Atronic Ithaca 850 User manual

Brand: Atronic

Model: Ithaca 850

Category: Print & Scan

Type: User manual

Ticket Printer

Ithaca® 850

for use in Atronic Cashline™

and e-motion™ gaming machines

Rev. 1.0

April 2005

Ticket Printer Ithaca® 850

Ticket Printer

Ithaca® 850

for use in Atronic Cashline™ and e-motion™ gaming machines

Rev. 1.0

Rel. April 2005

RELEASE INFO

April 2005

Ticket Printer Ithaca® 850

for use in Atronic gaming machines

Introduction

This manual covers printer specifications and

operating- and maintenance procedures for servicing

the Ithaca 850 printer for use in Atronic gaming

machines.

Features

• High quality printing

• No consumable print cartridge

• Modular printer mechanism for easy maintenance

• Self diagnostics

• Easy ticket loading

• Ticket out sensing

• Black dot sensing (Top of Form)

• Ticket box (200 tickets) with ticket low sensor

(paper low status below 30 - 35 tickets).

Components

1. Printer Mechanism

2. Printer Mechanism Assembly

3. Printer Ticket Bucket (200)

4. Outer Slide Chassis

INTRODUCTION

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Ithaca 850 - Technical Data

Dimensions: Height: 67.6 mm (2.66")

Width: 113.3 mm (4.46")

Depth: 285.8 mm (11.25")

Weigth: 2.4 kg (5.3 lbs)

Printer type: Fixed 2.25" linear thermal head

Printer life: 20 million print lines

Print speed: max. 125 mm/sec. (text mode)

Resolution: 203 x 203 dpi, 136 x 203 dpi

Interface: Bi-directional, serial RS-232

Environmental conditions

Operating temperature range: 0° - 40°C (32° - 77°F)

Storage temperature range: -10° - 50°C (14° - 122°F)

Operating humidity range: 10% - 90% noncondensing

Power requirement: 24 V DC, max. 2.2 A

Ticket specification

Dimensions Width: 65 ± 0.75 mm (2.56 ± 0.03")

Length: 156 ± 1 mm (6.14 ± 0.04")

Thickness: 114 microns (0.0045")

Weigth: 102 g/m²

Ticket type: Kanzaki TO-381N or approved equivalent

Thermal sensitive layer facing down

Fan folded stack of 200 tickets

Ticket clearance

A minimum paper clearance of approx. 20 mm (0.75")

is required above the printer's ticket bucket. Consider

this when installing online system equipment to a

machine top box where a printer is installed.

20 mm

TECHNICAL DATA

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Remove loaded tickets

The Ithaca 850 printer has two ways to remove unused

tickets from the printer mechanism assembly.

• Unload tickets by opening the platen/cover assembly

• Unload tickets using the feed button

Unload tickets by opening the platen/cover

assembly

1. Pull the printer mechanism assembly out off the

slide chassis until it stops in open position.

2. Pull the plastic actuator latch towards the front of

the printer.

3. Swing the platen/cover assembly up and towards

the front of the printer.

4. Remove all tickets from the ticket path and check

for any debris.

5. Press the green label to relatch the platen/cover

assembly.

6. Proceed with ticket loading procedure.

Unload tickets using the feed button

1. Pull the printer mechanism assembly out off the

slide chassis until it stops in open position.

2. Seperate ticket currently loaded in the platen/co-

ver assembly from the ticket stack and remove the

ticket stack.

3. Press the feed button to eject the ticket.

4. Proceed with ticket loading procedure.

platen/cover

assembly

print head

Actuator latch

Feed button

LED Indicator

OPERATING

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Ticket Printer Ithaca® 850

Ticket loading procedure

1. Make sure that there is power to the printer and

slide the printer mechanism assembly towards

open position, so that the assembly is unseated

from the outer slide chassis' racking retainer.

2. Remove any loaded tickets remaining from the old

ticket stack (see previous page).

3. Remove the tear off band from the new paper stack

and place the paper stack into the ticket box.

The printable (blank) side has to face down.

(even if otherwise stated on the paper itself).

The top of form mark has to be on the leading

edge of the ticket, facing upwards.

4. Insert the leading ticket into the printer mecha-

nism assembly's insertion guide area. When the

ticket is fed about 15 mm into the mechanism, the

printer automatically completes the feeding.

5. Slide the printer mechanism assembly back into

closed position, making sure that the assembly's

slide plungers snap into the racking retainers wi-

thin the outer slide chassis.

6. The printer is ready for printing.

Top of form mark

OPERATING

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Cleaning the printer

Use a soft brush to clean paper dust from inside the

printer and chassis area. The paper dust should also

be removed from the sensor optics.

Cleaning the printer head

If streaking on the printed ticket is evident, the ther-

mal print head may need to be cleaned. This can be

done by inserting a thermal printer cleaning card.

1. Remove remaining tickets from the ticket path and

check for any debris.

2. Press the green label to relatch the platen/cover

assembly, if it has been opened.

3. Make sure that there is power to the printer.

4. Unpack a 2.5" x 6" Thermal Cleaning Card and in-

sert it into the feed path. The cleaning card will

automatically be drawn into the feed path.

5. Repeat the process if necessary.

6. Properly dispose of used cleaning card.

Top of form sensor

Ticket taken sensor

Paper low sensor

OPERATING

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Ticket Printer Ithaca® 850

Troubleshooting

Printer status LED / Bezel status

The Ithaca 850 printer features a LED indicator

system that provides the condition of the printer by

using a series of blinks to communicate the status of

the printer. If a bezel is installed, the status of the

bezel will be identical to the LED.

The following table lists the different LED indications.

Condition Status LED / Bezel

Unit ready On

Head up Medium blink

Door open Medium blink

Paper out Slow blink

Temperature error Fast blink

Paper jam 4 blinks - pause

RAM error 2 blinks - pause

Checksum error 5 blinks - pause

Feed button

LED Indicator

OPERATING

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Ticket Printer Ithaca® 850

Appendix

Electrical connections

Power and communication are supplied through the

serial communications PCB located at rear of the

printer. The interface connector is a 14 pin Molex

Minifit Jr®.

The following table lists the pin connections.

Pin Function I/O

01 MRESET In

02 Not connected -

03 +12 V DC In

04 Not connected -

05 GND -

06 +24 V DC -

07 GND -

08 +24 V DC -

09 Bezel lamp / switched +24 V DC Out

10 GND -

11 RS-232 RXD In

12 RS-232 TXD Out

13 DTR Out

14 RTS Out

Bezel lamp connector

Pin Function

01 Modulated +24 V DC

02 Not connected

03 GND

814

14 pin interface connector

Bezel lamp connector

312

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Atronic Ithaca 850 User manual

Brand: Atronic

Model: Ithaca 850

Category: Print & Scan

Type: User manual

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