PREFACE This manual gives the product specifications for the PrintPartner 12V (PP12V) page printers. The manual provides prospective customers with required engineering specifications. Chapter 1: Describes the main features. Chapter 2: Gives the model configuration and equipment structure. Chapter 3: Gives the functional, electrical, environmental, and paper specifications.
CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 FEATURES Fine Print Quality 1.2 Quiet Operation Easy Paper Handling 1.4 User-Friendly Operation High Reliability and Easy Maintenance Compact Design (Small Footprint) Wide Variety of Interfaces and Emulation 1.8 Environment Friendly . 2 -1 CHAPTER 2 MODEL CONFIGURATION AND EQUIPMENT STRUCTURE 2.1 Model Configuration 2.2 Block Diagram 2.3 Structure...
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CHAPTER 4 CONTROL PANEL AND PRINTER UTILITY PROGRAMS 4.1 Control Panel 4.1.1 Indicators 4.1.2 LCD 4.1.3 Buttons 4.1.4 Menu modes Printer Utility Programs 4 . 2 . 1 MarkVisionT M 4.2.2 PPMENU 4.3 Printer Drivers 4.3.1 Standard printer drivers for Windows 3.1,95, and NT 4.0 4-10 4.3.2 Standard printer drivers for Windows NT 3.5 1...
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6.5 Maintenance Tool 6.5.1 Self test printing Recommended Spare Parts CHAPTER 7 OPTIONS AND SUPPLIES 7.1 Options 7.2 Consumables Periodic Replacement Parts 7.4 Documentation APPENDIX A SYMBOL SETS APPENDIX B RESIDENT FONTS APPENDIX C PRINTER LOGO AND LABELS . . .
Technology). FEIT is valid in 600 dpi mode. See Appendix B about font samples. 1.2 Quiet Operation The PrintPartner 12V generates about 48 dBA of sound pressure during printing making it quiet enough for an office environment. 1.3 Easy Paper Handling The PrintPartner 12V uses a 250-sheet fixed size paper tray (tray 1).
Compact Design (Small Footprint) The PrintPartner 12V is so compact (it has a small footprint) that it fits easily beside a personal computer on the same desk. Also, it is so light-weight that it can be transported easily. Figure 1.2 shows the printer’ s dimensions.
Figure 1.3 Optional interfaces and emulation 1.8 Environment Friendly The PrintPartner 12V uses a newly-developed printing process that does not generate toner waste. This means that the printer uses toner effectively and an operator does not need to deal with wasted toner.
This chapter gives the model configuration and equipment structure. Printer specifications differ between the and the 220V version printers. 120V version printers 2.1 Model Configuration Input power 12OV, 50/60 Hz PrintPartner 12V 220-240 V, 50/60 Hz page printer Options Paper tray (tray 1) A4, A5, Letter, Legal, Executive...
Block Diagram Figure 2.1 shows a block diagram of the PrintPartner 12V printers. Figure 2.1 Printer block diagram (1) Printer mechanism The printer mechanism consists of a printing unit, paper feed mechanism, power supply, and a controller. The printing unit consists of a laser unit, a print unit (photoconductive drum, developing magnet roller,...
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Images are printed using an electrographic process: The laser unit, modulated by video signals, sends light to the photoconductive drum and generates a latent electrostatic image that is converted to a toner image in the print unit. The paper attracts the toner image from the photoconductive drum, and the image is transferred to the paper.
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(6) Emulation card The emulation card is used to add a printer emulation. The emulation card is a SIMM type board and is installed to the bottom SIMM connector on the controller board. An FPS card (PostScript level 2 compatible emulation) and an IBM/EPSON card are available.
2.3 Structure The standard printer without options has the following structure, shown in Figure 2.2. The main power supply and fuser unit differ with AC input voltage (120 or 220 - 240 VAC). Print Partner 12V...
(2) Laser unit The laser unit is provided in the upper cover. Images are written on the photoconductive drum of the print unit by laser beams emitted from the laser unit. Caution label Figure 2.3 Laser unit : Do not look at a laser beam directly. This label is put on the laser unit.
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(3) Printer mechanism Metal frame This frame is the basic frame of he printer mechanism and made of sheet metals. All parts are tightened with screws or snap-fitted to this frame. The fan (FANl) is installed on this frame. Process drive mechanism This mechanism consists of the mechanism that drives the print unit and fuser unit, a DC motor, and drive system (gears, etc.).
