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Printer-Applicator-System PAM 3000

Example of ASCII Dump Mode

The following figures show the "normal" appearance of a printed label, and the appearance of

the same label when its commands are printed in ASCII Dump mode.

Fig. 12a "Normal" label

Fig. 12b The same label as above printed in ASCII Dump mode

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Summary of Contents for PAM 3000

Page 1: ...Edition 6 02 PAM 3000 Printer Applicator System Operator s Manual...

Page 2: ...reserve the right to alter specifications without notice Donn es technique modifiables sans pr vais Technische nderungen vorbehalten Identification Solutions Division 6555 W Good Hope Road PO Box 2131...

Page 3: ...manual nor any translation may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means for any purpose other than the purchaser s personal use without the express written permission of W H Brady Co E...

Page 4: ...13 Transfer Ribbon 14 2 General Safety Instructions 15 3 Delivery Contents 15 4 Component Location 16 Printer 16 Applicator 19 5 Mounting the Applicator 20 Installation 20 Slide Valve 21 Pad Unit 22...

Page 5: ...al Operation with the Pre dispense Key 47 14 Optionen 48 KeyboardAdapter 48 Installation of the Keyboard Adapter 48 Key Assignment 49 Special Key Functions 49 Memory Cards 50 Preparing the Memory Card...

Page 6: ...onnector C 3 PLC Interface Port C 4 Pin Assignment C 4 Circuit Diagrams of Inputs and Outputs C 5 Explanation of the Signals C 6 Scanner Connector C 8 Pin Assignment C 8 Circuit Diagrams of Input and...

Page 7: ...nd suggestions regarding additions or corrections to improve future editions of this manual Please let us know if you have any questions Important information contained in this manual is marked as fol...

Page 8: ...from the size of the label supply roll For the receipt of the print data PAM 3000 has a serial RS 232 interface The printer is designated to work in the dispense mode In this mode only each one label...

Page 9: ...t style bold italic underlined mirror inverted outlined revers grey Font rotation Bitmap fonts Bar codes 0 90 180 270 Scaleable fonts optional texts in circular format Speedo and TrueType fonts alignm...

Page 10: ...kg Operating voltage Switcheable between 230 V A C 50 Hz or 115 V A C 60 Hz Maximum 1 5 A at 230 V 3 A at 115 V power input Circuit protection T 4 A at 230 V T 6 3 A at 115 V Compressed Operating pre...

Page 11: ...or data transfer as an option The standard length of each cable is 1 50 m Warning Light By using the warning light it is possible to recognize the state of the printer with one view Warning Sensors Th...

Page 12: ...important specifications in order to ensure high quality printing and to avoid damage to the printhead or early wear Using labels which we have tested and which we recommend to our customers will gua...

Page 13: ...10 G Distance of the first printing point from the edge of silicon liner 2 H Distance of the label sensor from the edge of silicon liner variable I Width of the perforation mark 5 K Height of the per...

Page 14: ...rinthead and the sensors With some ribbons the color rubs off and soils the printhead All of these effects contribute to poor print quality We have carried out numerous tests with many different ribbo...

Page 15: ...o a computer etc Also switch power off on all appliances before disconnecting Do not expose the printer to any moisture or use in damp or wet areas In operation moving or rotating parts are easily acc...

Page 16: ...3 Ribbon take up hub 4 Ribbon supply hub 5 Print mechanism 6 Guide roller 7 Media rewind hub 8 Knurled knob 9 Adapter 10 Flange 11 Media supply hub 12 Swing arm with guide roller 13 Pre dispense key...

Page 17: ...b Detailed view of the print mechanism 1 Adjusting plate 2 Printhead 3 Print roller 4 Feed roller 5 Pinch roller 6 Transport locking lever 7 Peel off table 8 Label edge sensor 9 Brake 10 Media guide a...

Page 18: ...r with power switch 3 Parallel interface port 4 Serial interface port 5 Scanner connector 6 Connector warning sensor transfer ribbon end 7 Connector warning sensor label end 8 PLC interface port 9 DIP...

Page 19: ...19 Printer Applicator System PAM 3000 Applicator Fig 4d Front view 1 Connector for the electronics 2 Pad holder 3 Pad 4 Turn cylinder 5 Slide valve 6 Lift cylinder 1 2 3 4 5 6...

