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PROdot 350
User’s Manual
Addendum
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Contents Introduction ............................................................4 Declaration of Conformity .......................................................................... 4 Trademark Acknowledgement ................................................................... 4 Important Safety Instructions ..................................................................... 4 Chapter 1.................................................................7 Overview of Additional Features .......
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Chapter 5...............................................................20 The Control Panel .................................................................................... 20 Using The Printer Control Panel ..............................................................20 Basic Control Panel Operations ............................................................... 20 Default Configuration Report ................................................................... 21 Chapter 6...............
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Introduction Declaration of Conformity We, Citizen Systems Europe GmbH 337 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 5PR, United Kingdom and Mettinger Strasse 11 D-73728 Esslingen, Germany declare under sole responsibility that the product of type Dot Matrix Printer, model number NN20-M01 and trade name of Prodot 350, to which this declaration relates is in conformity with the following standards: Safety EN60950 / 1992 EMC EN55022 / 1998, EN61000-3-3/1995, EN55024/1998 following the provisions of EMC (89
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to protect it from overheating, do not block or cover these openings. The openings should never be blocked by placing the product on a bed, sofa, rug or other similar surface. This product should never be placed near or over a radiator or heat register. This product should not be placed in a built-in installation unless proper ventilation is provided. 7. This product should be operated from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. If you are not sure of the type of power avail
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operating instructions since improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the product to normal operation. e. If the product has been dropped or the cabinet has been damaged. f. If the product exhibits a distinct change in performance, indicating a need for service. 14. This plug is not waterproof - keep it dry 15. The power cord is already fitted with a moulded plug incorporating a fuse, the value of which
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Chapter 1 Overview of Additional Features Thank you for purchasing this Citizen Prodot 350 printer. This user manual addendum should be used in conjunction with the Prodot 300 user manual also supplied with this printer to provide a full list of the features and functions within this printer. Automatic Media Thickness Selection The integral sensors within the printer’s printhead mechanism detect the thickness of the media being used and adjust the printhead height to the correct level for print
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Chapter 2 Installation Unpacking Check each of the items against the following packing list. If any of these items are missing, please contact the dealer from whom you purchased the printer. A Printer Driver Disk B User Manuals (including this one) C Ribbon cassette D Printer E Power Cord Hold the bottom of printer in the box, and then care fully lift it up. As you unpack, save all the original packing materials. They are specially de- signed to protect the printer and will make re-packing easy
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Before Using Your New Printer Before using your new printer, please remove the five shipping pads from the printer. Open the top cover and remove the five shipping pads as shown below: Printer Location Before placing the printer in your chosen location, consider the following guide lines: This printer should be placed on a normal table or desk. Be sure that the surface is level, to avoid an uneven load on the carriage as it operates. Do not install the printer where it may be subjected to: Ext
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Parts Identification A Top Cover B Control Panel C Parallel Interface D Serial Interface E Front Rollers F Ribbon Cassette Cartridge G Printhead H Left Adjustable Media Guide I Front Table For Media J Paper Feed Knob K Gap Sensing Pressure Adjustment Switch - 10 -
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A Tractors (to accept continuous, sprocket fed paper) B Power Supply Inlet (to be connected to the mains supply) C Power Switch D Paper Select Lever Inserting And Replacing The Ribbon Cassette 1. Turn on the printer power switch and then set the printer off-line by pressing the on-line key. 2. Open the top cover and then pull the front roller unit by gripping the centre area of the unit by your forefingers until you hear a click. Then lift it - 11 -
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up until the unit is positioned on the top of printer as shown above. 3. If necessary, centre the print head by hand 4. Hold the ribbon cartridge with the knob facing upwards and turn the ribbon knob in the direction shown by the arrow to take up any slack in the ribbon. 5. To install the ribbon cartridge, hold it with both hands, with the ribbon facing down as shown in the figure. 6. When you look at the print head you will find a small piece of black plastic on the thin metal sheet of the ribb
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Chapter 3 Loading Media In To The Printer Paper Thickness Adjustment By default, the Prodot 350 printer will detect the thickness of media being used on the first line of each page. You can override the default settings using the control panel and the printer’s configuration settings. Details of the method of adjusting the configuration settings can be found in Chapter 5 of this manual and in the Prodot 300 manual. Loading Single Cut Sheets Turn the printer on. Then press the PARK/LOAD key to s
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Insert the paper as shown in the figure. The printer will automati- cally pull the paper in to the printer and correct any skewed paper to ensure it is perfectly straight. You can disable the skew correc- tion function using the control panel configuration as described in Chapter 5. Using Tractor Paper This printer feeds tractor paper from the rear of the printer to the front. Set the power cord into the groove at the back of the lower case of printer to avoid it fouling the paper path. To load
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Release the lock lever of left tractor and move the tractor to the left edge of the tractor paper. Fasten the lock lever to lock the tractor in position. Open the tractor paper guide and place the paper on the sprocket pins as shown. If you are using pre-printed paper or labels, install them with the printed or labelled side facing upwards Release the lock lever of the right tractor and open the tractor paper guide. Place the paper on the sprocket pins, then close the paper guide. Slide the rig
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Adjusting the Sensor Gap Detector The gap sensor adjustment switch is located behind the ribbon cartridge and mounted directly on the printhead carriage assembly. There are two positions for the sensor gap detector. Using the correct position will ensure better paper feeding and also avoid marks on the carbon copy pages of multi-copy media. Set the switch in the UPPER position for single sheet fanfold paper, cut sheet and passbooks. Set the switch in the LOWER position for multi-copy fanfold pa
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Using Passbooks Turn the printer on. Then press the PARK/LOAD key to set the paper select lever at the cut-sheet position as shown in the figure below. Note: You should NOT change this setting manually. Always use the control panel key. Position the left hand guide in the correct location for the size of paper being used. Before inserting the passbook in to the printer, flatten it as shown in the figure below. If the binding stitch area is projecting outward when the passbook is opened, flatten
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Inserting a Passbook Insert a passbook as shown below: The passbook is fed automatically in to the printer. If the automatic skew correction feature is enable (which it is by default) the passbook will be straightened if it is not inserted correctly. Automatically Adjusting Print Start Position When the “Skew Detection” feature is set to the “Adjust” mode, the printer will automatically detect the left edge of the media and adjust the print start position accordingly. Ensure that the passbook o
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Chapter 4 Printing from your software Setting Up Your Printer To Work With Your Software The printer supports two standards of printed output, or emulations, these are: Epson LQ 570 IBM Proprinter X24e The printer that you have purchased is clever in that it can automatically detect if your software is set to any one of these and switch into it, we call this Auto Set Level 1. Therefore, within your software, select the driver for this printer from the following list: Citizen PROdot 350 Citizen P
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Chapter 5 The Control Panel Using The Printer Control Panel The Printer’s control panel consists of 4 keys and 3 indicator LEDs as shown in the diagram to the left. The control panel of the Prodot 350 is exactly the same as the standard Prodot 300, with the exception of the addition legend to remind you how to activate the ribbon install routine as described in Chapter 2. All details given in the Prodot 300 manual are applicable to the Prodot 350. This manual simply describes the additional feat
