon recommended by manufacturer Card material is transported insufficiently buckled printed image Dirty Transport Rollers Clean transport rollers see 4 3 Card material is not transported at all Transport rollers are not driven Manufacturer Service Transfer ribbon is not transported at all Transfer ribbon torn Insert transfer ribbon anew and depress Print Key Every error switches the display from the standard window to the error window and activates the error LED It is also possible that several errors occur at the same time for example sequence errors where the error with the highest priority is displayed The priority increases with the increasing error code number Inside the status display up to 8 error codes will be displayed in the 2nd status window depress status key 2x The error messages as displayed in the LCD
22. g u 6 Insertion of Transfer Ribbon 6 MILM 10 Main Menu Mode seessssssesesseseee 10 Maintenance ssssssseneene 19 Men struktur und Parameter 13 Operating Haaren 9 Parallel Interface 7 Preparation of Location nee 5 Print Status 14 Printer Specs eie rene Ine ires 15 PONING veg icit de rp p inen padece 16 Printing Process ssee 7 Printing Speed sss 15 Print out stored data set 14 RFID Device sesee 21 Ribbon Changing sssse 19 S292 esce he tecsc deren denne 16 Serial Interface sssssssssseeenee 8 Service Diagnosis sssssssss 22 Sub Menu Mode sssssssee 11 Technical Data nnennn 27 Lest Garda eiie anti tte n edes eds 7 Thermal Direct Printing 21 TAN rn er en ee DeC RETE RE 15 Transfer Device na eei e eene ees 21 Transponder reet reiner e 15 Update Logos and Fonts ssss 17 Update of printer software 20 F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de to F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstr
23. he menu Depressing the key longer skips directly to that option of this menu where it has been exited from last time The menu is exited by depressing the MENU key After call up of the menu the menu display is shown and the functions of the keys are different The first line of the LCD screen displays the first main menu Scrolling the main menu is effected with the v key Main menus are always displayed in the first LCD line and also in capital letters PRINTER SPECS The menu can be exited by depressing the MENU key F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de User Manual Express 11 Operating 3 3 Sub Menu Mode General With the gt key the displayed main menu can be skipped In order to display the various sub menus of the chosen main menu continue to depress the P key Sub menus as long as they are not chosen are displayed in the 2nd LCD line in capital as well as small letters For this example the main menu CARD DATA has been chosen and the sub menu Number of Cards The menu can be exited by depressing the MENU key By depressing the key 6 the displayed sub menu is chosen In order to display the various options of a sub menu the key 6 is depressed furthermore Current active settings are marked with a hook V and most of the time also displayed as first op
24. mal print head with special cleaner of F D dampened cloth when printer is turned off do not use hard or sharp edged items e In transfer printing mode used paper transfer ribbon combination not suitable apply combination as preset by manufacturer or determine by tryout Inside the printed image small islands are not printed e Dust particles on the paper lift the print head at this point and prevent the printing e Adamaged printer roller leading to a lack of pressure at this point The unit must be sent to F D for repair see 2 11 Printed image too weak on one side e Thermal print head has to be adjusted anew horizontally e Adjust contact pressure spring of thermal print head Unprinted stripes run diagonally over the printed image e Reason is the formation of folds in the transfer ribbon e Check guidance of thermal ribbon e Adjust roller with thermal transfer ribbon laterally until ribbon is fold free e Remove unwound ribbon and re insert thermal transfer ribbon e f thermal transfer ribbon crinkles considerably the heating time is set too high and thus also leads to formation of wrinkles reduce heating time e In case winding and re winding device are no longer parallel they have to be adjusted anew F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH FD KirchenstraRe 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de User Manual Express 23 S
25. not be deleted via CLEAR key Reaction of the red LED blinking constantly The first display line contains the error category and the error number HARDWARE 241 the second display line hints at a possible error source print modul open Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH FD Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de User Manual Express 25 Accessories Options Accessories Options F D Order Form Fax 49 0 6229 70067 Customer j diusemdaateawetedender iude n rs Namig A aiuti eerie diens Tele L L1 EEA RA Printers 5 1 1 n uice IRR REOR ERE nee NUR IRR desde Spare part Amount Description Remarks Article No Thermal Print head with pre assembled adaptor 3092 01 544 40 40 Serial Cable 2m DB9 DB9 3073 01 921 40 40 2m DB9 DB25 3073 01 922 40 40 m DB9 DB according to customer 3073 01 914 40 40 Parallel Cable 2m _ Centronics 9120 11 303 20 00 Cleaning set 3069 01 301 90 40 Foils and Papers Recommended by F D Amount Size Transfer Ribbon Remarks Article No width long 100 x 200m F13 black Resin max 100mm s 110 x 450m F40 black Resin Wax max 250mm s 3070 99 801 90 89 60 x 450m F41 black 3070 99 802 90 89 110 x 400m F42 black Wax max 300mm s 3070 99 803
