User Manual - Compuprint
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1. The form to be printed must not contain foreign material Form opacity must be at least 75 Forms with a lower opacity may cause feed errors Never print on documents with metallic or hard plastic fasteners or staples they may damage the printer Use only sewn passbooks To get the maximum print contrast you should print on white or light colored paper You may overstrike to improve the low contrasting paper It is preferable to use single and multiple documents with the fibre running in the insertion direction of the printing unit Recycled paper is permitted on principle It is preferable to print on multiple forms with a narrow glue strip or top gluing The gluing must not cause waving in the set of forms 47 Cuts Sheets A Insertion direction Dimensions 244 mm Form length 470 mm C Distance between dot position and left or right paper edge first printed line and top margin of the document E Distance between the lower margin and the lower part of the last printed line Distance between top of the pee 200 g m 40 g m 4 With paper 60 g m set the item PASSBOOK TYPE horizontal Weight 1st 75 g m 1st 55 g m original 1 to 5 copies other 75 g m other 45 g m ial carbon 35 g m carbon 14 g m Form thicker than 0 35 mm may cause print quality degradation 48 Passbooks Minimum Maximum Paper Weight 75 120 g m Thickness Multiple Page Passbooks Horizontal F2. the sheet can therefore be inserted in any position within the detection area according to the rules described at page 15 of this document The maximum size of document scanned is 216 mm x 330 mm Put the sheet to scan on left side of paper stand for maximum with scanning Item Application Type Scanning Width Density Monochrome mode Monochrome source Color mode Scanning Speed Output Format Interface Specification Single Pass Dual side colour scanner Color Contact Image Sensor module Color CIS 216 mm 100 200 300 400 500 600 DPI Black White 16 grayscale levels 256 grayscale levels LED green LED red LED blue White Light 24 Bit RGB Max 12 inch sec 7 5 inch sec full color BMP JPG TIFF USB 2 0 high speed B 01 Install USB Driver procedure Insert Compuprint documentation CD Insert USB cable Power on the printer Ae N e After few seconds System pops up the interface Found New Hardware Wizard for install software about SFERAL WWT LS A4 USB select Install from a list specific location Advanced and click Next to continue 5 Push Browse Button and select on Compuprint CD the path Source drivers Compuprint SP40 USB Driver 6 Then follow the instructions up to the end of installation software 7 Next a second System pops up Found New Hardware Wizard request installation software for Compuprint SP 40
3. Norwegian CP866 Cyrillic CP867 Turkish CP876 OCRA CP877 OCRB CP1098 Farsi Arabic CP1250 Central Europe CP1251 Cyrillic CP1252 Windows Latin1 Ansi CP1257 Baltic Rim Gost Tass Mazowia CP437 Slavic ISO 8859 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 15 96GREEK Ukrainian KOI8 U ID 12 CP874 ID 14 ID 17 Roman 8 Sanyo Ku Philip 52 53 MSRW MICR ADDENDUM MAGNETIC STRIP READER WRITER The horizontal magnetic strip reader writer is used to read and write data on the magnetic stripe of bank passbooks Magnetic stripe has to be placed horizontally on the booklets according to the print line direction to be properly managed by the magnetic option Here below are reported the device specifications for details Recording code Recordable characters Recordable formats Recorded track width Read track width Speed of medium Displacement Field duplication Number of retry DIN 32774 standard Bit density Preamble Postamble Start sentinel SOM End sentinel EOM BCD binary coded decimal 4 data bits 1 VRC parity control bits ASCII table 30 3F code DIN 32774 ANSI IBM 3604 2 mm 340 mm second Standard Standard 10 mm Standard 20 mm YES or NO 1 3 210 Bit Per Inch 5 20 zero bits 20 zero bits D F B 02 Recordable characters Recording direction Center of vertical position Horizontal start position R
4. driver 8 select Install from a list specific location Advanced and click Next to continue 9 Push Browse Button and select on Compuprint CD the path Source drivers Compuprint SP40 USB PrtDrv Win2000_XP 10 Then follow the instructions up to the end of installation software If the procedure has been correctly complete on the list of hardware devices appear under Universal Serial Bus Controllers the follows three devices SFERAL WWT LS A4 USB T USB Composite Device USB Printing Support NOTE to develop a user scanner applications refer to the appropriate dlls provide by SFERAL WWT B 02
5. edge Recordable characters number 30 max 161 BPI 40 max 210 BPD B 04 Code conversion table The following table illustrates how P line codes are converted to recording codes for the three standards DIN ISO IBM ANS DIN ISO mm VRC BIT Jo 3 ot s a se a 8 2 2 e ot ot e 3 3 b et ot el 1 al 34 a ot ot ol 5 38 ot ot ot t 6 crt UU Sx xx D UU wk aw has a crt character SOM Start of sentinel EOM End of sentinel B 05 Stripe recording lay out DIN ISO ANSI standard lay out 15 5 85 1 20zero bit start characters 5 LRC 2 Start sentinel 6 60 zero bits 3 1st field 45 characters 7 2nd field 45 characters 4 End sentinel 8 20 zero bit end characters B 06 IBM 3604 standard lay out 10 4 20 zero bit start characters Start sentinel A character 1st field 36 characters a fF U N lt End sentinel Bourroughs standard lay out LRC 60 zero bits 2nd field 36 characters 20 zero bit end characters B 07 Unit mm RTE Cover Front cover Back cover Magnetic stripe 15 0 mm min 4 0 mm min Edge of passbook DC Erase Preamble 25 x 0 Start Sentinel 4 0 mm min 00 00 11010 Ist Field Separator Data Message Field Stop Sentinel 10110 30 digits m
