UP-2300 and UP-2800 Operating Instructions

English

Owner’s Record The model and serial numbers are located at the rear. Record these number in the space provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Model No. Serial No.

WARNING To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. To avoid electrical shock, do not open the cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel only.

For the customers in the U.S.A. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection agaist harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment. This device requires shielded interface cables to comply with FCC emission limits.

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Tabel of Contents

Introduction

About This Manual ... 5 System Overview ... 7 System Configuration... 8

Operation

Before Printing ... 9 Loading an Ink Ribbon Cartridge ... 9 Loading Paper ... 12 Selecting the Input Signal ... 14 Making Full-Size Printouts ... 16 Making Multiple Copies of Identical Printouts ... 19 Capturing Another Image While Printing ... 22 Making Variations of Printouts ... 24 Selecting the Printer Application Mode ... 25 About the Memory ... 28 Making a Printout of Multiple Different Reduced Images ... 32 Making Printouts for Stickers ... 42 Making Printouts for Identification Photographs ... 43 Making Printouts With a Caption ... 50 Entering a Caption ... 51 Deleting the Images Stored to Memory Pages ... 56 Setting the Function of the CLEAR Button ... 56 Deleting Images ... 59

Installation and Adjustment

Supplied Accessories ... 61 Assembly ... 62 Preparing the Remote Control Unit... 63 Connections ... 65 Making Connections for Storing Video Images... 65 Making Connections for Viewing Images to be Printed 66 Making Connections to Enable Remote Control ... 67

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Installation and Adjustment (Continued)

Setting Up the Printer ... 68 Compensating for the Input Signals ... 69 Matching the Video Monitor Color to the Printer Color ... 72 Adjusting the Printout Color ... 75 Changing the Printout Size/Printout Area ... 82 Selecting the Operation Mode for Automatic Printing Capabilities... 85 Erasing the Screen Display ... 89 Adjusting the Brightness of the Printer Window Display ... 91 Selecting Whether the Operation and Error Tones Sound ... 93 Setting the Baud Rate for Computer Communication ... 95

Others

Precautions ... 97 Safety ... 97 Installation ... 97 Cleaning ... 98 Ink Ribbon Cartridge and Paper ... 99 Specifications ... 100 Error/Warning Messages ... 102 If the paper jams ... 104 Troubleshooting ... 106 Location and Function of Parts and Controls ... 107 Front ... 107 Sub Panel ... 109 Rear ... 110 Monitor Display ... 111 Index ... 113

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Introduction

About This Manual This manual covers the following UP-2000 series color video printers. • UP-2300 • UP-2800 The difference among models is as follows. No. of memories

RGG SYNC connector

Printer window display

UP-2300

1

None

None

UP-2800

1

Yes

Yes

In this manual, the UP-2800 is used for illustrations. Also, the monitor display and printer window display are used to explain the operation. If your printer is a UP-2300 which is not equipped with the printer window display, perform operations according to the monitor display explanation. Wherever the operation or any other item differs between the models, this manual clearly describes those differences.

Organization of this manual This manual is divided into four chapters. This section explains the organization of this manual. Introduction Describes the features and system configuration of the color video printer. Operation Describes actual printing once all connections and adjustments have been made, as explained in the next chapter. You will be able to make various types of printouts after reading through this chapter. Installation and adjustment Describes how to make connections and make adjustments using the menus displayed on the video monitor and printer window display. Once all connections and adjustments have been made, there should be no need to perform these operations again during normal printing operations. These operations must, however, be performed after reinstalling, or if the picture quality degrades, or if adjustment becomes necessary because the peripheral equipment is changed. Also covered is the use of the printer’s remote control unit (not supplied). Others Notes the precautions to be observed when using the printer, lists errors, warnings and their handling, and explains troubleshooting. Also provided is information on the locations and functions of parts and controls, and the on-screen messages and menus used to operate the printer. Should you encounter any unfamiliar terms or items while reading this manual, consult the index at the end of the manual.

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About This Manual (continued)

Conventions used Cross references Throughout this manual you will find references to other sections of the manual that contain related information. Important note Be sure to read the sections of the manual marked Note . They explain points that you should be aware of to operate the printer correctly and prevent malfunctions. Index Use the index, in addition to the table of contents, to find information you need when using the printer. Monitor displays Some monitor displays illustrated in this manual may differ slightly from the acutal display. The operation of the printer, however, remains as described in this manual.

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System Overview The UP-2300/2800 color video printer is designed for capturing images from video equipment such as VTR and for printing out high-resolution images, either in 256 shades in full color (about 300 dpi). You can make various types of printouts. You can also add a caption onto the printout. You can operate the daily printer operation by using the buttons and setup the printer interactively by picking from displayed menus.

