Max ER-1600 User manual

- 1 -
CONTENTS
BEFORE USE...................................................................................................................2
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS................................................................................................2
ACCESSORIES................................................................................................................3
MAIN FEATURES.............................................................................................................5
PARTS DESCRIPTIONS ..................................................................................................5
HOW TO OPEN AND CLOSE FRONT COVER...............................................................5
KEYBOARD AND DISPLAY.............................................................................................6
KEYBOARD LAYOUT ......................................................................................................6
DISPLAY LAYOUT............................................................................................................7
HOW TO OPERATE..........................................................................................................7
SETTING OR CHANGING DATA.....................................................................................8
SETTING MACHINE MODE, PAY CLOSING DATE, 60 or 100 SCALE, DAILY
TOTAL TIME, LCD BACKLIGHT AND PASSWORD (MODE 1).....................................8
SETTING YEAR, MONTH, DATE, HOUR, AND MINUTE (MODE 2)............................14
SETTING LINE SHIFT TIME, IN/OUT AND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME (MODE 3)......15
LATE-IN, EARLY-OUT, OVERTIME WORKING AND NEXT DAY OVERTIME
SYMBOLS.......................................................................................................................18
REPLACING THE INK RIBBON CASSETTE................................................................19
WALL MOUNTING AND LAID-DOWN POSITION INSTALLATION.............................20
ERROR CODES..............................................................................................................21
CAUTION CODE.............................................................................................................22
TROUBLE SHOOTING...................................................................................................22
SPECIFICATIONS...........................................................................................................23
- 2 -
BEFORE USE
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
INDICATIONS
This instruction manual and the product use various indications to help you use this instrument
safely and properly. Thefollowing describes those indications.
WARNING:
Negligence could lead to serious injury or death.
CAUTION:
Negligence could lead to an injury, damage of your property, or
cause loss of created data.
Describes operations that may cause damage to the instrument and require a r
e-
pair, or operations that requir
e resetting the machine, etc., to restore the condition
of the instrument.
Describes the points of operation and tips.
Describes a functional precaution.
SYMBOLS
Denotes What you should be aware of.
Denotes What you must not do.
An indication in or near this symbol shows a
specific prohibition.
Denotes What you must do. An indication in this symbol shows a specific i
n-
struction.
WARNING
This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio i
n-
terference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
Clean the power cord plug regularly. Dust on the plug could cause a fire.
Obtain powe
r directly from a single plug socket. Avoid connecting many wires to one
plug socket. It could lead to a fire.
Do not connect/disconnect a power plug with a wet hand. It could cause an electric
shock.
Do not operate the instrument, if it is out of order. If it is operated in an out-of-
order
state, such as it is smoking, emitting an abnormal sound, or smelling funny, it could
cause a fire or electric shock. Disconnect the power plug immediately from the socket
and contact your dealer/distributor for a repair.

- 3 -
CAUTION
The data stored in the internal memory or the memory card cannot be stored perm
a-
nently. We will not be responsible for damages and lost profits caused by loss of data
attributed to battery consumption, trouble, repair, and so on.
Never disassemble or modify this instrument. It could cause a fire, electric shock, or
other problems.
Do not insert foreign substances such as fingers, pens, wire, or paper into this i
n-
strument. It could damage the instrument or cause a fire.
Use correct supplyvoltage. Other voltage level could damage the instrument.
Do not splash water or chemicals on the instrument. If water gets inside the i
n-
strument, disconnect the power plug immediately from the plug socket and contact
your deal
er/distributor for a repair. It could damage the instrument or cause a fire
or electric shock.
Do not put paper or clothon the instrument. It could cause a fire.
Do not place any heavy material on power cord. It could cause damage or a fire.
Nev
er touch the printer head. It is very hot just after printing and you could get
burned. Also, dirt on your hand could cause trouble to the printer head.
When the instrument is not going to be operated for a long period of time, be sure to
disconnect the power cord from the power socket for your safety.