6. printer parameters With this printer you print the forms for the setup you fill them in and then you insert them back into the printer for reading Once the printer reads the form the new values are set The following is the complete description of the Setup Procedure Entering the Printer Setup Mode To enter the Printer Setup Mode press and hold the ON LINE key pressed for at least 1 second while powering the printer on The printer enters the Setup Mode The three lower leds are unlit You can now e Print the Self Test See Printing the Self Test later in this manual e Print one of the Printer Setup Forms Configuration Menu or Program1 Program2 Menu or the Offset Tuning Form See Printing the Printer Setup Forms later in this manual e Insert a filled in Printer Setup Form to set the corresponding Setup values 23 Printing the Test Page The Self Test page is useful to test if the printer has been correctly installed and allows to see the current parameter settings 1 With the printer in the Setup Mode insert a single sheet in A4 or Letter format 2 The printer loads the sheet and stops 3 Press the ON LINE key again The printer prints the Self Test page Check that the printout is correct The following printout example shows the Printer Setup default values Once the self test 1s finished the printer remains in Setup Mode SELF TEST SP40 2 Code Version Vx x xxxxx
7. the left and the right edge of the form Detects only the left edge of the form Distance from the bottom of the last printer line yes 6 6 mm from bottom edge no 2 2 mm from bottom edge Sets the position in which the left paper edge is checked If set to 0 the check is performed at the first line The other values correspond to the physical distance from the first line Enables the setting made in the current PASSBOOK TYPE section and the specific ESCape command is not actives Enables the specific ESCape command Printing a document with fixed thickness Printing of passbooks with vertical binding Printing of passbooks with horizontal binding 31 EN PROGRAM 1 ae PROGRAM 2 Setup Parameter PROTOCOL DOWNLINE LOADING HORIZONTAL PITCH Values EPSON 570 IBM X24E X24E AGM IBM 2390 OLI PR40 OLI PR2 OLI PR2845 IBM 4722 IBM 9068 Draft Courier OCR B Gothic Prestige Present OCR A Script Boldface disabled enabled 10 cpi 12 cpi 15 cpi 16 6 cpi 17 1 cpi 20 cpi VERTICAL PITCH 5 lpi 6 lpi 8 Ipi FORM LENGTH no lock font hor pitch font hor pitch lines A4 letter A5 legal Description Defines the printer protocol NOTE For the IBM 4722 and 9068 protocols if the software driver uses the controlled link of the IBM financial driver set the IBM FINANCIAL item in the Configuration Menu Selects the font Disable or enable the font downloading Selects the char
8. wwe TT 0 w wH Setup Parameter Values Description RIGHT MARGIN Sets the right margin in number of columns The values range between 0 and 190 The physical position of margin depends on the current character spacing To set the values combine the numbers considering that the first line corresponds to the hundreds the second line to the tens and the third line to the units See the example below Example How to set the Right Margin to 101 RIGHT MARGIN 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100x O amp 10 x WO O0 0 Ch 6 XQ 0 1x CE W 0 9 Q TY QF LD Setup Parameter Values Description TOP MARGIN Sets the top margin in number of lines The values range between 0 and 90 To set the values combine the numbers considering that the first line corresponds to the tens the second line to the units See the example below Example How to set the Top Margin to 15 TOP MARGIN 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x OW 00 0 ix C OF 4 WW 0 0 OE 0 Setup Parameter Values Description BOTTOM MARGIN Sets the bottom margin in number of lines The values range between 0 and 90 To set the values combine the numbers considering that the first line corresponds to the tens the second line to the units See the example below 34 Example How to set the bottom margin to 34 lines BOTTOM MARGIN 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 S8 9 10x 0 0 amp O 1x 3 49 Cro We Q0 000 XX 12 0 Setup Parameter Values Description IBM C SET IBM s
9. CR WRAP MODE autowrap autowrap REFERENCE EDGE left left SLASHED ZERO no no EJECT ON FE yes yes RESET WITH EJECT yes yes CUT SHEE EJECT on front on front VERT POS 1 10 0 0 VERT ADJ 1 60 0 0 HORIZ POS 1 10 0 0 HORIZ ADJ 1 60 0 0 25 Printing the Printer Setup Forms If you already have the preprinted forms for the printer setup go to Filling in the Printer Setup Forms later in this manual 1 With the printer in Setup Mode insert a blank sheet in A4 or Letter format 2 The printer loads the sheet and stops 3 If you press the S1 key the three lower leds change and you can select the Setup Page you want to print as follows iit O unlit Configuration Page Program 1 Setup Page Program 2 Setup Page eco eo0 90 ec Offset Tuning Setup Page O 4 Pressing the S2 key the printer prints the selected Setup Page 26 The printer setup forms contain all printer parameters and the values that can be set The current value is indicated by an asterisk For a detailed description of the parameters and the settings see Setup Parameters later in this manual Each Setup form is identified by a marker in the upper left corner of the page as follows Configuration Setup Program 1 Program 2 Offset Tuning Setup 27 Filling in the Printer Setup Forms To change the values of the parameters fill in the marker beside the val
