MUTOH Viper TX 100 User Manual

User’s Guide

Viper TX 100

For Maintenance Kits, Spares,

Service and Support

Call: [phone]

E-mail: [email protected]

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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.

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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.

F C C

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

This C las s A d igitalapparatu s c omplies with C anad ian IC E S -0 0 3.

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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.

L a bel D escription

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

d igitalapparelwhic h

c omplies withP art15 of

the FC C ru les and

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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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mac hine.

1. Machine type

2. Serial number

3. Electrical specs

4. CE mark

5. WEEE mark

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in whic h ord erthe ink
c as settes have to be
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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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P lea senoteso m eRI P softw a redo nota llow selection of th euserfrom softw a re
side. In som eca ses, h ow ev er, th eydo a utom a tica lly a ctiv a teuser8

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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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3.1.3 S w itching O N -O FF th e pow er of th e w inding system

There is a s witc hloc ated on the powers u pply box ofthe wind ing s ys tem.

Its s tatu s is m arked with "O " and " I" .

" I" S witc hed O N P owerL E D on c ontrolpanelofwind ing s ys tem willlightu p

" O " S witc hed O FF P owerL E D on c ontrolpanelofwind ing s ys tem willnotbe lit.

B e sureto rea da ndundersta ndth esa fetyw a rning s beforeh a ndling th e printer.

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3.2 P erfectm ed ia hand ling

3.2.1 U nw ind er /w inder 100

The Unwind er/wind er1 0 0 s ys tem always provid es an eq u altens ion on the fabric when
printing.

Itis importantthatthe printerand the Unwind er/wind er1 0 0 are perfec tly lined ou tto prevent
c oc kling. To line ou tthe Unwind er/wind er1 0 0, pleas e refe rto Ins tallation Gu id e.

P rinte nvironment.

Environmental

Rec omm end ed working
environme nt

Tem peratu re: 1 9° -26°C
H u mid ity: 30% -60 % , withou t
c ond ens ation

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C onta ctyourin k su pplierform ore inform a tio n a boutth e requirem ents of th e
ink in orderto w ork in optim um p rinting conditions.

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3.2.2 S w itchab le printplatform

S inc e the V iperTX 1 0 0 is a u nivers alprinterable to printon bothtextile and trans ferpape r, it
is nec es s ary to ad aptthe printplatform forthe applic ation you c hoos e . S witc hingthe print
platform is very s imple.

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S w itching th e printplatform into an ink gutter

This nee d s to be d one when you wantto printonto textile.

The gu tterinhibits s m earingofthe inkatthe bac ks id e ofthe fabric allowingprintingonto

fabric s with an open s tru c tu re.

Inkprinted throu gh the fabric willbe rec eived in an inkgu tterand willbe d rained away.

To s witc hthe printplatform into an inkgu tter, proc eed as follows .

ͬ»° ïæ O pen the frontc over.

ͬ»° îæ C arefu lly liftthe printplatform ou tofits fitting.

ͬ»° íæ Tu rn the printplatform s o thatthe inkgu tteris u ps id e and the velc ro s trips m atc h.

ͬ»° ìæ C arefu lly ins ertthe inkgu tter.

ͬ»° ëæ P res s the inkgu tterc arefu lly d own and verify thatitis nowhere s tic kingou t.

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S w itching th e ink gutter into a printplatform

This nee d s to be d one whe n you wantto printonto trans ferpaper. To s witc h the inkgu tter
into a printplatform , proc eed as follows .

ͬ»° ïæ O pen the frontc over.

ͬ»° îæ Rins e and c lean the inkgu tter.

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ͬ»° íæ C arefu lly liftthe inkgu tterou tofits fitting.

ͬ»° ìæ Tu rn the inkgu tters o thatthe printplatform is atthe u ps id e.

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ͬ»° ëæ C arefu lly ins ertthe s id e ofthe printplatform into the fitting.

ͬ»° êæ P res s the printplatform c are fu lly d own and verify thatitis nowhere s tic kingou t.

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Th e edg es of th e printpla tform m ustbe clea n in order to positio n th e print
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3.2.3 P ressure rollers disabler tool

The pres s u re rollerd is ablertoolallows a pres s u re rollerto be lifted while printing, thu s
provid ingthe nec es s ary s pac e forthe m ed ia to expand .

Installation procedure

ͬ»° ïæ P u llthe pres s u re roller(you wantto d is able )d own.

ͬ»° îæ P lac e the pres s u re rollerd is ablertoolin the s pac e c reated whe n pu llingthe

pres s u re rolle rd own.

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W e recom m endu sing 2-3pressurerollersdisa blertools on both edg es o f th e
m edia .

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ͬ»° íæ The pre s s u re rolle rd is ablertoolis now pos itioned as follows :

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3.2.4 M edia R etainers

The Vipe rTX 1 0 0 c ontains two kind ofm ed ia retainers . O ne type ofm ed ia retainers forwhen
workingwith trans ferpaperand anothertype forwhen workingwith fabric s .

B oth type ofm ed ia retainers are d eveloped to avoid thatthe ed ges ofthe fabric s ortrans fer
paperc u rlu pand c au s e head strikes whic h c ou ld c au s e bad printing ou tpu t.

A lw a ys use th e m edia reta iners w h en th e m edia (tra nsfer pa p er a nd fa bric) h a v e
roug h finish edbo rders.

W hen c hoos inged ge printing, the m ed ia retainers c an'tbe u s ed .
In c as e ofed ge printingon textile, m ake u s e ofthe inkabs orbers .

Verify if the m ed ia retainers are firm ly fixed ins id e the gu tter to preventc ontac twith the
printhe ad .

M ake s u re the bord erofthe med ia is pos itioned u nd erthe topplate ofthe m ed ia retainer.

M ake s u re the med ia d oes nots ag orc atc h the m ed ia retainer.

M ake s u re you plac e the m e d ia retainers before you perform the med ia d etec tion,
otherwis e the printerwillprintonto the m ed ia retainers .

M ed ia retainerwhe n workingwith fabric M ed ia retainerwhen working with trans fer

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Installation procedure w h e n w o rking w ith fabrics

ͬ»° ïæ O pen the frontc over.

ͬ»° îæ Ins tallthe fabric retainers in the gu tter.

ͬ»° íæ P lac e the bord erofthe fabric u nd er the fabric s retainer top plate.

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interferew ith th eprinth ea d.

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Installation proced ure w hen w orking w ith transfer paper

ͬ»° ïæ O pen the frontc over.

ͬ»° îæ H ookthe med ia retainerto the printplatform .

ͬ»° íæ A ttac h the others id e ofthe m ed ia retainerto the ETT.

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3.2.5 Ink absorbents

Thes e abs orbents are d eveloped to abs orb the inks poiled atthe ed ges ofthe fabric s . This
toolis m e antfores pec ially ed ge-to-ed ge printingon s elfed ge fabric s . Itis als o pos s ible to
ins tallthe abs orbents fors tand ard printing (with margin)when you d o not(need to)u s e the
fabric retainers . C ons eq u ently forfabric s withs elfed ges .

