Printek 4500se service manual




















Also included is information about where you can obtain service, if it is required. Power Cord Connector. Ribbon Support Brackets. Lowering closing Ribbon Loading Bail. Opening Latch Panel. Installation and Quick Setup To load paper or forms, open the door on each tractor and position the holes in the paper over the pins in the tractors; then close the doors.

Note that the forms do not extend above the tractor doors. If you wish to perform an actual printing test, perform the following steps to print a barberpole test pattern: 1. Installation and Quick Setup When the printer is shipped from the factory, the default configurations for these interfaces are as shown below. Installation and Quick Setup Parallel Interface The pin connector for the parallel interface is located on the rear of the printer immediately above the power cord connector.

Busy will be set under the following conditions: Character received. Input buffer is full. Printer is not on line see SLCT. Paper error see PE. Parallel Interface Connector. Installation and Quick Setup other printers being emulated.

Selecting Epson Emulation Enter the interface menu as previously described. Selecting Proprinter Emulation Enter the interface menu as previously described. Selecting Printek Emulation Enter the interface menu as previously described.

Operation FormsPro is displayed. This display also indicates various parameters and their values when the printer is in the setup mode. Many internal diagnostics are performed each time the printer is turned on or reset, and some continue to monitor operation during printing.

Bell The printer sounds a tone when it is directed to do so by a bell character BEL from the host computer. Other tones also alert operators of error conditions, such as paper out, and indicate when buttons are pressed.

It is also used for starting and stopping the test pattern while the printer is in the Barber Pole mode. NOTE: The printer must be offline before you can use any of the other buttons. If paper is already loaded, this button uses the currently selected form length to advance the paper to the top of the next form. This allows you to change the paper easily. A paper out condition is displayed to indicate that the paper was unloaded successfully.

The printer will attempt to unload up to 36 inches of paper. It is recommended that you not use this method to unload more than the current form. When no paper or form is currently loaded, this button selects one of ten preset form setups.

In the FormsPro , this may also select a different set of. Operation tractors to be used the next time you press the LOAD button. The printer will not allow you to change the form during printing. If this happens, you should place the printer back on-line, allow the form to finish printing, and then place the printer off-line and select the desired new form. NOTE: The tractor shuttle should always be parked whenever the printer is being transported.

To adjust the top of form position, you must insure that the printer is at the top of form before you make this adjustment. You can accomplish this by performing a Form Feed prior to making the adjustment. If you hold this button down, the paper advances the amount required to complete a line feed LF at the currently selected line pitch, and then continues to advance in full line increments.

The longer you hold this button, the faster the paper will move. If you hold this button down, the paper moves the amount required to complete a line feed LF at the current line pitch, and then continues to move in full line increments.

SETUP This button enters and exits the setup menus that are used to set parameters for up to ten unique form configurations, and for setting the parameters required for the printer to communicate successfully with your computer.

The printer defaults to the currently selected form. This function is available only on the FormsPro See FormsCutter manual for additional information. Column width is based upon CPI. The left margin must be less than the right margin. For example: for an eleven inch form, enter 66 if you are using six lines per inch or 88 if you are using eight lines per inch. Scroll can be used to allow existing software to take advantage of the zero-waste capability.

If the first line is printed too high on the paper after aligning the edge with the tear bar, use Scroll to position it lower on the page.

Scroll does not modify the top of form position. It is not recommended to use this with, or in place of, Top Margin. See the FormsCutter manual for more information. This may be used to align the vertical print position to match a preprinted form which does not begin at an even number of lines from the top edge of the paper.

Fonts Fast Draft not installed will not be displayed. Epson font must be Japan selected. Description Selects the current emulation mode, barberpole mode, or hex dump mode. Available only when the RSC interface is installed and Serial is selected.

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Helps you select an appropriate location for the printer, and. Changing the. This green LED indicates that the printer is plugged into. The printer sounds a tone when it is directed to do so by. This button allows you to place the printer online or. It is. NOTE: The printer must be offline before you can use. Close the top cover. It also checks ribbon cassette during the execution of a print job the operativeness of the rib- bon cassette. Page 31 Inserting the ribbon cassette User guide Move the colored friction tabs to the left and right direction of the arrows as shown in the figure and raise the friction mechanism.

Remove the used cassette. Page 32 User guide Inserting the ribbon cassette Raise the colored insertion tongue A. Page 33 Inserting the ribbon cassette User guide Slightly tilt the ribbon cassette forwards and thread in the ribbon between the colored insertion tongue and the ribbon support transparent plastic plate.

