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Viper TX 100
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MUTOH Viper TX 100 User Manual

User’s Guide
Viper TX 100
For Maintenance Kits, Spares,
Service and Support
Call: +44 (0) 1628 588755
E-mail: support@colourgen.com
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C O P YRIGH T © 2 0 10 M u toh E u rope nv A llrights res erved .
M u tohE u rope nv res erves the rightto mod ify the information c ontained in this m anu alatany tim e withou tpriornotic e.
This d oc u m entm ay notbe reprod u c ed by any means , in whole orin part, withou twritten perm is s ion ofthe c opyrightowner.
This d oc u m entis fu rnis hed to su pportthe M u toh V iperTX 1 0 0 s eries printe rs . In c onsid eration ofthe fu rnis hing ofthe information c ontained in this d oc u m ent, the party to whom itis given, as s u m es its c u s tod yand c ontroland agree s to the following:
The information herein c ontained is given in c onfid enc e, and any partthereofs hallnotbe c opie d orre prod u c ed withou twritten c ons entofM u tohEu rope nv
This d oc u m entorthe c ontents herein u nd erno c irc u ms tanc es s hallbe u s ed in the manu fac tu re orreprod u c tion ofthe artic le s hown and the d elivery ofthis d oc u m ents hallnot c ons titu te any rightorlic ens e to d o s o.
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Ta bleof contents
C h a pter1 Sa fetyinstructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.1 C om plia ncew ith th efollow ing reg ula tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.2 H a ndling inksa ndw a ste. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.3 W a rning s, ca utionsa ndnotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.4 Sa fetyinstru ctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.5 W a rning la bels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
C h a pter2 P roductov erv iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.1 P a rtna m esa ndfunctions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Front....................................................20
Rear ....................................................21
Heater system............................................22
Operation panel ..........................................23
Winding system ..........................................25
C h a pter3 B a sics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.1 Sw itch ing th epow erO N / O F F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Switching the power ON ...................................29
Switching the power OFF ..................................30
Switching ON-OFF the power of the winding system ...........31
3.2 P erfectm edia h a ndling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Unwinder / winder 100 .....................................32
Switchable print platform ...................................33
Pressure rollers disabler tool ...............................36
Media Retainers ..........................................38
Ink absorbents ...........................................41
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Adjustable head height ....................................41
Extra fans ...............................................42
Extra Tensioning Tool (ETT) ...............................42
Media core braces ........................................42
3.3 H a ndling a ndloa ding m edia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Overview ................................................44
Cautions on handling media ................................45
Precaution on storing media................................45
Loading media ...........................................46
3.4 F ea turesto im prov eth eprintqua lity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 0
Nozzlecheck .............................................60
Head cleaning............................................61
Media feed compensation (step) ............................62
3.5 Refilling th e ink ca ssettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6
3.6 Sw itch ing betw een ink config ura tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7
3.7 Sw itch ing ink types(D ispersedye Directdisperse) . . . . . 6 9
3.8 Repla cing th ew a stebottle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
Replacement Procedures ..................................71
3.9 Reloca ting a ndtra nsporting th eprinter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3
Relocating the printer......................................73
Transporting the printer ....................................74
C h a pter4 P eriodica lm a intena nce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7
4.1 D oneby th eenduser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8
Overview ................................................79
User and good shape kit ...................................80
Daily Maintenance ........................................81
Weekly maintenance ......................................87
Monthly maintenance......................................89
Six monthly maintenance ..................................91
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4.2 D oneby a n a uth orizedM utoh tech nicia n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3
Overview ................................................93
Part numbers of the maintenance kits........................93
C h a pter5 P rinterm enu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5
5.1 H ow to w orkin th em enu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9
Main screen..............................................99
Menu screen ............................................100
