AGFA ANAPURNA L-XL User Manual
:ANAPURNA L/XL
OPERATOR MANUAL
Version 1.0
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Safety Instructions ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3
2. Printer Overview and Features................................................................................................................................................. 4
2.1 Front view, parts & locations ........................................................................................................................................ 5
2.2 Rear view, parts & locations.......................................................................................................................................... 5
2.3 Head Carriage view, parts.............................................................................................................................................. 7
2.4 Signal tower ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7
3. Head Technology ........................................................................................................................................................................ 8
4. :Anapurna UV Curable Ink......................................................................................................................................................... 9
4.1 General information ........................................................................................................................................................ 9
4.2 Color gamut...................................................................................................................................................................... 9
4.3 Packing.............................................................................................................................................................................. 9
5. Ink Circuit ................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
5.1 Main ink tanks .............................................................................................................................................................. 10
5.2 Auto ink supply............................................................................................................................................................. 10
5.3 Sub Ink Tank.................................................................................................................................................................. 10
5.4 The 2-way valves.......................................................................................................................................................... 12
5.5 Printing heads............................................................................................................................................................... 13
5.6. Ink Refill System ......................................................................................................................................................... 15
5.7 Waste tank..................................................................................................................................................................... 15
6. UV Curing System.................................................................................................................................................................... 16
6.1 General information ..................................................................................................................................................... 16
6.2 Curing setup and sequences ...................................................................................................................................... 16
6.3 Uni- and Bi-directional printing................................................................................................................................. 17
7. Printing Table........................................................................................................................................................................... 18
7.1 General information ..................................................................................................................................................... 18
7.2 Belt Tension control..................................................................................................................................................... 18
7.3 Maintenance.................................................................................................................................................................. 19
7.4 Replacement ................................................................................................................................................................. 19
8. Maintenance............................................................................................................................................................................. 20
8.1 General information ..................................................................................................................................................... 20
8.2 Daily Maintenance – Nozzle check/purge.............................................................................................................. 20
8.3 Weekly Maintenance................................................................................................................................................... 23
8.4 Long Stand Still............................................................................................................................................................. 24
9. Media Setup ............................................................................................................................................................................. 26
9.1 Roll to Roll..................................................................................................................................................................... 26
9.2 Rigid Media.................................................................................................................................................................... 28
9.3 Media Roller Bars ......................................................................................................................................................... 29
10. Head Base – Height Control................................................................................................................................................ 30
10.1 Automatic “Head Base Height” Setup.................................................................................................................... 30
11. :Anapurna Control Program................................................................................................................................................. 32
11.1 Control Program Menu.............................................................................................................................................. 32
11.2 Setup Parameter Menu ............................................................................................................................................. 33
11.3 Test Menu.................................................................................................................................................................... 37
12. Printing an image.................................................................................................................................................................. 39
12.1 Preparing an image.................................................................................................................................................... 39
12.2 Preparing the :Anapurna........................................................................................................................................... 39
12.3. Printing the image .................................................................................................................................................... 40
12.4. Cancel a print............................................................................................................................................................. 41
12.5. Purge function on the printing ............................................................................................................................... 41
13. Tips & Tricks........................................................................................................................................................................... 42
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1. Safety Instructions.
Be sure to follow all instructions and warnings in this manual when using
Do NOT look directly into the UV light when printing, and don’t expose
your skin directly to the UV light. If you need to look at the direction of the
light, wear protective glasses or look through the front cover glas.
UV ink contains chemicals, when handling the ink, wear protective gloves
to protect your skin, and protective glasses. Should the ink come in
contact with your skin, wash with water immediately.
The Anapurna engines are equipped with an exhaust system to extract the
heat and the ozone gas, which is built up by the curing process.
Make sure the exhaust system leads to the outside air.
IMPORTANT
the equipment.
WARNING
WARNING
IMPORTANT
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2. Printer Overview and Features.
System Dimensions:
ANAPURNA XL
ANAPURNA L
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Max. media width: 2.5m (printable width: 2.48m)
Max. media width: 1.6m (printable width: 1.58m)
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2.1. Front view, parts & locations
2.2. Rear view, parts & locations
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COVER “OPEN” SENSOR
This engine is equipped with a “safety sensor” on the Front and Rear cover.
Carrige movement and printing can only be done with covers closed.
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1. When carriage is waiting:
When a cover is “open”, you will see the “door open error” on the screen, and the carriage
will not move to Home or Purge if requested.
2. During printing:
When you open the cover at this stage, the PRINT will be CANCELLED and the
UV lamp shutter will be closed automatically.
(Purge or Home)
OPENING THE COVER DURING PRINTING, WILL RESULT IN A CANCELLED PRINT !
ONLY OPEN THE DOOR IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS !
