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BMP

91 Tubing & Label Printer

User Guide

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Summary of Contents for BMP 91

Page 1: ...BMP 91 Tubing Label Printer User Guide BMP91UG book Page 1 Friday October 14 2011 7 56 PM...

Page 2: ...BMP91UG book Page 0 Friday October 14 2011 7 56 PM...

Page 3: ...ny product or system described herein nor any liability for incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of this document Brady disclaims all warranties or merchantability of fitness for a...

Page 4: ...port office by going to In the Americas www bradyid com In Europe www bradyeurope com In Asia www bradyid com ap Repair and Replacement Parts Brady Corporation offers repair and replacement services C...

Page 5: ...iii BMP91UG book Page iii Friday October 14 2011 7 56 PM...

Page 6: ...Shrink Roll 26 D Printing with a Heat shrink Cartridge 28 E Printing with a Label Cartridge 30 F Changing the Media Type and Its Application 32 G Previewing before printing 34 H Canceling Printing 35...

Page 7: ...placing the Cutter 81 G Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge 82 H Replacing the Heat shrink or Label Cartridge 83 7 Troubleshooting 84 A Introduction 84 B If the externally fed tube is not autoloaded 84 C I...

Page 8: ...English vi BMP91UG book Page vi Friday October 14 2011 7 56 PM...

Page 9: ...hours Large capacity ribbon cartridge up to 200 m 3 5 320x240 pixel resolution 256k colors TFT LCD display Automatic font sizing so that more characters can be entered Background printing while you co...

Page 10: ...ate could absorb moisture creating an insulation fault that may cause a fire Keep the area around the AC adapter clear so that the printer can be unpluged quickly in an emergency Keep the area around...

Page 11: ...of the printer and cause a fire or electric shock Place the printer near water heat sources such as sparks or flames or inflammable materials such as paint thinner and alcohol This could cause a fire...

Page 12: ...To handle the cutter correctly please refer to 6 Maintaining Your Printer Touch the ink ribbon This could stain your hands or result in poor printing Re use ribbons or label tape This could damage the...

Page 13: ...ty or other malfunctions You can remove the tube easily by pressing the Remove quick key on the printer Disassemble or modify the printer This could damage the printer or cause a fire Symbol Remove Fo...

Page 14: ...g them back to the supplier The connectors in power plugs and wall sockets could differ in shape size and type in different countries Therefore a power cord might not be included in this package for c...

Page 15: ...uide User Guide For more information contact your local Brady dealer If you are bringing extra or partially used media cartridges whether ribbon label or heat shrink tube do not leave them inside the...

Page 16: ...keys such as Media and File and Function keys such as Application Fn Media and Tag Fn File and Lots of useful information on the LCD screen such as the status of the medium used the power supply and...

Page 17: ...enu Clear All key Clear all the text and settings for the current editing job OK key Confirm a selected item action in a menu or a message window Power key Power on or off the printer PRINT key Print...

Page 18: ...Shift Enter A A Esc key Cancel the current changes and return to last Menu same as Return or Close the Message Windows same as Cancel Fn key Access additional functions e g enter common symbols when p...

Page 19: ...s Adjustment Fn Serial keys Adjust Lead Distance Vertical Position and Segment Length Frame Fn Symbol keys Apply a frame to select tag s Char Space Fn Font Size keys Set the character spacing of the t...

Page 20: ...STEM INFORMATION BAR Background printing job status icons In this case the tag printing job is around 70 percent done MEDIA INFORMATION BAR Media remaining length icon In this case the medium is runni...

Page 21: ...is is the only text that will be printed on the medium tube or label All the other details on the LCD screen are for information only Multi line tag icons E g this tag has 2 lines Job Media The medium...

Page 22: ...ext Character scaling The characters in this tag will be widened by 50 CAPS Caps lock is on here Auto sized tag icon Segment length will be set automatically Text spacing Spacing between characters Pr...

Page 23: ...le for tubes b a long narrow slot for flat heat shrink tubes The printer also has a media outlet for the printed tube label to get out of the device H Internal components of the printer 1 Below the pr...

Page 24: ...inst the Platen roller Media cartridge holding area Feed roller This roller helps to move the tube label forward or backwards depending on the function triggered in the printer Pinch roller This rolle...

Page 25: ...in the package If and when you choose to do so before you start please read the warnings and cautions in the D To power the printer with a Battery section The BMP 91 printer is designed to be used pri...

Page 26: ...nter with an AC Supply USE ONLY a 100 240V AC power supply b the AC adapter supplied in your package KEEP a the AC plug clean b the area around the AC adapter clear of any clutter 1 Firmly insert the...

