Kings Power SP-550 User manual
1.Thedetailsof thisUser sManualaresubjecttochangewithout prior notification.
2.ThisUser sManualhasbeenpreparedwiththeutmostcaretocoverallaspectsofthe
timestampsuse.
If youfeel, However,thatsomeexplanationsareinadequate, unclear, ordifficult to
understand,pleasedo nothesitatetocontactthedealerortheshop fromwhich you
havepurchasedyourTimeStamp.
3. Besuretouseyour TimeStampafteryouhavefullyunderstoodthehardwareand
softwarespecificationsandlimits.
SPECIFICTIONS
●Clockaccuracy: Monthlyaccuracy ±15sec.(at ordinarytemperatures)
●Calendar:Year upto2099,Automaticallyadjustedtoleap years,31-daymonthsand
monthswiththirtyorfewerdays,andthedayofweek.
●Printingsystem: Dotmatrix.
●Powerfailurecompensation:Three years ofcumulativepowerfailurehoursafterthedate
ofshipment.
●Printat powerfailure: OptionalNi-Cdbattery,200-timeprinting or24hours.
●Timeprogram:Externaltimesignal
Built-inbuzzer
Printing aspecial mark(*)
●Connection ofexternal timesignal:Novoltagesignal output.
●Operating environment:Temperature: -5 to45 ,23℉to113℉.
Humidity: 20% to80%, nocondensation.
Theunitoperatesnormallyattemperaturesof5 orbelow,but
theprintdensity,reaction oftheLCD display,and thenumberof
printsatpowerfailureareinferiortothoseatnormal temperature
operation.
●Dimensions: 6.14”(W)X7.36”(H)X6.85 (D)
156mm (W)X187mm(H) X174mm (D)
●Weight: Approx, 4.6lbs.(2.1Kg)
●Rating:AC115VAC50/60Hz0.51A
AC230VAC50/60Hz0.26A
1. FEATURES
Main applications: Payroll / jobcostrecorder,timestamp ornumbering machine.
Caution:
Do notuse inplaces:
●Subjecttohighhumidityanddust
●Exposedtostrongorcontinuousvibrations.
●Exposedtodirectsunlight.
CAUTION: DUSCONNECTSUPPLYCORD BEFORE OPENING.”
WARNING: EXPLOSING HAZARD: DO NOTRECHARGEABLE
BATTERIES”
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●13preprogrammed comments
●Alphanumeric printing
●Selectable4-digityear imprint
●12or24hourformat
●Regularminute, 1/10,1/100or
5/100 ofan hour
●Passwordforprogramprotection
●Digit LCD (Date,Hour,Minute,
Day oftheweekindication)
●Wallordesktopmount
●Full powerreserve(optional)
●Built-inbuzzer (optional)
●External timesignal (optional)
●TheQuartzTimeStamp
●Dot-Matrixprinter
●Perpetual calendar
●Automaticdaylight saving time
●4options forprintactivation
Automatic
Manual
Semi-automatic
Combination
●Adjustableprintposition
●7 languagesoptionsforprint
●Printsnumbers/date
●Timetableprogram
●Specialmarkprinting
2. PREPARATION
Package Contents
Unpack theTimeStamp and check itscontentsto ensurethattheTimeStamp and
allaccessoriesareincluded.
●User smanual x1●Wall-Mount: Screwx4
●Keyx2Templatex1
●Fuse(Ac1A) x1
Structure of Time Stamp
<Front> <Back>
<Cover off> Printpositionon Time card
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Printposition fromthe
card edgeisadjustable
bypressingandsliding
theprintpositionbutton
located on theright
outsidebottomof the
Time Stamp.
Maximum distancefrom
edgeof fromtoprintis
approximately
13/16〞(30mm)
4.OPTIONALFUNCTIONS
Followingoptionalfunctionsareavailablebyaddinganoptionalboard.
ExternalTimeSignalforBell, Built-inbuzzer.
