Jolimark bp-900kll User manual

User's Manual
BP-900KII
Printer

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Declare
About Trademark
Corporation names and product names are the registered trademarks or commodity
names of the corporation.
* Jolimark is a registered trademark of Kong Yue Electronics & Information Industry
(XIN HUI) LTD.
* EPSON and ESC/PK2 are the registered trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation.
* IBM and IBM 2391 are the registered trademarks of International Business Machines
Corporation.
* OKI and OKI 5530 SC are the registered trademarks of OKI Data Corporation.
* OLIVETTI, OLIVETTI PR2, PLIVETTI PR40 and OLIVETTI PR50 are the registered
trademarks of Olivetti S.P.A. Corporation.
* Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

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Important Safety Instructions
Read all of these instructions carefully and thoroughly and save them for later reference. The
unauthorized operation would lead to malfunction or accident. Manufacturers have no
responsibilities for the problems which are led by misoperations.
1. Follow all warnings and instructions in the manual as well as marked on the product.
2. Do not touch the print head if the printer has just been recently used as the print head may be hot.
3. Unplug this product from the power outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners.
Use a damp cloth for cleaning.
4. Do not use this product where easy to get wet.
5. Slots and openings on the cabinet and the back or bottom are provided for air ventilation. To ensure
reliable operation of the product and to protect it from overheating, do not block or cover these
openings. The openings should never be blocked by placing the product on a bed, sofa, rug or other
similar surface. This product should not be placed in crowded environment unless proper ventilation
is provided.
6. Consider a proper position to place the printer before unpacking the package. Do not place this
product on an unstable cart, stand or table. The product may fall, causing serious damage to you or
the product. Make sure there is enough area for paper feeding.
7. Avoid using the same AC outlet with other electrical appliances which are high-power or easy cause
voltage fluctuation.
8. This product should never be placed near the appliances which are easy to cause electromagnetic
interference, such as the loudspeaker or the radio components.
9. Do not locate this product where the cable would be walked on. When the cable or the plug is
mangled, please stop using and get a new one replaced.
10. Do not use in locations subject to high humidity or dust levels. Excessive humidity and dust may
cause equipment damage or fire. Such as where is direct sunlight, near heater, dusty or much
smoke.
11. Never push objects of any kind into this product through cabinet slots as they may touch dangerous
voltage dots or short out parts.
12. Don’t remove the printer’s out-cover and repair the printer. When needed, call or take it to the
professional.
13. To ensure safety, please unplug this product prior to leaving it unused for an extended period. The
wall outlet you plan to connect to should be nearby and unobstructed.
14. This product belongs to the impact printer, it produces obviously noise during printing, so we
suggest placing this printer in a relatively independent area.
15. When using the printer in room where ventilation is not good or printing a large amount of files, it is
suggest that to change the air in time.
16. Unplug this product from the power outlet and leave servicing to qualified service personnel under
the following conditions:

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A. When the power cable or plug is damaged or frayed.
B. If liquid has been spilled into the product.
C. If the product has been exposed to rain or water.
D. If the product does not operate normally when the operating instructions are followed.
E. If the product has been dropped or the cabinet has been damaged.
F. If the product exhibits a distinct change in performance, it indicates a need for service.
Notice: The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.
*All the parts of the printer can be recycled. When it is abandoned, we can call it back freely.
Please contact us when you abandon it.

