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Pi Slide Printer

Operator Manual

Model P21001-E; P21002-E

Summary of Contents for P21001-E

Page 1: ...Pi Slide Printer Operator Manual Model P21001 E P21002 E ...

Page 2: ...the status of the product If necessary check with Pyramid Innovation Ltd or your local Pyramid Innovation Ltd representative This manual may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or converted to any other electronic or instrument readable form without prior written consent of Pyramid Innovation Ltd All information contained in this manual is proprietary and confidenti...

Page 3: ...ument always refer to the operator guide This symbol is used on the equipment or in a document to indicate that harmful chemicals are used Refer to the Material Safety Data Sheets for the chemicals used Always act with common sense and be aware of local laboratory procedures Take suitable precautions A WARNING IS GIVEN IN THE DOCUMENTATION IF THERE IS A DANGER OF PERSONAL INJURY OR DAMAGE TO THE E...

Page 4: ...l and connections 12 Printer status Indication 12 Registration procedure 13 IQOQ Print Test Slide 14 Printer Operation 16 Changing Tape 17 Main User Interface 18 Editing Label Field Data 19 Selecting a Different Template 20 Printing a slide 22 Creating a sequence of slides 23 Deleting a slide from a sequence of slides 24 Editing a slide in a sequence of slides 25 See Editing Label Field Data 25 Se...

Page 5: ... Editing a Template 43 Moving a data field Changing font and size 43 Editing a template data item properties 44 Adding a data item to a template 45 Adding a barcode to a template 46 Settings Network settings 49 Settings Wi Fi WEP 50 To turn WiFi on and select a network 50 To disconnect from the WiFi network 51 Settings Bluetooth 52 Turn Bluetooth on 52 Clone Printer Setting 52 Accept Clone Printer...

Page 6: ... 59 Import Printer setting XML 61 General International 63 General Date Time 64 General Keyboard 65 General Display 65 General Sound 66 General Scanner 66 Icon Glossary 67 Printer Specifications 68 Consumables and accessories 69 Appendix A 70 Appendix B 71 Product return Safety Declaration Form 71 ...

Page 7: ...errupt the Mains supply at the source by removing the plug from the socket If the equipment is used in a manner not specified by Pyramid Innovation the protection offered by the equipment may be impaired In compliance with statutory requirements all our equipment is designed to accepted standards of safety Its use does not entail any hazard if operated in accordance with the instructions given in ...

Page 8: ...ted with the environmental limits stated in the printer specification within this document Chemical Safety Do not use harmful chemicals or solvents to clean the instrument The operator is fully aware of the contents of the specification documents detailing the properties of the chemicals they are using The operator has carried out any legally required assessment of chemicals used and is using good...

Page 9: ...mid Innovation are proud of our quality reliability and of our after sales service We continuously strive to improve our service to our customers Please ask you distributor or Pyramid Innovation representative about Service Contracts which can keep your purchase in peak condition for many years to come Warranty provisions necessarily vary to comply with differences in national and regional legisla...

Page 10: ...may cause irrevocable damage to the instrument Please see Appendix A for a list of recommended slides Recommended cleaning method Use damp soft cloth or paper towel with a mild detergent Getting Started This takes you through from opening the box to printing a test slide Printer Operation This takes you through the process of creating and printing slides Printer Configuration This takes you throug...

Page 11: ... the mains lead into the wall socket the printer will automatically power up when plugged in to mains power To turn the printer on or off press the power button on the back of the printer Wait for the printer to run through its initialisation process which checks that the internal mechanism is operating correctly A Slide input guide B Connections and power input C Touch display D Slide collection ...

Page 12: ...f Press to turn the printer on Used to connect the printer to a PC running the Windows driver or the Gateway application Used to connect the printer to a PC running the Gateway or the Hub printer manager USB 2 ports used to connect external keyboard or USB drive Used to connect to printer controlled accessories Only connect the supplied or specified 24v power adaptor Printer status Indication The ...

Page 13: ...s the Tick button If you do not have an authorisation code contact your distributor To skip the registration process press the X button The printer can be used to print up to 100 slides without registering after which the skip option is no longer available The printer is supplied with demonstration templates You can edit the data by touching the white label on the slide image See Editing Label Fie...

Page 14: ...nto the opening at the top of the printer The slide orientation should be as shown on the display with the writing surface facing forwards If the slide is not the correct way up the slide will drop through unprinted and you will hear a warning sound The printed slide will drop into the collection tray The print quality of the first may not be good as the tape may have moved in transit If this is t...

Page 15: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 15 PI003 D100 v7 Press the Tick button to end the IQOQ test The IQOQ test can be run at any time ...

Page 16: ...d Do not force the slide or you will damage the printer The built in software enables you to Print individual slides Create and print sequences of slides Edit slide data Change the template used to print slides Design your own templates using different fonts and barcode types Set fields to automatically increment Setup templates to accept data from scanned barcodes or LIS input Edit and delete sli...

Page 17: ...d Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 17 PI003 D100 v7 Changing Tape Only use Pyramid Tape Product Ref P21020 E A Tape matt side B Sliding door C Tape guide pin D Print head E Collection spool F Supply spool D C F A B E ...

