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User Manual 9050/9050plus                                                                                                                                                           

 

78413010-003 101 

 

1.  Open the Push tractors cover turning it upwards 

and lay it on the top of the printer 

2.  Unlock the sprockets of the Front1 tractor moving 

the sprocket levers down. Slide the left sprocket to 
the first printing column. 

 

 

 

Note: in some version the sprocket levers work in opposite way instead of the same way as 

the indicated in the figures 

 

 

3.  Space the paper guides along the tractor bar. 

Open the left and right sprocket covers. 

 

4.  Hold the fanfold paper in front of the sprockets 

and insert the paper perforation on the left 
sprocket pins and close the left sprocket cover 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Compuprint 10300

Page 1: ...User Manual 9050 9050plus G00641 FAMILY ...

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Page 3: ...nt branded consumables with original packaging identified by its holographic label In this way a proper use of the printer at quality level stated in the product characteristics can be assured All typical usage problems related to not certified consumables may be avoided such as an overall quality print level degradation and often the reduction of the product life due to the fact that the proper w...

Page 4: ...ution hazard level The word Caution indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of causing moderate or minor personal injury Most CAUTION notices are numbered 2 1 2 2 and so forth where they appear in the text of this manual Example of a Caution notice CAUTION 2 22 Carefully follow all cleaning instructions using only the materials and solutions recommended Attention notices The word...

Page 5: ... national testing laboratory indicates that the product is designed and manufactured in accordance with national requirements intended to minimize safety hazards This equipment meets a very high standard of safety in design and manufacture Remember however that this product operates under conditions of high electrical potentials and heat generation both of which are functionally necessary Because ...

Page 6: ...ps by the National Electrical Code may be used if they are fully approved in the customer s geographic location It is the customer s responsibility to supply a fully approved temporary power tap if one is to be used Connecting or disconnecting a communication port a teleport or an attachment connector DANGER 1 14 Switch off printer power and unplug the printer power cord before connecting or disco...

Page 7: ...n European Union EU Conformity Statement Compuprint declares that this product is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 2006 95 EC 2004 108 EC Per the applicable requirements of EU directive 98 37 EC machines sound pressure of the above product measured according to EN27779 does not exceed 70dBA This product has been tested and found to comply wit...

Page 8: ...iver Installation 17 Loading Paper Using the Front1 Push Tractor 100 Windows Environment 17 Printinga Configuration Sheet 103 Lan Connection 20 Printer Maintenance and Troubleshooting 104 Monitoring Printer Remote Printer 22 Cleaning the Printer 104 Configuration in LAN Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge 105 NetViewMaster Utility 27 Printing the Self Test 106 UNIX Environment 28 Error Handling 107 Lin...

Page 9: ...ptional Front2 push path Fanfold with 4 pins sprockets Optional printer pedestal Printer Features 9050 24 Needle Print Head 136 columns 10 cpi High speed Draft printing at 720 cps Draft printing at 600 cps LQ printing at 110 cps IBM Proprinter XL24 XL24 AGM Personal Printer 2391 EPSON LQ Series ANSI X3 64 and DEC PPL2 emulations Base paper handling configuration Front1 push path Fanfold with 4 pin...

Page 10: ... 9050 9050plus 78413010 003 8 Unpacking Your Printer The following items are included in the box Notify any damage to your supplier Quick Setup Guide CD Driver with User documentation Ribbon Cartridge Power Cable ...

Page 11: ...User Manual 9050 9050plus 78413010 003 9 Printer Parts Front View R Re ea ar r V Vi ie ew w ...

Page 12: ...he location must be sturdy horizontal and stable Your printer must not be exposed to direct sunlight extreme heat cold dust or humidity see Printer Specifications later The power outlet must be compatible with the plug of the printer s power cord There must be sufficient clearances on all sides for easy operation The required space is shown in the figure Printer Assembly This sections describes ho...

Page 13: ...ssories To be used when the ribbon shifter option is not installed To be used when the ribbon shifter option is installed see later on for installation of this option 3 Turn the printer on and wait for printer initialization 4 With the printer powered on enter the OFF LINE status pressing the ON LINE Key and then checking ON LINE indicator unlit 5 Open the top cover using the small handles on eith...

Page 14: ...he ribbon winding knob in the arrow direction located on the cartridge to take up slack in the ribbon To avoid damage to the ribbon do not turn the winding knob in the wrong direction a Align the right and left cartridge pins with the printer locking points Black cartridge when the ribbon shifter option is not installed Black Long Life cartridge when the ribbon shifter option is installed ...

Page 15: ...inserted correctly between the print head and the print head mask OK NO 8 If the shifter kit option is installed on your printer insert the shifter holder onto the ribbon shifter as shown in this figure 9 Insert the shifter holder onto the ribbon shifter as shown in the following figure 10 Turn the ribbon winding knob in the arrow direction located on the cartridge to take up slack in the ribbon ...

Page 16: ... Black Long Life cartridge when the ribbon shifter option is installed 11 Turn the ribbon winding knob again in the direction of the arrow to take up slack in the ribbon 12 To ensure that the ribbon guide runs freely along the ribbon manually move the print carriage horizontally If the used ribbon cartridge needs to be replaced see Replacing The Ribbon Cartridge later in this manual ...

Page 17: ... 1 14 Switch off printer power and unplug the printer power cord before connecting or disconnecting a communication port a teleport or other attachment connector The controller provides the following four interfaces A bidirectional IEEE1284 parallel interface A RS 232C serial interface An USB interface An Ethernet LAN interface The interface connectors are located on the rear of the printer ...

Page 18: ...ce A RS 232C serial interface An USB interface 2 Second Controller this controller provides the following two interfaces A bidirectional IEEE1284 parallel interface An Ethernet LAN interface The interface connectors are located on the rear of the printer Insert the parallel interface cable into the parallel connector and fasten it by means of the clips Insert the serial interface cable into the se...

