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Aura Series
(PP-7000II /
PP-7000IIUSB)
Thermal Printer
Rev.: B0
IMPORTANT!!!!
Please read carefully before using this printer
Before opening the Top Hood, make sure there is no
paper jam or cutter jam trouble. (Read page 3-4,
3-5 and Warranty Limit in the user’s Manual.)
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Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction
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Table Of Contents GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -- 1 CONGRATULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -- 1 PRODUCT BRIEFING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -- 1 UNPACKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -- 2 OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -- 3 MAIN PARTS ON THE EXTERIOR . . . . . . . . . 1 -- 4 INDICATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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GENERAL CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 -- 1 PRINT HEAD CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -- 1 TROUBLE SHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 -- 2 General problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -- 2 Printing problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 -- 2 Paper jam problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -- 4 Auto cutter problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -- 4 Advanced analysis tool . . . . . . .
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I. GETTING STARTED A. CONGRATULATION You have made a very wise decision by purchasing the easy loading; low noise; high resolution; light weight; high reliability thermal printer Aura (PP-7000II & PP-7000IIUSB) series of Posiflex products. This series of printers has been elegantly designed for a Point-Of-Sale, kitchen & kiosk application. The manufacturer of this printer not only wishes to take this opportunity to congratulate your smart investment on buying this printer but also l
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The Aura PP-7000II & PP-7000IIUSB supports a guillotine type auto cutter for paper partial cut and a manual cut mechanism. The Aura series also supports user’s company’s LOGO downloading for superior performance. It even supports some enhancement capability for reminder function to persons around. It can be used to drive a separately purchased kitchen bell for such reminder function in noisy environment. This printer also supports application in different countries of various kinds of
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Length of the interface cable depends on whether the order includes the power adaptor. When power adaptor is included, the interface cable is 6 ft long for stand alone application. When the power adaptor is not included in the order, the interface cable is a shorter one for integrated application in Posiflex POS system.
One of the power sources: a Power adaptor + power cord (depend on country type ordered). b Power supply cable (when no power adaptor ordered) This printer power supp
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E. MAIN PARTS ON THE EXTERIOR Power LED Top Hood Error LED Top Cover Paper Out LED FEED Switch Cutter Cover Bottom Cover Power Switch Hood Release Front View Bottom View Setup Window Screws Window Plate Screw Power Switch 1 - 4
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Rear View of PP-7000II Rear View of PP-7000IIUSB USB Connector Frame Ground Serial Connector Frame Ground Peripheral Connector Parallel Connector Power Connector F. INDICATORS • Power LED: green • Error LED: red • Paper Out LED: red G. OPERATING ENVIRONMENT • Place the printer on a sturdy, level surface. • Choose a place that is well ventilated and free of excessive dust, smoke or fume. • Do not put the printer under direct sunlight or near a hea
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• Since the paper roll is highly thermal sensitive, please keep them in a dark place that is 20º and 65% RH when not installed in the printer. • Use a grounded AC power outlet. • Use only the power cord and power adaptor furnished with the printer. • Do not use a power outlet of a circuit shared with any equipment that causes great electrical noise, such as motors. • Do not use a power outlet of a circuit shared with any equipment that uses a lot of power, such as a copier or a coff
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• Use of volatile organic solvents such as alcohol, ester and ketone on thermal paper can cause discoloration. • Some adhesive tapes on thermal paper may cause discoloration or faded printing. • Use only products made from polyethylene, polypropylene or polyester for storage of thermal paper. If thermal paper touches anything includes phthalic acid ester plasticizer for a long time, the image formation ability may be reduced or the printed image may fade. • If thermal paper touches di
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II. QUICK START-UP A. LOADING PAPER 1. Desk top application 1. Slide the hood lock toward the front of the printer to release the hood. 2. Raise the released hood wide open manually. 3. Drop the thermal paper roll inside the printer in the orientation as shown in the picture. 4. Close the hood back leaving the tail of the paper roll coming out of the opening between the hood and the top cover. Tear off excessive paper. 2 - 1
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2. When to replace paper Whenever the printer gives paper out signal or a red line appears on the thermal paper, it is the proper timing for replacing the paper. Do not wait till the print engine is dragging the paper roll at the very end. Remove the leftover and replace a new paper roll as illustrated above to prevent excessive paper dust in the printer and consequently possibility for paper jam. B. CONNECTING CABLES PP-7000II PP-7000IIUSB 1. Serial connection All the exter
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please adjust in setup window the switch positions both 1, and 2 to ON leaving the rest unchanged as factory default setting. 3. USB connection The USB cable used to connect the USB interface printer PP-7000IIUSB to the USB port of a host has a type A USB connector at one end that is a more or less flat shape 4 pin connector and a type B USB connector at the other that is a more or less square shape connector. Insert the type B connector to the USB connector at rear bottom of the print
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Follow the wizard and browse to the folder that holds the driver and specify this location for the wizard. Keep on following the wizard and it will come to a “Finish”. The process in “Add/New Hardware Wizard” for Win98 is also very similar to what shown here for Win2000/XP. There are however some differences after this. For Win98 the left picture below will show up for a while and the USB serial converter driver will be installed automatically in the background.
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Follow the wizard and browse to the folder that holds the driver and specify this location for the wizard again. The process for this stage USB serial port converter driver installation is quite similar to the last stage for the USB printer device driver. After “Finish” in the right picture above for Win2000/XP or “New Hardware Found” message disappear in Win98, a serial 2 - 5
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port assignment setup will be required to use the USB printer as if a normal serial printer. The procedures described below may also be engaged any time whenever a re-assignment of the COM port number is required. Select “Start”, “Settings”, “System”, “Hardware”, “Device Manager” consecutively in the Windows screen and explode the item “Ports (COM & LPT)” to find the “Posiflex PP-7000IIUSB Thermal Printer” designated to a COM port number as in one of the pictures below. C
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the Posiflex USB interface thermal printer will operate the same way as if a RS232 serial printer connected on the COM port specified. Please note that it is allowed to apply more than one Posiflex USB printer in one setup because each Posiflex USB printer may carry different internal ID. The only point to watch is that you must assign each USB printer with a different virtual COM port number. Similarly in case one Posiflex USB printer is to be replaced by another within field app
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5. Power connection The power connector is a 3 pin jack between the peripheral connector and the parallel connector for PP-7000II and is at the rightmost for PP-7000IIUSB. Either a Posiflex supplied power adaptor or a printer power cable from a Posiflex POS system can be connected to this connector to supply power for this printer. During insertion of the power plug, be sure to hear the click to obtain a firm contact. CAUTION: Before doing the insertion or extraction of the power plug