When disconnecting the power cord, be sure to hold the power plug. Do not pull on
power cord, or the cord could be broken and cause a fire or electric shock.
ACCESSORIES
This instrument comes with the following accessories. Confirm that they are included before
using the machine.
1. Instruction manual 2. Screwsfor wall mounting
: 1 booklet
: 2-pcs.
- 4 -
Do not drop or hit the instrument.
Install this instrument away from the following places:
1. Any place that is not level or thatis subject to vibration.
2. Any place that has dust or high humidity. Keep beverages and
liquid containers away from this instrument.
3. Any place that the temperature goes below 0 /32
or over
40 /104 .
4. Any place that catches direct sunlight or is located close to a
heat source.
Do not insert cards or paper other than the specified time cards for
this instrument. Do not use time cards that are bent or torn.
Be sure to use a dry cloth for cleaning. Do not use solvents (a
l-
cohol, benzene, thinner, etc.) or a damp cloth.
Do not re-ink cartridge. Replace w
ith ink ribbon cassette
ER-IR103.
Do not hang this instrument on a wall using anything other than the included plate for wall
mounting.
The socket-outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible.
A 30-minute break is required after continuous printing for 15 minutes.

- 5 -
MAIN FEATURES
1. Printing the daily total time for regular working time or overtime Excluding ER-1600E .
2. Can select fully automatic or manual operation.
3. Printing regular minutes (1/60) or 1/100th of an hour.
4. Printing upto 4 columns(If using daily total printing, upto 5 columns).
5. Up to 150 employeesin every time period (If using daily total time, up to 50 employees).
6. Printing the symbols, Late-in: , Early-out: , Overtime: and Next day overtime:
.
7. Password protection for settings.
8. Three kinds of installation (Table, Wall, and Laid Down Position).
9. Three kinds of pay period formatting (Monthly, Weekly or Bi-weekly).
10. Can select Daylight SavingTime (for summer time).
11. Printing pastmidnight in the same line of the day by Line Shift Time.
12. Printing the timein the same line of the day after Line Shift Time.
13. Built-in lithium battery protectsthe clock, calendar and program data for 3 years.
14. Twelve / twenty-four hour displayformats.
15. Time / Date / Month / Year are already preset.
16. Backlit LCD display
Some areas or countries will be required to reset the time.
PARTS DESCRIPTIONS
HOW TO OPEN AND CLOSE FRONT COVER
Pull as illustrated
above.
Remove the front cover.
Push as illustrated above.
Front cover
Time card insertion slot
Display
External key
Wall mounting plate
- 6 -
KEYBOARD AND DISPLAY
KEYBOARD LAYOUT
Functions of keys
No.
Description Functions
FORWARD KEY To increase the number when changing settings.
BACKWARD KEY To decrease the number when changing settings.
SET KEY To register figures.
CANCEL KEY To return to the start of settingmode without registration.
To enter the setting mode by pressing for 3 sec. and input
password.
(LAID DOWN POSITION)
or CLEAR KEY
To turn the time on the display upside down.
To initialize current setting item.
or
MODE1 KEY
To select the IN1 column.
To set Machine Mode, Pay C
losing Date, 60 or 100 scale,
Daily Total Time, LCD Backlight and Password in the se
t-
ting mode.
(See
[7]
on page 8)
or
MODE2 KEY
To select the OUT1 column.
To set Year, Month, Date and current Time in the setting
mode. (See [8] on page 14
)
or
MODE3 KEY
To select the 2column.
To set Line Shift Time, Working Time(IN1 OUT2, OST)
and Daylight Saving Time.
(See
[9]
on page 15
)
KEY To select the OUT2 column.
KEY
(NEXT DAY OVERTIME
KEY)
To print the time in the same line of the day after Li
ne Shift
Time.

- 7 -
DISPLAY LAYOUT
(A) The symbol appears during the period of Daylight Saving Time.
(B) The symbol appears during settings are protected by password.
