Avery 932 User Manual

Operating Instructions

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©2004 Avery Dennison Corp. All rights reserved.

Each product and program carries a respective written warranty, the only
warranty on which the customer can rely. Avery Dennison Corp. reserves
the right to make changes in the product, the programs, and their availability
at any time and without notice. Although Avery Dennison Corp. has made
every effort to provide complete and accurate information in this manual,
Avery Dennison Corp. shall not be liable for any omissions or inaccuracies.
Any update will be incorporated in a later edition of this manual.

©2004 Avery Dennison Corp. All rights reserved. No part of this publication
may be reproduced, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system, or translated
into any language in any form by any means, without the prior written
permission of Avery Dennison Corp.

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®, 932, 9855®, and 9860 are trademarks of Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC.
Avery Dennison® is a trademark of Avery Dennison Corporation.

Avery Dennison Printer Systems Division
170 Monarch Lane
Miamisburg, OH 45342

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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

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

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

Step 1 - Connect the Stacker ......................................1-2

Step 2 - Level the Stacker.........................................1-3

Step 3 - Connect the Power Cord ...................................1-4

Step 4 - Check the Alignment ......................................1-5

Step 5 - Set the Tag Width ........................................1-7

Step 6 - Set the Belt Speed. .......................................1-8

USING THE STACKER.........................................................2-1

Re-Loading or Changing Supplies..........................................2-2

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

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

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

Clearing a Tag Jam .....................................................2-3

Installing Riser Blocks............................................2-4

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

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

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

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

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

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ii Table of Contents

GETTING STARTED 1

The Monarch® 932ä stacker works with a Monarch® 9860ä
printer. The stacker supports backfeed mode on the printer. There
is no power ON/OFF switch for the stacker. Once the stacker is
plugged into an outlet, it is on.

Unpacking the Stacker

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Important: After unpacking the stacker, look through all
packaging material for parts. Keep all packaging material
for future shipping.

Installing the Stacker

Use these instructions when you first install the stacker or when
you need to move the stacker to a different location.

Before installing:

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Find a level work surface at least 52" x 22"
(1321 mm x 559 mm).

Note: The printer comes with a knife attached.

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Turn off the printer before you install the stacker.

Getting Started 1-1

Step 1 - Connect the Stacker

1. Locate the screw hole on the stacker mounting plate.

Flanged Screw

Stacker Mounting

Adjusting Bracket

2. Attach the adjusting bracket to the stacker mounting plate using a
flanged screw as shown (do not tighten all the way).

Guide Tab

Plate

Knife Opening

Mounting Plate
Slot

Adjusting Bracket

Locating Pin

Locating Hole

3. Gently lift the stacker and center the guide tabs in the knife opening.

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

adjusting bracket locating hole and mounting plate slot.

5. Tighten the adjusting bracket flanged screw.

6. Connect the stacker cable to the knife.

1-2 Getting Started

Step 2 - Level the Stacker

1. Check the distance between the rollers and the knife. Make
sure the rollers are not touching the front of the knife or too
far from the knife. If incorrect, follow the steps below. If
correct, skip this step and move on to Step 3 - Connect the
Power Cord.

Rollers

Knife

Note: The ideal position for the stacker is with the end of tray

slightly down.

2. Loosen the locking nuts with a wrench.

3. Make sure the stacker’s feet are flat on a level surface.

You can raise or lower the feet by turning them.

4. Evenly adjust both feet.

If the stacker is

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touching the knife case, lower the
feet.

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too far from the knife, raise the
feet.

5. Tighten the locking nuts.

Locking
Nuts

Getting Started 1-3

Step 3 - Connect the Power Cord

1. Plug the power cord into the stacker’s AC inlet.

AC Inlet

2. Plug the other end of the power cord into a grounded outlet.

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

1-4 Getting Started

Step 4 - Check the Alignment

1. Load supply in the printer. For more information about
loading supply, refer to the printer’s Operator’s Handbook or

Quick Reference.

2. Set aside the tag weight.

3. Widen the guide rails to the maximum width by pulling and

extending the guide rails out of the grooves at the bottom of
the tray.

Grooves

Guide Rails

4. Slide the rod ends of the guide rails by using both hands to
the outer position.

Getting Started 1-5

5. Move the tag stop up and down by using your thumb to pull out slightly
on the release tab and lift up until it stops.

Note: Adjust the tag stop to the length of the tags.

Tag Stop

Transport Lock

6. Make sure the transport lock handle is in the locked position.

7. Make sure supply is loaded and the printer is turned on.

8. Press Feed or Cut on the printer or keyboard several times.

The supply should feed through the knife and tags should be cut and
placed in the stacker tray.

9. Use the cut tags as a guide and adjust the guide rails back into the
grooves so that they are barely touching the sides of the tag.

1-6 Getting Started

Step 5 - Set the Tag Width

1. Set aside the tag.

2. Locate the tag weight.

3. Unlock the tag weight handle by turning the knob

counterclockwise.

Tag Weight
Handle

4. Determine what length tags are being used and adjust the
handle to the following:

Knob

Tags 1.6" or longer Tags 1.6" or shorter

5. Tighten the knob.

Getting Started 1-7

6. Place the tag weight against the tag stop.

Tag Stop

7. Print a test batch of 50 tags. The stacker’s LED is on when tags are
moving through the stacker.

Step 6 - Set the Belt Speed.

1. Stack the tags in your hand.

2. Hold the stack against the tag gauge on the tag weight.

Note: If you are using pre-punched or chadless tags, hold the unpunched

part of the tag against the gauge.

The bar closest to the top of the stack is the number for the belt
adjustment.

