Panasonic KX-P3626 User Manual

Panasonic

Operating Instructions

Impuct Dtx Matrix Printer

KX-P3626

FOR USE IN THE UNITED ST A TES ONL Y

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules, These limits are designed to provide

reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur

in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver

is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. The user may find the booklet “Something About Interference” available from FCC local

regional offices helpful.

FCC Warning: To assure continued FCC emission limit compliance, the user must use only the recommended shield interfacing cable when connecting to a host computer. Also, any unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipments would void the users authority to operate this device.

WARNING

• The power source voltage of this unit is listed on the nameplate. Plug the printer only

into an outlet with the proper voltage.

• To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this product to rain or any type of

moisture.

• When you operate this equipment, the outlet should be near the equipment and should

be easily accessible.

The serial number of the unit may be found on the label on the rear of the unit. For your convenience, note this number below, and retain this book, along with your proof of

purchase, to serve as a permanent record of your purchase in the event of a theft, or for future reference.

MODEL NO. KX-P3626 SERIAL NO.

IBM and IBM-PC are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Proprinter is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Epson is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation. Epson ESC/P2 is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.

NAME OF DEALER DATE OF PURCHASE

4 Introduction 4 Features

Chap. 1

Chap. 2

Chap. 3

Before You Start

Cautions 6

5 5

Operating Environment Precautions 9

Unpacking

7 Preparation

Parts of the Printer

Setup

Connecting to a Computer 19 Fanfold Paper

11 12 Ribbon Cassette

12 14

15 16 installing Paper 26

Installing the Ribbon Cassette Removing the Ribbon Cassette

Paper Feed Selection

Fanfold Paper

{Rear Feed/Push Tractor Mode)

25 Self Test

Printer Driver Selection

27 Installing a Printer Driver (Windows Ver. 3.1)

Using the Setup Disk

28 Initial Setup Mode 36

32 Running the Initial Setup Program 33 34 Print Settings 38 34 35

Exiting the Initial Setup Program 38

Display Setting List Setting Selections on Setup Disk

37 Load from Disk (Recall Settings)

(Bottom,Front Feed/Pull Tractor Mode)

Single Sheets and Envelopes

(Top Feed/Friction Mode)

Save to Disk

Send to Printer Resetting to Factory Setting Help

Chap. 4

Using the Control Panel

40 40 41 Super Quiet Mode 46 42

Selecting a Character Font 44 Selecting a Character Pitch 45

Line Feed/Form Feed [LF/FF] 47 Initial Setup Mode

Chap. 5 Software Commands

Command Reference Program (Using the Setup Disk)

Chap. 6

Maintenance & Troubleshooting

Periodic Maintenance/ 55

Troubleshooting 55

Appendix

57 Initialization/Hex Dump

Printer Specifications

58 60 Paper Specifications 70

61 Printing Area

Fanfold Paper/Single Sheet/ 73 Envelope 75

62 Interfacing

62 Parallel Interfacing

64 Character Set Tables

Top of Form Function (TOF SET) Tear Off [TEAR OFF]

Paper Parking [ LOAD/PARK ] Paper Out Detector

Periodic Maintenance Troubleshooting

Glossary Index Options and Supplies

Introduction

Congratulations on purchasing a Panasonic printer.

This printer is a versatile, high quality 24-pin dot matrix printer which is designed to meet the needs of your office. This printer has been factory set to operate with most of the popular software packages. Your application software should control the printer functions. In most cases, there will be no need to change the initial printer settings.

Features

Printer Emulation:

Setup Disk:

Super Quiet Mode:

Fonts:

Printing Speed:

Paper Handling:

Paper Paths:

Epson LQ-1170 and IBM Proprinter XL24E Setup program, Command Reference program and a

Printer Driver for Windows Ver, 3.1 Reduces printing noise

3 Draft (Pica, Elite, Micron) 7 Letter Quality (Courier, Bold PS, Prestige, Script,

Sans Serif, Roman, OCR-B) 1 Super Letter Quality (Roman) 6 Scalable Fonts (Courier, Bold PS, Prestige, Script,

Sans Serif, Roman) Draft — 300 characters per second (15 cpi)

