User manual TOSHIBA B-450-QQ

[. . . ] TEC Thermal Printer B-450-QQ SERIES Owner's Manual Table of Contents This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A 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 commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operations of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. [. . . ] Regardless of the paper roll, the paper must be loaded so that the print side faces upward. Paper wound inside. Push both sides of the supply holder guides against the paper roll, then lock them with the lock lever. NOTE: Make sure that the supply holders rotate slightly. 5. Pass the paper through the printer until it is past the paper outlet. Adjust the position of the paper guides to the paper width, then lock them with the lock lever. Paper Guide Paper Roll Supply Holder Paper Guide Lock Lever Supply Holder Guide Fig. Close the print head block by pressing both sides of the print head block's top until it clicks. Head Block Fig. LOADING THE PAPER NOTE: Pass the paper straight from the supply holder to paper outlet. Failure to do this may cause skew feeding or paper jam. Platen Paper A Paper Guide Supply Holder A=B . . B Fig. 8-8 Cutter type: Where a cutter is fitted load the paper as standard and feed it through the cutter module. NOTES: 1. When using the cutter, be sure to cut the backing paper between the labels. Cutting on the label will cause the glue to stick to the cutter, which may affect the cutter quality and shorten it's life. Use of tag paper that exceeds the specified thickness may affect the cutter life. Cutter Module Paper Outlet Paper Fig. LOADING THE PAPER Strip type: 1 Strip the labels from the backing paper for about 200-mm long from the top edge of the label roll. 2 First push the strip lever toward the printer to release the hook, and then pull the strip lever. 3 Pass the backing paper between the strip roller and the strip guide roller. After taking up any slack of the paper, set the strip lever in position. Strip Lever Strip Guide Roller Backing Paper Fig. THRESHOLD SETTING For the printer to maintain a constant print position it uses the transmissive sensor to measure the amount of light passing through the gap between labels. When the paper is pre-printed, the darker (or more dense) inks can interfere with this process causing paper jam errors. To eliminate this problem a minimum threshold can be set for the sensor in the following way. (1) The power is off. Power OFF DIPSW 6 ON 7 OFF 8 ON (2) Set the DIP switches to enter the manual threshold setting mode. (3) Turn the power ON while pressing and holding the [FEED] key. [FEED] Power ON Power Online Error The transmissive sensor is selected. The sensor type is switched by pressing the [FEED] key. [. . . ] 11-3 L Label length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Label width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 T Thermal print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Thermal transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]