26. nter the bag tag will be printed Card Bag tag will be eject 4 Now you can take the bag tag 2 8 Printout of a Test Card Switch printer on Insert bag tag Depress STATUS button Depress PRINT button Now the LCD display shown left a black rectangle Additionally the green Power LED is lit 6 Depress again PRINT button for a short time and the bag tag will be printed Notice Please check in advance e Is printer device upper closed 2 9 Parallel Interface o e U gt In order to connect the parallel cable align the wider side of the plug to the wider side of the printer connector Afterwards fasten the plug with the two existing clamps in order to produce a stable electrical contact Then connect the cable to the computer corresponding parallel interface Notice Before connecting the cable the printer and the PC have to be switched off ie F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de 8 User Manual Express Initial Start Up 2 10 Serial Interface In order to connect the serial cable align the wider side of the plug to the wider side of the printer connector Afterwards fasten the plug with the two existing screws in order to produce a stable electrical contact Then connect the cable to the computer corresponding serial interface The serial interface
27. ormen EG Maschinenrichtlinie 98 37 EG Sicherheit von Maschinen EN 292 T1 u T2 1991 A1 1995 EG Niederspannungsrichtlinie T3I23 EWG Sicherheit von Einrichtungen der EN 60950 1992 A4 1997 Informationstechnik EG Richtlinie EMV 89 336 EWG Elektromagnetische Vertr glichkeit EN 55024 1998 St rfestigkeit Einrichtungen der Informationstechnik EN 55022 1998 Funkst reigenschaften rs D Fe Neckarsteinach den 16 12 2002 MES e Z gt _ 1222020202020 Uwe Stanitz Gesch ftsf hrer F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de User Manual Express 29 Index 11 Index Bag Tag Measures 26 Card Data sese 15 Card Height ssssssssssseene 15 Card Width eesssssssee 15 Changing of Thermal Print Head 19 Character Fonts sssssssseeeenenee 17 Cleaning of the Feed Rollers 19 Cleaning of the Thermal Print Head 19 Control Pariel eren bnt 9 COPIES T 15 Hardware Modifications ussssssse 21 Heating Time TPH ssessssss 15 Improvement of the Printing Quality 22 Input Sr e 21 Input Unit Cover cose ntnten 5 Insertion of Paper Bag Ta
28. otice Do not use any hard or sharp edged objects ie 4 3 Cleaning of the Feed Rollers Above all paper and dust particles stick to the feed rollers and have to be removed 1 Release the print head upper and rotate upwards 2 Depress the CUT key for cleaning mode 3 Clean feed roller with special cleaner of F D and bobble free cloth 4 Depress the CUT key to finish the cleaning mode 5 After the rollers are dry hinge print head device down and latch hs Notice Do not use acetone or any other solvents 4 4 Changing of Thermal Print Head use any sharp edged items and take care that you are not electro statically charged Electrostatic charges can damage the thermal print head therefore it is absolutely necessary to execute a charge equalization in advance Notice The thermal print head is a sensitive mechanical electronic and electro static component Do not amp Knurled screw i j 1 Switch printer off and unplug mains plug i 2 Release the print head upper and rotate upwards 3 Unlock knurled screw in the middle of the print head upper and pull print head forwards 4 Disconnect cables 5 Fit the new thermal print head The thermal print head is pre assembled onto an adapter and also pre adjusted 6 Connect cables to new thermal print head Here the correct positioning of the connector has to be paid attention to F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach
29. printer can be printed out easily and is described below 1 Goto menu Printer Infos cards 2 Depress the 6 button in order to chose the desired card 3 Confirm your choice by depressing the SAVE key The menu will be exited and the card will be printed at the same time a black shape appears on the LCD 4 Depress the PRINT key again for a short time in order to print a further card F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de User Manual Express 15 Operating 3 3 3 Card Data Copies 0000 9999 CARD DATA Number of cards to be printed copies Card Width 80mm 960 dots Image Width determines the width of the print area CARD DATA Parameter d image width 12 mm in number of dots card width minimum width 5 4 mm d 64 maximum width 80 mm d 960 The value for the image width can at any time be smaller than the real card format The resulting print area will thus be in image middle CARD DATA Card Height card hight 120 mm 1440 steps Image Height determines the height of the print area Parameter d image height 12 mm in number of motor steps minimum height 10 mm d 120 maximum height 500 mm d 6000 3 3 4 Printer Specs Heating Time TPH from 30 to 30 in steps of 5 By this the blackening intensity of the paper is set The high