LQ — 100 characters per second (15 cpi) SLQ — 40 characters per second (12 cpi)

Friction and Tractor (Push/Pull built-in) Rear, Bottom, Front, Top

Tear Off:

Paper Parking:

Cut Sheet Feeder Option

(KX-P38):

Serial Interface Option

(KX-PS13 and KX-PS14):

Copies: Original plus four non-carbon copies

Advances fanfold paper’s perforation to tear position

Allows single sheets/envelopes to be used without

removing/wasting fanfold paper Provides fast and automatic feeding of single sheets

You may select parallel or serial when the KX-PS14 serial interface board is installed

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Operating Environment

Do not use the printer in the following conditions.

A A A A A Extremely high or low

6^0 6^ humidity

A A^A'^A A (humidity range:

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20-80% RH)

Precautions

Thefollowing precautions are recommended to extend the life of the printer.

Keep all liquids away

from the printer — Accidental spillage

of a liquid into the printer can cause severe damage.

• Do not operate the printer without paper and a ribbon cassette

W installed.

Areas of high dust concentration

Areas of poor ventilation

[a minimum of 4" (10 cm) clearance on all sides is necessary to

insure proper ventilation]

Do not place books, paper, or other items

on top of the printer.

Do not obstruct the movement of the printhead while in operation.

Having unpacked the printer, make sure none of the contents shown below are missing or damaged. Report damages or shortages to the store from which the unit was purchased.

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• The Setup Disk contains a Printer Driver for Windows Ver. 3.1 (P.

27), a Setup program ( P. 28) and a Command Reference program ( P. 52).

• To use this Setup Disk, you need to

have an IBM-PC or a compatible computer with a 3.5'' floppy disk drive.

Quick start guide

Note:

• It is recommended that you save the original carton and packing materials for proper shipping and transporting of the printer.

Preparation

(a) Insert the platen knob into the hole on the right side of the printer and rotate it slowly until it slips onto

the shaft. Push the platen knob onto the platen shaft to secure.

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(b) O Fold forward the smoked plastic cover.

Protective paper

Smoked plastic cover

Tab

Carnage stopper band

(d) Remove the separator pad lifting the paper easel by holding the tab of it

Separator pad

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• Be sure to replace the carriage stopper band and the separator pad before transporting the printer

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e PITCH switch

Pressing this switch selects the characters per inch (cpi). (P. 40)

ON LINE switch

This switch opens and closes the communication line with the computer.

O TEAR OFF switch

Pressing this switch advances or reverses the paper for tearing off. { P. 44)

© LF/FF switch

Pressing this switch advances the paper one line at a time. Holding this switch advances the paper to the first print line of the next page. {P. 42)

LOAD/PARK switch

Pressing this switch loads or parks the paper. (P. 45)

O FONT indicators

These indicators identify which Font has been selected. (P. 40)

been selected. {eg* P. 40)

ON LINE indicator

This indicator is lit when the printer is in the ON

LINE mode, and is not lit when in the OFF LINE

mode.

® SUPER QUIET indicator

This indicator is lit when the printer is in the SUPER QUIET mode. (While pressing the ON LINE switch, press the [ TEAFVOFF] switch.) { ^ P. 41)

0 POWER/PAPER OUT indicator

This indicator is lit when the power is on and paper is installed. It blinks when paper is not installed. (P. 46)

Cover open sensor

When the cover is opened, the machine will beep and printing will stop. To resume printing

close cover and press [ ON LINE].

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Paper easel {i^ P. 18,23)

Rear supports (cs" P. 18)

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Paper easel hand

guide (eg* P. 18, 23)

Head gap lever

Adjusts the gap between the platen and the printhead. The lever moves in increments of

0.0028 inch (0.07 mm).

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Position

1 or 2

3, 4,5 or 6

Thinner sheets Thick sheets, multi-part

forms or envelopes

Used for

AC power cord

(C3= P. 11)

Nameplate

Serial No. label *

Paper separator ( eg* P.18)

Frame ground terminal (P. 11)

Centronics parallel interface connector {P. 11)

* For units sold in Canada, Serial No. is located

on the Nameplate.