Page 18: ...the middle of the template E Eject button Pressing the clear part of the slide will initiate a slide eject sequence If a hopper is attached it will initiate a print sequence F Setup Open the administration menus G Create sequences See Creating a sequence of slides H Open Protocol See Selecting a protocol and Saving a protocol I Increment Decrement The up arrow increments an index field and the dow...

Page 19: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 19 PI003 D100 v7 Editing Label Field Data 1 2 2 ...

Page 20: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 20 PI003 D100 v7 Selecting a Different Template 3 4 1 2 3 3 2 ...

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Page 22: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 22 PI003 D100 v7 Printing a slide If a field has been set up to increment the next value will be automatically displayed 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 23: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 23 PI003 D100 v7 Creating a sequence of slides 1 2 3 1 See Saving a Protocol 1 3 2 ...

Page 24: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 24 PI003 D100 v7 Deleting a slide from a sequence of slides 1 2 1 3 4 2 4 ...

Page 25: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 25 PI003 D100 v7 Editing a slide in a sequence of slides 1 2 1 3 See Changing Template See Editing Label Field Data 2 ...

Page 26: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 26 PI003 D100 v7 Printing a sequence of slides 2 3 1 2 ...

Page 27: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 27 PI003 D100 v7 Printing a slide within a sequence of slides 1 2 1 3 4 5 2 ...

Page 28: ...ocol with a unique name For example you may have a given pre set sequence of slides for a given sample type When a sequence of slides are displayed the Protocol button opens the Save Protocol layer If a single slide is displayed the Protocol button opens the Protocol selection List see Selecting a Protocol 1 2 1 1 2 ...

Page 29: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 29 PI003 D100 v7 Selecting a Protocol To select a protocol the display should only have a single slide displayed 1 2 3 1 3 2 ...

Page 30: ... Configuration Menus Admin Settings menu Pressing this HOME button returns to the main printing screen from anywhere in the software that the HOME button is shown Pressing this BACK button goes back on screen level in the software from anywhere a BACK button is shown ...

Page 31: ...3 D100 v7 Admin Data Menu Press to Modify or add a new TEMPLATE Press to Modify or add a new TRANSLATOR Press to Modify or add a new DATA ITEM Note Selecting any of the options will reset the Operation Screen to a single slide with default data ...

Page 32: ...v7 Data Items Adding editing and deleting Data items are used to store data and display data in templates List of available Data Items A Scroll buttons B Selected item C Delete selected item D Edit selected item E Add item F Save and close E A C D F B ...

Page 33: ... Item 1 2 3 Data Types Text default Numeric Number only List see List data type Character count Field length in characters Default text Text that will be displayed in the field as default Touch to edit Example text Used in Template design only Touch to edit 1 3 2 ...

Page 34: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 34 PI003 D100 v7 List data type 1 2 2 3 4 3 2 4 ...

Page 35: ...out of data items with or without delimiters Example incoming data from a scanned barcode H14 12345 01 0A Example outgoing data used to create a printed barcode H14 12345 01 0A Delimited data Delimiters are used to separate data elements in this case dashes are used as delimiters The data elements can vary in length H14 12345 01 01 Fixed length data Fixed length data has data elements of fixed len...

Page 36: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 36 PI003 D100 v7 Adding a Translator Delimited data 1 2 3 4 5 2 1 3 1 4 ...

Page 37: ...s 6 6 7 5 Delimiters are automatically detected and used to separate the data into elements The data is automatically assigned to a default set of data items To change the assignment select the item in the list and then click on the edit button see Changing Data Assignments 5 7 ...

Page 38: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 38 PI003 D100 v7 Adding a Translator Fixed length data 1 2 3 4 5 2 1 1 1 4 ...

Page 39: ...lements A Select next divider Data Divider B Add a new divider C Remove selected divider D Move divider one character to the left Selected Divider E Move divider one character to the right Once you have divided up the data string into the required elements you need to assign each element to a data item See Assigning data items A B C D E 5 6 ...

Page 40: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 40 PI003 D100 v7 Assigning data items All data elements assigned to data items 7 8 9 7 9 8 ...

Page 41: ...out utilising fonts font sizes and barcodes It is important to try and keep some white space around the edge of the template and around barcodes A Back one step B Next page C Next field D Template area E Delete selected F Rotation buttons G Movement buttons H Font size I Font selection J Template setup K Data Items L Save and exit A B C D E F G I L J K H ...

Page 42: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 42 PI003 D100 v7 Adding a Template 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 ...

Page 43: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 43 PI003 D100 v7 Editing a Template Moving a data field Changing font and size 1 2 3 4 4 2 ...

Page 44: ...vation Ltd 12 08 2014 44 PI003 D100 v7 Editing a template data item properties A Show item on template B Update from Translator C Auto increment value D Make a Barcode E Enable user to edit value 1 2 3 A B C D E 1 3 ...

Page 45: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 45 PI003 D100 v7 Adding a data item to a template 1 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 ...

Page 46: ...ve it and change its properties Adding a barcode to a template Add a data item to the template it is a good idea to use a data item named Barcode See Adding a data item to a template Move it to where you want the barcode to be positioned With it still highlighted click on the Edit button 5 1 2 2 3 ...