10. INANCIAL c INPUT BUFFER 5 Kb STANDARD x no DHL FIELD OWK no 5 ETRY 3 RIHBOM LIFE 1659 chars PRI D LIFE 1659 chars PROGRAM SETUP Il PROGRAM moau 2 PROTOCOL Be X24E OL PRR TOMT Draft Pratt DOMMLIME LOADING enabled esablet BORIZONTAL PITOL 10 cpi 10 epi VERTICAL PITCH 6 pi 6 ipi lock ne lock M m COCR PAGE OLIVETTI C SET VERT BESOUUTION 1 240 inch PRINT DIRECTION tre LIME MCE i MAS RODE as REFFAENCE EDGE le SLASHED ZERO ne JECT OW FF Ter a froni B 011 The configuration setup page reports all the possible selectable choices To print configuration setup page see the Printer Setup section of this manual Setup parameter Values Description MSRW STANDARD IBM3604 Magnetic stripe standard selection DIN32744 ANSI BURR 1 BURR 2 END SENTINEL F End sentinel symbol valid only for IBM3604 C DISPLACEMENT STANDARD Allows to select the displacement of the 10 magnetic stripe 20 DUPLICATE NO Field duplicate attribute When ON data are YES recorded in duplicated way DBL FIELD CHECK NO When YES check is done to verify the same YES information on duplicated fields MSRW RETRY 1 Number of retries before operation failure 2 3 B 012 DUAL COLOR SCANNER ADDENDUM The dual scanner is located at the rear of the printer The paper alignment sensors provide to align the paper and adjust it if necessary The print detects the paper edges automatically
11. SP40 User Manual Compuprint Compuprint Products Information Thanks for choosing the Compuprint SP40 printer Your printer is a reliable working equipment that will be very useful in your daily job Our printers have been designed to be compact and respectful of the work environment They offer a wide range of features and multiple functions that confirm the high technological level reached by the SFERAL WWT printers with Compuprint brand To maintain these printing performances unchanged in the long run SFERAL WWT has developed specific Compuprint branded consumables for each printer type for example ribbon cartridges for dot matrix printers toner and OPC cartridges for laser printers bubble ink jet cartridges for inkjet printers that assure an excellent operation with high printing quality level reliability Sferal WWT recommends to use only its original Compuprint branded consumables with original packaging identified by its holographic label In this way a proper use of the printer at quality level stated in the product characteristics can be assured All typical usage problems related to not certified consumables may be avoided such as an overall quality print level degradation and often the reduction of the product life due to the fact that the proper working conditions for the print heads OPC cartridge and other printer parts are not assured Moreover Sferal WWT does not only certify its consumables in terms of
12. acter spacing in characters per inch cpi Selects the line spacing in lines per inch lpi The following selections made in the printer setup may be locked font horizontal pitch hor pitch or both the font and horizontal pitch font hor pitch The locked settings cannot be changed via software commands Sets the page length in number of lines or standard formats A4 Letter A5 or Legal If you select 4 lines you must indicate the number of lines you want to set in the scheme below this selection The values range between 0 and 255 To set the values combine the numbers considering that the first line corresponds to the hundreds the second line to the tens and the third line to the 32 Setup Parameter Values Description units See the example below Example How to set the form length to 82 lines FORM LENGTH MW O 0 Oo lines A4 letter A5 legal 0 i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100 x 10 x 1x Setup Parameter Values Description LEFT MARGIN Sets the left margin in number of columns The values range between 0 and 90 To set the values combine the numbers considering that the first line corresponds to the tens the second line to the units See the example below Example How to set the Left Margin to 20 LEFT MARGIN FN SD 2 Ld 10x 1x E Ha 7 TS TS Q0 w 7 TT PR ur Nr TS Oo 7 TT OD 7 TR I x Nr TT 00
13. as not loaded according to the indications given Verify that the paper corresponds to the specifications see Paper Specifications later in this manual and has been loaded according to the indications given see Paper Handling before in this manual 45 Ribbon Cartridge Problems The following table is useful to identify and solve print quality problems Problem Cause Solution Fading print The ribbon is not fed Check that the ribbon is correctly inserted see Installing the Ribbon Cartridge Turn the ribbon tension knob to verify that the ribbon is not blocked If the problem 1s not solved change the ribbon cartridge The ribbon is used up or torn Change the ribbon cartridge The printer does not The ribbon cartridge is notan The printer checks the inserted cartridge to print original Compuprint cartridge avoid damaging the print head assembly due to incorrect ribbon feeding Insert an original Compuprint ribbon cartridge 46 Paper Specifications The documents must all guarantee the following characteristics Use paper matching the indicated characteristics They must have well defined top and left edges with a square angle tolerance of 0 1 on all edges The paper must not have holes perforations folds or tears anywhere within the print area of the document The radius on a corner of the form must be within 9 5 mm from the left or right edge
14. ax Type I 11111 40 digits max Type Il LRC End Code Preamble 25x70 DC Erase 3 omn 00 00 4 0 mm min Parity odd MSB LSB MAGNETIC INK CHARACTER RECOGNITION B 08 The horizontal MICR option is used to read and decode bank cheque code line Herebelow are reported detailed specifications Standards supported CMC7 and E13B Reading speed 0 7 m sec 27 1ps Character recognition throughput CMC7 0 9 sec E13B 4 sec Missed recognition error rate CMC7 1 10 000 characters E13B 1 5 000 characters B 09 CODE LINE Position Document Front reference 6 4 mm 11 2 mir B 010 PRINTER SET UP Following the printing self test instructions reported on the user manual the printer status page obtained reports also the actual settings for magnetic strip reader device Printing the setup forms and then filling the selected configuration choice box according to the user manual instructions it is possible to change the magnetic strip reader configuration Here below is reported the Self Test Configuration Page with the magnetic strip reader configuration parameter and all the possible choices SELF IEST SP40 Code Yersica 1 69 3412041 CharGen 78411902 ver 4 07 CONFIGURATION SETUP AUTOFEZD SIGNAL disabled SLCT IN 8IGNAL disabled lowoss FE e BUFFER CONTROL amp bit GET SGE QUOTE 1 4 9600 bps TASSBOCK TYPE nare 1 INTERFACE TYPE 1EN3604 18M F