(C) The symbol appears during setting mode.
HOW TO OPERATE
CAUTION
Install this instrument on a level place.
Do not install on or near a place subject to vibration.
1. AUTOMATIC OPERATION
ER-1600 shifts the column for printing automatically in the order of IN1, OUT1, IN2 and
OUT2 without the user pressing any external keys.
1. Insert time card to the position where automatic feed starts.
2. Time card will be ejected automatically after printing the time.
2. MANUAL OPERATION
ER-1600 allows manual operation for shifting the column to be printed on.
1. Select a desired column to print on the time card by pressing
IN1,
OUT1, IN2 or OUT2 key.
2. The symbol appears at the selected column on the display.
3. Insert time card to the position where automaticfeed starts.
4. Time card will be ejected automatically after printing the time.
1. Do not keep holding the time card during printing.
2. Do not pull or push time card with your hand.
3. Do not cover any of the small holes at both edgeson time card.
1. If E-01 appears on the display, the time card has been
inserted incorrectly.
(See
[13]
on page 21)
2. When using Daily Total Time from MODE 1, ER-16
00 automatically
printsthe Total Time in the 5th column after printing the time in the
4th column.
- 8 -
SETTING OR CHANGING DATA
Operation
1. Press CANCEL key for 3 sec. or more. The symbol appears on the display.
2. After setting or changing data, press the CANCEL key again.
The symbol disappears.
Password protection for settings
Password is required for settings after you set it up in setting MODE1. (See [6 ] on page 13)
Making note of the Password and keep it
in a safe
place to prevent it from being lost or used by an u
n-
authorized person.
If you do not touch any keysfor 60 seconds,
the symbol disappears automatically.
SETTING MACHINE MODE, PAY CLOSING DATE, 60 or 100
SCALE, DAILY TOTAL TIME
, LCD BACKLIGHT AND
PASSWORD (MODE 1)
General Operating Procedure
1. Press the CANCEL key for 3sec. or more. The symbol appears on the display to in-
dicate the setting mode is on. If password has been set up, enter the password before into
the setting mode. (See [6 ] on page 13)
2. Press the IN1 key. The symbol appears at MODE 1 on the display.
3. Pressthe or key to change the items.
4. Press the SET key after changing each item. The display will move to next item in the
order of Machine Mode, Pay Closing Date, 60 or 100 Scale, Daily Total Time,LCD Backlight
and Password. When the SET key is pressed at the end, the buzzer beeps twice and the
display returns to the start of the setting mode.
C-05 may be displayed after setting the DailyTotal Time and pressing the SET key.
When the SET keyis pressed, all time data is deleted and the revised datais set.
When the CANCEL key is pressed, the revision is canceled without deleting time data.

- 9 -
[Machine
Mode]
[Pay Closing Date]
[60 or 100 scale]
[Daily Total Time]
Items (MODE 1) Initial data Setting range Code No.
Machine Mode 1 1 to 6 01
Pay Closing Date 31
Depends on Machine
Mode Number 02
60 or 100 Scale 1 1 to 5 03
Daily Total Time 1 1 or 2 04
LCD Backlight 1 1 to 3 05
Password ---- 0000 to 9999 06
1. If 1 or 2 is selected for Code No.3 (60 or 100 scale), the machine doesnt print
the Daily Total Time and so Code No. 04 (Daily Total Time) is not show
n on the
display.
2. ER-1600E doesnt have the option of the setting of Daily Total Time(Code 04).
3. If the CANCEL
key is pressed while setting data, the display returns to the start
of the setting mode without registering the changes.
Specific Setting Procedures
1. Setting Machine Mode (Code No: 01)
Press the or key to select the desired Machine Mode from the following table.
Pay Period
12/24-Hour Format
Machine Mode
Monthly 12H 1
24H 2
Weekly 12H 3
24H 4
Bi-weekly
12H 5
24H 6
1. The time is printed only in 24-hour format.
2. When setting in the Laid Down Position, only 24-hour format is displayed.
Code No.