Page 19: ... Address http www compuprint com Starting from WINDOWS 95 98 2000 XP NT4 0 Millennium Vista Win7 Win8 Win10 environments the printer supports the Plug Play feature In the CD ROM shipped with the printer there is an auto run tool which automatically install the selected printer driver If the tool does not automatically start find the AVVIO exe application in the CD folder source Windows could advis...

Page 20: ... select the printer model The home of printer services will be displayed ReadMe Manuals BrowseCD Driver WebSite Tools When select the Driver an attention pop up mask will appear to advise to disconnect all cables and press OK The Driver Installation starts ...

Page 21: ...ning the printer information is already installed this message will be displayed Alternatively it is possible to install the driver in the standard mode by click on Add Printer in the Device and Printer Window function After the selection of the printer type local or network open the specific O S folder containing the INF file The masks below shown for the Windows7 64 source Comp9050 9065 9080 103...

Page 22: ...communication between the PCs and the Compuprint printer is necessary that the same LAN protocol is used for all connected devices the TCP IP or the NetBEUI protocol in a Windows environment For very old Windows O S i e Windows98 in the CD you find the Compuprint PP 20 exe program which install the Compuprint TCP IP port This program can be found in the folder of CD source Drivers Microsoft Print ...

Page 23: ... 003 21 Define the port setting Protocol RAW N of Port 9100 At this point the O S asks for the new driver Locate the INF file in the CD subfolder as indicate in the previous chapter Share or not the printer The printer is now connected ...

Page 24: ...s must correspond with the IP Address set in the INIT IP ADDRESS parameter of the LAN INTERFACE item Home Page The Printer Home Web Page screen appears as the mask on the right This Printer Home Web Page shows the current status of the printer Product Name Compuprint 9xxx MAC Address xxxxxxxxxxxx Printer Base Code Version 1 23 Product Description Compuprint 9065 Impact Matrix Printer And can activ...

Page 25: ...All Macrox Configuration Setting the default Macro at power on Setting the security password Select one of the different webpages Home System Config Interface Lan Macro described hereafter System Page In the System Page click on Security Setting button The first time the following screen appears Type root for User Name Type root for password Security Page It is now possible to indicate a new passw...

Page 26: ...0 9050plus 78413010 003 24 Security Page The following screen appears REMARK Remind you that it is necessary to select Power on Reset button to go to Reboot Page and save the changes Screen after Reboot Printer action ...

Page 27: ... tables click on the respective left button This page contains a series of tables with the corresponding printer set up For a detailed description of each parameters and values refer to the Configuration chapter later on in this manual This is the Configuration Options Page Interface Options Page This is the Interface Options Page ...

Page 28: ...ge You can now choose the network printer configuration When the parameters are set as necessary click on the Submit button at the end of the table If a password has already been set in the Security item to enter the remote printer configuration mode you need to type the network password Support This is the Compuprint Support Page ...

Page 29: ...ers connected to the network can be organized into logical groups in a hierarchically structured tree Printer Status Report checks the printer s status and reports alarms Printer Configuration the remotely connected printers may be configured as needed from the administrator s workstation Firmware Updating provides a firmware downloading function to upgrade both the base and the LAN card firmware ...

Page 30: ...k that the Printer is powered on and the Green Power led of the LAN Interface Port is lit It is necessary to be SUPER USER Insert the Compuprint Ethernet LAN CD ROM 1 From the shell bush run the cmpwizard sh script from the drivers unix directory included in the CD ROM labeled Compuprint Ethernet LAN See the following screen 2 Select the operating system n 7 3 Add the IP address This address must ...

Page 31: ...ogical Port Name The Logical Port Name is prt1 5 Enter the Print Server Name The printer server name is ps1 6 If this configuration is ok enter y to confirm The installation is now complete If you want to print the test file enter the lpr Pps1 test command ...

Page 32: ...ter are to be placed in the Queue or Spool Directory box 8 Select text only in the Printer Driver box Set up the configuration you want and then click OK button 9 Click File Save Changes in the printconf gui window 10 Restart lpd to have let the printer daemon receive the new printer entry If the print job is rejected when it is sent to test the printer ask the remote computer s administrator to c...

Page 33: ...inter is somewhere other than a local segment Configuring a Local Domain and Host Name The AS 400 print commands require a local name and host name If you have already configured LAN attached TCP IP printers on the AS 400 system you will have a local domain name and hostname configured on the system To configure the local domain you will run the CFGTCO command Configuring a TCP IP Host Table Entry...

Page 34: ...DL IBM6400EP Internet Address INTNETADR 127 000 000 000 where Remote System enter the host name of your printer or INTNETADR whic then prompts you to specify the IP address of your printer Printer Queue set to pr1 through pr4 The remote printer queue name must be all lower case entered in single quotes Destination Type specify OTHER for the DESTTYP parameter Transform specify YES Manufacturer Type...

Page 35: ...inter Queue set to pr1 through pr4 The remote printer queue name must be all lower case entered in single quotes Writer to Autostart set the value to 1 Connection Type specify this value as IP Destination Type specify XAUTOQXAIX Transform specify YES Manufacturer Type select a manufacturer type and model Select IBM6400EP for Epson emulation or IBM6400PR or IBM42023 for IBM Proprinter Internet Addr...

Page 36: ... an approved correctly installed power receptacle 1 Make sure the power outlet is near the printer location and easily accessible 2 Make sure that the power switch is in 0 position OFF 3 Insert the power cable plug into the printer connector and the other power cable end into a convenient outlet the figure shows the European version 4 If you need to turn the printer on press the power switch in th...

Page 37: ... PROGRAM key the following messages will be displayed STARTING UP then 9050plus or 9050 Rel x yz then PRINT OUT NO 3 Press the key to enter the setup The first setup item is displayed EMUL OPTIONS 4 Press the key until the language first level function is displayed FUNCTIONS 5 Press the key to pass to the second level functions BUZZER YES 6 Press the key until the setup language is displayed MENU ...

Page 38: ...dicator lit OFF LINE M1 ON LINE M1 Printer Status Current Macro Printer Status Current Macro Where OFF LINE Indicates the printer status ON LINE M1 M2 ME M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 Indicate which of the four or eight User Macros is currently used The N depending by the Firmware level installed when there is no paper loaded and the printer is off line ON LINE indicator unlit when there is no paper loaded and t...

