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Note! When adjusting the magnet racks vertically, observe that magnet rack A and B must be 

moved upwards to increase the pressure, and magnet rack C and D must be moved downwards 

to increase the pressure. 

(Moving away from the paper increases pressure).

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Summary of Contents for 600 SR

Page 1: ...User s Guide BRAILLO NORWAY BRAILLO 600 SR Rev January 2018...

Page 2: ...2018 Braillo Norway AS...

Page 3: ...it Our goal is to manufacture a Braille embosser that when properly maintained by following the instructions in this manual will not only last decades but will also produce Braille that is recognized...

Page 4: ...BRAILLO l B 600 SR 4...

Page 5: ...ack removal 54 4 4 Magnet rack disassembly step by step 55 4 5 Magnet replacement 57 4 6 Magnet rack cleaning 60 4 7 Magnet rack adjustment 61 4 8 Magnet rack refitting and adjusting 63 4 9 Beam and p...

Page 6: ...ACKER 103 7 1 Paper cutter and stacker 103 7 2 Paper cutter adjustment 106 8 PAPER ROLL FEEDER 110 8 1 Setting up connections 110 8 2 Operating 111 8 3 Replacement of paper roll 112 8 4 Service and ma...

Page 7: ...orrect tools which come with your printer as well as following the correct procedures which we prescribe in the manual and rein force in our training courses Additionally just as the wrong wrench can...

Page 8: ...tanding behind the printer facing the opening where the paper is inserted into the printer Control panel Left hand side of the printer Right hand side of the printer PAPER ROLL FEEDER PRINTER CUTTER P...

Page 9: ...d relative humidity between 40 and 60 Maintain a clean environment because dust may clog the Printer especially with high humidity Too low humidity should also be avoided to prevent electrostatic prob...

Page 10: ...hipment contains the following items 1 Printer 1 Ethernet cable 5 m shielded 1 USB cable 5 m 1 User s guide B600 SR 1 Tool kit for service and maintenance 1 Test and packing list 1 Paper Roll Feeder 1...

Page 11: ...ken off for a better access e g for smaller repairs or to con nect to the electrical unit However if the Printer is going to be lifted or moved and the Printer s own wheels cannot be used the cover mu...

Page 12: ...ow for details Disconnect the cable to the fans Disconnect the two cables to the operating panel Disconnect the cable to the safety switches in the cover Unscrew the four screws G use a 6 mm hex key a...

Page 13: ...moved before starting the Printer There are four between the base plate and the steel frame and four between the steel frame and the printing mechanism Please see figures below Transport lock Remove t...

Page 14: ...14 2 4 Paper roll feeder Shaft and paper roll Insert shaft into paper roll Ready for mounting Placing the paper roll Motor assembly Friction bars Guides for friction bar Frame Paper sensor Crank to li...

Page 15: ...p See figure Place the paper roll with the shaft already fastened just behind the Paper Roll Feeder Lift off the cor rection roll with the friction bars and place aside Use the crank to lower the roll...

Page 16: ...2 5 Placing the units The units should be placed as seen on the figure below BRAILLO l B 600 SR 16 PAPER ROLL FEEDER PRINTER CUTTER PAPER STACKER Approx 50 cm...

Page 17: ...in switch on the Paper Roll Feeder will also turn everything off When power is present the Printer operator panel will turn the Paper Roll Feeder and the stacker unit on or off Note The Printer will f...

Page 18: ...BRAILLO l B 600 SR 18 Mains for all units To Printer Paper Roll Feeder connector Stacker connectors...

Page 19: ...e paper stacker See figure below Connect to the electric unit inside the printer Connect to the T coupling on the air tube that comes from the Stacker unit Under the printer Connect to the valves fitt...

Page 20: ...ng earthing wire Also make sure that you are connecting to 230 volts THE PRINTER S MAINS CABLE MUST ALWAYS BE CONNECTED TO GROUND Fans outlet Mains inlet Audio pre out NC NC Ethernet NC NC USB Main bo...

