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Product Leadership Training Service Reliability

Portable Wireless

Infrared Printer(w/ Disposable Batteries)

Part No. 24-1400

Instruction 24-9450

Operation & MaintenanceRev. 3 Apr il 2010


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WARRANTY

Bacharach, Inc. warrants to Buyer that at the time of delivery this Product will be free from defects in materialand manufacture and will conform substantially to Bacharach Inc.s applicable specifications. Bacharachsliability and Buyers remedy under this warranty are limited to the repair or replacement, at Bacharachs option,of this Product or parts thereof returned to Seller at the factory of manufacture and shown to Bacharach Inc.sreasonable satisfaction to have been defective; provided that written notice of the defect shall have been givenby Buyer to Bacharach Inc. within one (1) year after the date of delivery of this Product by Bacharach, Inc.

Bacharach, Inc. warrants to Buyer that it will convey good title to this Product. Bacharachs liability and Buyersremedy under this warranty of title are limited to the removal of any title defects or, at the election of Bacha rach,to the replacement of this Product or parts thereof that are defective in title.

THE FOREGOING WARRANTIES ARE EXCLUSIVE AND ARE GIVEN AND ACCEPTED IN LIEU OF (I) ANYAND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IM-PLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE: AND (II) ANYOBLIGATION, LIABILITY, RIGHT, CLAIM OR REMEDY IN CONTRACT OR TORT, WHETHER OR NOT ARIS-ING FROM BACHARACHS NEGLIGENCE, ACTUAL OR IMPLIED. The remedies of the Buyer shall be limitedto those provided herein to the exclusion of any and all other remedies includ ing, without limita tion incidental orconsequential damages. No agreement varying or extending the foregoing warranties, remedies or this limita-tion will be binding upon Bacharach, Inc. unless in writing, signed by a duly au thorized officer of Bacharach.

A Instruction 24-9450

Register Your Warranty by Visiting

www.mybacharach.com

Notice:

Product improvements and enhancements are continuous, therefore the specifications and informationcontained in this document may change without notice.

Bacharach, Inc. shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages inconnection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated to another language without the priorwritten consent of Bacharach, Inc.

Copyright 2004, Bacharach, Inc., all rights reserved.BACHARACH is a registered trademark of Bacharach, Inc. All other trademarks,trade names, service marks and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies.


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IrDA Printer Contents

Instruction 24-9450 i

ContentsDescription

General

Features

PowerSwitch

IndicatorLEDs

Pushbuttons

Sensors

TechnicalCharacteristics

Operation PrecautionsSelTest

SetUpMode

UsingthePrinter

Maintenance BatteryInstallation

PaperInstallation

CleaningthePrinter

CleaningthePrintHead

Parts&Service

ReplacementParts ServiceCenters


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IrDA Printer

Instruction 24-9450ii

Notes:


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Instruction 24-9450 1

IrDA Printer Description

DescriptionGeneral

Bacharachsportablewirelessprinterusesinraredtechnologytocommu

nicatewithotherBacharachinstrumentsthatarecapableotransmitting

datausingeithertheInraredDataAssociationIrDAstandardorHP

protocol

Theprinterisdesignedaroundapatentedeasyloadingpapermechanism

whichconsistsoamaincavityintowhichapaperrollisdroppedorload

ingThethermalprintheadisattherontothecavityandarubberroller

isattachedtothelidothemechanismWhenthelidisclosedthepaperis

pinchedbetweentherubberrollerandtheprintheadtogiveaclosealignmentandaconsistentpressure

Features

Wirelessprinting

IrDAstandardorHPprotocol

Small,quiet,andastprinting

Directlinethermalprinting

Easyloadingpaper

Easymaintenanceandheadcleaning

Usersetableprinterparametersusingexternalpushbuttons

Sel-testunction


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Instruction 24-94502

Description IrDA Printer

Power Switch

ThePowerswitchlocatedontheletsideotheprinterisusedtoturnthe

unitONandOFF

Indicator LEDs

PowerLED(Green):GlowssteadywhentheprinteristurnedON.

ErrorLED(Red):Flashesonce-per-s econdwhentheprinterisouto

paper;thebuerisull;orwhentheprintheadtemperatureexceeds

140F(60C).ThisLEDwillalsolashonetimewhentheprinteris

placedintoitsset-upmode(reertoSectionSet-UpMode).