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2.3. Head Carriage view, parts
2.4. Signal tower
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3. Head technology.
- Spectra Nova 256/80 AAA JA (Jetting Assembly)
• Calibrated Drop Size: 75 pl
• 256 addressable jetting nozzles, single line
• Nozzle spacing: 279 microns (0,011”)
• Intrinsic resolution: 91 dpi
- 8 JA mounted in head base plate
• 7 heads in line
• 1 head mounted in front of the other heads, used for “Pre-White”.
- Supported Color mode – fixed
- Color Sequence:
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4. :Anapurna UV Curable Ink.
4.1. General information
- The :Anapurna UV curable ink is specially developed for
best performance on the :Anapurna engine.
- Sharp printing, vibrant colors on a wide range of media
- Ensures dry and instant ready prints with excellent outdoor durability
- Use of light inks
• Enhance apparent output resolution by using Light Cyan and
Light Magenta
• Results in smooth highlights
- Ink usage: ± 10ml/m², all colors together (6)
4.2. Color gamut
- Agfa Inks tuned towards the ISO Standard 12647 (2004)
- Calculated nr of colors (Volume calculated within Monaco CMS)
4.3. Packing
:Anapurna Cyan :Anapurna Magenta
:Anapurna Light Cyan :Anapurna Light Magenta
:Anapurna Yellow :Anapurna White
:Anapurna Black :Anapurna Cleaning Solution
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- ISO Standard 12647: 770.000 colors
- :Anapurna Ink on :Anapurna printing in:
» 6 pass : 830.000 colors
» 8 pass : 850.000 colors
» 12 pass : 1.080.000 colors
» 16 pass :
- 1L bottle, packed per 2
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5. Ink Circuit.
5.1. Main ink tanks
- The main ink tanks are located on the right
side of the engine.
- 1.6 liter per color
- Low level detection at 0.3l. (± 4h to print)
Audible & visual alarm on the Signal tower.
- Ink can be refilled in while printing
- White ink tank has a continuous working
stirring rod inside.
- Tanks:
At that point, you can pour in a complete 1L bottle, and you won’t have any
5.2. Auto ink supply
5.3. Sub Ink Tank
Color: 38°C
White Ink: 40°C when in use (up to max 45°C)
35°C when not in use
WARNING
ONLY refill with the 1liter bottle, when the low level alarm goes off.
left over ink remaining in the bottle!!
- From the ink tank, ink is pumped into
the “Sub ink tank”, which is positioned
on the Head Carriage.
- The Sub ink tank is temperature
controlled, and has a content
of 35ml per color
- Temperature setting “Sub Ink Tank”
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- Read out:
- How to make changes:
At this stage, you also need to Press the “AT”
button, to close the procedure.
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5.4. The 2-Way valves
- Normal printing:
- The color valves are positioned in the “I” direction.
The ink can flow to the head.
- Purging the heads:
- In case of clogged nozzles, or misfiring nozzles;
Push the “Purge” button at very short intervals,
this will cause ink flowing through the heads,
this will un-clog the missing nozzles.
(make sure the Grid is pushed to the back)
- Cleaning the heads with Cleaning solution:
- The color valves must be “closed”, set them to
the “S” direction. Now, the ink flow to the heads is closed.
Open the Cleaning Solution “control valve” on the right.
When you now push the “Solution-Purge” button on
the BACK of the shuttle, Cleaning solution will flow
through your heads to un-clog the missing nozzles.
THE APPROPRIATE WAY OF WORKING, FOR PERFORMING A NOZZLE CHECK,
CAN BE FOUND IN THE MAINTENANCE CHAPTER.
AND JUDGING MISFIRING NOZZLES,
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5.5. Printing heads
- Ink supply by means of negative pressure:
By means of negative pressure, the ink is kept in the print heads.
A too high setting will cause missing nozzles, or no ink firing at all.
When the pressure is too low, the ink will leak out of the heads.
The Neg. Pressure should be set to -.0.34
The system will adjust the setting, when the
temperature on the Head Base plate is getting too high.
This is an automatic function, the customer will never
see a change on the display.
When using White ink:
It is possible that the Neg. Pressure needs to be tuned towards “-.036”, to
get a stable nozzle behavior for the White heads.
With the white ink, a higher temperature will result in a lower viscosity
(more liquid state), which can lead to ink “Pooling” underneath the print
head.
“Pooling”: ink build up underneath the print head, causing nozzle failure.
As the head needs to fire drops, the fired drops are not getting through the pool of
ink underneath the head. An increase of Neg. Pressure, (-.036) will bring the ink
more upwards into the meniscus of the print head, thus preventing the pooling.
- How to make changes:
Un-lock the black knob by pushing
the “A”-switch to the left.
You can now turn the black knob to
make changes in the pressure.
Push the “A” switch back to secure the knob.
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