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Page 1: Mobile Printer
User’s Guide Before using this printer, be sure to read this User’s Guide. We suggest that you keep this manual in a handy place for future reference. PJ-522/523/562/563 Mobile Printer... - Page 2 Thank you for your purchasing Brother mobile printer PocketJet PJ-522 / PJ-523 / PJ-562 / PJ-563. The printers (hereafter PJ-522, PJ-523, PJ-562 or PJ-563 called “the printers”) are ultra mobile thermal printers. Before using the printer, be sure to read this User’s Guide.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Chapter 1 – Setting Up the Printer ... 1 Connecting to an AC Outlet (Optional) ... 1 Connecting to a DC Supply (Optional) ... 2 Using the Operation Panel ... 3 Main Switch Functions... 3 Indicator Lights ... 4 Chapter 2 –... - Page 4 Chapter 3 – Tips on Using Paper ... 39 Inserting Paper ... 39 Use Brother Genuine Thermal paper ... 40 Usage and Handling Instructions ... 40 Clearing a Paper Jam ... 41 Method 1 ... 41 Method 2 ... 41 Chapter 4 –...
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Page 5: Chapter 1 - Setting Up The Printer
Chapter 1 - Setting Up the Printer Connecting to an AC Outlet (Optional) Connect the printer to a nearby AC power outlet to run it on AC power or to charge the battery (See “Charging the Battery”, page 37). 1. Connect the AC adapter to the printer as shown in Figure 2. -
Page 6: Connecting To A Dc Supply (Optional)
12VDC supply as shown in Figure 3. (These items are available as options) 2. Connect the power cord to the PocketJet. 3. Turn on the vehicle power, and then turn on the PocketJet. Figure 3. Connecting the printer to DC power Page 2... -
Page 7: Using The Operation Panel
(or eject) paper. In order to assure that printing is complete before permitting a form feed, manual form feeds cannot be performed for fi ve seconds after the printer has received any data. The button must then be held down for 1-1/2 seconds to start the form feed. -
Page 8: Indicator Lights
• POWER light is blinking green: Battery is charging. • DATA light is steady green: Unprinted data is in the printer buffer or a command has been received from the computer. • DATA light is blinking green: Printer is receiving data. -
Page 9: Chapter 2 - Using The Printer
A CD with drivers and installation information is provided with your PocketJet. The supplied CD and the Brother Solutions Center website both list driver version numbers. If the website version is newer (with a higher version number), we recommend that you install the website version. -
Page 10: Driver Installation
Driver Installation NOTE: Please do NOT connect your PocketJet printer to your computer via the USB cable UNTIL you have performed the driver installation. If you accidentally do so, cancel the “New Hardware Wizard”, disconnect the printer, and begin the driver installation described below. -
Page 11: Manual Install
Text Mode. The choice is determined automatically by the data stream sent from the host device to the printer. Raster Graphics is the most common form of usage for the PocketJet. The printer uses bit-mapped graphics as opposed to text. What you will see is WYSIWYG –... -
Page 12: Density Modes
In Windows XP / 2000 Professional, permanently change the advanced features using “Start:Settings:Printers: Brother PJ-522:Printing Preferences:Advanced” or the settings may be temporarily changed using the “Print Setup” from your application. As above, “Brother PJ-522” should be changed to your printer model (“Brother PJ-523”, “Brother PJ-562” or “Brother PJ-563”). Density Modes You can set the print density to your preference from zero to 10. -
Page 13: Selecting Media
200 lines equal 1 inch. On a PocketJet 3, this allows paper advancement from the print head area inside the printer to a position outside the printer. This provides for a “tear-off” position from a continuous roll feed that will include the entire printed image. -
Page 14: Perforated Roll Paper
Select “Roll Paper Pause” for Windows Vista / XP / 2000 Professional for Paper Source on the “Paper” tab within the printer properties control panel. This setting causes a dialog to be displayed before EVERY printed page, including the fi rst one. -
Page 15: Windows-Specifi C Operating System Features
Windows-Specifi c Operating System Features Windows Vista Notes: The “Roll Paper Pause” feature is not available in Vista. This system supports both 32-bit and 64-bit Vista. Windows XP / 2000 Professional Notes: Paper Type Control – Select Cut Sheet, Roll, or Perforated Roll. This modifi es the printable area of all paper sizes (Letter, Legal, A4, and Custom). -
Page 16: Connecting To Your Computer
1. Install the printer driver. See page 6. 2. Make sure your printer is off before installing the interface cable. 3. Insert the printer end of the cable into the interface connector on the side of the printer. See example, Figure 7. -
Page 17: Via Infrared (Irda)
