SONY          B&W digital printer  SONY UP-D899MD                

 

 


The Sony UP-D899MD is a digital printer that prints via USB 2.0 from medical and diagnostic devices
 
 *  digital signal / USB 2.0

 The Sony "899" series is the successor to the Sony UP-X(D)898MD printer. The basic difference :

Reduced print depth: 208 mm instead of 240 mm
Lower weight: 2 kg instead of 2.5 kg
Improved energy efficiency

The WIN 11 / 10 driver is available for the printer, but for easy use of these printers in older medical devices :

 * The printer can be set to be compatible with the 898 and 897 printer drivers ( see description below ) !
* The printer's front panel has the same dimensions as the older model - no modification of the front panel of the medical device is required

The printer is designed for black and white photo printing of images 100 x 75 / up to max. 200 x 100 mm on Sony thermosensitive paper
 Its specific feature is :

* The printer also prints from the older WIN driver 898 / 89 series
* Print / image 94 x 71 mm prints in 3.3 sec
* Minimized dimensions 154 x 88 x 208 mm
* Low weight 2 kg
* Driver under WIN 11 / 10
* Printing according to your choice on 3 types of paper
UPP-110S / UPP-110HD / UPP-110HG

 

                  

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    Simple operation, ultra fast printing, paper exchange in a few seconds, maintenance-free operation are the basis for many years
  of trouble-free use - ideal printer for medical and industrial documentation

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PACKAGE
CONTENTS




 














       
   

 		 Unpacking the printer - accessories 

Open the two-story box with the printer.

The following accessories are located above the printer

- device power cord
- CD with WIN drivers and instructions
- cleaning paper (for cleaning the thermal head)
- printed manual - instructions before use
- list of service centers

The printer is located on the bottom floor - remove the printer and unpack it



 		            


Front  panel










    
 

Getting to know the printer

 Before you start working with the printer, please familiarize yourself with /
 front panel (from left):

* ON / OFF - turn the printer on / off
* Display - a glowing orange LED on the right of the display indicates an error condition

* Menu - the joystick allows you to enter and move in the printer menu
* Contrast / Brightness - switching between contrast / brightness,
press BRIGHT on the display BRIG 0 appears and move the joystick up and down to increase / decrease the brightness of the image. Press the joystick to save the set value
* FEED - paper feed
* COPY - prints another copy of the already printed image
    		        
Rear panel





 
 


       
   

 		 Rear panel (from left) :
 

* USB 2.0 - connect the USB Type-C data cable from the medical device here
* 100-240V - connect the power cord that comes with the printer here

 		          
Paper installation

 


       
   

 
Printing Paper installation

 Notice: Sony UP-D899MD is delivered without a consumables roll !


Plug the network cable into the printer - the orange LED to the left of the network button will light up (power indication) On the front panel, turn on the printer (sliding button - to the right)
The EMPTY HG display will light up - i.e. there is no HG paper in the printer






 		                                  




 

 


       
   

 		 Open the front door ( DOOR HG ) with the mechanical button and insert the paper roll as shown in the picture. Before inserting the paper, remove the green fixing sticker:

The roll is simply inserted inside, similar to a fax machine, etc.


 

 

 

                   




 

 


       
   

 		 Pull a longer piece of paper out of the printer so that the damaged (or slightly sticky) part of the paper after the sticker is safely outside the printer.

Then close the printer door manually - the orange LED will go out ..... and tear off the piece of paper with the damaged part sticking out upwards / downwards through the tear-off tab



 

 

 

                     




 

 


       
   

 
The printer is READY

 

 

 

                       
Consumables

 

 




       
   

 
Sony print media

The printer includes a roll of the highest quality paper of the HG class, however you can buy paper according to your needs / type of application

From cheapest to most expensive:

UPP-110S ... High Quality Print Media

UPP-110HD ... High Glossy Print Media

UPP-110HG ... High Density Print Media

The cheapest paper prints black color rather like dark gray and the paper has a semi-matte surface, the higher the quality, the higher the gloss and contrast (black is really black)

Current prices are listed on the e-shop, see:

 eshop Sony consumables 		                                
                             
 
USB connection
( digital )
 SIGNAL






 

 		 Printer connection via USB 2.0 ( Digital )

 For all modern medical devices, the printer is connected via digital interface / USB. Higher resolution data enters the printer, however, the actual printing time is extended by the time the datas are transferred from the ultrasound to the printer.
The USB cable ( data cable ! ) is inserted into the USB connector (type C) on the printer.