Changing between the screens ............................101
5.2 O pera tion pa nelin sta ndby m ode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
[F1] - Feeding and Step Adjust ............................102
[F2] - Cleaning the heads .................................103
[F3] - Controlling the heater elements.......................103
[F4] - Operating the pressure rollers ........................105
[ENTER] - Print mode check ..............................106
5.3 O pera ting pa nelduring printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Printing menu ...........................................107
Printing menu ...........................................109
Printing menu ...........................................109
5.4 M enu ov erv iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
5.5 S etup m enu 1/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Ink config ...............................................111
Origin set menu .........................................112
Test print menu..........................................113
Media set menu .........................................114
5.6 Setup m enu 2/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Print mode ..............................................124
Command setup menu ...................................132
Layout setup menu ......................................134
Function setup menu .....................................135
5.7 Setup m enu 3/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
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Roll setup menu .........................................136
Centronics menu ........................................137
Network setting menu ....................................137
5.8 Setup m enu 4/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Utility menu .............................................140
Initialize setup menu .....................................150
5.9 Setup M enu 5/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Data dump menu ........................................155
Ink Manager menu .......................................155
5.10 Setup m enu 6 /7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Manual Maintenance menu ...............................158
Tubing Flush menu ......................................159
Head Unlock menu ......................................159
Tankchange menu .......................................159
5.11 Setup m enu 7 /7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 0
Version Check menu .....................................160
Area ...................................................161
C h a pter6 Troublesh ooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3
6 .1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 5
6 .2 F a iluresa ndm a lfunctionsof th eprinter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 6
6 .3 Erro rm essa g es. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3
Status messages ........................................173
Message type error display and solutions ...................174
Data error display and solutions............................175
Command error display and solutions.......................175
Error requiring a restart ...................................176
External errors ..........................................177
6 .4 W h en m edia ja m soccur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8
How to remove a piece of media ...........................178
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C hapter1 S afety instructions
C om plia ncew ith th efollow ing reg ula tions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
H a ndling inksa ndw a ste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
W a rning s, ca utionsa ndnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Sa fetyinstru ctions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
W a rning la bels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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This c hapterexplains the ins tallation ofV iperTX 10 0 , warning term s thatoperators need to know, c au tion item s and warninglabels on the printerm ain u nit.
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W h en insta lling a ndo pera ting th is p rinter, besureto follow th e directio nsa n d w a rnin g sin th is g uide.
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1.1 C om pliance w ith th e follow ing regulations
The C E m arking is a mand atory Eu ropean markingforc ertain prod u c tgrou ps to ind ic ate c onform ity with the es s entialhe althand s afety req u irem ents s etou tin E u rope an D irec tives .
B y affixing the C E marking, the manu fac tu rer, his au thorized repres entative, orthe pers on plac ing the prod u c ton the m arketor pu ttingitinto s ervic e ens u res thatthe ite m m eets allthe es s ential requ irem ents ofallapplic able EU d ire c tives and thatthe applic able c onformity as s e s s m entproc ed u re s have been applied .
You rprod u c tis d es igned and m anu fac tu red with high-q u ality materials and c omponents , whic hc an be rec yc led and reu s ed .
W hen this c ros s ed -ou twheeled bin s u bm enu is attac hed to a prod u c t, itm eans the prod u c tis c overe d by the E u ropean D irec tive 2 0 02 /96/E C -W E EE regu lation.
P leas e inform you rs elfabou tthe loc als eparate c ollec tion s ys tem for elec tric aland elec tronic prod u c ts .
P lease ac tac c ord ing to loc alru les and d o notd is pos e ofyou rold prod u c ts with you rnormalhou s e hold was te. The c orrec td is pos alof you rold prod u c twillhe lppreventpotentialnegative c ons eq u enc es forthe e nvironmentand hu man health.