External Time Signal and Built-inBuzzer
ExternalTimeSignalandBuilt-inBuzzer shall becontrolledbyTimetableprogramand
theirdurationsetting.
Refertothe “18.SETTINGTHETIMETABLE PROGRAM”,andthe “19.SETTINGTHE
EXTERNALTIMESIGNAL / BUILT-INBUZZER”.
Connectionspecifications forExternalTimeSignalcontact
●Contactoutput:drycontact
●Contactcapacity:5A, 30V (Resistive)
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5. SETTINGTHETIMESTAMP
Toset theTimeStamp,youmustplugtheACcord intotheACoutlet and removethe
cover.Thenpress the[F]buttononce,theTimeStampgoesintotheprogrammode
showingthe “▲” onthedisplaypositionunderthe “TIME”mark.
Function keys:
[F] (function)button: Youcanselectthedesired programsetting by pressing this[F]button,
Selectedprogramsetting modeisindicatedby the “▲”on thedisplay.
[+]button: Whenyoupress the[+]button,youcanincrement theset value.
[-] button:Whenyoupress the[-]button,youcandecrementtheset value.
[E](enter)button:Youcansetthevalueselectedonthedisplay bypressingthe[E]button.
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6. SETTINGTHETIME
Example: Changethetimefrom PM10:20 to AM11:30
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1. Pressthe[F] button,and position
the “▲” under the “TIME”mark.
The “Hour”flashes.(Theflashing
meansitcanbechanged.)
▲
● ● ● ●
F E
TIME
Hour Minute
Second
PM
Settingthe hour”
Press the[+]or[-] buttontosetat “AM
11”andpress [E]button.At thesame
time,theflashingchangesfrom “Hour”
to “Minute”.
▲
● ● ● ●
TIME
AM
F E
2. Settingthe Minute”
Press the[+]or[-] buttontosetat
“30”andpress [E]button.
▲
● ● ● ●
TIME
AM
F E
Atthesametime,the “Second”
starttorunfrom “00”andtheLCD
screenonlydisplay “▲” underthe
“TIME”mark.
▲
● ● ● ●
TIME
F E
3. If youwanttoset anotherfunction,
press the[F] buttontocontinue
setting.
Ifyoufinished setting the functions,
press the[E] button again. The
LCD screenwillreturntonormal
mode.
7. SETTINGTHEDATE
Example: Changethedatefrom January 9,2004 to OCT 10, 2004.
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1. Press the [F]button,andposition
the “▲” under the “DATE”mark.The
“Year”flashes.(Theflashingmeans
itcanbechanged.)
▲
● ● ● ●
DATE
Month DateYear
F E
Settingthe year
Such as example,press the[E]
button becausetheyear 2004 is not
tobechanged.
▲
● ● ● ●
DATE
F E
Atthesametime,theflashing
changesfrom “Year”to “Month”.
2. Settingthe Month”
Press the[+]or[-] buttontoset
at “10”and press [E] button.At
thesametime, theflashing
changesfrom “Month”to “Date”.
▲
● ● ● ●
DATE
F E
3. Settingthe Date”
Press the[+]or[-] buttontoset at
“10”andpress the[E]button.
▲
● ● ● ●
DATE
F E
Atthesametime, theLCDscreen
onlydisplay “▲” under the “Date”
mark.
▲
● ● ● ●
DATE
F E
4. If youwanttoset another
function,press the[F] button
tocontinuesetting.
Ifyoufinished setting the
functions, press the[E]
button again.TheLCD screen
will returntonormalmode.
8.SETTINGTHE12/24HOUR FORMAT
Example: Settingthehourformatto24hour.
Hour FormatOptions Display
1 12 hour PM6:00
2 24 hour 18:00
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1. Pressthe [F]button,and position
the “▲” underthe “Hour”mark.The
flashing digitindicates “Hour
Format Options”.(Theflashing
meansitcanbechanged.)
