Oce TCS300 User Manual

Océ TCS300

Océ User manual

User manual

Edition 2006-04

Océ-Technologies B.V.

 2006, Océ-Technologies B.V. Venlo, The Netherlands. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced, copied, adapted, or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from Océ.

Océ-Technologies B.V. makes no representation or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Further, Océ-Technologies B.V. reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes.

Trademarks

Océ, Océ TCS300, Océ TCS300 printer, Océ Doc Exec®, Océ Image Logic®, Océ Scan Logic

, Océ Power Logic®, Océ Print Exec® and Océ Remote Logic® are registered trademarks of Océ-Technologies B.V. Adobe

and PostScript® 3 are registered trademarks of Adobe® Systems Incorporated. Macintosh

is a registered trademark of Apple® Computer, Inc.

Microsoft

, Windows® , Windows NT®, Windows 95/98®, Windows 2000®,

Windows XP

and Internet Explorer® are either registered trademarks or trademarks

of Microsoft

Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

AutoCAD

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Novell

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is a registered trademark of Netscape Corp.

Pentium

is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.

Energy STAR

is a registered trademark of the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

Products in this publication are referred to by their general trade names. In most, if not all cases, these designations are claimed as trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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Contents

Chapter 1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Notes for the reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Available documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

The Océ TCS300 users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Chapter 2

Get to know the Océ TCS300 colour printing system hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . 17

The Océ TCS300 colour printing system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

The Océ Power Logic® controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

The Océ TCS300 printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

The Océ TCS300 printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

The printer operator panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

The on-line mode and the off-line mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

The finishing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

The finishing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

The optional copy receiving rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Chapter 3

Prepare the Océ TCS300 for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Turn on and off the Océ TCS300. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Turn on and off the Océ TCS300 printer and the Océ Power Logic® con-

troller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Set the timers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

The energy save mode timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

The sleep mode timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Define the display language of the Océ TCS300. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Set another language for the Océ TCS300 Settings Editor . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Configure the regional settings of the Océ TCS300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Configure the network settings of the Océ TCS300. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Chapter 4

Use the Océ Settings Editor to control your workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Purpose of the Océ TCS300 Settings Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

User roles and authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

View the settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Check your licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Contents

Define the media sizes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Configure the 'Media request time-out' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Manage the media profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Download a media profile from the Océ web site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Update a media profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Set up unattended / overnight printing optimisation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Chapter 5

Print jobs to the Océ TCS300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

What you need to know before you send your print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Send print jobs to the Océ TCS300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Use the printer drivers to send jobs to the Océ TCS300 printer . . . . . . . 72

Use FTP to send jobs to the Océ TCS300. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Stop or delete an active job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Handle the media for the print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Define the correct media for your jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Change the default drying time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Cut the output and clean cut a roll of media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Chapter 6

Ensure the best output quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Introduction how to ensure the best output quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Define the output quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

The quality modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Output type, output quality and print speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Recommended media types and quality modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Colour Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Define the colour settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

'Colour feel'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

'Enhanced colours: RGB input data'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

'Enhanced colours: CMYK input data' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

'Enhanced colours: Rendering intent'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

'Colour Management' in the Océ Settings Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Check the output quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Output quality problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

'Quality check' print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

'Tone scale area check' print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

'Demo print' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Optimise the output quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Optimise the output quality on the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Use the Optimise print quality wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Chapter 7

License management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Introduction to managing licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Contents

The 'Licenses' tab in the Settings Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

The basic workflow of license activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

The structure of license files and licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Check your licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Get a new license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Save the currently active licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Chapter 8

Maintain the Océ TCS300 printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Replace the media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Replace the ink tanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Replace a defective printhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Replace the maintenance cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Chapter 9

System messages and solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Required media not available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

End of roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Cover or door opened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Remove jammed media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Temperature or humidity out of range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Carriage away from home position too long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Clear the set memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Correct system errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Deal with permanent errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Appendix A

Specifications of the Océ TCS300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Specifications Océ Power Logic® controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Specifications Océ TCS300 printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Preferred media types and sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Typical drying times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Specifications drivers and job submission software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Appendix B

Reader's comment sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Reader's comment sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Appendix C

Addresses of local Océ organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Addresses of local Océ organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

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Notes for the reader

Introduction

This manual helps you to use the Océ TCS300. The manual contains a description of the Océ TCS300 and guidelines to use and operate the Océ TCS300. There are also tips to increase your knowledge of the Océ TCS300 and to help you manage the workflow even better.

Definition

Attention Getters

Parts of this manual require your special attention. These parts provide important, additional information or are about the prevention of damage to your properties.

Note, Attention and Caution

The words Note, Attention and Caution indicate these important parts.

