Star Micronics SJ-144MC User's Manual
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1. lt Warning Use only the AC adapter included with this printer Using a different adapter could result in damage to the printer or personal injury The power button is located on the top left hand side of the printer When it is pro truding outward the printer is OFF When the button is pressed inward the printer is a ON and the power lamp will be lit Make certain that this printer button is turned OFF before plugging in the AC adapter Steps for 110V 120V AC adapter 1 Confirm that the power button is inthe ____ OFF position a 2 Insert the AC adapter into the socket located on the printer s lower left side 3 Plug the AC adapter into a properly grounded AC outlet oS Steps for 220V 230V 240V AC adapter 1 Installing the ribbon cassette Steps l Plug the AC cord into the AC adapter 3 Insert the AC adapter into the socket Plug the AC cord into a properly Open the front cover of the printer Confirm that the power button is in the OFF position located on the printer s lower left side grounded AC outlet Turn ON power to the printer Confirm that the printer is in the Not Ready mode The Ready lamp should not be lit If the Ready lamp is lit the printer is in the Ready mode Press the Ready key to enter the Not Ready mode The carriage will move automatically to the center of the printing area Keep the cover closed when turning ON the printer2. Options SEN saume wu rap Visual Effacts Peper Feed Adj Chinvert Imege Dison D ogee es O Seporations Osia DD fser Color Correction Hard coded v Q Flip Horizontal Flip Vertical j Options SAM ame opts Visual Effects Paper Feed Adj z D Flip Horizontal aap O Separat ions pel OF ip Verticel Ehinvert image O Eror Dinga o w Omer H ai Color Correction Fard coded H aprons SA ae Visual Effects Orcii a H Nane H Color Correction Paper Feed Adj O Separations Flip Horizontal Flip Vertical O Invert Image Paper Feed Adjustment This will allow you to precisely adjust the printer s paper feed mechanism to optimize graphic and text print quality It compensates for an effect known as banding shown at the right which results from using differ ent paper types or feeding characteristics over a long period Settings are from 3 to 3 Each value sets the feed pitch in increments of 1 720 of an inch The higher numbers will increase the amount of line feed to eliminate Dark Line Banding and the lower numbers will decrease the amount of line feed to eliminate White Line Banding O is the default setting on Note o SEAP IMC Visual Effects 0 Fito Hortzontel q fa CF ip vertice D Seperetions i D s 0 O Invert image Ovens OSF Cotor Correction hard coded v Optimized Print Quality UYU CA White Line Banding Dark Line Banding
3. Stair Full color and monochrome laser quality printer SJ 144MC Users Manual Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interfer ence in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions 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 tuming the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Unauthorized modifications of this product by the user will void his authority to operate the equipment unless expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance For compliance with the Federal Noise Interference Standard this equi
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5. Packaging Overhead projection OHP film Letter 20 films Overhead projection OHP film A4 20 films Tron on transfer shects Letter 10 Transfer Shects Iron on transfer sheets A4 10 Transfer Sheets Ink ribbon cassette for iron on transfer sheets and glossy paper T4410 Type Life Length Width Ink ribbon cassette for strip labels Color Ribbon one time usc 7 5 pages per cassette 8 0 X9 6 Full graphics per page 180 cycles 185m 202 32 yards 12 7mm 0 5 Strip Label Cassette Type Single color printing on single color background 160 labels per cassette 1 8 inches per label Maximum label length 7 2 printable Strip label height 0 5 Model Background Color Printing Color TOISL Transparent Black TO2SL White Black TO3SL Red Black TO4SL Bluc Black TOSSL Green Black TO6SL Yellow Black TO7SL Gold Black TO8SL Silver Black T31SL Transparent Red T32SL White Red T41SL Transparent Bluc T42SL White Blue 44 Pinout of interface connector The following lists the pinout of the interface connector i Name Function 1 OPEN 2 OPEN 3 TxD Transmission data retum output 4 GND Signal ground 5 RxD Receive data return input 6 TxD Transmission data output 7 OPEN 8 RxD Receive data input ELERE 2 eal Interface Connector 45 46 Index A About 27 About This Macintosh 13 AC adapter 1 2 3 33 34 37
6. Remove the accessory ribbon cassette from its box Hold it vertically between your thumb and index and middle fingers so that the name seal is upright and is facing you Turn the ribbon tension knob in the direction of the arrow to take up any slack in the ribbon Fold the cover in half when opening Warning Never put your fingers into the printer when turning the power ON because the ribbon carriage moves automatically to the center when the power is turned ON 4 Insert the ribbon cassette so that its holes fit onto the four spindles The ribbon itself should be between the print head and the platen When the ribbon is properly in place the appropriate ribbon lamp will light ie COLOR OHP LABEL 5 Close the cover of the printer Press the Ready key to enter to the Ready mode The Ready lamp will illuminate Note Installments of OHP film strip labels and iron on transfer ribbon cassettes are the same However please read Chapter 4 Printing which includes explanations of printing with OHP film strip labels and iron on transfer sheets Note This ribbon has been created using a new technology which allows it to be almost half of the thickness of current ribbons Take special care not to tear or damage the ribbon when installing or changing ribbons Do not use the ribbon more than once Installing the paper support The ends of the U shaped paper support fit
7. into the holes located in the top of the pa per tray Using the paper support will keep your paper from falling out of the paper tray and it will help prevent paper jams Step Insert the ends of the U shaped paper support all the way into the two holes on the top of the paper tray Warning Never place your fingers into the internal workings of the printer Setting the print density This printer uses a heat fusion process for printing onto a wide variety of print media You can change the density of the final print by using the density dial located on the top left hand side of the printer next to the power switch This dial is set to the full density position when shipped You can lower the density by rotating the dial in the counter clockwise direction Chapter 2 Paper handling Your printer has three different printing paths from which you can select to meet your specific printing requirements This printer can handle different sizes and types of printing media but we suggest that you read this chapter which explains the recom mended types and sizes you can use Selecting paper types Use only good quality paper equivalent to Xerox 4024 or Hammermill s LaserPrint 10460 4 for all three feed paths Use the following information to determine the size of paper you can use Width 100 0 242 0mm 3 94 9 53 in Length 100 0 355 6mm 3 94 14 0 in Thickness 0 06 0 10mm 0 00236 0 0039
8. swor rae SETH sjaum Soprane by E CED megio FREE Leyour CUES Caneel sive ae 9 L rae ae H Reduce or wea og Se Aboot Orientation Options a ca rede Ese size Red z Entorge About Sopon ty Daiga f Medie Layout size Reduce or Enterge 00 z fc Flip Horizontal If you want the image that you created to be reversed horizon tally on the printed page click on the Flip Horizontal checkbox Your selection will be graphi cally represented in the illustra tion on the left side of the dialog box You should use this option when you make iron on transfer sheets Flip Vertical To print your created image verti cally reverse of the image on your computer monitor click the Flip Vertical checkbox before you print Your selection will be graphically represented in the il lustration on the left side of the dialog box Invert Image Clicking on this checkbox will invert the image of your printed page by changing all of the black dots to white dots and all of the white dots to black dots Color Correction This option will allow you to apply color correction to your color documents from the available ColorSync profiles Macs running System 7 may provide other options le moe CD are Horizontal H Flip Vertical O Invert Image Yisual Effects Color Correction Hard coded Y Paper Feed Adj C Seperetions O tsar oO Die