1-8 Getting Started

3. Turn the belt adjustment knob to the number from the stack.

Belt
Adjustment
Knob

4. Print another test batch of 50 tags or more. The stacker’s LED
is on when tags are moving through the stacker.

Look at how the tags sit in the stacker tray.

If the tags are too:

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Tight, turn the belt speed to a higher setting (higher
number).

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Loose, turn the belt speed to a lower setting (lower
number).

Tags are too tight Tags are too loose

Getting Started 1-9

1-10 Getting Started

USING THE STACKER 2

This chapter describes how to

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re-load and change supplies

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empty the stacker tray

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clear a tag jam

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install verifier riser blocks

Using the Stacker 2-1

Re-Loading or Changing Supplies

If you run out of supplies while printing, the printer display or keyboard
shows a 756 status code.

1. Press Feed to feed the last tags into the stacker.

2. Load a new roll of supplies. For more information on loading supplies,

refer to the printer’s Operator’s Handbook or Quick Reference.

Note: If you are switching to a different supply type, you need to reset the

belt speed. See Chapter 1, "Getting Started" for more information.

3. Press Escape to clear the status code.

4. Press Feed (once or several times, depending on the tag’s length) to

feed a tag through the knife and into the stacker tray.

5. Continue printing.

Emptying the Stacker

You can empty the stacker while it is running, or wait until it is full. When
the stacker is full, a sensor at the end of the tray stops the printer. The
printer or keyboard shows a 761 status code on the display.

Stacker Full

1. Empty the stacker tray.

2. Place the tag weight against the tag stop.

3. Press Escape on the printer to clear the status code.

4. Continue printing.

Stacker Running

1. Pick up some of the tags in front of the tag weight.

2. Move the tag weight against the stack. Try not to push or compress the

stack.

3. Continue to remove tags.

2-2 Using the Stacker

Clearing a Tag Jam

If a tag jams inside the stacker, the printer and stacker automatically stop.
The printer display or keyboard shows a 761 status code.

1. Check to see if the guide rails and the tag stop are set for the width and
length of the tag. See Chapter 1, "Getting Started" for more information.

2. Turn the transport lock handle up halfway and pull it completely out.

Transport Lock

Using the Stacker 2-3

3. Use the tab to lift the transport. Check for tags.

Remove the tags.

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5. Lower the transport.

6. Replace the transport lock handle. Make sure it is completely in the

hole at the back of the stacker. Turn the handle down to lock.

7. Press Escape to clear the status code.

8. Continue printing.

Installing Riser Blocks

Install riser blocks as shown when using a printer and stacker with a verifier.
Make sure the stacker feet fit securely in the riser blocks.

Front of stacker, hole side goes up Rear of stacker, slotted side goes up

2-4 Using the Stacker

TROUBLESHOOTING 3

This section helps you correct some problems that may occur.

Problem Action

Stacker Full or 760
Warning Status
Code

Stacker Jam or 761
Status Code

Stacker does not
work.

Tags are stacked
too loosely.

Tags are stacked
too tightly.

Tags are not
stacking level or
even.

Tags rub against the
side guide rails.

1. Empty the stacker tray.

2. Place the tag weight against the tag stop.

3. Press Escape to clear the status code.

4. Continue printing.

The stacker may not be plugged into an outlet. Verify the
power connection.

See “Clearing a Jam” in Chapter 2 for more information.
If the jam is not inside the stacker, check inside the knife or
printer.

Make sure the stacker is properly connected to the printer.
See Chaper 1, “Getting Started” for more information.

Empty the stacker tray. Turn the adjustment knob to a
lower setting.
Adjust the guide rails and the tag stop to the width and
length of the tags.

Empty the stacker tray. Turn the adjustment knob to a
higher setting.

Adjust the guide rails and the tag stop to the width and
length of the tags.

The guide rails are too close to the tag. Adjust the guide
rails.

Tags have nicked
corners.

The guide rails will
not stay in place.

Adjust the guide rails to the width of the tags. See Chapter
1, "Getting Started" for more information.

Make sure the guide rails are in the grooves at the bottom
of the tray. See Chaper 1, "Getting Started" for more
information.

If you cannot fix a problem, call Service.

Troubleshooting 3-1

3-2 Getting Started

SPECIFICATIONS A

Stacker

Height: 14.4 inches (366 mm)

Width: 7.9 inches (201 mm)

Length: 29.6 inches long (752 mm)

Tag Bed: 23.5 inches long (597 mm)

Weight: 18 lbs. (8.2 kg)

Shipping Weight: 30 lb. (13.6 kg)

Power: 115 Vac, 60Hz, 100 Vac, 50/60 Hz, 230 Vac, 50Hz

Operating Limits: For Thermal Transfer (ribbon) 40° to 95° F

(4° to 35° C)

For Thermal Direct 40° to 104° F
(4° to 40° C)

Storage Limits: 15° to 120° F

(-9° to 49° C)

Humidity: Operating and Storage 5% to 90% non-condensing

Stacking Capacity: 2,000 tags .010 inches (.25 mm) thick

Specifications A-1

Supplies

Thickness: .007 inches (.18 mm) minimum

.010 inches (.25 mm) maximum

Widths: 1.2 inch (30 mm) minimum

4.0 inches (102 mm) maximum

Lengths: 1.2 inches (30 mm) minimum

3.66 inches (93 mm) maximum

Minimum Stacked Tag Dimensions

If a tag is printed
width wise:

If a tag is printed
length wise:

1.63 inches by 1.2 inches
(41 mm by 30 mm)

1.2 inches by 1.57 inches
(30 mm by 40 mm)

A-2 Specifications

Avery Dennison Printer Systems Division
170 Monarch Lane
Miamisburg, OH 45342

1-800-543-6650 (In the U.S.A.)
1-800-387-4740 (In Canada)
www.monarch.com

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