Page 39: ... message for operator to tear the printed paper PARK PAPER TEAR OFF PAPER The parking action is already run but the paper remain in the printer path because too long maximum paper length for automatic parking is 28 711 2mm The operator is advise to tear paper PATH CHANGING The path has been changed and the printer is updating the settings PRESS A KEY NVM CHANGED The NVM has been changed Press any ...

Page 40: ...have different functions according to the selected function modes Normal Alternate or Program Normal Function The normal function of the keys is written above the keys and does not require any previous action to select it Alternate Function The alternate function of the keys is written below the keys and is selected pressing the ALTERNATE key When the alternate function of the keys is selected the...

Page 41: ...ACRO Normal Function Selects one of the user macros Macro 1 Macro 2 Macro 3 or Macro 4 If you want to select the displayed macro wait for 2 seconds without pressing any key and the parameters of this macro will be set Pressing this key with ONLINE and TEAR lock or unlock the access to the printer setups See later How to Lock Unlock the Printer Setups section Program Function Scrolls the parameters...

Page 42: ...te Function of the keys is enabled ALTERNATE indicator lit May be used to abort paper parking procedure See also How to Handle the Paper Parking later in this manual When the printer is in Program Setup Mode this key is disabled Alternate Function Disables the alternative key functions TEAR PITCH Key TEAR Normal Function Moves the paper to the tear off position TEAR NORMAL function must be selecte...

Page 43: ...keys are used to move within the different functions inside the Printer Setups See the following description of the setup items Leaving the Printer Setups Pressing the PROGRAM key in the Power On Configuration the printer exits from the setup and the new settings will be automatically saved Pressing the PROGRAM key in the Program Setup the following choice is offered for the storage of the values ...

Page 44: ...at the printer is turned off 2 Press and hold the PROGRAM key pressed while powering on the printer until the RELEASE KEYS message is displayed As soon as the PROGRAM key gets released the following message will be displayed STARTING UP then 9050plus or 9050 Rel x yz then PRINT OUT NO Main Structure This figure shows the structure of the Power On Configuration and how to move inside the Setup ...

Page 45: ...of the Configuration Printer Settings PRINT OUT NO or PRINT OUT YES EMUL OPTIONS PRINT OUT NO The Setup is not printed PRINT OUT YES The printer setup is printed showing the currently selected values The printout starts as soon as you select this value ...

Page 46: ... or EMUL ANSI or EMUL DEC PPL2 or CHAR SET CS2 EMUL EPSON LQ The printer uses the EPSON LQ Series emulation EMUL IBM XL24 The printer uses the IBM Proprinter XL24 emulation EMUL IBM XL24AGM The printer uses the IBM Proprinter XL24 AGM emulation EMUL IBM 2391 The printer uses the IBM Personal 2391 emulation EMUL ANSI The printer uses the ANSI 3 64 emulation EMUL DEC PPL2 The printer uses the DEC PP...

Page 47: ...NATION or NATION LATIN A1 or AUTO CR YES The following national character sets are available CP 437 CP437 G 96GREEK CP850 CP851 CP 852 CP 853 CP 855 CP 857 CP 858 CP 860 CP 862 CP 863 CP 864 CP 865 CP 866 CP 867 CP 876 CP 877 CP 1250 CP 1251 CP 1252 CP 1253 CP 1254 CP 1255 CP 1256 CP 1257 GOST TASS MAZOWIA ISO 8859 1 ISO 8859 2 8859 3 ISO 8859 4 ISO 8859 5 ISO 8859 6 ISO 8859 7 ISO 8859 8 ISO 8859...

Page 48: ...P 1255 CP 1256 CP 1257 GOST TASS MAZOWIA ISO 8859 1 ISO 8859 2 ISO 8859 3 ISO 8859 4 ISO 8859 5 ISO 8859 6 ISO 8859 7 ISO 8859 8 ISO 8859 9 ISO 8859 15 CP 437SL CP 1098 UKRAIN KOI8 U FARSI1 FARSI2 The CP 858 and ISO 8859 15 character sets contain the Euro character CR Code Behavior NATION xxx AUTO CR NO or AUTO CR YES or AUTO LF NO AUTO CR NO No automatic carriage return is performed after a LF VT...

Page 49: ...layed only if the IBM emulation is selected AUTO LF NO 20 CPI IBM NO or 20 CPI IBM YES or BAR CODE NATIV 20 CPI IBM NO The compressed printing is performed at 17 1 cpi 20 CPI IBM YES The compressed printing is performed at 20 cpi Bar code mode 20 CPI IBM NO or AUTOLF NO BAR CODE NATIV or BAR CODE ALT 1 or BAR CODE ALT 2 EMUL OPTIONS BAR CODE NATIV Enables bar code printing using the native command...

Page 50: ...ace board Controller Board installed on the unit is equipped with this interface Valid only for 9050 The following paragraphs describe how to configure the parameters of the interfaces AUTO All the interfaces installed onto the interface board controller are active and the hot port feature is operative PARALLEL Only the Centronics Parallel Interface is active Hot Port is not operative SERIAL Only ...

Page 51: ...LL INTERFACE 1284 BIDIR I F or CX PARALLEL I F or SERIAL INTERFACE SELECT IN HOST 1284 BIDIR I F Bidirectional IEEE 1284 parallel interface CX PARALLEL I F Centronics type parallel interface mono directional Setting the Select In Signal 1284 BIDIR I F SELECT IN HOST or SELECT IN ON or DATA BITS 8 SELECT IN HOST The printer checks the SELECT IN signal coming from the host SELECT IN ON The SELECT IN...

Page 52: ...ST DATA BITS 8 or DATA BITS 7 or INP BUFFER 2K Selection of the number of data bits 7 or 8 Input Buffer Size DATA BITS 8 INP BUFFER 256 or INP BUFFER 2K or INP BUFFER 12K or INP BUFFER 32K or INP BUFFER 64K or INP BUFFER 128K or PARALL INTERFACE Selects the input buffer size ...