9. All O From tof Cancel Resolution 3A0 x 360 7 Print As Grays This will tell the printer the 4 E a number in the gray scale used to make your document This also helps make the final print as close to your original as possible Settings include Black amp White 16 and 256 Print Clicking on Print will start the print job on your printer with the selected changes Cancel will ignore all of your changes and will close this dialog box Help If you need help concerning any of the printer s other functions simply click on Help in any of this driver s dialog boxes for clear succinct and helpful expla nations When you have finished reading your selection click Done or press the Return key to return to the previous dialog box About The About button will call up the name and version number of this printer driver Copies E Page Range All O From e L Copies C Page Range All From Ee L Ditnering Hedum gt Resolution Print As OCelors 755 Grays 56 RR SJ 43Mc s Dugne eG Copies Ei Page Range AN O From DeC j Dithering Resolution 360 x 360 w Print As Colors O Grays H Ri H SAP ame sese CE Hesia Pare E Layout CEET l size alte 9 Orientetlon Reduce or Enlarge 27 Using the other printing functions This section explains the other printing capabilitics The operating procedures are basi call
10. Cancel will close this dialog and ignore your selec tions Custom Paper Size Units Inches width Height 6 Omitmeters H Custom Label Size Units Inches width Height 04 O Mimeters Note Always make sure you have mounted a strip label cassette before printing with the Strip Label setting 21 Reduce or Enlarge With this setting you can change the original size of the printed image on you paper from 20 to 400 Any setting over 100 will result in tiled documents with your image spread across several pages The values are input via your numerical key pad Orientation This setting allows you to change the direction in which your im age will be printed You have the choices of Portrait or Landscape orientation Portrait is the de fault setting Layout Layout includes two features One is the 1 Up setting for printing each page of your documents on one piece of paper The other setting is 2 Up which is a great cost saving device It lets you print two pages of output onto one piece of paper 1 Up is the default setting Options Clicking Options will call up a dialog box like the one at the right where you can make further adjustments to printing your document The following briefly explains the meanings of each selection in the Options dialog box 22 E Sear _SJ 144Mc Media Paper Layout Size Orientation
11. For prolonged and proper use your printer should be placed and used in an area which meets the following conditions e A firm level surface which is free from vibration e An area free from excessive heat such as direct sunlight or heaters e A dust free environment A steady power supply Do not connect it to items which use the same circuit as refrigerators or air conditioners Use only the line voltage that is specified on the identification plate The printer should be positioned relatively close to the computer The maximum recommended length of the serial interface cable not supplied is 7 meters or 23 feet Connecting the printer to your computer Please use an Apple system peripheral 8 pin cable Serial number M 0197 or com patible cable not supplied Steps 1 Make sure that the power to the printer and computer are turned OFF 2 Insert one end of the interface cable not supplied to the connector on the printer Make sure that the connector fit is snug 3 Connect the other end of the interface cable to the computer Refer to your Macintosh User s Guide for installation Note This printer does not support the AppleTalk network interface Therefore you cannot connect more than one Macintosh computer to share the printer with other people This printer will not operate if it is connected to a Macintosh using either a LocalTalk cable or connector box Bene in the AC adapter
12. be unsure of your ability to perform any maintenance or servicing call a qualified service technician Chapter 6 Reference information This chapter lists the printer s specifications and customer service phone numbers Index This lists in alphabetical order terms which appear in this manual Features of the printer This printer is capable of many uscful and high quality printing functions ranging from color printing to overhead projection OHP film and strip label printing The main features of this printer are The ability to print sharp crisp lascr quality text and graphics e The ability to print vibrant glossy full color documents from a pallette of up to 256 colors depending on your software High specd throughput duc to Star s unique 2 5 line 144 clement multi line print head e 360 DPI for high resolution graphics output e Small compact size Color overhcad projection OHP film and label printing capabilities are standard Three paper feed paths which include the standard paper tray and front and rear feeding The newly developed thin ribbon process allows you to produce more documents TrueType fonts disk containing 35 scalable fonts for all Macintosh application software Printer components This page shows and explains various printer components Paper tray lever This releases pressure on the paper This lever must be forward to release paper and back to feed paper Front Cover
13. the media to which you will be KA ame Sofiren by Design printing Sizes include Letter 3 i sais tjit a DIN A4 DIN B5 Legal ETIE eama r 2 options Executive Strip Labels DIN Ad Mn oy o e d Custom Letter is th g tags an u ASRS etter is the ESETE BSx 1 mores Execitive default setting Selections you Strip Levels make will be graphically repre sented in the window on the left side of the dialog box 20 Custom Clicking on Custom will allow you to freely set the size of the media you want to print within the page size restrictions described in Chapter 2 After in putting the Width and Height sizes of your paper you can easily change those values to mil limeters or back to inches simply by clicking the appropriate checkbox When you have finished making your changes click OK Your changes will take effect and will be represented in the window on the main screen Clicking Can cel will close this dialog and ignore your selections The default setting is 8 inches by 8 inches Strip Labels This printer has a unique and handy Strip Label printing func tion with which you can create your own personalized labels for your books tapes or files Sim ply select Strip Labels from the Page Setup dialog box and input the Width in the user box Again when you have finished click OK Your changes will take effect and will be represented in the window on the main dialog box Clicking
14. up MultiFinder To start up MultiFinder please follow these steps Steps 1 Choose Special from the Finder window 2 Select Set Startup 3 Click on MultiFinder 4 Restart your system MultiFinder will appropriately allocate your system memory so that you can print with the SJ 144MC 13 Installing the printer driver To install the printer driver in System 7 1 just follow the Steps below Steps 1 Before you install the printer driver oO sofware and TrueType Fonts take a d m l z E few minutes to create back ups of the floppy disks Use them to install this Sd 144MC SJ 144MC copy software Check your Macintosh User s Guide for more information concerning making copying disks 2 Insert the copied floppy disk 1 into the floppy disk drive of your Macintosh and open it by double clicking on it with your mouse 3 Open up the finder by double clicking the hard disk icon in the upper right hand corner of your display a Your Hard Disk SJ 144hC 1 4 Click on the folder for the language you use and drag and drop the SJ 144MC icon into the system folder of your hard disk The system will automatically place this printer driver into your Extensions folder on your hard disk 5 Restart your system Note You must place this printer driver into the Extensions Folder in System 7 in order to make it available to your Macintosh Check your Macintosh User s Guide for more information lf a d