Via Infrared ( IrDA) If a USB cable is not connected to the PocketJet printer when it is turned on, the infrared connection is automatically enabled. Make sure your computer is set properly to send data via its infrared port, make sure the two infrared ports are aligned each other, and proceed to print. -
Page 18: Printing
2. Turn the printer on by pressing the main switch once quickly. The POWER indicator lights up. See Figure 8. 3. Insert a sheet of Brother Genuine (PA-C-410) into the paper input slot. Place the print side of the paper away from you, so that it faces the rear of the printer. -
Page 19: Turning The Printer Off
Making Prints Lighter or Darker You can make prints lighter or darker by using the Print Density Setting in the printer driver dialog. See “Accessing Advanced Software Features”, on page 7. If you are not using a driver, you may save a lighter or darker setting using the PocketJet 3 Utility. -
Page 20: Pocketjet Utility (Confi Guration Utility)
PocketJet Utility, a printer setup program, that allows the user to modify storable confi guration options for the printer. Changes to the default confi guration options are in most cases relevant only where the host computer will be sending simple text data and it does not have a Brother-supplied driver. -
Page 21: Using The Pocketjet 3 Utility
Infrared ports. • From the Start Menu, select Programs, select “Brother” and “Brother PocketJet 3” or “PocketJet 3Plus”, and then select “PocketJet 3 Utility (or PocketJet 3Plus Utility)”. The application will load and the active window will appear as follows: Then you may choose the appropriate PocketJet printer using either the ‘File’... -
Page 22: Menu Bar
Select Printer – Displays the currently available print queues for your printer, along with the port name, to make it easier to select the proper printer in case you have more than one print queue available. This will also modify the Printer selected on the main dialog. - Page 23 Selecting “Bluetooth Settings” will display the following screen where you will have the choice of setting two parameters, the PIN code and the Local Name. Setting a new PIN code limits access to your printer to only a host that has the correct PIN code.
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Page 24: Confi Guration Options (Dropdown Menu Selections)
Printer: This selection lists print queues that exist for the printer. In most cases only one queue will be displayed. If the queue lists more than one printer, select the one that corresponds to your connected printer. If using text mode, the following options should be set by the user. In non-text mode, they will be set automatically by a Windows driver. - Page 25 Raster Graphics is the most common form of usage for the PocketJet. The printer uses bit-mapped graphics as opposed to text. What you will see is WYSIWYG –...
- Page 26 14” or until the Paper Sensor detects that no paper remains in the input of the printer. Note that either the end of a cut sheet, or the black mark printed on the back of certain roll and perforated paper, will be detected as the end of a page.
- Page 27 Main Switch is diffi cult or unavailable. If Auto-On is set to ‘Enabled-No Main Switch’, the printer will power up as soon as an external power source is connected, and furthermore, the Main Switch cannot be used to turn the printer off.
- Page 28 13. These are the ‘line feed’ (LF) and ‘carriage return’ (CR) characters. The “LF” causes the printer to move down to the next print line, and the “CR” causes the printer to move back to the left margin position. In most cases, these are sent at the ends of lines to position the printer for the next line of text.
- Page 29 For example, if your current ‘Text Line Spacing’ is set to 6 lines per inch, you must specify at least ‘6’ lines of form length. The maximum setting is 127 lines.
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Page 30: Bottom Margin
Bottom Margin: This setting will modify the bottom margin when ‘Page Size’ is set to ‘Custom’. ‘Lines’ allow you to set a bottom margin equal to the height of a specifi c number of text lines. The actual space that is left depends upon the current setting of the ‘Text Line Spacing’... -
Page 31: Left Margin
Left Margin: This setting can modify the left margin when the ‘Custom’ ‘Page Size’ is selected. You may choose to avoid any changes by selecting ‘Use Paper Size’ which will assume you wish to use the full 8” available print width. You may also choose to set a number of columns of unprinted left margin. -
Page 32: Right Margin
Right Margin: This setting can modify the right margin when the ‘Custom’ ‘Page Size’ is selected. You may choose to avoid any changes by selecting ‘Use Paper Size’ which will assume you wish to use the full 8” available print width. You may also choose to set a number of columns of unprinted right margin. - Page 33 ‘w’. The value supplied here will, as noted above, affect the actual width of margin settings. Extended Characters: This command determines what the printer’s ESC/P characters with values of between 128 and 255 are received. Either the graphics characters or italic versions of the lower valued characters (32 to 127) are printed.