Page 20: ...ide of the applicator are inserted into the long hole 2 and the guide hole 3 on the side of the printer Fig 5a Installing the applicator 1 2 1 1 3 1 4 4 3 Plug the connector of the applicator s electr...

Page 21: ...e pad from its upper position as the compressed air supply is closed and the applicator is switched off But the slide valve should only be opened bleed if it is necessary to move the pad for mounting...

Page 22: ...holder the small format type 1200 and the large format type 1100 The small format is recommended for use of small labels with a height up to 25 mm The pad is specific designed for each label format wh...

Page 23: ...format 2 3 3 2 Changing the pad 1 Remove the vacuum tube 2 from the pad 3 2 Loosen the screw on the lower side of the pad 3 3 Remove the pad 3 4 Attach the new pad to the pad holder 1 5 Fasten the new...

Page 24: ...bel by the pad There is an equipment 1 at the front side of the printer to attach the blow tube Fig 5h Installing the blow tube 1 3 2 1 Screw the blow tube into the equipment 1 on the front side of th...

Page 25: ...s 5 The air connector 1 is located at the side of the printer The push in fitting is suitable for a 8mm tube CAUTION Make sure that the compressed air supply is switched off while connecting the print...

Page 26: ...where a large number of loadable fonts or complex graphics have to be printed For the Centronics interface use the 36 pin interface connector 1 Additionally PAM 3000 has a PLC interface with 25 pin c...

Page 27: ...ctor To change the voltage setting open the cover 2 and remove the voltage selector from the power unit CAUTION If you have changed the operating voltage of your printer the fuses need replacing as st...

Page 28: ...adapters 3 onto the supply hub Put the first adapter 3 onto the supply hub 2 and slide it to the wind plate 4 until it blocks Tighten the knurled srew 1 Put the second adapter onto the supply hub 2 an...

Page 29: ...thead 9 as shown in figure 7b It is particularly important to ensure that the media strip slides properly through the fittings of the photocell assembly 10 6 Feed the label stock out of the side of th...

Page 30: ...de must face the opposite side of the printhead 2 Hold tight the ribbon supply hub 5 and rotate the knurled knob 6 clockwise until it stops That way the transfer ribbon roll 4 will be attached to the...

Page 31: ...depending on the format of the labels as well as some special settings for the type of operation Mechanical Adjustments Adjusting the Level of the Lift Cylinder Unit There are three screws at the fron...

Page 32: ...the pad 3 Tighten the screws 2 Fig 8b Side adjustment Tuning of the Blow Tube When applying large labels it is necessary to install a blow tube additionally The blow tube 2 for the supporting air can...

Page 33: ...re not square or rectangular in shape It is important to ensure that the sensor itself the position of which is indicated by a green mark in the sensor housing is positioned so that the space between...

Page 34: ...e the bad labels recognized by a scanner at a recycle part If the switch is set on OFF it is possible to apply the bad labels on the recycle part It is recommended to set the switch always on ON if no...

Page 35: ...keys together for at least 5 seconds will switch into the SETUP mode CAN key LED ONL off 9 Control Panel Fig 9 Control Panel The control panel of the PAM 3000 is fitted with 4 function keys with indi...

Page 36: ...USE mode LED PSE on System Mode PRINT FF key Provides label feed The leading edge of the next label to be printed is in print position CAN key short pressing Cancels the current print job Switch to th...

Page 37: ...n The list of parameters is brought up in a row and may be run through repeatedly Each time a parameter setting has been changed there will be a request for confirmation There will not be a general re...

Page 38: ...eflect Top Reflect Peel position This function is not usable for PAM 3000 x x mm x x mm x mm x mm x mm x mm Heat level Basic adjustment of the darkness depending on the printhead 9 indicates the light...

Page 39: ...xxxx xx xx YYYY Character set Setting of the character set Windows 1252 Windows 1250 ISO 8895 1 Codepage 850 EBCDIC Macintosh Codepage 852 ISO 8895 8 Debug mode The Debug mode represents a tool for th...

Page 40: ...nition of the Printer Info Display Printer info 1 RS 232 RTS CTS Fig 11 a Printer info display 1 On the first page the selected interface default setting RS232 and the handshake or protocol default se...

Page 41: ...selected settings Transfer print 1 ON Default 0 OFF Label sensor 8 Bottom Reflect 4 Gap sensor Default 0 Top Reflect For example Figure 11d 5 Transfer print ON 1 Gap sensor 4 C Indicates that the setu...