Page 53: ...ace is present This setup defines the use of the serial interface and is structured according to the interface specific parameters Setting the Serial Interface Parameters Interface Type PARALL INTERFACE SERIAL INTERFACE SERIAL INTERFACE SERIAL I F 232 or FUNCTIONS BAUD 9600 SERIAL I F 232 It is available the serial interface RS 232 C only ...

Page 54: ... NONE Selection of the number of data bits 7 or 8 Parity Check DATA BITS 8 PARITY NONE or PARITYODD or PARITY EVEN or PARITY MARK or PARITY SPACE or HANDSHAKE DTR PARITY NONE Data does not have a parity bit i e 8 bit data are transferred and the parity check is disabled PARITY ODD Parity check is enabled for odd parity PARITY EVEN Parity check is enabled for even parity PARITY MARK Parity check is...

Page 55: ...SHAKE XONXOF HANDSHAKE XONXOFF The Handshake is performed using the XON XOFF Protocol Connection Type HANDSHAKE DTR CONNECTION LOCAL or CONNECT REMOTE or INP BUFFER 2K Selects the connection type local or remote Input Buffer Size CONNECTION LOCAL INP BUFFER256 or INP BUFFER 2K or INP BUFFER12K or INP BUFFER32K or INP BUFFER64K or INP BUFFER128K or SERIAL INTERFACE Selects the input buffer size ...

Page 56: ...the use of the LAN interface and is structured according to the interface specific parameters Setting the LAN Interface Parameters IP Assignment PARALL INTERFACE LAN INTERFACE LAN INTERFACE IP ASSIGN FIXED or IP ASSIGN DHCP or FUNCTIONS INIT IP ADDRESS 127 000 000 000 IP ASSIGN FIXED Assigns the static or fixed IP address IP ASSIGN DHCP Assigns the dynamic IP address DHCP protocol ...

Page 57: ...EWAY ID 000 000 000 000 These values set the INIT net mask number This number is represented by a decimal notation where the decimal values are divided by points in four fields Each field ranges between 0 and 255 Use the or keys to increase or decrease the values in one field and the or keys to move to the next field to move to the right and to move to the left The default value is 255 255 254 000...

Page 58: ... ENABL NO The workgroup is identified by a name This function allows to create the name of the workgroup using a 14 character string Use the or keys to increase or decrease the values in one field and the or keys to move to the next field to move to the right and to move to the left Press thePROGRAM key to save the selected init workgroup name The default name is workgroup Enable Disable the SMTP ...

Page 59: ...y if the SMTP ENABL function is selected YES MAIL SERV ADDRES EMAIL ADDRESS xxxxxxxxxxx or SENDER ADDRESS xxxxxxxxxxx This function allows to write the e mail address where you can notify the failures Use the or keys to increase or decrease the values in one field and the or keys to move to the next field to move to the right and to move to the left Press the PROGRAM key to save the e mail address...

Page 60: ... ENABL FTP ENABL YES or FTP ENABL NO TELNET ENABL FTP ENABL YES Enables the FTP File Transfer Protocol service FTP ENABL NO Disables the FTP File Transfer Protocol service Enable Disable the TELNET Service FTP ENABL TELNET ENABL YES or TELNET ENABL NO DIRIP ENABL TELNET ENABL YES Enables the TELNET service TELNET ENABL NO Disables the TELNET service Enable Disable the DIRIP Service TELNET ENABL DI...

Page 61: ...TP ENABL NO Disables the HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol service Enable Disable the SNMPD Service HTTP ENABL SNMPD ENABL YES or SNMPD ENABL NO SMBD ENABL SNMPD ENABL YES Enables the SNMPD service SNMPD ENABL NO Disables the SNMPD service Enable Disable the SMBD Service SNMPD ENABL SMBD ENABL YES or SMBD ENABL NO FUNCTION SMBD ENABL YES Enables the SMBD service SMBD ENABL NO Disables the SMBD serv...

Page 62: ... setting Paper loading sequence Bar code density Text printing direction Graphics printing direction Bar code printing direction Graphics printing speed Paper path at power on Language of the display messages Paper tractor jam sensors if the 6 pin Front1 Front2 Push tractors are installed Tear off position adjustment ...

Page 63: ...per Loading Sequence BUZZER YES SEQUENCE NONE or SEQ F1 F2 PUSH or BAR CODE 120 DPI These items are displayed only if the accessories to which they refer are installed SEQUENCE NONE The paper is fed only through the path selected by operator panel SEQ F1 F2 PUSH The paper is fed firstly with the Front1 push tractor and successively through the Front2 push tractor option Bar Code Density SEQUENCE N...

Page 64: ... DIR UNI Selects the print direction for graphics bidirectional or unidirectional Bar Codes Print Direction GRAPH DIRECT BI BARCODES DIR BI or BARCODES DIR UNI or GRAPH H S YES Selects the print direction for bar codes bidirectional or unidirectional Graphics Printing Speed Selection BARCODES DIR UNI GRAPH H S NO or GRAPH H S YES or P ON PATH MACRO GRAPH H S NO Selects graphics printing bit image ...

Page 65: ... The paper path at power on is the last one that was selected before the printer was powered off Selection of the Language of the Display Messages P ON PATH MACRO MENU ENGLISH or MENU ITALIANO or MENU FRANCAIS or MENU ESPANOL or MENUE DEUTSCH or F1 JAM SENS Y if 6 pin Front1 Push Tractor option is installed or TEAR ADJUST xxx These items are self explaining See also Selecting the Display Language ...

Page 66: ...tor option is installed F1 JAM SENS Y F2 JAM SENS Y or F2 JAM SENS N or TEAR ADJUST xxx F2 JAM SENS Y Enables the paper jam sensor located in the 6 pin Front2 push tractor option F2 JAM SENS N Disables the paper jam sensor located in the 6 pin Front2 push tractor option Adjusting the Tear Off Position F2 JAM SENS Y if 6 pin Front2 Push Tractor is installed or F1 JAM SENS Y if 6 pin Front1 Push Tra...

