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USER MANUAL
SEIKO Precision
FB – 380
Dot-Matrix Flatbed Printer
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Important Safety Instructions 1. Read all of these instructions carefully and thoroughly and save them for later reference. 2. Follow all warnings and instructions in the manual as well as marked on the product. 3. Unplug this product from the power outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. 4. Do not use this product near water. 5. Do not place this product on an unstable cart, stand or table. The product may fall, causing serious d
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview..............................................................................................................1 Features ................................................................................................................................................1 Chapter 2 Preparation.......................................................................................................3 Unpacking .......................................................
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Chapter 4 Printing from Your Software ....................................................14 Setting Up Your Printer To Work With Software ..............................................14 Chapter 5 Control Panel ...............................................................................................15 Control Panel Keys and LEDs .........................................................................................15 Basic Control Panel Operations ...................................
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Specifications ................................................................................................................................28 General ............................................................................................................................................28 Print Head .....................................................................................................................................28 Mechanism ...........................................
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Chapter 1 Overview Features Thank you for purchasing this SEIKO Precision FB-380 printer. Combing high speed, high quality output with advanced paper handing capabilities, this versatile, 24-pin, flatbed printer is ideal for a wide range of multi-part and cut-sheet printing requirements. Reliability, flexibility and ease-of-use are key features, making the FB-380 the perfect choice for performing demanding applications in a variety of environments. Versatile, Reliable, Straight Paper
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Automatic Interface Switching The FB-380 is equipped with two interface connectors and therefore accepts both parallel (Centronics) and USB data transfer. The printer automatically detects the type of data transfer received from the host computer and switches to the corresponding interface type. High Quality, High Speed Printing This FB-380 produces high quality printing in Letter Quality mode at a speed of 83 CPS at 10 CPI. In Draft mode, the printer outputs 250 CPS at 10 CPI or 3
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Chapter 2 Preparation Unpacking Check each item against the following packing list, if any of these items are missing, please contact your dealer. NOTE Hold the bottom of printer in the box, and then carefully lift it up. As you unpack, save all the original packing materials. They are specially designed to protect the printer and will make later repacking easy, if necessary . Before using your new printer, please remove the shipping pads from the printer. Open the Window cov
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Parts Identification Figures 2-2 and 2-3 highlight the main components of the printer. K Figure 2-2 Main parts of printer (front view) A Window cover G Ribbon cassette cartridge B Control panel H Print head C Parallel interface connector I Front table D Paper feed knob J Cut sheet guide E Gap adjust lever K USB interface connector F Sub friction roller A B D E C Figure 2-3 Main part
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Installation Before placing the printer in your chosen location, consider the following guidelines: 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: ·Where there is excessive dust. ·Where it may be splattered with oil or metallic dust. ·Where it may be exposed to direct sunlight. ·Where it may be accidentally splashed wi
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3 Pull the Sub friction roller unit by gripping the center area of the unit by your forefingers. Then lift it up until the unit is positioned on the top of printer as shown in Figure 2-6. Sub friction roller Figure 2-6 Opening the sub friction roller unit 4 If necessary, centre the print head by hand. 5 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. 6 To install th
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Connecting the Interface Cable Connect the parallel or USB interface cable as shown in the figure 2-8 below: Caution Make sure that the power switches of both printer and host computer are turned OFF before you connect the parallel interface cable. Using the Parallel Interface and the USB Interface The USB interface The parallel interface Parallel interface connector USB interface connector Parallel interface cable USB interface cable Figure 2-8 Co
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Turning the Power on and off To turn the printer ON, press the I mark on the power switch. To turn the printer OFF, press the O mark on the power switch. 8
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Chapter 3 Loading Paper Paper Thickness Adjustment Before loading cut sheet or tractor paper, you have to adjust the gap adjust lever on the right of the printer. To feed thicker papers through the printer, you need to move the gap adjust lever from its standard position. The lever moves the print head relative to the platen so that there is more room for the paper. Adjusting the gap adjust lever To obtain good quality printing and prevent problems (paper jam etc.) adjust the Gap adju
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Loading Cut Sheets 1 Turn the printer on. 2 Set paper select lever toward the back of printer as shown in Figure 3-2. Tractor sheet Cut sheet Paper select lever Figure 3-2 Setting the paper select lever 3 Position the left hand cut sheet guide by referring to the marking on the window cover. The positions for A4 and Letter size paper are indicated on the left side of the window cover as shown in Figure 3-3. Paper guide Figure 3-3 Adjusting t
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5 After the above steps, the printer is ready to print. NOTE The printer’s skew detection level can be set within the Setup Menu System. Be careful with the lowest possible setting because the printer might reject the paper due to even the smallest skew. If this happens, try a more medium setting. Using Tractor Paper This printer feeds tractor paper from the rear of the printer to the front. Figure 3-5 Feeding direction of tractor paper Loading Tract
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Left edge Tractor paper guide Figure 3-7 Setting tractor paper into the tractor NOTE When paper is loaded into the tractor, please set the top of paper to the edge of the tractor paper guide as shown in Figure 3-8. 5 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. Tractor Paper Top Figure 3-8 Setting paper on the sprocket pins 6 Slide the r
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7 Align the paper with the print start position. Ensure the tractor paper is in line with the print start position. If the paper is not aligned with the print start position, release the tractor lock levers of the left and right tractors, align the paper, and then fasten the lock lever to lock the tractors. Tearing off Tractor Paper To tear off the paper, make sure that printed-paper is fed to the front table. If not, turn offline then press PARK/LOAD key. Hold the edge of paper and pul
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Chapter 4 Printing from Your Software Setting Up Your Printer To Work With Software The printer supports Epson ESC/P2 emulation. You can select the Epson LQ-570+ driver for this printer, but the best way to ensure that all the features on your printer are supported by the software is to use the SEIKO Precision printer driver. If the driver is not available in your software package please call your software company. You may also check our web site for the suitable driver since we are updat
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Chapter 5 Control Panel Control Panel Keys and LEDs The control panel consists of four keys and three LEDs as shown in Figure 5-1 Figure 5-1 The printer control panel The following table details each indicator LED function: LED Indicator On Off POWER Lights when the printer is turned on. It The printer is turned (green) flashes when paper runs out and during error off. condition (See Appendix A) Lights when the printer is online. The printer is offline ONLINE (gre