Printouts that can be made with the printer Printout of a full-size image (page 16)

Printout of 16 reduced images (page 32)

Printout of two reduced images (page 33)

Printout of identical images a) (page 43)

Printout of four reduced images (page 32)

Printout for stickers b) (page 42)

a) This can be used for identification photographs and there are two types. In one type, the size of one image in one printout can be adjusted freely. In the other, the size of one image is fixed. For details, see page 43. b) There are two types of sticker-printouts. In one type, all images in a single printout are identical. In the other, all images in a single printout are different. For details, see page 42.

You can add a caption onto printouts introduced here.

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System Overview (continued)

System Configuration The following shows an example printer system configuration.

Video source Provides the video input for printing. Connect a video source such as video recorder, video disk player or similarly.

Video monitor Displays the images received from the video source (source image) and the image to be printed (memory source). Also displays the printer menus and messages. When the printer power switch is set to off, you can view the image of the video source.

Color Video Printer

Foot switch (not supplied) allows you to operate the printer remotely. Remote control unit (not supplied) allows you to operate the printer remotely.

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Operation

Before Printing This section describes the following operations that must be made prior to starting printing after mounting the paper tray and paper cover on the printer and making the necessary connections. • Loading an ink ribbon cartridge (see below) • Loading paper (see page 12) • Selecting the input signal (see page 14) Once the above operations have been completed, there should be no need to repeat them during routine printing. Perform them only when absolutely necessary.

Loading an Ink Ribbon Cartridge To make printouts, an ink ribbon cartridge and paper (which are compaticble) must be loaded. (see “Ink Ribbon Cartridge and Paper” page 99) If the printer detects an incompatible combination, an error message appears. Use the ink ribbon cartridge and print paper (supplied) to check if the video printer functions properly. Notes

• Use only ink ribbon cartridge and paper that are designed for use with this printer. Failing to do so is likely to result in unsatisfactory printing or malfunctions. • When replacing the ink ribbon cartridge, do not turn off the power. Turning off the power will cause the image stored in the memory to be lost.

1 Open the front panel by pulling the front panel top toward you.

2 Remove the ink ribbon cartridge by pushing the ink ribbon cartridge itself. The ink ribbon cartridge pops out. When you use the printer first, this operation is not required.

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Before Printing (continued)

Note

Never put your hand into the ink ribbon compartment. The thermal head becomes very hot. You may burn yourself if you touch it.

When the ink ribbon cartridge cannot be ejected Turn the power off, then back on again. Then, after a while, press the ink ribbon cartridge. In this case, the image in memory will be lost.

3 Remove any slack from the ink ribbon. If the ribbon is left slack, it may be damaged when inserted.

Wind the spool until the not-used pont comes to the right end.

4 Insert the ink ribbon cartridge firmly until it stops.

When the ink ribbon cartridge cannot be inserted Turn the power off, then back on gain. Then, insert the ink ribbon holder.

5 Close the front panel.

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Notes

When using ink ribbon cartridge • Once an ink ribbon cartridge has been completely used, replace it. Ink ribbon cartridges are not reusable. • Do not touch the ink ribbon cartridge or place it in a dusty location. Finger prints or dust on the ink ribbon will result in imperfect printing or malfunction of the head. When storing ink ribbon cartridge • Avoid placing the ink ribbon in a location subject to: - high temperatures - high humidity - excessive dust - direct sunlight • Store a partially used ink ribbon cartridge in its original packaging. If your ink ribbon should tear Repair the tear with transparent tape. There should be no problem with using the remaining portion of the ribbon. Transparent tape

Turn the spool in the direction of the arrow to remove any slack until the transparent tape cannot be seen.

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Before Printing (continued)

Loading Paper To load paper, follow the procedure below. Be careful not to touch the printing surface. Notes

• When loading the paper while the printer is operating, do not turn off the power. Turning off the power will cause the image stored in memory to be lost. • Do not touch the ink ribbon when handling the paper.

1 Open the front panel by pulling the front panel top towards you. 2 Push the part marked with PUSH on the paper tray. The paper tray pops out.

3 Place the paper in the paper tray. Notes

• The amount of paper that the paper tray holds depends on the paper in use. When adding paper to a partly full tray, be careful that the total number of sheets does not exceed the limit. If you exceed this limit, paper jams may occur. The limit is the amount of paper coutained in one printing pack. For detailed information on the maximum amount of paper that the paper tray can hold, see “Ink Ribbon Cartridge and Paper” page 99. • Do not place different types of paper in the tray. Doing so may cause paper jams to occur. • Load the paper so that it lays flat in the paper tray. If the paper is curled, it will overflow from the paper tray and the printing position may shift. If this happens, load fewer sheets in the paper tray.