Volume board The volume board has a variable resistor to control the print density. The control dial is accessible when the upper door is open. Multi-function feeder board (MFF board) This board has a connector for the optional multi-function feeder (MFF). Figure 2.4 Printer mechanism (4) Print unit (user replaceable) The print unit consists of a photoconductive (OPC) drum unit and a developing unit.
(5) Power supply unit This unit consists of the following parts: Main power supply - Power switch - AC inlet - Fuser unit - Cover - Paper guide assembly 1 - Paper eject sensor - Paper guide - Guide open switch Fan (FAN 2) Main power supply The main power supply supplies +5 VDC and +24 VDC for the logic devices and printer mechanism.
Cover This cover, classified as a component belonging under the fuser unit category, covers the main power supply. It is attached on the bottom of the fuser unit and the power supply is installed under (inside) the cover. The paper guide assembly 1 is also installed at the edge of the cover. Paper guide assembly 1 This assembly transports paper from the fuser unit to the eject roller.
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(8) Sensor board assembly Sensor boards There are two sensor boards. They detect the presence of paper, the size of paper, paper empty, and paper ejection. High-voltage power supply board (I-IV board) The high-voltage power supply, which supplies high voltage to the pre-charger and the transfer unit, is tightened with screws to the left side of the sensor board assembly.
CHAPTER 3 SPECIFICATIONS This chapter gives detailed specifications of the PrintPartner 12V, starting with general specifications like printer mechanism specifications and going on to electrical specifications such as input voltage and power consumption, environmental specifications, and paper specifications. 3.1 General Specifications 3.1.1 Printer mechanism...
3.1.2 Printer controller NKK NR4645 (75 MHz) Main Controller LSI specially designed for DMA Partial bit map Automatically sensed or selected by the control panel (menu mode) Emulation or the host (printer utility programs, MarkVision and PPMENU) HP LaserJet 5 (PCL6) Resident: PostScript level 2 compatible Optional:...
3.1.3 Interfaces Computer Interfaces Automatically sensed by the printer Standard: Bidirectional parallel (Centronics, IEEE 1284 TYPE-B, ECP mode corresponding) Serial (RS-232C, D-SUB 9-PIN) One of the following optional interfaces can be used at a time. Optional: LocalTalk (AppleTalk compatible, FPS card required) Ethernet C or D (NetWare, TCP/IP, and EtherTalk corresponding) Bidirectional parallel (Centronics, IEEE 1284 TYPE-B) IrDA (Infrared interface adapter with the following specs.)
Portrait or landscape, rotatable in any direction Font Orientation Paper feed Portrait Landscape Selectable via application software or from the control panel (menu Symbol Sets (HP LaserJet 5 emulation) mode) or the host (printer utility programs, MarkVision and PPMENU) USASCII, ECMA-94, Roman-8 and the following Roman Standard: extensions (IS0 IRV, IS0 Italian, IS0 Swedish, IS0 Spanish, IS0...
3.1.7 Printer utility programs Remotely monitors printer status and displays optional printer’ s MarkVision™ by Lexmark runs in Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0. features. MarkVision Remotely sets up printer features. PPMENU runs in PC DOS 5.02, PPMENU MS DOS 3.3 or higher, or Windows 3.X or Windows 95 in DOS full screen mode.
3.3 Environmental Specifications Temperature Operating 10 to 35°C (50 to 95°F) Storage Unpacked: 0 to 40°C (32 to 104°F) Packed: - 20 to 40°C (- 4 to 104°F) Gradient 15°C/h or less Humidity Operating 20 to 80% RH Storage Unpacked: 20 to 80% RH (noncondensing) Packed: 10 to 95% RH (noncondensing) Gradient 30% RH/day or less...
3.5 Reliability 4000h MTBF (MTBF: powered on for eight hours per day in the recommended duty cycle) 0.5 h MTTR About 500,000 pages (A4 paper) or 5 years, whichever comes first. Machine Life About 40,000 pages of 5% coverage printing, Print unit Consumables Life (average) continuous printing on A4 paper or about one...
3.7 Paper Specifications The PrintPartner 12V prints on a variety of types and sizes of paper, so long as they meet the requirements shown below. Pretest unspecified or unusual printing materials to ensure that they do not cause a problem in charging, heating, or paper feeding.
3.7.2 Printing area No characters can be printed outside the bold line in Figure 3.1 because of the physical restrictions of the printing mechanism. Figure 3.1 Printing area...