Page 21: ...text buffer in the Printer so the text file will be transferred to the Printer as fast as the transmission will allow Then the Printer will run until the text buffer is empty See figure below this is...

Page 22: ...is can be controlled at the output pressure gauge To have long and trouble free operation the air must be filtered and free from oil and water When air is compressed in a compressor the air temperatur...

Page 23: ...regulator and release valve unit on the Paper Roll Feeder From there it goes to the Printer and to the Paper Stacker If the power is turned off or one of the emergency switches has been pushed down t...

Page 24: ...actly in between the two units Fix the units by tightening the screws A Take the paper from the paper roll feeder loose and move the two guides on the paper input side away from each other to the very...

Page 25: ...Guides on the paper input side Make sure that this guides are aligned with the paper feeder so the paper will follow a straight line trough the printer Adjust to sheet width BRAILLO l B 600 SR 25...

Page 26: ...ways Move the paper forward by pushing the fine adjust button until the paper can be seen between the sliding plates Move the plates against the edges on the paper and make sure there is a little gap...

Page 27: ...The stacker must be adjusted so the sliding plates will be situ ated on the inside of the stacker This is to ensure that the paper will not be obstructed on its way down to the stacker 1 Loose this sc...

Page 28: ...ces the paper one sheet Enters the Main menu Moves the paper 0 5 inch forwards Moves the paper 0 5 inch backwards Status information When the printer is powered up you have to press the Accept button...

Page 29: ...up in the menu Jump back to the previous menu without saving Accept or select button Jump back to the previous menu without saving Accept or select button Increase the value Decrease the value To chan...

Page 30: ...ilar to this The very first time the printer is powered up you have to select the printer model Note The settings set by the operator panel is the default values However when sending a text file from...

Page 31: ...ike to pause a print job press the Pause button When the Printer is paused the button will change to Continue Press Continue to continue with the printing If you would like to cancel the rest of the p...

Page 32: ...rning Set printer Volume Date Print test pa ern Embossing disabled Sheet length Line length Embossing disabled Manual running Time Pitch Printer ID Format View log Event log Speech Acessibility Stepmo...

Page 33: ...h The line length is the maximum number of characters that you can have on a single Braille line The range is from 10 to 42 characters Format Main Menu Paper Layout Format Selects between Interpoint d...

Page 34: ...is Single Line Spacing Page adjust Main Menu Paper Layout Page adjust This setting will decrease the number of lines on each page from 0 to 9 If the maximum number of lines could be 29 and the settin...

Page 35: ...USB Print Test Pattern Main Menu Warning Service Diagnostic Warning Print Test Pattern When entering this menu choice a warning window will appear This is to make the user aware that print jobs from...

Page 36: ...er X pattern without motor Will activate one and one magnet on the magnet racks Sleep relay Turn the Sleep relay on or off Alarm relay Turn the Alarm relay on or off Spare relay Turn the Spare relay o...

Page 37: ...feed 2 This is the second sensor on the paper transportation in the Printer Out of paper This is a sensor that check if there is paper present in the Printer It s fitted on the paper guide on the inpu...

Page 38: ...Time Used to change the time The Sound menu Main Menu Sound Volume Main Menu Sound Volume Volume setting for beep and speech Pitch Main Menu Sound Pitch Sets the pitch level for the beep Speech Main M...

Page 39: ...nter Setup Printer ID The Printer has a function to make it possible to identify which Printer has printed a particular Braille book It is done by sending a command along with the Braille book that te...

Page 40: ...yle skin Main Menu Printer Setup GUI style skin If any users of this Printer has low vision and or find it a bit difficult to read the operator panel it is possible to change the background and text c...

Page 41: ...as actually printed 3 3 Messages error messages Messages Error Messages on this Printer can be divided into three groups Messages Error Messages and unrecoverable Error messages Messages Magnet failur...

