Pentax 203125 - PocketJet II B/W Direct Thermal Printer, User Manual

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Charging the Battery
Note: Batteries are shipped from the factory uncharged.
Charging the Battery
Charging the battery “tops off” the charge without first discharging
the battery.
1. Make sure the printer is connected to an AC power outlet with the
AC adapter and power cord or the DC charging-type adapter.
2. Make sure the printer is off.
3. Press the main switch and hold it down for a few seconds until the
green BATTERY indicator light stays lit. This puts the printer in
Conditioning mode, and starts discharging the battery.
4. Press the main switch and hold it down for a few seconds until the
green BATTERY indicator light starts to blink. This bypasses the
discharging process and puts the printer in Charge mode, which
charges the battery immediately.
The green BATTERY indicator light blinks until charging is
complete.
At the first charge of a fully discharged battery, the printer will be at
60% of capacity. The time to charge to 60% capacity is 70 minutes.
This will yield approximately 60 pages per charge. To have 100%
capacity, immediately repeat steps 1 through 4. The time to charge to
100% capacity is an additional 60 minutes for a total of 130 minutes.
A battery at 100% charge will yield approximately 100 pages of
printing.
When the printer finishes refreshing the battery, it automatically turns
itself off, and the green BATTERY indicator light goes off.
Conditioning Charge
1. Make sure the printer is connected to an AC power outlet with the
AC adapter and power cord or the DC charging-type adapter. See
page 2, “Connecting to an AC Outlet.”
2. Make sure the printer is off.
3. Press the main switch and hold it down for a few seconds until the
green BATTERY indicator light stays lit. This puts the printer in
Conditioning mode, which completely discharges the battery and then
charges a fully discharged battery to about 60% of its full capacity.