Seiko FB 390 - Manuals

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1 Chapter 1 Overview Features Thank you for purchasing this SEIKO Precision FB-390 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. Reliabili...

3 Chapter 2 Preparation Unpacking Check each item against the following packing list, if any of these items are missing, please contact your local dealer. A Printer D Ribbon cassette B Driver CD and User’s manual E Power cable C Installation guidebook F Front table Figure 2-1 Packing list in the pri...

4 Parts Identification Figures 2-2 and 2-3 highlight the main components of the printer. Figure 2-2 Main parts of printer (front view) A Paper path select lever G Gap adjust lever B Control panel H Carriage shaft C Power switch I Ribbon cassette cartridge D Cut sheet guide J Print head E Front table...

5 Installation Before placing the printer in your chosen location, consider the following guidelines: This printer should be placed on a normal table, printer stand 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...

6 3 Pull the Sub friction roller by gripping the center area of the unit by your forefingers. Then lift it up until it is positioned upwards towards the top of the printer as shown in Figure 2-5. 4 If necessary, move and centre the print head carefully by hand. 5 Hold the ribbon cartridge with the k...

7 Using the Parallel Interface and the USB Interface Figure 2-7 Connecting the parallel interface cable and the USB interface cable Connecting to the Power Source Connecting the Power Cord Plug the power cord (supplied) into the power inlet at the rear of the printer. Check that the power switch (lo...

8 Chapter 3 Loading paper Paper Thickness Adjustment Before loading cut sheet or tractor paper, you have to adjust the gap adjust lever on the front right side of the printer. To feed thicker papers through the printer, you need to move the gap adjust lever from its standard position. The lever move...

9 Loading Cut Sheet Paper 1 Turn the printer on. 2 Set paper select lever toward the back of printer as shown in Figure 3-2. Figure 3-2 Setting the paper select lever 3 Set the gap adjust lever for example to the position “1” for thin paper. 4 Position the left cut sheet guide by referring to the ma...

10 position. You can set the printer to detect skew so if the paper skews during loading, the printer detects it and automatically ejects the paper to the front table. 7 After the above steps, the printer is ready to print. Using Tractor Paper This printer feeds tractor paper from the rear of the pr...

13 Figure 3-14 Locking the position of the right tractor 10 When starting a new print task, the printer will automatically load the paper before the actual printing starts. ( You can also press the PARK/LOAD key to load the paper manually.) Tearing off Tractor Paper To tear off the paper, make sure ...

14 Chapter 4 Printing from Your Software Setting Up Your Printer To Work With Software The printer supports the 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 of your printer are supported by the software is to use t...

15 Chapter 5 Control Panel Control Panel Keys and LEDs The control panel consists of five keys and four LEDs as shown in Figure 5-1 Figure 5-1 The printer control panel The following table details each indicator LED function: Table 5-1 LEDs on the control panel Indicator LED On Off POWER (green) Lig...

18 menu lists, each list containing several settings. You can select a new setting of the menu list and save it, or just go to the next menu list without altering the current setting. To enter the Setup Menu System and change the settings 1. Lift the window cover of the printer. 2. Eject any paper c...

19 Printing the Current Setting Report You can use the information in the current setting report to decide which setting you want to change. To print the current settings: 1. Turn the printer off. 2. Hold down both the PARK/LOAD and LF/FF key at the same time 3. Turn the printer on. The printer auto...

20 SEIKO Precision FB-390 Current Setting Report Current settings are FILLED . PRINT STYLE FONT ROMAN PITCH 10 CPI PAGE LAYOUT LINE SPACING 6 LPI FORM LENGTH A4 PAGE SKIP OFF COMPRESS PRT NORMAL PRINT MODE TEXT DIR BI-DIR GRAPHIC DIR UNI-DIR CHARACTER SLASH ZERO OFF CHARACTER SET GRAPHICS INTL CHAR ...

21 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-390 SETUP MENU SYSTEM Use the PARK/LOAD key to point the prin...

23 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 pa...

24 Hex Dump Mode Turning power on while pressing the PARK/LOAD key causes the printer to enter Hex Dump mode. In this mode, if you execute the following program 10 LPRINT CHR$(27); “ 4 ” ； 20 LPRINT “ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ” 30 LPRINT CHR$(27); “ 5 ” ； 40 LPRINT “ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ” The...

25 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 t...

26 Cleaning the platen Clean the platen with a soft cloth. Intervals and Materials for Cleaning Clean inside the printer in accordance with the following: Ribbon Cartridge The inked ribbon in the cartridge is a continuous loop and will print several million characters before needing replacement. Whe...

27 Printing is Smudged The ribbon is in front of the ribbon mask. Remove it and then insert it correctly. Adjust the gap adjust lever (move it downward). Poor Dot Positioning If poor dot positioning occurs, the horizontal dot alignment has to be performed by an authorized technician. Characters On T...

28 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 Com...

30 Print mode specifications Print mode Multipart mode Dot Spacing (V×H inches) Max No. of Columns Character Structure (V×H) Printing Speed (cps) Normal 83 Dark 1 66 Dark 2 53 10cpi Dark 3 1/180×1/360 110 24×18 26 Normal 100 Dark 1 80 Dark 2 64 12cpi Dark 3 1/180×1/360 132 24×18 32 Normal 125 Dark 1...

32 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 W...

35 Select Code Pages Format ESC ( t n1 n2 d1 d2 d3 (n1=3, n2=0, d1=0,1,2,3) Code No. d2 d3 (HEX) Name 437 1 0 U.S.A. 437GR 1 10 GRK 437 858 3 0 MULTI 851GR 4 0 GRK 851 857 5 0 TURKEY 855 6 0 CYRILLIC 860 7 0 PORTUGAL 863 8 0 CANADA 865 9 0 NORWAY 852 0A 0 EAST EUROPE 864 0D 0 ARAB NLS 866 0E 0 RUSSI...