- 10 -
2. Setting Pay Closing Date (Code No: 02)
After setting Machine Mode, Pay Closing Date is shown on the display.
Monthly
Press the or key to select the PayClosingDate. When the display showsthe
desired closing date, press the SET key.
from
to
Weekly
Press the or key to select the Pay Closing Date (from today to the next 6 days).
When the display shows the desired closing date, press the SET key.
from
to
Bi-weekly
Press the or key to select the PayClosingDate (from today to the next 13 days).
When the display shows the desired closing date, press the SET key.
from
to
3. Setting 60 or 100 Scale (Code No: 03)
After setting Pay Closing Date, 60 or 100 Scale is shown on the display.
Select the printing style for the time and the Daily Total Time printing.
Press the or key to select the desired number from the following table.
Number
Time Printing Style Daily Total Time Capacity of
employees
1 Regular minutes (1/60) Nothing 150
2 1/100th of an hour Nothing 150
3 Regular minutes (1/60) Regular minutes
(1/60) 50
4 1/100th of an hour 1/100th of an hour
50
5 Regular minutes (1/60) 1/100th of an hour
50
1. When 1or 2is selected, ER-1600 does not print the DailyTotal Time.
2. When using Daily Total Time, the capacity of employees in a day/month is up to 50.
3. ER-1600E cannot set 3 , 4or 5.
4. When using 1/100th of an hour as the printing style, ER-1600 prints
the minutes as
shown on the chart below.

- 11 -
[Equivalent Time Chart]
00 0.00 20 0.34 40 0.66
01 0.02 21 0.35 41 0.68
02 0.04 22 0.36 42 0.70
03 0.05 23 0.38 43 0.72
04 0.06 24 0.40 44 0.74
05 0.08 25 0.42 45 0.75
06 0.10 26 0.44 46 0.76
07 0.12 27 0.45 47 0.78
08 0.14 28 0.46 48 0.80
09 0.15 29 0.48 49 0.82
10 0.16 30 0.50 50 0.84
11 0.18 31 0.52 51 0.85
12 0.20 32 0.54 52 0.86
13 0.22 33 0.55 53 0.88
14 0.24 34 0.56 54 0.90
15 0.25 35 0.58 55 0.92
16 0.26 36 0.60 56 0.94
17 0.28 37 0.62 57 0.95
18 0.30 38 0.64 58 0.96
19 0.32 39 0.65 59 0.98
4. Setting Daily Total Time (Code No: 04)
Daily Total Time is shown on the display after setting 60 or 100 Scale.
When 1 or 2 from CODE 03 or ER-1600E is used, this setting is not displayed.
Select Regular work time or the Overtime work as the Style of Daily Total Time.
The machine automatically prints the Daily Total Time after printing the time in the 4th column,
using the style that has been selected.
Press the or key to select the desired number from the following table.
Number Style of Daily Total Time
1 Regular work time
2 Overtime work
1. If 2(Overtime work)
is set but the Starting time of Overtime Work is not set in
MODE 3, ER-1600 prints 0:00 or 0.00 as the Daily Total Time in the 5th co
l-
umn.
2. If time is not printed in the 4th column, the Daily Total Time is not printed.
3. ER-1600 cannot calculate Monthly Total Time.
- 12 -
[Printing example of daily total]
1. Setting 3 in CODE NO: 03.
Time PrintingStyle = Regular minutes (1/60)
Daily Total Time = Regular minutes (1/60)
2. Setting 4 in CODE NO: 03.
Printing Style of the Time = 1/100th of an hour
Daily Total Time = 1/100th of an hour
3. Setting 5 in CODE NO: 03.
Time PrintingStyle = Regular minutes (1/60)
Daily Total Time = 1/100th of an hour
5. LCD Backlight (Code No: 05)
LCD Backlight is shown on the display after setting Daily Total Time.
Select the Backlight mode for your style.