Paper feed selector

Position Used for

Q (Friction)

[H] (Tractor)

Single sheets and envelopes

Fanfold paper (Front, bottom and rear feeding)

If the cable has a frame ground wire, connect it to the frame ground terminal.

Plug printer into a grounded 3 prong AC

socket.

When the power is supplied to the printer, the power indicator on the control panel will light.

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Installing the Ribbon Cassette

O Turn the power on.

The carriage will automatically move to the ribbon exchange area.

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! • The ribbon cassette can only be installed in ! this area.

O Fold forward the smoked plastic

cover.

O Raise the smoked plastic cover and

remove it.

0 Move the head gap lever to the (+)

position.

Note:

• Be careful not to drop the smoked plastic cover.

• The printhead may be hot, use caution when cover is open.

Lower the ribbon cassette onto the four ribbon posts (gold in color), insert the back portion of the ribbon into the printer first.

Arrows

Line up the 4 arrows on the ribbon cassette with the arrows on the left and right sides of the frame. Push 4 arrows

down until they click into place.

Note;

• Make sure that the ribbon cassette is perfectly placed in position.

O Grasp the top of the blue ribbon guide

with your thumb and forefinger,

remove the blue ribbon guide by lifting

from the ribbon cassette.

@ Slide the blue ribbon guide onto the

ribbon guide holder of the carriage and push the blue ribbon guide down.

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Note:

• If the ribbon does not insert easily between the printhead nose and the ribbon mask rotate the knob to reduce slack.

Top view

Ribbon

Ribbon mask

Blue ribbon guide

Printhead nose

Rotate the knob on the ribbon cassette counterclockwise to remove any slack.

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0 Replace the smoked plastic cover

O Adjust the head gap lever for the

thickness of paper you are using.

Position

1 or 2 Thinner sheets

3, 4, 5 or 6

Thick sheets, multi-part forms or envelopes

Used for

Removing the Ribbon Cassette

To remove the ribbon cassette, perform step 1-2 of “Installing the Ribbon

Cassette” at first. ( P.12)

Then reverse the installation procedure, (step 5 step 4 step 3 of “Installing the Ribbon Cassette”. (P. 12~13)

Caution:

• The printhead may be hot, use caution when cover is open.

• Do not lift up the flat cable located under the carriage when removing the ribbon cassette. It may break off.

This printer supports 4 paper paths (rear, bottom, front and top feeding). Rear, bottom and front feedings are for continuously fed" paper. Top feeding is for single sheets or envelopes.

The optional KX-P38 Cut Sheet Feeder will accommodate automatic feeding of up to 80 single sheets from the top paper path.

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Note:

• For optimum print quality, do not use reverse line feeding in bottom and front feeding. If reverse feeding is necessary in bottom and front feeding, set REVERSE LF/PULL in the INSTALL menu to ON by using the Setup Disk.

• Paper Parking is not available in bottom and front feeding.

• When using multipart fanfold paper especially in environments that have very high or low

temperature and/or humidity, we recommend the use of the bottom feed pull mode to optimize

paper handling and print quality.

Fanfold Paper: (Rear Feed/Push Tractor Mode)

O Turn the power on.

The PAPER OUT indicator will flash indicating that paper is not installed in the printer.

O Adjust the head gap lever for the

thickness of paper you are using.

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Position

1 or 2

3, 4, 5 or 6

Thinner sheets Thick sheets or multi-part

forms sheets

Used for

“ p ” (Tractor Mode).

O Fold forward the smoked plastic

cover.

Pinch both left and right tractor position shift levers and lower the tractor mechanism downward until the tractors fall into place, then release.

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0 Unlock the tractors by pulling the

tractor clamping ievers forward.

@ Siide the tractors to accommodate the

approximate width of the paper being

used.

In most applications, you will find that the “0” indicator on the tear bar is a useful tool for predeterrnining your left most print position.

O Slide the two paper supports between

the tractors at equal spaces.

Feed paper through opening between printer and the top cover.

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O Align the paper sprocket holes with

the tractor pins, making sure the

paper is straight.

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O Adjust the tractors to remove any

slack in the paper.

@ Lock the tractors by pushing the

tractor clamping levers back.

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Put the tractor pins in the center of the paper

sprocket holes when locking.

Press (LOAD/PARK).