■ The word Note comes before additional information about the correct operation

of the Océ TCS300 or a tip.

■ A part marked with Attention contains information to prevent damage to items,

for example the Océ TCS300, an original or a file.

■ A part marked with Caution contains information to prevent personal injury.

Caution is found only in manuals that describe physical products.

Safety information

The safety information for this product is included in a separate manual with the title Safety manual. This manual is part of the documentation set that you received with your product.

How to use this manual

Introduction

You can access a topic quickly through the following methods.

■ Refer to the alphabetical index at the end of the manual.

■ Refer to the table of contents at the beginning of this manual.

Before you turn to the complete table of contents, you can also use the following

table to find a topic quickly.

The sections of this manual

The following table gives an overview of how the chapters are arranged logically.

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Chapters Section Top ic s

1 Introduction

■ Explanation regarding the manual and how to

use it.

■ Overview of available documentation

■ Overview of the users of the printer.

2 Get to know the system

■ General system description

■ Controller

■ Printer

■ Finishing options

3 Prepare the system for use

■ Turn the system on and off

■ Define the time-outs

■ Set the system language

■ Configure the network settings

4 Use the web based

application to control your workflow

Océ Settings Editor

5 Use the system Print jobs 6 Ensure the best quality

output

■ Define the output quality

■ Check the output quality

■ Optimise the output quality

7 License Management Manage the 'Licenses' 8 Maintain the system Maintenance actions on the printer 9 System messages and

solutions

■ System messages

■ Printer messages

Appendix A Specifications

■ System specifications

■ Supported media types and sizes

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How to use this manual

Appendix B General information Reader's comment sheet Appendix C General information Addresses of local Océ organisations

Chapters Section Top ics

Available documentation

Introduction

This manual is part of a complete documentation set. The following table shows a complete overview of the available documentation.

Available documentation

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Note: Visit Océ on the internet at www.oce.com for the latest information.

[2] Available documentation

Product Documentation Medium

Océ TCS300 Océ TCS300 User

manual

CD-ROM, as a PDF file in multiple languages.

Océ TCS300 Safety Manual

Hardcopy manual (multilingual), also available as a PDF file.

Océ Power Logic

controller

Océ TDS-TCS connectivity manual

CD-ROM, as a PDF file in English only.

On-line Help Océ TCS300

Settings Editor

application

Embedded in the application, as an on-line help file in multiple languages.

Océ Windows

Printer

Driver

Océ Windows® Printer Driver User Manual

CD-ROM, as a PDF file in multiple languages on Océ Driver Pack CD-ROM.

Océ Windows

Printer

Driver On-line Help

Embedded in the driver application as on-line help file in multiple languages.

Océ PostScript

3 driver Océ PostScript® 3 driver

Getting Started

CD-ROM, as a PDF file in multiple languages on Océ Driver Pack CD-ROM.

Océ PostScript

3 driver

Getting Started

Embedded in the driver application as on-line help file in multiple languages.

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The Océ TCS300 users

Introduction

The Océ TCS300 has the following types of users.

■ Common user

■ Key operator

■ System administrator

■ Power user.

You can logon on as one of the above mentioned users to work in the Océ TCS300 Settings Editor. Each user has different rights in the application.

Note: (see ‘User roles and authorisations’ on page 56) for more information about the user modes and how to log on as a specific type of user.

Common user

The common user is a person who uses the system for print jobs. The common user has no permission to change the system settings. Therefore, the common user is also referred to as an anonymous user.

Note: You do not need a password if you are a common user.

Key operator

The key operator is responsible for the user maintenance and the system settings of the Océ TCS300. The key operator has the permission to define the key operator settings in the Océ Settings Editor.

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Note: The default password for the key operator is KeyOp.

Key operator settings Mode Settings to change

Key operator

■ System settings

■ Printer settings

■ Job settings for print jobs.

The Océ TCS300 users

System administrator

The system administrator is responsible for the installation and the configuration of the Océ TCS300 in the network environment.

The system administrator has the permission to define the system administrator settings in the Océ Settings Editor.

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Note: The default password for the system administrator is SysAdm.

Power user

When one person is responsible for all tasks on the Océ TCS300 it is advised to work with the system as a power user. The power user has the combined rights of the key operator and the system administrator.

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Note: The default password for the power user is PowUsr.

System administrator settings Mode Settings to change

System administrator

■ System settings

■ Security settings

■ Connectivity settings

■ Printer PDL settings

■ Printer pen settings.

Power user settings Mode Settings to change

Power user Key operator settings

■ System settings

■ Printer settings

■ Job settings for print jobs.

System settings

■ System settings

■ Security settings

■ Connectivity settings

■ Printer PDL settings

■ Printer pen settings.