Installation procedure

M aintenance

Rins e the abs orbentwith waterwhen itis s atu rated with ink.

3.2.6 Adjustab le head h eigh t

S ome fabric s are very hairy and c ou ld tou c h the head s d u ringprinting. Therefore, d ifferent
head heights c an be s et:

L ow (1 , 2 m m)

M id d le (2, 0 m m)

M id -high(3, 0 mm )

H igh (4, 0 m m )

Edg e-to-edg eprinting Reg ula rprintin g

W hen printing ed ge-to-ed ge, you willprint
wid erthan the fabric wid th. M aximu m 5 c m
atboths id es . P os ition the abs orbentu ntil
you have an extra 1 c m. S o in this c as e 6
c m.

W hen leavinga margin while printing and
you d o not(need to)u s e the fabric retainers ,
itis rec omm e nd ed to ins tallthe abs orbents
u nd erthe leftand righted ge ofthe fabric .
M ake s u re thatthere is 2 c m ofthe
abs orbentvis ible.

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bestprinting q ua lity.

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3.2.7 E xtra fans

The ViperTX 1 0 0 is eq u ippe d with extra fans to kee p the trans ferpaperflaton the print
platform .

3.2.8 E xtra T ensionin g Tool(ET T )

W hen working with transferpaper, the Extra Tens ion Toolpu lls the trans ferpaperin line with
the printplatform. The tens ion on the s id es is always biggerthan in the mid d le. A s a res u lt
pos s ible c u rls are s traightened .

3.2.9 M edia core braces

M ed ia c ore brac es are d eveloped to preventthe med ia c ores to bend while printing. This
c ou ld c au s e bad printqu ality ormed ia s lant.

From the mom entthe c ore is large rthan 2 0 50 m m , we rec omm end ins talling the brac e. D o
N O Tins tallthe brac e whe n the c ore is s mallerthan 2 0 50 m m .

In the pac kagingbox ofthe m ac hine you willfind two c ores and two med ia c ore brac es with
s pac ers . The re are alread y 3 s pac ers ins talled perbrac e with an ou terd iameterof7 4 m m . In
the box there are 6 s pac ers of7 6 mm .

P lease follow the ins tru c tions below to ins talland u s e the brac es c orrec tly.

ͬ»° ïæ Firs tc hec kwhic hs pac erfits the bes tin the u s ed c ore. Ifthis one is notins talled yet,

remove the ins talled one with a H exagon W renc h 2 m m and installthe c orrec tone
as s hown below.

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Th efa ns w ill a utom a tica lly sw itch on oroff dep ending o n th e a p plica tio n you
h a v eselected.

In ca se of selecting th e a pp lica tion tra nsfer, th e extra fa n s w ill be sw itch edon.
In ca seof selecting th e directtextile a pplica tion, th e fa nsw illbe sw itch edoff.

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A lw a ysm a kesu re th a tth ecom plete w ith o f th e tra nsferpa perissupp ortedby
th eE TT(th em iddle pa rtisexpa nda blea n drem ov a ble). Th eedg eso f th em edia
m ustcom e5m m furth erth a n th eedg eof th eExtra Ten sioning Too l.

B e sureto rea da ndundersta ndth esa fetyw a rning s beforeh a ndling th e printer.

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ͬ»° îæ P u s h the brac e in the c ore.

B e s u re thatthe d is tanc e X is the s am e as Y (pic tu re 2 )and atleas t7 5 mm .

N ° Description

ï Rollu nit

î P ositioningc one

í M ed ia c ore brac e of1 90 0 m m

ì S pac er

ë C ore ofminimu m 2 0 50 m m

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3.3 H and ling and load ing m ed ia

3.3.1 O verview

The table below gives you a q u ic koverview ofthe items thatneed s to be c hec ked oru s ed
when printingon textile oron transferpaper.

P osition p rin t
pla tform

A p plica tio n m enu Typ em edia

reta iners

ETT Typ eink

Textile

Trans form the print
platform into an ink
gu tter.

Í©·¬½¸·²¹ ¬¸» °®·²¬
°´¿¬º±®³ ·²¬± ¿² ·²µ

S etthe applic ation
menu to D irec t.

ß°°´·½¿¬·±² ³»²« ±²

ײ-¬¿´´¿¬·±²
°®±½»¼«®»
©¸»² ©±®µ·²¹
©·¬¸ º¿¾®·½- ±²

O FF

D irec t
d is pers e

Í©·¬½¸·²¹ ·²µ
¬§°»­øÜ·-°»®-» ¼§»á
Ü·®»½¬
¼·-°»®-»÷ ±²

Trans ferpaper

Us e the regu larprint
platform

Í©·¬½¸·²¹ ¬¸» ·²µ
¹«¬¬»® ·²¬± ¿ °®·²¬

S etthe applic ation
menu to trans fer.

ß°°´·½¿¬·±² ³»²« ±²

ײ-¬¿´´¿¬·±²
°®±½»¼«®»
©¸»² ©±®µ·²¹
©·¬¸ ¬®¿²-º»®
°¿°»® ±²

O N

D ye
s u blim ation

Í©·¬½¸·²¹ ·²µ
¬§°»­øÜ·-°»®-» ¼§»á
Ü·®»½¬
¼·-°»®-»÷ ±²

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3.3.2 C aution s on h and ling m ed ia

W hen you hand le med ia, pleas e pay attention to the following:

Us e rec omm e nd ed med ia in an appropriate environment. Following are the appropriate
tem peratu re and hu m id ity ranges forprinting.

D o notu s e c reased , d amaged , torn, c u rled , orwrapped m ed ia.

The s ize of the rec omm end ed m ed ia c an c hange ata fixed ratio ac c ord ing to the
tem peratu re c hanges of the working environm ent. B efore u s ing me d ia, plac e itin the
working environmentforatleas t30 m inu tes , to have itmatc h to the tem peratu re of the
workingarea.

P rinting before the m e d ia c ou ld ac c omm od ate to the printing environme ntm ay c au s e
med ia jams d u e to s lippage orc reas es . This als o ad vers ely affec ts the q u ality ofprinting.

M ed ia has a printable s id e and a non-printable s id e. If you printon a notprintable s id e,
blu rring m ay oc c u r.

D o nottou c h the printable s id e of med ia. M ois tu re or oilfrom hand s affec ts the printing
qu ality.

D o notleave the printerforalongtime with m ed ia load ed . The med ia may c u rlres u ltingin
mis alignment, med ia jam s , ord ec reas ed printingq u ality. In partic u lar, avoid this in winter
ord ry s eas ons .

D o notlos e the box orwrappingbag fors toringm e d ia.

3.3.3 P recautio n on storing m ed ia

W hen s toringm ed ia, pay attention to the following:

D o nots tore m ed ia in hightemperatu re, high hu m id ity, ord irec ts u nlight.

D o nots tore m ed ia vertic ally.

