USER MANUAL SEIKO Precision FB – 380 Dot-Matrix Flatbed Printer
Important Safety Instructions 1. 2. 3. Read all of these instructions carefully and thoroughly and save them for later reference. Follow all warnings and instructions in the manual as well as marked on the product. Unplug this product from the power outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. 4. Do not use this product near water. 5. Do not place this product on an unstable cart, stand or table.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview.............................................................................................................. 1 Features ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Chapter 2 Preparation....................................................................................................... 3 Unpacking .....................................................................
Chapter 4 Printing from Your Software .................................................... 14 Setting Up Your Printer To Work With Software .............................................. 14 Chapter 5 Control Panel ............................................................................................... 15 Control Panel Keys and LEDs ......................................................................................... 15 Basic Control Panel Operations ..............................................
Specifications ................................................................................................................................ 28 General ............................................................................................................................................ 28 Print Head ..................................................................................................................................... 28 Mechanism .......................................................
Chapter 1 Overview Features Thank you for purchasing this SEIKO Precision FB-380 printer. Combing high speed, high quality output with advanced paper handing capabilities, this versatile, 24-pin, flatbed printer is ideal for a wide range of multi-part and cut-sheet printing requirements. Reliability, flexibility and ease-of-use are key features, making the FB-380 the perfect choice for performing demanding applications in a variety of environments.
Automatic Interface Switching The FB-380 is equipped with two interface connectors and therefore accepts both parallel (Centronics) and USB data transfer. The printer automatically detects the type of data transfer received from the host computer and switches to the corresponding interface type. High Quality, High Speed Printing This FB-380 produces high quality printing in Letter Quality mode at a speed of 83 CPS at 10 CPI. In Draft mode, the printer outputs 250 CPS at 10 CPI or 375 CPS at 15 CPI.
Chapter 2 Preparation Unpacking Check each item against the following packing list, if any of these items are missing, please contact your dealer. NOTE Hold the bottom of printer in the box, and then carefully lift it up. As you unpack, save all the original packing materials. They are specially designed to protect the printer and will make later repacking easy, if necessary . Before using your new printer, please remove the shipping pads from the printer.
Parts Identification Figures 2-2 and 2-3 highlight the main components of the printer.
Installation Before placing the printer in your chosen location, consider the following guidelines: 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. Do not install the printer where it may be subjected to: ·Where there is excessive dust. ·Where it may be splattered with oil or metallic dust. ·Where it may be exposed to direct sunlight. ·Where it may be accidentally splashed with water.
3 Pull the Sub friction roller unit by gripping the center area of the unit by your forefingers. Then lift it up until the unit is positioned on the top of printer as shown in Figure 2-6. Sub friction roller Figure 2-6 Opening the sub friction roller unit 4 5 6 If necessary, centre the print head by hand. 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.
Connecting the Interface Cable Connect the parallel or USB interface cable as shown in the figure 2-8 below: Caution Make sure that the power switches of both printer and host computer are turned OFF before you connect the parallel interface cable.
Turning the Power on and off To turn the printer ON, press the I mark on the power switch. To turn the printer OFF, press the O mark on the power switch.
Chapter 3 Loading Paper Paper Thickness Adjustment Before loading cut sheet or tractor paper, you have to adjust the gap adjust lever on the right of the printer. To feed thicker papers through the printer, you need to move the gap adjust lever from its standard position. The lever moves the print head relative to the platen so that there is more room for the paper. Adjusting the gap adjust lever To obtain good quality printing and prevent problems (paper jam etc.
Loading Cut Sheets 1 2 Turn the printer on. Set paper select lever toward the back of printer as shown in Figure 3-2. Tractor sheet Cut sheet Paper select lever Figure 3-2 Setting the paper select lever 3 Position the left hand cut sheet guide by referring to the marking on the window cover. The positions for A4 and Letter size paper are indicated on the left side of the window cover as shown in Figure 3-3.
5 After the above steps, the printer is ready to print. NOTE The printer’s skew detection level can be set within the Setup Menu System. Be careful with the lowest possible setting because the printer might reject the paper due to even the smallest skew. If this happens, try a more medium setting. Using Tractor Paper This printer feeds tractor paper from the rear of the printer to the front. Figure 3-5 Feeding direction of tractor paper Loading Tractor Paper 1 2 Turn the printer on.