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This e q u ipmenthas be en tes ted and fou nd to c omply with the lim its fora C las s A d igitald evic e, pu rs u antto P art1 5 ofthe FC C Ru le s . Thes e limits are d es igned to provid e reas onable protec tion agains t harmfu linterferenc e when the equ ipm entis operated in ac omm erc ial environment. This eq u ipm entgenerates , u s es , and c an rad iate rad io frequ enc y energy and , ifnotins talled and u s ed in ac c ord anc e with the ins tru c tion manu al, may c au s e harmfu linte rfere nc e to rad io c ommu nic ations . O peration ofthis equ ipm entin ares id entialarea is likely to c au s e harm fu linterferenc e in whic h c as e the u s erwillbe requ ire d to c orrec tthe interferenc e athis own expens e.
IC ES
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1.2 H and ling inks and w aste
B efore hand linginks /c leaningand theirwas te, C A REFUL L Y RE A D TH E M A TERIA L S A FETY D A TA S H E ETS (M S D S )and the labels forim portanthealth, s afety and environmentalinform ation. P ostthes e d oc u ments in the workarea as req u ired by fed eralor loc allaw. A lls afety d ata s heets are period ic ally u pd ated . Thes e s heets and theirtranslations c an be fou nd on ©©©ò³«¬±¸ò»«
O nly u s e originalmanu fac tu rer's ink and appropriate c leaning liq u id . B efore ins talling an inkhold er, s hake itgently. D oing s o willpres erve printq u ality.
W hen inkis moved from ac old plac e to a warm plac e, kee pthe inkforthree hou rs ormore in the new printing environmentbefore printing.
D o notd is as semble ink hold er. O therwis e, ink m ay getin you r eyes oron you r s kin. A d is as s em bled inkhold erc annotbe u s ed either.
W hen refilling ink, u s e originalm anu fac tu rer's ink. O u rM u toh printers are d es igned to u s e originalink. Ifyou u s e inkwhic h are notprod u c ed by the originalmanu fac tu rer:
printingmightbec ome blu rred and the end ofthe inkin the hold erm ightnotbe d etec ted c orrec tly
A nyproblems c au s ed by u s ingan inkhold erotherthan thos e rec omm end ed above will notbe c overed by the warranty, and repairexpens es willbe paid by the c u s tomer.
Forhand lingwas te: s ee s ec tion 13 on the M S D S -s he et
Inks /W as te
G enera la dv ice: wearsafety glas s es and gloves es pe c ially whe n hand ling the was te ink.
A fterspill: rem ove c ontaminated c lothing.
A fterinh a la tion: if d iffic u lties oc c u rafterinhaling vapou r/aeros ol, rem ove to fres hair
and s eek m ed ic alattention.
A fterskin conta ct: was hthorou ghly with s oapand water.
A ftereyeconta ct: was h affec ted eyes foratleast15 minu tes u nd erru nning water
while the e yelid s are held ope n.
A ftersw a llow ing : rins e mou th and d rinkplenty ofwater. N everind u c e vomiting.
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1.3 W arnings,cautions and notes
S afety term s in this m anu aland the c ontents ofwarning labels attac hed to the printerare c ategorized into the following three type s , d epend ing on the d egree ofris k(orthe s c ale of ac c id ent).
Read the following explanations c arefu lly and follow the ins tru c tions in this manu al.
S a fety term s Deta ils
Im porta nt M u s tbe followed c arefu lly to avoid d eath ors eriou s bod ily inju ry.
C a ution
M u s tbe obs erved to avoid bod ily inju ry (mod erate orlight)ord amage to you requ ipm e nt.
N o tes
C ontains importantinformation and u s efu ltips on the operation ofyou r printer.
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1.4 S afety instructions
M a ch inesm ustbein sta lleda ccording to M uto h 'sI nsta lla tion G uidea lso a fterm ov ing m a ch ines to a noth erloca tion;m a intena nceneedsto bedonea ccording to th e serv ice m a nua l.
To preventfire or elec tric als hoc k, neveru s e a powers u pply s ou rc e othe r than the one rated forthe prod u c tin the c ou ntry where you pu rc has ed the prod u c t.