- Page 34 Character Set Map: This menu allows you to select the use of special characters appropriate for one of the languages selected. See Appendix I for a chart of the special characters available. Page 30...
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Page 35: Printer Commands (Function Buttons)
You can print a test page using the Confi guration Utility or you can print test pages using the Main Switch (See “Self -Test Feature”, page 52). Clicking on ‘Test Page’ will print a page showing the current printer confi guration and image quality verifi cation graphics. See illustration below. - Page 36 Page 32...
- Page 37 “PJ3PlusFactory.cfg” on the same directory as exe fi le. will be loaded and displayed. Since that fi le is expected to match the internal factory confi guration of your printer, this fi le’s properties are set to “Read Only” and it should not be modifi ed.
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Page 38: Installing The Battery (Optional)
Installing the Battery (Optional) 1. Open the printer’s battery cover by pressing the cover latch. Push the cover away from the AC adapter receptacle. See Figure 10. 2. Swing the cover open and remove it. 3. Gently push the battery connector into the terminal on the inside of the printer’s battery compartment. - Page 39 4. Grasp the battery removal ribbon, which is attached to the inside of the battery compartment. See Figure 12. NOTE: If you forget to hold on to the ribbon, you may accidentally insert the battery on top of it. Then you won’t be able to remove the battery by pulling the ribbon.
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Page 40: Removing The Battery
Removing the Battery 1. Open the printer’s battery cover by pressing the cover latch. Swing the cover open and remove it. 2. Pull out on the battery removal ribbon as shown in Figure 13 until the battery starts to tilt out of its compartment. -
Page 41: Charging The Battery
(following steps 1 through 3 below) be completed before using the battery for the fi rst time. 1. Make sure the printer is connected to an AC power outlet with the AC adapter and power cord or a DC power cord. -
Page 42: Tips On Using The Battery
Tips on Using the Battery Darker prints discharge the battery faster than lighter prints do. Use the density adjustment from the driver dialog on your computer or use the Set-Up Utility to adjust lightness and darkness. See “Accessing Advanced Software Features” on page 7. Page 38... -
Page 43: Chapter 3 - Tips On Using Paper
See Figures 15 and 16, pages 41 and 42. Pull the paper out, close the cover, and reinsert paper. • If the printer does start to print, wait for the page to be printed and then reprint that page if necessary. -
Page 44: Use Brother Genuine Thermal Paper
Brother guarantees optimum compatibility with your PocketJet printer when you use Brother Genuine Thermal paper. This paper is a thermal paper, which eliminates the use of toner, ribbons or ink. It has been specifi cally designed and tested for optimal support for the PocketJet printer family. -
Page 45: Clearing A Paper Jam
This can be repeated as many times as necessary. If this does not move the jammed paper out of the printer, use Method 2 below. Method 2 1. - Page 46 2. Gently pull the paper out of the printer. Pulling in either direction is acceptable. See Figure 16. Figure 16. Pulling jammed paper out of the printer 3. Close the release cover. 4. Reinsert a new sheet of paper in the printer and restart the job.
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Page 47: Chapter 4 - Maintaining The Printer
The printer pulls the cleaning cloth through. The roller movement will stop automatically after about 60 seconds, and the printer returns to an idle state. If you press the main switch before 60 seconds has elapsed, this will toggle the feed motor on and off. - Page 48 Don’t throw the cleaning cloth away after you clean the print head. It should last for the life of the printer. Keep the cleaning cloth with your printer supplies and use it whenever you need to clean the print head.
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Page 49: Cleaning The Platen Roller
Cleaning the Platen Roller Dirt and debris on the platen roller can make the roller feed paper into the printer at an angle, degrade the quality of the printed image, or both. Make sure the printer is powered on without paper loaded. - Page 50 Don’t throw the cleaning cloth away after you clean the platen roller. It should last for the life of the printer. Keep the cleaning cloth with your printer supplies and use it whenever you need to clean the platen roller or the print head.
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Page 51: Cleaning The Printer's Exterior
Cleaning the Printer’s Exterior Should the outside of the printer become dirty, clean it using a dry cloth. NOTE: Avoid saturating the cloth. Do not allow water to get inside the printer. Avoid the use of benzene, alcohol, paint thinner, or cleaners that are abrasive, alkaline, or acidic. - Page 52 Notes: Page 48...