15. default values Sets the ribbon life counter to zero Leaves the ribbon life counter at the current state Defines the default Program Setup Selecting progr 1 or progr 2 the setup parameters set in the corresponding Program Setup are set Selecting on interface the printer matches the Program 1 settings with the data arriving on the Centronics interface and the Program 2 settings with the data it receives from the serial interface When changing from one interface to the other the default values are set for the corresponding Program Setup Enables or disables the buzzer in case of an error Selects the behavior of the buzzer when a new print job starts no signal no beep one beep 1 beep or a continuous signal continuous Selects the interface type Selecting automatic the interface Setup Parameter IBM FINANCIAL INPUT BUFFER IGNORE PE Values automatic no honorCTS ignoreCTS 1 Kb 8 Kb 16 Kb 32 Kb 64 Kb enabled disabled AUTOFEED SIGNAL disabled enabled SLCT IN SIGNAL disabled enabled BUFFER CONTROL DTR SRTS SRTS ROBUST XON WORD LENGTH BAUD RATE PARITY BIT XON XOFF ETX ACK XON XOFF DTR SRTS enabled disabled 7 bit 8 bit 1200 38400 bps even odd space mark Description type is selected between serial and parallel by the printer depending on data coming from host It is reported if the LAN option is installed For details refer to the LAN manua
16. ecordable characters number Recording capacity ANSI standard Bit density Preamble Postamble Start sentinel SOM End sentinel EOM Recordable characters Recording direction Center of vertical position Horizontal start position Recordable characters number Recording capacity IBM 3604 standard Bit density Preamble Postamble Start sentinel SOM End sentinel EOM Recordable characters Recording direction Center of vertical position Horizontal start position Recordable characters number Recording capacity 0 9 and E Left to Right 13 9 mm 9 5 mm from the left edge 45 max with field duplication 108 char Max control codes and separator included 210 Bit Per Inch 5 20 zero bits 20 zero bits B F 0 9 and E Left to Right 13 9 mm 9 5 mm from the left edge 45 max with field duplication 108 char Max control codes and separator included 210 Bit Per Inch 5 20 zero bits 20 zero bits B F or C 0 9 and E Left to Right 10 4 mm 10 4 mm from the left edge 36 max with field duplication 104 char Max control codes and separator included B 03 Bourroughs standard Bit density 161 210 Bit Per Inch 5 Preamble 25 zero bits Postamble 25 zero bits Start sentinel SOM B End sentinel EOM A Recordable characters 0 9 and E Recording direction Left to Right Center of vertical position 12 01 mm Horizontal start position 15 mm from the left
17. espond to 1 60 inches and set the vertical offset of the first print line starting from the default standard position at 1 mm from the upper paper margin The Horizontal Offset Tuning values correspond to 1 60 inches and set the horizontal offset of the first print line starting from the default standard position at 3 mm from the left paper margin If you need to change the default position of the first print line the vertical offset can be set in the Vertical Position Offset lines and or the horizontal offset in the Vertical Position Offset lines Both these values correspond to 1 10 inch values X X Vertical Offset Tuning VERT DEF POS ae SR NEA x x x X X Vertical Offset Tuning HORIZ DEF POS 7X FIRST PRINT POSITION X X X X X LJ LJ Horizontal Offset Tuning 3 Fill in the marker corresponding to the value you want to set 40 Reading the Preprinted Forms When the Printer Setup Forms have been filled in insert them back into the printer when the printer is in Setup Mode The printer is able to recognize the Setup Forms by means of the markers on these pages The printer reads the values marked for the various parameters and configures the printer accordingly The settings are confirmed by a symbol printed on the left of the corresponding marker The following page shows the printer setup flow chart For further details concerning the parameters that can be set in the Configuration Setup Pro
18. et 1 IBM set 2 Selects the IBM character set IBM COMPRESS 17 1 cpi 20 cpi Selects the pitch for the compressed mode printing in IBM emulation EPSON C SET Italic graphic Selects italic or graphic Epson character set NATION C SET USA FRANCE GERMANY Selects the national character sets ENGLAND DENMARK1 SWEDEN ITALY SPAIN1 JAPAN NORWAY DENMARK SPAIN2 LATIN A1 35 Setup Parameter CODE PAGE OLIVETTI C SET VERT RESOLUTION PRINT DIRECTION LINE MODE Values Description CP437 CP437G 96GREEK CP850 Selects the code page for both the IBM and CP851 CP852 CP853 CP855 CP857 the EPSON emulations CP858 CP860 CP862 CP863 CP864 CP865 CP866 CP867 CP876 CP877 CP1098 CP1250 CP1251 CP1252 CP1257 GOST TASS MAZOWIA CP437SL UKRAIN KOI8 U 8859 1 8859 2 8859 3 8859 4 8859 5 8859 6 8859 7 8859 8 8859 9 8859 15 ROMAN 8 ID 12 CP874 ID 14 ID 17 SANYO KU PHILIP CODE PAGE INTERN GERMANY Selects the character sets for the OLIVETTI PORTUGAL SPAIN1 DEN NORW protocol PRANCE ITALY SWEFIN SWISS Selecting CODE PAGE it is possible to select G BRITAIN USA ASCII GREECE s i one of the above Code Pages to be used with ISRAEL SPAIN 2 JUGOSLAVIA the Olivetti protocol TCV 370 CANADA SDC TURKEY CIBC PC DEN NORW PC DEN OPE PC 210 PC 220 OLI UNIX 1 216 inch 1 240 inch Sets the vertical character resolution Setting used for the OLIVETTI protoco