Pushbuttons

FEE D:

MomentarilypressthisbuttontoadvancethepaperPressandhold

downtoeedpapercontinuously

ThisbuttoninconjunctionwiththeON/OFFswitchisusedtostart

theprintersseltestunctionreertoSectionSelTest

Whentheprinterisinitssetupmodethisbuttonisusedtomodiy

theselectedprinterparameterreertoSectionSetUpMode

SE L:

UsedinconjunctionwiththeON/OFFswitchtoplacetheprinterinto

itssetupmodereertoSectionSetUpMode Withtheprinterinitssetupmodeusethisbuttontoselectthede

siredprinterparameter

Sensors

PaperOut:Whenthepaperrollrunsouttheprinterisdisabledtopre

ventdamagetotheprintheadThisconditionisindicatedbytheError

LEDfashingred

InraredSensor:Locatedattherontotheprinterthissensor

receivestheinraredoutputoanexternalinstrument


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IrDA Printer Description

Figure1.ComponentLocationsandFunctions

ON OFF

Power

Infrared SensorWindow

PaperCover

Battery Cover(bottom of printer)

FEED Button:1) With printer already ON,

press to advance paper.2) Enter Self-Test Mode by

holding down this buttonand turning ON theprinter.

3) With printer already in itsSet-Up Mode, press tochange value of printerparameter as selected bythe SEL button.

Error LED (Red):Flashes once-per-secondwhen paper is out; set-upmode is selected; buffer isfull; or when print headtemperature exceeds140F (60C).

Power LED (Green):Glows steady whenprinter is turned ON.

SEL Button:1) Enter Set-Up Mode by

holding down this buttonand turning ON theprinter.

2) With printer already in itsSet-Up Mode, press toselect printer parameter.Change value of selectedparameter by pressing theFEED Button.

Top View ofFEED Button


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Description IrDA Printer

Technical CharacteristicsPrintingMethod Directthermal

NumberoColumns columnsdots/line

CharacterSize xinxmm

LinePitch inmm

PaperWidth inmm

Interace Inrared

ProtocolHPIrIrDAOIrDASirBHTIrDENSO

ELMEIrCHAMJINIrIrDA

InternationalCharacters USATurkishDenmarkNorway

JapanSpainItalySwedenDenmark

UKGermanyFrance

Buer kB

BaudRate bps

Power AAAlkalineBatteries

Weightw/batteries lbkg

Dimensions WxLxHin

xxmm


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IrDA Printer Operation

OperationPrecautions

Toensuretheproperoperationotheprinterandpreventthepossibilityo

voidingthewarrantybesuretoobservetheollowingprecautions:

Avoiddirtyordustylocations,orthosewithexcessiveheatorhumidity

Chooseastablelevelsuracetoplacetheprinter

Useonlyalkalinebatteries

Useonlythesuppliedthermalpaperoritsreplacementpart

Self TestTheseltestmodecheckstheprinterscontrolcircuitunctionssetup

parameterssotwareversionandprintquality

1. Beorerunningtheseltest,makesurethereissuicientpapertorun

thetest(18"[46 cm]);thepapercoverisclosed;andthattheprinteris

switchedOFF.

2. WiththeprinterinitiallyswitchedOFF,pressandholddowntheFEED

pushbutton,andthenswitchONtheprintertobeginthetest.

Note: ThetestcanbeabortedbyswitchingOFFtheprinter.

3. Theollowingtypicalinormationisprinted,ollowedbytheprinterscompletecharacterset:

Version :x.x.x

Column :32

Databit :8 bit

Parity :None

Baudrate :9600 bps

Handshak ing : DTR

Country :U.S.A.

Printmode : Te xt( upri ght)

Paper :Normalpaper

Density :100%

IrDA :IrDA-SIRBuersize :7000Byte

Headvolt :6.0V

Headtemp. :31C


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Operation IrDA Printer

Set-Up Mode

Theprinterhasbeensetupattheactorywiththeollowingdeault

parameters:

Column :32 column

Baudrate :9600 bps

Handshak ing :DTR

Country :U.S.A.

Printmode : Te xt( upri ght)

Paper :Normalpaper

Density :100%

IrDA :IrDA-SIR

Inecessarythedeaultparameterscanbechangedasollows:

1. WiththeprinterinitiallyswitchedOFF,pressandholddowntheSEL

pushbutton,andthenswitchONtheprinter.

2. Theprinternowgoesintoitsset-upmodeasindicatedbytheredLED

lashing.Atthistimeallotheprinterscurrentparametersettingsare

printed,ollowedbytheirstparameterthatcanbemodiied.

Note:Inobuttonispressedwithin15 seconds,theset-up

modeisautomaticallyterminatedwithoutchangingthe

originalparameters.

3. Columnisirstparameterprinted.PressingtheFEEDbuttoncausesthevalueothatparametertochangeinthesequenceshownintheol-

lowingtable.