Left edge Tractor paper guide Figure 3-7 Setting tractor paper into the tractor NOTE When paper is loaded into the tractor, please set the top of paper to the edge of the tractor paper guide as shown in Figure 3-8. 5 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.
7 Align the paper with the print start position. Ensure the tractor paper is in line with the print start position. If the paper is not aligned with the print start position, release the tractor lock levers of the left and right tractors, align the paper, and then fasten the lock lever to lock the tractors. Tearing off Tractor Paper To tear off the paper, make sure that printed-paper is fed to the front table. If not, turn offline then press PARK/LOAD key.
Chapter 4 Printing from Your Software Setting Up Your Printer To Work With Software The printer supports Epson ESC/P2 emulation. You can select the Epson LQ-570+ driver for this printer, but the best way to ensure that all the features on your printer are supported by the software is to use the SEIKO Precision printer driver. If the driver is not available in your software package please call your software company.
Chapter 5 Control Panel Control Panel Keys and LEDs The control panel consists of four keys and three LEDs as shown in Figure 5-1 Figure 5-1 The printer control panel The following table details each indicator LED function: LED Indicator On Off POWER (green) Lights when the printer is turned on. It flashes when paper runs out and during error condition (See Appendix A) The printer is turned off. ONLINE (green) Lights when the printer is online.
Basic Control Panel Operations You can use the four keys on the control panel to operate your printer. ONLINE Pressing the ONLINE button, toggles between ONLINE and OFFLINE mode. PARK/LOAD In the offline mode, pressing the PARK/LOAD button shortly controls feeding tractor paper or cut sheets LF/FF In the offline mode, press the LF/FF key to feed the paper line by line.
LF/FF: Decrease the top of form by 1/60 inch. You can decrease the margin to a maximum of -10 (-10/60 inch) from the default setting. To exit and save your new setting, press the ONLINE button. The POWER LED and ONLINE LED blink simultaneously 3 times with a beep, then the POWER LED will be on. NOTE To exit without saving, just turn the printer OFF. Tear-off Adjustment Mode There is a tear-off bar at the edge of the window cover.
To enter the Setup Menu System and change the settings 1. Lift the window cover of the printer. 2. Eject any paper currently in the printer (or park tractor paper) then switch the printer online. 3. Keep pressing the PARK/LOAD key for 3 seconds. This starts the Setup Menu System and prints the instructions for using it. The current setting is underlined. The print head points to the current selection in the menu. 4.
The printer automatically loads paper and prints the current settings. An example print out is shown in Figure 5-2.
SEIKO Precision FB-380 Current Setting Report Current settings are FILLED . PRINT STYLE FONT PITCH PAGE LAYOUT LINE SPACING FORM LENGTH PAGE SKIP COMPRESS PRT PRINT MODE TEXT DIR GRAPHIC DIR CHARACTER SLASH ZERO CHARACTER SET INTL CHAR SET CODE PAGE ROMAN 10 CPI 6 LPI A4 OFF NORMAL BI-DIR UNI-DIR OFF GRAPHICS U.S.A. U.S.A. INSTALL QUIET MODE OFF AUTO LF OFF AUTO TEAR OFF LOADING SKEW DETECTION OFF SKEW LEVEL 0.5 SEC. 1.0 SEC.
Options of the Setup Menu System The following printout in Figure 5-3 shows the selections from the Setup Menu System and is followed by a description of how to use it in Table 5-2 (Options of the Setup Menu System). SEIKO Precision FB-380 SETUP MENU SYSTEM Use the PARK/LOAD key to point the print head to the desired setting. Use the LF/FF key to store the new setting and go to the next menu. Use the ONLINE key to go to the next menu without storing a new setting.
Options Description FONT Set the font for the printer to use in the absence of any font control instructions from your software. PITCH Set the pitch to determine the horizontal spacing of the printed characters. LINE SPACING Set the vertical spacing of the printed characters. You can set it to either 6 LPI (the default setting) or 8 LPI. FORM LENGTH Set the length of your printer paper, for both cut sheets and continuous-feed paper.
