Oki MICROLINE MX, MICROLINE MX1200 Quick Setup Manual

Quick Setup Guide

MICROLINE MX Series

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This Quick Setup Guide contains a CD-ROM with the following materials:

• The User’s Manual

• Programmer’s Reference Manuals

• Useful utility programs

The CD-ROM is in a plastic pocket in the back cover.

Save this guide. If you move or pack the printer in the future, you will need to reverse the instructions in this guide.

NOTICE

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Table of Contents

Basic Installation Procedures................... 7

Printer Component Locations...............................................8

Remove Packing Materials...................................................9

Adjust The Paper Supports ................................................14

Release The Paper Chains – Cabinet Model .....................15

Remove Tags – Cabinet Model..........................................16

Remove The Shipping Restraints From

The Power Paper Stacker (If Equipped).............................17

Attach The Control Panel Overlay......................................20

Connect The Interface And Power Cables .........................21

Cabinet Model ...............................................................21

Interface Connections (Cabinet And Pedestal) .............23

Pedestal Model .............................................................24

Install The Ribbon And Paper ............................................25

Load The Ribbon...........................................................25

Load The Paper (Standard Configuration) ....................28

Set The Top-Of-Form .........................................................35

Adjust The Passive Paper Stacker – Cabinet Model..........38

Power Paper Stacker Option..............................................39

Power Paper Stacker Component Locations ................39

Setting Up The Power Paper Stacker ...........................40

Loading And Starting The Power Paper Stacker ..........43

Checking The Paper Feed – Cabinet Model ......................45

Attach The Input Paper Shelf And Output Basket –

Pedestal Model...................................................................46

Quick Access – Pedestal Model.........................................48

Checking The Paper Feed – Pedestal Model.....................50

The Control Panel ..............................................................51

Printer Self-Test .................................................................52

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Table of Contents

Quick Setup Menu..............................................................52

Print A Test Page ...............................................................57

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Basic Installation

Procedures

This Quick Setup Guide provides general information for setting up and testing your printer. For detailed information, refer to your User’s Manual which is on the CD-ROM attached to the back cover of this guide.

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Printer Component Locations

Familiarize yourself with the names and locations of the printer components, shown in Figure 1, before continuing with the rest of the installation procedures.

Figure 1. Printer Component Locations

Ribbon Spool

Ribbon Hub

Blue Tractor Lock (2)

Paper Support

Tractor (2)

Vertical Position Knob

Platen Lever

Ribbon Guide (2)

Ribbon

Splined Shaft

Platen Stop

Barcode

Hammer Bank Cover and Ribbon Mask

Date Code Label

Barcode Sensor

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Remove Packing Materials

CAUTION

To avoid shipping damage, reinstall the shipping restraints whenever you move or ship the printer.

Save the cardboard packing, foam blocks, and bubble wrap along with the other packing materials in case you need to move the printer. If it is necessary to move the printer, reinstall the shipping restraints, reversing the steps in this section.

Figure 2. Removing the Protective Film

1. Peel the tape off carefully and lift the protective film off the control panel message display.

Protective Film

Control Panel Message Display

Remove Packing Materials

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Remove Packing Materials

Figure 3. Removing the Sample Configuration Printout

2. Open the blue tractor doors.

3. Move the tractor locks to the middle position to unlock them.

4. Raise the platen lever to the fully open (raised) position.

5. Remove the envelope containing the sample configuration printout.

6. Store the envelope in the pouch attached to the left interior side of the cabinet.

7. Remove the cardboard packing.

Envelope

Platen Lever

Blue Tractor Door (2)

Blue Tractor Lock (2)

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Figure 4. Removing the Hammer Bank Protective Foam

8. Remove the hammer bank protective foam between the ribbon mask and the platen.

Hammer Bank Protective Foam

Remove Packing Materials

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Remove Packing Materials

Figure 5. Removing the Platen Protective Foam

9. Rotate the platen protective foam toward the front of the printer and out from under the support shaft.

10. Remove the platen protective foam.

Platen Protective Foam

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Figure 6. Removing the Six Wooden Blocks

11. Remove the six wooden blocks.

Wooden Block (6)

Wooden Block

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Adjust The Paper Supports

Figure 7. Adjusting Paper Supports

Squeeze the paper support tabs and slide the blue paper supports inward until each one is approximately four inches from its corresponding blue tractor door.

Blue Paper Support (2)

Blue Tractor Door (2)

Paper Support Tab (2)

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Release The Paper Chains – Cabinet Model

NOTE: Steps 1– 3 in this section are for the passive stacker. If you

have the power paper stacker installed, skip this procedure and go to “Remove The Shipping Restraints From The Power Paper Stacker (If Equipped)” on page 17.