Us e only the provid ed power c able. To prevent fire or elec tric als hoc k, follow the ins tru c tions below whe n hand ling the powerc able:
D o notc u tormod ify the c able.
D o notpu theavyobjec ts on the c able.
D o notbend , twis t, knotorpu llthe c able.
D o notwire the c able neareq u ipmentthatgenerate s heat.
D o notu s e the c able with any otherelec tric ald evic e
D o nothand le the c able withwethand s
B e aware ofallc au tion and warninglabels to avoid potentially hazard ou s s itu ations .
To preventfire orelec tric als hoc k, m ac hines m u s tbe c onnec ted to a properly grou nd ed elec tric alpowerou tle t. D o notc onnec tthe powerc able to a powers trip ora powers ou rc e s hared by otherele c tric ald evic es .
M ake s u re thatno foreign s u bs tanc es s u c has d u s tetc . are s tu c kto the powerplu g.
M ake s u re thatthe powerplu g is firmly ins erted to the ed ge ofthe powers oc ket.
D o notd is able any s afety pre c au tions s ys tem s .
D o notoperate the u nitu nles s allparts are mou nted .
D o notplac e the mac hine in the following areas . D oing s o may res u ltin the m ac hine tipping orfalling overand c au s inginju ry.
Uns table s u rfac es
S lopingfloors
A reas s u bjec tto vibration byothereq u ipment
D o nots tand on or plac e heavy objec ts on you r mac hine. D oing s o may res u ltin the mac hine tippingorfalling overand c au s ing inju ry.
D o notplac e the mac hine in hu mid and d u s ty areas orin areas expos ed to flamm ables . D oings o mayre s u ltin elec tric als hoc korfire.
D o notc over the ventilation hole of you r mac hine with c loth, s u c h as a blanketortable c loth. D oing s o c ou ld obs tru c tventilation and c au s e fire.
D o notins ertor d rop metalor inflammable objec ts into openings , s u c h as ventilation ou tle ts . D oing s o may res u ltin ele c tric als hoc kand fire.
S topu s ingyou rmac hine ifa liqu id is s pilled into it. This m ay c au s e elec tric als hoc korfire. S witc hthe mac hine off as s oon as pos s ible, u nplu g the powerc ord , and c ontac tyou rloc al M u toh d ealer.
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B e s u re to power O FF the m ac hine and u nplu g the power c able from the ou tletbefore c leaning the m ac hine. Us e a d amp c loth to c lean the m ac hine. D o notu s e thinner, benzene, alc oholorotherac tive agents . D oing s o m ay res u ltin d amage orpaintpeeling from the c as ing.
D o notbend orpu llthe was te flu id tu be. D oing s o may c au s e was te flu id to leak ou tand malfu nc tion ofthe prod u c t.
D o nottiltthe mac hine, plac e itagains ta wallortu rn itu ps id e d own. D oings o may c au s e ink to leak ins id e the m ac hine. M ovem entafter trans portis als o notc overed by the warranty.
To preventbac kpains and otherinju ries , always workwith atleas t4 pe ople to u npac k or move the mac hine. Keepthe m ac hine horizontally d u ring transportation.
D o N O T trans portthe m ac hine to another room withou tc ontac ting you rloc alA u thorized M u toh D ealer.
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1.5 W arning labels
A s afety labelis u s ed on parts ofthe printerwhic hes pec iallyneed you ratte ntion. Und ers tand the loc ations and the d es c riptions ofthe d angeras s oc iated with eac hlabelbefore operating the printer.
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M a ke sure th a ta ll la bels ca n be recog nized. I f textorillustra tions ca nnotbe seen clea rly, eith erclea n orrep la ceth ela bel.
W h en clea ning la bels, u sea cloth w ith w a terorneutra ldeterg ent. D o no tusea solv entorg a soline.
If a w a rning la bel is da m a g ed, lostorca nno tbe recog nized, repla ce th e la bel. W h en repla cing w a rning la bels, conta ctyourlo ca lM utoh dea ler.