Page 34 User guide Inserting the ribbon cassette Press down the colored insertion tongue A. Page 35 Inserting the ribbon cassette User guide Press the friction mechanism down until it clicks into place. Page Print E R Drive Rs All available printer drivers can be found on our Internet site, from which you can download updated versions as necessary.

Installing a printer driver in Windows 7, Windows 8. Page 37 Printer drivers User guide This page left intentionally blank. Page 38 User guide Printer drivers This page left intentionally blank. Page 39 Printer drivers User guide This page left intentionally blank. Page Changing Printer Settings Printer drivers User guide Changing printer You can make permanent changes to the printer settings using the control panel of the printer see Menu, page Various printer settings settings can also be entered in the operating system of your PC, however.

Page 42 User guide Printer drivers This page left intentionally blank. Page The Control Panel User guide The control panel The control panel The control panel keys are used for controlling your work with the printer. The control panel is located on the front right side of your printer and consists of a two-line liquid crystal display and six keys.

Page Online Mode User guide The control panel Online mode After switching on, the printer is automatically set to online mode. Only in this mode can it receive data from the computer. Tear key 4 : Activates the tear function when fanfold paper is Online Trac1 loaded, see Form key 1 : Other menu settings.

Access may be disabled by the manufacturer see note below. It also dis- display plays the status during an operation e. Below you will find a list of messages with brief descriptions of each message. Page 49 The control panel User guide Message Meaning The user is requested to tear off paper Tear Paper off which has been advanced to the tear edge.

AED Error Page Paper Handling User guide Paper handling Paper handling This section describes how to load fanfold paper, transport paper and move the paper to the tear position.

Loading paper Your printer can process fanfold paper. For informations on allow- able paper formats, refer to the section Paper specifications page Page 53 Paper handling User guide Release the colored latch lever of the left- hand tractor and align the tractor so that the first printing position on the paper matches the X mark on the printer housing.

Lock the colored lever again. Place fanfold paper into the left-hand tractor. Page 54 User guide Paper handling Make sure to align the paper stack in parallel with the printer and that the paper flow is unob- structed. Lower the front cover. Switch the printer on. The active paper source Tractor1 appears in the display.

The display alternates between… and … Page Paper Transport Paper handling User guide Paper transport Loaded paper can be transported in the printer in several ways. Make sure that the printer is in offline mode; press the Online key, Offline Trac1 if necessary.

The tear edge is located at the front side of the paper output opening. If necessary, press the Online Trac1 Online key. Page Removing Paper Paper handling User guide Removing paper Never use force to remove the paper from the printer. Other- STOP wise the mechanical components may be damaged.

Make sure that the printer is in offline mode; press the Online key, if necessary. Press the Park 1 key. Page Se T T Ings User guide Settings Se t t ings This section describes how to set the tear position, the first printing line, the print head gap as well as the font and the character density.

Setting the print head The printer features automatic print head gap adjustment to the thickness of the paper used. Page Setting The Tear Position Settings User guide Setting the tear If the tear position of the paper is not aligned with the tear edge of the printer, you can adjust it.

Inserted paper needs to be torn off if position necessary and retracted to park position. Press the Setup key. You can use the density and font Font key to select resident fonts. Press the Setup key, then the Char 4 key. Page 62 User guide This page left intentionally blank.

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Programming via the control panel. Basic settings such as emulation, character size, form length etc. Page Menu Handling User guide The Menu Menu handling You can navigate in the current menu using the four function and se- lection keys arranged below the LC display field. Each function and parameter displayed in the LCD is executed or selected by the cor- responding key below, respectively. An acoustic signal German verifies this action.

Setup After saving your setting Set , the display in our example indicates the following text Page Menu Structure The Menu User guide Menu structure The menu structure of your printer may be slightly different from the example shown here, depending on the printer software.

Page Menu Parameters User guide The Menu Menu parameters The following section introduces and explains all the possible menu settings.

Press Setup key. Adjust Paperway Setup mode and Menu mode may be disabled. Hold Form Char Online Reset Press Reset 2 key. Reset Quietm. Reset Form1 Online Setup Press Font 2 key. The higher the pa- rameter the smaller the character spacing. Press Skip 3 key. When a printer understands the control set written for another printer type, it is said to emulate the other printer.

Press Emulate 3 key. See also Interfaces page Bidir Back Next Online Setup Serial interface Serial This parameter group only is valid, if an optional serial interface module is installed. Page Data Format Format The Menu User guide Data format Format This parameter serves to define the number of data bits, the parity check for received data bytes and the number of stop bits per data byte.