Page 27: ...e battery pack When recharging the battery observe the recharging conditions specified by the battery manufacturer A recharging operation under non conforming conditions beyond the limits of temperatu...

Page 28: ...local regulations Contact a recycling agency in your area for recycle locations Improper battery disposal may harm you and the environment CAUTIONS Do not store battery where temperatures may exceed...

Page 29: ...partment If you cannot easily connect the battery pack terminals to the printer s battery compartment terminals double check that the plus and minus terminal marks on the two are correctly oriented 5...

Page 30: ...her end with a rectangular connector of the USB cable into a USB port on a personal computer PC 3 Enter Menu System PC Connection For more detailed instructions see the PC Connection section in 5 Adva...

Page 31: ...tubes labels in cartridges are loaded from within the printer internally When powered up for the first time a brand new BMP 91 printer will prompt you to select 1 Media Type and 2 Application After t...

Page 32: ...d text symbols look like when printed press Preview 3 Insert the tube into the printer The printer will not print properly on a tube that is bumpy dirty or of uneven thickness When using a tube reel m...

Page 33: ...platen roller If auto loading fails an error message will appear on screen To load the tube manually i Open the printer and remove any installed media cartridge ii Push the tube manually until it reac...

Page 34: ...r Vertical and press OK For more options and detailed instructions see the F Changing the Medium and Its Application section e Select Auto sized or Fixed size and press OK The screen returns to the ma...

Page 35: ...ert the Heat Shrink Tube into the narrow media inlet b see below Keep pushing the tube in until you cannot push it any further The BMP 91 printer is optimised for Brady heat shrink tubes If third part...

Page 36: ...elect an application General or Vertical and press OK For detailed instructions and more options see the F To Change the Medium and Its Application section in this chapter e Select Auto sized or Fixed...

Page 37: ...r c Holding the cartridge with its label facing up insert it into the cartridge holding area see the next illustration and press it down lightly The cartridge should fit in snugly If it doesn t pull t...

Page 38: ...ress OK For more options and detailed instructions see the F Changing the Medium and Its Application section e Select Auto sized or Fixed size and press OK The screen returns to the main tag editor 2...

Page 39: ...h its label facing up insert it into the cartridge holding area see the next illustration and press it down lightly The cartridge should fit in snugly If it doesn t pull the media channel latch downwa...

Page 40: ...ication types General Vertical appear on the medium s Application screen When a medium has a General application the orientation of the text printed on the medium is horizontal If Label was entered fo...

Page 41: ...s entered a Confirm or change the number in the No of Ports text box and press OK The Set Width screen appears b Confirm or change the number in the Set Width text box and press OK The tags will be cr...

Page 42: ...d Zoom appear on the LCD screen 2 Select an option and press OK If Current Tag is entered the Preview screen will appear Set No of Blocks Move Cursor Confirm OK Return Menu No of Blocks Return Editor...

Page 43: ...oom level and press OK The Tag Editor appears H Canceling Printing 1 Press Cancel Print A warning message appears asking for confirmation that you really want to cancel the printing 2 Choose OK on the...

Page 44: ...with a blank tag the printer will still load it Therefore the instructions in this chapter are written with the assumption that the Media Type and its Application have already been chosen confirmed I...

Page 45: ...zontally or horizontally rotated Example 8 Add a frame to the tag 5 CP 1 SL L12 OWT 6 6 1 2 3 90mm b o l d i t a l i c s u n d e r l i n e s u p e r 6 9 s u b 6 9 5 CP 1 SL L12 OWT 6 6 1 2 3 90mm 6 an...

Page 46: ...first character 2 Press Shift Left or Shift Right to select the characters to the left or right of the cursor To return to a parent menu i e move up one level Press Menu Return or Esc To return direct...

Page 47: ...press OK The copied tag appears To insert a tag 1 In the Tag Editor navigate to the tag after which to insert a new tag 2 Enter Fn File Tag Edit Edit Insert An empty tag is inserted after the current...

Page 48: ...our preferred language EN half moon or full moon If necessary you can enter both English and Chinese characters in the text The BMP 91 printer supports two input methods English and Chinese similar to...

Page 49: ...acters only in the tag To change the font size 1 Press Font Size 2 In the Size list box select the desired size e g 4pts 5pts or 28pts and press OK 3 Press Close to return to the Tag Editor To change...

Page 50: ...d press OK 3 Press Close to return to the Tag Editor H Adding Serialization to a Tag To open the Serialization menu 1 Enter Menu Quick Keys Serialization Shortcut Press the Serial quick key To add ser...

Page 51: ...range may vary The segment has to be auto sized or 25 mm if fixed size Only upper case characters and digits 0 9 are allowed for code 39 1 Enter Menu Barcode The Barcode menu appears with Set Barcode...

