Turbo Chef 390/391 - Manuals

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 3 This chapter explains how to unpack and install your new printer. Unpacking Unpack your printer and make sure you have the following items. If you are missingany of these items, contact your dealer immediately for a replacement. C hapter 1: Installation • Printer •...

4 Installation Removing Shipping Retainers 1. Open access cover by grasping tabs at either end and lifting. 2. Remove printhead shipping retainer (leave cover open for installation of rib-bon). Tab Shipping retainer

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 5 3. Hold the knob and remove the paper separator. 4. Remove the protective material. 5. Set and attach the post to the“ ∆ ”mark of the upper cover and the paper sepa-rator. 6. Remove the protective material from the pull-up roller assembly. Installing Ribbon Cartrid...

6 Installation 3. Holding ribbon cartridge with knob fac- ing up and ribbon sheild facing platen,fit grooves on either side at back end ofcartridge over pins on ribbon plate. 4. Lower front of cartridge over printhead until it snaps into place, then turn knobin direction of arrow (clockwise) to take...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 7 Pin assignments for both the parallel and the serial interfaces are listed inappendix E. You must supply the cable for connecting your printer to your computer. 1. Make sure both printer and computer are OFF. 2. Locate interface port on back of printer. 3. Plug par...

8 Installation Connection with Power 1. Make sure both printer and computer are OFF. 2. Plug power cord into back of printer. Plug other end into grounded outlet. 3. Turn printer on. Printhead will cross b a c k a n d f o r t h a l o n g p l a t e n , a n dPOWER light will come on. ALARMlight will a...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 9 Your printer has provision for single-sheet paper feed from the top and for continu-ous-form paper feed from the rear. You can also install options: the Cut Sheet Feeder,which holds a stack of 100 sheets for feeding from the top and the Push and/or PullTractors for...

10 Loading Paper Bottom feed (continuous forms only, thickness to 0.017” [0.44mm]) • Single-part continuous forms – 12 to 24 lb– Minimum 3” wide • Carbonless, multi-part forms – Original, plus 4 copies– 9 to 11 lb– Minimum 3” wide • Interleaf, multi-part forms (with carbon paper) – Original, plus 4 ...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 11 Loading Single-Sheet Paper The single-sheet paper path is best for letterhead stationery, memos, and envelopes.We also recommend it for printing graphs and charts because it provides the mostaccurate control of the paper. To load in single sheets of paper: If you ...

12 Loading Paper 3. Grasp back of paper separator and un- snap it from housing, then swing it upinto single-sheet feed position, makingsure that wire feed guide is nestled inseparator. 4. Adjust paper feed guides for width of paper and drop sheet of paper intoseparator. Paper will automaticallyfeed ...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 13 5. Baseline for Top of Form (TOF) on pa- per is indicated by red line on clear plas-tic paper shield. 6. If desired, change TOF setting using control panel: ☛ to set TOF further down on page, hold SHIFT button while pressing FF/LOAD button: this will advance paper...

14 Loading Paper Loading Rear-Feed Paper The rear-feed paper path is recommended for single-thickness, continuous fan-foldpaper when printing spreadsheets, long reports, etc. For graphics or charts, it’s best touse the single-sheet paper path. To load continuous-form paper from the rear: 1. If you h...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 15 4. Locate tractors. 5. Pull up on lock levers to release trac- tors and swing open tractor covers. Po-sition right-hand tractor for width ofpaper you’re loading. The movement of the left tractor islimited to ensure that the paperwill always contact the paper sen-s...

16 Loading Paper 7. Close tractor covers and adjust left trac- tor to position edge of paper: referencemarks on printer indicate left edge po-sition for the two most common papersizes. When paper is properly aligned,lock left tractor in place by pushing backon lock lever. 8. Adjust right tractor so ...

18 Loading Paper 13.Press SEL button (SEL light will come on). To temporarily change the Top ofForm setting for a particular printjob, deselect the printer and pressthe LF button until you reach theTOF position you want to use. Theprinter will retain this setting un-til you turn it off. EXIT POWER S...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 19 Paper Handling Your printer has several handy paper handling features: • Tear • Form Tear-off • Paper Park Tear Feature When you’re using continuous forms with either the built-in rear-feed tractor or theoptional bottom-feed push tractor, you can use this feature ...

20 Loading Paper Forms Tear-off Feature Caution! Do not engage Forms Tear-off when printing on labels! The Forms Tear-off feature can be engaged to automatically move the paper up to thetear position after the selected interval (500 milliseconds, one second, or two seconds).The page will stay in the...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 21 Switching Paper Paths To switch from continuous-form feed from the rear or bottom (optional push or pulltractor installed) of the printer to single-sheet feed from the top: 1. Tear off printed pages. 2. Press PARK button. 3. Swing wire guide up into paper separato...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 23 C hapter 3: Operation This chapter explains how to operate your printer. It also provides instructions onhow to change the default settings and how to perform basic tasks, including select-ing typeface/print quality, selecting character pitch, testing your printer...