▲
● ● ● ●
HOUR
F E
2. Settingthe hour format
Pressthe[+]or [-] buttontosetat “2”,
and press [E]button.
▲
● ● ● ●
F + E
HOUR
Atthesametime, theLCD screen only
display “▲” underthe “Hour”mark.
▲
HOUR
3. If youwanttoset another
function,press the[F]button
tocontinuesetting.
Ifyoufinished setting the
functions, press the[E] button
again.TheLCDscreen will
returntonormal mode.
9.SETTINGTHEPRINT ORDER
Example: Settheprintorderto “Year, Month, Date, Hour and Minute”.
Please see page10 forreference.
3. If youwant toset anotherfunction, press the [F] buttontocontinue setting.
Ifyoufinished setting thefunctions,press the[E]button again.TheLCD screenwill
returntonormal mode.
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1. Press the[F] button,and positionthe “▲” underthe “PrintOrder”mark. Theflashing digit
indicates “PrintOrderOptions”.(Theflashingmeansit canbechanged.)
▲
● ● ● ●
PRINT
ORDER
F E
2. Setting the Print Order
Press the [+]or[-] buttontosetat “7”,and press [E] button.
▲
● ● ● ●
PRINT
ORDER
F E
Atthesametime theLCDscreenonlydisplay “▲” underthe “PRINTORDER”mark.
▲
● ● ● ●
PRINT
ORDER
F E
Y=Year,M=Month, D=Date, DOW=Dayoftheweek, H=Hour,Min=Minute,
S=Second, C=Comment, N=Number
Print Order Options Print Example Print Order Options Print Example
1 M.D JAN31 16 D.M.Y.C 31 JAN 04 SENT
2 D.H.Min 31 10:00 17 Y.M.D.C 04 JAN31SENT
3 M.D.H.Min JAN3110:00 18 C.D.H.Min SENT3110:00
4 D.M.H.Min 31 JAN10:00 19 N.M.D.Y 123456JAN31 04
5 DOW.D.H.Min FR, 3110:00 20 N.D.M.Y 12345631JAN 04
6 Y.M.D 04 JAN31 21 N.Y.M.D 123456 04 JAN31
7 Y.M.D.H.Min 04 JAN3110:00 22 M.D.Y.N JAN31 04 123456
8 Y.M.D.H.Min.S 04 JAN 3110:00:00 23 D.M.Y.N 31 JAN 04 123456
9 D.M.Y.H.Min 31 JAN 04 10:00 24 Y.M.D.N 04 JAN31123456
10 M.D.Y.H.Min JAN31 04 10:00 25 N.D.H.Min 1234563110:00
11 DOW.D.M.Y FR, 31JAN 04 26 N.M.D.H.Min 123456JAN31 10:00
12 C.M.D.Y SENTJAN31 04 27 N.Y.M.D.H.Min 123456 04 JAN3110:00
13 C.D.M.Y SENT31 JAN 04 28 N.Y.M.D.H.Min.S 123456 04 JAN 31 10:00:00
14 C.Y.M.D SENT 04 JAN31 29 N 123456
15 M.D.Y.C JAN31 04 SENT 30 CustomizedComment
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10.SETTINGTHEPRINT PATTERN
Inthisfunction,theprintingof Year digit,theprinting typeofminute,and changeofLeading
Zero canbeset.
Example: SettingtheYear imprintto4digits, the minuteto1/100 min,andtheLeading
Zero to enabled.
Year DigitOptions Print example
1 2Digit JAN09 04 11:30
2 4 Digit JAN09200411:30
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Settingthe YearDigit”
Such as example,Press the[+]or
[-] buttontosetat “2”andpress
the[E] button.
Atthesametime,the flashing
changesfrom “YearDigit”to “Type
ofminute”.
▲
● ● ● ●
PRINT
PATTERN
F E
1. Pressthe[F]button,andpositionthe
“▲” underthe “PRINTPATTERN”
mark. Theflashing digit indicates
“Year Digit”. (Theflashingmeansit
can bechanged.)