Page 42: ...paper and are waiting for more paper When more paper is detected the display will change to Press con tinue to resume Stacker is full The Paper stacker belt is full the sheets must be removed and the...

Page 43: ...continue Tip The sensor can be tested manually on Main Menu Warning Service Diagnostic Test Sensors Magnet rack failure The magnet self test system has detected problems with a magnet and the printer...

Page 44: ...ice Diagnostic Warning Print Test Pattern When entering this menu choice a warning window will appear This is to make the user aware that print jobs from the computer will not be printed as long as yo...

Page 45: ...the cables to the operator panel Or you can unscrew the panel from the cover and keep it nearby the printer Please observe that the operator panel is an electrical board and MUST NEVER BE LAID ON A CO...

Page 46: ...re showing the parts inside the printing mechanism The printer has been sliced to show more detailed of how it is constructed BRAILLO l B 600 SR 46 paper b a d c printing pins short pivot arms magnetr...

Page 47: ...afts must rotate three times to form a complete row of characters Please see figure below First revolution Second revolution Third revolution To be able to print interpoint where both sides of paper a...

Page 48: ...ccentric shafts Inside each magnet rack there are 42 electrical magnets The magnets are controlling the long pivot arms When a dot is going to be printed the magnet is engaged and the long pivot arm w...

Page 49: ...engaged and the long pivot arm has been drawn against the magnet The short pivot arm is moving down towards the hook on the long pivot arm Figure C The long pivot arm s hook catches the short pivot ar...

Page 50: ...Main Belt Main motor Magnet rack B Magnet rack A Electric unit Paper feed stepping motor Main board General overview Serial no printer BRAILLO l B 600 SR 50 Paper cutter...

Page 51: ...should run the built in Test Print Depending on what kind of errors you have you should use different tests The essential thing at this stage is to find which magnet rack s is causing the trouble If...

Page 52: ...ivot arm If there are too many dots on the paper the reason might be one of the following 1 The sponge list is not pressing enough against the long pivot arm 2 The gap between the two pivot arms are t...

Page 53: ...ong pivot arm Support list Magnet Magnet rack board Printing pin Sponge list short pivot arm Sponge list Magnet rack Short pivot arm Pin guide Magnet poles Gap between pivot arms BRAILLO l B 600 SR 53...

Page 54: ...rack Make sure that the brass eccentrics at the ends of the magnet rack is touching the magnet rack on both ends This to be able to get it back to the exact same position sideways Remove the magnet r...

Page 55: ...e magnet racks can be considered as the parts of the printer that will have the greatest influence on the dot quality so it is very important to know how to deal with them Take the magnet rack out of...

Page 56: ...pport list and then remove the support list Step 3 Remove the two bolts holding the pivot arm fastener and then carefully remove the pivot arm fastener The magnet rack is now disassembled Support list...

Page 57: ...e end where the connections are It does not refer to dot number character number or column number Disassemble the magnet rack like described in chapter 4 4 Magnet rack disassembly step by step Next fo...

Page 58: ...ow pair of needle nose pliers Magnet Step 3 Check the magnets internal resistance if you have an ohm meter available The resist ance should be from 185 ohm up to 240 ohm Any value outside this range i...

Page 59: ...th a new magnet in its place Note The spikes on one of the sides on the magnet These spikes must be oriented the same direction as the rest of the magnet s spikes in the magnet rack Note the direction...

Page 60: ...y step by step Now use a damp cloth moist with cleaning alcohol to wipe off the surfaces as described in the figure below Magnet poles on the magnets The support list The iron pieces in the long pivot...

Page 61: ...e travelling distance for the pivot arm And it should be adjusted to about 0 8 mm using a feeler gauge Adjust the nuts on both ends of the magnet rack If the 0 8 mm feeler gauge goes in and the 0 9 mm...

Page 62: ...list works as a return spring for the pivot arms The correct adjustment is when the sponge list is slightly pressing against the pivot arms but the pivot arms can still move freely Please see figure...