Page 52: ...In the Symbol list select your preferred symbol and press OK K Deleting Text Symbols To delete a character or a serial number a barcode or other symbols on the left of the cursor in a line and to mov...

Page 53: ...o the Tag Editor Shortcut Press Fn 1 or 2 or 3 to quickly create a one or two or three line tag To change the content alignment of a tag 1 Enter Fn File Properties Alignment The Alignment menu appears...

Page 54: ...f a tag 1 Enter Fn File Properties Continuous Print 2 Enter the number of copies preferred and press OK 3 Press Close to return to the Tag Editor Shortcut Press the Fn Language quick keys and select C...

Page 55: ...ur confirmation to continue 3 Press OK Once the change is completed the screen returns to the Tag Editor To save the current properties as the default for subsequent tag editing 1 Enter Fn File Defaul...

Page 56: ...d serialization settings Manage tag files and user graphics files Perform printer maintenance and firmware upgrades Perform other useful functions Comprehensive listings of all the shortcut keys menu...

Page 57: ...two copies the tags will be printed in this order A1 A1 A2 A2 A3 A3 To open the Multiprint menu 1 Enter Menu Quick Keys Multiprint Shortcut Press the Fn PRINT quick keys To print multiple copies of t...

Page 58: ...The printer prepares to print the selected tags multiple times To print multiple copies of all the tags via Continuous Print Contiprint 1 Enter Fn Language All Tags 2 In the Number of Copies box enter...

Page 59: ...g Adjustments Vertical Adjust 2 Using the Up or Down keys adjust the vertical spacing and press OK To adjust segment length for the current tag 1 Enter Fn File Properties Printing Adjustments Length A...

Page 60: ...change the cut depth of the half cuts Nevertheless there will always be a full cut at the end of a print job In other words the last segment will always have a full cut To open the Cutter menu Enter...

Page 61: ...atisfied Labels are used and General horizontal text orientation is chosen 9 mm labels support only 1 line while 12 mm labels support up to 2 lines Depending on the barcode type selected the valid dat...

Page 62: ...les managed through the File menu which contain the contents and settings of a tag editing job User graphics managed through the User Graphics menu which are the external graphics that can be imported...

Page 63: ...2 Enter File Export 3 Select the file type 4 Select the file from a list if any and press OK To open a CSV file 1 Import the CSV file see earlier instructions on how to import a tag file 2 Enter File...

Page 64: ...f the printer as shown in the diagram 2 Enter Menu System Upgrade through USB drive A warning message appears asking whether to save the current job 3 Press OK give an appropriate filename and press O...

Page 65: ...ingMark to create print jobs and send them to the printer To exit from the PC connection mode to the Tag editor press Close L Other Userful Functions To enter a Chinese word e g which means label 1 En...

Page 66: ...e print job Time To change the display brightness 1 Enter Menu Settings LCD Brightness The LCD Brightness screen appears 2 Use the horizontal navigation keys Up or Down to adjust the brightness and th...

Page 67: ...restore the printer to factory settings To restore the printer to initial factory settings 1 Enter Menu Settings Factory Settings A warning message appears Current settings will be cleared 2 Press OK...

Page 68: ...multi level series of menus submenus and options on the LCD screen 8 OK To confirm a selected item action 9 Menu Return To return to previous menu screen 10 Close To close and return to the Tag Editor...

Page 69: ...ist menu The lower level menus or options can be navigated horizontally as in a context menu For easy reference all the functions supported by the BMP 91 printer and accessible through the Menu key ar...

Page 70: ...T SET DATE SHOW ON LCD dd mm yyyy mm dd yyyy yyyy mm dd Change the digits in each text box Yes No TIME TIME FORMAT SET TIME SHOW ON LCD 12 hour 24 hour Change the digits in each text box Yes No SLEEP...

Page 71: ...3 4 MENUS Level 2 MENUS Level 3 Options Options Notes SET BARCODE TYPE submenu HR Human Readable TEXT Code 128 Code 39 On Off BARCODE DATA Text box for entering barcode data maximum 30 characters To c...

Page 72: ...into the current tag press OK Insert Time To confirm inserting a Time icon graphic into the current tag press OK Insert Date Time To confirm inserting a Date Time icon graphic into the current tag pre...

Page 73: ...Check the USB Flash Drive 2 In the root directory look for the Brady tar gz file PC connection Check the USB connection to PC and go into FW upgrading mode Wait for file transfer from ByTES PC Tubing...

Page 74: ...Ports Set Width for labels only No of Blocks Set Width for labels only FILE Open Save Save as Delete Import Export MAINTENANCE Once this option is entered the printer will move all its mechanical par...