 If you connect the printer in this way, you must also install the appropriate driver to your device, depending on the type of WIN on which your device is running, see. further

Connecting cables are not part of the printer, they can be ordered :

 eshop cables		          
Printer driver settings






 

 
Compatibility SONY  899 / 898 / 897

 If you need to connect the new 899 printer to an older device where there is no driver for this printer, select 898 or 897 mode on the printer - in this case the printer will behave like the older 898 / 897 models :

Press

READY - joystick right

PRTMENU - joystick down
ADJUST - joystick down

DIGITAL - joystick right
DRIVER - joystick right

 Now you will see the set mode = printer driver 899. Press down to select the older driver 898 then 897 ...

Finally press the joystick to save the preset.





 
 		                   
Printer configuration








 

 









 

 Configuring settings SONY  899 / 898 / 897


 If you want to make sure you have set up the printer correctly:

Press

READY - joystick right

PRTMENU - joystick press
MENU OK - joystick stick

After pressing MENU OK, the set values ​​on the printer will be printed, including the set driver type for the given printer.





 		                     
DRIVER
INSTALLATION















       
    		Driver installation

If you need to connect the printer via USB 2.0 to ultrasound, please contact your ultrasound dealer. Ultrasound has locked access to WIN under a password so that the program cannot be accidentally reconfigured.
You will not be able to install the appropriate printer driver without entering WIN ! 

The following is provided for other users.

A driver CD is included with the printer. If you want to install the printer under actual WIN11, it is better to download the latest version of the driver via the Internet - the drivers are on our website or at this address

https://pro.sony/en_CZ/support-resources/up-x899md/software

On the right is a link to the driver installation instructions		          Install driver WIN10/11               
                                                                           

 
INSTALLING THE DRIVER


















       
   
WIN 10 / 11 driver installation procedure

First, the driver is installed on the device and only then is the printer connected - i.e. do not connect the Sony printer with a USB cable at this stage!

Download WIN10/11 driver for Sony UP-X899MD printer,
the downloaded file is named
899series_win10.zip
899series_win11.zip

The downloaded file requires unzipping first.
Press Unzip, the successful unzipping will be confirmed and the driver will be extracted to the folder on C:
( unless you have changed the path )

Locate the driver on disk (C :) and open the WIN10/11 folder and run Setup.exe
     		       
                                                                      













 

The Sony driver welcome window appears, press Next

 


 




 

 

Accept to the license terms

 

 






In the next window, confirm the installation of the driver Install

 

 

 

 

Next window is similair in your local language
Do you want to install this device software?

Press Install to start the driver installation








Finally you receive a confirmation of a successful installation, press FINISH  
 

      













 		 Now turn on the Sony printer, the paper is already installed
( ie READY is lit on the display ) and connect the printer to the device with a USB cable


 Now please make sure that the printer driver is correctly installed - icon of the printer is visible

In WIN 10/11, type on the keyboard Printers ...  a window will open where you can click on Printers and Scanners







If you already see your Sony printer installed in this window (see red arrow) everything is fine, the installation is finished, you can start to print

 

 

     
        
 
SETTINGS
- DRIVER
OPTIONS























 		 Printer driver settings 


Click on the SONY UP-899 Series printer icon

Click Manage 
 










Click on  Printing Preferences ( red arrow )

9The menu Sony UP-898 Series - printing preferences opens,
which consists of 4 settings windows

Main / Density Adjust / Settings / Message
( description of 4 menus follows )

 		       
Print
preferences 
WIN

 





