Page 63: ...ot tighten them Slide the magnet rack horizontally away from the printer so that the magnet rack is touching the horizontal adjustment screws This will ensure that the magnet rack is in exactly the sa...

Page 64: ...will affect the pressure the pivot arms put on the printing pins This directly affects the shape of the printed dots To be able to adjust the magnet rack correctly it is necessary to put the printer...

Page 65: ...the magnet rack Then unscrew the horizontal adjustment screw a little Now slide the magnet rack outward from the printer so it touches the horizontal adjustment screws again Then thighten the four fa...

Page 66: ...st way to find the correct level of vertical adjustment is to first decrease the pressure so the dots will be very faded and weak Then readjust the pressure up in small steps until the dot quality is...

Page 67: ...oosen these screws Adjust upwards by loosening the upper nut and then tighten the lower Note Adjust in small steps only 1 4 of a revolution at a time Then test the braille quality BRAILLO l B 600 SR 6...

Page 68: ...ically observe that magnet rack A and B must be moved upwards to increase the pressure and magnet rack C and D must be moved downwards to increase the pressure Moving away from the paper increases pre...

Page 69: ...iew Please see the figures below UPPER UPPER LOWER LOWER Upper Beam Upper Papershoe Lower Papershoe Lower Beam Adiprene springs Return spring red Return spring green Plastic shims BRAILLO l B 600 SR 6...

Page 70: ...e cutter can be re established by fixing the position plates at the back edge of the cutter This has to be done at both sides Remove the paper cutter assembly 2 Remove the paper feeder assembly 3 Remo...

Page 71: ...ide where the paper goes into the printer 5 Remove the belt This is done by loosening the belt tensioner s screws When this is done the belt can be lifted off the upper cogwheel Please see figure to t...

Page 72: ...t the short pivot arms there are 21 pcs on each shaft 2 Pull out the shaft and replace the short pivot arm s Assembly is done in reverse order Note When putting the short pivot arms back into the beam...

Page 73: ...efore the parts are separated make sure that the beam is held with the printing pins hanging down as shown on the figure Place the pin guide with the pins on a table do not turn it upside down or all...

Page 74: ...he correct position See the marks at the end of the shafts the arrows must point directly towards each other like in the figure below Then the springs can be adjusted to the correct length i e 68 mm N...

Page 75: ...move the belt a notch or two on one of the wheels This is done by loosening the belt tensioner 2 again and then lift the belt up from the big wheel and move it a notch on the wheel Then thighten the b...

Page 76: ...until the paper shoes P have a light pressure on the paper Check that the gap 5 between the press plates and the beam above is equal on both upper and lower units Secure the push rods 3 with the locki...

Page 77: ...er The notch on the beam wheel should now be placed exactly opposite the sensor like in the figure below If the edge is not in it s correct position it must be adjusted Keep the shafts in this positio...

Page 78: ...e rear end where the cable enters the sensor Inside the sensor is a little LED lamp that will be lit if a magnetic object is in front of the sensor The light comes out through some transparent plastic...

Page 79: ...functions like this A little infrared lamp is sending light downward If there is paper present the light will be reflected back and detected by a photo tran sistor If the sensor is defective it must b...

Page 80: ...the magnet rack adjustments Check if the printing pins move freely and if not do a cleaning of the printing pin guide Check all the filters in the press air supply system Be sure to follow the recomm...

Page 81: ...very 500 running hours or approx once a year Lubricate all items marked 1 on the figure below These are the only locations in the printer grease may be applied Use a universal grease with molybdensulf...

Page 82: ...arts magnet rack Pos Name Quantity per rack 1 Sponge list magnet rack 1 2 Magnet rack 1 3 Support list magnet rack 1 4 Shaft long pivot arm 1 5 Pivot arm long 42 6 Electronic board magnet rack 1 7 Mag...