15. 1 908 572 3300 Hong Kong 852 795 2335 Australia 61 2 748 4300 New Zealand 64 9 570 1470 Star Micronics FaxBack Document Retrieval System Requires access to a facsimile machine or board with receive capability North America 1 908 572 4004 Star Micronics Bulletin Board Service Requires a computer modem North America 1 908 572 5010 United Kingdom 44 494 461395 France 33 1 305807 Germany 49 69 780929 Netherlands 31 73 424485 Australia and New Zealand 61 2 748 2960 49 Customer response Star Micronics Co Ltd invites your suggestions and comments on your printer and this Users manual Picase address your correspondence to Worldwide Headquarters STAR MICRONICS CO LTD 20 10 Nakayoshida Shizuoka Japan 422 91 Attn Product Manager North and South America Markets STAR MICRONICS AMERICA INC 70 D Ethel Road West Piscataway NJ 08854 Attn Product Manager European Market STAR MICRONICS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH Westerbachstra Be 59 D 60489 Frankfurt F R of Germany Attn Product Manager U K Market STAR MICRONICS U K LTD Star House Peregrine Business Park Gomm Road High Wycombe Bucks HP13 7DL U K Attn Product Manager French Market STAR MICRONICS FRANCE S A R L 25 ruc Micha l Faraday F 78182 St Quentin en Yvelines Cedex Attn Product Manager Asian Market STAR MICRONICS ASIA LTD 18 F Tower 2 Enterprise Square 9 Shcung Yuct Road Kowloon Bay HONG KONG Attn Product Manager 50
16. 2 This floppy holds the remaining 26 TrueType fonts To install these just repeat the process explained above f litem 1 3MBin disk amp ZER B Note Your TrueType fonts must be in the Fants folder of the System folder in System 7 15 Getting started To use your new printer you must inform the Chooser that a new or replacement driver has been added to its internal lists Select Chooser from the pull down menu Make sure your printer is ON and ready and that it is connected to a port on your Macintosh Select the SJ 144MC icon and the port to which it is connected AppleTalk should be set to Inactive in the Chooser After making the necessary sclections and closing the Chooser dialog box a message like the onc at right will prompt you to make any page setup changes in all of open applications Click OK Now you can print with your new printer and use the 35 scalable TrucType Fonts AopleShare A Fax Prnt Sh evriter f1 i i a Modam Port t a O Active on restart a leT alk ef Apelor Inactive 7 Scalable TrueType Font Samples American Text Broadway Brush 445 Caslon Openface Cloister Black Cooper Black DAVIDA Dom Casual ENGRAVER S ROMAN Exotic 390 Demi Bold Freeform 721 16 Preehand 521 Handel Gothic Hobo Humanist 521 Extra Bold Impress Kaufmann OCR Old Dreadful ta T Onyx Orbit B Parisian Park Avenue You have changed your curr
17. 4 in for the paper tray and front path 0 06 to 0 23mm 0 00236 0 00906 in for the rear path Surface Xerography quality sheet paper or smoother such as Xerox 4024 or Hammermill s LaserPrint 10460 4 Lascr quality overhead projection OHP film post cards iron on transfer shects and strip labels can also be used 100 0 242 0mm 3 94 9 53 Min 5mm 0 19 Min Smm 0 19 Maximum Printing Width 8 0 100 0 355 6mm 3 94 14 0 in 12mm 0 47 Caution Do not use paper thicker than that indicated in this manual Do not use perforated or stapled paper nor paper attached with paper clips Always use the appropriate ribbon and paper path for either overhead projection OHP film iron on transfer or strip labe printing when using these features Loading paper from the paper tray The convenient paper tray can load and print up to 30 sheets of paper at a time With this paper feeding method you can print both color graphics and text You can use paper widths of 100 0 to 242 0mm 3 94 9 53in and lengths of 100 0 to 355 6mm 3 94 14 0 in It can also handle paper thicknesses of 0 06 to 0 10mm 0 00236 0 00394 in Steps Make certain that the power is OFF 1 Recline the paper tray on the back of the printer 2 Move the paper tray lever located on the right side of the paper tray to the forward position 3 Adjust the paper guides to the pa
18. 43 AC cord 3 All 25 AppleTalk 16 B Banding 24 BBS phone numbers 49 C Chooser 16 20 37 Cleaning dirt from the printer 34 Cleaning friction rollers 35 Cleaning the platen 35 Cleaning the print head 34 Cleaning the printer 34 Color 18 Color Correction 23 Color QuickDraw 13 Colors 26 ColorSync 23 Connecting the printer 2 Copies 25 Custom 20 21 Customer response 50 Customer service information 49 D Dark Line Banding 24 Data 18 DIN A4 20 DIN B5 20 Dithering 26 E Enlarge 22 Executive 20 Extensions folder F Finishing process Flip Horizontal Flip Vertical Font Samples Font styles Fonts From Front cover Front path G Getting started Gray scale H Head cleaning See Cleaning Help I Ink ribbon cassette Installing the printer driver Installing the TrueType fonts Interface cable Invert Image K Key operations Keys L Label Lamp explanation Lamps Landscape Layout Legal Letter Line feed Loading paper 14 16 27 27 M Media 20 MultiFinder 13 N Network interface 2 Not Ready 17 O OHP 18 OK Canccl 24 Optimized Print Quality 24 Options 22 Orientation 22 Other printing functions 28 P Package contents l Page Range 25 Page Sctup 20 Paper 17 18 Paper eject 19 Paper feed 18 Paper Feed Adjustment 24 Paper feeding 39 Paper jams 11 Paper release lever 8 9 10 11 Paper support 5 Paper tray 8 10 Paper tray lever 8 Paper types 7 Pinout of interface con
19. 60 X 360 180 X 180 and 72 X 72 dpi A lower dpi decreases output quality but increases printer speed This is especially helpful for quick memos that don t require fine quality output Dithering This software includes 6 dither patterns for your use They are Line Art Finest Finer Fine Medium and Coarse These pattern selections range in print quality from less detailed printing of your images with the Coarse setting to very fine and high quality with the Line Art setting Finer settings such as Finest and Line Art will give your graphic images more half tones which results in a morc realistic appearance GRIM saume spre eu Copies E Page Range alh O From 72x72 160 x 180 Z360 x 360 Uithering Medium v Pesolution Ka 7 S H i tine art ee N Deaton Print m Firest teris if Finer ngs AH O From To Fire CISA num Resolution 360 x 360 Coarse Frint 4s Colors lt Note _No single dither pattern is best for all images We have _ provided you with six choices to allow you to use the best pattern for any given image Print As Colors This setting allows you to tell the printer the number of colors were used to make your document This helps make the printer s output as close to your original as possible Settings include 16 256 Thousands and Millions The default setting is 256 26 pur sae meng rune CET cane if Page Range
20. Always use a monochrome ribbon for this adjustment eS When the best quality graphics output is desired please use the rear feed path Separations Clicking Separations will cause your printer to print out a single monochrome page of your graphic image for each color you have selected 5 N R SRA saume options ARREARS AS A RRR RRR RR NRT RA a RRR ATS ESR RTE ER g Visual Effects s O Filip Horizontai D Ftip Vertical O Invert Image Ceara Peper Feed Adj H i Separations CCyon O Magenta Cvettow Bleck Color Correction Hard codec v H Sa aS EEE EA ER KIER AKA EA EAE EAA BEE CEST SEE EEK EEE EE EEA N LAAT ALE LER TY ETA EEEE YS EIS EXEZEXSIEIIZES ee Note Always use a monochrome ribbon when printing color separations OK Cancel Clicking OK will accept the se lections you have made close the Options dialog box and return to the previous dialog box Clicking Cancel will ignore your settings and will close the dialog box 24 Printing documents When you have completed your document and you are ready to print select Print from the File Menu When you do this a printer dialog box similar to this will appear on your monitor This dialog box may differ some what according to the application software you are using but the basic functions offered here do not change We ll explain the meaning and usage of each of the elements of this printer driver KGT yae som