Page 67: ...t the settings you have just done The default values for the setup items are indicated in bold FUNCTIONS BACK TO MFG NO or BACK TO MFG YES or PROG PRINT OUT If you want to select BACK TO MFG YES you have to exit from this item using the or the key in order to confirm the selection of this value At this point the Power On Configuration Setup procedure is finished If you exit pressing the and the PR...

Page 68: ...he following message will be displayed PRINT OUT NO The figure in the following page shows the structure and how to move inside the Program Setup Main Structure The items define the following functions Print Program Setup with 4 or 8 depending by the model and FW Handling of the 4 or 8 user Macros Print Statistics of the printer from the FW Rel 1 23 The direct access to the Power On Configuration ...

Page 69: ...tup is printed The printout starts as soon as you select this value NOTE The Program setup printout indicates The printer model The current firmware release with Version and FW IDentifier The serial number which can be applied as USB ID The MAC ADDRESS of the LAN card The currently selected values of the 4 or 8 Marcos the current selected macro is marked with the x symbols USER MACRO x ...

Page 70: ...STATS YES The printer statistics is printed The printout starts as soon as you select this value NOTE The Printer Statistic printout indicates The printer model The current firmware release with Version and FW IDentifier The statistic parameters PowerOn Cycle PowerOn Hours Pages Barcodes Pages with Graphics HS Draft Characters Draft Characters Best Draft Characters NLQ Characters LQ Characters ...

Page 71: ...rinter for four printing environments Selection of the User Macro PRINT STATS NO USER MACRO USER MACRO MACRO 1 or MACRO 2 or CONFIG MENU NO MACRO 3 or MACRO 4 or MACRO 5 or MACRO 6 or MACRO 7 or MACRO 8 or LINE SP 6 LPI Selection of the macro for which you intend to set the parameters When a new macro is selected and the fanfold paper is present in the paper path set in the previous macro it will ...

Page 72: ...User Manual 9050 9050plus 78413010 003 70 User Macro Parameters The table continues on the next page ...

Page 73: ... MACRO 1 LINE SP 6 LPI or LINE SP 8 LPI or LINE SP 12 LPI or LINE SP 3L 30MM or LINE SP 4L 30MM or LINE SP 6L 30MM or LINE SP 8L 30MM or LINE SP 12L 30MM or LINE SP LOCK NO These values define the line spacing in lines inch 6 8 12 or in lines per 30 mm 3 4 6 8 12 ...

Page 74: ...e set for vertical spacing cannot be changed by software but only by operator panel Page Length LINE SP LOCK NO LENGTH 1 LINE or LENGTH LINES or LENGTH 244 LINES or TOP OF FORM 0 These items set the page length for fanfold paper in number of lines depending on the current vertical spacing Default value is 66 lines Top of Form LENGTH xx TOP OF FORM 0 or TOP OF FORM or TOP OF FORM xxx or IGNORE F F ...

Page 75: ...essed Skip Over Perforation IGNORE F F NO SKIPOVER 0 or SKIPOVER or SKIPOVER xxx or DRAFT MODE NORM These items set the skipover perforation The values range between 0 and the page length 1 Draft Print Mode Selection SKIPOVER 0 DRAFT MODE NORM or DRAFT MODE BEST or DRAFT MODE HS or QUALITY LQ DRAFT MODE NORM The printer performs the draft printing at normal speed DRAFT MODE BEST The printer perfor...

Page 76: ...tor panel Quality Print Mode Selection DRAFT MODE NORM QUALITY LQ or QUALITY NLQ or FONT Draft QUALITY LQ The printer performs the Letter Quality printing QUALITY NLQ The printer performs the Near Letter Quality printing Font Selection QUALITY LQ FONT Draft or FONT Courier or FONT OCR B or FONT Gothic or FONT Prestige or FONT Present or FONT OCR A or FONT Script or PITCH 10 CPI Selects the fonts O...

Page 77: ... item sets proportional character spacing Micro Dot Print Mode PITCH 10 CPI 15 24CPI NORMAL or 15 24CPI MICRO or PITCH LOCK NO 15 24CPI MICRO The print matrix uses 8 x 8 dots only if the horizontal spacing is 15 or 24 cpi micro mode 15 24CPI NORMAL The print matrix uses 12 x12 dots normal mode Pitch Lock 15 24CPI NORMAL PITCH LOCK NO or PITCH LOCK YES or LEFT MARGIN 0 PITCH LOCK NO Setting this it...

Page 78: ...ng from the physical left edge Right Margin LEFT MARGIN 0 RIGHT MARGIN 2 or RIGHT MARGIN or RIGHT MARGIN xxx or SLASH ZERO NO The Right Margin is set in number of columns depending on the current pitch starting from the physical left edge The default value is 136 Zero Character Printing RIGHT MARGIN 136 SLASH ZERO NO or SLASH ZERO YES or PATH FRONT 1 You can select the Zero character printing with...

Page 79: ...e PATH FRONT 1 TEAR NORMAL or TEAR AUTOMATIC or LABEL or TEAR NO or TEAR DELAY 1 TEAR NORMAL The Tear Off Function is performed pressing the TEAR key when the printer is offline TEAR AUTOMATIC When the printer is not receiving any data the paper is moved to the Tear Off position It is returned to the Tear Off position as soon as it receives printing data LABELS This item must be set when printing ...

Page 80: ...int head is set for printing on multicopy paper SOFT IMPACT The impact strength of the print head is set for printing few copies The printing noise is reduced Paper Perforation This function allows to move the print head aside the paper when the fanfold paper perforation passes between the mylar and the print bar to facilitate paper movement on critical forms STRONG IMPACT PERFOR SAFE NO or PERFOR...

Page 81: ...0 AUTOGAP xxx Selecting one of these values sensing the paper thickness Negative values reduce the distance between the print head and the paper Default value is AUTOGAP 0 MANUAL GAP Selecting this item the print head must be adjusted manually FIXED GAP xxx Selecting one of these values the printer adjusts the print head gap to a fixed distance Horizontal Character Tuning AUTOGAP 0 TUNING HORIZ 0 ...