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Table of Contents
Declare..........................................................................................................................................................i
Important Safety Instructions ....................................................................................................................ii
Chapter 1 Product Features.......................................................................................................................1
Chapter 2 Checking and Installing ............................................................................................................3
2.1 Unpacking and Checking ....................................................................................................................3
2.2 Removing the Protective Materials......................................................................................................3
2.3 Main Parts of the Printer......................................................................................................................4
2.4 Installing the Printer ............................................................................................................................4
2.4.1 Choose Proper Installing Place ....................................................................................................4
2.4.2 Upper Frame Lever ......................................................................................................................5
2.4.3 Installing the Ribbon Cartridge .....................................................................................................7
2.5 Connecting to Your Computer ...........................................................................................................10
2.5.1 Connecting the Parallel Cable....................................................................................................10
2.5.2 Connecting the USB Cable.........................................................................................................10
2.5.3 Connecting the Serial Cable.......................................................................................................10
2.5.4 Connecting the Ethernet Cable...................................................................................................11
2.6 Connecting the Power Cable............................................................................................................. 11
2.7 Installing the Driver ...........................................................................................................................12
2.8 Ethernet Settings...............................................................................................................................14
2.8.1 Connecting Printer......................................................................................................................14
2.8.2 Setting IPAddress......................................................................................................................14
2.8.3 Installing Printer Network Driver .................................................................................................16
Chapter 3 Paper Process .........................................................................................................................23
3.1 Feeding the Cut Sheet (Cut sheet, Passbook, Certificate)................................................................23
3.2 Feeding the continuous paper (Report form, single ply continuous paper, multiply continuous paper)24
Chapter 4 Control Panel...........................................................................................................................25
4.1 Button, LED Light and LCD Display on the Control Panel.................................................................25
4.2 Basic Operation of the Control Panel ................................................................................................25
4.3 The Information on the LCD Display .................................................................................................26
4.4 Use the Menu Setup System.............................................................................................................26
4.4.1 Change the Current Setting of Printer ........................................................................................26
4.4.2 Printing the Current Setting Report.............................................................................................28
4.4.3 Menu Item Description................................................................................................................30
4.4.4 Online Intelligent Parameter Setting...........................................................................................31
4.4.5 Restoring Factory Printer Settings..............................................................................................32
4.5 TOF Adjustment ................................................................................................................................32

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4.6 The Self Test Functions.....................................................................................................................33
4.6.1 ASCII Self Test............................................................................................................................33
4.6.2 Hex Mode...................................................................................................................................33
4.6.3 Head Pin Test.............................................................................................................................33
4.6.4 Alignment Adjust Mode...............................................................................................................34
Chapter 5 Maintenance and Troubleshooting ........................................................................................35
5.1 Cleaning the Printer ..........................................................................................................................35
5.1.1 Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge..................................................................................................35
5.1.2 Cleaning the Printer....................................................................................................................35
5.2 Problems and Solutions ....................................................................................................................36
5.3 Error Indication on the Display of Control Panel................................................................................39
5.4 Contact Your Technical Service Center .............................................................................................39
Chapter 6 Paper Specification .................................................................................................................40
6.1 Paper Specification and Printable Area .............................................................................................40
6.1.1 The Notice Relates to Paper.......................................................................................................40
6.1.2 Useable Paper Types and Guarantee Area................................................................................41
6.1.3 Cut Sheet....................................................................................................................................41
6.1.4 Continuous Paper.......................................................................................................................45
6.1.5 Postcard .....................................................................................................................................52
6.1.6 Passbook/Certificate...................................................................................................................55
6.1.7 Envelope.....................................................................................................................................56
6.1.8 Delivery Note..............................................................................................................................61
6.1.9 Label...........................................................................................................................................61
6.1.10 Reborn Paper...........................................................................................................................61
Appendix A Technical Specification........................................................................................................62
A.1 Specification......................................................................................................................................62
A.2 Parallel Interface...............................................................................................................................64
A.3 USB Interface ...................................................................................................................................65
A.4 Serial Interface..................................................................................................................................65
A.5 Ethernet Interface .............................................................................................................................66
Appendix C Command Summary............................................................................................................67