21. Note In the Page Setup dialog box under Size you must click on strip label in order to use this function 29 Printing with iron on transfer sheets The iron on transfer is a great way to create original designs for T shirts or other cloth ing When you are printing iron on transfer sheets always select Paper in the Media setting of the printer driver s Page Setup dialog box Steps for printing on the transfer sheet 1 Create an image with your software program Use the software s reverse image mirror function See Flip Horizontal on page 21 for details 2 Install the special transfer ribbon in the printer following the instructions in Chapter 2 3 Insert the transfer sheet from the rear feed path as shown in the illustration at right 4 Print your image on the transfer sheet Steps for transferring the image on the cloth 1 Cut out the image on the transfer sheet leaving approximately 1 2 margin around the image Round off the corners because this will reduce the chance of the image pecling off 2 Carefully position the transfer shect on the cloth with the image side down 3 Uniformly iron the transfer sheet with the iron set to 320 F 160 C Do not remove the transfer sheet until it has cooled to room temperature 4 Slowly remove the transfer shect from the cloth starting from a corner 30 Steps for the finishing process 1 Place the finishing sheet over the image on the clo
22. This covers the intemal workings of the printer This cover should be closed at all times unless cleaning the printer removing paper jams or changing ribbons Ribbon carriage This carries the ribbon across the print area Never push or pull on it directly with your hands Friction rollers p Sn These pull paper through the print area Paper release lever This releases pressure on the paper This lever must be down to feed paper and up to release paper Control panel This indicates the status of the printer and makes control over the printer s various functions Print density dial cay and convened This changes the print density It is set at 100 in the factory set up Power switch This tums power to the printer ON and OFF AC adapter cable connector This connects the plug of the AC adapter Do not remove the plug when the printer is on Paper tray The paper tray can hold up to 30 sheets of Interface connector paper for automatic paper feed This connects the computer to the printer Introduction Features of the printer Printer components Chapter 1 Setting up your printer Unpacking and confirming the package contents Placing the printer Connecting the printer to your computer Plugging in the AC adapter Installing the ribbon cassette Installing the paper support Chapter 2 Paper handling Selecting paper types Loading paper from the paper tray Contents Loading paper from the rear path L
23. ains the meanings of the lamps on the control panel Lamp Meaning Se POWER Illuminates whenever the printer is turned ON READY Iluminates when the printer is ready to receive data DATA Flashes when there is data in the printer buffer Extinguished when there is no data in the printer buffer PAPER Illuminates when there is no paper in the manual feeding position when there is an error with the Sheet feeder or when paper is jammed during paper eject Extinguished when paper is feeding normally RIBBON INuminates when the printer detects the end of a ribbon COLOR Illuminates when a color ribbon is installed OHP Tlluminates when a ribbon for overhead projection OHP film is installed LABEL Illuminates when a label ribbon is installed Flashes when the label ribbon and sheet are installed o All lamps An error has occured flashing Caution If all lamps are flashing turn OFF the power to the printer check Chapter 5 Maintenance and troubleshooting or contact your 5 nearen service representative Key operations Normally the printer will load paper automatically from the paper tray when print data is received from the computer However you can load paper manually using the control panel Paper feed There are three types of paper feed functions that you can easily master using the control panel keys Each of these functions al
24. are using properly installed Check the installation settings in your software and re install it if necessary L for your printer Can the printer perform self tests Turn the printer OFF and turn it back ON while holding down the Ready key to perform the self test The printer will print one test page If you tum on the printer while holding the Paper key it will print continuous test pages If the printer is set to the strip label mode the self test will not work If this does not work contact your dealer Is the ribbon depleted or broken If the ribbon is depleted or broken replace it with a new one 37 If the print is faint or uneven check the following Check Possible Remedy Is the print density knob If it is turn it back to your desired darkness The turned down factory setting is maximum Is the ribbon cassette installed properly Turn OFF the power Check to make sure that the ribbon is sitting properly on the cassette carriage Is the ribbon worn out Replace the ribbon i Are you using a Star Micronics ribbon Always use genuine Star Micronics supplies If your application software cannot print the fonts or characters selected check the following Ps Check Possible Remedy Is your application software properly Check the software installation and re install the software if necessary installed Ar
25. disk before you can print The floppy disks which came with your printer include the printer driver and TrueType Fonts In this chapter we will explain the easy steps to installing both of these using System 7X as an example For details on installation to System 6 0 please see your Macintosh User s Guide Minimum system requirements The minimum system requirements for the SJ 144MC are System 6 05 or later Color QuickDraw and 2MB of RAM or System 7 X Color QuickDraw and 4MB of RAM Checking the system software Your printer is capable of printing virtually any off the shelf Macintosh eeeceeSCEERSSEERSSR software However we suggest that you A take a moment to check which system Paras software you are currently using C Control Paneis Open the menu in the upper left hand Sau comer of your display and select About prrs This Macintosh If your system is 7 0 G8 Scrapbook or later you can proceed to Installing your printer driver and TrueType Fonts fj ees About This Macininsh System Software 7 1 Masietesh Quadra 650 Apple Computer inc 1983 1992 This is the System coe Software version number Beilt in Hemery 24 576K Largest Unused Bleck 46 142K Total Memerg 49 152K E System Software 3 012K If you have a system software version earlier than system 6 0 you will need to up grade to either System 6 05 or 7 1 If you are running System 6 you will need to start
26. e fonts not being Check the software installation and insert the selected properly commands necessary for font changes into the software If the print out is not what you expected Is the printer driver set correctly Check Possible Remedy You may have accidently set one of the page setup settings incorrectly Recheck your page setup settings Is the print driver installed correctly h Your printer driver may not have been installed E properly Try re installing the printer driver 38 If the ena oy oS pat rows of dark or white lines check ihe Cie Possible Remedy ae If it is try returning to the default setting Please Ts the paper feed adjustment in the refer to Chapter 4 printing options dialog box set too low Are you using genuine We recommend that you use only genuine Star Star products products to maintain high printing quality Paper feeding If the paper tray is not operating or is not feeding paper correctly check the following Check Possible Remedy o o o Are the levers set Set the paper tray lever to the rear position and the paper properly release lever to the lower position Is paper jammed near the Stop printing remove the jammed sheet and continue print head printing Are the left and right If the guides are too close together the paper will not 1 paper guides too close feed smoothly Move them a little further apar
