Autonics RING 8012PMH User manual

Thermal Printer
Thermal PrinterThermal Printer
Thermal Printer
RING 8012PMH
Operation Manual
Operation ManualOperation Manual
Operation Manual

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There are possibility of death or serious injury for wrong
operation. 
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There are possibility of injury physical damage for wrong
operation. 
* The physical damage represents damage on such as
house hold article, domestic animal and so on.
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represents cautions (danger, warning). 
The contents is indicated inside of . 
The character on left represents the caution for
electrification. 
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represents the prohibition. 
The contents is indicated inside of .
The character on left represents the prohibition of
decomposition. 
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represents the compulsions. 
The contents is indicated inside of . 
The character on left represents the compulsion of
pull out of power cable. 
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Caution
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Please stop the operation in case of noise, smoke, abnormal smell,
or abnormal temperature occurrence. 
That might cause electrification or fire.
Please turn off the power switch and plug out power cable. Remove
the battery in case of battery type. Never decompose the printer
by yourself. 
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Do not decompose or convert the printer for the repair.
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That might cause injury, electrification or fire. 
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Do not use power supply other than specified power supply. 
That might cause electrification or fire. 
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Do not operate the printer with incursion of foreign material, liquid such
as water, oil, and piece of metal such as clip, pins.
That might cause electrification or fire.
Turn off the power switch immediately and remove the power cable.
Remove battery in case of battery type. 
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Do not use defected power cable.
That might cause electrification or fire.
Please follow the following instruction for handling power cable.
a) Do not locate any object on the power cable.
b) Do not pull, bent or twist the power cable.
 Do not convert power cable. 
 Keep heating equipment away from power cable. 
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Do not do star-burst connection nor use auxiliary mains socket outlet
located on back of table tap or PC.
That might cause the electrification or fire. 
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Do not use power cable other than included power cable.
That might cause the electrification or fire. 
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Please handle the power plug properly. 
Wrong handling might cause the electrification or fire. 
Please follow the following instructions for handling power plug.
a) Remove foreign material or dust before plug in.
 Plug in all the way to the end. 
 Do not use loose plug socket outlet. 
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Removing power plug. 
a) Insert or remove the plug by holding plug part. Do not pull
cable part to remove the plug. That might cause the defection
of the cable and cause fire. 
b) Please unplug the power cable in case of not using for long time.
Unplug the cable with dry hand. Handling of the power cable with
wet hand might cause electrification. 
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Do not unplug the power cable with power switch on. It might cause
deformation of plug or fire. 
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Do not add any impact to power cable as they are made by precision parts.
Turn off the power switch before connecting communication cable or options.
That might cause electrification. 
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Warning
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Locate the printer at leveled stable place to avoid the printer to fall down.
That might cause injury.
Locate the printer where children can not reach.
The falling down of the printer might injure the children.
Do not step on the printer or place heavy object on the printer. 
That might cause some injury by printer to fall down. 
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Please turn off the power switch and check if every connector has
been detached before removing the printer. 
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Do not locate the printer where there are no ventilation.
That might cause fire as heat stays inside of the printer.
Do not locate the printer in following places.
1. Closet or Book shelf.
 On carpet or blanket. 
 Do not cover with cloth. 
Note : The outer case will get high temperature during the operation.
Keep the space of more than 5 cm between the printer and
the surroundings.
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Do not place the printer at humid or dusty place.
That might cause electrification or fire. 
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Locate the printer where there is no vibration.
The vibration might cause defection of the printer.
Also, the vibration might cause the printer to fall and cause some
injury. 
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Keep finger away form paper vent part or inside of the printer during
the operation or by the time of power on.
That might cause finger to be caught under the mechanism such as
platen or peel roller. 
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Do not use paper and ribbon other than that are recommended by
us. Using other supplies might cause defection of the printer. 
Please attention for injury.
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Table of contents
Table of contentsTable of contents
Table of contents
Page
For the safety - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
Table of contents - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6
Introduction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8
Chapter 1 Feature of PMH - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9
Chapter 2 Environment - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10
Chapter 3 Handling - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11
3-1 : Designation of each part - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11
3-2 : Opening/Closing the cover of the print mechanism - - - - - 12
3-3 : Loading paper roll and thermal ribbon - - - - - - - - - - - - 13
3-3-1 : Installation of paper roll - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13
3-3-2 : Installation of thermal ribbon - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14
3-3-3 : Removing the wound(used) ribbon - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15
3-4 : Adjustment of paper width - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16
3-5 : Explanation of Operation panel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17
3-6 : Procedure of operation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18
3-6-1 : Operation with Die cut label - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18
3-6-2 : Operation with Continuous label - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19
3-6-3 : Switching Die cut to Continuous label - - - - - - - - - - - - 20
3-7 : Test Printing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21
Chapter 4 Functions and settings - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -22
4-1 : Panel functions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22
4-1-1 : Configuration mode - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22
4-1-2 : Operation setting mode - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 24
4-1-3 : Print adjustment mode - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 29
4-1-4 : HP adjustment - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 32
4-1-5 : Test print - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 34
4-1-6 : Other panel setting - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 35
4-1-7 : Table of panel functions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 37
4-2 : Example of changing panel setting - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 38
4-2-1 : Changing print density - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 38
4-2-2 : Changing print position - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -39
4-2-3 : Changing tear off position - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 40
4-2-4 : Changing print speed - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 41
4-3 : Function of other switch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 42