Printable areas vary with the emulation. Figure 3.2 shows the printable areas for the HP LaserJet 5 emulation. See Programmer’ s Manuals for other emulations. A: Physical page width B: Physical page length C: Left print-inhibited area D: Right print-inhibited area E: Top print-inhibited area F: Bottom print-inhibited area Unit: dot (l/600 in)
3.7.3 Other precautions Use good-quality paper. Ensure that paper is not wrinkled or curled. Handle and store paper carefully to make sure they are not warped or damaged. Do not use stapled paper or paper having metal parts. They will seriously damage the photoconductive drum. Select envelopes from the following five types: COM-10, Monarch, CS, DL, and B5.
CHAPTER 4 CONTROL PANEL AND PRINTER UTILITY PROGRAMS 4.1 Control Panel The control panel consists of four LED indicators, an LCD (two lines by sixteen characters), and eight push- button switches. Figure 4.1 Control panel 4.1.1 Indicators The indicators show the printer’ s status, as follows: Main meaning POWER: Indicates printer power is on.
4.1.2 LCD The liquid-crystal display (LCD) shows status and error messages with two lines by sixteen characters. Error message informs the user of a condition requiring an action, such as TRAYn PAPER OUT, COVER OPEN, or PAPER JAMn Status message informs the user of a condition requiring no action, such as WARMING UP or SELF TEST A certain status message informs the user of a condition requiring an action, such as TONER LOW or REPLACE PARTS 4.1.3 Buttons...
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The following shows the structure of the menus in menu mode. An asterisk (*) indicates a default option, M e n u M o d e Page Format Menu Copies - 001 l to 999 Paper/Envelope - A4* (Europe), A5 Letter* (USA), Legal, Executive, COM-10, DL, Monarch, 85, C5 - Portrait’...
4.2 Printer Utility Programs The PrintPartner 12V is equipped with the three printer utility programs: Printer Management Utility Program, MarkVision TM ; Printer Remote Setup Utility Program, PPMENU; and Remote Printer Utility Program. This section describes MarkVisionT M and PPMENU, standard for the PrintPartner 12V.
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To use MarkVision , the computer and its operating environments must be as follows: l IBM PC/AT or compatible or PS/2 l Microsoft Windows 95 (not Windows 3.1/3.11) l VGA (640 x 400) or higher display l Hard disk drive installed (9 MB essential for MarkVision™ ) l CD-ROM drive Menu Bar Functions The top menu bar offers three functions.
4.2.2 PPMENU PPMENU, stored in the “PrintPartner Software CD-ROM” which comes with the printer, allows the user to change printer’ s features directly from the computer display and keyboard. Operations are easy enough that the user’ s manual need not be referenced once the user is familiar with the printer. PPMENU is useful to configure the printer to suit the requirements of user’...
CHAPTER 5 INTERFACE INFORMATION 5.1 Overview The PrintPartner 12V printer communicates with the host through a parallel interface and a serial interface or an optional interface. The printer automatically selects the interface proper to the occation. This chapter describes the parallel and serial interfaces. For locations of the parallel and serial interface connectors and the optional interface’...
5.2.3 Data transmission timing The PrintPartner 12V uses a bi-directional parallel interface complying with IEEE 1284. This interface is also compatible with the conventional Centronics interface. Data transfer from host to printer is performed according to Centronics standard, called compatible mode. Data transfer from printer to host is performed according to the IEEE 1284 standard, called nibble mode.
5.3 RS-232C Serial Interface 53.1 Hardware requirements Signal levels: -3 V or lower for a mark condition (logical 1) +3 V or higher for a space condition (logical 0) Input circuit: An MC1489AL or equivalent is used to convert from the RS-232C level to the TI’ L level. Figure 5.5 shows the RS-232C interface input circuit.
5.3.2 Connector pin assignment Connector (cable side): D-subminiature Cannon or Cinch DB-9 plug or an equivalent connector that conforms to EIA standards Figure 5.7 shows the serial interface connector. (Cable side) (Male type) Figure 5.7 Serial interface connector Signal definition: Table 5.2 lists RS-232C interface signals and their functions.
5.3.3 Serial data format The format of 10-bit or 11-bit serial data, given in Figure 5.8, consists of a start bit, data bits, a parity bit, and stop bits. A bit is in the mark state when not being transmitted. Data bits start with the least significant bit (LSB).
Printer (DTE) Computer (DTE) # Open wire Figure 5.9b Example of RS-232C cable wiring (9-pin connector at computer side) 53.5 Data protocols Different types of protocols are used for the RS-232C serial interface, depending on the computer manufacturer. These protocols prevent the print data receive buffer from overflowing because interface data transmission is faster than buffer data printing.
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(2) DTR protocol The DTR signal is set off (low). That is, the Busy signal is issued when 255 bytes of data remain in the buffer. When the printer is placed offline, the DTR signal is set off (low). Transmission must stop within 255 bytes after the DTR signal is set off (low). The validity of data cannot be guaranteed if data exceeding the buffer capacity is transmitted regardless of the DTR signal.
