PROdot 350 User’s Manual Addendum -1-
Contents Introduction ............................................................4 Declaration of Conformity .......................................................................... 4 Trademark Acknowledgement ................................................................... 4 Important Safety Instructions ..................................................................... 4 Chapter 1 .................................................................7 Overview of Additional Features .................
Chapter 5 ...............................................................20 The Control Panel .................................................................................... 20 Using The Printer Control Panel .............................................................. 20 Basic Control Panel Operations ............................................................... 20 Default Configuration Report ................................................................... 21 Chapter 6 .......................
Introduction Declaration of Conformity We, Citizen Systems Europe GmbH 337 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 5PR, United Kingdom and Mettinger Strasse 11 D-73728 Esslingen, Germany declare under sole responsibility that the product of type Dot Matrix Printer, model number NN20-M01 and trade name of Prodot 350, to which this declaration relates is in conformity with the following standards: Safety EMC EN60950 / 1992 EN55022 / 1998, EN61000-3-3/1995, EN55024/1998 following the provisions of EMC (89/336/E
to protect it from overheating, do not block or cover these openings. The openings should never be blocked by placing the product on a bed, sofa, rug or other similar surface. This product should never be placed near or over a radiator or heat register. This product should not be placed in a built-in installation unless proper ventilation is provided. 7. This product should be operated from the type of power source indicated on the marking label.
operating instructions since improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the product to normal operation. e. If the product has been dropped or the cabinet has been damaged. f. If the product exhibits a distinct change in performance, indicating a need for service. 14. This plug is not waterproof - keep it dry 15.
Chapter 1 Overview of Additional Features Thank you for purchasing this Citizen Prodot 350 printer. This user manual addendum should be used in conjunction with the Prodot 300 user manual also supplied with this printer to provide a full list of the features and functions within this printer. Automatic Media Thickness Selection The integral sensors within the printer’s printhead mechanism detect the thickness of the media being used and adjust the printhead height to the correct level for printing.
Chapter 2 Installation Unpacking Check each of the items against the following packing list. If any of these items are missing, please contact the dealer from whom you purchased the printer. A B C D E Printer Driver Disk User Manuals (including this one) Ribbon cassette Printer Power Cord Hold the bottom of printer in the box, and then care fully lift it up. As you unpack, save all the original packing materials. They are specially designed to protect the printer and will make re-packing easy.
Before Using Your New Printer Before using your new printer, please remove the five shipping pads from the printer. Open the top cover and remove the five shipping pads as shown below: Printer Location Before placing the printer in your chosen location, consider the following guide lines: This printer should be placed on a normal table or desk. Be sure that the surface is level, to avoid an uneven load on the carriage as it operates.
Parts Identification A B C D E F G H I J K Top Cover Control Panel Parallel Interface Serial Interface Front Rollers Ribbon Cassette Cartridge Printhead Left Adjustable Media Guide Front Table For Media Paper Feed Knob Gap Sensing Pressure Adjustment Switch - 10 -
A B C D Tractors (to accept continuous, sprocket fed paper) Power Supply Inlet (to be connected to the mains supply) Power Switch Paper Select Lever Inserting And Replacing The Ribbon Cassette 1. Turn on the printer power switch and then set the printer off-line by pressing the on-line key. 2. Open the top cover and then pull the front roller unit by gripping the centre area of the unit by your forefingers until you hear a click.
up until the unit is positioned on the top of printer as shown above. 3. If necessary, centre the print head by hand 4. Hold the ribbon cartridge with the knob facing upwards and turn the ribbon knob in the direction shown by the arrow to take up any slack in the ribbon. 5. To install the ribbon cartridge, hold it with both hands, with the ribbon facing down as shown in the figure. 6. When you look at the print head you will find a small piece of black plastic on the thin metal sheet of the ribbon guide.
Chapter 3 Loading Media In To The Printer Paper Thickness Adjustment By default, the Prodot 350 printer will detect the thickness of media being used on the first line of each page. You can override the default settings using the control panel and the printer’s configuration settings. Details of the method of adjusting the configuration settings can be found in Chapter 5 of this manual and in the Prodot 300 manual. Loading Single Cut Sheets Turn the printer on.
Insert the paper as shown in the figure. The printer will automatically pull the paper in to the printer and correct any skewed paper to ensure it is perfectly straight. You can disable the skew correction function using the control panel configuration as described in Chapter 5. Using Tractor Paper This printer feeds tractor paper from the rear of the printer to the front. Set the power cord into the groove at the back of the lower case of printer to avoid it fouling the paper path.
Release the lock lever of left tractor and move the tractor to the left edge of the tractor paper. Fasten the lock lever to lock the tractor in position. Open the tractor paper guide and place the paper on the sprocket pins as shown. If you are using pre-printed paper or labels, install them with the printed or labelled side facing upwards Release the lock lever of the right tractor and open the tractor paper guide. Place the paper on the sprocket pins, then close the paper guide.