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Place the paper in the paper tray with the printing surface facing up

Printing surface

Riffle the paper

Set the paper securely under the tab.

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Front

4 Slide the paper tray back into the printer until it clicks into place.

5 Close the front panel. Notes

When handling the paper Do not touch the printing surface. Dust or finger prints are likely to cause unsatisfactory printing or malfunction of the head. Hold the paper by the printing surface protection sheet. When storing the paper • Avoid storing the paper in a location subject to: - high temperatures - high humidity - excessive dust - direct sunlight • Use the original package for storing unused paper.

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Before Printing (continued)

Selecting the Input Signal Before printing, select the input signal (the input connector to which the signal to be printed is being input-VIDEO, S-VIDEO, or RGB (only for the UP-2800). Once you have selected the input signal, this setting remains effective until you select another source.

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1 Turn on the video monitor and the printer. The following appears. Video monitor screen Printer window display

Q1 A Q1 A

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S

S

2 Press the MENU button. The screen previously poened appears.

3 Select IN by pressing the ı or ∫ button. I NP U T SE T UP CO L OR n n n / COL / LA Y / PRN / I N / OUT / I NP U T SE L V/ SV / RGB 2 HUE CO L OR 0 OF F GA I N OF FSET 0 A GC 0 / OF F Q1 A

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I NP U T S E T UP / c / I / p / IN/ o / S

By switching IN to green with the ı or ∫ button, INPUT SETUP appears.

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Display IN in capital letters by pressing the ı or ∫ button, INPUT SETUP appears.

4 Select INPUT SEL by pressing the ◊ or √ button. I NP U T SE T UP CO L OR n n n / COL / LA Y / PRN / I N / OUT / I NP U T SE L V I DEO/ SV / RGB 2 HUE CO L OR 0 OF F GA I N OF FSET 0 A GC 0 / OF F Q1 A

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S

I NP U T S E L : V I D EO / s v / r Press the ◊ or √ button until INPUT SEL appears.

Position the cursor to INPUT SEL by pressing the ◊ or √ button.

5 Select the input signal by pressing the ı or ∫ button. I NP U T SE T UP CO L OR n n n / COL / LA Y / PRN / I N / OUT / I NP U T SE L V / S V I DEO/ R 2 HUE CO L OR 0 OF F GA I N OF FSET 0 A GC 0 / OF F Q1 A

1

I NP U T S E _L : v / S V I DEO / r S

Switch the desired input signal to green by pressing the ı or ∫ button. The selected input signal turns green and is spelled out.

Disply the apelled-out input signal by pressing the ı or ∫ button. The selected input signal turns green and is spelled out.

Source signal of the image to be printer

Video monitor and printer window display (the selected input signal is spelled out)

Signal from video equipment connected to the VIDEO INPUT connector

V n VIDEO

Signal from video equipment connected to the S-VIDEO INPUT connector

S n S VIDEO

Signal from video equipment connected to the RGB/SYNC INPUT connectorsa) R n RGB

a) only for the UP-2800.

6 Press the MENU button. The regular screen appears.

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Making Full-Size Printouts This section explains how to make a full-size printout. The operations described here constitute the basic procedure for making a printout. Before making a full-size printout • All connections should have already been made. (see page 65) • Ensure that the appropriate ink ribbon cartridge/paper set is being used and that they are correctly loaded. (see pages 9, 12 and 99) • Select the input signal to be used to make a printout. (see page 14) • Set the printer to store one full-size image into memory. (see page 32) • Select the appropriate memory page. (see page 31)

DISPLAY STOP button OFF button

SOURCE/MEMORY button

34

1 1 Turn on the video monitor and the printer. 2 Start the video source. This operation is done using the controls of the video equipment acting as the source. Video monitor screen

Printer window display

Q1 A Q1 A

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S

Shows that the image from source equipment is displayed on the screen.

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3 Press the CAPTURE button at the instant when the image you want to print appears on the screen. The image is captured into memory. The memory image is displayed on the screen. Which image appears after this, the source image or memory image, depends on the setting made with AUTO LIVE on the FUNCTION SETUP menu (page 36).

Q1 A Q1 A

1

1

M

M

Shows that the image captured in memory is displayed on the monitor.