S tore s heetme d ia in the originalbagafteru npac king.

Unu s ed rollmed ia mu s tbe rem oved from the s c roller, rewou nd tightly, and s tored in
the originalwrapping bagand box.

D o notwetm ed ia.

Tem pera ture H um idity

Rec omm end ed working
environme nt

1 9 -2 6°C 40 -60 %

Rate ofc hange W ithin 2 °C perhou r W ithin 5% perhou r

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3.3.4 Loading m ed ia

D epe nd ingon the type ofm ed ia you are u s ing (transferpaperortextile)refe rto the c orrec t
proc ed u re.

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Loading fabrics

ͬ»° ïæ Verify that:

the printplatform is s witc hed into the inkgu tter.

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the applic ation menu is s witc hed to d irec t

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the printerand UW /W 1 0 0 are both O N,

the frontc overofthe printeris open, and

the pres s u re rollers are in the UP pos ition.

ͬ»° îæ S etthe fronts wingbarin the u ppos ition and fix the pos ition with the 2 loc king pens

le ftand right.

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ͬ»° íæ M ake s u re the ETT is pos itioned bac kward s .

ͬ»° ìæ P u tboththe rearwind erbu tton and the frontwind erto manu al(0 ).

ͬ»° ëæ C ons id erthe s pec ific ations ofthe printe rbefore load ing fabric s .

ͬ»° êæ Remove the pac kagingofthe fabric .

M etrica l I m peria l

M axim u m load ingc apac ity 1 0 0 kg 2 2 0 lb

M axim u m fabric wid th 2 60 4 mm 10 2 . 5 in

Inner core d iameter 50 ,8 mm or 76,2 mm 2 or 3

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ͬ»° éæ Ins talla m ed ia c ore brac e in c as e the m ed ia is wid erthan 20 50 m m . This to pre vent

thatthe med iabend s .

ͬ»° èæ In the bac kofthe printe r, load the fabric rollbetween the 2 rollhold eru nits .

ͬ»° çæ M ove the fabric s and rollu nits to the mid d le and tighten them withthe hand les .

Verific ation is eas y via the yellow labels on the wind ingrails . Ju s tmou ntthe leftand
rightrollu niton the s ame d is tanc e (x and y)from the 0 I0 labe l.

ͬ»° ïðæ Fix the pos ition ofthe rollm ed ia hold ers with the hand les .

ͬ»° ïïæ Tighten the whe elatthe s id e to fix the c ore between the two rollu nits .

ͬ»° ïîæ Ins tallan em pty c ore between the frontrollu nits in the s ame way as d es c ribed

above.

M ake s u re the c ore is longe rthan the wid th ofthe fabric .

L oad itc entralas d es c ribed in pre viou s s tep.

Tighten the wheelatthe s id e to fix the c ore between the two rollu nits .

ͬ»° ïíæ A tthe bac kofthe printer, u s e the foots witc h to releas e s ome fabric .

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ͬ»° ïìæ L oad the fabric s throu ghthe rears wingbar, overthe printplatform, u nd erthe

pres s u re rolle rs as s hown below.

ͬ»° ïëæ Forease ofworking, lowerthe pres s u re rollers with the footped al.

ͬ»° ïêæ W hen in the frontofthe printer, rais e the pres s u re rollers and take the c entre ofthe

fabric s . P u llits traightd own u ntilthe reartens ioning s ys tem g entlyhits the bac kof
the mac hine. This to bec ome an equ alte ns ion.

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M a kesureto rem ov eth efa bric reta iners.

N ° Description

ï RollUnit

î Fabric s

í Rears wingbar

ì P rintplatform and pres s u re rolle rs

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ͬ»° ïéæ Tape the fabric to the c ore ins talled between the frontrollu nits . M ake s u re to have

an equ altens ion on both s id es ofthe fabric s .

ͬ»° ïèæ Ins tallthe fabric retainers ifnec es s ary.

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ͬ»° ïçæ C los e the frontc over.

ͬ»° îðæ L owerthe pres s u re rollers by pres s ingF4 oru s ingthe footped al.

N ° Description

ï RollUnit

î Em pty c ore

í Fronts wingbar

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M a kesureth e fa bric reta inersa re notin terfering w ith th eprinth ea d.

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ͬ»° îïæ L oos en the fronts wingbar.

ͬ»° îîæ D ec id e whic hkind ofm ed ia meas u rem ents hou ld be d one. The following profiles

are available.

The rollto rollprofile is the rec omm end ed s ettingwhen working with rollm ed ia.

P res s enter to s tartthe fabric initialization

O F F RollLeftRig h t Roll

L eftRig h tTop

Rollto roll

M ea surem ent

N one (* )

L eft
Right

L eft
Right
Top

L eft
Right

Ta keUp Notu s ed Notu s ed Notu s e d Us ed

S la n tC h eck N o Yes Yes Yes

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ͬ»° îíæ Set both the wind er and u nwind er to au tomatic (I). The front and rear tens ioning

s ys tem willgo to its initialpos ition.

ͬ»° îìæ Ins tallation ofthe fabric s is c ompleted .

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M a kesureto setth e control pa nelo f th ew inding system to th ecorrectprinting
m eth od. (o utsideorinside, depending on yourm edia ).

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M a kesureto m ea sureth eh eig h tof th efa bric correctlyin orderto prev enth ea d
cra sh es.

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W ith a sm a llinterv ention itispo ssibleto rev erseyourw inding directio n. M ount
th etw istca blebetw een th econtrolboxa ndth efron tm otorizedu nitca ble.

1 = N ormalwind ingd irec tion

2 = Twis ted m otorc able attac he d

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Loading transfer paper

ͬ»° ïæ Verify that:

the inkgu tteris s witc hed into the printplatform .

Referto Í©·¬½¸·²¹ ¬¸» ·²µ ¹«¬¬»® ·²¬±

the applic ation menu is s witc hed to trans fer.

Referto

the printerand UW /W 1 0 0 are both O N,

the frontc overofthe printeris open, and

the pres s u re rollers are in the UP pos ition.

ͬ»° îæ S etthe fronts wingbarin the u ppos ition and fix the pos ition with the 2 loc king pens

le ftand right.

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ͬ»° íæ M ake s u re the ETT is pos itioned bac kward s .

ͬ»° ìæ P u tboththe rearwind erbu tton and the frontwind erto manu al(0 ).

ͬ»° ëæ C ons id erthe s pec ific ations ofthe printe rbefore load ing transferpaper.

ͬ»° êæ Remove the pac kagingofthe fabric .

M etrica l I m peria l

M axim u m load ingc apac ity 1 0 0 kg 2 2 0 lb

M axim u m m ed ia wid th 2 60 4 m m 1 0 2. 5 in

Inner core d iameter 50 ,8 mm or 76,2 mm 2 or 3

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ͬ»° éæ Ins talla m ed ia c ore brac e in c as e the m ed ia is wid erthan 20 50 m m . This to pre vent

thatthe med iabend s .