Press the or key to select the desired number from the following table.
Number LCD Backlight
1 ON
2 OFF
3 Illuminated only when operation

- 13 -
6. Password protection for settings (Code No: 06)
Password is shown on the display after setting LCD Backlight.
A 4-digit password can be set to prevent someone other than the administrator from
modifying the time or changing the settings.
1. Press the or key to change the number of each digit.
2. Pressing the SET key shifts control to the next digit, allowing you to change its num-
ber. When the SET key is pressed at the 4th digit, password setting is completed. Af-
ter the buzzer beeps twice, the display returns to the start of the setting mode.
[1
st
digit]
[2
nd
digit]
[3
rd
digit]
[4
th
digit]
If C-05 is displayed, press the SET key. (See [14] on page 22.)
After password setting is completed, the symbol is always displayed while waiting.
Before entering the setting mode, the password input screen is displayed; you cannot
enter the setting mode unless a correct password is input.
To set no password, press the CLEAR key in the password setting screen to display
, followed by the SET key. If (initial value) is displayed, press the
SET key.
[Initial value]
Making note of the Password
and keep it in a safe
place to prevent it from being lost or used by an u
n-
authorized person.
- 14 -
SETTING YEAR, MONTH, DATE, HOUR, AND MINUTE
(MODE 2)
Procedure
1. Press the CANCEL key for 3sec. or more. The symbol appears on the display to in-
dicate the setting mode is on. If password has been set up, enter the password before into
the setting mode. (See [6 ] on page 13)
2. Press the OUT1 key. The symbol appears at MODE 2 on the display.
3. Pressthe or key to change the Year, Month, Date, Hour and Minute.
4. Press the SET key after changing each item. When the SET key is pressed at the end,
the buzzer beeps twice and the display returns to the start of the setting mode.
If C-05 is displayed, press the SET key. (See [14] on page 22.)
[Year]
[Month/Date]
[Hour/Minute]
[Example] 6:57 (PM), 28th August, 2012
Procedure [MODE 2] Display
Press the OUT1 key.
Current Year is shown on the display.
Press the SET key to register the Year.
Press the or key until the display shows 8 for August.
Press the SET key to register the Month.
Press the or key until the display shows 28.
Press the SET key to register the Date.
Press the or key until the display shows 18.
Press the SET key to register the Hour.
Press the or key until the display shows 57.
Press the SET key to register the Minute.
The display returns to the start of setting mode.
1. The symbol appears during Daylight Saving Time when it has been set.
2. In Europe, set Date first and Month second.
3. The clock starts at 00 seconds when the SET key is pressed at the end.

- 15 -
SETTING LINE SHIFT TIME, IN/OUT AND DAYLIGHT SA
V-
ING TIME (MODE 3)
Procedure
1. Press the CANCEL key for 3sec. or more. The symbol appears on the display to in-
dicate the setting mode is on. If password has been set up, enter the password before into
the setting mode. (See [6 ] on page 13)
2. Press the IN2 key. The symbol appears at MODE 3 on the display.
3. Press the or key to change each item.
4. Press the SET key after changing each item. The display moves to next item in the
order of Line Shift Time, IN/OUT, Overtime Start Time (OST) and Daylight Saving Time.
When the SET key is pressed at the end, the buzzer beeps twice and the display re-
turns to the start of the setting mode.
If C-05 is displayed, press the SET key. (See [14] on page 22)
1. The time is displayed in only 24-hour format.
2. Initial data is displayed by pressing the Clear key.
[Line Shift Time]
[IN1]
[OUT1]
[IN2]
[OUT2]
Items (MODE 3)
Initial data
Contents of setting
Code No.