19. ference Regulation iii Printing the Test Page EEC Regulations R evyrden S en e lt Sezaig dli Printing the Printer Setup Forms MR ERES Table of ContentsErrore Il segnalibro non definito Filling in the Printer Setup Forms Printer Presentation cernens 1 cb edu S i i set Adjustments essent eut ii Printe T S Reading the Prepnnied Fome rinter BIS Printer Setup Overview a D de a sehen ae Troubleshooting creen inca m i o E D I ON OS Printer Installation RE TE PT TE 7 Paper Damaged after Printing Choosing a Suitable Location sss 7 Ribbon Cartridge Problems Installing the Power Cable 8 n Installing the Ribbon Cartridge sss 9 mop CIE ap c D ME Reset the Ribbon Counter 14 Paige a ee ee e Paper Handling sonne 15 Passbooks with Horizontal Fold Loading Paper DE 15 Passbooks with Vertical Folder The Operator Panel annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 17 Technical Specifications NEE EEN LEE TATEA E TEPEE ENS Function Keys 18 Software Driver Selection 20 MSRW MICR ADDENDUM A Connection to the Host 21 DUAL COLOR SCANNER ADDENDUM B Setting the Interface Parameters s
20. gram 1 and Program 2 see Setup Parameters before in this manual For further details on how to adjust the offset with this printer see Offset Adjustments before in this manual 41 Printer Setup Overview Be Printer ready i Printer OFF usb ae Parameters are set 42 Troubleshooting Paper Problems The straight paper path of this printer is designed for trouble free handling of a great variety of documents Paper Jam In case a paper jam condition occurs proceed as follows 1 Open the printer cover 2 Open the print head assembly pushing the green levers towards the rear of the printer The print head assembly moves up 43 3 Remove the jammed paper pulling it towards the front of the printer 4 In case it is not possible to remove the jammed paper because you cannot reach it with your hand or it is embedded so that you cannot move it rotate the cog wheel beside the paper path lever to free the paper 44 5 Push down on the green label PUSH TO CLOSE present in the print head assembly until it clicks into place If you do not close the print head assembly correctly the printer does not print and you may damage the printer cover 6 Close the printer cover Paper Damaged after Printing If the paper damaged after printing it probably does not correspond to the specifications given in this manual or w
21. hat to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help A shielded Centronics IEEE1284 compliant bi directional parallel cable maximum length 3 meters 10 feet and a shielded RS 232 serial cable maximum length 15 meters 50 feet are necessary for this device to meet the requirements of a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules The above specified cables are readily available as Personal Computer or Peripheral accessories from multiple retail outlets Please consult your dealer for details concerning such cables and also for information about FCC rules for digital devices Changes or modifications to the device covered by this manual which are not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority under the FCC rules to operate the equipment Canadian D O C Radio Interference Regulation This digital apparatus complies with the Canadian ICES 003 Class B limits for radio frequency emissions Cet appareil num rique est conforme aux limites de Classe B de la norme NMB 003 du Canada EEC Regulations This equipment conforms to the EEC Directive 89 392 the sound pressure measured according to ISO 7779 does not exceed 70 dBA Table of Contents Compuprint Products Information ii Printer SSID nee geht nina nr nf Anna ii Entering the Printer Setup Mode Canadian D O C Radio Inter
22. her with the other operator panel leds if a printer error occurs Lit when the Letter Quality print mode 1s selected When using the IBM 4722 IBM 9068 and the Olivetti protocols in two operators booking mode the S2 led is under software control If the printer is in Setup Mode this led indicates which setup page is selected for printing See Printer Setup later in this manual Blinks together with the other operator panel leds if a printer error occurs 19 Software Driver Selection At this point it is necessary to configure your printer for your application package The installation procedures depend upon the host environment Together with the printer you receive a CD ROM containing the printer drivers for the Windows environment This printer supports the Plug amp Play facility in the Windows 95 98 NT4 0 Millennium environment 2000 XP If you want to install the printer in the Windows environment insert the CD ROM and follow the instructions given The printer drivers of all Compuprint printers can be found at the Internet Address http www compuprint com 20 Connection to the Host This printer can be connected to the host by means of a parallel standard Centronics or bi directional IEEE 1284 type interface or by means of the serial RS 232 C interface Proceed as follows 1 Make sure that both the host and the printer are turned off 2 With the help of the foll
23. if this item is set to yes the paper inserted in the printer is ejected If the item is set to no the printer performs only the reset command Selects whether the cut sheet loaded into the printer is ejected towards the front or the rear of the printer 37 Offset Adjustments For a precise adjustment of the position of the printed characters on a preprinted form the printer allows to easily adjust the first line and the first printing column as follows 1 When the printer 1s in Setup Mode insert a blank sheet into the printer press the S1 key until the leds are lit in the following configuration TT 2 Press 82 key the following sheet will be printed 38 E E E E OFFSET TUNING SETUP Vertical Position Offset 1 10 INCH PROGRAM 1 PROGRAM 2 6 C C 5 4 3 2 C C 1 Vertical Offset Tuning 1 60 INCH X PROGRAM 2 PROGRAM 1 Horizontal Position Offset 1 10 INCH PROGRAM 1 PROGRAM 2 X C C 6 C C 5 4 X 3 X 2 X C C 1 0 0 Horizontal Offset Tuning 1 60 INCH PROGRAM 1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X No aoa a lt x xx r r r r r r r PROGRAM 2 lt lt xx xa a a a aai C C 39 The Vertical Offset Tuning values corr
