Seiko FB 390 User Manual

SEIKO Precision FB – 390 Dot-Matrix Flatbed Printer USER MANUAL

5Installation Before placing the printer in your chosen location, consider the following guidelines:  This printer should be placed on a normal tabl

63 Pull the Sub friction roller by gripping the center area of the unit by your forefingers. Then lift it up until it is positioned upwards towards

7Using the Parallel Interface and the USB Interface Figure 2-7 Connecting the parallel interface cable and the USB inter

8Chapter 3 Loading paper Paper Thickness Adjustment Before loading cut sheet or tractor paper, you have to adjust the gap adjust lever on the front

9Loading Cut Sheet Paper 1 Turn the printer on. 2 Set paper select lever toward the back of printer as shown in Figure 3-2. Figure 3-

10position. You can set the printer to detect skew so if the paper skews during loading, the printer detects it and automatically ejects the paper to

113 Move the left cut sheet guide to the far left as much as possible. Figure 3-8 Moving the left cut sheet guide to the far left 4 Rel

12 Figure 3-11 Adjusting the paper guide pulley position 7 Open the tractor covers and place the paper on the sprocket pins. If you are us

13 Figure 3-14 Locking the position of the right tractor 10 When starting a new print task, the printer will automatically load the

14Chapter 4 Printing from Your Software Setting Up Your Printer To Work With Software  The printer supports the Epson ESC/P2 emulation. You can se

i Important Safety Instructions 1. Read all of these instructions carefully and thoroughly and save them for later reference. 2. Follow all war

15Chapter 5 Control Panel Control Panel Keys and LEDs The control panel consists of five keys and four LEDs as shown in Figure 5-1 Figure 5-1

16Basic Control Panel Operations You can use the five keys on the control panel to operate your printer. ONLINE Pressing the ONLINE button, toggles

17LF/FF: Decrease the top of form by 1/60 inch. You can decrease the margin to a maximum of -10 (-10/60 inch) from the default setting. Press the

18menu lists, each list containing several settings. You can select a new setting of the menu list and save it, or just go to the next menu list with

19Printing the Current Setting Report You can use the information in the current setting report to decide which setting you want to change. To print

20 SEIKO Precision FB-390Current Setting Report Current settings are FILLED . PRINT STYLE FONT ROMAN PITCH 10 CPI PAGE LAYOUT L

21Options of the Setup Menu System The following printout in Figure 5-3 shows the selections from the Setup Menu System and is followed by a descri

22 Options Description FONT Set the font for the printer to use in the absence of any font control instructions from your software. PITCH Set th

23Restoring Factory Printer Settings You can restore to the factory printer settings without having to work through the Setup Menu System to reset th

24 Hex Dump Mode Turning power on while pressing the PARK/LOAD key causes the printer to enter Hex Dump mode. In this mode, if you execute the

ii Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview...

25Appendix A Maintenance and Fault Finding Introduction Your printer requires very little routine maintenance. In fact, the best maintenance for

26 Cleaning the platen Clean the platen with a soft cloth. Intervals and Materials for Cleaning Clean inside the printer in accordance with the

27Printing is Smudged The ribbon is in front of the ribbon mask. Remove it and then insert it correctly. Adjust the gap adjust lever (move it downwar

28Appendix B Specifications General Type 24-Pin Flatbed Dot Matrix Impact Printer Fonts 1 DP (Draft) 7 LQ (ROMAN, SANSERIF, COURIER, PRESTIGE, SCRIP

29Mechanism MODE 10 CPI 12 CPI 15 CPI 300CPS 340 CPS 420 CPS Super High-Speed80 DPI 80 DPI 80 DPI 250CPS 300 CPS 375 CPS DP 120 DPI 120 DPI

30Print mode specifications Print mode Multipart mode Dot Spacing(V×H inches)Max No. of ColumnsCharacter Structure(V×H) Printing Speed (cps) Normal 8

31Graphic Print Specifications Graphic type Density Pins Horizontal dot pitch Multipart mode Print speed (inch/second) Normal、Dark 1 9.9 Dark 2 8 12

32USB Interface USB 2.0 Full-Speed. The following table provides the standardized contact terminating assignments by number and electrical value for

33Name Code (Symbol) Code (Hex.) Code (Dec.) Horizontal Tab HT 09h 9d Set Horizontal Tab Positions ESC D 1Bh 44h 27d 68d Set Character Space ESC

34Name Code (Symbol) Code (Hex.) Code (Dec.) Enable Character Set 2 ESC 6 1Bh 36h 27d 54d Cancel command ESC 6 ESC 7 1Bh 37h 27d 55d Assign Chara

iiiChapter 4 Printing from Your Software...14 Setting Up Your Printer To Work With Software...

35Select Code Pages Format ESC ( t n1 n2 d1 d2 d3 (n1=3, n2=0, d1=0,1,2,3) Code No. d2 d3 (HEX) Name 437 1 0 U.S.A. 437GR 1 10 GRK 437 85

36 This printer complies with the regulation about the maximum noise level in the work place – 3. GPSGV, under which the highest noise level has to

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Company name：SEIKO PRECISION (Europe) GmbH Address：Hermann-Buck-Weg 9, D-22309 Hamburg, Germany

1Chapter 1 Overview Features Thank you for purchasing this SEIKO Precision FB-390 printer. Combing high speed, high quality output with advanced pa

2Automatic Interface Switching The FB-390 is equipped with two interface connectors and therefore accepts both parallel (Centronics) and USB data

3Chapter 2 Preparation Unpacking Check each item against the following packing list, if any of these items are missing, please contact your local

4Parts Identification Figures 2-2 and 2-3 highlight the main components of the printer. Figure 2-2 Main parts of printer (f