▲
● ● ● ●
PRINT
PATTERN
Year
Digit Typeof
Minute Leading
Zero
F E
TypeofMinute Print example
1 1/60 JAN09200411:10
21/100 JAN09200411.17
31/20(=5/100) JAN09200411.15
41/10 JAN09200411.1
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2. Settingthe Typeof minute”
Press the[+]or[-] buttontosetat
“2”, and press the[E] button.
Atthesametime,theflashingchangesfrom
“Typeofminute”to “LeadingZero”.
3. Settingthe LeadingZero”
Press the[+]or [-] buttontosetat “2”,andpress the[E] button.
Thenthe LCD screenonlydisplay “▲” underthe “PRINTPATTERN”mark.
▲
● ● ● ●
PRINT
PATTERN
F E
LeadingZero Printexample
1 ZeroDisable JAN 9 3:00
2 ZeroEnable JAN 09 03:00
4. If youwant toset anotherfunction, press the[F]buttonto continuesetting.If
you finished settingthefunctions, press the[E] buttonagain.TheLCD screenwill
returntonormal mode.
▲
● ● ● ●
PRINT
PATTERN
F E
▲
● ● ● ●
PRINT
PATTERN
F
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11.SETTINGTHEPREPROGRAMED COMMENTS
Example: Settingthecomment to “SENT”
1. Press the [F] button,and positionthe “▲”
under the “COMMENT”mark. Theflashing
digitindicates “Comment Options”. (The
flashing means it can bechanged.)
Settingthe Comment”
Such as example,Press the [+]or[-]
button toset at “2”,andpress the [E]button.
Then theLCD screenonly display “▲”
underthe “COMMENT”mark.
2.If youwanttoset anotherfunction, press the [F] buttontocontinuesetting.
If youfinished settingthefunctions,pressthe[E]buttonagain. TheLCDscreenwill
returntonormal mode.
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Comment Options Print Example
1 RCVD JAN09 04 RCVD
2SENT JAN09 04 SENT
3IN JAN09 04 IN
4OUT JAN09 04 OUT
5CFMD (Confirmed) JAN09 04 CMFD
6FILED JAN09 04 FILED
7PAID JAN09 04 PAID
8USED JAN09 04 USED
9FAXED JAN09 04 FAXED
10 VOID JAN09 04 VOID
11 ORIGN(Original) JAN09 04 ORIGN
12 APRD(Approved) JAN09 04 APRD
13 CMPLD(Completed) JAN09 04 CMPLD
▲
● ● ● ●
COMMENT
F E
▲
● ● ● ●
COMMENT
F E
▲
● ● ● ●
COMMENT
F E
12. SETTINGTHECUSTOMIZEDCOMMENTS
* Maximum3linescommentcanbesettoprint.
* Thistimestamp can print31characters (161fontsize)at maximum, howevernumberof
characters will depend on fontsize. Refertothe “24.CHARACTERCODEFOR
ALPHANUMBERIC”.
Example:
CFH ^ HOTEL-------- 1st comment line
09 ^ JAN ^ 04 --------- 2nd comment line(Date, Month, Year)
LONDON--------- 3rd comment line
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1. Pressthe[F]button,andpositionthe
“▲” underthe “PRINTORDER”mark.
Theflashing digitindicates “Print Order
Options”.(Theflashing means it can be
changed.)
▲
● ● ● ●
PRINT
ORDER
F E
Press the[+]or[-] buttontosetat “30”
(CustomizedComment).
Atthe sametime,adigitfor “Print
Position”appearsnext to “Print Order
Options”.
▲
● ● ● ●
PRINT
ORDER
Print
Position
F E
2. Pressthe [E] button.Atthe same
time,theflashingdigitchanges
from “PrintOrderOption”to “Print
Position”.
▲
● ● ● ●
PRINT
ORDER
F E
Suchas example, press the[+]or
[-] buttontosetat “1”andpress [E]
button, at the sametimethe LCD
screenonlydisplay “▲” underthe
“Print Order”mark.