24. k with the pins 2 on both sides of the print head 7 Push the mask up until it clicks into place 8 Turn the tension knob in the direction of the arrow to tighten the ribbon 9 Push down on the green label PUSH TO CLOSE present in the print head assembly until it clicks into place If you do not close the print head assembly correctly the printer does not print and you may damage the printer cover 10 Close the printer cover RESET the Ribbon Counter Two procedures are available for this operation a With the printer in Power On open the cover and holding all three Operator Panel keys down or b With the printer in Set up Mode select the item RIBBON REPLACED yes see the PRINTER SETUP section of this manual Paper Handling This printer is designed for versatile and reliable paper handling The flat bed mechanism allows the handling of special documents such as multiple invoices postcards labels passbooks and tickets The print head detects the paper edges automatically the sheet can therefore be inserted in any position within the detection area according to the rules described in the following paragraph The paper alignment sensors determine the alignment of the upper paper margin adjusting it if necessary Loading Paper e The inserted documents must not have folds tears pins clips staples or any foreign material Foreign material If you insert damaged document
25. l Disables the Financial protocol if IBM 4722 or IBM 9068 emulation is selected Enables the IBM FINANCIAL for the IBM 4722 and 9068 protocols Considers handles or ignores the CTS signal received from host for the control of the data stream from host Selects the buffer size When the financial interface is selected this setting is ignored Selects whether the printer signals the paper empty condition disabled or not enabled on the busy line The parallel interface uses enabled or does not use disabled the AUTOFEED signal The parallel interface uses enabled or does not use disabled the SELECT IN signal Selection of the buffer protocol When the financial interface is selected this setting is ignored Perform the Robust XON enabled or not disabled Sets the number of the data bits When the financial interface is selected this value is always set to 8 bits Sets the data transfer rate Selects the parity control for the data 30 Setup Parameter Values none STOP BIT 1 2 COPIES no yes LOW NOISE no yes EDGE DETECTION Normal Safe SAFE BOTTOM no yes EDGE GET EDGE QUOTE 0 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 a 6 7 PASSBOOKTYPE Setup Sw control Fixed thick Vertical Horizontal Description Selects the number of stop bit Selects the printing on normal paper no or on multicopy format paper yes Disables enables the low noise function Detects
26. ls unidir bidir sw control Selects the printing direction of the print head unidirectional unidir bidirectional bidir or selected via software sw control LF LF CR2CR If the printer receives a LF code LF it only performs a line feed If the printer receives a CR code CR it only performs a carriage return 36 Setup Parameter WRAP MODE REFERENCE EDGE SLASHED ZERO EJECT ON FF RESET WITH EJECT CUT SHEET EJECT Values CR LF CR LF LF CR LF amp CR LF CR Description If the printer receives a CR code CR it performs a carriage return followed by a line feed If the printer receives a LF code LF it performs a line feed If the printer receives a LF code LF it performs a line feed followed by a carriage return If the printer receives a CR code CR it only performs a carriage return If the printer receives a LF code LF or a CR code CR it performs both a line feed and a carriage return truncate autowrap The data exceeding the line length are truncated truncate or left rigth no yes no yes no yes on front on rear printed on the following line autowrap Document reference on left or right for software compatibility Selects the printing character for zero with a slash yes or without no Performs a form feed according to the selected page format no or ejects a cut sheet loaded into the printer yes When the printer receives a reset command
27. mension Maximum Minimum Passbook width Passbook length B Distance for the dot 3 0 mm position nearest to the left or right edge Distance from the top edge of the document to the top edge of the first printed line E Distance from the bottom 6 6 mm of the last printed line to the bottom edge of the document F _ _ Outer corner radius 9 85mm Distance from the fold to Te 6 87 mm the first character position beside the fold Distance from the fold to LOUPE the first character position beside the fold EL Short Page Offset 00 mm Book thickness while 1 8 mm open 51 Technical Specifications Printing Technology Print head ER24S 24 pin 0 25 mm Print head life 400 million characters Resolution 360 x 360 dpi HxV Line Length 10 cpi 94 columns cut sheets Printing Speed 400 cps 10 cpi Draft 133 cps 10 cpi LQ Emulation IBM Personal Printer 2390 Proprinter XL24E Proprinter XL24AGM IBM 4722 9068 Epson 570 and Olivetti PR40 PR2 2845 Resident Fonts Draft Courier Gothic Prestige Presentor Script OCR A OCR B Boldface Character Sets IBM and Epson protocols PC standard set CS1 CS2 13 National Epson sets CP437 USA CP437G Greek CP850 Multilanguage CP851 Greek CP852 Latin 2 CP853 Turkish CP855 Russian CP857 Turkish CP 858 Euro CP860 Portuguese CP862 Hebrew CP863 French Canadian CP864 Arabic CP865