24 Operation The seven buttons to the left on your control panel are multi-function buttons. Inroutine printer operation, they are used to manipulate the paper, but you can also usethem to enter and make changes in the printer ’s program menu. EXIT POWER SEL SEL ALARM FF/LOAD PARK SET TEAR LF MENU M...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 25 Print Mode In its normal operating state, your printer’s front panel is in the Print Mode. Indicator Lights In the Print Mode, your printer has the following lights to indicate its status: 1. POWER light: Glows whenever printer is on. 2. SEL light: Glows when prin...

26 Operation Buttons EXIT POWER SEL SEL ALARM FF/LOAD PARK SET TEAR LF MENU Micro Feed Down Micro Feed Up GROUP PRINT QUIET ITEM MENU SHIFT TOF When the printer is selected (SEL light on), only the functions marked at the top of thebank of buttons (LF, FF/LOAD, TEAR, PARK, QUIET) are in effect. When...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 27 Summary of Front Panel Button Functions SEL SEL + SHIFT SHIFT LF LF+ SHIFT FF/LOAD FF/LOAD +SHIFT TEAR Selects/deselects printer. Resets Paper Out of Paper Jam Alarm. Also ends Font Test or Rolling ASCII test . Activates Menu Mode. With printer deselected: used wi...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 29 SEL+LF QUIET+ PARK SEL+ FF/LOAD N/A : Not applicable. N/A N/A N/A Resets Menu to factory default. Resets Top of Form to factory default. Activates hex dump mode. Button Print Mode Help on Power Up N/A N/A N/A With CSF Installed N/A N/A N/A Menu Mode

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 31 Sample Menu The menu is made up of groups of parameters. Within each group is a list of itemsand each of those items has several possible settings. Here’s a sample Menu printout.The first column lists the groups; the second, items; the third, settings:

32 Operation Summary of Menu Settings The table below details the entries in the printer Menu as it comes from the factory.The defaults are in bold face italic type. Other entries will appear in the Menu depending on what options you have installedand what emulation is engaged. For a complete listin...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 33 Bottom Feed Top Feed Set-Up Parallel I/F 6 LPI, 8 LPIOff, 500 ms, 1 sec, 2 secNo, Yes13.6", 8"11", 11 2 / 3 ", 12", 14", 17", 3", 3.5", 4", 5.5", 6", 7", 8", 8.5" 6 LPI, 8 LPIValid, Invalid13.6", 8...

34 Operation Menu Mode Indicator Lights In the Menu Mode, the following lights indicate your printer’s status: 1. POWER light: Glows when printer is on. 2. MENU light: Glows when printer is in Menu Mode. Menu Mode Buttons 1 2 EXIT POWER SEL SEL ALARM FF/LOAD PARK SET TEAR LF MENU CHARACTER PITCH 10 ...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 35 Here is a summary of the buttons active in the Menu Mode: 1. GROUP button: Press to scan through groups of listings. Each time you press the GROUP button, a line will print, showing the next group in the Menu. To go backone group, hold the SHIFT button while press...

36 Operation Performing Basic Tasks Selecting Print Quality Your printer allows you to select from two print qualities: utility and letter quality(LQ), Utility printing is in the Gothic typeface. The LQ printing is of noticeably higherquality and offers you a choice of six typefaces: Courier, Gothic...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 37 Selecting Character Pitch The character pitch determines the width of the individual characters and is mea-sured in characters per inch (cpi). To select the character pitch, press the CHARAC-TER PITCH button successively until the light underneath the pitch you wi...

38 Operation The table below summarizes the fonts available from your printer: LQ Courier LQ Letter Gothic LQ Prestige LQ Orator LQ Roman LQ Swiss LQ Swiss Bold Utility Gothic Barcode Scalable fonts'(LQ Courier, LQ Roman< LQ Swiss) Normal, superscript, subscriptNormal, superscript, subscriptNorma...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 39 Testing Your printer Your printer has three your can run: the Font Test, the Rolling ASCII Test, and theHexadecimal Dump Test. Font Test The Font Test provides a printout containing samples of available typefaces. Here’s aportion of a Font Test printout:

40 Operation To run the Font Test: 1. Be sure paper is loaded. 2. Turn off printer. 3. Hold LF button for several seconds while turning printer on. (IF printer simply turns on without starting to print, you didn’t hold down LF button long enough.) Rolling ASCII Test The Rolling ASCII Test produces a...

