Brady PAM 3000 - Manual (Page 8)

Printer-Applicator-System PAM 3000 8
Characteristics of the Thermal Printhead
CAUTION !
The thermal printhead is the most sensitive part of your printer.
Pay special attention to the following guidelines :
1) The glass cover on the printhead must not be touched with the hand. Do not use any sharp
items, such as knives or screwdrivers, to clean the printhead.
2) During printing, always take care that there is no dirt or foreign objects on the labels in order
to avoid impurification of the printhead. This way, the printhead might be damaged.
3) Use proper label material with a smooth surface only.
A rough surface will affect the printhead and may cause damage and reduce its operating
life.
4) Clean the printhead regularly with a special printhead cleaning pen, or an isopropyl alcohol
soaked cotton swab.
5) Print with the lowest possible printhead temperature.
Careful use will allow you to print approximately between 30 to 50 km of print media before
the printhead needs replacing.
Improper usage can cause damage to the printhead.
1 Product Description
General Information
The Printer-Applicator-System PAM is especially developed for automatic labelling.
The system is composed of two main parts: printer module and applicator module.
The printer module PAM 3000 is equipped with a high-class 300 dpi printhead to print texts,
bar codes and graphics quick, brilliant and tidy.
The print mechanism is aligned to dispense labels. The transport system guarantees a high
precision in printing and applying labels independent from the size of the label supply roll. For
the receipt of the print data PAM 3000 has a serial RS-232-interface.
The printer is designated to work in the dispense mode. In this mode only each one label is
printed after the receipt of an start signal. The label is peeled-off from the backing paper by
moving back the peel-off table and taken by the pad. After removing the dispensed label the
peel-off table is moved back in the printing position. So the printing of the next label may be
started at the front label edge.
The applicator module PAM 3002 performs the transport of the labels from the peel-off
position (starting position) to the product (labelling position). The labels are transferred with a
pad, by two compressed-air driven pneumatic cylinders. A lift cylinder carries out the vertical
movement of the pad between the starting position and the labelling position and the turn
cylinder provides the turning movement of the pad between the 0°-position and the 90°-
position.
The labels could be applied parallel to the print line (0°-position) as well as across to the print
line (90°-position).
For the external control of the labelling process the PAM 3000 is equipped with a PLC
(programmable logic control) interface with potential free inputs and outputs. This interface is
especially used to start the printing and applying of the labels.
The PAM 3000 is an innovative label printer and applicator system which may be used in
either direct thermal or thermal transfer mode.
The double lined LCD display keeps the operator constantly informed about the current status
of the printer. The setup menu allows easy configuration changes whenever desired.
There are offered varied options to complete the print system.