 		 Printing preferences -  Main
Paper       : 1280x960 standard size 100x75mm
                    1280x1280 spec size 1 : 1 (100x100)
                    1280x1920 larger side image 100x150  
                    1280x2560 panoramic image 100x200mm
                   
Copies : the option to set the number of copies 1-10 (you must activate the button by clearing the Copies check box in the Settings menu)

Scaling : the possibility to reduce / enlarge the image 25-400%
(you must activate the button by clearing the Scaling check box in the Settings menu)

Enlarge to paper :  it automatically resizes the image to the paper size

Interpolation method :   If you set automatic adjustment, you can choose the interpolation method - how the image will be resampled

Orientation : Portrait / landscape print
 		     


 










 
Printing preferences - Density adjust

You can adjust the saturation / brightness of the image at default menu setting. For more options, you need to uncheck the boxes in the Settings menu :


Gamma / Tone  / Sharpness

See next picture






 		     







Gamma :  There are 4 presets. The TONE 2 setting is recommended for sonographic examination


Tone / Dark / Light  :  Adjustment of brightness / density using   gamma curve:
 
The X-axis shows 256 degrees of shade of color from black to white, ie along the X-axis we go to lighter shades !
The X axis represents the input data, ie the source image.
The Y-axis is analogous, but shows the output data, ie how the image will be printed.

In the normal setting, the gamma curve is linear, ie the same hue level corresponds to a given hue level when printing

If you move the curve point in the + Y direction, you assign a higher = lighter shade when printing to the given hue on the X axis.
As the point of the curve moves, the whole curve moves in the same direction, ie. moving + Y increases the brightness of all colors in the entire hue range from the original setting.

 Sharpness :  sharpness adjustment 0 - 14		      









Printing preferences - Settings

By tearing off the individual settings, you activate them, ie if you want to set the number of copies in the first main menu, tear off the Copies check box here.







 		      







Printing preferences - Message

If an error condition occurs on the printer - for example, that you run out of paper, the activated item : Display the message - it means that an error message will appear in the upper left corner of your device screen::

No thermal paper. Pls set the thermal paper atd ......

If you check
Size : use the simple dialog box

you will see the same but abbreviated message in a smaller window.

Adjust the display position :  if for any reason you do not like the upper left corner, you can move the message display anywhere on the screen by entering coordinates (in pixels), which you can immediately test by pressing Test and the message will appear at a new place
 		      
Technical specification
Print method Thermal printing on thermal sensitive papers UPP-110S / UPP-110HD / UPP-110HG 
Resolution 1280 dots x 960 (standard print size), 325 DPI thermal head 12.8 dots / mm 
Print sizes / printing speed


 		 NORMAL       100x75 mm  ( 1280 x 960 )
1 : 1              100x100 mm ( 1280 x 1280 ) 
1 : 1.5           100x150 mm  ( 1280 x 1920 ) 
PANORAMA  100x200 mm  ( 1280 x 2560 )
 
Printer settings 4 preset gamma curves, BRT / CONTRAST / SHARPNESS of image etc.
Interface / connector USB 2.0
Driver WIN WIN 11 / WIN 10 32/64bit
Operat. conditions Temperature 10 to + 400 C, humidity 20-80%
Power requirements 100 - 240V /  50/60Hz
Power consumption 0,5 - 0,75 A
Dimensions
(W x H x D)		 154 x 88 x 208 mm 
Mass / Weight 2 kg
Color White / light beige
Certification / Norms  Medical equipment in accordance with IEC-60601-1
Supplied
Accessories		 Power cable, Cleaning paper, Cable for USB Flash Disc, User Instructions, CD with the WIN drivers / instructions
  Sony UP-D899MD        eshop Printer Sony UP-D899MD  
   
 
Printing papers  
 UPP-110S
 UPP-11HD
 UPP-110HG		      
        eshop printing papers      
 
Cables  
 BNC-BNC
 USB		      
        eshop cables      
   
   
Brochure  SONY UP-D899MD (EN)

Installation Guide WIN 11/10 (EN)

Operatorīs Manual Sony UP-D899MD (EN)