28. nter must not be exposed to direct sunlight extreme heat cold dust or humidity e When printing on standard paper formats the paper comes out partially on the rear side of the printer Make sure that behind the printer there is sufficient clearance to correctly move the paper Installing the Power Cable 1 Find the power cable connector and the rating plate on the rear side of the printer Always use a grounded outlet 2 Insert the power cable into the connector on the printer and the other end into a convenient mains outlet Installing the Ribbon Cartridge In order to avoid damaging the print head assembly this printer accepts only original Compuprint ribbon cartridges Therefore if you install a not original cartridge the printer may not work 1 Remove the cartridge from its bag Turn the tension knob in the direction of the arrow to tighten the ribbon 2 Open the printer cover 3 Open the print head assembly pushing the two green levers towards the rear of the printer The print head assembly moves up 4 Move the print head to the middle of the print carriage bar 10 5 Insert the upper cartridge pins 1 onto the corresponding groove on the print head assembly Then push the lower pin 2 into the corresponding lower groove until it clicks into place 11 6 Insert the ribbon mask onto the print head match the two grooves 1 on both sides of the ribbon mas
29. old 0 28 mm 0 011 in 1 80 mm 0 071 in Thickness difference across the fold of an open passbook Horizontal Fold 1 52 mm 0 059 in Vertical Fold 1 52 mm 0 059 in Single Page Passbook or Ledger Cards 0 18 mm 0 0071 in 0 28 mm 0 011 in Covers 0 18 mm 0 0071 in 0 46 mm 0 018 in e Passbooks with torn folded creased incomplete or warped pages or covers should not be used e Printing on or across holes edges cut outs or folds is not permitted e Passbook covers must be of uniform thickness under the printing area e The fold of all pages and the stitching must coincide with the cover fold The stitches should be spaced at 6 to 10 stitches per inch e Fiber flow on the inner sheets should be parallel to the center fold e The cover bulge and stitches spine must not exceed the following dimensions 2 5 mm 0 098 in MAX 1mm MAX 0039n 49 Passbooks with Horizontal Fold LL Dimension Mexmum Minimum Insertion direction Passbook width 110 mm Passbook length 130 mm C Distance between print 3 0 mm character position and left or right edge Distance between top edge of the document and top edge of first printed line Distance between bottom of last printed line and bottom edge of the document Distance from fold to bottom of the first printed line above the fold Distance from fold to top of the first printed line below the fold Passbooks with Vertical Fold A Di
30. on B 01 e Standard parallel and serial interface and automatic switch over function e Easy printer setup through an optically managed menu e Supported emulations Epson 570 IBM Proprinter XL24E XL24E AGM IBM 2390 4722 9068 and Olivetti PR40 PR2 2845 Unpacking the Printer Together with the printer the following items are included in the shipment box Notify any damage to your supplier e Ribbon cartridge e Power cable e CD ROM with the printer documentation and drivers Always keep the packing material in a safe place as you must repack the printer into it when you need to move it Printer Parts Never remove any printer part unless it is expressly indicated in this manual Front View Printer Cover Paper Stand uH Power on Push button Inside View Printhead Print Head Assembly Print Area Paper Jam Removal Cog wheel Rear View diri i i i i i i rxanvanmnnmmmnmnmnnnnnrnnmn rirannnrnrnmmmnmmnnnnrrt rinmamnnmrnmmmmmnsngnnmnn AAO Onno Power Cable Connector Serial Interface Cable Connector Parallel Interface Cable Connector Printer Installation Choosing a Suitable Location Consider the following points when you choose the location for your printer s The distance between the printer and the host computer must not exceed the length of the interface cable s The location must be sturdy horizontal and stable e Your pri
31. owing figure identify the connector for the interface you want to connect and insert the cable firmly into it 3 Fix the parallel interface cable by means of the corresponding hooks or the serial cable tightening the screws on either side of the connector Parallel Interface line 1 Serial Interface line 2 21 Setting the Interface Parameters Parallel Interface The parameters set for the parallel interface match most of the most common environments and the printer can be used immediately after the connection to the host In case you need to modify the standard parameters see Printer Setup later in this section Serial Interface Because of the great variety of the possible connection configurations when you use the serial interface you will need to set the parameters accordingly To assure a correct functioning of the printer connected through the serial interface the transmission parameters set for the printer must match the values set for the host For a complete description of the printer setup procedure see the paragraph Printer Setup later in this manual 22 Printer Setup The Printer Setup is used to configure the printer parameters and to print a Self Test page to check the settings and the printer installation and to perform the Print Offset Tuning The default configuration of this printer matches most of the commonly used environments but it may be necessary to change some
32. s or paper with foreign material you can seriously damage the printer 15 e Before inserting a passbook into the printer open it and crease it in both directions along the binding stitch so that the passbook lays flat on the paper stand when it 1s inserted into the printer e The document may not exceed the limits of the paper stand 16 The Operator Panel The operator panel is located on the front right side of the printer and is composed of function keys and leds with which you can easily check the printer status and select the functions as described below Function Keys Pressing this key when the printer is offline or when the printer is online and no print data are in the buffer the printer ejects the paper if inserted EJECT function In the Olivetti emulation the EJECT function may be performed only if the printer is offline When the Printer is in the Printer Setup mode pressing this key the operator Printer Setup later in this 14 selects the Configuration Page to be printed See manual When using the IBM 4722 IBM 9068 and the Olivetti protocols 1n two operators booking mode the application software determines the function of this key When the printer is offline or when the printer 1s online and no print data are in the buffer pressing this key the printer toggles between Letter Quality and Draft printing mode When the Printer 1s in the Printer Setup mode pres