Page 82: ...i e the tuning ranges between 1 6 and 2 inch 0 is the default value Space Compression TUNING VERT 0 SPACE COMPR YES or SPACE COMPR NO or MACRO MFG NO This setting if YES compress the space characters Resetting the Macro Parameters to the Factory Defaults TUNING VERT 0 MACRO MFG NO or MACRO MFG YES or NEXT MACRO NO MACRO MFG NO The new values set for the macro parameters will be the used MACRO MFG ...

Page 83: ... macro will be automatically parked TEAR IF NECESS PARK PAPER is displayed Tear off this fanfold paper and press PARK key You can now set the parameters for MACRO 2as described above In this way you prepare the second printing environment Passing over from one macro to the other then sets two different printing environments Passing over to the Power On Configuration At this point of the setup it i...

Page 84: ...STORE QUIT or STORE SAVE or STORE CURRENT or PROG EXIT STORE QUIT This setting does not save any of the new values set The values set previously will be used STORE SAVE The values set are stored permanently in the NVM and will be used until they are changed by the operator STORE CURRENT The values set are valid until the printer is turned off When you turn the printer on again the values set in th...

Page 85: ...are available CODE 437 CODE 850 CODE 851 CODE 852 CODE 853 CODE 855 CODE 858 CODE 860 CODE 863 CODE 864 CODE 865 CODE 866 CODE 867 ISO 1 ISO 2 ISO 3 ISO 4 ISO 5 ISO 6 ISO 7 ISO 8 ISO 9 ISO 15 MAZOWIA TURKISH CP 437G ROMAN 8 KAMENICKY CWI IN2 CODE 864E CP1250 CP 1251 CP 1252 CP 1253 CP 1254 CP 1255 CP 1256 CP 1257 BULGAR ANSI Code Pages CH TAB CODE437 NATION USA or NATION or NATION CYRILLIC or RIS ...

Page 86: ...r disable the special modes oversize expanded and bar code modes then the printer will YES or will not NO respond to the SI and SO commands based upon your selection Auto Carriage Return SI SO CTL YES AUTO CR YES or AUTO CR NO or PRIME ON DEL YES If the printer receives a command LF from the host to perform a line feed then the printer will YES or will not NO append a carriage return based upon yo...

Page 87: ...ing defines the vertical expansion from the baseline up YES or from the top line down NO ALT Graphics EXPAND UP YES ALT GRAPHICS YES or ALT GRAPHICS NO or 8 BIT CTRL YES If is selected N the 6 bit graphics horizontal densities are multiplies of 72 If is selected Y the 6 bit graphics horizontal densities are multiplies of 60 8 bit Control ALT GRAPHICS YES 8 BIT CTRL YES or 8 BIT CTRL NO or S SUB SC...

Page 88: ...ntrol codes embedded within escape sequence are valid YES or ignored NO In both cases the escape sequence will be valid VT Code ESC CTR CODE YES VT NOT SET YES or VT NOT SET NO or DOUBLE LF YES In this setting the VT code received without tab set will yield line feed YES or will be ignored NO Double Line Feed VT NOT SET YES DOUBLE LF YES or DOUBLE LF NO or DOUBLE LF YES If the printer receives a c...

Page 89: ...margins on form length changes Backup Option CLEAR MARGIN YES BACKUP NONE or BACKUP BC or BACKUP OS or BACKUP BOTH or GUARD BAR YES BC The printer will return the print head to the vertical position established before turning on Barcode modes at the completion of printing of the current barcode symbol OS The printer will return the print head to the vertical position established before turning on ...

Page 90: ...E GUARD BAR YES or GUARD BAR NO or FONT LOCK The printer will Y or will not N include left right and center Guard bars of the barcode styles which use Guard bars based upon your selection The Guard bars extend into the human readable line of the barcode symbol when it is enabled ...

Page 91: ...AL DEC Technical 7BIT HEB DEC 7 Bit Hebrew HEBR SUP DEC Hebrew Supplemental 8 BIT GRES DEC 8 Bit Greek Supplemental 7 BIT TUR DEC 7 Bit Turkish 8 BIT TURS DEC 8 Bit Turkish Supplemental JIS KATA JIS Katakana User Preference Supplemental Character Set UP C S DEC SUPP DEC SUPP or or ISO CYR or FONT LOCK The following code pages are available DEC SUPP DEC Supplemental SPEC GRA DEC Special Graphics TE...

Page 92: ...n the next line Pitch Selection AUTO WRAP YES PITCH 5 CPI or PITCH 6 CPI or PITCH 6 6 CPI or PITCH 7 5 CPI or PITCH 8 2 CPI or PITCH 8 5 CPI or PITCH 9 CPI or PITCH 10 CPI or PITCH 12 CPI or PITCH 13 2 CPI or PITCH 15 CPI or PITCH 16 5 CPI or PITCH 17 1 CPI or PITCH 18 CPI or PITCH 20 CPI or PITCH 24 CPI or PITCH PROP CPI or QUALITY LQ These items set the horizontal spacing in characters per inch ...

Page 93: ...NE SP 3 LPI or LINE SP 4 LPI or LINE SP 6 LPI or LINE SP 8 LPI or LINE SP 12 LPI or LINE SP 3L 30MM or LINE SP 4L 30MM or LINE SP 6L 30MM or LINE SP 8L 30MM or LINE SP 12L 30MM or LINE SP LOCK NO These values define the line spacing in lines inch 2 3 4 6 8 12 or in lines per 30 mm 3 4 6 8 12 ...

Page 94: ...Front1 Push Tractor Loading Paper Using the Front2 Push Tractor option When a new paper path is selected the paper loaded in the printer is automatically parked How to Use the Tear Off Function This function is used to match the paper perforation with the tear off bar For this function the following values must be set Selection of the Paper Size 1 Press the PROGRAM key when the printer is disabled...

