Ricoh P801 Instructions - Page 2

Browse online or download pdf Instructions for Printer Ricoh P801. Ricoh P801 5 pages. Electronic license system (els)
Also for Ricoh P801: Operating Instructions Manual (12 pages), Setup Manual (32 pages), Setup Manual (32 pages)

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Electronic License System (ELS)

P801 Printer Instructions

Turn printer back on and wait for printer light to blink and go steady - will give a slight click

sound

Plug terminal back in and terminal will stay on the Copyright screen (delivering the startup

screen) and printer should be ready to go

 Can't get printer to print any data:

Turn off printer- wait for light to go off

Hold Feed/Pause button down, and turn on printer. Hold until the printer moves paper

Release feed button (blinking slow), and paper will feed, light will go solid; the printer will print

the diagnostics strip

If the printer prints the information, then there is probably a terminal to printer-startup-string issue.

Perform the startup string. If nothing prints on the license, but you see the imprint is on the ribbon,

the ribbon is backward. Replace ink ribbon

 Paper feeds out 1 inch at a time, light blinks quickly: Printer is not detecting ribbon movement.

The ribbon could be installed so that it is rolling the wrong way from either the back spindle or the

front spindle. The printer detects if there is too much tension or not enough tension on the ribbon.

Clean rubber strip on print head

Adjust tension

Replace ink ribbon

BASIC SETTINGS FOR THE P801

 Set green dial (on right side of print head) on numeral 6.

Turn the dial where the numbers are descending, 10, 9, 8, etc. until the green dial stops. It should

be around the numeral 2.

Turn the dial up to the first numeral 6. (Dial can be adjusted to the 7 or 8 if not printing.)

 Line the license paper and the ribbon up correctly to the far left. Leave about a 1/16 of an inch of

space between the license paper and the left side of the printer, which will ensure proper movement of

the paper. The black plastic media hub flange should up against the right side of the paper roll.

 Ribbon should be touching all three metals rollers. Once the ribbon is installed, take a piece of license

paper and gently touch the ribbon on the front roller. This is the roller closest to the opening of the

printer. If the paper picks up a small amount of ink, then the ribbon has been installed correctly. If the

paper does not pick up any ink from the ribbon, check the installation of the ribbon.

 The large green lever on the right side of the printer should be in place to secure the print head.

 Pushed backward the small green lever on the right side of the printer until it clicks.

 Line up the license paper against the green guide in the bottom of the printer.

 Loosen the green knob on the left side of the printer. To loosen:

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Hold the right side of the roller in place with the right hand, and then unwind the green knob with the left

hand until it has loosened as much as it can. You should be able to see the spring uncoil. The more space

between the coils means you have decreased the tension. If the coils are tightening, this means you have

increased the tension.

updated January 22, 2009