ͬ»° èæ In the bac kofthe printer, load the trans fe rpaperrollbetween the 2 rollhold eru nits .

ͬ»° çæ M ove the trans ferpaperand rollu nits to the mid d le and tighten them with the

hand les . Verific ation is eas y via the yellow labels on the wind ing rails . Ju s tm ou nt
the leftand rightrollu niton the s ame d is tanc e (x and y)from the 0 I0 label.

ͬ»° ïðæ Fix the pos ition ofthe rollm ed ia hold ers with the hand les .

ͬ»° ïïæ Tighten the whe elatthe s id e to fix the c ore between the two rollu nits .

ͬ»° ïîæ Ins tallan em pty c ore between the frontrollu nits in the s ame way as d es c ribed

above.

M ake s u re the c ore is longerthan the wid th ofthe trans ferpaper.

L oad itc entralas d es c ribed in pre viou s s tep.

Tighten the wheelatthe s id e to fix the c ore between the two rollu nits .

ͬ»° ïíæ A tthe bac kofthe printer, u s e the foots witc hto rele as e s ome trans ferpaper.

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ͬ»° ïìæ L oad the trans ferpaperthrou ghthe rearswingbar, overthe printplatform , u nd erthe

pres s u re rolle rs as s hown below.

ͬ»° ïëæ Foreas e ofworking, lowerthe pres s u re rollers with the footped aland go to the

frontofthe printer.

ͬ»° ïêæ W hen in frontofthe printe r, rais e the pres s u re rolle rs and pos ition the E TTc orrec tly,

s o thatthe c om plete length ofthe transferpaperis c overed by the ETT.

ͬ»° ïéæ Take the c entre ofthe transferpaper. P u llits traightd own u ntilthe reartens ioning

s ys tem g ently hits the bac kofthe mac hine. This to bec ome an equ altens ion.

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M a kesureto rem ov eth em edia reta iners.

N ° Description

ï RollUnit

î trans ferpaper

í Rears wingbar

ì P rintplatform and pres s u re rolle rs

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ͬ»° ïèæ Tape the trans ferpaperto the c ore ins talled between the frontrollu nits . M ake s u re

to have an equ altens ion on both s id es ofthe trans ferpaper.

ͬ»° ïçæ Ins tallthe m ed ia retainers ifnec es s ary.

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ͬ»° îðæ C los e the frontc over.

ͬ»° îïæ L owerthe pres s u re rollers by pres s ingF4 oru s ingthe footped al.

ͬ»° îîæ D ec id e whic hkind ofm ed ia meas u rem ents hou ld be d one. The following profiles

are available.

The rollto rollprofile is the rec omm end ed s ettingwhen working with rollm ed ia.

P res s enter to s tartthe med ia initialization.

N ° Description

ï RollUnit

î Em pty c ore

í Fronts wingbar

O F F RollLeftRig h t Roll

L eftRig h tTop

Rollto roll

M ea surem ent

N one (* )

L eft
Right

L eft
Right
Top

L eft
Right

Ta keUp Notu s ed Notu s ed Notu s e d Us ed

S la n tC h eck N o Yes Yes Yes

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ͬ»° îíæ Set both the wind er and u nwind er to au tomatic (I). The front and rear tens ioning

s ys tem willgo to its initialpos ition.

ͬ»° îìæ P u llou tthe ETT with the hand le.

ͬ»° îëæ Ins tallation ofthe trans ferpaperis c om pleted .

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M a kesureto setth e control pa nelof th e w inding system to outsideprinting .

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M a ke sure to m ea sure th e h eig h tof th e m edia correctly in orderto p rev ent
h ea dcra sh es.

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W ith a sm a llinterv ention itispo ssibleto rev erseyourw inding directio n. M ount
th etw istca blebetw een th econtrolboxa ndth efron tm otorizedu nitca ble.

1 = N ormalwind ingd irec tion

2 = Twis ted m otorc able attac he d

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3.4 Features to im prove the printquality

3.4.1 N ozzlecheck

O ne ofthe m ostim portantis s u es is thatallnozzles are pres entbefore you s tartprinting. If
there are s om e nozzles bloc ked , a bad ou tpu t, res u lting in lines in the print, willbe obtained .
To avoid that, before every job, printa nozzlec he c kas follows :

ͬ»° ïæ P owerO N the printe r.

ͬ»° îæ L oad med ia.

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ͬ»° íæ Go to setupmenu 1/7

ͬ»° ìæ P res s F3 to open the tes tprinting m enu

ͬ»° ëæ P res s F2 to printa nozzlec hec k.

ͬ»° êæ E valu ate the pattern.

Ifallnozzles are pres ent. You c an proc e ed with you rjob.

Ifs ome nozzle s are mis s ing. P erform a head c leaning.

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3.4.2 H ead cleaning

W hen there are s om e mis s ing(c logged )nozzles , a he ad c leaning s hou ld be pe rform ed . Itis
notnec es s ary to c lean allthe head s atonc e. Y ou willhave the pos s ibility to sele c twhic h
head s s hou ld be c le aned and with whic hpower.

ͬ»° ïæ B e s u re thatthe printeris in normals tatu s .

ͬ»° îæ P res s F2 to open the c leaning m e nu .

ͬ»° íæ S elec twhic h head s s hou ld be c leaned with F1.

ͬ»° ìæ S elec tthe powerofthe c leaningd epend ing on the q u antity ofm is s ing nozzles with

F2.

ͬ»° ëæ P res s enter to s tartthe c leaningproc ed u re.

ͬ»° êæ P erform anothernozzlec hec kto verify thatallnozzles are bac k.

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Ifallnozzles are pres ent. You c an proc e ed with you rjob.

Ifs ome nozzle s are mis s ing. P erform anotherhe ad c leaning.

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3.4.3 M ed ia feed com pensation (step)

O btainingc ons tantprintingq u ality is notonly d eterm ined by the working environment, the
RIP , the profile s , the inks and the fabric s whic h are u s ed . O ne ofthe ke y fac tors forobtaining
c ons tantou tpu tq u ality is the c orrec td is tance ad ju s tment, als o called s tep.

Basics ab outth e step

E very image is printed in s everalprintpas s es . A fterevery pass , the fabric is fed an amou ntof
millim etres . W hen the s tepis nots etc orrec tly, the pass es willoverlapeac hotherorwillnot
be printed prec is ely nextto eac h other, whic h re s u lts in white band s between two print
pas s es .

Therefore a fu nc tion, d is tanc e ad ju s t(ors tep), is ad d ed to the menu to c ontrolthis feed
ope ration.

U nderfeed

S tep between the printpas s es is too s m allwhic h res u lts in the pas s es to overlapeac h other.

O verfeed

S tep between the printpas s e s is too large whic hres u lts in the pas s es to be printed too far
from eac hother.