Page 95: ...en press the until the following message is displayed TEAR ADJUST xxx 4 Press the or key to scroll the values of this function Values below 0 move the tear off position downwards values above 0 move the paper upwards The values can be set between 30 and 390 at 1 180 inches from 1 6 to 13 6 inches 5 When the desired value is displayed press the PROGRAM key 6 Press the PROGRAM key to save and exit f...

Page 96: ...he printer setup parameters it is possible to lock unlock the access to the printer setups as follows Press ON LINE MACRO and TEAR keys at the same time and keep them pressed while powering the printer on until the display shows RELEASE KEYSmessage As soon as these keys are released the following messages will be displayed STARTING UP then 9050plus 9050 Ver Xx x then LOCKED MENU Now the access to ...

Page 97: ...nd the paper path is changed changing the Macro or pressing the PATH key or the PARK key is pressed the printer performs automatically the parking procedure If at least one line has been printed or the paper has been fed forward at least 1 line and the paper path is changed changing the Macro or pressing the PATH key or the PARK key is pressed the display shows TEAR IF NECESS PARK PAPER If the pap...

Page 98: ...r the paper has been fed forward at least 1 line and the paper path is changed changing the Macro or pressing the PATH key or the PARK key is pressed the paper is moved to the tear off position and the display shows TEAR IF NECESS PARK PAPER If the paper to be parked is longer than 18 tear it off and press the PARK key again to perform the parking procedure When the paper is positioned in the tear...

Page 99: ...aper path is changed changing the Macro or pressing the PATH key or the PARK key is pressed the paper is moved to the tear position the display shows TEAR IF NECESS PARK PAPER If the paper to be parked is longer than 18 tear it off and press the PARK key again to perform the parking procedure If at least one line has been printed or the paper has been fed forward at least 1 line and the paper path...

Page 100: ...ejection If at power on the paper is already loaded in a paper path that is different to the paper path used by the macro which is valid at power on independently from the setting of the TEAR function the display shows TEAR IF NECESS EJECT PAPER If the paper to be ejected is longer than 18 tear it off and press the PARK key again to perform the paper ejection In all the above cases the parking pro...

Page 101: ...User Manual 9050 9050plus 78413010 003 99 Paper Paths Paper Handling Front1 Push Path Base Configuration Front 2 Push Path With Installed Option ...

Page 102: ... Paper 35 35 Fanfold Paper Loading L Lo oa ad di in ng g P Pa ap pe er r U Us si in ng g t th he e F Fr ro on nt t1 1 P Pu us sh h T Tr ra ac ct to or r 1 To select the Front1 push tractor paper path press the PATH key The display shows LOAD FRONT1 If you have been using a different path the display shows PATH CHANGING If you have been using fanfold paper in the Front2 push tractor paper path if t...

Page 103: ...own Slide the left sprocket to the first printing column Note in some version the sprocket levers work in opposite way instead of the same way as the indicated in the figures 3 Space the paper guides along the tractor bar Open the left and right sprocket covers 4 Hold the fanfold paper in front of the sprockets and insert the paper perforation on the left sprocket pins and close the left sprocket ...

Page 104: ...he right sprocket cover 7 Match the left sprocket for the first printing position i e the left paper margin must match the ninth mark on the printer cabinet Note Aligning the left hand edge of the paper past the 22nd spacer on the printer cabinet will cause the paper to be misaligned with the Paper Load Sensor resulting in a LOAD FORM error 8 Adjust the right sprocket gently to remove slack from t...

Page 105: ...iguration by following these steps 1 Press the ON LINE key to take the printer OFF LINE 2 Press the PROGRAM key PRINT OUT NO Is displayed 3 Press the key PRINT OUT YES The PROGRAM SETUP PRINTOUT is printed 4 Press the key until PRINT STATS NO Is displayed 5 Press the key PRINT OUT YES The USAGE STATISTICS DATA PRINTOUT is printed 6 Press the key until CONFIG MENU NO Is displayed 7 Press the key to...

Page 106: ...de the printer Every few months use a soft brush and a vacuum cleaner to remove dust ribbon lint and pieces of paper such as chad Remove the ribbon cartridge to prevent the ribbon from going into the vacuum cleaner Vacuum any dust from around the print head and in the printer cavity Attention Do not allow any staples paper clips or small metal pieces to fall inside the printer Cleaning the outside...

Page 107: ...3 Slide the ribbon guide out of the print head If the Ribbon Shifter kit is installed on the printer free the shifter holder pushing the tab towards the rear and pulling the shifter holder up 3 Remove the used ribbon cartridge by lifting it up Black cartridge when the ribbon shifter option is not installed Black Long Life cartridge when the ribbon shifter option is installed Now you are ready to i...

Page 108: ...printer until the display shows RELEASE KEYS 2 When you release the key after initializing the printer starts the self test printout It prints The printer model The current firmware release with Version and FW IDentifier The serial number which can be applied as USB ID The MAC ADDRESS of the LAN card Plus a continuous loop of characters in different pitches 3 To stop the self test printing press t...

Page 109: ...e FIXED GAP parameter is displayed Press the or keys to select the fixed gap adjustment values From FIXED GAP 1 simple fanfold paper to FIXED GAP 4 multipart fanfold paper BUFFER OVERFLOW CHARACTER LOST A buffer overflow condition occurred for the serial interface Turn the printer off and on again or press the PROGRAM and ON LINE key successively to clear the buffer Press ON LINE to clear the erro...

Page 110: ... ON LINE to clear the error Increase the buffer size PAPER JAM CHECK ALL PATHS A paper jam error condition occurs in the paper path Check all the paper paths and remove the jammed paper Press the ON LINE key to reset the error condition PARITY ERROR CHARACTER LOST An error on the serial transmission occurs The printer recognized a wrong parity bit Turn the printer off and on again or press the PRO...

Page 111: ...e if having problems with front forms path or move the printer to the rear edge of the table if having problems with the rear forms path 3 The forms supply is not below the level of the printer Solution Move the forms supply to the floor or on a shelf below the level of the printer 4 The forms supply is not aligned with the printer Solution Reposition the forms supply so that the forms feed evenly...