Figure 8. Releasing the Paper Stacking Chains

1. Open the cabinet rear door.

2. Cut the tie wraps and release the paper stacking chains from the bags at the top rear of the printer frame. Remove the tie wraps and bags.

3. Make sure each chain hangs freely with no kinks or knots.

Tie Wrap (2)

Paper Chain (8)

Bag (2)

Release The Paper Chains – Cabinet Model

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Remove Tags – Cabinet Model

NOTE: If you have the power paper stacker installed, skip this

procedure and go to “Remove The Shipping Restraints From The Power Paper Stacker (If Equipped)” on page 17.

Figure 9. Removing Tags from the Cabinet Models

1. Remove the tie wrap attached to the passive stacker paper fence. The tie wrap is marked with a large, red tag.

2. Close the cabinet rear door.

Passive Stacker Paper Fence (if equipped)

Tie Wrap

Red Tag

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Remove The Shipping Restraints From The Power Paper Stacker (If Equipped)

This section applies only to printers with the power stacker installed.

Special packaging protects the power stacker mechanisms from damage during shipment. This section describes how to remove the shipping restraints before you operate the printer.

Save the packaging materials. You will need to reinstall them if you decide to move or ship the printer. To reinstall the packaging materials, reverse the steps in this section.

IMPORTANT

To avoid shipping damage, install the shipping restraints whenever you move or ship the printer.

Remove The Shipping Restraints From The Power Paper Stacker (If Equipped)

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Remove The Shipping Restraints From The Power Paper Stacker (If Equipped)

Figure 10. Removing the Shipping Restraints

1. Open the rear door panel.

2. Remove the five tie wraps.

3. Raise the power paper stacker frame to its highest position by pulling up on the elevator lift handle.

4. Remove the plastic bags from the paper chains.

Tie Wrap (5)

Plastic Bag (3)

Elevator Lift Handle

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Figure 11. Replacing the Paper Tent

5. Remove the tape holding the paper tent.

6. Place the paper tent onto the pull-out drawer.

Paper Tent

Tape

Remove The Shipping Restraints From The Power Paper Stacker (If Equipped)

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Attach The Control Panel Overlay

Figure 12. Attaching Control Panel Overlay

1. Choose the overlay label in the appropriate language.

2. Open the printer cover.

3. Peel the protective backing off the overlay and the blue tape from the window.

4. Press the overlay into place.

Overlay Label

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Cabinet Model

Connect The Interface And Power Cables

Cabinet Model

Interface Connections

Figure 13. Routing the I/O Cable and AC Power Cable

1. Make sure the printer power switch is set to O (Off).

2. Open rear cabinet door and locate the cable routing notch in the lower left corner of the back of the cabinet.

Cable-Routing Notches

I/O Connectors

Power Switch

AC Power Connection

I/O Cover

Upper and

Lower

Standoffs

Connect The Interface And Power Cables

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Connect The Interface And Power Cables

Figure 14. Routing the I/O Cable

3. Hold the I/O cable below its connector and gently push the cable through the opening in the grommet seated in the notch.

4. Pull the cable up through the notch until it reaches the I/O plate. Attach the cable connector to the desired printer interface connector as shown on page 23. (Interface connections are shown on page 23.)

5. Secure the cable to the printer using the upper and lower standoffs.

6. Guide the power cable up through the hole in the lower right back corner of the cabinet (see Figure 13). Thread the power cable inside the bracket where the gas spring is attached.

7. Plug the power cord into the printer AC power connector, then into the AC power outlet.

IMPORTANT

Printer power should be supplied from a separate AC circuit protected at 10 amperes for 100 - 120 volts or 5 amperes for 200 - 240 volts at 50 or 60 Hertz.

8. Turn the printer on.

9. Continue on page 25.

I/O Cable

Grommet

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Interface Connections (Cabinet And Pedestal)

Figure 15. Cabinet Model Interface Connections

1. Remove the cover from the I/O connector you have selected.

2. Attach the I/O cable connector to the printer interface connector.

RS-422 (if installed)

Diagnostic

Ethernet option (if installed) or Coax/Twinax (if installed)

9 Pin STD Serial RS-232

Centronics Parallel

9 Pin to 25 Pin STD Serial Adapter

Network 10/100 Base-T

Coax/Twinax

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Connect The Interface And Power Cables

Pedestal Model

Figure 16. Attaching the AC Power Cable

1. Make sure the printer power switch is set to O (Off).

2. Remove the cover from the I/O connector you have selected.

3. Attach the I/O cable connector to the printer interface connector (page 23).

4. Plug the power cord into the printer AC power connector, then into the AC power outlet.

IMPORTANT

Printer power should be supplied from a separate AC circuit protected at 10 amperes for 100 - 120 volts or 5 amperes for 200 - 240 volts at 50 or 60 Hertz.

5. Turn the printer on.

6. Continue on page 25.

Power Switch

AC Power Connector

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