Page 75: ...fault A End Z Increment by 1 Can be applied only to numeric serialization SYMBOL LATIN 1 2 submenus GREEK submenu CYRILLIC submenu GENERAL submenu NUMBER submenu BLOCKS submenu JAPANESE submenu CURREN...

Page 76: ...Tag Settings submenu SET MULTI LINE 1 2 3 lines Center Line On Off ALIGNMENT Horizontal Left Center Right Vertical Top Middle Bottom FRAME Select None or a frame ROTATION Horizontal Hor Rotated Verti...

Page 77: ...or png file extensions NOT exceed 10 Kbytes in file size NOT exceed 1 10 x 1 10 dots in picture size If your graphics are in color the LCD screen will display them in color However the printouts will...

Page 78: ...73 0074 0075 0076 0077 0078 0079 007A 007B 007C 007D 007E Shift 6 Esc Z W Scroll Lock B Shift 7 Shift 5 Shift 4 Shift 3 Shift Shift 1 Space Shift Shift Shift 8 Shift 0 Shift 9 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Shift Shif...

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Page 85: ...uns out It is also good practice to press Maintain before you switch off the printer so that the printer will move all its mechanical parts to the home positions Never use benzene or strong solvents w...

Page 86: ...the rollers dry before resuming operation In particular the platen roller should be removed for more thorough cleaning For detailed instructions refer to E Replacing the Platen Wrap rollers 4 Close t...

Page 87: ...Replacing the Platen Wrap rollers Your platen roller will wear out faster if you use the printer to print on tubes So you may want to keep one set of platen and wrap rollers for tube printing and anot...

Page 88: ...ten roller 4 Pull the platen roller up and remove it 5 Insert the new platen roller pushing it down the spindle until you can hear and feel it snap into place 6 Repeat steps 1 4 above to remove the ol...

Page 89: ...ll be hurt if you mishandle it 1 If the printer is still on press Power to switch it off 2 Pull the cover latch and open the printer cover 3 Pull out the cutter 4 Dispose of the old cutter right away...

Page 90: ...ch it on and the printhead should home automatically 3 Grasping the finger tab of the old ribbon cartridge pull the cartridge up as shown in the diagram below 4 Grasping the finger tab of the new ribb...

Page 91: ...ridge holding area see the next figure and press it down lightly The cartridge should fit in snugly If it doesn t pull the media channel latch downwards to enable the cartridge to move into place The...

Page 92: ...not fed properly or jammed Easily remove a jammed printer ribbon Solve other problems for example insufficient cutter depths blank display no printing and so on A listing of probable error messages a...

Page 93: ...refer to the next section D If the tube label is jammed 1 If the printer is operating press Cancel Print to cancel the print job If printer is not powered press Power to switch it on 2 Press Remove Al...

Page 94: ...ccording to the messages switch on the printer again by pressing Power b Pull the cover latch and open the printer cover c Check if the cutter and the printhead are in Home positions If they are not p...

Page 95: ...the holding area 3 Prepare to print again a If the printer ribbon is slack use your finger to turn the reel in the direction indicated on the cartridge to take up the slack b Close the cover firmly so...

Page 96: ...ternal media has been ejected 3 Remove the ejected medium To clear a printer ribbon jam 1 Press and hold the wrap roller lever 2 Try to unwind the jammed ribbon and remove the ribbon cartridge 3 Once...

Page 97: ...t For detailed instructions on how to replace the cutter refer to the To replace a cutter section in 6 Maintaining Your Printer G If the display remains blank when power is on 1 Turn off the printer a...

Page 98: ...ze on screen 3 Check if the ribbon cartridge has been installed properly Reinstall the ribbon cartridge if necessary 4 If the tube label is crushed twisted or somehow out of shape cut off the misshape...

Page 99: ...ontinue printing The power in the battery is running low and may not be sufficient to provide the required power to continue with printer operations To carry on with printer operations please plug in...

Page 100: ...bbon in the cartridge may not be sufficient to complete the current print job If you choose to proceed with the current print job you may have to replace the ribbon cartridge when it becomes empty Alt...

Page 101: ...elected in that folder Confirm the file folder and import the file again 18 No more media Load media and press OK to resume printing The end of media external or cartridge is detected during printing...

Page 102: ...ot be reached based on the input For example if the increment is 2 the end value 9 cannot be reached Double check the start increment and end values For example if the increment is 2 change the end va...

Page 103: ...ssful Confirm file folder For instructions on how to upgrade the printer refer to the J USB Flash Drive Connection section in 5 Advanced Functions 32 Wrong Media Please load the correct media The user...

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