Page 83: ...Quantity pr beam 1 Stroke ball bearing 20 2 2 Beam upper or lower 1 3 Fastener for shaft short pivot arm 2 4 Sponge list for short pivot arm 2 5 Pin guide 1 6 Short pivot arm 84 7 Printing pin length...

Page 84: ...ts paper shoe upper or lower Pos Name Quantity pr shoe 1 Retaining ring 4 2 Adjustment screw push rod 2 3 Stroke ball bearing 20 2 4 Spacer 2 5 Paper shoe upper or lower 1 6 Plastic shims 4 BRAILLO l...

Page 85: ...r feeder Parts paper feeder Pos Name Quantity 1 Pulling wheel 2 2 Bearing 6003 2Z 2 3 Timing wheel 1 4 Stepping motor 1 5 Paper feed sensor no 1 1 6 Paper feed sensor no 2 1 BRAILLO l B 600 SR 85 1 6...

Page 86: ...elt pulley 40 L 100 2 4 Belt tensioner 2 5 Timing belt pulley 22 L 100 1 Direction of rotation BRAILLO l B 600 SR 86 1 2 3 4 5 How to get the timing belt pulley off the shaft Unscrew the two screws Pl...

Page 87: ...d Pos Name Quantity pr shaft 1 Main bearing with housing 2 2 Nut KM5 2 3 Bearing outer eccentric 6205 2Z 2 4 Nut KM6 2 5 Bearing inner eccentric 6006 2Z 2 6 Shaft 1 Shaft exploded view BRAILLO l B 600...

Page 88: ...top and bottom frame exploded Pos Name Quantity pr frame 1 Locking ring 22 4 2 Stroke ball bearing 12 2 3 Locking ring 16 4 4 Stroke ball bearing 8 2 5 Frame 1 6 Spacer 22 2 7 Spacer 16 2 8 Push rod 1...

Page 89: ...Frame exploded view BRAILLO l B 600 SR 89...

Page 90: ...5 7 Paper cutter exploded view part 1 of 3 Pos Name Quantity 1 Cylinder 1 2 Roller blade assembly 1 3 Paper holder assembly 1 1 2 3 BRAILLO l B 600 SR 90...

Page 91: ...Paper cutter exploded view part 2 of 3 Pos Name Quantity 1 Roller blade 1 2 Bearing 688 2Z 2 1 2 BRAILLO l B 600 SR 91...

Page 92: ...Paper cutter exploded view part 3 of 3 1 2 Pos Name Quantity 1 Paper holder 1 2 Blade fixed 1 3 Paper holder cylinders 2 3 BRAILLO l B 600 SR 92...

Page 93: ...mmended 150 g m Printing speed 600 characters per second or up to 1800 printed pages per hour based on a 12 inch sheet Electrical Voltage Single phase 230 V 10 50 60 Hz Current approximately 5 A max F...

Page 94: ...ftware Main board Main board connector Magnet rack power connector 6 2 Electric unit overview The electric unit is placed on the base plate of the Printer and contains connections fuses and power supp...

Page 95: ...95 Remove screws Remove screws Lift the lid upwards 6 3 How to replace fuses The fuses are placed on a PCB inside the Electric Unit See figures below for how to open the box Remember to disconnect the...

Page 96: ...3 15 AT Spare 1 1 AT Spare 2 1 AT M rack A 3 15 AT M rack B 3 15 AT M rack C 3 15 AT M rack D 3 15 AT The fuses Note that the two mains fuses is placed under transparent lids All the fuses are 5 x 20...

Page 97: ...SB Power operator panel Signal operator panel Data Magnet racks A B C D Not in use Step motor Sync External equip SD memory card with software Spare sensor Cover sensor Beam wheel sensor Paper feed 2...

Page 98: ...re form feed can be placed wherever needed If there is a command on the other pages it will be skipped All page formatting which is done on the front page will also format the back of the same sheet I...