27. en oume Copies m Page Range All O From C i Dithering Resolution i Print As Colors O Grays fe Copies The default is 1 but you can set the number of copies you want KA SjaMe Spm h Dione CE by selecting this box with your Copies ER Page Range ah O From jr z mouse You can also select the aan RE i number of COpIes by marin the q Print As Colors O Grays fe cursor to this box using the tab i key on your keyboard and typing the number of copies Caution Remember that the printer s Paper tray holds a maximum of 30 cut sheets Using more than 30 sheets will cause paper jams Page Range This setting allows you to set the beginning and ending pages of a SEPP s seam spamy Dune Crm print job This feature is useful copies 1 Page Range Cali Orom EM when you want to print a limited Ditnering HETE Resolution E3607 i number of pages ma multi page Print As Colors O Grays 252 document The default setting is All To change this setting click i on the circle next to From or press tab on your keyboard and enter the number from where you wish to begin printing Move the cursor to the To box by clicking on it with your mouse or by pressing the tab key on your key board Enter the value and press Print if your settings are correct 25 Resolution Resolution allows you to set the number of dots per inch when printing You can select between 3
28. ent printer Please choose Page Setup in all of the open applications Playbill P T Barnum Raleigh Demi Bold Schadow Black Condensed Seagull Heavy SHOTGUN Fango University Roman VAG Rounded Vineta Windsor Chapter 4 Printing When using your printer with a Macintosh you will probably be using either System 6 0 or 7 0 Your new printer will operate under either system and it can print documents from virtually any Macintosh application software In this chapter we will explain the meanings of the various dialog boxes which will appear on your display when you print READY Key and lamp explanation The two keys on the front control panel are PAPER and READY The following is a brief explana tion of the general use of these keys and the corresponding lamps PAPER This key performs the following y q PAPER READY POWER functions For details see the next ES COCOLOR PAPER CA pages O OHP coripaon EADY Top of form COLABEL C DATA Line feed e Paper eject the printer to be ready to receive and print data The printer is in the Ready mode e when the READY lamp is lit The printer will power up in the Ready mode if paper is loaded COLABEL C DATA READY READY sets the printer to the eas ra ae Ready or Not Ready mode j ES COLOR PAPER CJ with each press This allows coup maeson EADY 17 Conditions indicated by the lamps This table expl
29. ference information Specifications Printer supply options Pin out of interface connector Index Customer service information Customer response 34 35 35 36 37 37 39 41 41 43 45 47 49 50 Chapter 1 Setting up your printer Your printer is a reliable and quality precisioned instrument It is every owner s responsibility to make sure that their equipment is properly placed and sensibly used If the following conditions are met you can expect your printer to perform at its finest and to last a long time Unpacking and confirming the package contents When you open the box you will find the following items included Remove all of the packing materials such as the card board piece to stabilize the ribbon carriage inside the printer cover etc Check to make sure when removing the contents of the carton that each item has been in cluded There should be a total of seven items If you are missing any of them con tact your dealer immediately Items 1 SJ 144MC printer 2 Black ribbon cassette 3 Color ribbon cassette 4 1 AC adapter a AA 5 U shaped paper support 6 User s Manual a 7 Printer and font driver disks We recommend that you save the box and all of the packing materials for this printer 7 They are useful should you ever need to transport it to a new location 220V 230V 240V Warning Never push or pull on the ribbon carriage with your hands 4 Placing the printer
30. he READY key while turning on the power to the printer A print sample like the one below will be output TM For the Macintosh Family of Computers Macintosh s a registered trademark of Apple Computer Ine 19 Page Setup After you have made the necessary selections in the Chooser you can run your favor ite application software to create documents for the printer You do not have to use the Chooser each time you use this printer You select a new printer however in the Chooser whenever you want to print using a different printer Before you actually send the print job to the printer you should take a few moments to confirm the printer driver s page settings Use your mouse to select Page Setup in the applications File menu Note Changing any settings regarding paper will cause the application software to automatically reformat your document Page Setup Selecting Page Setup in the File menu will display this ji P sJ ame Soprvara ty Duaye dialog box Here you can make meaa PEA Logout THES fundamental changes to your a artemetien ED document Below we will ex a Reese or pa plain the meaning and usage of pt BB Eniorge each of the elements of the Page Setup dialog Media This tells the printer to what type of print media you will be printing The selections avail able are Paper and OHP Film Hs enters Fim r Orientation f y eip f reece O M E Size This tells the printer the size of 7
31. he front cover and remove the ribbon cassette See Chapter 1 Installing the ribbon cassette for details Place the paper tray in the vertical position 3 Confirm that the tip of the strip label is sticking out from the slit in the cassette If the tip is not sticking out from the cassette gently pull it out from the bottom of the cassette with your fingers Make certain that the label strip fits through the cassette slit 28 4 While gently lifting up on the protruding portion of the strip label mount the Label cassette onto the carriage Make sure that the ribbon and the label are between the print head and the platen 5 Close the front cover 6 Turn ON the power to the printer The Label lamp will light 7 When label printing is complete open the front cover and cut the end of the label using a scissors as shown in the illustration at right Be careful not to touch the ribbon 8 Grasp the other end of the cut strip label with your fingers and pull the label through the cassette as shown in the illustration at right If the printed label is not long enough to go to exit side of the cassette you can pull the label back through the opening where it was cut 9 Peel off the backing of the cut strip label before attaching it Caution Always use genuine Star supplies to ensure optimum print quality We do not guarantee printing quality when using ribbons by other manufacturers
32. lows you to directly control the way paper is handled by the printer Top of form If there is paper in the paper tray top of form will send paper to the printing position Steps 1 Press the PAPER key Paper will automatically feed to the top of form position 2 Press the READY key to enter the Ready Mode 18 Line feed Using the following operation will feed paper one line at a time if paper is at the top of form position Steps 1 Press the READY key to enter the Not Ready mode The READY lamp will extinguish 2 Press and release the PAPER key and paper will automatically feed forward one line 3 Holding the READY key down will feed paper in consecutive lines 4 Press the READY key to enter the Ready mode Paper eject This function will eject your paper from the printer when paper is at the top of form position Steps In the Ready mode Press the Paper key In the Not Ready mode 1 Press the READY key to enter the Not Ready mode The READY lamp will extinguish 2 Press and hold the PAPER key After 6 consecutive line feeds the printer will enter the paper eject mode and will automatically eject paper from the printer 3 Press the READY key to enter the Ready Mode Test mode The test mode is performed by pressing the following key combinations This mode is used to test the printing quality of your printer When performed a document like the one below will be output Steps 1 Press and hold t