Restoring Factory Printer Settings You can restore to the factory printer settings without having to work through the Setup Menu System to reset the menus. To restore to the factory settings: 1. Make sure that the printer is ONLINE 2. Press and hold down the ONLINE and COPY keys on the control panel for 3 seconds.
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Appendix A Maintenance and Fault Finding Introduction Your printer requires very little routine maintenance. In fact, the best maintenance for the printer is preventative. If you have followed the suggestions for locating it in an area free of excessive dust and heat it will give you a long and trouble-free performance.
Cleaning the platen Clean the platen with a soft cloth. Intervals and Materials for Cleaning Clean inside the printer in accordance with the following: NOTE Intervals cleaning: Materials: Every 6 months or 300 hours of operation. (Whichever comes first) Dry cloth (gauze or soft cloth) Ribbon Cartridge The inked ribbon in the cartridge is a continuous loop and will print several million characters before needing replacement.
Characters On The Screen Don’t Match The Printed Characters Many graphics characters and special symbols are produced by different ASCII codes on each make of computer and printer. Compare the character set charts in your computer manual with the printer character sets. You Selected A Printer Driver In Your Application Program But The Codes Don’t Do The Right Thing (Or Anything) On The Printer Contact your software manufacture to check if a driver for your printer is available.
Appendix B Specifications General Type 24-Pin Flatbed Dot Matrix Impact Printer Fonts 1 DP (Draft) 7 LQ (ROMAN, SANSERIF, COURIER, PRESTIGE, SCRIPT, OCRA, OCRB) Emulation Epson ESC/P2 Memory 256K bytes (*Input buffer: 132K bytes) Interface Parallel Interface：Centronics (IEEE 1284 NIBBLE mode Compatible) USB Interface：USB 2.
Mechanism Mode DP Print speed LQ Paper feed Speed 10 CPI 12 CPI 15 CPI 250CPS 300 CPS 375 CPS 120 DPI 120 DPI 120 DPI 83 CPS 100 CPS 125CPS 360 DPI 360 DPI 360 DPI Paper slew speed (Continuous feed): 5.
Print mode specifications Print mode Multipart mode Dot Spacing (V×H inches) Max No.
Graphic Print Specifications Graphic type Density 120dpi 180dpi 360dpi Pins 24 24 24 Horizontal dot pitch Multipart mode Print speed (inch/second) Normal、Dark 1 9.9 Dark 2 8 Dark 3 3.9 Normal、Dark 1 6.6 Dark 2 5.3 Dark 3 2.6 Normal、Dark 1 6.6 Dark 2 5.3 Dark 3 2.6 1/240 inch 1/360 inch 1/360 inch Parallel Interface Signal level Input High level: 2 to 5V, Low level: 0 to 0.8V Output High level: 2.4 to 5V, Low level: 0 to 0.4V Connector Pin Assignments Signal Pin No.
USB Interface USB 2.0 Full-Speed. The following table provides the standardized contact terminating assignments by number and electrical value for Series “A” and Series “B” connectors. Contact Number Signal Name Typical Wiring Assignment 1 VBUS Red 2 D- White 3 D+ Green 4 GND Black Shell Shield Wire Command Code Summary Epson Emulation Code (Symbol) Name Code (Hex.) Code (Dec.
Code (Symbol) Name Code (Hex.) Code (Dec.
Name Code (Symbol) Code (Hex.) Code (Dec.
Select Code Pages Format Code No. ESC (t n1 n2 d1 d2 d3 (n1=3, n2=0, d1=0,1,2,3) d2 d3 (HEX) Name 437 1 0 U.S.A.
This printer complies with the regulation about the maximum noise level in the work place – 3. GPSGV, under which the highest noise level has to be 70 dB (A) or less in accordance with ISO7779. Maschinenlärminformations-Verordnung - 3. GPSGV, der höchste Schalldruckpegel beträgt 70 dB(A) oder weniger gemäß ISO7779. This unit complies with Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC and the EMC Directive 2004/108/EC.
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