Page 112: ...ity and ribbon problems Problem Unreadable characters 1 The ribbon is dry or worn Solution Check the ribbon and replace it if it is dry or worn 2 The Automatic Gap Adjustment AGA setting for the paper source you are using needs to be decreased Paper must be loaded for this adjustment to be effective Solution See Adjusting the Distance of the Print Head on page 74 3 Poor quality multiple part forms...

Page 113: ...stall it Problem Ribbon snagging tearing or not moving 1 The ribbon is worn Solution Replace the ribbon cartridge 2 The ribbon cartridge is not properly installed Solution Remove and then reinstall the same ribbon Configuration problems Problem Printer doesn t print or prints wrong characters 1 Nothing is printed or the wrong characters print Solution Ensure the printer cable is attached to the ho...

Page 114: ... bail assembly a Remove the ribbon cartridge b Grip the bail assembly and rotate it toward the front of the printer until the pivot posts on the sides disengage from the printer frame c Lift the bail assembly out of the printer and set it aside d Remove jammed forms by pulling in the direction of printing 8 If you removed the paper bail assembly in the previous step reinstall it as follows a Grip ...

Page 115: ...others from making direct contact with it Before removing the Controller Board from the protective package ground the package to exposed metal at the back of the printer This will release any static charge that may have developed on the package or on your body Hold the package against the metal for at least two seconds When you are instructed remove the Controller Board and install it directly int...

Page 116: ...rd on the preceding page as you remove the Controlle Board from its shipping box and from the protective package 3 Align the left and right sides of the Controller Board with the guides in the printer and slide it into the slot 4 Gently push the Controller Board into the printer until it is seated in the connector inside the printer The Controller Board is correctly seated in the printer when the ...

Page 117: ...talled on the printer model This tractor allows the handling of a second fanfold paper Installing the Front2 Push Tractor This second push tractor can be installed in front position on the Front1 Push tractor 4 pin Front2 Push Tractor option 1 Align the hooks on both sides of the Front2 push tractor with the pins on the Front1 push tractor 2 Push the Front2 tractor until it is fully engaged ...

Page 118: ...ctor located in the lower push tractor 4 Rotate the Front2 push tractor onto the Front1 push tractor Removing the Front2 Push Tractor If you need to remove the upper push tractor turn the printer off Disconnect the connector cable and press on the push buttons to disengage the Front2 push tractor ...

Page 119: ...printer automatically starts the parking procedure The display shows alternately TEAR IF NECESS and PARK PAPER Tear off the fanfold loaded with the Front1 push tractor if it is longer than 18 inches and press the PARK key The display shows PARKING followed by LOAD FRONT2 2 Open the Push tractors cover turning it upwards and lay it on the top of the printer 3 Unlock the Front2 push tractor sprocket...

Page 120: ...he right sprocket pins and close the sprocket cover 6 If you are using the 6 pin Front2 push tractor option make sure the paper goes under the paper sensor and close the sprocket cover 7 Position the left sprocket for printing matching the left paper margin with the ninth notch on the printer cabinet and lock it in place Note Aligning the left hand edge of the paper past the 22nd spacer on the pri...

Page 121: ...r when the Front2 Push Tractor Option is Installed When the Front2 push tractor option is installed and you need to load paper on the Front1 push tractor follow this paper loading procedure 1 Open the Push tractors cover turning it upwards and lay it on the top of the printer Rotate the Front2 push tractor option outside the printer 2 Insert the fanfold paper between the Front1 and Front2 push tra...

Page 122: ...d on the Front1 push tractor reposition the Front2 push tractor in its initial position before closing the Push tractors cover The Printer Pedestal For better paper handling use the available Three Levels Floor printer pedestal option The instructions are included inside this option ...

Page 123: ...ibbon shifter which is moved up and down by the firmware of the printer With this option installed the long life ribbon cartridge can be used 1 Power off the printer 2 Open the top cover 3 Remove any ribbon installed 4 Connect the ribbon shifter motor connector in the respective socket present in the print head 5 Position the ribbon shift motor on the two fixing holes Pay attention for the motor c...

Page 124: ...gh Speed Normal Best Draft LQ NLQ 10 9 x 12 12 x 12 12 x 24 36 x 24 36 x 12 12 10 x 12 10 x 24 30 x 24 30 x 12 15 micro 8 x 8 8 x 16 24 x 16 24 x 8 15 normal 12 x 12 12 x 24 17 1 14 x 12 14 x 24 21 x 24 21 x 12 20 12 x 12 12 x 24 18 x 24 18 x 12 24 micro 10 x 8 10 x 16 15 x 16 15 x 8 24 normal 10 x 12 10 x 24 Line length number of characters 10 cpi 136 17 1 cpi 233 12 cpi 163 20 cpi 272 15 cpi 204...

Page 125: ...ter Sets 8859 1 Latin1 8859 2 Latin2 8859 3 Latin3 8859 4 Latin4 8859 5 Latin Cyrillic 8859 6 Latin Arabic 8859 7 Latin Greek 8859 8 Latin Hebrew 8859 9 Latin5 8859 15 Latin9 Bar Codes UPC A UPC E EAN 8 EAN 13 UPC EAN 2 UPC EAN 5 Code GP MSI Plessey Code BCD C2 5 3 BAR Code 39 Code 128 Code 11 Code 93 Codabar 2 5 Bidirectional 2 5 Interleaved 2 5 Industrial 2 5 Matrix Postnet Emulations EPSON LQ S...

Page 126: ...orkload 40000 pages month ECMA 132 4 hours for 22 days Printer Life 5 years Print Head Life 500 MChrs Power Supply UNIVERSAL From 90 to 244 VAC Power Output Max 154 W Power Consumption Standby 22W Printing 116 W Noise Level 54 dBA Environment Conditions Temperature Relative Humidity Storage Conditions 40 to 50 C 10 to 90 RH not condensing Operating Conditions 10 to 38 C 10 to 90 RH not condensing ...

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Page 128: ... ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE This manual refers to various company and products by their trade names In most of the cases these designations are claimed as trademarks or registered tramarkers by their respective companies Copyright 2017 COMPUPRINT s r l Printed in Italy ...

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