33. n AC adapter from another source may cause electrical malfunction 33 Cleaning the printer You can keep your printer in fine working condition if you periodically clean your printer using these procedures Warning Always turn OFF the power to the printer when cleaning Always remove the AC adapter from the wall outlet Always read the directions of all cleaners before use Be especially careful of fires when using alcohol to clean your printer Never touch the print head with your hands as this may degrade the printing quality Cleaning dirt from the printer Cleaning the print head When the print head becomes dirty printing quality will not be stable even if printing intensity is adjustcd Follow the directions below to clean the print head Wipe off all dirt and dust from the printer case and cover with soft cloth If some dirt is particularly difficult to wipe away apply a small amount of isopropyl alcohol to the cloth Be especially carcful not to allow any liquid to get inside of the printer Use a soft brush to sweep any dust and dirt away from the inside of the printer Be carcful not to damage any of the electronic circuits or wiring Prepare cotton swabs and isopropyl alcohol Turn OFF the power to the printer Open the front cover and remove the ribbon cassette Insert an overhead projection sheet between the print head and the platen to prevent the platen from coming into contact with the is
34. nector 45 Placing the printer l Portrait 22 Power 18 Power button 2 Power supply 37 43 Print 27 Print As 26 27 Print density 5 Print speed 41 Printer driver 13 Printer supply options 43 48 Printing 17 37 Printing documents 25 Printing with color ribbons 28 Printing with iron on transfer sheets 30 Printing with overhead projection OHP film 28 Printing with strip labels 28 R Ready 17 18 Rear path 9 Reduce 22 Reference information 41 Requirements 33 Resolution 26 41 Ribbon 18 Ribbon cassette 1 3 S Separations 24 Setting up 1 Size 20 Specifications 41 Strip Labels 20 21 System 7 0 13 System requirements 13 System software 13 T Test mode 19 To 25 Top of form 9 18 19 Troubleshooting 36 TrucType fonts 13 U U shaped paper 5 U shaped paper support 1 Unpacking 1 W White Line Banding 24 Customer service information In the event that you are experiencing some technical difficulty with your Star printer please refer to Chapter 6 Maintenance and troubleshooting This chapter provides you with easy methods to diagnose and resolve problems which you may encounter For further technical support you should first contact your Authorized Star Dealer If you require additional support Star Micronics offers a wide variety of technical support services Please use the phone numbers listed below based on the country which your Star printer was purchased Star Micronics Technical Hotline North America
35. oading paper from the front path een Su wnrnn Clearing paper jams 11 Chapter 3 Installing the printer driver and TrueType fonts 13 Minimum system requirements 13 Checking the system software 13 Installing the printer driver 14 Installing the TrueType fonts 15 Getting Started 16 Scalable TrueType Font Samples 16 Chapter 4 Printing 17 Key and lamp explanation 17 PAPER 17 READY 17 Conditions indicated by the lamps 18 Key operations 18 Paper feed 18 Top of form 18 Line feed 19 Paper eject 19 Test mode 19 Page Setup Media Size Custom Strip Labels Reduce or enlarge Orientation Layout Options Flip Horizontal Flip Vertical Invert Image Color Correction Paper Feed Adjustment Separations OK Cancel Printing documents Copies Page Range Resolution Dithering Print As Colors Print As Grays Print Help About Using the other printing functions Printing with color ribbons Printing with overhead projection OHP film Printing with strip labels Printing with iron on transfer sheets Chapter 5 Maintenance and troubleshooting Requirements Cleaning the printer Cleaning dirt from the printer 20 20 20 21 21 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 24 24 25 25 25 26 26 26 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 28 30 33 33 34 34 Cleaning the print head Cleaning the platen Cleaning friction rollers Troubleshooting Power supply Printing Paper feeding Chapter 6 Re
36. operly with the front and rear feed paths See page 40 36 Power Supply If the Power amp does not illuminate o or flash check the following Is the AC adapter cable Possible Remedy _ a ae Turn the printer OFF Ensure that the AC Snes cable properly plugged into is securely connected and turn the printer back ON the electrical outlet E power being supplied Turn the printer OFF Unplug the AC adapter and try to the outlet another electrical appliance to determine if electricity is being supplied to the same outlet Is the printer voltage correct Always use the AC adapter which came with this printer Printing If your printer does not print or it suddenly stops printing check the following T Check Possible Remedy Is the interface cable connected securely Have you selected the proper port Check both ends of the cable printer and computer to make sure that the connector is firmly in position The port selected in the Chooser must be the same as the port to which the interface cable is connected Is the Ready lamp If it is not illuminated press the Ready key to set illuminated the printer to the Ready mode Is paper jammed If it is remove it and replace the paper to continue printing Make sure that the loading edge of the paper is smooth and is not creased Is the software you
37. opropyl alcohol Apply the isopropyl alcohol to the cotton swab and lightly wipe the head Perform a test described in Chapter 4 to confirm the printing quality Warning Paper feeding defects may occur if the platen comes into contact with the isopropyl alcohol Be careful not to let any alcohol to come into contact with the platen 34 Cleaning the platen If the platen becomes dirty from having been directly printed on etc paper will not feed correctly and there will be deletions from your documents Prepare cellophane tape Turn OFF the power to the printer and A open the front cover a Remove the ribbon cassette Place a piece of cellophane tape over the area on the platen that needs to be cleaned Firmly rub your finger along the length of the tape Slowly peel the tape off the platen e Repeat the process until the platen is clean Replace the ribbon cassette Load paper and confirm that it feeds correctly Cleaning friction rollers Clean the rollers when paper does not feed correctly e Prepare isopropyl alcohol and cotton swabs Turn OFF the power to the printer Open the front cover Apply the isopropyl alcohol to the cotton swabs and wipe the rollers Load paper and confirm that it feeds correctly Warning Paper feeding defects may occur if the platen comes into contact with the isopropyl alcohol Be ca
38. ountry of purchase Full color and monochrome laser quality printer Speed up to 382 CPS 15 CPI in laser quality mode 3 paper feed paths with 30 sheet paper tray Ability to print on a wide variety of print media including Laser quality plain paper recycled paper OHP film etc 35 scalable TrueType fonts for Macintosh application running System 7 or later Printer supply options Ink ribbon cassette for plain paper T144BK T144CL Type Life Length Width Type Life Length Width Monochrome ribbon one time use 345 000 characters 12CPI 6 LPI 180 pages cassette 1500 characters per page 340 m 371 82 yards 12 7mm 0 5 Color ribbon one time use 8 0 pages per cassette 8 0 X 9 6 Full graphics per page 193 cycles 210 m 229 66 yards 12 7mm 0 5 Ink ribbon cassette for overhead projection OHP film T144BKO T144CLO Type Life Length Width Type Life Length Width Monochrome ribbon one time use 200 000 characters 1O0CPI 6LPI 100 pages cassette 1500 characters per page 200 m 218 72 yards 12 7mm 0 5 Color ribbon one time use 10 5 pages per cassette 8 0 X 9 6 Full graphics per page 257 cycles 270 m 295 28 yards 12 7mm 0 5 43 Overhead projection OHP film T9OOF LTR Type Size Packaging T9OOF A4 Type Size Packaging Iron on Transfer Sheets TIOIO LTR Type Size Packaging T9OIO A4 Type Size
39. per size you will use Never move the inner card sized paper guide 4 Fan a maximum of 30 sheets of paper and stack them in the paper tray Move the paper tray lever to the rear position 5 Move the paper release lever located on the front side of the printcr to the lower position 6 Turn ON the printer s power Paper will feed when the print command is given Loading paper from the rear path The rear feed path is the best way to print those thicker sheets Use this path for printing post cards overhead projection OHP film and Iron on Transfer Sheets This feed path can handle widths of 100 0 to 242 0mm 3 94 9 53in and lengths of 100 0 to 355 6mm 3 94 14 0 in It can also handle paper thicknesses of 0 06 to 0 23mm 0 00236 0 00906 in Steps Make certain that the power is ON 1 Place the paper tray in its vertical position The printer will automatically enter the Not Ready mode The Ready lamp will not be lit The Paper lamp will light 2 Move the paper release lever located on the front side of the printer to the lower position 3 Align the paper to the size of paper you will use with the page markers on the printer 4 Paper will automatically feed to the top of form position 5 When you have confirmed that the paper has been fed to the top of form correctly press the Ready key to enter the Ready mode The Ready lamp will illuminate Note When the bes
