Norsk Data 616 CN Manual

CN Printer

61 6 CN Printer
Operator Guide

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Preface
The product
The ND Matrix Printer 616 CN is a multifunction.
correspondence quality, impact dot matrix
printer. The 616
CN fully supports all print
functions offered by ND-NOTIS, Norsk Data's
integrated office-support system.
The 616
CN is capable of printing both text and
graphics, and of printing draft quality at high
speed.
It offers a convenient way of including
graphics in word processing documents, and also
for printing graphs directly from ND-NOTIS
graphics software such as NOTIS BUSINESS
GRAPHICS and NOTIS
DRAW. Both a double sheet
feeder option and a tractor option are
available.
ND-printers are divided into three classes
(A, B
and C) according to intended usage and functions
available. The 616
CN is a class A printer,
which means that the printer fully supports the
NOTIS character set. For a print sample, see
appendix D on page 39.
The reader
This manual is intended for the non-technically
minded, daily user of the printer.
The manual The manual describes the most common tasks the
daily user should know about.
It also describes
how to install the printer, and gives a print
sample.
Related manuals ND 12.044.~~616 CN Printer, User Manual

Table of contents
INSTALLATION 1
Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Electrical connection .............. 2
THE FRONT PANEL 5
The front-panel functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
LOADING PAPER 11
Loading paper with a tractor . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Loading paper into a sheet feeder . . . . . . . . 14
Output stacker selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
CHANGING THE RIBBON 17
MOUNTING THE SHEET FEEDER OR TRACTOR FEEDER 21
Mounting the sheet feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Selecting the sheet feeder from the front panel
. 24
Choice of paper for the sheet feeder
. . . . . . . 25
Mounting the tractor feeder . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Selecting the tractor feeder from the front panel 31
Choice of paper for the tractor feeder . . . . . . 32
Appendix A: INSTALLING THE PRINTER IN SINTRAN 33
Appendix B: INSTALLING THE 616 CN IN THE FILE WP-PRINTERS - 35
Appendix C: INSTALLATION OF THE PRINTER IN THE SPRINT SPOOLING
SYSTEM 37

Appendix D:
AVAILABLE FONTS AND PRINT SAMPLES
39
Appendix E: SOME ND-NUMBERS RELATED TO THE 616 CN
49
Index 51

CHAPTER 1 INSTALLATION
1.1 Unpacking
Transportscrews
We recommend that you keep the original packing
for possible re-use.
Packing contents:
a 1 printer (ND-110143)
a 1 bag with spare fuses
a 1 mains cable
a 1 ribbon cartridge
a 2 manuals
a 1 rear paper support
a 1 quality check list
Remove the printer from the box and unscrew the
four transport screws situated under the printer
near each rubber foot (see figure). Place the
printer where
it is going to stand, and remove
the packing from the print-head and the
carriage.
Bottom view

2
1.2 Electrical connection
Chapter 1 Installation
See figure on next page for location of the
mains ON/OFF switch, fuse and voltage selector.
The printer can be switched to one of the
following
AC mains voltage ranges:
Check that the voltage range marked on the
rating plate at the rear of the printer
corresponds to your mains voltage.
If
it does not, unscrew the plate and change the
position of the red voltage selector. Check that
the fuse fitted corresponds to the value
indicated on the rating plate. Turn over the
rating plate and refit
it to relock the voltage
selector.
The 2A American-sized fuses are used with the
gray fuseholder cap, and the
1A European-sized
fuses are used with the black fuseholder cap.
The printer must be connected to a
2 pole +
earth AC supply. The earth conductor in the
mains cable
is coloured GREEN and YELLOW.
Connect the cable from the computer to the data
cable socket.