42 Operation To engage the Hexadecimal Dump Mode: 1. Be sure paper is loaded. 2. Turn off printer. 3. Hold SEL and FF/LOAD buttons for several seconds while turning on printer. The printer will print the line “ Hex Data Dump ” and be ready to receive data in the Hexadecimal Dump Mode. To run the tes...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 47 C hapter 4: Working with Software This chapter covers the fundamentals of setting up commercial software packages foruse with your printer. Be sure to read your software documentation carefully for moredetails. Basic Terminology Before we start, let’s examine a fe...

48 Working with Software Emulations In order to eliminate hundreds of different sets of printer commands, most printersemulate, or imitate, one of several general printers; i.e., they accept all of that printer ’scommands and behave as though they were the emulated printer. Your printer has three em...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 49 Compatible Printer Drivers Many of the software packages you use will contain drivers 100% compatible withyour printer. For older software, however, it may be necessary to select a driver thatfunctions nearly the same as a driver specifically designed for your pri...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 51 C hapter 5: Ploblem Solving, Maintenance, & Service This chapter provides solutions to some common printer problems and explains theroutine maintenance procedures that will help keep your printer in tip-top operatingcondition. It also tells you how to order pa...

52 Ploblem Solving, Maintenance, & Service …I’m getting strange symbols, incorrect fonts, etc., when I try to print a document? The printer driver you have engaged does not agree with the emulation selected foryour printer. To check the emulation selected, first make sure paper is loaded, then p...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 53 … the Alarm light is on and the Character Pitch 15 light is flashing? This indicates a paper loading error. To stop the flashing light, press the SEL button.Before trying to load paper in again, check to be sure that you have the paper lever inthe correct position...

54 Ploblem Solving, Maintenance, & Service The I-Prime signal is sent over the parallel interface (pin 31) and will automaticallyoverride any settings you have made using the front panel buttons. To eliminate thisproblem, enter the program MENU (hold SHIFT button while pressing SEL/MENUbutton) a...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 55 3. Slide ribbon cartridge along until it is centered on platen, being careful not totouch printhead. Center printhead Swing front end up to remove 4. Swing front-end of cartridge up off printhead, then lift cartridge out anddiscard it. 5. Remove new ribbon cartrid...

56 Ploblem Solving, Maintenance, & Service 7. Lower front end of cartridge over printhead until it snaps into place. Turnknob in direction of arrow (clock-wise)to take up any slack in ribbon. Knob 1 2 3 4 5

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 57 Clearing Paper Jams Caution! Always turn the printer off before you turn the platen knob! Rear Feed Jams To clear a rear-feed paper jam: 1. Turn off printer 2. Turn platen knob to back paper out of printer. Remove any ripped pieces of paper. 3. Reload paper, turn ...

58 Ploblem Solving, Maintenance, & Service 4. Open tractor covers and remove paper from printer. 5. Open access cover and lift off pull-up roller assembly. Note: Never attach or remove the pull-up rollerassembly when the paper separator is in thestanding state. 6. Fold some single-sheet, continu...

60 Ploblem Solving, Maintenance, & Service Single Sheet Feed Jams To remove jammed single sheets of paper (top feed): 1. Turn printer OFF. 2. Rotate platen knob to back paper out of carriage. 3. If necessary, open access cover and lift off pull-up roller assembly to provideaccess to remove any r...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 61 Cleaning the Housing You should clean the printer every six months (or after about 300 hours of operation).To do this: 1. Turn printer OFF and remove paper from path. 2. Open access cover and remove pull-up roller assembly. 3. Use clean, dry cloth to dust area aro...

62 Ploblem Solving, Maintenance, & Service Accessories You can add even more flexibility to your printer by means of the following optionalaccessories. Cut Sheet Feeder, Single-Bin and Dual-Bin Mounts on the platen to provide continu-ous single-sheet paper feed. The bin willhold up to 100 sheets...

64 Ploblem Solving, Maintenance, & Service Replacement Parts Replacement PartAccess Cover, ML 390 TurboAccess Cover, ML 391 TurboAC CordPoll-up Roller Assembly, ML 390 TurboPoll-up Roller Assembly, ML 391 TurboPlaten KnobPrintheadRibbon, Black

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 65 A ppendix A: Specifications Print Method Impact dot matrix Printhead 24 pins, 0.20 mm diameter with thermal protec- tion Print Speed Mode Characters Characters Per Inch (CPI) Per Second (CPS) Utility 10 260 12 312 15 390 17.1 223 20 260 Letter Quality (LQ) 10 87 1...

