Hitachi DDP, DDP 70, DDP 70e, DDP 92, DDP 184 User Guide
Publishing Finisher
User’s Guide
© 2004 Ricoh Printing Systems America, Inc.
2635-A Park Center Drive
Simi Valley, CA 93065
October 2004
337466-003, Revision A
© 2004 Ricoh Printing Systems America, Inc. All rights reserved.
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TRADEMARK
Digital Document Publisher, DDP, DDP 70, DDP 70e, DDP 92, DDP 184, and their associated logo marks are trademarks of Ricoh Printing Systems America, Inc. All rights reserved.
All other terms and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners, and are hereby acknowledged.
NOTICE TO USER
In an effort to meet the demands of a rapidly changing technology, the manufacturer is continually developing new features and functions to meet your changing printing or printer needs. As a result, this manual may not exactly reflect future changes made to the product. Please be sure to consult all manual updates or addenda when using this product’s documentation.
Safety Precautions
-The signal word WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
-The signal word CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in damage of machines. It may also be used to alert against unsafe practices.
-Read and understand all safety instructions with signal words such as WARNING and CAUTION. If safety instructions are ignored, personal injury may result.
-All equipment shall be locked out or tagged out to protect against accidental or inadvertent operation when such operation could cause injury to personnel. Do not attempt to operate any switch, valve, or other energy isolating device where it is locked or tagged out.
-Do not operate the machines when any covers are removed.
-Keep your hands and fingers off any moving parts during operation. Moving parts can cause severe personal injury.
-Some of the drawings in this manual show the machine uncovered for explaining the detail or inside of machine.
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CONTENTS
Safety Precautions ......................................................................................................iii
1. How the Publishing Finisher Works ...................................... |
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Making Booklets .................................................................................................. |
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Transport Sheets to the Advanced Finisher ......................................................... |
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Sheet Folding and Punching Options................................................................... |
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2. Machine Description ............................................................... |
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Unit Description ................................................................................................. |
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Staple Section / Sheet Accumulate Section ........................................................ |
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Sheet Inserter 1,2 ................................................................................................ |
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Booklet Stacker ................................................................................................... |
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3. Making Booklets ..................................................................... |
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3-1 Power On ............................................................................................................. |
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3-2 Sheet Preparation ................................................................................................. |
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Booklet Stacker Preparation ................................................................................ |
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Printer Preparation ............................................................................................... |
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Submit Print Job................................................................................................... |
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Remove Booklets ................................................................................................. |
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4. Troubleshooting ....................................................................... |
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4-1 Error Messages .................................................................................................... |
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4-2 Removing Jammed Sheets ................................................................................... |
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4-2-1 Interface Section ............................................................................................. |
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4-2-2 Sheet Inserter 1,2 ............................................................................................ |
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4-2-3 Sheet Entrance Section ................................................................................... |
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4-2-4 Staple Section ................................................................................................. |
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4-2-5 Fold Section For Stapled Sheets ..................................................................... |
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Trim Section ................................................................................................... |
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Finisher Delivery Section ............................................................................... |
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4-2-8 Transport Gate Section ................................................................................... |
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Delivery Path of Sheet Inserter 1,2 ................................................................ |
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4-3 When Sheet Jams Occur Frequently .................................................................... |
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4-4 When Cover or Guide is Open............................................................................. |
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4-5 When Staples Run Out ......................................................................................... |
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When Staple is Jammed ....................................................................................... |
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When Trimming Trash Box Is Full...................................................................... |
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When Fold Line is Not Aligned ........................................................................... |
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When the Fold and Stitch Line Are Not Aligned ................................................ |
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When the Fore-edge is Not Trimmed Completely............................................. |
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When the Fore-edge is Not Trimmed At All ..................................................... |
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When the Sheet is Not Folded ........................................................................... |
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5. Cleaning .................................................................................... |
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5-1 Cleaning the Sheet Transport Path....................................................................... |
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Appendix ...................................................................................... |
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A-1 Specifications ...................................................................................................... |
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A-2 Consumables ....................................................................................................... |
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1. How the Publishing Finisher Works
This section shows how the Publishing Finisher works.
1-1 Making Booklets
4. Fold stapled |
3. Punch sheets |
sheets in half.1 |
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2. Staple stacked sheets.
1. Insert cover or insert sheet into
stacked sheets.
5. Trim fore-edge of booklet.
Cover |
Insert Sheet |
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6. Stack finished |
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booklet. |
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Staple |
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To staple in the middle of sheets. |
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Definition |
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Insert sheet |
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A sheet inserted into stacked sheets. |
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Definition
Fold
To fold stapled sheets in half.1
Definition
Trim
To cut the fore-edge of a booklet.
1 Unstapled sheets can be folded with DDP 92 only.
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1-2 Transport Sheets to the Advanced Finisher
Printed sheets that will not be made into booklets are transported to the Advanced Finisher.
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1-3 Sheet Folding and Punching Options
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folding and punching options, as well as the |
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sheet paths of the Publishing Finisher. |
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Fold |
Punch |
Staple |
Sheet from printer
Sheet Inserter 1
Sheet Inserter 2
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Trim |
Booklet Stacker |
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Fold |
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Sheet feed direction.
Printing surface.
The folding capability of the Publishing
Finisher is illustrated below.
Center Fold
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2. Machine Description
This section shows and describes the parts of the Publishing Finisher.
2-1 Unit Description
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Sheet Accumulate Section |
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Transport Gate Section |
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accumulated and arranged. |
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Single sheets are sent to the Advanced |
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Finisher and stapled booklets are |
Staple Section |
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A set of sheets is stapled. |
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Fold Section for Stapled Sheets |
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The stapled sheets are folded. |
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Sheet Entrance Section |
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The sheets delivered from the |
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printer are received. |
Sheet Inserter 1,2 |
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The insert sheets are fed to the sheet |
Interface Section |
accumulate section and merged with the |
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sheets from the printer. |
This section connects the printer and |
Trim Section |
Publishing Finisher. The sheets from the |
The fore-edge of the booklet |
printer are transported to the Publishing |
is trimmed. |
Finisher. |
Booklet Stacker |
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The trimmed booklets are |
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stacked. |
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2-2 Staple Section / Sheet Accumulate Section
Stay
This stay is used to hold the staple section when it is tilted.
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Staple Eject Lever |
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This lever is used to remove a staple jammed |
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inside of the clincher. |
Jog Guide (Operation side and drive side) |
Clincher |
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Jog sheets at top and bottom sides. |
This clincher is used to press the |
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staples stitched out from the booklet. |
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Staple Cartridge |
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There are 5,000 staples in the |
Head Stoppers |
cartridge. When the cartridge is |
empty, it can be replaced. |
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These stoppers are used to jog |
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accumulated sheets. |
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Transport Hook
This stopper is a pair with the head stoppers and is used to jog sheets in the sheet accumulate section.
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2-3 Sheet Inserter 1,2
Sheet Level Check Window
This window is used to check the level of sheets in the sheet inserter.
Sheet Inserter 1,2
This tray is used to feed the cover or insert sheets. The sheets in this tray must be the same size as the sheets fed in the printer.
End Fence
This is set according to sheet size.
Side Guide
Sheet Size Lever
This lever is set according to the sheet size in the sheet inserter.
Feeding Lamp
This lamp illuminates when sheets in the sheet inserter tray are feeding or are ready to be fed. The sheet inserter tray cannot be opened.
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