Paxar 9445 User Manual

Equipment Manual

TC9445EM Rev. D 7/95

Each product and program carries a respective written warranty, the only warranty on which the customer can rely. Monarch reserves the right to make changes in the product and the programs and their availability at any time and without notice. Although Monarch has made every effort to provide complete and accurate information in this manual, Monarch shall not be liable for any omissi ons or inaccur ac ies. Any update will be incorporated in a later edition of this manual.

WARNING

This equipment can interfere with radio communication if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual. It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to FCC Rules, Subpart B, Part 15, which provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in a commercial environment. Operation in a residential area is likely to cause interference which the user must correct at their own expense.

CANADIAN D.O.C. WARNING

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications.

Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites applicables aux appareils numériques de la classe A prescrites dans le Réglement sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicte par le ministère des Communications du Canada.

Preface

This manual contains information about the general setup and maintenance of the 9445 printer. Some of the features in this manual may not be available on your printer.

Other 9445 manuals include:

Preface

Operator’s Handbook

User’s Manual

Programmer’s Manual

Messages Manual

Explains how to enter data and print labels.

Explains how to create and enter formats. This manual also explains special setup functions for the printer.

Explains communications and message structures for sending formats and batch data online.

Lists error messages and operator responses.

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Table of Contents

1. Installing the Printer

2. Loading Supply

Non-Peel Mode............ .......................... .............. .....2-1

Peel Mode.................................................................2-8

Loading Fan-Fold Supply .................... ....................2-16

Adjusting the Supply Sensor...................................2-18

Adjusting the On Demand Sensor.............. ............. 2-20

3. Loading a Ribbon

Loading a Ribbon Roll............... .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .. .. 3-2

Loading a Ribbon Cassette............. .. .... .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .. 3-6

4. Adjusting the Display

5. Cleaning the Printhead and Platen Roller

Appendix A. Converting the Keyboard for T able Top Use

......................................................................A-1

.......................................................1-1

...............................................................2-1

............................................................ 3-1

....................................................4-1

Table of Contents

....................5-1

Appendix B. Troubleshooting

"Head Test Failure" Message....................................B-1

Start -Up and Pr inting................................................B-2

Start-Up and Printing (continued) .............................B-3

Cutting.......................................................................B-4

............................................B-1

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Appendix C. Specifications

Printer.......................................................................C-1

Supplies....................................................................C-2

...............................................C-1

1. Installing the Printer

Place the printer on a level surface.

To install the keyboard on top of the printer:

Remove the cord from the base of the keyboard.

Plug the cord from the keyboard into the socket.

Insert all of the cord ex ce pt a few co i l s back into the base. Secure the cord by sliding a coil into the slot in the base.

Place the keyboard in the recess on top of the printer as shown.

Installing the Printer

Keyboard

Recess

Socket

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CAUTION

If your 9445 printer has been in storage below room temperature, allow 10-12 hours for the printer to adjust to room temperature

before

turning the power on. Failure to

do this may damage the printer.

Turn the power switch off and insert the power cord into the socket. Plug the other end of the cord into a

grounded

115 VAC electrical outlet.

NOTE:

If you are going to use the printer online, also connect the RS-232 cable.

Socket

Power Cord

RS-232 Cable

On the initial startup, leave the printer on for 24 hours to charge the new backup batteries.

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2. Loading Supply

The printer prints both tags and labels. The supply may be wound with the printable side on either the inside or the outside.

This chapter explains how to load supply for

•

Non-Peel Mode Printing (labels are printed in one strip. This can be used with Continuous Printing.)

•

Peel Mode Printing (one label at a time while the backing paper rewinds inside the printer. This must be used with On Demand Printing.)

•

Fan-Fold Mode Printing (fan-fold supply is printed in one strip). Call Service if you would like to use fan-fold supply.

NOTE:

If your printer has a knife, follow the instructions under "Non-Peel Mode ." You c annot use On Demand printing with a knife. Also, if your printer has a knife, it does not have the take-up spool shown in the instructions for loading supply.

If you are going to use thermal direct supply (no ribbon) and your printer is equipped with a ribbon roll adapter, turn the thermal supply indicator to the right. (See "Loading a Ribbon Roll" in Chapter 3.)

Non-Peel Mode

This mode is for both tags and labels. The printer dispenses the desired amount of supply without separating the backing paper from the label. This mode is us ually us ed with continuous printing.

Open the front panel.

Loading Supplies

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Printhead Lever

Turn the printhead lev er to the left to release the printhead.

Hold down the lower supply guide and rewind the old

Lower Supply Guide

supply roll, if there is one.

Release the lower supply guide.

CAUTION

If you run out of supply while printing, pull the supply strip back through the printer.

DO NOT

pull it forward through

the printhead. Pulling it forward may cause jamming.

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Lock

2. Loading Suppl y

Push the lock to the right to unlock the outer supply holder and remove the outer supply holder from the supply shaft. Remove the old supply core, if there is one.

Supply Core

Supply Shaft

Outer Supply Holder

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Place the new supply roll on the supply shaft as shown.

NOTE: a. b.

If your supply has a 3-inch (76.2 mm) core: Remove the hub from the inner supply holder . Reverse the outer supply holder (so the smooth side

faces the supply).

Supply Shaft

Printable Side Inside

Fit the supply core onto the inner supply holder and hold it in place.

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Inner Supply Holder

2. Loading Suppl y

Turn the outer supply holder so the lock faces out. Align the supply holder tabs with the tracks on the shaft.

Push the supply holder onto the supply shaft, against the supply.

10.

Push the lock to the left to secure the outer supply holder.

Make sure the supply is free to unwind.

NOTE:

When the outer supply holder is reversed (for 3-inch core supply), push the lock to the right to secure the outer supply holder.

Supply Holder

Loading Supplies

Lock

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11.

Pull enough supply from the roll to reach the printhead.

12.

Hold down the lower supply guide.

13.

Feed the supply past the out-of-stock switch, between the upper and lower supply guides, and up past the printhead.

Upper Supply

Printhead

Lower Supply Guide

14.

Align the supply with the top edge of the upper guide and

Guide

Out-of-Stock Switch

Outer Supply Holder

Supply

slide it against the back wall (away from you). Continue threading the supply up to the printhead as shown.

sure the ribbon does not snag or wrinkle

Make

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2. Loading Suppl y

15.

To adjust for wide or narrow supply, turn the supply width adjustment knob to:

NARROW

•

WIDE

•

NOTE:

Printhead Lever

Supply Width Adjustment Knob

for supply

two inches in width or smaller

greater than two inches in width.

Be sure the adjustment knob snaps back into place after you turn it.

Loading Supplies

16.

Turn the printhead lev er to the right to lock the printhead.

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