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Operation Instructions

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F+D

 Feinwerk- und Drucktechnik GmbH

                   Kirchenstraße 38, D-69239 Neckarsteinach, Germany
                

Phone: +49 6229 7000, Fax: +49 6229 70067

     E-mail: [email protected], Internet: http://www.fuddruck.de

6. Troubleshooting

6.1 General Troubleshooting

Error Description

Possible Error Cause

Solution

Incorrect print,
transmission error

Cable defect or not contact, wrong cable

Check the cable and connection

No print

Cover not closed
Printer not switched On
Fuse defect
Power or Centronics cable are not
connected
Thermal Print Head not connected
Printer Off-line
End of the ribbon
Ribbon torn

Cover open

Close the cover
Switch the printer On
Change fuse
Check the cables and connections
Connect the print head
Set the printer ON-line
Insert a new ribbon
Rewind the ribbon, check the
parameters in the driver and the
card material

Clean the transport rolls

Close the cover

No ribbon synchronisation

Ribbon inserted incorrectly

Insert the ribbon according to the
drawing an the ribbon type

Card stops during printing

No card transportation

Clean the transport rolls

Ribbon stops during the
initialisation

Insert not the right ribbon type

Change the ribbon or change the
settings in the firmware

Card feeding error

No card in the feeder
Card feeder gate to small or to large

Insert new cards
Change the card feeder gate

Card isn‘t print parallel

Card feeder isn’t parallel to the print head

According to the maintenance
manual

Magnetic Stripe encoding
error

No magstripe on the card
Wrong position of the magstripe
Wrong magstripe card

Insert magstripe cards
Insert in the correct position
Insert HiCo or LoCo cards

Summary of Contents for TOP-ino

Page 1: ...Operating Instructions Color Card Printer TOP ino State August 1998...

Page 2: ...ecting the printer to your PC 6 2 6 Printing a card from your PC 6 2 7 Serial Interface 6 3 Operation panel 7 3 1 Operation 9 3 1 1 On line Mode 9 3 1 2 Off line Mode 9 3 1 3 Menu Mode 10 3 1 4 Parame...

Page 3: ...other personalising system by using Win 3 11 Win 95 or NT 4 0 driver By keeping already known advantages of the TOP as print speed precise mechanical engineering and compact design we succeeded in de...

Page 4: ...er get in contact with any liquid 2 2 Unpacking After removing the packing material from the printer check the contents of the carton Printer TOP ino Power Cable DIN standard Centronics Cable Sublimat...

Page 5: ...see Ill Close the cover Note The quality of the printed cards depends on the quality of the blanks cards and how to handle the cards Never touch the cards with your fingers To guaranty the best qualit...

Page 6: ...the computer corresponding parallel interface 2 6 Printing a card from your PC The target is to print a card from your PC For this you must prepare the PC that means install the software Before print...

Page 7: ...ion 2 From the Off line Mode to the On line Mode print menu key Print the last card out of the memory In the Off line Mode start the menu 3 Going up in the Menu Parameter and Setup Mode clear ff key 1...

Page 8: ...ine fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de error When the red error Led is on or is blinking than was an error The error message is on the LCD panel Some errors can be cleared when you are pushing...

Page 9: ...t card from the TOP ino memory is printing When no card was printed from the TOP ino before no function of this key clear ff key Press this key then the error will be cleared in some cases end of the...

Page 10: ...e Menu Mode by pushing down the print menu key Key Functions online select From the Menu Mode to the Parameter Mode see 3 2 4 print menu Show you the Menu parameters in the up direction clear ff Show...

Page 11: ...t menu Show you the parameters in the up direction clear ff Show you the parameters in the down direction print menu and clear ff in the same time Go back to the Menu Mode see 3 2 3 3 1 5 Setup Mode 1...

Page 12: ...ey 7 Now the TOP ino will check the setted ribbon type Please wait Go back to the On line Mode press all three keys together Note In the error case check the ribbon type in the TOP ino and in the soft...

Page 13: ...of the card should be shining 11 Speed resin black Select the parameter with the print menu and clear ff keys Confirm the selected parameter with online select key Slow 21 mm sec and High 42 mm sec Th...

Page 14: ...thing Ribbon type Which ribbon type is setted Head number Serial number of the thermal head copy count Counter of the general printed cards Head count Counter of the printed cards with the current pri...

Page 15: ...rs Stepping motor Stepping motor on off Transport rolls Move the transport rolls up down Feed roll Move the feed roll up down Magnetic head Move the magnetic head up down Color sensor Indicate the col...

Page 16: ...he empty wind up spool you may use the old unwind spool for this Ill 6 Insert a new color ribbon spool serving as unwind spool 7 Mount the color ribbon according to the drawing Ill Note Doing this pay...

Page 17: ...11 of changing the color ribbon 9 Connect the Centronics cable Switch on the TOP ino and wait for initialisation 10 Insert the diskette to the floppy drive of the PC 11 Start the program setuppre exe...

Page 18: ...d then is ready for further operations Note This takes around 1 minute time Only work in the DOS mode 4 6 Cleaning of the transport rolls Regularly clean the transport rolls at least after 500 cards I...

Page 19: ...int head Set the printer ON line Insert a new ribbon Rewind the ribbon check the parameters in the driver and the card material Clean the transport rolls Close the cover No ribbon synchronisation Ribb...

Page 20: ...de Change the front and backside 4 Change in Print Quality after Change the Sublimation Ribbon After insertion of a new color ribbon according to the specification of the manufacturer the contrast dec...

Page 21: ...Fax 49 6229 70067 E mail hotline fuddruck de Internet http www fuddruck de 1 Works only with Win 95 2 Set in the BIOS of PCs the ECP Mode with a DMA Channel before read the PC manual 3 Check all sett...

Page 22: ...Resin wax thermal transfer monochrome Printing Time max 25 sec without data transmission edge to edge Printing Area Full Bleed Print Resolution 300 dpi Color Resolution 8 bit per color 16 7 Mill color...

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