Compuprint 3056 User manual
Compuprint 3046 - 3056
Installation Guide
Installation Guide
1Unpacking the Printer
a- Packing and Unpacking
1- Make sure the following parts are included while unpacking the printer, and no parts are
damaged.
2- Preserve the packing material properly for use in case of future printer transportation.
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Figure 1
b- Protection Material
Remove the protection material before assembling printer: Refer to figure 1, and remove the
protection material pointed out by numbers 1 to 7 on the printer outside and 8 to 14 inside the
printer, and preserve them for the future transportation.
After removing the protection material, take out the front paper chute board from the package,
and push both hooks gently along the track into both gap locations of printer. You should hear
a “click” when the hook snaps into the gap.
2Installing the Printer
a- Ribbon Cartridge Installation
1. Make sure the printer is turned off before inserting the ribbon cartridge.
2. Remove the transparent cover part first, then hold the plastic hooks on both sides of the
sheet holder and pull upwards to remove the transparent sheet holder. After that, move
the print head to the middle of the printer.
Figure 2
3. Turn the ribbon tension knob according to the direction shown by the arrow on the
cartridge. Hold the handle of ribbon cartridge and push the cartridge gently down. Make
sure the plastic hook of ribbon cartridge click into the grooves inside the printer as in
figure 3.
Figure 3
4. Set the ribbon between the print head and the metal septa and tense the ribbon again.
Check if the ribbon can slide freely from side to side in the channel between the print head
and metal septa.
Figure 4
5. Reinstall the transparent sheet holder.
Figure 5
6. Reinstall the printer transparent cover parts. Insert the fixing chip in the front of the
printer cover into the fixing groove on the printer and lay it down.
Figure6
3Paper Chute Installation
The rear part:
Insert the paper chute groove correctly in its allocated position on the top of the printer, as
shown in figure 7
Figure 7
The front part:
Hold the small handles on both sides of the front paper chute, and push the installation groove
to the allocated position in the printer as shown in figure 8 until you hear a “click” sound.
Figure 8
Host Computer Connection and Driver Installation
Connect Printer with Computer
Through parallel interface:
1. Switch the printer off, then connect the interface cable to the printer and computer.
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If your printer is equipped with the USB optional interface:
1. Make sure the printer is switched off.
2. Insert the USB interface cable plug into the USB interface outlet of printer.
3. Connect the other end of USB interface cable to your computer.
USB Port Usage
WINDOWS 2000 and XP: the USB device driver is installed automatically.
WINDOWS 98: USB device driver is needed additionally. The installation steps are as
follows:
1. Connect USB interface. If the system finds USB device, a dialog box prompting for the
location of the driver installation files appears.
2. The System will find the driver installation files and start the installation.
3. When the system finishes installing the USB device driver, it adds a USB port named
"USB00x" to the port options of printer attribute page (x means the number of USB port
drive that the current system has already installed).
4. Select the newly added USB port in the attribute page of the printer driver.
Windows Printer Driver Installation
To print from Windows, you need to install the driver. Insert the CD in the CD drive and run
setup.exe. You should choose corresponding printer type to suit your printer.
Notices
Security and Environment
1. Printer must have grounded power. Voltage: 100V~240V, frequency: 50Hz/60Hz.
2. Your printer must not be exposed to direct sunlight, extreme heat, humidity or dust.
3. Don’t plug the printer, computer system, large motor or the other high power
consumption machines in the same power loop; otherwise the voltage will not be stable.
4. The whole computer system should be kept away from the interference, such as high-
power sound box or radio mainframe.
5. Use the power outlet with ground line.
6. Don’t use the power controlled by wall switch or auto-timer, for the sudden power-break
may damage the information in the storage of computer and printer.
7. The whole computer system should be kept away from electromagnetic interference, such
as loudspeaker or wireless telephone.
Before using the printer
1. Make sure the printer power switch is in the off position (O) before inserting the power
plug into the grounded power outlet.
2. Remove all the transportation protection material according to the notice card before
starting printer.
3. When you switch off the printer, do NOT switch it back on until all of the Operator Panel
indicators are turned off. Failing to do so will damage the printer.
4. Choose a suitable location for the printer. Consider the following points when you choose
a location for your printer:
ÎPut the printer on a stable surface.
ÎThe distance between the printer and the host computer must not exceed the length of
the interface cable.
ÎLeave sufficient space around the printer for operation and maintenance
4The Accessory CD
The accessory CD enclosed with this printer includes the following:
1. Operation Manual: It provides the detailed information such as the installation and
use of printer, daily maintenance, troubleshooting, technical specifications, …
2. Windows Driver: to make use of the printer graphic features in Windows
environment.
3. Installation Guide: It refers to the electronic version of this guide
5Consumables
Our company provides customers with genuine printer ribbon cartridges specially designed
according to the printer’s print head needles. It protects your printer and insures the long life
of the print head and perfect print quality.
The usage of non-genuine ribbon cartridges may cause the following problems:
ÎRough ribbon and bad printing ink may wear the pins, which can reduce the life of
ribbon or even cause the pins to break.
ÎThe length of non-genuine cartridges is usually not suitable for this printer, and thus
causes ribbon jam and damage printer.
ÎNon-genuine cartridges do not guarantee printing quality
The contents of this document are subject to change without notice. This material is only
used for reference. Our company will not take any responsibility of the direct or indirect
losses caused by using this material, and preserve the final explanation right. Windows
is the registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
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