Chapter 1 Installation 3
switch Fuse Rating plate Data cablesocket

CHAPTER 2 THE FRONT PANEL
This chapter describes the functions of the
buttons and
LEDs (Light Emitting Diode) on the
front panel. In addition
it describes how to use
the front panel to select the tractor or the
sheet feeder.
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Frontpanel

Chapter 2 The front panel
2.1 The fmnt-panel functions
See the figure on the previous page for the
location of the front panel. There are five
buttons and four
LEDs on the front panel. The
five buttons can be used at two levels. Only the
highest level (the functions that are indicated
on the front panel)
will be described here. The
other level, where the five buttons act as
programmable buttons,
is described in the manual
616
CN PRINTER, USER MANUAL, ND-12.043 EN, under
"Front Panel Set-uptt
.
The front-panel functions are as follows:
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The foZZowing four buttons are only operative in
off-line mode (the "ON-LINE" light not lit). The
functions are repeated
if the buttons are pressed
and held down.
Pressing this button once will cause the paper
to advance 1/72 inch, even with sheet feeders.
Paper
Advance

Chapter 2 The front panel
-
Pressing this button once will cause the paper
to reverse 1/72 inch, even with sheet feeders.
-
- -
Line Feed
-
-
Pressing this button once will cause the paper
to advance one line. If line space
is not
modified, this
will be 1/6 inch.
Paper
Reverse
This button
will cause the paper to advance one
page, corresponding to the selected page height.
Form Feed
The above four buttons modify the top line of
the paper, regardless of the paper-handling
device in use.
When paper
is loaded through the rear path, a
reverse paper movement
will slacken the paper.
In this case, the paper must be re-tensioned
manually.

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ON LINE
POWER
ON
READY
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Chapter 2 The front panel
Pressing this button
will set the printer OFF
LINE if
it is ON LINE and vice versa. OFF LINE
means that the printer has no contact with the
computer. When the printer
is set to OFF LINE,
printing which has started
will eventually stop.
The other four buttons on the front panel can
only be used in this mode. Pressing the button
- once more will set the printer back to ON LINE,
and the printing
will continue from where it
stopped.
The green LED to the right of the button
will
light when the printer is ON LINE.
-
This green LED lights when the power is on.
This green LED lights while the printer
is
receiving data from the computer. During a print
job,
it will normally go on and off with uneven
intervals.

Chapter 2 The front panel 9
This yellow LED lights up if there is no paper
present.

CHAPTER 3
LOADING PAPER
Once you have learned to load paper into the 616
CN, you will find it very easy. We will describe
both loading paper with a tractor feeder and a
sheet feeder.
3.1 Loading paper with a tractor
The paper can be loaded either as double or
single traction. The double traction version
is
the recommended way to use the tractor feeder.
The single traction mode
is ONLY recommended for
THICK form
sets. No reverse paper movements are
possible in this mode.
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Make sure that the friction platen is disengaged
when using the tractor feeder. The platen friction
drive selector (see figure next page) should be in
position "o o"
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Chapter 3 Loading paper
Follow this procedure to load paper into the
tractor feeder:
1. Set the printer OFF LINE by pressing the ON
LINE button on the front panel. The "ON
LINE"
light will go out.
2. Press the release levers and tilt the
tractor forwards until
it locks in an almost
upright position, which
is the paper loading
position.
3. Open the tractor units.
The paper can now be loaded either as double
traction (which
is the normal use) or single
traction (for thick forms etc.).

Chapter 3 Loading paper 13
Double traction 1. Lift the tension bar as far as it will go.
2. It is often easier to thread the paper if it
is folded once. For double traction, thread
the paper as shown in the figure below. The
paper should pass via the rear tractor pins,
in front of the tension bar, around the
platen and then via the front tractor pins.
3. Close the tractor units.
4. Press the tension bar down until it presses
the paper slightly towards the platen
5. Press the release levers and tilt the
tractor backwards until
it locks in the
normal-use position.
6. Press the ON LINE button to set the printer
back to on-line operation. The
"ON LINEtt
light will go on.
Platen