POSIFLEX PP5600 SERIES - Manuals

1 - 1 I. BEFORE STARTED A. CONGRATULATION You have made a very wise decision by purchasing the easy loading; high performance; high reliability 9 pin dot matrix impact printer Aura PP5600 series of Posiflex products. This series of printers has been elegantly designed for a Point-Of-Sale, kitchen &a...

1 - 2 It even supports some enhancement capability for reminder function to persons around. It can be used to drive a separately purchased kitchen bell for such reminder function in noisy environment. This printer also supports application in dif ferent countries of various kinds of power systems by...

1 - 3 • Supports Posiflex kitchen bell drive when used as kitchen printer • Hardware hand shaking in serial interface through DIP switch selection • Manual paper cut mechanism for PP5600D or guillotine type auto cutter plus manual cut mechanism for PP5600B • Supports ESC command • Dimension: 228 mm ...

1 - 4 Length of the interface cable depends on whether the order includes the power adaptor. When power adaptor is included, the interface cable is 6 ft long for stand alone application. When the power adaptor is not included in the order, the interface cable is a shorter one for integrated applicat...

1 - 5 F. IMPORTANT TIPS Never attempt to disassemble or modify this product. Unauthorized interior access voids product warranty. Do not set any liquid or drinks such as coffee on the printer case. Do not touch the print head after printing. It can become very hot. Place the printer on a sturdy, lev...

1 - 6 G. MAIN PARTS ON THE EXTERIOR Parallel Connector Serial Connector Power Connector Peripheral Connector Frame Ground Rear View Screws Setup Window Window Plate Screw Bottom View Manual Cutter Bottom Cover Power LED Error LED Paper Out LED FEED Button Top Cover Power Switch PP5600D PP5600B

1 - 7 Indicators • Power LED: green • Error LED: red • Paper Out LED: red Interior View Auto Cutter Ribbon Cassette Area Paper Guide Roller Paper Roll Area Lift Tab

2 - 1 II. QUICK START -UP A. CONNECTING CABLES 1. Serial connection All the external connectors are in the recessed area at the rear bottom. The serial connector is a 9 pin D sub Female connector at the right in the picture above. Apply the male connector of RS232 cable to this port for serial appli...

2 - 2 When the printer is used as a kitchen printer, please use this port for kitchen bell connection instead. 4. Power connection The power connector is a 3 pin jack between the peripheral connector and the parallel connector. Either a Posiflex supplied power adaptor or a printer power cable from a...

2 - 4 bracket of the print mechanism as in the picture. • Close the top cover by fitting its rear end lug first for ribbon replacement only or go on loadin g paper as in next paragraph. C. LOADING PAPER 1. Drop the paper roll inside the paper compartment in the orientation as shown in left picture b...

2 - 5 D. SELF TEST Press and hold down the feed button while turning on the power. The printer will then perform a self test and print out some major settings detected. You may turn off the power and turn it on again to resume normal use of the printer at this stage. You may also press the feed butt...

2 - 6 E. SPECIAL ADJUSTMENTS 1. Paper near end sensor If the paper near end sensor is installed in the printer and enabled, a fine tuning on the position of the paper near end sensor may be required for different outer diameter of the paper roll bobbin. Please refer to the picture at right from insi...

2 - 7 clearance will vary. This clearance can be observed from the offset pattern printed in bottom of self test. Whenever the lower part of the long vertical lines is shifted horizontally away from the upper part by about one dot width, the offset value should be adjusted to move it back for decent...

3 - 1 III. MAINTENANCE GUIDES A. MAINTENANCE GUIDE LINES B. GENERAL CLEANING Please use a soft hair brush or compressed air to clear away any dust or paper scraps accumulation inside the printer. Check also the area of the auto-cutter regularly. C. TROUBLE SHOOTING This section gives solutio ns to s...

3 - 2 2. Printing Problems Nothing can be printed with ERROR LED ON – Check the Paper Out LED. If it is ON, most probably the paper roll is not installed or is at or near the end. Install a new paper roll. If the Paper Out LED is OFF, please check for paper jam described in next item. If there is no...

3 - 3 3. Paper Jam Problems Paper is jammed inside the printer – Please follow procedures below. • Turn off the printer. • Open the top cover after the print head cools down. • Cut the paper roll from the paper intake slot with a pair of scissors. • Open the auto cutter by pulling the tab up if it i...

4 - 1 IV. SPECIFICATIONS A. PRINTER ITEM SPECIFICATION Printing method Dot matrix impact method Print head configuration 9 pins Printing direction Bi-directional; logic seeking Effective printing width 59.85 mm Printing speed (max.) 4.0 lines / sec @ 42 columns Paper feed method Friction auto-feed P...

4 - 2 C. RIBBON CASSETTE ITEM REQUIREMENT RECOMMENDED TYPE RC200P COLOR Purple RIBBON MATERIAL Nylon 66 RIBBON WIDTH 13 mm CASSETTE DIMENSION 144.4 (W) x 65 (D) x 26.7 (H) mm EXPECTED LIFE 3 million characters D. POWER ADAPTOR ITEM REQUIREMENT INPUT VOLTAGE 100 V AC ~ 250 V AC INPUT FREQUENCY 50 ~ 6...