Press Format 3 key. Press Special 2 key. Press Remote 2 key. Press Protocol 3 key. Page Selecting Interface Interf. The Menu User guide Selecting interface Interf. Selects the interface. Printer is configured either for parallel, Ether- net or optional serial connection or in automatic change for the par- allel or the optional serial interface Shared. Press Interf.

Serial Interf. Gateway Press Gateway 3 key. Open the doors on the tractors and remove the paper or form through the slot in the base of the printer. Bring the new paper up through the slot in the base.

Note: Form does not extend above the top of the tractor doors. If your printer is a FormsPro se, and you wish to install paper in the other tractor paths, you may do so at this time. If your printer is a FormsPro se or FormsPro se, or if you do not wish to load other. You can position the other tractor paths for loading without closing the printer's case.

You may now install the paper in this tractor path. Close the case of the printer by lowering it until the lower front. Check the LCD display to make sure the correct form setup or the actual name of the form has been selected. After the paper is loaded, the LCD will display the form number or the actual name of the form if selected, and if a FormsPro se, the path. Paper installation is now complete. To unload the currently loaded paper or form, first tear off any forms that have been printed.

The tractors will move to the specified path if necessary and position the top of the selected form at the tear bar. When most print jobs complete, they will command the paper to be positioned at the top of the next form so that the printer is ready for the next job.

This is, however, dependent solely upon how the programmer chose to write your particular application software. If your software does position the paper at the top of the next form, the printer will automatically position the form at the tear bar as shown in the following picture.

If your print job has completed and the form is not positioned as shown above, take the printer off line by pressing the ONLINE button. This will automatically position the form at the tear bar and you may tear off the form as described next.

This will prevent the printer from pulling the paper down to start printing the next job while you are tearing off this one. Pull the paper toward the front of the printer and toward one side of the printer as shown. Welcome to ManualMachine. We have sent a verification link to to complete your registration. Log In Sign Up. Forgot password? Enter your email address and check your inbox. Please check your email for further instructions. Enter a new password. Printek se User Manual Download for 1.

Operate printer only on a firm, solid surface. Do not operate near a heat source. Models and Options The FormsPro se, se and the FormsPro se differ only in the number of tractor paths available, one path or three. Interface Set Up Depending upon which interface is being used to connect the printer to the host computer, some set up may or may not be required.

Pin Signal 1 Chassis ground. Parallel Interface This interface uses the standard 36 pin parallel connector as shown below. Wireless Ethernet Print Server This interface is intended for Ribbon Installation 1. Opening the Ribbon Loading Handle 2. Ribbon Support Brackets 2. Installing the Ribbon Cartridge 4. Finally, lower the ribbon-loading handle to its original position. Closing the Ribbon Load Handle 6. Close the ribbon lid on top of the printer.

Loading Paper Please refer to the appropriate section below for loading paper in the FormsPro se, se, or se. Opening Latch Panel. A properly installed form is shown below. FormsPro se Tri-Trak Model 1. To install forms in the other sets of tractors in the FormsPro se: 2. Printer Self-Test The printer performs many self-diagnostics each time power is turned on. Control Panel The FormsPro se series printers feature an intuitive, easy-to-use control panel that provides immediate access to the controls required by most operators.

When the printer is on line and printing, or ready to print, the display will show the currently selected tractor path and the form currently loaded in that path. Many internal diagnostics are performed each time the printer is turned on or reset, and some continue to monitor operation during printing. Other tones also alert operators of error conditions, such as paper out, and indicate when buttons are pressed.

It is also used for starting and stopping the test pattern while the printer is in the Barber Pole mode. Note: The printer must be offline before you can use any of the other buttons. If paper is already loaded, this button uses the currently selected form length to advance the paper to the top of the next form.

This allows you to change the paper easily. A paper out condition is displayed to indicate that the paper was unloaded successfully. The printer will attempt to unload up to 36 inches of paper. It is recommended that you not use this method to unload more than the current form. When no paper or form is currently loaded, this button selects one of ten preset form setups. In the FormsPro se, this may also select a different set of tractors to be used the next time you press the LOAD button.

The printer will not allow you to change the form during printing. If this happens, you should place the printer back on-line, allow the form to finish printing, and then place the printer off-line and select the desired new form. Note: The tractor shuttle should always be parked and secured whenever the printer is being transported.

ALIGN ih These buttons will access the horizontal and vertical print adjustment settings for the currently selected form. The arrows to the side of the number will indicate the direction the print will be moved. The arrow to the right of the number will indicate the direction the print will be moved.

SETUP This button is used to set up the various operating parameters of the printer for forms, interfaces, etc. This button is not used on a daily basis.

Select the Form to be Loaded 1.



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