Printrex C930 Bulldog User Manual

USER GUIDE

Color Printer/Plotter for Well Logging

Model C930 Bulldog

Publication #1028-0094

Introduction

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Power and Data
Connections

The power cable, USB cable and ethernet cable are included in the shipping carton
with the printer. Locations of the connectors on the printer are shown in Figure 1.

Rear Panel with Cover Removed Rear Panel with Cover Installed

IP Address
Most Significant Digit
Rotary BCD Switch

Power Up

Ethernet Connector

USB Connector

IP Subnet Address Pushbutton SwitchIP Subnet Address Status LED

Figure 1. Rear panel connections and IP address switches

The C930 contains a personal computer running Windows CE so on power up, it
goes through a “boot” cycle like any personal computer.

ont panel indicators ar

All fr
indicators will cycle once and then the READY light will be lit if paper and ribbons

e properly loaded and no errors exist. Any print jobs in the printer are deleted on

ar
power up initialization.

e initially tur

ned on. Near the end of the boot cycle, the

IP Address
Least Significant Digit
Rotary BCD Switch

AC Power Input

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Install Paper
Output Stacker

See Figure 2.

ift flapper bar.

1. L

Figure 2. Mount Paper Basket

2. Tilt basket and hook into front

panel slots.
Let basket rotate down and rest
against the front panel.

Setting the IP
Address

Install Printer
Driver

The IP address is set at the factory to 192.168.168.54. The subnet mask is set to

255.255.255.0, and the Default Gateway is set to 192.168.1.1. These can be reset
with the procedures below.

The C930 IP address and subnet mask are set using a bank of 12 rotary switches
grouped in four sets of three each on the back of the printer. See Figure 1. The port
number is set at 90.

Configuring the Subnet mask and Default Gateway must be done over a network
using an HTTP browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.) The printer should be con­nected to a subnet local to the host machine being used, and have its IP set so that
it is different from the host IP only in the last number.

Configure the Subnet mask by browsing to <printer IP>/webconfig. For example,
with the above default settings and a host IP set to 192.168.168.53, browse to:
http://192.168.168.54/webconfig. This page contains the Subnet mask value, and
the Default Gateway value. Both may be set from this page.

The switches, Subnet mask and Default Gateway are set only on power up. All num­bers are in decimal.

Refer to the README.txt file on the driver disk.

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Load Paper and
Ribbons

It is required to have power on and the printer initialized when loading paper or
changing ribbons as the printer adjusts the ribbon drive settings when the printer is

losed.

c

ee Figures 3, 4, 5 & 6. The C930 requires paper with registration marks on the

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back (non printing) side. Printrex part number 2316-0017.

A low ribbon condition (less than 200 feet) is indicated by flashing the front panel
Ribbon indicator. This is not treated as an error and operation continues.

1. Open latches.

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2. Lift handle with

both hands until
door clicks in up
position.

Figure 3. Open printer

1. Pull out ribbon cartridge with

printer OPEN. Use handles to
start pull, then grasp cartridge at
both ends to finish removal.

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2. Load ribbon cartridge by first

resting cartridge ears on chassis
supports.

3. Tilt ribbon cartridge up and slide

into printer using handles.

4. See PRINTER CLOSE

instructions.

Figure 4. Ribbons removed and installed

1. Start with printer OPEN.

2. Fold top sheet over rear box edge.

Position box with black marks
nearest to the printer as shown.

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Figure 5. Paper loading

3. Slide paper box

into printer.

ead paper into output basket.

5. Thr

6. Next CLOSE printer

4. Grasp top sheet

and pull it forward
over the rubber
rollers.

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1. Printer should be turned on and show “OPEN” light on

and “ERROR” light flashing.

2. Lower handle slowly. Paper will

advance while closing door.

3. Close latches.

4. Prepare for printing by pressing either “FFED/RESUME” button or “CANCEL” button. — If a plot

didn’t finish, then that plot can be reprinted from the begining by pressing “FEED/RESUME” or
can be cleared by pressing “CANCEL”.

Paper Feed–
Front Panel

Figure 6. Close printer

The front panel contains two switches (Feed/Resume and Cancel) and five LED indi­cators ( Ready

Pressing the Feed/Resume button when the printer is ready but is not printing will
advance paper until the button is r

See the section on Error Handling for more information on the switches and indica­tors.

, Error, Paper, Ribbon and Open).

eleased.

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Figure 7. Front Control Panel

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Self Test

Printer
Calibration

Operation

Self test is initiated by pressing and holding the Cancel switch and then pressing the
Feed/Resume switch. The switches may be released after the self test begins. The
test printout contains various printer status and configuration information.

Printer calibration is accomplished through the Color Registration Adjustment tab in
the Printer Driver.

The C930 can be set to print at 1.5 inches/second or 3 inches/second through the
print driver. Printing will begin if the printer is ready and a print job is sent through
either the ethernet or USB interface. It can spool up to 250 print jobs but will inhibit
receipt of a new job if memory space is less than required to hold a 300 foot plot. If
the job is lar
The partial job will be printed after which the printer will indicate an error

Sequential print jobs with the same print speed will begin at the next top of form. If
print speed is changed, the first job will be completed before the second is started.

If a job is completed without another job in the queue, the paper will advance to per
mit tear off at the TOF perforation. This enhances stacking capability because the
TOF is positioned to match the “natural” fold of the stack.

ger than available memory space, it will be received until memory is full.

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Error Handling

Error Recovery

If an error occurs, the printer will stop, the Ready indicator will go dark and the Error
indicator will flash the appropriate error code. If the error was caused by Paper,

ibbon or Open, the associated indicator will also be lit.

R

he Error Codes are two digit numbers represented by a long flash(es) (tens digit)

T
and a short flash(es) (ones digit).

Paper Empty 11
Printer Open 12
Top of Form Error 45
Head Error 46
PCI Error 47
Ribbon Error 48
System Err
Starvation 51
Forced Abort 52

If the printer is opened to correct a problem, the Paper and Ribbon indicators will
turn off and the Open indicator will be lit. After the problem is corrected and the
printer is closed, the Open indicator will go dark and the Error indicator will be lit.

Pressing the Feed/Resume switch causes the printer to recheck for error conditions,
set the ribbon drive parameters and resume printing any unfinished jobs including
the interrupted job which is restarted from the beginning.

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Abort Printing

Pressing the cancel switch causes the printer to delete the job that was interrupted
and continue printing as described in the paragraph above.

Pressing the Cancel button during printing will stop printing immediately and an error
is indicated.

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