If the stored image is blurred A quickly moving image may be blurred when printed. Should this occur, change the MEMORY setting to FIELD on the LAYOUT SETUP menu. Although the blur should be eliminated, the ultimate print quality will be slightly degraded. For details, see page 29. To change the image in memory 1 To display the source image when the memory image is displayed on the screen, press the SOURCE/MEMORY button . 2 Press the CAPTURE button at the instant the image you want to print appears. The previous image is replaced with the new one. Note

If you turn off the power, the image stored in memory will be lost. Should this happen, store the image into memory again after turning on the power. If no image is stored in memory, the printer will not print even if you press the PRINT button.

4 Press the PRINT button. It takes about 35 seconds to make a printout. The printout pops out from the paper tray.

YE L L OW PR I N T I N G Q1 A 1 M Q1 A

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M

The color which is currently being printed is displayed. This indication changes as printing progress.

Blinks while printing During color printing: Printing start - yellow - magenta cyan - printing end During black and white printing: Printing start - white printing end Does not blink while printing

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Making Full-Size Printouts (continued)

Note

• Do not turn off the power during printing. If you do so, paper may not be ejected and may jam in the printer. • Do not pull the paper from the paper cover until printing has been completed. • You can not change the printer application mode or settings on the WINDOW SETUP menu during printing. To stop printing Press the STOP button. Printing is abandoned and the paper is ejected to the print tray. If the printer does not print The printer will fail to print in the following cases: • While an error message is displayed on the monitor screen and printer window display. - In this case, the paper is ejected without printed even if you press the PRINT button. Proceed as described in “Error/Warning Messages” on page 103. • Image is not stored in the memory. - Image data stored in the memory is lost if you turn off the power. Cature the image into memory again, then press the PRINT button. When you want to see an image that is hidden below a screen message You can erase the screen message from the video monitor screen by pressing the DISPLAY OFF button. The screen message disappears. To disply a scerrn message, press the DISPLAY OFF buton again. If a black line appears on the printout Sometimes, a black line appears on the printout, although it does not appear on the video monitor. This black line can be eliminated from the printout. (see “Changing the Printout Size/Printout Area” page 82) If the image quality of printouts is not satisfactory You can adjust the image quality of the printouts. (See “Adjusting the Printout Color” pages 75) Notes

When storing your printouts: • Avoid storing the printout in a location subject to high temperatures, high humidity, excessive dust and direct sunlight. • Do not stick tape on a printout. Also, avoid leaving a plastic eraser on a printout or placing a printout in contact with materials which contain plasticizer (under a desk mat, for example). • Do not allow alcohol or other volatile organic solvents to come into contact with the printouts.

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Making Multiple Copies of Identical Printouts You can make up to 9 copies of identical printouts. The following two methods are available to set the number of printouts. • On the menu • Using the PRINT QTY button. However, you cannot decrease the number of printouts. The following steps can be performed either before you start printing or while printing. You can change the designated number of copies any time during printing.

Setting the printout quantity on the menu

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1 Press teh menu botton. The menu previously opened appears.

2 Select PRN by pressing the ı or ∫ button. The PRINTER SETUP menu arrears. PR I N T E R SE T UP CO L OR n n n / COL / LA Y / PRN / I N / OUT / P R I N T QT Y 9 1~9 OF F / ON I N TE R V A L GA MMA S / NORMA L / H SYSTEM PRE SS F U NCT I ON PRE SS

Q1 A 1

2HF

By switching PRN to green by pressing the ı or ∫ button, PRINTER SETUP appears.

PR I N TE R S E T UP / c / I / PRN / i / o / S

Display PRN in capital letters by pressing the ı or ∫ button.

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Making Full-Size Printouts (continued)

3 Select PRINT QTY by pressing the ◊ or √ button. PR I N T E R SE T UP CO L OR n n n / COL / LA Y / PRN / I N / OUT / P R I N T QT Y 9 1~9 OF F / ON I N TE R V A L GA MMA S / NORMA L / H SYSTEM PRE SS F U NCT I ON PRE SS

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2HF

PR I N T Q T Y : 9 S

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Press the ◊ or √ button until PRINT QTY appears.

Position the cursor to PRINT QTY by pressing the ◊ or √ button.

4 Set the number of copies by pressing the ı or ∫ button. PR I N T E R SE T UP CO L OR n n n / COL / LA Y / PRN / I N / OUT / P R I N T QT Y 9 1~9 OF F / ON I N TE R V A L GA MMA S / NORMA L / H SYSTEM PRE SS F U NCT I ON PRE SS

Q1 A 1

2HF

PR I N T Q T Y : 9 S

Quantity of copies When setting

Button

To increase the quantity

∫

To decrease the quantity

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5 Press the MENU button. The regular screen appears.

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Quantity of copies