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This labelwarns you to
be c arefu lnotto pinc h
you rfingers .
This labelwarns you that
this area mightbe hot.
B e c arefu lnotto bu rn
you rs elf.
B e s u re to d is c onnec t
boththe printeras wind er
powerc able before
s ervic ingthe mac hine.
The d evic e is a C las s A
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Itis very importantto
have the lates tfirm ware
ins talled on you rprinter
before performing the firs tinkload . B u gfixes or otherinnovative featu re s may be implem e nted in a
newerfirmware.
S ome parts nee d to be
removed firs tbefore
powering O N the print.
The s wingbars are fragile
and the c omplete
wind ing s ys te m is
c alibrated .
To avoid d is tortion ofthe
printer, itis prohibited to
liftthe printerwith a
forklift.
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C hapter2 P roductoverview
P a rtna m esa ndfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Front. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Heater system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Operation panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Operation keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
LCD monitor and light indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Winding system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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2.1 P artnam es and functions
This s ec tion explains the nam e s and fu nc tions ofe ac hpart.
2.1.1 Front
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N ° Description F unction
ï Unwind er/W ind erc ontrolpanel
To c ontrolthe c om plete Unwind er/wind er10 0 s ys tem .
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Frontc over (O pe n itby u s ingthe hand les )
This c overkeeps the operators afe from the d rive parts ofthe printerwhile itis operating.
í O pe ration panel
This panelis u s ed to s etoperationalc ond itions , the s tatu s ofthe printerand otherfu nc tions .
ì Inkc ompartment S ixteen s lots available to ins tallinkc as s ettes .
ë E TT hand le To operate the extra tens ioning tool
ê W aste bottle
To c ollec tthe was te flu id . S hou ld be e m ptied ac c ord ing to the proc ed u re d es c ribed in this manu al.
é Fronts wingbar
To ad ju s tthe tens ion ofthe fabric and to optimis e the wind ing ofthe fabric .
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2.1.2 R ear
è W ind ers ys tem M otorized roll-u ps ys tem
ç med ia gu id e S u pportthe fabric d u ringprinting
ïð E xtra tens ioning tool To pu llthe m ed ia in line with the printplatform.
N ° Description F unction
N ° Description F unction
ï Interfac e c onnec tor
This is the c onnec torto whic hthe interfac e c able is c onnec ted
î A C inlet
This is the inletinterfac e to whic h the powerplu g is c onnec ted
í B IS -C L IB To c onnec tthe optionalB u lkInkS ys tem
ì B IS -S ens ors
To c onnec tthe s ens orc able ofthe optionalB u lk InkS ys tem with the printer
ë Ins ertion s lot
N etwork c ard ins talled . To c onnec tthe network c able
ê H ard d is ks lot The hard d is kins talled here
é W aste bottle c onnec tor To c onnec tthe was te bottle s ens orc able
è Foots witc hc onnec tors
To c onnec tthe foots witc hes to lowerorrais e the pres s u re rollers
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2.1.3 H eater system
There have been a nu m berofreq u es ts from the field , asking the heaters to be on by d efau lt fora few u s ers ettings . This has now been im plem ented as follows :
Foru s er1 and u s er8 d efau lts ettings are as follows :
H eaterA : 0 °C
H eaterC : 0 °C
H eaterD : 0 °C
Foru s ers 2 7 , by d efau ltthe heaters are s tillO FF.
B e sureto rea da ndundersta ndth esa fetyw a rning s beforeh a ndling th e printer.
H ea terelem ent Tem pera ture F unction
A m ax tem p: 7 0 °C
O pens the fibres ofthe fabric to m ake it more rec eptive forthe ink.
