Introduction
1
About This Manual
This manual is intended for use by technicians
responsible for servicing the SURVIVOR
®
SST2
printer. Along with this manual, the Datamax
®
I
Class
TM
Operator’s Manual (RLWS PN 75098)
accompanies the SST2 and covers operation,
calibration, and in-depth maintenance of the printer.
(The Datamax manual can also be viewed or
downloaded at the RLWS distributor site at
www.rlws.com
.)
The following service procedures are intended to
instruct you on how to:
•Understand features and specifications of the
SST2.
• Perform general printer maintenance.
Some procedures described in this
manual require work inside the printer
enclosure. These procedures are to be
performed by qualified service personnel
only.
Authorized distributors and their employees
can view or download this manual from the
Rice Lake Weighing Systems distributor
site at
www.rlws.com
.
1.0 Introduction
The SURVIVOR
®
SST2 label printer is a
high-performance, high speed industrial washdown
direct thermal and optional thermal transfer label
printer. Features include:
•Print speed of up to 8"-12" per second
(203.2mm/sec.).
•Common bar codes are resident in SST2
memory and can be printed with or without
adjacent human readable bar code
interpretations.
•Character fonts can be printed in any one of
four directions and with any one of nine
different font sizes. In addition, a resident
smooth font, called CG Triumvirate
®
, can be
separately selected and contain 10 different
font sizes. By using font multiplication, font
size expands vertically and horizontally up to
24 times.
•Adot-history control circuit, called SEAQ
TM
(Sequential Energy Adjustment for Quality),
enhances quality while printing at high
speeds. This circuit monitors the printed data
and automatically adjusts to provide
maximum printhead performance. The 0.0049
inch print element prints high-density bar
codes and characters at a 203 dpi resolution.
In addition, the pixel size can be multiplied by
2 in the horizontal and 3 in the vertical
direction, producing larger formats.
•Connects to most computers and controllers
through either RS-232C or the Centronics
®
parallel interface.
•Optional memory cartridges of up to 4MB
font and 4MB Flash provide storage for fonts,
label formats and graphic images.
•Optional Ethernet for network communication.
•Software-selectable printhead temperature,
print speed, slew rates and form dimensions
provide the option of storing a wide variety of
parameters, thus eliminating the need for
manual adjustments. This is especially helpful
when using several different types or brands
of label stock, or when switching between
direct thermal printing and thermal transfer
printing.
•Configurable for “one up” printing mode.
With the present sensor installed and enabled,
the next label is not printed until the last label
printed has been removed from the printer.
Quantities of one-at-a-time can be selected.
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