Page 99: ...30 10 5 027 065 050 049 1B 41 32 31 11 0 027 065 050 050 1B 41 32 32 11 5 027 065 050 051 1B 41 32 33 12 0 027 065 050 052 1B 41 32 34 12 5 027 065 050 053 1B 41 32 35 13 0 027 065 050 054 1B 41 32 3...

Page 100: ...5 027 077 048 053 1B 4D 30 35 6 1 9050 027 077 048 054 1B 4D 30 36 7 2 2225 027 077 048 055 1B 4D 30 37 8 2 5400 027 077 048 056 1B 4D 30 38 9 2 8575 027 077 048 057 1B 4D 30 39 10 3 1750 027 077 049...

Page 101: ...3 049 1B 53 31 Default is Normal Form Feed Page Margin ESC T nn Page margin nn can be from 0 to 20 step Step mm ASCII HEX 0 0 0000 027 084 048 048 1B 54 30 30 1 0 6350 027 084 048 049 1B 54 30 31 2 1...

Page 102: ...ble sided printing of the Printer This command makes the Printer to start printing the rest of the text After this the paper position will be the same as it had when this volume of text was started Th...

Page 103: ...at both the electrical systems are turned off and the air pressure is totally removed The paper cutter is physically placed inside the printer but is controlled from the paper stacker and is electrica...

Page 104: ...pressure is regulated down to 6 0 bar and distributed to all the valves The valves are electrically controlled and will turn the com pressed air on and off to the different cylinders 6 4 0 2 10 8 Pap...

Page 105: ...when the sheet has fallen all the way down 6 The paper mover will push the sheet into the stack of paper If the photocell does not detect the sheet within a period of time after cutting it will trig...

Page 106: ...the four fastening bolts On later versions there is a position plate on both sides that has to be loosened Move the cutter to the desired position Fasten the four bolts Fasten the position plate Prin...

Page 107: ...sheet is also aligned with the text Note that page two is at the back of page one If the paper cutter is moved too far out from the printer the bottom margin on page one will be to nar rower than the...

Page 108: ...s See the figure below Loosen but don t take out the screws like described on the figure below Do this on both sides of the stacker Now you can use the long 3 mm allen key with a T handle to adjust th...

Page 109: ...lue Brown Brown Black Grey White Red Blue Yellow Red Black Red Yellow Brown Purple Black Red White Grey Green Yellow No 1 No 1 Blue Purple Green Blue Brown Yellow Green Brown Yellow Green Yellow Green...

Page 110: ...tched on and off with the main switch on the Printer The Paper Roll Feeder is also supplied with press air The press air is used to keep the paper clamped between the two feeder rolls It is a timer in...

Page 111: ...he Paper Roll Feeder will auto matically feed paper when needed The paper is feed with a speed depending on the distance from the sensor to the paper Long distance low speed short distance high speed...

Page 112: ...he shaft is situated just above the notches while turning the crank to raise the roll lift Turn the crank until the roll is lifted above the floor Put the correction roll with the friction bars on top...

Page 113: ...sitioned nearby the floor so it is actually in correct position Do also note that if the laser distance sensor is not finding anything between 20 cm and 80 cm from the sensors front the motor will not...

Page 114: ...BRAILLO l B 600 SR 114 8 5 Measurements All measurements in centimetres 115 cm 77 cm 112 cm...

Page 115: ...9 GENERAL INFORMATION 9 1 Declaration of conformity BRAILLO l B 600 SR 115...

Page 116: ...earth quake etc damaging the product Should a replacement part be required please do the following Send us a Warranty request form Please refer to the next page to see the actual form The form can al...

Page 117: ...document is not returned within two weeks of origination We will assume that it is not required and it will be cancelled Internal use only Garanti Kunde belastes Kommentarer p reparasjon Reason for r...

Page 118: ...gt 20 T nsberg Mail P O Box 447 3101 T nsberg Norway Phone 47 33 00 28 70 Telefax 47 33 00 28 71 e mail braillo braillo com Service Braillo Norway AS Office Wessels veg 100 Stj rdal Mail P O Box 93 75...

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