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You can use your PowisPrinter

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Or docked to a Fastback® Model 11 or Model 15.

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Summary of Contents for Fastback P31

Page 1: ...Instruction Manual Provided By http www MyBinding com http www MyBindingBlog com Powis Parker Fastback P31 Printer...

Page 2: ...M O D E L 3 1 U S E R S M A N U A L P O W I S P R I N T E R...

Page 3: ...bilities It s a fun machine so have a good time I INTRODUCTION 2 II FIRST TIME SETUP 5 A What s Included 5 B Unpacking 5 C Plugging In 5 D Loading a Foil Cartridge 5 III PRINTING A QUICK TITLE 6 IV KE...

Page 4: ...the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a...

Page 5: ...ower ON Switch L Power Cord Receptacle M Fuse Holder N Voltage Setting A Text Orientations Landscape Stacked Portrait B Text Zones Top Middle Bottom C Help Key D Backspace Key E Escape Clear Menu Ejec...

Page 6: ...I N T E R M O D E L 3 1 U S E R S M A N U A L I N T R O D U C T I O N DIAGR AM A S C H M A FIG U RE 4 You can use your PowisPrinter alone Or docked to a Fastback Model 11 or Model 15 DIAGR AMA S C H M...

Page 7: ...ong purple cylinder onto the keyboard s foot Figure 9 C Plugging In 1 Plug the keyboard cable into the bottom Input Port figure 1 2 The Power Switch is located at the lower left on the back of the mac...

Page 8: ...t When the warm up cycle is completed the green Power ON light will remain on and the display will show This screen is called the Text Screen 2 Type a few words for example hot dog 3 Press PRINT 4 The...

Page 9: ...ent the different zones of a book s spine the top zone middle zone and bottom zone When you want to put text in a certain zone just press the corresponding key For example if you want your text in the...

Page 10: ...press ESC at any time to go back to the Text Screen 1 SELECT FONT Select Font allows you to change the font You have eleven wonderful font choices 1 Times 2 Bodoni 3 Palatino 8 4 Univers 5 Univers Co...

Page 11: ...OINT SAMPLE TEXT 36 POINT SAMPLE TEXT 48 POINT SAMPLE TEXT 60 POINT SAMPLE TEXT Press the MENU key and then press the 2 key FONT SIZE You will see Enter the point size Press ENTER to finish Select an...

Page 12: ...e s fonts font sizes and font styles to the preset defaults The factory preset defaults are Univers Condensed AutoFit and Normal but you may change these defaults in User Settings MENU option 11 Press...

Page 13: ...y Press the MENU key the right arrow key once and the 6 key RECALL TITLE You see Replace old title in memory Y N 1 EMPTY Use the right and left arrow keys to scroll through the stored titles Press ENT...

Page 14: ...w You can shift the text up to 0 25 in 6 3 mm or down to 0 25 in 6 3 mm Press ENTER when you finish modifying the offset 11 USER SETTINGS The User Settings allows you to choose the keyboard display la...

Page 15: ...hen measuring your book s thickness Changing the Landscape Text Orientation This setting allows you to change the landscape text orientation from American to European style Changing this setting simpl...

Page 16: ...ime you turn on your printer the machine will assume these settings Note this will not affect text until the next time the printer is turned on or you select the Default Formats MENU item C Other Keys...

Page 17: ...that for most books only a few characters will fit in Portrait Orientation 4 Type a title for example your favorite color on the first line and press ENTER 5 Type another title like your favorite food...

Page 18: ...owisPrinter then determines the strip width suitable for your book 18 After you have entered the book thickness the keyboard display says ENTER BOOK THICKNESS __ sheets S sheets I in M mm NOTE N M W N...

Page 19: ...ry one of the following options 1 DELETE SOME TEXT If you do have too much text an obvious solution is to edit some of your title so that it s shorter Example Original Title Too Long Edited Title 2 RE...

Page 20: ...your book is less than 38 sheets the front flap of the strip the part that wraps around the cover is actually wider than the spine In this situation when the front flap has more room for titling the P...

