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EasyCoder 401/501/601

Label-Taken Sensor Kit

P/N 1-960350-06
Edition 5
September 1998

Installation Instructions

EasyCoder 401/501/601 – Installation Instructions

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This booklet contains instructions on how to install the Label­Taken Sensor Kit (LTS) on EasyCoder 401, EasyCoder 401
Linerless, EasyCoder 501, and EasyCoder 601 printers. Installa­tion should preferably be performed by an authorized service
technician.

For information on how to use the label-taken sensor, please refer
to the Technical Manual for EasyCoder 401, EasyCoder 401
Linerless, EasyCoder 501, or EasyCoder 601 respectively.

The Label-Taken Sensor Kit consists of:

• One Reflecting Sensor assy. with cable and connector

• One Sensor Bracket

• One Screw

• This Installation Instructions booklet
The only tools needed are #T10 and #T20 Torx screwdrivers and a

small non-conductive flat-tipped screwdriver.

❑ Make a simple Fingerprint program that checks the status of the

LTS, e.g.:

10 BREAK 1,88
20 BREAK 1 ON
30 FORMFEED
40 IF (PRSTAT AND 2) THEN BEEP
50 GOT0 40
60 END
RUN

You can break this program by transmitting the character X
(ASCII 88) decimal on the standard serial interface "uart1:".

LABEL-TAKEN SENSOR KIT

General Information

Information in this manual is subject to change without prior notice and does
not represent a commitment on the part of Intermec Printer AB.

© Copyright Intermec PTC AB, 1998. All rights reserved. Published in Sweden.
EasyCoder and Fingerprint are registered trademarks of Intermec Technolo-

gies Corp.
Torx is a registered trademark of Camcar Division of Textron Inc.

Preparation Before
Installation

Note:
Illustrations show an EasyCoder 501.
The principles for fitting this optional
equipment in an EasyCoder 401,
EasyCoder 401 Linerless, or Easy­Coder 601 printer are similar.

The label-taken sensor excludes the
fitting of a paper cutter and vice versa.

EasyCoder 401/501/601
Label-Taken Sensor Kit
Installation Instructions
Edition 5, September 1998
Part No. 1-960350-06

EasyCoder 401/501/601 – Installation Instructions

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❑ Turn off the power. For double security, pull the power cord out

of the mains receptacle at the rear plate of the printer.

❑ Open the right-hand door.
❑ Open the front hatch.
❑ Using a #T10 Torx screwdriver, remove the six or eight screws

that hold the left-hand cover (see illustration).

❑ Remove the cover.
❑ Press the reflecting sensor assembly into the bracket as illustrated

below.

LABEL-TAKEN SENSOR KIT, cont'd.

Step-by-Step Installation
Instructions

Continued!

Screws

Screws

Sensor Assy.

Bracket

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❑ Using the screw included in the kit, fit the sensor/bracket

assembly to the inner wall of the printer unit as shown by the two
illustrations below. Fit the cable underneath the top part of the
bracket, as illustrated in the second picture.

LABEL-TAKEN SENSOR KIT, cont'd.

Step-by-Step Installation
Instructions, cont'd.

Continued!

Screw

LTS assy.

Fit LTS here

Cable held by bracket

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Step-by-Step Installation
Instructions, cont'd.

LABEL-TAKEN SENSOR KIT, cont'd.

❑ Slip the cable of the label-taken sensor through the hole in the

centre-line wall of the printer into the electronics compartment.

❑ Connect the cable to P-606 on the CPU board, see below. In case

of an EasyCoder 401 Linerless printer, first remove the cable to
the cutter interface connector already fitted on P-606. Be careful
so the cables do not interfere with any moving parts.

❑ Check that a strap is fitted on both pins of P-607

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.

❑ Insert the power cord and turn on the power.
❑ Adjust the sensitivity of the label-taken sensor by means of the

potentiometer WR-602 on the CPU board:

• Start up Fingerprint and run the program described on page 1.

Leave the label in the outfeed slot to create a label-not-taken
condition.

• The printer should start to beep continuously. If not, turn the

potentiometer back and forth until the beeping starts.

• Adjust the potentiometer so the beeping does not stop when

the screw is turned a quarter of a turn in either direction.

• Remove the label. The beeping should cease immediately.

• If necessary, readjust the potentiometer

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.

• Break the program by typing X on the host.

❑ When the label-taken sensor works properly, put back the left-

hand cover and close the front hatch and right-hand door. Then
the printer is ready for operation.

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/. In EasyCoder 401 Linerless printers,
the strap is usually fitted on just one of
the pins of P-607. Move the strap so
both pins become interconnected.

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/. If adjustment by means of the potentio­meter is not sufficient, a strap on P-607
on the CPU board allows the intensity
of the LTS light-emitter to be changed:
Strap fitted: High intensity (default)
No strap: Low intensity

CAUTION!

High Voltage

The LTS must be adjusted with the
power on. To avoid the risk of electrical
shock or short-circuits, use non­conductive tools only. Keep your
fingers away from the area behind the
CPU board, where the mains inlet and
switch are situated.

POWER ON

040700.10040700.10

FLASHEPROM

232
CL
422

LTS

+-

WR-602

P-606

P-607

CPU-board

Label-taken sensor

adjustment

Strap

Connect

here!