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Page 48: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 48 PI003 D100 v7 You can now move the barcode in the same way as a data field 7 8 8 There are three barcode sizes ...

Page 49: ...ramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 49 PI003 D100 v7 Settings Network settings Make Hub should be ticked if you want to connect the printer to a Pi Gateway If you are not connecting the Gateway leave un ticked ...

Page 50: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 50 PI003 D100 v7 Settings Wi Fi WEP The default setting if off To turn WiFi on and select a network To connect to the selected network 2 3 1 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 51: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 51 PI003 D100 v7 The printer is now connected to the selected network To disconnect from the WiFi network 1 1 2 4 ...

Page 52: ...en you want to clone a printers setting to other printers Only activate Bluetooth on th eprinter you want to accept the setting Turn Bluetooth on Clone Printer Setting The clone settings button will copy the printer setting from the current printer to any other printer connected via Bluetooth Connected Printers will show the In Tray icon to alert the user that new settings have arrived 2 1 2 The p...

Page 53: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 53 PI003 D100 v7 Accept Clone Printer Setting If the top bar shows the In Tray icon new settings have been copied to the printer 4 5 2 2 1 3 3 4 ...

Page 54: ...2014 54 PI003 D100 v7 Touching the Yes button will over right the printer setting with the printer settings from the initiating printer Touching the No button clears the cloned settings and keeps the printers settings 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 ...

Page 55: ...three heat settings Heat history is normally used if you are printing barcodes Templates with just text will print faster without heat history Index Tape Moves the tape on by one Reset Printer The printer mechanism will run through a reset IQOQ Test Opens the IQOQ test screen The IQOQ test can be run at any time to check the print quality Heat Profiles Warning Heat history should always be used ch...

Page 56: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 56 PI003 D100 v7 Admin General Menu ...

Page 57: ...amid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 57 PI003 D100 v7 General About Provides information on the printer s network and hardware settings Shows Software version Firmware version Number of slides printed Machine ID ...

Page 58: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 58 PI003 D100 v7 General Software Upgrade software Plug the USB stick with the new software version into one of the SUB sockets in the back of the printer 2 1 2 3 3 ...

Page 59: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 59 PI003 D100 v7 Export Printer setting XML Plug the USB stick into one of the SUB sockets in the back of the printer Go to setting 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 ...

Page 60: ...id Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 60 PI003 D100 v7 The XML files will be saved onto the USB stick in a folder called XML You can copy them onto a PC as a backup or to another printer see Importing XML files 6 5 6 ...

Page 61: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 61 PI003 D100 v7 Import Printer setting XML Plug the USB stick with the xml folder into one of the SUB sockets in the back of the printer Go to setting 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 ...

Page 62: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 62 PI003 D100 v7 The XML files will be copied from the USB stick from the folder called XML 6 5 6 ...

Page 63: ...anguage is English If this is correct press the Tick button to move to the next step To select a different language press the grey bar and a list will be displayed Select the required language and press the Tick button to move to the next step To move back to the previous step press the grey chevron at the top left of the display 1 2 2 ...

Page 64: ...ation Ltd 12 08 2014 64 PI003 D100 v7 General Date Time Provides the ability to change the date and time Use the up and down arrows to set the correct values The Date and Time Data Items use the system date and time ...

Page 65: ...oard If ticked the first character typed will be uppercase and then switch to lower case General Display Calibrate display Password protected Screen grab If this is ticked you can save the screen image to a USB stick by touching the bottom left corner of the display ...

Page 66: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 66 PI003 D100 v7 General Sound There are three sound levels 1 No sound 2 Low 3 High General Scanner There are currently no scanner settings ...

Page 67: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 67 PI003 D100 v7 Icon Glossary ...

Page 68: ...typical full area print Slide tolerances 76 0mm 76 2mm x 25 55mm 26 00mm x 1 00mm 1 20mm Environment Altitude up to 2 000m Temperature 5 C to 40 C Recommended 15 C to 30 C 59 F to 86 F Performance may deteriorate if operated outside recommended range Storage environment 25 C to 45 C 13 F to 113 F Short period only Relative Humidity Max 80 RH up to 31 C Decreasing linearly to 50 RH at 40 C Pollutio...

Page 69: ...ccessories Description Part Ref Printer Tape Black P21020 E Power adaptor Input 100 240V 1 1A 50 60Hz Output 24V DC 1 5A SP50008 Mains lead UK SP50009 Mains lead EU SP50010 MaIns lead USA SP50007 Screen guard SP50011 Gateway Software P00001 E Hub Printer manager P00002 E ...

Page 70: ... Pyramid Innovation Ltd 12 08 2014 70 PI003 D100 v7 Appendix A Slides TBD ...

Page 71: ...al that it is decontaminated 2 Set procedures are laid down in the European Health and Safety Directives for decontamination To avoid any misunderstanding we request that all instruments or parts returned to us must be accompanied by a certificate stating the following We certify that this Model Serial No Has not been exposed to pathogenic radioactive or other hazardous material and has been clean...

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