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Chapter 5 Specification - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 43
5-1 : Rating - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 43
5-2 : Outer dimensions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 44
5-3 : Print mechanism - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 45
5-3-1 : Print method - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 45
5-3-2 : Print head - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 45
5-3-3 : Printable character type - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 45
Character code table - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 46
5-3-4 : Font size - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 46
5-3-5 : Available barcode - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 50
5-3-6 : Printing direction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 50
5-3-7 : Print speed - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 51
5-3-8 : Print area - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 51
5-3-9 : Data interface - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 51
5-4 : Functions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 52
5-4-1 : Print mode - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 52
5-4-2 : Back feeding - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 53
5-4-3 : Sensors - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 54
5-5 : Registration of external characters - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 55
5-6 : Optional function - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 55
5-7 : Interface - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 56
5-7-1 : RS232C interface - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 56
5-7-2 : RS232C protocol - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 57
5-7-3 : Parallel interface - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 59
5-8 : Papers and ribbons - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 60
5-8-1 : Paper types - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 60
5-8-2 : Paper sizes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 60
5-8-3 : Thermal ribbons - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 62
5-8-4 : Storage of paper and ribbon - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 62
Chapter 6 Errors - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 63
6-1 : Error occurrence and error recovery - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 63
6-1-1 : Mechanical related errors - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 64
6-1-2 : Communication related errors - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 68
6-1-3 : Analysis related errors - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 70
6-1-4 : Other errors - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 71
Chapter 7 Maintenance - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 73
7-1 : Cleaning and routine check - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 73
7-1-1 : Cleaning and routine check on print head - - - - - - - - - 73
7-1-2 : Cleaning and routine check on platen roller - - - - - - - - 73
7-1-3 : Cleaning inside and outside of printer - - - - - - - - - - - 74
7-2 : Handling and replacing print head - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 74
7-3 : Consumable parts - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 74
7-4 : Adjustment of sensors - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 75

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Introduction
IntroductionIntroduction
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Thank you for purchasing a PMH series thermal transfer barcode printer.
Your printer allows you to put an OCR character, barcode, and ordinary
character and graphic character, on an ordinary paper-made label in high quality
by using a thermal transfer ribbon.
Besides, you can also use it as a thermal printer using a thermal paper.
Please read the manual thoroughly to make full use of the capabilities of the
printer and to handle it properly before using your printer.
Keep the manual and the related documents included with the product on hand to
solve your question.
See the reference manual about the program preparation for control over the printer.
Also, we can provide the general-purpose package software that you can make label
from for the models freely and easily.
Package list :
Package list :Package list :
Package list :
8012PMH thermal transfer barcode printer 1
Power cable 1
Operation Manual 1
Note : A cable for connecting to a host computer is not included.
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Chapter 1 Feature of PMH
Chapter 1 Feature of PMHChapter 1 Feature of PMH
Chapter 1 Feature of PMH
In addition to the basic print such as alphanumeric characters, graphic characters,
OCR and the like, the printer series have their own characteristics as shown
below.
(1) Since the printer measures label length automatically(in the feed direction)
with label position control, replacement between various kinds of labels in
length does not require troublesome preparation by users.
(2) To cut running costs, the gap between labels is well enough to be 2 mm at
least. (if you use the cutter for label, 4 mm requires at least) To decrease
unprintable area in the cutter, peel off and tear off mode, the printer has
back feed feature.
Label printing having the same format and layout allows continuous print out,
which results in increasing print performance.
(4) An adjustable print density allows a fine tuning for print with good quality.
(5) The ability to adjust the print starting position in fine increments allows fine
adjustment of the printing position.
(6) Easy return from errors (paper empty, paper jamming, no ribbon, print head
open) that occur halfway through printing and the data saving function that
can save data immediately before error occur allow you to continue a normal
operation with the minimum loss time. 

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Chapter 2 Environment
Chapter 2 EnvironmentChapter 2 Environment
Chapter 2 Environment
2-1 Please try to install the printer with following conditions.
1. Stable leveled place.
2. Ventilated place.
3. Temperature of 10 to 35 centigrade and humidity of 20 to 80%.
2-2 Please do not install the printer in the conditions below to avoid being
defected as the printer is composed by precision parts.
1. Direct sunlight
2. Grime and dust
3. Rapid temperature change
4. Rapid humidity change
5. Near flame
6. Near water
7. Near volatile material
8. Near air conditioner
9. Near Humidifier
10. Vibrations
2-3 About power supply
1) The voltage range : AC100 to AC260 50/60Hz. ( Switchable power supply)
2) Do not take power from source that might generate noise. (Such as Motor).
2-4 About environment
1) Operating temperature is 5 to 40 centigrade.
Prevent condensation by keeping relative humidity under 85 % RH.
2) Install the printer on leveled place with no vibrations.
3) Do not block the ventilation on of printer. Try to leave the space of at least 5 cm
around the printer.
4) Never do a polishing work using a grinder or a sand paper beside your printer.
The printer hates dusts, especially, such as high hardness dusts, sands, metallic
dust particles, because they might cause the failure of a print head. Pay careful
enough attention to avoid the above dusts. Also, never use your printer in a
dump place or in a dusty place having an oil/iron content dust.
5) Please do not install the printer near TV or radio. The electric wave might
cause some noise to the equipment.
6) In case of using the printer under the condition where electrostatic occurs,
please try to use equipment like “Electrostatic prevention mat” to prevent
the electrostatic.