Adjusting the Sensor Gap Detector The gap sensor adjustment switch is located behind the ribbon cartridge and mounted directly on the printhead carriage assembly. There are two positions for the sensor gap detector. Using the correct position will ensure better paper feeding and also avoid marks on the carbon copy pages of multi-copy media. Set the switch in the UPPER position for single sheet fanfold paper, cut sheet and passbooks. Set the switch in the LOWER position for multi-copy fanfold paper and n.
Using Passbooks Turn the printer on. Then press the PARK/LOAD key to set the paper select lever at the cut-sheet position as shown in the figure below. Note: You should NOT change this setting manually. Always use the control panel key. Position the left hand guide in the correct location for the size of paper being used. Before inserting the passbook in to the printer, flatten it as shown in the figure below.
Inserting a Passbook Insert a passbook as shown below: The passbook is fed automatically in to the printer. If the automatic skew correction feature is enable (which it is by default) the passbook will be straightened if it is not inserted correctly. Automatically Adjusting Print Start Position When the “Skew Detection” feature is set to the “Adjust” mode, the printer will automatically detect the left edge of the media and adjust the print start position accordingly.
Chapter 4 Printing from your software Setting Up Your Printer To Work With Your Software The printer supports two standards of printed output, or emulations, these are: Epson LQ 570 IBM Proprinter X24e The printer that you have purchased is clever in that it can automatically detect if your software is set to any one of these and switch into it, we call this Auto Set Level 1.
Chapter 5 The Control Panel Using The Printer Control Panel The Printer’s control panel consists of 4 keys and 3 indicator LEDs as shown in the diagram to the left. The control panel of the Prodot 350 is exactly the same as the standard Prodot 300, with the exception of the addition legend to remind you how to activate the ribbon install routine as described in Chapter 2. All details given in the Prodot 300 manual are applicable to the Prodot 350.
PARK/LOAD (3 seconds) In the off-line mode, pressing and holding down the PARK/ LOAD key for about 3 seconds toggles between cut-sheet and tractor paper mode. PARK/LOAD +ONLINE In the off-line mode, pressing and holding down the PARK/LOAD and ONLINE keys for about 3 seconds moves the printhead left and right several times to aid in ribbon installation and seating.
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Chapter 6 Passbook Printing Passbook Printing Configuration To configure the printer to handle vertical passbooks, the following items in the control panel setup menu must be changed: Head Gap This determines the operation of the media gap sensor.
Passbook1 Mode - Automatic Passbook Length Detection In off-line mode, press and hold the PARK/LOAD and DRAFT/LQ keys for about 3 seconds to enter automatic passbook measurement mode. At this point, the ONLINE and POWER LEDs will blink. Insert a passbook into the printer so that the passbook is automatically is fed to the measure the length of the passbook. Press the ONLINE key and the length will be stored in the printers memory. Its length will be valid until another passbook is measured.
Here is an example: The length of one page is the distance from the edge of the passbook to the centre line of the opened book, as shown above. In this case, the passbook is 85mm per leaf or page. 85mm ÷ 25.4 = 3.346 inches x 6 lines per inch = 20.08 (approx. 20). So a PB Length value of 020/6” would be selected.
Note 2: This line sets “Passbook1” mode. Alternatively, this may also be adjusted using the control panel menu system instead. Note 3: This selects unidirectional print mode, which improves print performance on thicker print media and passbooks. Example program for using Passbook2 mode The following program is very similar to the previous one, but selects passbook2 mode and selects an 85mm passbook page.
Recommend print area for passbooks Note 1: Avoid printing in this area to prevent the paper from bending or the ribbon from catching or becoming damaged. Note2: Avoid printing in this area to prevent miss-feeding Inserting the passbooks in to the printer Please refer to Chapter 3 for details, hints and tips on how to correctly and successfully load a passbook in to the Prodot 350 printer.
Appendix A Printer Specifications Technical Specifications The Prodot 350 has the same specification with the exception or addition of the following items: Power requirements 220 - 240 volts, -10%, +6% Power consumption Voltage Operation Operation (max) Stand-by 15 mins after Stand-by Weight (unpacked) 6.3 Kgs, 13.9 lbs Paper types Cut sheet, tractor paper, label, cheque, envelope and passbooks Passbook media size width 102 - 209 mm, 4.0 - 8.2 inches length 127 - 254 mm, 5.
Appendix B Command Code Summary Additional Programming Commands The following additional commands are available in all emulations present in the Prodot 350 to control the additional features present in the printer. A full command listing is shown in the Prodot 300 manual.
Select head gap adjustment mode (passbook mode) Format ESC ~ G M m n 1B 7E 47 4D m n Selects head gap automatic adjustment mode, including Passbook1 and Passbook2 mode. See Chapter 5 for further details. m=0 Selects “Auto One” mode, checking the paper thickness at the beginning of the page. In this case, n is ignored. m=1 Selects “Auto All” mode, checking the paper thickness on each line printed. In this case, n is ignored. m=2 Selects “Fixed” mode.
Select skip mode Format ESC ~ j n m 1B 7E 6A n m Specifies how the gap between the printhead and platen changes when either the carriage moves over blank space or when the paper is fed over blank space. In this case, “blank space” is an area without printing.
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