PRINTPOSITION
1 Left Orientated
2 CenterOrientated
3 Right Orientated
SPACE
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3. Pressthe[F]button,and position
the “▲” under the “COMMENT”
mark.
▲
● ● ● ●
COMMENT
Comment
LINE Character
Code
F E
Character
Position
Setting the 1st comment line.
Theflashing digitindicates
“CharacterPosition”.Pressthe[E]
button .
Atthesametime,theflashing
changesfrom “CharacterPosition”
to “CharacterCode”.
▲
● ● ● ●
COMMENT
F E
4. Setting the Character Code”
Such as example,the 1st characteris
“C”, press the[+] or[-]button to set at
“04”, andpress the[E]button.
Refer to the
24. CHARACTER CODE
FOR ALPHANUMBER”
▲
● ● ● ●
COMMENT
F E
The character code
“04”means “C”
Atthesametime,the “Character
Position”changesfromthe 1st
charactertothe 2nd character.
Theflashing digitindicates “Character
Position”.
▲
● ● ● ●
COMMENT
F E
Press the[E] button,then theflashing
changesfrom “CharacterPosition”to
“CharacterCode”.
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5. The2ndcharacteris “F”,
press the[+] or[-] button to set
at “07”, andpress[E]button.
▲
● ● ● ●
COMMENT
F E
The character code
“07”means “F”
Atthesametime,the “Character
Position”changesfrom the 2nd
charactertothe3rd character.
▲
● ● ● ●
COMMENT
F E
Press the[E] button,then the
flashing changesfrom “Character
Position”to “CharacterCode”.
6. The3rdcharacteris “H”, press
the[+] or[-]button to set at “09”,
and press [E]button.
▲
● ● ● ●
COMMENT
F E
Thecharactercode
“09”means “H”
7. Follow thesameprocedurefor further
characterssettings.
8. Setting the 2nd comment line
Press the[E]button tochangethe
commentlinenumberto “C2”.
▲
● ● ● ●
COMMENT
F E
Such as example,the 1st characteris
“DATE”, press the[+] or[-] button to set
at “28”, andpress the[E]button.
▲
● ● ● ●
COMMENT
F E
Thecharactercode
“28”means “DATE”
Atthesametime,the “Character
Position”changesfromthe 1st character
tothe 2nd character.
Theflashing digitindicates “Character
Position”.
▲
● ● ● ●
COMMENT
F E
Press the[E] button,then theflashing
changesfrom “CharacterPosition”to
“CharacterCode”.
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9. The 2nd characteris “SPACE”,
thenpress the[+] or[-] buttontoset
at “01”,andpressthe[E]button.
▲
● ● ● ●
COMMENT
F E
The charactercode
“01”means “SPACE”
Atthesametime,the “Character
Position”changesfromthe 2nd
charactertothe 3rd character.
▲
● ● ● ●
COMMENT
F E
Press the[E] button,then the
flashing changesfrom “Character
Position ”to “CharacterCode”.
10. The 3rd characteris “MONTH”,
thenpressthe[+]or [-] buttonto
set at “27”,and press the[E]
button.
▲
● ● ● ●
COMMENT
F E
The character code
“27”means “MONTH”
11. Follow thesameprocedureforfurther
characterssettings.
12. Setting the 3rd comment line
Press the[E]button tochangethe
commentlinenumberto “C3”.
▲
● ● ● ●
COMMENT
F E
Such asexample,the 1st characteris
“L”, press the[+]or[-]button set at “0d”,
and press the[E] button.
▲
● ● ● ●
COMMENT
F E
Thecharactercode
“0d”means “L”
Atthesametime,the “Character
Position”changesfrom the 1st character
tothe2nd character.
Theflashing digitindicates “Character
Position”.
▲
● ● ● ●
COMMENT
F E
Press the[E] button,then theflashing
changesfrom “CharacterPosition”to
“CharacterCode”.
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