The charact er pos it ion d ete ct ing s ign al (CP) i s to b e ma de by th e u ser
from the leading edges of the set signal and reset signal. This CP
corresponds to the character on the character belt. The standard signal (SD) i s a signal output onc e to the 75C P pulse, an d the signal t o
be made by the user utilizing the leading edge of the second CP from
the leading edge of thi s signal is the standard position si gnal (SP).
The reason w hy CP and SP are made using the raw signals output
from the detector is that the effect of chattering is taken into consideration.
The following will explain the basic operation.
3-4. Operation Sequence
The basic operati on is explained
(1) Initialization
In order to make sure that the hammer holder is at its home position,
i.e. the first column, print the space after power is turned on, and after
the carry / return, do one-line paper feeding and set the hammer
holder at its home position. This comple t es the initialization.
(2) 1-line printing operation
1) The printing operation is started by setting the motor driving signal
(MT) ON.
2) Prior to 1-line printing, detect the standard position signal (SP)
once and make the time from the leading edge of the character
position detection signal CP8 to the leading edge of CP9 to and
make it standard pulse width. (This to setting must be done at the
initialization and prior to the 1-line printing. to is utilized for error
detection.)
3) The character belt rotates until the de sired CP pulse is detected.
4) If the desired CP pulse is detected, power is supplied to the electromagnetic clutch unit, the character belt is stopped, and printing
operation / carry operation are done. In the meantime, the power to
the electromagnetic unit is cut off. (For the detail, see 1 .3.2.Printin g
/ Carry Mechanism.)
5) After completion of the printing / carry operation, the character belt
rotates again.
6) The operations 3) through 5) are repeated and 1-line printing is
completed.
7) After the most signif icant digit printing, the el ectromagne tic clutchsignal TM becomes OFF, and then between T3 and T4, paper
feeding / column return operation is done by turning the electromagnetic clutch ON again.
T3 = 80 to 200
m sec
T4 = (2.0 ~ 2.4) x Tcp
8) After paper feeding is started, it is completed when about 19CP is
counted.
9) The motor driving signal is turned OFF after 19CP counting after
the paper feed ing is starte d. In case SP is not found withi n 19CP
after the paper feeding is started, it is turned OFF after SP is
detected.
Fig. 5 Time Chart for 1-Line Printing (0.
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| * printing)
(3) Continuous printing operation
1) After the 1-line printing operation in (2), the motor driving signal
(MT) is not turned OFF and the operations 2) through 8) are continuously done for the necessary number of columns while the
motor is run.
2) After the most significant digit of the last line is printed, the operations 7), 8) and 9) in (2 ) are done and the motor is stopped.
(4) Paper feeding operation
For the paper feeding operation, 1-line printing of space may be done
in the same way as for t he printing operation sequence.
3-5. Troubleshooting dislocated print belt
Install the character belt on the drive pulley and driven pulley. When
installing the character belt, the f ollowing points must be considered.
1) If the driven pulley is removed and mismatched with the CC cam, it
should be aligned as follows.
2) The character belt should be positioned as follows.
Manually t urn the motor to the po sition where the SD p ulse ap-
pears.
089 21 0
Motor driving signal(MT)
Standard pisition
detection signal(SP)
Character position
detection signal(CP)
Electromagnetic
clutch signal(TM)
Carry gear operation
Paper reeding operation
Rack operation
Hammer operation
Carry operation
Fig. 4 Time Chart at Initialization
089 17 232528 0
16 22 24 27
19CP(mim)
T4
T3
t0
0. *
Motor driving signal(MT)
Standard pisition
detection signal(SP)
Character position
detection signal(CP)
Electromagnetic
clutch signal(TM)
Carry gear operation
Paper reeding operation
Rack operation
Hammer operation
Carry operation
Printing pattern through
the adove operation
Boss of
frame
Hole
Driven pulley
Frame hole
(Driven hole
inserting part)
CC cam