SELButton FEEDButton

Column

B aud r ate

Handshaking DTRXon/Xo

Countr y U S A Turk ishDenmark Nor wayJap anSpain

ItalySwedenDenmarkUKGermanyFrance

Printmode Tex tuprightDatainver ted

Paper NormalpaperReprintpaper

Density %in%steps IrDA HPIrIrDAOIrDASirBHTIrDENSOELMEIr

CHAMJINIrIrDA


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IrDA Printer Operation

4. PresstheSELbuttontoprintthenextparameter,andthenusethe

FEEDbuttontochangethatparametertothedesiredvalue.

5. RepeatStep4 asnecessarytochangealldesiredparameters.

6. Onceallparametershavebeenset,pressandholddowntheSELbutton,

andthenpresstheFEEDbuttontosavethenewsettings;aterwhich,

themessageDataKeeping,SettingmodeEND!!shouldbeprinted.

Using the Printer

SeeFigureTurnONtheprinterandobservethatthePowerLEDshould

glowgreen

Aligntheprintersinraredsensortotheinraredoutputotheexternal

instrumentTheprintershouldnotbemorethaninchescmaway

romtheinstrumentatanangleonomorethandegrees

Beginprintingasdescribedintheinstrumentsinstructionmanual

Tip:Itheprinterdoesnotprint,orirandomcharacters

areprinted,thencheckthatthebaudrateandcommunica-

tionprotocol(IrDA-SIRorHP-Ir)settingsoboththeprinter

andinstrumentaresettothesamevalues.

Figure2.UsingthePrinter

ON OFF

Power

Power LED (Green)

Align the printers infrared sensor to theinfrared output of the external instrument.

The printers sensor should not be more

than 18 inches (45 cm) away from theinstrument, at an angle of no more than30 degrees.


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Maintenance IrDA Printer

MaintenanceBattery Installation

InstallourAAalkalinebatteriesasollows:

1. TurnOFFprinter.

2. Unlatchandremovebatterycoverrombottomoprinter.

3. Removeoldbatteriesanddisposeothemproperly.

4. InsertourAAalkalinebatteries,observingthepolaritymarkedinside

thebatterycompartment.

5. Installbatterycover.

Paper Installation

Whentheprinterrunsoutopaperasindicatedbytherontpanelred

LEDfashinginstallanewpaperrollasollows:

1. Lituppaper-coverlatch,andthenopenpapercoverasshownin

Figure.

2. Removespentpapercore.

3. Dropinanewpaperrollsothatitwillrotateinthedirectionshown.

4. Closepapercoversothatthepaperispinchedbetweenthepaperroller

andprinthead.Removeanyslackbypullingoutaboutinchopaper

romprinter.

Note:Itherewasunprinteddatainmemorywhenthe

paperranout,andtheprinterwasnotshutOFF,thenthe

printerwillautomaticallyprinttheremainingdata5 sec-

ondsaterclosingthepapercover.


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IrDA Printer Maintenance

Figure3.Maintenance

Print Head

Paper Roller

Paper Cover

Paper-CoverLatch

Close Paper Cover sothat paper is pinched

between the PaperRoller and Print Head

Paper Roll

Battery Cover(bottom of printer)

Red LED flasheswhen paper runs out


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Maintenance IrDA Printer

Cleaning the Printer

Externalsuracesotheprintermaybekeptcleanbysimplywipingwith

adampclothDonotuseanysolventsthatmayattacktheplasticcaseBe

surethattheinsidesuracesarekeptdryatalltimes

Cleaning the Print Head

Tomaintainagoodprintqualityitisrecommendedthattheprinthead

becleanedatleastonceayearoruptoonceamonthitheprinterisused

heavilyTheprintheadshouldbecleanedimmediatelyhoweverithe

printbecomesvisiblyainterduetocontaminationotheprinthead

Material Required: IsopropylAlcohol

Cottonswabs

Procedure:

1. SwitchOFFprinter.

CAUTION:Allowtheprintheadtocoolbeorecleaning,

otherwisedamagetotheprintheadmayoccur.

2. Openpapercoverandremovepaperroll.

3. Usingacottonswabdampenedwithalcohol,wipetheheatingdots

otheprinthead.Becareulnottotouchtheheatingdotswithyouringers.

4. Allowthealcoholtodry.

5. Reloadthepaperandclosethepapercover.


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IrDA Printer Parts & Service

Parts & ServiceReplacement Parts

PartNoPaperthermal:

roll

rollpack

BatteryCover

Service Centers

United StatesHuntValleyCircle

NewKensingtonPA

Phone:

Fax:

Email:help@mybacharachcom

Canada

BacharachoCanadaInc

AmberStreetUnit#

MarkhamOntarioLRSPCanada

Phone:

Fax:

Email:bachcan@idirectcom


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Headquarters621 Hunt Valley Circle, New Kensington, PA 15068

Ph: 724-334-5000 Fax: 724-334-5001 Toll Free: 800-736-4666Website: www.mybacharach.com E-mail: [email protected]

Printed in U.S.A.

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