Avery 928 User Manual

Operating Instructions

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WARNING

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

CANADIAN D.O.C. WARNING

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital

apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of

Communications.

Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites applicables aux appareils numériques de la classe A prescrites dans le Réglement sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicte par le ministère des Communications du Canada.

Trademarks Monarch®, 926, 928, 938, and 9855® are registered trademarks of Avery Dennison Corporation.

Avery Dennison 170 Monarch Lane Miamisburg, OH 45342

GETTING STARTED.....................................................................................1-1

Unpacking the Stacker.............................................................................1-2

Installing the Stacker...............................................................................1-2

Connecting the Power Cable.................................................................... 1-4

Checking the Alignment...........................................................................1-4

Using Four-inch Wide Tags......................................................................1-5

OPERATION AND ADJUSTMENTS ................................................................2-1

Making Tag Adjustments ..........................................................................2-2

Setting the Belt Movement.......................................................................2-7

Adjusting the Belt Movement ....................................................................2-8

Loading Supplies ....................................................................................2-9

Emptying the Stacker ..............................................................................2-9

Stacker Running..................................................................................2-9

Stacker Full ...................................................................................... 2-10

Clearing a Tag Jam ............................................................................... 2-11

TROUBLESHOOTING...................................................................................3-1

SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................ A-1

Stacker..................................................................................................A-1

Supplies................................................................................................. A-2

Minimum Stacked Tag Dimensions.........................................................A-2

Using RFID Supplies............................................................................... A-2

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GETTING STARTED

The Monarch® 928stacker works with a Monarch®9855® printer equipped with a Monarch® 926knife.

e Monarch® 928™ RFID stacker works wi th a Monarch® 9855®RFMP

Th printer equipped with a Monarch® 926knife stacking RFID supplies.

Note: The non-RFID stacker cannot stack RFID supplies.

The RFID stacker cannot stack non-RFI D supplies.

Since the RFID stacker can only be use d with RFID supplies, it includes this label:

See “Using RFID Supplies We recommend using a Monarch® 939 keyboard whenever a stacker is

installed. Before reading this manual, revi ew the printer and knife informati on in the

Operator’s Handbook. This chapter describes how to

 unpack the stacker  install the stacker  connect the power cord  check the stacker’s alignment.

” in Appendix A for more information.

Getting Started 1-1

Unpacking the Stacker

After you unpack the stacker, you should have a 928 stacker, stacker mounting plate, and power cord.

Installing the Stacker

In addition to the 928 stacker, your printer could also have the 938 verifier. Always install the knife before the stacker or verifier. Then install the verifier (if necessary) and then the stack er. The printer and all accessories must be install ed on a level surface.

To install the stacker:

1. Turn off the printer.

2. Attach the stacker mounting plate to the knife.

1-2 Operating Instructions

Stacker mounting plate

3. Align the stacker with the front of the knife.

4. Gently lift the stacker and center the guide tabs in the knife open ing.

5. Set the stacker locating pins (on bottom of stacker) firmly in the mounting

plate holes.

Mounting plate holes

Stacker locating pin

Note: Height adjust bracket is on ly needed when

installing the stacker with a 938™ verifier.

Note

: To avoid damage to the motor, the stacker rollers and the front of

the knife must not be in direct contact. If they are, lower the stacker’s feet by turning them . Turn the nut to lock the feet in place.

Getting Started 1-3

Connecting the Power Cable

To connect the power cable:

1. Turn off the printer. Make sure the stacker’s power switch is tu rned off.

2. Make sure the stacker is properly aligned with the knife. See “Installing

the Stacker” for more information.

3. Plug the power cable into the socket.

4. Plug the other end of the cable into a grounded electrical outlet. Once the

power cord is attached to an outlet, the stacker is on. There is no power ON/OFF switch.

5. Turn on the printer. Press (I) to turn on and (O) to turn off the stacker and printer.

Checking the Alignment

The stacker must be flat on a level surface. To check the alignment of the stacker:

1. Turn on the printer.

2. Print a batch of tags and check for nicked corners. Refer to your printer’s

Operator’s Handbook for instructions.

Note: Nicked corners may occur on four-i nch wide tags.

3. To adjust the stacker’s alignment, push the stacker slightly forward or backward along the mounting plate.

4. Print another batch of tags and realign i f necessary.

5. Make sure the stacker’s feet are flat on a level surface. You can rais e or

lower the feet by turning them. Turn the nut to lock the feet in place.

You are now ready to print tags and make adjustments to the stacker. See Chapter 2, “Operation and Adjustments

”, for more information.

1-4 Operating Instructions

Using Four-inch Wide Tags

For four-inch wide tags, nicked corners may occur. You can minimize nicked corners by aligning the knife and stacker properly with the printer.

1. Feed a batch of tags through the knife, cutting th e supply. Check the tags in the stacker for nicked corners.

2. Open the supply transport by turning the transport lock handle up halfway and pulling it completely out.

Transport Lock Handle

Getting Started 1-5

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