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Ю·²¬ °¿-- è

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R epeatability step

Itis rec omm end ed to startprinting with a s tepof1 0 0 % and to ad ju s titafterward s. O nc e a
s tepis s etfora partic u larfabric , itwillnotc hange on the following c ond itions :

The s tep is only applic able on the printerin qu es tion and notinterc hangeable.

The fabric manu fac tu rerd oes notc hange anys pec ific ations ofthe fabric s .

The u nwind er/wind er1 0 0 is u s ed .

D eterm inin g and setting th e correctstep

The proc ed u re below willexplain how to c hange and interpretthe s tep.

ͬ»° ïæ P owerO N the printe r.

ͬ»° îæ L oad a rollofm ed ia and be s u re to tighte n itto an em pty c ore in the front. This

bec au s e the s tep willbe d ifferentwhen printingroll-to-rollorroll-to-s heet.

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ͬ»° íæ Verify thatallnozzles are pres ent.

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ͬ»° ìæ Go to the D is t. A d j. m enu as follows .

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ͬ»° ïæ To evalu ate the tes tpattern, you s hou ld lookforgaps oroverlaps between the

d iffe rentpass es .

In c as e ofoverfeed > d ec reas e the s tep

In c as e ofu nd erfeed > inc reas e the s te p

ͬ»° îæ C hange the s tepis nec es s ary with F2.

ͬ»° íæ P rintthe tes tpattern again u ntilno gaporoverlap is vis ible anym ore.

Setup item s P a ra m eters Description

D is t. A d j.

P rint1 P rintthe tes tfile with intervals of± 0 . 10 %

C hange C hange the s te p (90 . 00 % -11 0 . 0 0 %)

- Cancel: to shiftto the previou s hierarc hy menu .

O v erfeed Underfeed

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C hange th e step o n -th e-fly

H oweveritis rec om m end ed to d eterm ine the s tepbefore you s tarta job on a new med ia, itis
als o pos s ible to ad ju s tthe s tepwhile printing as follows :

ͬ»° ïæ P res s F1 while printing.

ͬ»° îæ P res s F2 orF4 to c hange the s tep.

Rais e the valu e when there are overlaps (u nd erfeed ).

L owerthe valu e when there are gaps vis ible (overfeed ).

ͬ»° íæ P res s enter to s ave the c hanges .

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3.5 R efilling the ink cassettes

Follow the s teps below to refillthe inkc as s ettes .

ͬ»° ïæ Ifthe printe ris s witc hed O N , m ake s u re that

printingorotheroperations are notperform e d .

the d is play on the operation panels hows the norm als tate.

the M ED IA S ET lighton the operation panelgoes off.

ͬ»° îæ P u llou tthe little plu g on the topofthe ope n c as s ette.

ͬ»° íæ P lac e the fu nnelin the openingofthe c as s ette.

ͬ»° ìæ Fill the cas s ette to a leve l of 60  62 mm (m easu red from bottom ofc as s ette)to

obtain perfec tprintingq u ality.

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lon g erw ork prop erly.

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3.6 S w itching betw een ink configurations

ͬ»° ïæ M ake s u re the was te bottle is empty

ͬ»° îæ Remove allc as s ettes .

ͬ»° íæ Go to the InkManager menu .

ͬ»° ìæ S elec tC harge/D is c harge.

S elec tallhead s and s tartthe d is c harge proc ed u re for±1 5s ec .

ͬ»° ëæ Ins ertopen c as s ettes filled with M u tohwater-bas ed textile c leaningliq u id .

ͬ»° êæ Go to the InkManager menu .

ͬ»° éæ S elec tC harge/D is c harge.

S elec tallhead s and s tartthe c harge proc ed u re for±8 0 .

ͬ»° èæ P u llou tallc as s ettes .

ͬ»° çæ Go to the InkManager menu .

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ͬ»° ïðæ S elec tC harge/D is c harge.

S elec tallhead s and s tartthe d is c harge proc ed u re .

ͬ»° ïïæ Ins ertthe open c as s ettes and fillthe m to the c onfigu ration you want.

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ͬ»° ïîæ Go to the InkManager menu .

ͬ»° ïíæ S elec tC harge/D is c harge.

ͬ»° ïìæ S elec tallhead s and s tartthe c harge proc ed u re.

ͬ»° ïëæ P erform a nozzle c hec kand perform a head c leaningifnec es s ary.

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th eink to settlein th eprinth ea ds.

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3.7 S w itching ink types (D isperse d ye D irectdisperse)

S inc e the V iperTX 10 0 is a u nivers alprinter, itis pos s ible to s witc hbetween 2 inktypes .
P le ase follow the proc ed u re below.

ͬ»° ïæ M ake s u re the was te bottle is empty

ͬ»° îæ Remove allc as s ettes .

ͬ»° íæ Go to the InkManager menu .

ͬ»° ìæ S elec tC harge/D is c harge.

S elec tallhead s and s tartthe d is c harge proc ed u re .

ͬ»° ëæ Ins ertopen c as s ettes filled with M u tohwater-bas ed textile c leaningliq u id .

ͬ»° êæ Go to the InkManager menu .

ͬ»° éæ S elec tC harge/D is c harge.

S elec tallhead s and s tartthe c harge proc ed u re.

ͬ»° èæ P u llou tallc as s ettes .

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w h ich g oestog eth erw ith th eink.

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ͬ»° çæ Go to the InkManager menu .

ͬ»° ïðæ S elec tC harge/D is c harge.

S elec tallhead s and s tartthe d is c harge proc ed u re .

ͬ»° ïïæ Ins ertthe open c as s ettes and fillthe m to the c onfigu ration you want.

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ͬ»° ïîæ Go to the InkManager menu .

ͬ»° ïíæ S elec tC harge/D is c harge.

ͬ»° ïìæ S elec tallhead s and s tartthe c harge proc ed u re.

ͬ»° ïëæ P erform a nozzle c hec kand perform a head c leaningifnec es s ary.

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3.8 R eplacing the w aste bottle

Replac e the was te bottle when the was te bottle is fu ll. A mes s age willappearon the d is play.

3.8.1 R eplacem entP rocedures

Follow the s teps below to replac e the was te bottle.

ͬ»° ïæ C hec kthe following ifthe powerofthe printeris O N .

P rinteris notprinting.

O peration panelis in norm als tatu s .

M ed ia s etting lighton the ope ration panelis O FF.

ͬ»° îæ L owerthe was te inktanktray.

B e sureto rea da ndundersta ndth esa fetyw a rning s beforeh a ndling th e printer.

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ͬ»° íæ Remove the was te inkbottle and plac e an empty was te inkbottle.

ͬ»° ìæ Replac e the fu llone with an em pty one and em pty the fu llone.

ͬ»° ëæ Replac e the was te inkbottle and gu id e the was te inktanktray bac kto its home

pos ition.

ͬ»° êæ Followingm es sage willbe d is played afterreplac em ent.

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F ollow th e lo ca lreg ula tionsw h en dispo sing th ew a ste ink.

Th ecou nterof th e w a ste bottlew illberesetfrom th e m om en tth e tra y relea ses
th esensor. So besureto em pty th e w a steta nk, oth erw iseitw ill ov erflow .