Page 21: ...le Italic Bottom zone Orientation Portrait Text A B A L O S spaces between each letter Font type Univers Condensed Font size 12 Font style Normal Wide strip 375 sheets SMILEY FACE STRIP Top zone Orien...

Page 22: ...PC requirements A 486 or Pentium class processor At least 16 megabytes MB of RAM optimum 32 MB of RAM At least 20 MB of free hard disk space A Microsoft or 100 compatible mouse recommended A RS 232 s...

Page 23: ...ur authorized Fastback representative They ll know the details regarding the service modification to your Fastback binder that allows the Fastback binder to talk to the PowisPrinter B Docking the Powi...

Page 24: ...her hand allows you to print the strip review what it looks like and then re feed it to bind the document Method A Quick n Easy Print and bind in one operation 3 Press the PRINT BIND key to print the...

Page 25: ...y stick together in the box The Binderstrip width matches the width the printer has requested The Binderstrip is clean and no Binderstrip fragments are attached 5 The PowisPrinter will now print the B...

Page 26: ...what zone you are currently in A constant zone light indicates where you have entered text Q How can I change how the script looks A Press MENU Press 1 SELECT FONT Press the number of the font you wan...

Page 27: ...written in all three zones A Press MENU Press the right arrow key to move to the next screen Press 7 REVIEW TITLE The display screen now shows you the text in each zone followed by the orientation fo...

Page 28: ...L E M S O L V I N G You ll use a Narrow Binderstrip Medium Binderstrip Wide Binderstrip If your book width is between 10 125 sheets 0 04 0 5 inches 1 12 mm 126 250 sheets 0 6 1 inches 13 25 mm 251 375...

Page 29: ...your dealer P R O B L E M S O L V I N G C Keyboard Error Messages PLEASE REMOVE STRIP FROM FEED ENTRY Fix chute jam STRIP LOADING ERROR PLEASE REMOVE STRIP AND TRY AGAIN CARTRIDGE EMPTY PLEASE INSERTA...

Page 30: ...give easier access and or visibility see below Close the Top Hatch Front Door Jams Open the Front Door figure 19 Locate the jammed strip Gently and carefully pull the strip out of the machine It may h...

Page 31: ...re 20 d Grasp the foil cartridge at the top and the bottom and pull it straight out of the machine e Take out a new foil cartridge Remove the orange shipping tab f Look at the cartridge Does the foil...

Page 32: ...or 800 321 2463 in the United States during the hours of 6 00 a m to 5 00 p m Pacific Time I Ordering PowisPrinter Accessories or Supplies To order PowisPrinter Boxed Accessory Kits or Accessory Kit p...

Page 33: ...hs A5 8 5 9 11 A4 14 Average Printing Time 20 Seconds can be longer with images Warm up Time 20 second self test Power Requirements and Safety Approvals USA Canada P31 UL CUL 2 5 A 115V 50 60 Hz Europ...

Page 34: ...P O W I S P R I N T E R M O D E L 3 1 U S E R S M A N U A L USER S MANUAL FOR THE FABULOUS POWIS PRINT SOFTWARE...

Page 35: ...upgraded version to a charity of your choice and such charity agrees in writing that it will be the sole end user of the product and that it will abide by the terms of this agreement Unless you so don...

Page 36: ...erms of this Agreement Any technical data provided that is not covered by the above provisions is deemed to be technical data commercial items pursuant to DFAR Section 227 7015 a Any use modification...

Page 37: ...III GETTING THE MOST FROM POWIS PRINT 40 A Text Layout 40 1 Font Type 40 2 Font Size 40 3 Font Style 40 4 Character Spacing 40 5 Aligning Text 40 6 AutoFit 40 What s What in the Design Window illustr...

Page 38: ...importantly view your strip as you design it And since you re working on your computer you use a full sized keyboard to design your strip Before we get rolling please note that this manual assumes yo...