C max temp: 7 0 °C H e lps to make the printtou c h d ry
D max tem p: 7 0 °C
C ompletes the d ryingforc ompatibility with the take -u pin c ombination with higher ou tpu ts pe ed s
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2.1.4 O peration panel
To s etoperationalc ond itions , d is play the s tatu s ofthe printer, and s etotherfu nc tions , u s e the ope ration panel.
The nam e s and fu nc tions ofthe operation keys and s tatu s lamps are explained below.
O peration keys
N ° N a m e N orm a l S etup m enu disp la y
ï Power
S witc hes the printerO N and O FF
S witc hes the printeron and off.
î F1
E xec u tes the fu nc tion as s igned to F1 .
Exec u tes the fu nc tion as s igned to F1 .
í F2
E xec u tes the fu nc tion as s igned to F2 .
Exec u tes the fu nc tion as s igned to F2 .
ì F3
E xec u tes the fu nc tion as s igned to F3.
Exec u tes the fu nc tion as s igned to F3.
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LC D m onitorand ligh tindicators
ë F4
E xec u tes the fu nc tion as s igned to F4.
Exec u tes the fu nc tion as s igned to F4.
ê Menu
C hanges the L C D monitor d is play to the s etu pm e nu s tatu s .
C hanges the m enu in revers e ord er.
é Menu
C hanges the L C D monitor d is play to s etu pm enu s tatu s .
C hanges the m enu in forward ord er.
è ENTER
D is plays the printmod e c u rre ntly s et.
D eterm ines the new param etervalu e and c hanges the L C D monitord is play to the nextm enu . S ets the parametervalu e and c hanges the L C D m onitord is play to the nextm enu .
ç CANCEL ---
C anc els the new parametervalu e and c hanges the L C D monitord is play to the nextm enu . C lears the parametervalu e and c hanges the L C D m onitord is play to the nextm enu .
N ° N a m e N orm a l S etup m enu disp la y
N ° N a m e C olou r Sta tus F unctio n
1 0 L C D m onitor - -
The m onitord is plays the operation s tatu s and errormes s ages ofthe printer. (2 0 c harac ters x 4 lines )
11 P O W ER lamp Green
O N The printeris O N
O FF The printeris O FF
1 2 D A TA lamp O range
O n The printerrec eives printd ata
Flas hing The printeranalys es rec eived d ata.
1 3 E RRO R lamp Red
Flas hing
A n errorhas oc c u rred . The c ontents willbe d is playe d on the L C D monitor.
O FF E itherthere is no errororthe poweris O FF
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M ED IA S ET lamp
O range
O N
The pres s u re rolle ris in the releas e pos ition. M ed ia is notload ed .
O FF
The pres s u re rolleris in the s ec u red pos ition. The fabric is notload ed .
1 5 RO L L lamp O range
O N The fabric type is s etto rollm ed ia
O FF The fabric type is s etto s heetm ed ia
1 6 S H EE T lamp O range
O N The fabric type is s etto s heetmed ia.
O FF The fabric type is s etto rollm ed ia.
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2.1.5 W ind ing system
Us e the operation panelto s etoperationalc ond itions
1 7 H E A TER lamp O range
O N
The heating e lem e nts re ac hed the req u es ted tem peratu re. The realtem pe ratu re is the s ame as the req u es te d tem peratu re.
Flas hing
The heatinge lem ents are warm ing u p. The realtem peratu re is d ifferentfrom the requ es ted tem pe ratu re.
O ff The heatingelem ents are powered O FF
N ° N a m e C olou r Sta tus F unctio n
N ° N a m e F unction
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P artofthe operation panelc ontrollingthe Unwind er 1 0 0 .
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P artofthe operation panelc ontrollingthe wind er 1 0 0 .
ï P rintS id e S elec tor
In c as e you load ed fabric with printed s id e on the ou ts id e s ele c t'O UT', otherwis e s elec t'IN '.
î Unwind er1 0 0 s witc h
Toggle between M anu al("0 ")and A u tomatic (" I") mod e.