40. pment requires a shielded cable The above statement applies only to printers marketed in the U S A Statement of The Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulations This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications Le pr sent appareil num rique n men pas de bruits radio lectiques d passant les limites applicables aux appareils num riques de la classe B prescrites dans le R glement sur le brouillage radio lectrique dict par le minisere des Communications du Canada The above statement applies only to printers marketed in Canada VDE Statement This device carries the VDE RFI protection mark to certify that it meets the radio interference requirements of the Postal Ordinance No 243 1991 The additional marking Vfg 243 P expresses in short form that this is a peripheral device not operable alone which only individually meets the Class B RFI requirements in accordance with the DIN VDE 0878 part 3 11 89 and the Postal Ordinance 243 1991 If this device is operated in conjunction with other devices within a set up in order to take advantage of a General Operating Authorization in accordance with the Postal Ordinance 243 1991 the complete set up must comply with the Class B limits in accordance with the DIN VDE 0878 part 3 11 89 as well as satisfy the precondition
41. reful not to let any alcohol to come into contact with the platen Troubleshooting Your printer is a reliable precisioned instrument and should not cause you any trouble if it is used and treated sensibly However we are providing you with this section devoted to troubleshooting should you encounter any problems with your printer Remember that your printer is a highly sophisticated device and that this section is intended to be only a brief guide As with many other precisioned instruments this printer contains high voltage We request that you perform only the operations which are explained here Warning Any attempt to perform troubleshooting operations other than those described here may result in electric shock or damage to the printer The following table is provided to give you an idea of where to find a solution to the type of problem you have encountered Region of fault Description _ Power supply Power is not being supplied to the printer See page 37 Printing The printer does not print or it stops printing See page 37 The print is faint or uneven See page 38 While using application software fonts or characters cannot be printed See page 38 The print out is not what you expected See page 38 The print shows evenly spaced rows of dark or white lines See page 39 Paper feeding The paper tray is not operating or is not feeding paper properly See page 39 Paper does not feed pr
42. rface Maximum buffer size Acoustic noise Emulation Interface Environment Tempcrature Humidity Reliability Mean time between failure MTBF Maximum recommendcd duty cycle Print head life Dimensions and Weight Width Depth Height Weight 42 Single bin paper uray with 30 sheet capacity Friction roller feed from the front of the printer Friction roller feed from the rear of the printer 380 ms line feed at 144 360 inch 3 94 9 53 100 0 242 0mm 3 94 14 0 100 0 355 6mm Paper tray 0 00236 0 00394 0 06 0 10mm Rear path 0 00236 0 00906 0 06 0 23mm Xerography quality or smoother Such as Xerox 4024 or Hammermill s LascrPrint paper 10460 4 Laser quality overhead projection OHP film and label sheets can also be used 35KB 2 linc buffer 102KB 45 5dBA CDM corresponds to Apple QuickDraw RS 422A Serial 8 Pin 57 6 KBps Stand by Operating 5 to 35 C 41 to 95 F 5 to 35 C 41 to 95 F 10 to 30 C 50 to 86 F for Color OHP Label Storage 25 to 60 C 13 to 140 F Stand by 30 to 90 RH No condensation Operating 30 to 70 RH No condensation Storage 30 to 90 RH No condensation 10 000 hours 2 000 power on hours per year 50 million pulses per clement 325mm 12 8 140mm 5 5 175mm 6 9 2 5 Kg 5 5 Ibs AC adapter power supply Features 120VAC 220VAC 230VAC 240VAC 50 60Hz varies according to the c
43. river with the same name already exists in that folder a dialog box prompting you to replace it will appear This should not happen the first time you install the driver but it will when you install a revised version In that case click OK Note You should always make back up copies of all of your original floppy disks before installing their contents 14 Installing the TrueType fonts The 35 TrueType fonts are located in the folders called Fonts in both of the floppy diskettes which came with this printer To install the fonts in System 7 1 just follow the Steps explained below Note TrueType fonts will not work on System 6 aS Steps 1 Double click on the Fonts folder in GLE S521 44M0 FTE floppy disk 1 You will see 9 font Stems 1 3MBindsk 25Kow Remove floppy disk 1 and insert suitcases in this folder To install them all you need to do is to drag your mouse pointer over each of the ones you want to install and drag and drop them onto the system folder on your hard disk Your system will automatically place the fonts you have selected into the Fonts folder on your hard disk drive If the Fonts window on the floppy ERE Vow Ward Disk disk is active and you want to select all of the fonts on this disk you can select them all using the Select All item in the Edit menu Then as explained above just drag and drop them onto the system folder on your hard disk floppy disk
44. s in accordance with 21 and the prerequisites in accordance with 3 of the Postal Ordinance 243 1991 As a tule this is only fulfilled when the device is operated in a set up which has been type tested and provided with a VDE RFI protection mark with the additional marking Vfg 243 Machine Noise Information Ordinance 3 GSGV January 18 1991 The sound pressure level at the operator position is equal or less than 70 dB A according to ISO 7779 The above statement applies only to printers marketed in Germany Trademark Acknowledgements SJ 144MC SJ 144 Star Micronics Co Ltd Macintosh ColorSync TrueType fonts and QuickDraw Apple Computer Inc Xerox 4024 Xerox Corporation Hammermill LaserPrint International Paper Company Notice All rights reserved Reproduction of any part of this manual in any form whatsoever without STAR s express permission is forbidden The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual at the time of press However should any errors be detected STAR would greatly appreciate being informed of them The above notwithstanding STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this manual Copyright 1994 Star Micronics Co Ltd Introduction Thank you for purchasing the SJ 144MC Laser Quality Printer This User s Manual has been organized into six chapters and an index to help you learn
45. sed pica 17 CPI Condensed elite 20 CPI Printing direction Printing head Font styles TrueType fonts Supplied on diskette Raster graphics Number of columns Pica 10 CPI Elite 12 CPI Semi condensed 15 CPI Condensed pica 17 CPI Condensed elite 20 CPI Proportional Plain paper Heat fusion process 360 X 360 dots per inch At 7 5 lines perinch At 6 lines per inch 306 cps 255 cps 367 cps 306 cps 459 cps 382 cps 520 cps 433 cps 612 cps 510 cps Note 50 speed reduction in Color OHP and Label modes Print speeds have been estimated for each font because the SJ 144MC printer does not have bitmapped fonts Uni directional logic seeking 144 elements Distance between elements 1 360 inch American Text Broadway Brush 445 Caslon Openface Cloister Black Commercial Script Cooper Black DAVIDA Dom Casual Engravers Roman Exotic 350 Demi Bold Freeform 721 Freehand 521 Handel Gothic Hobo Humanist 521 Extra Bold Impress Kaufmann OCR Old Dreadful No 7 Onyx Orbit B Parisian Park Avenue Playbill P T Barnum Raleigh Demi Bold Schadow Black Condensed Seagull Heavy Shotgun Tango University Roman VAG Rounded Vineta Windsor Note TrueType fonts are supplied on diskette for use with Macintosh applications running System 7 or later 360 dots per inch 80 96 120 137 160 Variable 41 Paper feed Paper feed speed Paper specifications Width Length Thickness Su