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Page 53: Chapter 5 - Reference
Chapter 5 - Reference Indicator Lights The indicator lights tell you about the current status of the printer. Indicator Light Table POWER DATA Solid = Alternating Blinking ERROR = Doesn’t matter External power in use Battery in use, > 14.0 Volts Battery in use, >... -
Page 54: Indicator Light Warnings
The POWER indicator light does not light The printer is receiving no power. If you are using the AC adapter, make sure it is connected properly. See page 1, “Connecting to an AC Outlet (Optional)”. Make sure the AC power outlet is “live”. -
Page 55: Data Receive Error
Time-Out When Charging The printer believes that too much time was required to bring the battery up to a normal charge voltage. A maximum of 150 minutes is allowed for the charging cycle. This is an indication that the battery should be replaced. -
Page 56: Self-Test Feature
Press the main switch for two seconds and release to place the printer in “Service Mode”. The red DATA light will illuminate. Insert a piece of Brother Genuine Thermal paper in the printer. The test page will print automatically. After the print is complete, the printer will return to an idle state. -
Page 57: Chapter 6 - Troubleshooting
Chapter 6 - Troubleshooting Overview If you have diffi culty getting your printer to work properly, fi rst check to make sure you have done the following tasks correctly (See Chapter 1, “Setting Up the Printer”). • Installing the battery or connecting the printer to an AC outlet •... -
Page 58: Paper Problems
Paper moves through the printer, but nothing appears on the paper Make sure you are using Brother Genuine Thermal paper and that you are loading it properly with the print side away from you. See page 39, “Inserting Paper”. Also, check the Print Density setting using the “Accessing Advanced Software Features”,... - Page 59 Make sure the release cover was not left open during printing. If it is open, close it completely. Make sure the paper is not slipping in the printer. If it is, make sure the print head and platen roller are clean. See Chapter 4, “Maintaining the Printer”.
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Page 60: The Top Margin Is Incorrect
Adjust the application or printer driver settings as needed or reduce the print image within your application to fi t on the letter-size page. The data light will remain lit green to indicate that data is still in the printer after the page has completed printing. -
Page 61: Pages Don't Print
The print buffer contains unprinted data from the software application. If you have already inserted paper in the printer, take the paper out and re-insert it to make sure the printer knows paper is ready. If that doesn’t work, you may need to turn the printer off, turn it back on, and restart the print job. -
Page 62: Chapter 7 - Technical Information
2 types (Cigarette Car Adapter or Wired type) Approximately 70 sheets (printing duty 5% with density 5 and using fully charged new battery) USB Ver.2.0 (Full Speed) (A - mini-B=Printer, Peripheral) Ver.1.0 (IrCOMM and IrOBEX) Page 58 PJ-523 300 x 300 dpi Confi... - Page 63 Software Printer font size Printer font face Barcode generation Operating environment ENVIRONMENTAL Operation temperature: Operation humidity: Storage temperature: Storage humidity: 10 cpi, 12 cpi, 15 cpi and Proportional sizes. Serif and Sans Serif Windows 2000 Professional / XP / Windows Vista (USB, Bluetooth, IrDA) 5 - 35 °C / 41 - 95 °F...
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Page 64: Model Name
2 types (Cigarette Car Adapter or Wired type) Approximately 70 sheets (printing duty 5% with density 5 and using fully charged new battery) USB Ver.2.0 (Full Speed) (A - mini-B=Printer, Peripheral) Ver.1.0 (IrCOMM and IrOBEX) Ver. 2.0 Class 2, Serial Port Profi le supported Page 60 PJ-563 300 x 300 dpi Confi... - Page 65 Software Printer font size Printer font face Barcode generation Operating environment ENVIRONMENTAL Operation temperature: Operation humidity: Storage temperature: Storage humidity: 1) These fi gures are depending on its environment. “Our standard environment” is as follows: JEITA J1 pattern on A4 size paper and continuous printing.
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Page 66: Appendix I - Character Set Tables
Appendix I - Character Set Tables Extended Graphics Character Table MSB> LSB 0 “ & ‘ International Character Set Table France Germany £ Denmark I ¤ Sweden Italy Spain I Japan ¤ Norway Denmark II Spain II Latin America Korea Legal Ç...