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Unwind er 1 0 0 s witc h
M anu al
L ED lights u pwhen pu s hingone ofthe bu ttons M otortu rns : L E D flas hes .
A u tomatic
M otoris off: L E D is ou t. M otorac c elerate s : L E D bu rns c ontinu ou s ly.
O u ts id e printing Ins id e printing
ì B ac kward s bu tton Roll-offUnwind er Roll-u pUnwind er
ë Forward s bu tton Roll-u pUnwind er Roll-offUnwind er
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W ind er 1 0 0 L ED
M anu al L ED lights u pwhen pu s hingone ofthe bu ttons
A u tomatic
M otortu rns : L E D flas hes M otoris off: L E D is ou t.
é W ind er1 0 0 s witc h
Toggle between M anu al("0 ")and A u tomatic (" I") mod e.
O u ts id e printing Ins id e printing
è B ac kward s bu tton Roll-offUnwind er Roll-offwind er
ç Forward s bu tton Roll-u pUnwind er Roll-u pwind er
ïð P owerL E D L ightens u pif the s ys tem is O N .
N ° N a m e F unction
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C hapter3 Basics
Sw itch ing th epow erO N / O F F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Switching the power ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Switching the power OFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Switching ON-OFF the power of the winding system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
P erfectm edia h a ndling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Unwinder / winder 100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Switchable print platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Switching the print platform into an ink gutter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Switching the ink gutter into a print platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Pressure rollers disabler tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Installation procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Media Retainers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Installation procedure when working with fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Installation procedure when working with transfer paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Ink absorbents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installation procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Adjustable head height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Extra fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Extra Tensioning Tool (ETT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Media core braces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
H a ndling a ndloa ding m edia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Cautions on handling media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Precaution on storing media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Loading media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Loading fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Loading transfer paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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F ea turesto im prov eth eprintqua lity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 0
Nozzlecheck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Head cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Media feed compensation (step) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Basics about the step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Underfeed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Overfeed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Repeatability step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Determining and setting the correct step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Change the step on-the-fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Refilling th e ink ca ssettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6
Sw itch ing betw een ink config ura tions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7
Sw itch ing ink types(D ispersedye D irectdisperse). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 9
Repla cing th ew a stebottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
Replacement Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Reloca ting a ndtra nsporting th eprinter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3
Relocating the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Transporting the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Switching the ink to shipping liquid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Packing the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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3.1 S w itching the pow er O N /O FF
3.1.1 S w itching the p ow er O N
S witc hthe powerofthe u nitO N ac c ord ing to following proc ed u re .
ͬ»° ïæ P res s POWER on the operation panel, to s witc h the u nitO N .
The P O W E R lampofthe operation panelwilllight(green).
B e sureto rea da ndundersta ndth esa fetyw a rning s beforeh a ndling th e printer.
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3.1.2 S w itching the pow er O FF
S witc hthe powerofthe u nitO FF ac c ord ingto the following proc ed u re.
ͬ»° ïæ Verify the following regard ing the operationalc ond ition ofthe u nit.
N o printing operation is perform ed .
The operation panelis in a norm als tatu s .
ͬ»° îæ P res s POWER on the operation panelto s witc h the u nitO FF.
ͬ»° íæ The operation paneld is plays following m es s age for3 sec ond s .
ͬ»° ìæ The prod u c twillperform the powerO FF operation.
The operation paneld is plays following m es s age.
A lllamps and the L C D ofthe operation panelwills witc hO FF.
The prod u c twillau tomatic ally s witc hthe powerO FF afterperforming a tu bing flu s h.
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Th e printer is O N w h en th e p ow erla m p litg reen. P ress power a g a in to sh ut dow n th e p rinter.
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If th ere a re problem s du ring th e po w erO F F op era tion, th e unitw ill displa y a m essa g e on th e op era tion pa nel, a ndth e opera tio n m a y stop . I f th e o pera tio n stops, referto a ndta keth ea p prop ria tea ctions
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