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3.9 R elocating and transporting th e printer

3.9.1 R elocating the printer

Itis pos s ible thatyou mightwantto reloc ate the printe r. Follow the proc ed u re be low to ens u re
nothinggets broken d u ringthe reloc ation.

Y ou c an reloc ate the ViperTX 1 0 0 withou tmaking any c leanings ! Ifyou d o flu s hou tallink,
the printerhas to be s tarted u pnextd ay again.

Ifthe u nitwillnotbe u s ed form any d ays itis bes tN O Tto flu s h orc lean the head s. This to
preventthatthe he ad s d ry ou t.

ͬ»° ïæ S witc h off the printer.

ͬ»° îæ Remove allc ables .

ͬ»° íæ L oc kthe c arrierwith the s pec ialbrac ketthatc om es with a new u nit. If you los tthe

brac ket, you c an u s e tape s o thatthe c arriage c an no longe rm ove.

ͬ»° ìæ Take ou tallinkc as s ettes and replac e them with d u mm y c as s ettes .

Thes e d u m my c as s ettes c an be ord ered atyou rM u toh d is tribu tor.

ͬ»° ëæ E m pty the was te bottle.

ͬ»° êæ C le an the gu tterand e m pty the was te tray.

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ͬ»° éæ C lamp allwas te tu bes .

C lamps c an be ord ered atyou rM u toh d is tribu tor

ͬ»° èæ S ec u re allc overs whic h c an be ope ned with tape, u s e a tape thatd oes notleave

anyglu e m arks afterremoval.

ͬ»° çæ Ifre loc atingthe printeron its s tand , s ec u re the u nwind er/wind ers wingbars with

tape.

ͬ»° ïðæ Remove the was te bottle ors ec u re itwithtape.

ͬ»° ïïæ P u ttape overthe frontofthe c as s ettes s o thatthe c as s ettes c annotc ome ou tof

theirs lotd u ringtransport.

ͬ»° ïîæ Tu rn in alllevelling feetofboth the printeras ofthe Unwind er/wind er1 0 0.

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B y reloca ting th e prin ter, w e m ea n m ov ing th e prin terto a noth erpla ce w ith in
th efirm .

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A fterw a rds, reinsta ll th eprintera ccording to th eI nsta lla tion G uide.

M a kesureth a tth e ink g u tterispo sition edcorrectly.

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3.9.2 T ransporting the printer

P le ase follow the proc ed u re below to prepare you rprinterto be trans ported to another
loc ation, s u c has an exhibition.

S w itchin g th e ink to shippin g liq uid

To ens u re thatno inkis s poiled d u ringtrans portation, allinks hou ld be replac e with s hipping
liqu id as follows .

ͬ»° ïæ B e s u re thatthe was te bottle is em pty.

ͬ»° îæ P owerO N the printe r.

ͬ»° íæ Remove allinkc as s ettes .

ͬ»° ìæ Go to the InkManager menu .

ͬ»° ëæ S elec tC harge/D is c harge.

S elec tallhead s and s tartthe d is c harge proc ed u re .

ͬ»° êæ Ins ert1 6 open inkc as s ettes .

ͬ»° éæ P u llou tthe little plu g on topofthe open c as s ette.

ͬ»° èæ P lac e the fu nnelin the openingofthe c as s ette.

ͬ»° çæ Fillthe c as s ette halfwith M u tohwaterbas ed c leaning.

ͬ»° ïðæ S elec tthe c harge option and s tartthe c harge proc ed u re.

ͬ»° ïïæ This to s witc h between the inkload ed and the M u tohwate rbased textile c leaning.

ͬ»° ïîæ A s from the momentthe m ain s c reen appears , the firs ts witc his c omplete.

ͬ»° ïíæ Remove allc as s ettes .

ͬ»° ïìæ E m pty the c as s ettes and fillthem with M u tohs hipping liq u id .

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ͬ»° ïëæ Go to the InkManager menu .

ͬ»° ïêæ S elec tC harge/D is c harge.

S elec tallhead s and s tartthe d is c harge proc ed u re .

ͬ»° ïéæ O nc e the d is c harge proc ed u re is d one, ins ertc as s ettes with M u tohs hippingliq u id ,

s elec tthe c harge option and s tartthe c harge proc ed u re.

ͬ»° ïèæ This to s witc hbetween the c leaning liq u id and the M u tohs hippingliq u id .

ͬ»° ïçæ A s from the momentthe m ain s c reen appears , the s ec ond s witc his c omplete.

ͬ»° îðæ The printe ris now read y to pac k.

P acking th e p rinter

Follow the proc ed u re d es c ribed in and pac kthe printerin its
originalbox to protec titfrom vibration orimpac t.

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C onta ctyourlo ca lM utoh dea lerfora ssista nce.

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A ftertra nspo rting th e printer, reinsta ll th e printera ccordin g to th e insta lla tion
proceduredescribedin th eI nsta lla tion G u ide.

M a ke sure th a tth e ink g utteris positioned correctly. A n incorrectpositio ned
g u ttercouldlea dto h ea dstrikes.

Referto th e in sta lla tion g uide to know h ow to position th eg u ttercorrectly.

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C hapter4 P eriodical

m aintenance

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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

User and good shape kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Good shape kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Daily Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Cleaning the wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Perform a tubing flush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Clean the caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Rinse and clean the gutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Clean out the waste tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Weekly maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Clean around the bottom of the heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Clean spitting box mesh and rinse the spitting box waste tube . . . . . . . . 88

Monthly maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Clean the printer (inside - outside) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Change pump tubing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Six monthly maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Change the wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Donebya n a uth orizedM utoh tech nicia n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3

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Part numbers of the maintenance kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

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4.1 D one by the end user

B e s u re to perform you rm ainte nanc e as s hown below. A good maintenanc e ofthe V iperTX
1 0 0 is very im portantto obtain M u toh q u ality and to avoid s om e parts (even head s )get
d am aged .

P leas e find below more d etails abou tthe d aily, wee kly and m onthly m aintenanc e.

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B e su re to rea d a nd understa nd th e sa fety issues th a tneed to be ta ken into
a ccountw h en w orking w ith in ksa ndm a ch in epa rts.

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A ny problem s ca u sed by using no n-orig ina l M utoh inks, spa re pa rts,
consu m a bles, ... w illnotbecov eredby th ew a rra n ty.

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Th ism a intena nceis ba sedon use:

8 hou rs /d ay, 5 d ays /weekand 44 weeks /year.

Ifa mac hine is u s ed m ore, maintenanc e period s willc ome earlier.

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4.1.1 O verview

P rocedure F requ ency L ink

C lean the wipers

D aily

P erform a tu bing flu s h

C lean the c aps

Rins e and c lean the gu tter

C lean ou tthe was te tray

C lean arou nd the bottom ofthe
head s

W ee kly

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C lean s pittingbox m es h and rins e
the s pitting box was te tu be.