Command Sets 5.4.1 Printer emulation This section gives an overview of the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 5 command set which this printer executes as the resident emulation. It does not provide the command details and programming examples needed to modify software packages or write user programs. This printer is designed to emulate PostScript (level 2) by using an optional emulation card.
5.4.2 HP LaserJet 5 PCL mode command set summary The printer responds to all HP LaserJet 5 control codes and escape sequences the same way as the native printer. The following listing is in command level sequence: Description Control code Backspace.
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Level 3 escape code E S C & a # C Move the cursor to the new column. (#: column number; plus signed=relatively right, minus signed=relatively left, no sign=absolutely from the left edge) E S C & a # G Feed paper.
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Set the page size. (#: l=executive, 2=letter, 3=legal, 26=A4, 80-letter E S C & e # A (Manarch 7-3/4), 8l=Business (Commercial l0), 90=International DL, 91=International C5, l00=International B5) Set the vertical spacing (VMI). (#: l/48” increments; 0 to 32767, 8=6 lpi) E S C &...
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Select a type face for the primary font. (#: 0 to 32767; 0 to 255 (one byte E S C ( s # T specification) and 256 to 32767 (two byte specification) One byte: 0=Line Printer, l=Pica, 2=Elite, 3=Courier, 4=Helv, 5=Tms Rmn, 6=Letter Gothic, 7=Script, 8=Prestige, 9=Calson, l0=Orator, etc.) Two bytes: 4 l00=CG Triumvirat,...
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E S C * c # E Specify the character code for the character downloaded next. (#: 0 to 65535) Select a soft font management function. (#: 0=delete all, l=delete all E S C * c # F temporary fonts, 2=delete last ID font, 3=delete last character of last ID font, 4=make temporary, 5=make permanent, 6=copy the current font with the current ID) Specify the shading level or the fill pattern ID.
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Request status readback storage information. E S C * s # I (#: 0=font, l=macro, 2=user defined pattern, 3=symbol set (for unbound scalable font), 4=font extended) Set status readback location type. (#: 0=invalid location, l=currently E S C * s # T selected, 2=all locations, 3=internal, 4=downloaded, 5 and 7=SIMMs) Set status readback location unit.
5.4.3 HP LaserJet 5 HP=GL/2 mode command set summary The HP-GL/2 mode is useful when using the PrintPartner 12V page printer instead of an HP X-Y plotter or equivalent. Picture Frame Set Commands Set the horizontal size of the picture frame on the actual physical paper. (#: E S C * c # X l/720”...
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VectorCommands Plot (or move along) an arc around the center specified by absolute coordi- nates. move along) an arc around the center specified by relative coordi- Plot (or nates. Plot (or move along) an arc through the three points specified by absolute coordinates.
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Select the line type, or the lengthwise pattern of lines, and the length the pattern. Specify the width of the logical pen, or the thickness of lines. The unit of pen width is determined by the WU command. Define the raster fill pattern, or fill pattern created by users dot by dot in matrix.
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The following control characters are available. Other characters are NOP commands. Function I Char Default of terminator character Back space Double space Line feed Carriage return Alternate character set selection Standard character set selection Space Space Label origin. Move the origin of plotting a character string in label mode. Select alternate font.
5.4.4 HP LaserJet 5 PJL mode command set summary This section lists all the Printer Job Language (PJL) commands, which arrange printing jobs in a shared printer system and read printer status messages back to the user. Except UEL, PJL commands start with @PJL fol- lowed by a command name, option data, and an LF character.
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Enable responding with status information asynchronously, that is, when the USTATUS printer status changes, when a job starts or ends, when a printed page is ejected, or when specified seconds elapsed. Option: DEVICE, JOB, PAGE, TIMED USTATUSOFF Disable responding with asynchronous status information in the current interface.
6.5 Maintenance Tool 6.5.1 Self test printing The SELF TEST button prints a setup report page which summarizes printer option settings. It can be used to easily check the electrical and mechanical states of the printer without the help of a computer. It also distin- guishes between printer and computer errors, and confirms correct operation after an error recovery.
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This appendix gives printing samples (scanned in 400 dpi) of resident fonts. There are 115 types of resident fonts (one bitmap font and 114 scalable fonts): One bitmap font...
APPENDIX C PRINTER LOGO AND LABELS PrintPartner 12V page printer Back Front Logo and labels Logo or label Position Logo Regulation-approved label Spec, number, and revision label...