Page 42: ...gaps between labels nor control the ribbon feed For questions or future reference print and retain one copy of the label format for each label printed Start of Monitor Mode ASCII Dump Mode To start t...

Page 43: ...ASCII Dump Mode The following figures show the normal appearance of a printed label and the appearance of the same label when its commands are printed in ASCII Dump mode Fig 12a Normal label Fig 12b T...

Page 44: ...e 90 position 2 Moving down 3 Stop 4 Turning into the 0 position 5 Moving down 6 Applying 7 Moving up 8 Stop 9 Turning into the 90 position 10 Moving up 11 Turning into the 0 position 90 Applying 1 Tu...

Page 45: ...Make sure that the pad is not covered by a label when switching on the device Switch on the compressed air supply Switch on the power supply 2 of the Printer Applicator System The printer carries out...

Page 46: ...Printhead is moved up Pad is moved to the peel off table vacuum is switched on Label is peeled off by moving back the peel off table and taken by the pad of the applicator module Pad is driven to move...

Page 47: ...and the peel off table is driven to move to the front The label is placed onto the product Then the lift cylinder is driven to move the pad back into the upper end position If the label is removed fro...

Page 48: ...adapter is designed for use with all keyboards which fulfill the following requirements MF 2 compatible having a 5pin DIN plug supporting code set 3 and also operating with a maximum of 15 kBaud CAUT...

Page 49: ...th the ALT key Some of the special characters cannot be shown in the display of the printer In that case the PAM 3000 will use a character which looks similar to the required character NOTICE When usi...

Page 50: ...ay be read from an imprint 3 on the back of the card If you want to format the card or write on it switch off the write protection For replacing or inserting the battery in sRAM cards refer to the ins...

Page 51: ...ds to write onto a memory card The easiest way is to write on the card using the card drive of the printer and transfer the data via interface For saving a label you need to put the label design comma...

Page 52: ...card Confirm the selection by pressing the key 4 If you have chosen a label with a set number of labels to print the printer will instantly start printing 5 For labels with a variable number of labels...

Page 53: ...e delivery contents of the light The warning light has to contact to the printer by inserting the connection cable 2 of the warning light into the 4 pin connector 3 During the operation the lamps have...

Page 54: ...3 to the mounting plate The hexagon socket head screw 3 must be used at this side where the elongated hole is located in the sensor holder 4 Plug the cable 4 into the 5 pin connector 10 at the side o...

Page 55: ...sensor is on 3 Loosen the screws 1 and move the sensor holder to the right as far as possible The LED at the sensor is off 4 Slowly move back the sensor holder to the left until the LED at the sensor...

Page 56: ...w of compressed air into the system A connector for the compressed air supply 1 is located at both variations of service units The connector is suitable for a 1 4 coupling plug Fig 14h Service unit va...

Page 57: ...electrical charge in the print area Fig 14l Antistatic brush It is very easy to fix the brush The antistatic brush has only to put off with its clamps 3 on the axle 1 The direction of putting off is s...

Page 58: ...Printer Applicator System PAM 3000 58 This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 59: ...processing a print job an error has occured which may be corrected by the operator and also allows you to continue the print job after fault correction Display The display shows alternately the type...

Page 60: ...e switch printer off and on again If the fault remains again call for Service CAN key Cancels the current print job Switch into ONLINE mode LED ONL on LED CAN off LED PSE off If ONLINE mode cannot be...

Page 61: ...k the printer for proper operation of its mechanics and pneumatics Call for service After pausing to cool down the printhead the print job will be contin ued automatically If the fault recurs repeated...

Page 62: ...job Cancel current print job Set software to direct thermal mode Restart print job Tighten the supply roll of transfer ribbon by turning the knurled knob at the supply hub Possible cause Label has no...

Page 63: ...r operation of its mechanics and pneumatics Call for service Check the printer for proper operation of its mechanics and pneumatics Call for service Format the memory card Use the correct type of card...

Page 64: ...ocess or reformat the memory card Deactivate write protection Possible cause Pad has not reached the upper position within 2s after the lift cylinder has moved back Pad has left the starting position...

Page 65: ...is not correct adjusted Adjust printhead service Printhead is dirty Clean printhead Printhead is defective failure of heat elements Replace printhead service Label is not inserted in the label edge s...