33. sing this key the Configuration Page selected with the S1 key will be printed See Printer Setup later in this manual When pressed while powering the printer on selects the HEX DUMP mode When using the IBM 4722 IBM 9068 and the Olivetti protocols 1n two operators booking mode the application software determines the function of this key Toggles the printer between online and offline status When pressed while powering the printer on selects the Printer Setup Mode See Printer Setup later in this manual If pressed in the Printer Setup mode the printer prints the Self Test Page See Printer Setup later in this manual 18 Leds On if the printer is powered on Off if the printer is powered off Blinks if the printer is in Setup Mode Lit when the printer is on line Unlit when the printer 1s off line Blinks when data are present in the printer buffer and the printer is not ready offline or paper out condition If the printer is in Setup Mode this led indicates which setup page is selected for printing See Printer Setup later in this manual When using the IBM 4722 IBM 9068 and the Olivetti protocols in two operators booking mode the S1 led is under software control If the printer is in Setup Mode this led indicates which setup page is selected for printing See Printer Setup later in this manual Blinks toget
34. ss 22 Parallel Interface Serial Interface ccccccsecescssscssceseceessescseeseeseeseeseasseeseeeeeeseeees Printer Presentation This dot matrix printer is a multi purpose printer for front office applications Its compact structure is designed for integration in an ergonomic environment The printer provides a high level of reliability form handling accuracy and data integrity Its main features are Printing on a wide range of paper media different types of cut sheets multi parts and passbooks High print pressure for multi parts documents High print quality supplied by a 24 wire print head High reliability paper handling The straight paper path allows the printing on particular documents such as envelopes multipart forms and passbooks Automatic paper thickness adjustment The print head detects the paper thickness for correct printing on any type of document This printer can print also on documents with a variable thickness such as passbooks Easy paper handling The operator places the paper on the front table and the printer loads it without any other user intervention The paper ejection towards the front or the rear of the printer allows an easy access to the printed document Automatic document alignment feature The printer checks automatically the alignment of the top margin of the document and adjusts it 1f necessary The printout is therefore performed correctly independently from the paper loading positi
35. ue you want to set with a black or blue ball point pen or a fiber pen Do not use pencils AUTOFEED SIGNAL disabled enabled SLCT IN SIGNAL f isabled enabled BUFFER CONTROL y DTR XON XOFF XON XOFF If more than one value is set for a parameter the printer ignores these parameters and maintains the currently set value Do not fill in the marker beside the title of the preprinted form otherwise the printer will not be able to read that page For a detailed description of the parameters and values contained in the Configuration and Program1 Program2 Menus see Setup Parameters later in this manual For a detailed description of the Offset Tuning procedure see Offset Adjustment later in this manual 28 Setup Parameters The following is a listing of the setup parameters Configuration Sheet B Setup Parameter RESTORE TO MFG Values no all config prog 1 prog 2 RIBBON REPLACED yes PROGRAM ERROR BUZZER JOB BUZZER INTERFACE TYPE no progr 1 progr 2 on interface enable disable no beep 1 beep continuous parallel serial lan Description The selected values are not set to factory defaults The values set in all printer setups are reset to factory default values The values set in the configuration setup are reset to factory default values The values set in the corresponding program setup are reset to the factory
36. working conditions but also carefully controls their compliance with the international standard rules concerning e nocancerous materials e no flammability of the plastic materials e other standards Sferal WWT advises the customers not to use products for which the compliance to this safety rules are not warranted Finally seek your dealer or contact a Sferal WWT office and be sure that are provided you the original Compuprint branded consumables FCC Notes This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from t
37. xxx CharGen xxxxxxxx ver X XX CONFIGURATION SETUP PROGRAM on interface AUTOFEED SIGNAL disabled ERROR BUZZER enable SLCT IN SIGNAL disabled JOB BUZZER no beep IGNORE PE enabled COPIES yes BUFFER CONTROL DTR SRTS LOW NOISE no ROBUST XON enabled EDGE DETECTION Normal WORD LENGTH 8 bit SAFE BOTTOM EDGE yes BAUD RATE 9600 bps GET EDGE QUOTE 1 4 PARITY BIT none PASSBOOK TYPE sw control STOP BIT 1 fixed thick INTERFACE TYPE automatic IBM FINANCIAL no INPUT BUFFER 8 Kb PRINT HEAD LIFE XXXXX chars RIBBON LIFE XXXXX Chars 24 PROGRAM SETUP PROGRAM 1 PROGRAM 2 PROTOCOL IBM X24E OLI PR2 FONT Draft Draft DOWNLINE LOADING enabled enabled HORIZONTAL PITCH 10 lpi 10 lpi VERTICAL PITCH 6 lpi 6 lpi LOCK No lock o lock FORM LENGTH A4 A4 70 70 ER MARGIN 0 0 RIGHT MARGIN 93 93 TOP MARGIN 0 O BOTTOM MARGIN 0 O IBM C SET IBM set 1 IBM set 1 IBM COMPRESS Tal Opa TTL epi EPSON C SET graphic graphic ATION C SET USA USA CODE PAGE CP437 CP 437 OLIVETTI C SET INTERN INTERN VERT RESOLUTION 1 240 inch 1 240 inch PRINT DIRECTION sw control sw control LINE ODE LF LF CR CR LF LF CR
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