LST 3 : 00 Line Shift Time (Day change time) 01
IN 1 - - : - - Working start time (IN 1) 02
OUT 1 - - : - - Working end time (OUT 1) 03
IN 2 - - : - - Working start time (IN 2) 04
OUT 2 - - : - - Working end time (OUT 2) 05
OST - - : - - Starting time of Overtime Work 06
Daylight Saving Time Start
- - : - - Starting date of Daylight Saving Time 07
Daylight Saving Time End
- - : - - Ending date of Daylight Saving Time 08
- 16 -
Procedure
1. Setting IN & OUT and starting time of Overtime Work
[Example] Line Shift Time (Day change time) : 4 : 00
Starting time of work : 9 : 00
Starting time of lunch : 12 : 00
Ending time of lunch : 13 : 00
Ending time of work : 17 : 00
Starting time of Overtime work : 17 : 30
Procedure [MODE 3] Display
Press the IN2 key.
Current Line Shift Time is shown on the display.
Press the or key until the display shows 4:00.
Press the SET key to register the Line Shift Time.
Press the or key until the display shows 9.
Press the SET key to register the Hour for IN1.
Press the or key until the display shows 00.
Press the SET key to register the Minute for IN1.
Press the or key until the display shows 12.
Press the SET key to register the Hour for OUT1.
Press the or key until the display shows 00.
Press the SET key to register the Minute for OUT1.
Press the or key until the display shows 13.
Press the SET key to register the Hour for IN2.
Press the or key until the display shows 00.
Press the SET key to register the Minute for IN2.
Press the or key until the display shows 17.
Press the SET key to register the Hour for OUT2.
Press the or key until the display shows 00.
Press the SET key to register the Minute for OUT2.
Press the or key until the display shows 17.
Press the SET key to register the Hour for OST.
Press the or key until the display shows 30.
Press the SET key to register the Minute for OST.

- 17 -
2. Setting Daylight Saving Time
After setting Starting time of Overtime work, the display moves to Starting Date of Daylight
Saving Time.
When setting the last week of the month, set L
for the last week even if the last
week is the 4th week.
[Example] Starting Date of Daylight Saving Time : Sunday of the last week in March.
Ending Date of Daylight Saving Time : Sunday of the last week in October.
Procedure [MODE 3] Display
After setting Starting time of Overtime Work,
the display moves to
Starting Date of Daylight Saving Time.
Press the or key until the display shows 3 for March.
Press the SET key to register the Month.
Press the or key until the display shows L
for the Last
week.
Press the SET key to register the Week.
Move the cursor to the position of SUN
for the day of the week by
pressing the or key.
Press the SET key to register the day of the week.
Press the or key until the display shows 10 for October.
Press the SET key to register the Month.
Press the or key until the display shows L
for the Last
week.
Press the SET key to register the Week.
Move the cursor to the position of
SUN
for the day of the week by
pressing the or key.
Press the SET key to register the day of the week.
1. During the period of Daylight Saving Time, the
symbol appears on the di
s-
play.
2. Once set, Daylight Saving Time will be adjusted automatically from the following
year, in accordance with the set data.
- 18 -
LATE-IN, EARLY-
OUT, OVERTIME WORKING AND NEXT
DAY OVERTIME SYMBOLS
ER-1600 can automatically print the symbols Late-In ( ), Early-Out ( ), Overtime Work
( ) at the right position, in accordance with the set time of IN1 OUT2 (Code No. 02 05)
and the start time of Overtime Work (Code No. 06).
[Example of using the following data for MODE 3]
Items (MODE 3)
Data to be used Code No.
LST 04 : 00 01
IN 1 09 : 00 02
OUT 1 12 : 00 03
IN 2 13 : 00 04
OUT 2 17 : 00 05
OST 17 : 30 06
(The data used in MODE 1 )
Printing Style of the Time = Regular minutes (1/60)
Daily Total Time = Regular minutes (1/60)
Style of Daily Total Time = Overtime work
[Printing examples]
Note
(1) The Daily Total Time should be 0:00
,
because the forth printing time is not
beyond the starting time of Overtime
work.
(2)
The Daily Total Time is printed after
printing in the 4th column.
( See
[
9
]
on page
15
)
Note 1
Note 2