Paper easel hand guide

Paper easel

This will load the paper to the first print line.

Note:

• Do not use (LF/FF) to load paper.

O Close the top cover.

0 Fold back the smoked plastic cover.

Extend the paper separator by first raising the paper easel by lifting the paper easel hand guide and then unfolding it.

Lower the paper easel by simultaneously depressing the rear supports.

Note:

• Be careful not to pinch your fingers.

• When in tractor mode please do not use paper guides to guide the paper path. In tractor mode the paper is guided by the tractor units themselves.

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press (ON LINE] to get ready to print.

Note:

• If setting up the printer for the first time, proceed to Printer Driver Selection.

(B^ P.26)

Fanfold Paper: (Bottom, Front Feed/Pull Tractor Mode)

O Turn the power on.

The PAPER OUT indicator will flash indicating

that paper is not installed in the printer.

@ Adjust the head gap lever for the

thickness of paper you are using.

Position

1 or 2 Thinner sheets

3, 4, 5 or 6

If ON LINE indicator is not lit,

Used for

Thick sheets or multi-part forms sheets

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0 Set the paper feed selector to

“ [Til ” (Tractor Mode).

O Fold forward the smoked plastic cover

and raise it.

0 Remove the smoked plastic cover.

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Remove the pull up roller unit by gently

rotating forward using the tab until you feel it release, then lift up.

Note:

• Do not misplace the pull up roller unit.

Pinch both left and right tractor position

shift levers, and lift the tractor

mechanism up then release the levers.

O Unlock the tractors by pulling the

tractor clamping levers forward.

O Slide the tractors to accommodate the

approximate width of the paper being used.

In most applications, you will find that the “0” indicator on the back of the cover is a useful tool

for predetermining your left most print position.

O Slide the two paper supports between

the tractors at equal spaces.

O Open the tractor covers.

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When Bottom Feeding: With the printer being supported by a

printer stand, or on a table that allows for bottom feed, push the paper up through the bottom opening until it appears in front of the platen.

When Front Feeding: Open the paper door and insert the paper

until it appears in front of the platen.

Note;

• When feeding fanfold paper or lables through the front paper door, paper types and condition, as well as temperature and humidity conditions may effect accurate line feeding and print quality may not be

optimum. For optimum output bottom feed is recommended.

Adjust the paper position by pulling it up as shown.

O Align the paper sprocket holes with

the tractor pins, making sure the paper Is straight.

@ Close the tractor covers.

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O Adjust the tractors to remove any

slack in the paper.

O Lock the tractors by pushing the

tractor clamping levers back.

Note:

• Put the tractor pins in the center of the paper sprocket holes when locking.

O Close the top cover.

& Replace the smoked plastic cover.

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If ON LINE indicator is not lit, press

[ON LINE) to get ready to print.

Note:

• If setting up the printer for the first time proceed to Printer Driver Selection.

( P. 26)

Note:

• In bottom and front feed, reverse feed functions will not feed paper correctly and the resulting printout may not be correct. If reverse feeding is necessary in bottom or front feed, set REVERSE LF/PULL in the INSTALL menu to ON by using the Setup Disk.

• When in tractor mode please do not use paper guides on the top cover to guide the paper. In tractor mode the paper is guided by the tractor units themselves.

Single Sheets and Envelopes: (Top Feed/Friction Mode)

O Turn the power on.

The PAPER OUT indicator will flash indicating that no paper is installed in the printer.

& Adjust the head gap lever for the

thickness of paper you are using.

Position Used for

1 or 2 Thinner sheets

3, 4, 5 or 6

€) Set the paper feed selector to

“ Q ” (Friction Mode).

Thick sheets or envelopes

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O Fold forward the smoked plastic

cover.

Q Raise the paper easel by lifting the

paper easel hand guide.

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Panasonic KX-P3626 User Manual

Table of Contents

Introduction

Features

ON LINE switch

O TEAR OFF switch

© LF/FF switch

LOAD/PARK switch

O FONT indicators

ON LINE indicator

® SUPER QUIET indicator

0 POWER/PAPER OUT indicator

Cover open sensor

Note:

Note:

O Close the top cover.

& Replace the smoked plastic cover.