46. t quality graphics output is desired please use the rear feed path eee ee You can use paper thicknesses of 0 06mmto0 23mm ini 0 00236 0 00906 in with the rear feed path Allowaone second interval between paper feeds Paper willbe fed 5 automatically to the top of form position when inserted If paper is being fed incorrectly clear the problem and start again See Clearing paper jams on page 11 L Caution Always use the rear path when using overhead projection ao OHP film oe 9 Loading paper from the front path The front feed path feeds paper one shect atatime When using this path paper will exit the machine from just above where it was inserted Use this paper path only for printing text or graphics on single sheets This feed path can handle widths SA of 100 0 to 242 0mm 3 94 9 53in and lengths of 100 0 to 355 6mm 3 94 14 0 in It can also handle paper thickness of 0 06 to 0 10mm 0 00236 0 00394 in Steps Make certain that the power is ON 1 Place the paper tray in its vertical position The printer automatically enters the Not Ready mode The Ready lamp will not be lit 2 Move the paper release lever located on the front side of the printer to the lower position 3 Align the right edge of the paper with the proper page marker on the printer 4 Paper will automatically feed to the top of form position When printing paper will return with the print face
47. t to allow together the paper to feed freely eee ee Is there too much paper The paper tray holds up to 30 sheets of paper at a time in the paper tray Make sure that there is no more than that in the tray Was the paper fanned If this is not done paper jams may occur Remove the before being fed by the stack of paper from the paper tray and fan it before paper tray re inserlting Has the paper been used Only new uncreased paper should be used with the before or is it creased paper tray Are you trying to feed You can only feed one line at a time when the printer is one line using the front in the Not Ready mode panel key while the Ready lamp is ON Is the paper too thick or There are limits to the thickness of the paper Try too thin different paper 39 If l pai isn t oe Smcouly with the front and rear feed paths check the oe Is they paper release lever Possible Remedy Set the release lever to the downward position pushed down Are you trying to feed Remove paper from the paper tray and place it in the paper through the rear vertical position while the paper tray is still engaged Is the paper too thick There are limits to the paper thickness Try feeding different paper 40 Chapter 6 Reference information Specifications Printing system Resolution Print speed Pica 10 CPI Elite 12 CPI Semi condensed 15 CPI Conden
48. th with the cut out corner in the top left Make sure that the silicon side is down The finishing sheet should completely cover the image 2 Iron the finishing sheet at the same setting used to iron the transfer sheet 3 Do not remove the finishing sheet until it has cooled to room temperature 4 Slowly remove the transfer sheet from the cloth starting from a corner 5 If the image seems like it will peel off of the cloth repeat the finishing process Note gt Always use the rear feed path when using the iron on transfer sheets 31 32 Chapter 5 Maintenance and troubleshooting Your printer is a solid state instrument but it should nonetheless be treated with care to maintain its high performance If you abide by these few rules you can expect your printer to perform well for a long time Requirements Always keep your printer in a comfortable environment See Chapter 1 for details Do not subject your printer to jarring or vibration Avoid setting your printer in a dusty environment Clean your printer periodically See the following page Never allow liquid to get inside of the printer The interior of the printer may be cleaned with a small vacuum cleaner or compressed air aerosol which is sold for this purpose Take special care not to bend or damage any of the cable connections or electronic components when cleaning Always use the AC adapter provided with this printer Using a
49. the proper operation of your printer All explanations regarding operation conform to standard Macintosh GUI operation The six chapters explain the basic functions and operation of the printer The following describes the contents of each chapter The minimum system requirements for the SJ 144MC are System 6 05 or later Color QuickDraw and 2MB of RAM or System 7 x Color QuickDraw and 4MB of RAM Note Adding more RAM will enhance printing performance Chapter 1 Setting up your printer This chapter details the proper way to set up your printer It includes how to plug in the AC adapter and interface connector to your computer and the installation of the paper support and ribbon cassette Chapter 2 Paper handling This chapter explains the paper limits for printing and the three paper paths and their restrictions Chapter 3 Installing the printer driver and TrueType fonts This chapter takes you step by step through each of the procedures to install the printer driver and the TrueType fonts Chapter 4 Printing This chapter explains the various dialog boxes which appear on your screen and how to use the settings to create the exact color and monochrome you want Chapter 5 Maintenance and troubleshooting This chapter provides brief checklists on several areas of the printer functions It also includes information on routine cleaning Please note that this chapter is not intended to be an exhaustive service manual Should you
50. up 5 When you have confirmed that the paper has been fed to the top of form properly press the Ready key to enter the Ready mode The Ready lamp will illuminate Caution Always insert paper with the side on which you want to print facing downward when printing with the front path Allow a one second interval between paper feeds Paper will be fed automatically to the top of form position when inserted if paper is being fed incorrectly clear the problem and start 5 again See Clearing paper jams on page 11 10 Clearing paper jams If paper becomes jammed the Paper lamp on the control panel will flash and the printer will enter the Not Ready mode When this happens remove the jammed paper according to the following steps Steps 1 Lift up on the paper release lever located on the front side of the printer 2 Remove the jammed paper carefully by pulling on the end of the paper 3 Open the front cover and confirm that there is no more paper jammed inside 4 Pull down the release lever 5 Confirm that there is no slack in the ribbon If there is slack sce page 4 Installing the ribbon cassette for details 6 Close the front cover 7 Load anew sheet of paper and press the Ready kcy to enter the Ready mode The Ready lamp will illuminate 11 12 Chapter 3 Installing the printer driver and TrueType fonts You must install the printer driver to your hard
51. y the same as normal printing although you should observe the following points for optimum printing quality Printing with color ribbons When printing with color ribbons you can print just as you would with the monochrome ribbon Just remember the following points When you insert a color ribbon the Color lamp will light e You may insert paper from any of the three feed paths Be aware that if you use large amounts of one particular color at one time the ribbon life will be shortened Always try to create color documents which use a relatively even spread of color choices in order to use the full capacity of the color ribbon Printing with overhead projection OHP film When printing on overhead projection OHP film you should remember the following points Always use the ribbon especially made for overhcad projection OHP film When you insert this ribbon the OHP lamp will light Always feed overhcud projection OHP film from the rear feed path e Always select OHP Film in the Media setting of the printer driver s Page Setup dialog box Printing with strip labels The maximum printing length when using strip labcls is 7 2 inches The following explains the steps when using strip labels Always select Strip Labels in the Size setting of the printer driver s Page Setup dialog box Steps 1 Turn the printer OFF 2 Remove all paper from the printer including the paper tray and front and rear feed paths Open t
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