Page 66: ...A 8 Printer Applicator System PAM 3000 This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 67: ...is can cause a deterioriation of the print quality e g different contrasts on the label appearance of light horizontal lines etc In that case the printhead needs cleaning WARNING Disconnect power supp...

Page 68: ...Printer Applicator System PAM 3000 B 2 This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 69: ...85 18 RDATA Receive Data RS 422 RS 485 19 RDATA Receive Data RS 422 RS 485 20 DTR Data Terminal Ready Table C 1 Signals of the serial interface connector Fig C 1 Connector of the serial interface side...

Page 70: ...ntrol the printer by RS 422 RS 485 interface only the signals TDATA TDATA RDATA and RDATA are necessary Check the pin assignment for the interface of your computer and use the pin assignment of the pr...

Page 71: ...GND 30 GND 4 DATA 3 13 SLCT 22 GND 31 nc 5 DATA 4 14 nc 23 GND 32 nc 6 DATA 5 15 nc 24 GND 33 nc 7 DATA 6 16 GND 25 GND 34 nc 8 DATA 7 17 nc 26 GND 35 nc 9 DATA 8 18 nc 27 GND 36 nc PIN 18 PIN 1 PIN 1...

Page 72: ...for all outputs 8 XEDG output No existing print job No existing print job 9 EXF input External error External error 10 EUEB input Label is taken Recycle part in position 11 STRT input Start signal St...

Page 73: ...able C 4 Input pairs of signals For each signal X IN there is a separate reverse line X IN R via plug connector From that the following pairs of signals result All outputs are recognized through solid...

Page 74: ...ed The last label printed before the error occured will be repeated Pressing the key will stop the print job and reset the printer XDNB is active if the contact between PIN4 and R L PIN7 is opened XEP...

Page 75: ...current flows between PIN13 and PIN25 ESP 90 labelling variation with applicator The label should be applied in the 90 position ESP is active when current flows between PIN13 and PIN25 XTIV Position o...

Page 76: ...DRW input GoodRead Scan result 3 XSCA output TopScan 6 24P Operating voltage 24V Si T 100mA 7 DRWR input GoodRead revers line 8 XSCAR output TopScan revers line Table C 5 Signals of the scanner connec...

Page 77: ...The signal indicates the good result of scanning DRW is active when current flows between PIN2 and PIN7 XSCA TopScan The printed label should be scanned In this state the contact between PIN3 and R L...

Page 78: ...Printer Applicator System PAM 3000 C 10 This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 79: ...D 1 Printer Applicator System PAM 3000 Appendix D Setup Selectable Character Tables Table D 1 Character Set Windows 1252 Table D 2 Character Set Windows 1250...

Page 80: ...D 2 Printer Applicator System PAM 3000 Table D 3 Character Set ISO 8859 1 Table D 4 Character Set Codepage 850...

Page 81: ...D 3 Printer Applicator System PAM 3000 Table D 5 Character Set EBCDIC Table D 6 Character Set Macintosh...

Page 82: ...D 4 Printer Applicator System PAM 3000 Table D 7 Character Set Codepage 852 Table D 8 Character Set ISO 8859 8...

Page 83: ...5560434 Printhead NM3004 UA21B x 5905395 Swing Drive CRB1BW30 270 S x 5945056 Pinch Roller x 5945066 Print Roller PAM 3000 x 5945120 Label Sensor Assy PAM 3000 x 5945122 PCB Driver Electronics x 59451...

Page 84: ...E 2 Printer Applicator System PAM 3000 This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 85: ...ys 35f Fuse 37 47 G Gap Sensor 10 38 Graphic Elements 9 Graphic File Type 9 H Head above A 3 Head below A 3 Head too hot A 3 Heat Level 38 Host stop error A 3 I Interface 8ff 18 26 38 41f 46 C 1ff Int...

Page 86: ...nt Width 7 Product Description 8ff Programming 7 Protocol 26 C 2 Protocol Error A 5 PSE key 35f R Read error A 5 RESTORE 37 Rewinder internal 29 Ribbon Supply Hub 16 30 RS 232 8 9 26 38 40 48 C 1f RS...

Page 87: ...Regulations 98 37 EU Machine Safety EN 292 2 1995 06 EC Low Voltage Regulations 73 23 EEC Data and Office Machine Safety EN60950 1992 A1 1993 A2 1993 EC Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 89 33...

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