66 Appendix A: Specifications Graphics Resolution: 360 x 360 dots per inch Resident FontLetter Quality Courier, Gothic, Prestige, Orator, Roman, Swiss, Swiss Bold Utility Gothic Bar Code: Code 39, UPC A, UPC E, EAN 8, EAN 13, Inter- leaved 2 of 5, Code 128, Postnet Receive Buffer Size MAX 23K Reliab...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 67 Cut sheets Single-part continuous forms Carbonless, multipart contin-uous form (orig. + 4 copies) Interleaf, multipart continu-ous form (orig. + 4 copies) Labels Envelopes, single feed Envelopes, continuous feed, non-overlap type Card stock Transparencies ML390Tur...

68 Appendix A: Specifications Dimensions (W x D x H) ML 390 Turbo: 15.7 x 13.6 x 4.6 inch (398 x 345 x 116 mm) ML 391 Turbo: 21.7 x 13.6 x 4.6 inch (552 x 345 x 116 mm) Weight ML 390 Turbo: 16 lb (7.4Kg) ML 391 Turbo: 20 lb (9.2Kg) Environmental Requirements Operating Temperature: 41 to 95˚F (5 to 3...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 69 The menu selections for your printer are summarized below. Factory defaults areindicated in bold face italic. Explanations for each item follow the table. The table below summarizes all possible menu settings available with yourprinter. Which of these you will act...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 71 Parallel I/F Serial I/F * 4 CSF Bin 1 * 3 CSF Bin 2 * 3 Buffer Print, Buffer Clear, Invalid+5V, OpenInvalid, Valid None, Odd, Even8 Bits, 7 BitsReady/Busy, X/On/X-OffNo, YesSSD-, SSD+, DTR, RTS19200 bps, 9600 bps, 4800 bps, 2400 bps, 1200 bps, 600bps, 300 bpsValid...

72 Appendix B: Menu Selections Explanation of Menu Items These explanations are in alphabetical sequence to make it easier to look them up.Many of the items will appear only with optional equipment installed, as noted be-low. You will find the items Line Spacing, Form Tear-Off, Skip Over Perforation...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 73 Busy Line. Appears only if optional Serial Interface is installed. SSD- (factory de-fault), SSD+, DTR, RTS. If Ready / Busy protocol (factory default) is selected, you canchoose which line your system monitors for a busy signal: SSD -9V, select SSD- SSD +9V, selec...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 79 This appendix contains the commands for the Epson LQ emulation, grouped by func-tion. Normally the commands in this table override Menu settings. Except as noted,these commands are cancelled and the printer returns to factory and Menusettings when the printer rece...

80 Appendix C: Priner Commands Absoulte Horizontal Position Relative Horizontal Position Set Print Position ASCII: ESC $ n 1 n 2 Dec: 27 36 n 1 n 2 Hex: 1B 24 n 1 n 2 ASCII: ESC \ n 1 n 2 Dec: 27 92 n 1 n 2 Hex: 1B 5C n 1 n 2 ASCII: ESC DLE @ P n A 1 A 2 P 1 P 2 P 3 P 4 Dec: 27 16 64 [data]Hex: 1B 1...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 97 This appendix contains the commands for the IBM X24e/ XL24e Proprinter and X24eAGM/ XL24e AGM emulations, grouped by function. Normally the commands in this table override Menu settings. Except as noted,these commands are cancelled and the printer returns to facto...

98 Appendix D: Priner Commands Move to the Left(Backwards) Self Left & Right Margins Engage/ Disengage Unidirectional Printing Backspace Set Print Position ASCII: ESC e n 1 n 2 Dec: 27 101 n 1 n 2 Hex: 1B 65 n 1 n 2 ASCII: ESC X n mDec: 27 88 n mHex: 1B 58 n m ASCII: ESC U nDec: 27 85 nHex: 1B 5...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 113 ASCII Character Sets A ppendix E: ASCII Character Codes

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 117 Superscript/ Subscript Characters

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 119 This appendix gives the pin assignments for the parallel interface. It also explainshow to install the optional Serial Interface Board and gives the pin assignments forthe serial interface. Pin Assignments for Parallel Interface Signals A ppendix F: Interfacing *...

120 Appendix F: Interfacing Installing the Serial Interface Caution! Handle the interface board with care to avoid damaging its components. The components can also be damaged by static discharges. We recommend that youleave the board in its protective packaging until you’ve read these instructions a...

ML390/391 Turbo Printer Handbook 121 3. By inserting board to the far end, it is locked by the lock piece inside. Board Lock piece 4. Connect suitable interface cable (must be purchased separately) to printer con-nector and to serial port of your com-puter. Be sure to tighten screws on bothends of c...

122 Appendix F: Interfacing 1234567 8-10 11 12-19 20 21-25 From Printer To Printer From Printer To Printer From Printer From Printer Protective GroundTransmitted DataReceived DataRequest to SendNot usedData Set ReadySignal GroundNot UsedSupervisory Send DataNot UsedData Terminal ReadyNot Used Pin Si...

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