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C hange pu m p tu bing

M onthly

C lean the printer(ins id e -ou ts id e)

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C hange the wipers H alfyearly

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4.1.2 U serand goo d shape kit

This kitc ontains allnec es s ary item s to maintain you rprinterfor6 months .

G ood shape kit

N ° Description Q ty

ï S pec ialwipe r

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î Ins tru c tion s heetwiper

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í 50 0 m lwater-bas ed textile c le aning

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ì P u m p tu bing

50

ë Good s hape kit

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ê Ins tru c tion s heet

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N ° Description Q ty

ï Gloves

30 0

î P ipe tte 1 0 m l

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í S wabs

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ì P olyknitwiper

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Ifs ome nozzles are mis s ingormis firing, perform c leaningc yc les u ntilallnozzles are in good

s hape. W e ad vis e to ru n anorm alora powerfu lc leaning c yc le to rec overthe nozzles . A tthe

end ofthe d ay, be s u re to c lean the wipers . This is req u ired to make the wipe rs m ore

elas tic and to be s u re thatalld ried inkpartic les are gone before the firs twipe in the m orning.

C lean ing th e w ipers

ͬ»° ïæ P owerO N the printerand brows e to M . M aintenanc e.

ͬ»° îæ P res s F1 to enterthe m anu alm aintenanc e menu .

ͬ»° íæ P res s F2 to u nloc kthe he ad s and releas e the wiperarm.

ͬ»° ìæ O pen the frontc over.

ͬ»° ëæ C lean the wipers with a polyknitwiper. Us e s ome M u tohwaterbas ed textile

c leaning to remove the ink.

ͬ»° êæ C los e the frontc over.

ͬ»° éæ P res s ENTER to make the c arriage go bac kto its hom e pos ition.

ͬ»° èæ P erform a tu bing flu s h.

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B e sureto rea da ndundersta ndth esa fetyw a rning s beforeh a ndling th e printer.

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P erform a tubing flush

ͬ»° ïæ B rows e to the tu bing flu s hm enu

ͬ»° îæ P re s s F2 to open the s u b m enu .

The head u nloc ks and allthe pu m ps s tartoperating.

ͬ»° íæ O pen the frontc over.

ͬ»° ìæ Inje c tc leaningliq u id in the c aps by way ofa pipette u ntilthe c aps d o notc hange

c olou r. B e c arefu lnotto s poilc leaningnearthe c aps .

ͬ»° ëæ W hen d one, pres s ENTER to E N D the Tu bingFlu s h.

ͬ»° êæ C los e the frontc over.

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C lean the caps

ͬ»° ïæ B rows e to the tu bing flu s hm enu .

ͬ»° îæ P res s F2 to open the s u b m enu .

ͬ»° íæ C le an the ed ges ofthe c aps witha c leanings wab and u s e s ome M u tohwaterbas ed

textile c le aning ifnec es s ary.

ͬ»° ìæ C le an the area arou nd the c aps with a polyknitwiper.

ͬ»° ëæ P res s ENTER to end the tu bingflu s h.

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R inse and clean th e gutter

ͬ»° ïæ D rain the gu tterwith wateru s ing the rins ing bottle.

ͬ»° îæ S weep with s ome paperallm ois tto the leftmaintenanc e s id e s o ite nd s u p in the

was te tray.

ͬ»° íæ D ry the gu tterwith s ome paperu ntilitis d ry and c lean.

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A fterclea nin g th e g utter, v erify if itis still lying prop erly?A n im p roper lying
g u tterw ill lea dto h ea dstrikes.

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C lean outthe w aste tray.

ͬ»° ïæ O pen the frontc over.

ͬ»° îæ Remove the 2 s c rews hold ing the was te tray.

ͬ»° íæ C arefu lly pu llthe was te trayforward to rem ove it.

ͬ»° ìæ P ou raway the was te flu id ac c ord ing to loc alru les and regu lations .

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ͬ»° ëæ C le an ou tthe was te tray withs ome paper.

ͬ»° êæ P lac e the was te traybac kinto the printerand fas ten itwiththe 2 s c rews .

ͬ»° éæ C los e the frontc over.

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C lean aroun d th e b ottom of th e h eads

ͬ»° ïæ P owerO N the printerand brows e to the m anu alm aintenanc e menu .

ͬ»° îæ P res s F1 to ente rthe s u b menu .

ͬ»° íæ The printhead m oves to the m anu alm aintenanc e s tation onc e you pres s F2.

ͬ»° ìæ O pen the frontc over.

ͬ»° ëæ C le an the ed ges ofthe head s with a c leaning s wab mois tened withM u toh water

bas ed textile c leaning. B e s u re notto tou c h norc lean the nozzle plate to avoid
d am age and bad printing qu ality.

ͬ»° êæ O nc e the m aintenanc e is d one, c los e the frontc over. and pres s ENTER.

B e sureto rea da ndundersta ndth esa fetyw a rning s beforeh a ndling th e printer.

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C lean spitting b ox m esh and rinse the spitting b ox w aste tube

ͬ»° ïæ P owerO N the printerand brows e to the m anu alm aintenanc e menu .

ͬ»° îæ P res s F1 to ente rthe s u b menu .

ͬ»° íæ P res s F2 to move the head to the manu almaintenanc e s tation.

ͬ»° ìæ O pen the frontc over.

ͬ»° ëæ Rins e the mes hwith M u tohwaterbas ed textile c leaningu s inga pipe tte. D o this u ntil

allthe inkis rem oved .

ͬ»° êæ O nc e the m aintenanc e is d one, c los e the frontc over. and pres s ENTER.

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4.1.5 M onthly m aintenance

C lean the printer (inside -outsid e)

ͬ»° ïæ Remove d u s tand s mu d ges from the c overs with a wets oftc loth.

ͬ»° îæ Us e a s oftbru s hto c arefu lly c lean away d u s t, d irtand inkmis t.

ͬ»° íæ W ipe offthe pres s u re rollers with a hu mid c loth.

C hange pum p tub ing

ͬ»° ïæ B efore replac ing the tu bing, be s u re to perform a tu bingflu s h. A fterward s , s witc hoff

the printer.

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ͬ»° îæ C overthe floorwith a towelbec au s e itis pos s ible thats ome flu id willleak.

ͬ»° íæ Remove the c apfrom the pu m p and rem ove tu bing.

ͬ»° ìæ Replac e the old tu bing with a new one and reins tallthe blu e c ap.

B e sureto rea da ndundersta ndth esa fetyw a rning s beforeh a ndling th e printer.

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Do notuse th inner, benzen e, a lcoh ol or oth er a ctiv e a g ents. D o in g so m a y
resu ltin da m a g eo rpa intpeeling fro m th e ca sting .

B e ca reful notto spill liquidinside th e printer. Do ing so m a y resultin a sh o rt
circuit.

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ͬ»° ëæ W hen replac ing the tu bing, pu tthe tu bing 3 to 5 tim es on the nipples .