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Chapter 1 Product Features
Thank you for choosing this printer. It is a 24 pin and 94 columns high quality passbook printer, and it
can fulfill your multifunctional printing requirement.
The printer has the specialties as follows:
zAuto match the paper thickness
Use floating flat platen which matches the paper thickness automatically, so that it makes the printing
quality better. Its maximum thickness can reach 2.8 mm.
zAuto Load/Eject and Auto skew adjustment
Auto feed the cut sheet from the front of the printer and auto load to the printing position. Also, the
printer has the function of Auto skew adjustment. If the paper skew angle is less than 25°, printer
would adjust automatically.
zAuto detect paper margin
It can base on the position of the paper to determine the printing position, which avoids it printing out of
the paper.
zFull slot paper loading and printing
Adopt professional design of auto-match paper insert. The printer can fulfill full slot paper loading and
printing within the printable area.
zFunction of paper eject
With this function the user can easy operate it by the control panel to eject the cut sheet and
continuous paper from the printer.
zFlat push mechanism which solve the problem of paper jam
Innovative flat push mechanism which makes paper not skew and deforming, so that when it printing
some special files (such as passbook, certificate, 1+n invoice, envelope and post card) would not jam.
zControl panel with high definition LCD display
You can know the current printing state of the printer and you can also fulfill all the function setting
through the LCD display. Moreover, you can set the printer parameter through this LCD display.
zHumanized safety design
The printer installing a cover sensor which makes the printer stop printing and the print head move to
the middle position whenever the upper cover does not be closed. Only when you close the cover will it
continue printing again.
zFunction of auto select the data transmission interface
The printer is configured with parallel interface, USB interface, serial interface or Ethernet interface.
(Please take the specific interface as standard.) It can fulfill the data transmission with different
interfaces. When the printer is connected with multi-interfaces, it would switch to the corresponding
interface and print out the task.
zHigh resolution of image printing
Max. resolution of 360DPI (horizon) × 360DPI (perpendicular) and the image is most definitely.
zCompatibility
The command is compatible with OKI 5530SC, Epson ESC/PK2, Olivetti PR2 and IBM 2391 which are
popular control commands in printer market.

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zLetter quality font
There are Draft, Roman, Sans Serif, Courier, Prestige, Script, OCR-A&B, ORATOR, etc. characters
which can compare with other band of printer.
zBar code memorizer
Standard bar codes show as follows: EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, Matrix 2 of 5, Industrial 2 of 5,
Code 39, Code 128 B, Code 128 C, and NW-7.
zElectronic menu
The printer menu parameter can be set and saved back into the memorizer of the printer.
zContain Bank system used character set
It supports bank system used character set printing.
zContain break pin compensation function
User can set the printer to print using the pin which is in good condition to compensate the break pin.
zPin switch printing mode
User can set pins to switch while printing form transverse line in order to improve print head life.

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Chapter 2 Checking and Installing
2.1 Unpacking and Checking
Check the following items in the package, if any of these items is missing, please contact your dealer.
(as Figure 2-1 shown)
Caution: Please don’t connect the printer to the power temporarily, or it may damage the printer
seriously.
2.2 Removing the Protective Materials
1. Open the packing box, take out the printer.
2. Open the upper cover, and remove the protective materials in the printer.
3. Note that it is a good idea to keep the original box and all the packing materials just in case you
need to pack the printer up again and send it somewhere at a later date.
,
Figure 2-1 Items in the package
Protective materials
Protective materials
Protective materials
Protective materials
Figure 2-2 Removing the protective materials
Driver CD
(Including User's Manual and Driver)
Printer Ribbon cartridge JMR128/JMR131 Power cable
Facility user's guide

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2.3 Main Parts of the Printer
Figure 2-3 and Figure 2-4 show the main part names of printer.
Note: Please take the specific interface as standard.
2.4 Installing the Printer
2.4.1 Choose Proper Installing Place
When choosing the installing place please consider following guide:
1. The laying place must be plane and fixing.
2. Keep it far from the device which has electric field disturb and voltage change are large, such as the
duplicating machine or air condition, do not plug them in the same electrical outlet.
3. Do not use in locations subject to high humidity or dust levels. Or else, it may damage the operation
components or lead to circuit malfunction.
4. Do not place the printer where overheating, shaking, humidity or direct sunlight.
5. Make sure the ventilation is good around the printer.
Figure 2-3 Main parts of the printer (Front view)
Figure 2-4 Main parts of the printer (rear view)
Upper cover
Upper frame lever
Print head
Control panel
Ribbon cartridge
(JMR128/JMR131)
Carriage shaft
Power switch
Ribbon guide
USB interface
Parallel interface USB interface
Power supply inlet
Ethernet interface
Serial interface
Serial interface