30. rinter E FLASH DATA Send Data Now new data can be transmitted with the command line 8 During the transmission process the message BUSY will be displayed 9 After successful transmission the printer states READY 10 The data is now firmly stored in the printer Scrolling The menue text will be pushed in from aside no yes Language language to choose from menu CHARACTER LCD german english french F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de 18 User Manual Express Operating PNP Plug and Play nO yes F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de User Manual Express 19 Maintenance 4 Maintenance 4 1 Ribbon Changing Change the transfer ribbon respectively as described under 2 6 4 2 Cleaning of the Thermal Print Head Depending on the application as well as the environmental conditions of the thermal printer the print head must be cleaned every 10 to 20 working hours or after the ribbon changing 1 Switch printer off 2 Release the print head upper and rotate upwards 3 Wipe with a special cleaner of F D dampened cloth several times smoothly over the printing N
31. s screen see picture opposite should always be displayed when printer is switched on Meaning of the status symbols gt XON status XOFF status no data set edited a data set edited 1 Macro 1 active Number of cards which still have to be printed by the actual data set Menu Screen Will be opened when MENU key is depressed Inside the menu structure the upper line shows the main menu and the lower line shows the sub menu Error Screen Is displayed by the printer in case an error incurred Status Screen Will be displayed when STATUS key is depressed By depressing the key again the second part of the status window will be displayed By depressing the key anew the standard screen will be displayed or in case of an error the error listing is displayed see Software Manual Status Message EXP 300 S02 V2 01 DEVICE 1008 00 0000 0131072 20 03 2002 ECP 1 Status Screen 2 Status Screen F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de 10 User Manual Express Operating 3 1 2 Power and Error Display Power Display This display is green and lights up in case the mains switch of the printer is switched on Error Display This display is red and lights up or blinks in those cases the error screen is active 3 1 3 Keys PRINT key Of the actual data
32. tegrated sensors recognize the correct position of the bag tag in the input unit If a data set is queue at the printer the process starts automatically with entry and eject of the bag tag 5 4 RFID Device If one wants to print a label and at the same moment the chip in the label describe the RFID Device Radio Frequency IDentification is exactly the correct The data transfer between Transponder and reader takes place about the aerial coil without touch Besides the principle of the electromagnetic induction is used The types of transponder Infineon MY D Philips I Code and Texas Instruments Tag it are supported The working frequency amounts to 13 56 MHz F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de 22 User Manual Express Service Diagnosis 6 Service Diagnosis 6 1 Improvement of the Printing Quality Unprinted stripes run over the printed image in printing direction e Dust particles are fixed onto the thermal print head and have to be removed with a special cleaner of F D dampened cloth e Dot failure due to mechanical influence or electrostatic charging the thermal print head has to be changed See maintenance notice change thermal print head Entire printed image too weak e Check printing parameter and change if necessary reduce speed increase heating time e Clean ther
33. tion For this example the main menu CARD DATA has been chosen and the sub menu Number of Cards CARD DATA Copies The menu can be exited afterwards via key and then by depressing the MENU key SAVE key When an option is chosen it can be saved by depressing the key SAVE A confirmation will be displayed for about 2 seconds on the screen After storage this menu option will automatically be exited In case the stored value should be checked afterwards this can be effected by depressing the key The menu can then be exited by depressing the key and then the MENU key Input of numerical values A menu option can also mean a further choice of different options Alternatively at this point a numerical value could be expected to be input according to the actual menu The Express places a simple editor at your disposal Example Change the number of cards from 10 to 60 Input Key to call up editor a T Copies Input key for first numerical position 0 T Input key 6 for next numerical position E gt Copies Input key for next numerical position a 00 gt F D Feinwerk und Drucktechnik GmbH Kirchenstra e 38 D 69239 Neckarsteinach Tel 06229 7000 Fax 06229 70067 E Mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de 12 User Manual Express Operating Copies Input key for actual digit depress key 6x 006 Copies Input key 6 for next numerical position 0060
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