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B e sureth a tth etu bin g isnotw rinkled.

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C hange th e w ipers

ͬ»° ïæ P owerO N the printerand brows e to the m anu alm aintenanc e menu .

ͬ»° îæ P res s F1 to ente rthe s u b menu .

ͬ»° íæ P res s F2 to move the head to the manu almaintenanc e s tation.

ͬ»° ìæ O pen the frontc over.

ͬ»° ëæ Remove the old wipers with a pairoftweezers .

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ͬ»° êæ B efore inserting a new wiper, m ois ten the wiperwith c leaningliq u id .

ͬ»° éæ Ins ertthe m ois tened wiperwith a pairoftweezers .

ͬ»° èæ C los e the frontc over.

ͬ»° çæ P res s ENTER to make the c arriage go bac kto its home pos ition.

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M a kesureto insertth ew ipercorrectly a ssh ow n below .

O rientation ofthe wiperwhen s tand ing in frontofthe printer.

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4.2 D one by an authorized M utoh technician

This s ec tion d es c ribes the period ic als ervic es whic hs hou ld O N L Y be d one by an A u thorized
M u toh Tec hnic ian. This period ic als ervic e e ns u res s table printou tqu ality ofthe m ac hine.

4.2.1 O verview

4.2.2 P artnum bers ofthe m aintenance kits

M aintenanc e c yc le kit6 months KY -8 0 2 51

M aintenanc e c yc le kit1 2 m onths KY -8 0 2 2 8

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A ny problem s ca u sed by using no n-orig ina l M utoh inks, spa re pa rts,
consu m a bles, ... w illnotbecov eredby th ew a rra n ty.

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Th ism a intena nceis ba sedo n use8 h ours/ da y, 5da ys/ w eek a nd44w eeks/
yea r.

If a m a ch ine isu sedm ore, m a inten a ncep erio ds w illcom eea rlier.

N ° P rocedure F req uency

ï C hange abs orbentu nd erwas te bottle

H alfyearly

î C hange abs orbentin m ainte nanc e s tation

í C hange abs orbentbehind m aintenanc e s tation

ì C hange s pitting box m es h

ë A pply greas e on head u p-d own c am m s when need ed

ê A pply greas e on Y-motorbeltwhen need ed

é A pply greas e on rollerpath c arriage when need ed

è A pply greas e on c apping s tation c am m + gears when nee d ed

ç M ou s s e forflatc ables

ïð C hange s pitting box +tu be + L c onnec tion

Yearly

ïï C hange wiperarm + wipers

ïî C hange d ampers

ïí C hange c apas s y

ïì C hange was te tu bingfrom c ollec tor=> was te bottle.

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Main screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Changing between the screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

From main screen to menu screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

From menu screen to main screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

O pera tion pa nel in sta ndbym ode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

[F1] - Feeding and Step Adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

[F2] - Cleaning the heads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

[F3] - Controlling the heater elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Change the Pre-heater temperature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Change the dryer temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Change the dryer temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Activate/ deactivate heaters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

PrintStart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

[F4] - Operating the pressure rollers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

[ENTER] - Print mode check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

O pera ting pa nelduring p rinting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Printing menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

[F1] - On the fly step adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

[F2] - Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

[F3] - Adjust heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Pause / Resume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Printing menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Printed length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Printing menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Job dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

M enu ov erv iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

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Setup m enu 1/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Ink config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Origin set menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Test print menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Media set menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Media menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

InkDry menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Head Height menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Vacuum menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Fan Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Thickness menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Heater A menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Heater C menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Heater D menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

HStatus menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Distance adjust menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Change media feed compensation value menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Top feed menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Setup m enu 2/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Print mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Condition menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Printing direction menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

HeadSet menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Head speed menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Repeat printing menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Count menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Interval time menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Weaving menu - i² . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

ScanWidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Command setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Print step menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Image resolution menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Online timer menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Layout setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

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Joint printing menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Function setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

CMYK menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Setup m enu 3/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Roll setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Roll media length menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Centronics menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Network setting menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

IP address menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Subnet mask menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Gateway menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Setup m enu 4/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Utility menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

ErrorDisplay menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Power on cleaning menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Media width menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Start position menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Smart Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Auto cleaning Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Cap Cycle menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

SlantCheck menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

HeaterTest menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Edge printing menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Auto media measure menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Remote panel menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Remote connection menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Language menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Application menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Initialize setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

All Initialize menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Media setup Initialize menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Printing mode initialize menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Command setup Initialize menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Layout Setup Initialize menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

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Function setup Initialize menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Roll media setup Initialize menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Centronics Initialize menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Network Initialize menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Utility Initialize menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Setup M enu 5/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Data dump menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Ink Manager menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Colour Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Charge / Discharge Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Ink Supply Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Setup m enu 6 /7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Manual Maintenance menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Tubing Flush menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Head Unlock menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Tankchange menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Setup m enu 7 /7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 0

Version Check menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Master. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Slaves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

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5.1 H ow to w ork in the m enu

P leas e find below allnec es s ary inform ation on how to s witc h, s e lec tand c anc elme nu item s .

5.1.1 M ain screen

W hen powering O N the printer, itwill(when no errors oc c u r)s tartu pin its m ain s c reen. The
fu nc tion ofeac h key is explained below.

1

2 3

4 5

6 7

N ° P osition Description

ï 1s tline

D is plays the c u rrents tatu s ofthe printer.
D epe nd ingon the s tatu s , the c ontents m ay be
d is played in 2 to 4 lines .

î L eftof2nd line D is plays the fu nc tion as s igned to F1.

í Rightof2 nd line D is plays the fu nc tion as s igned to F2.

ì L eftof3rd line Dis plays the fu nc tion as s igned to F3.

ë Rightof3rd line D is plays the fu nc tion as s igned to F4.

ê L eftof4th line Dis plays the c u rrently s etm ed ia type.

é Rightof4thline

D is plays the approxim ate amou ntofre m aining
med ia thatis c u rrently s et. (Unit: m )
H owever, the amou ntis d is played only when
either" Rollm ed ia 1 " , "Rollm ed ia 2 " , or" Roll
med ia 3" is s elec ted in the Rollmed ia s etting
menu .

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5.1.2 M enuscreen

In the S etu pM e nu , c hanges c an be m ad e to the printers ettings .

The c ontentd is playe d on the L C D monitoris as follows :

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2 3

4 5

6

N ° P osition Description

ï 1 s tline D is plays the s etting m enu name c u rre ntly set.

î L eftof2 nd line D is plays the fu nc tion as s igned to F1.

í Rightof2 nd line D is plays the fu nc tion as s igned to F2.

ì L eftof3rd line D is plays the fu nc tion as s igned to F2.

ë Rightof3rd line D is plays the fu nc tion as s igned to F4.

ê 4th line

D is plays the c u rrently available fu nc tions ofF1 to F4.
D is plays the page s tatu s ifthere are mu ltiple pages forthe
c u rrently d is played s etting m e nu .