Page 39: ...lling PowisPrint Software a Prior to running the software make sure your display resolution is 800x600 pixels or higher To change your display resolution position the mouse cursor on the Windows deskt...

Page 40: ...to determine available ports For Windows 95 Position the mouse over the My Computer icon on the Windows desktop Press the Right mouse button then select Properties In the System Properties window clic...

Page 41: ...y click the Print button A message appears at the top of the Print Window telling you which width strip to insert 6 Insert the correct width strip into the printer adhesive side up It s very important...

Page 42: ...making design errors we recommend using AutoFit 3 Font Style Using the Font Style keys choose which style you want bold italic and or underline You may have one two or all three of these styles simul...

Page 43: ...Appropriate Width Strip for Binding Document based on thickness and or number of sheets The software automatically updates the strip width as you 12 Font Styles Bold Italic Underline 13 Binderstrip L...

Page 44: ...rmatting i e font style size and character spacing This means any line spacing you set in one zone will NOT transfer to other zones when you select Apply Style in All Zones You must apply line spacing...

Page 45: ...e line of text If you have a lot of text try Landscape orientation Although you can use only one orientation per zone you can use different orientations in different zones Yahoo C Zones A zone designa...

Page 46: ...aneously place your cursor in the gap between two zone bars Your arrow becomes a little hand Click the mouse button and hold it down while sliding to the left or the right This resizes the two zones s...

Page 47: ...Rotate Image box You can also invert the bitmap s colors by clicking the Invert Image box When the image is formatted correctly click OK This returns you to the Design Window which now displays the im...

Page 48: ...then Accessories and select Paint 2 Using the text tool type your title text We typed ALIENS STOLE MY CAT By Rita Pilleggity and then formatted it Notice that we used three different fonts three font...

Page 49: ...ancel to exit without making changes REMINDER What you choose here does not necessarily reflect what prints That depends on the foil cartridge you have in your printer If you have a gold cartridge in...

Page 50: ...erly docked to a Fastback insert the book you want to bind and press the green Bind button Then in the Design Window press the Ask button The software communicates with the Fastback then matches the t...

Page 51: ...he Design Window and Fastback boxes match exactly OR Choose not to correct the book thickness mismatch You will not be allowed to press the Print Bind button the button will be disabled But you can pr...

Page 52: ...his feature to title and bind a series of the same thickness books see page54 for more details e Eject Ejects the strip out the PowisPrinter Feed Exit below the purple strip guide 2 The Status Boxes a...

Page 53: ...eed Exit 6 Bind Only Button When docked to a a Fastback binder you can use this button when you want to insert a Binderstrip into the printer and without printing send the strip straight to the Fastba...

Page 54: ...rs look in the Printer Status box The lights next to Online and Ready will be green d Press Print e A message appears at the top of the Print Window telling you the which width strip to insert f Inser...

Page 55: ...ign to match the book in the binder It then returns to the Design Window so you can see your updated strip design To return to the Print Window select Print from the File menu The Design Window and Fa...

Page 56: ...press Ask to update the thickness to the book in the binder d Select Print from the File menu e Press Bind Only f Insert your strip in the PowisPrinter adhesive side up Note there is no prompt to inse...

Page 57: ...he strip insert another strip into the printer 11 While your next strip is printing remove the bound book from the binder and place it in a cooling rack 12 Insert your next book into the binder and pr...

Page 58: ...entation a positive value shifts the text up from the center a negative value shifts the text down from the center If you re in Stacked or Portrait orientation a positive value shifts the text right o...

Page 59: ...d that if you are using the Thickness feature to measure your books or if you press the Ask button to update your design s thickness you do not need to worry about changing this setting D Serial Port...

Page 60: ...rs Title Orientation This setting allows you to change the landscape text orientation from US Canadian to European style Changing this simply rotates any landscape text 180 Note the difference between...

Page 61: ...P O W I S P R I N T E R M O D E L 3 1 U S E R S M A N U A L TAKING PRINTING TO THE 21ST CENTURY...

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