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The Océ TCS300 users

Chapter 2 Get to know the Océ TCS300 colour printing system hardware

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The Océ TCS300 colour printing system

Introduction

The Océ TCS300 is a modular wide-format colour printing system. The Océ TCS300 offers a wide range of print functionality. The Océ TCS300 uses the CMYK colour model. The printer contains printheads for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (CMYK) and is based on thermal inkjet technology. The Océ Settings Editor application that manages and configures the colour printing system runs on an embedded web server on the Océ Power Logic

controller. Therefore, you do not need a monitor, mouse and keyboard attached to the controller. You can access the homepage of the controller application from any networked workstation.

The Océ TCS300 colour printing system consists of the following modules.

■ The Océ Power Logic

controller.

■ The printer.

The Océ TCS300 main components

Your configuration is a very lean configuration that consists of a printer and a controller only. Thanks to the web based access to the Océ Settings Editor you do not need a monitor, a keyboard and a mouse to connect to the controller. The Océ Power Logic

controller is placed inside the controller cabinet of the printer. This

adds to the compactness of the system and renders a small footprint.

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[1] The Océ TCS300 colour printing system

Note: The Océ Power Logic® controller is not visible in the illustration. The controller is placed inside the controller cabinet on the right hand side of the printer (without a monitor, a keyboard and a mouse attached).

The Océ Power Logic® controller

Introduction

The Océ Power Logic

controller is based on a PC platform running Windows® XP

Embedded.

Use the Océ Power Logic

controller to do the following.

■ define the default system settings

■ receive jobs over the network

■ process the print jobs

■ manage licenses

The location of the Océ Power Logic

controller

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[6] The location of the Océ Power Logic® controller

Location of the controller

Illustration

Integrated in the right-hand side of the Océ TCS300 printer.

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[2] The Océ Power Logic® controller (printer)

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The Océ Power Logic® controller

The web application that runs on the Océ Power Logic® controller

The Settings Editor is a web application that runs on the embedded Océ TCS300 web server. You can use an internet browser (Microsoft

Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5 and

6.0 and Mozilla

Firefox® 1.0 and 1.5) to open the home page of the Settings Editor. This application gives you access to the settings to manage the configuration and preferences of the Océ TCS300. The settings related to the system configuration need to be configured only once. The settings that are more related to workflow preferences or an optimal tuning of the print job processing can be changed when necessary. To be able to edit settings in the Settings Editor you must log in using one of three predefined user roles because the settings are all password protected.

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[7] Océ web application that runs on the Océ Power Logic® controller

Application Description

Océ Settings Editor With the Océ Settings Editor you can view or edit the

default settings of the system. All users can view the default settings. To edit the settings you need a password. There are two types of settings.

■ Key Operator settings

To edit the key operator settings you need to log on with the key operator password.

■ System Administrator settings

To edit the system administrator settings you need to log on with the system administrator password.

Note: If you log on as a Power user, you can edit all the settings.

The Océ TCS300 printer

Introduction

The Océ TCS300 printer is a 36 inch colour printer with a true resolution of 600 dpi and is standard available with multiple media rolls. Please ask your Océ representative for the available media roll configurations. Each of the rolls can contain different types and sizes of media. The size and type of the loaded media are indicated on the operator panel. There are two finishing options available for the Océ TCS300 printer (see ‘The finishing options’ on page 29). The Océ TCS300 printer uses the CMYK colour model. The printer contains printheads for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (CMYK) which are based on thermal inkjet technology.

Illustration

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[3] The Océ TCS300 printer (2 roll version)

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The Océ TCS300 printer

The main components of the Océ TCS300 printer

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Note: The copy receiving rack is an optional feature. The copy receiving rack is required for the 3 roll version (see ‘The optional copy receiving rack’ on page 30).

Number Component Function

1. The printer operator panel View the printer information.

2. The top cover Get access to the carriage with the printheads.

3. The media rolls Provide the media for your printed output.

4. The integrated receiving tray Receive the output (option).

5. The ink tanks Provide the ink for your printed output.

6. The Océ Power Logic

controller door

Get acces to the optionally integrated Océ Power Logic

controller.

7. The maintenance door Get access to the maintenance cassette.

The printer operator panel

Introduction

This section describes the parts and the functions of the printer operator panel. You can turn the printer operator panel for easy viewing to both sides.

Use the printer operator panel to view system information when the system is in the on-line mode and to do actions when the system is in the off-line mode.

The main components of the printer operator panel are the following.

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[4] The operator panel of the Océ TCS300 printer

All systemsOK.

Demo prints Nederlands

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The printer operator panel

The keys and their functions

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[9] The keys and their functions (1 – 2)

Number Component Function

1 The upper softkeys The function of a softkey depends on the mode

of the printer operator panel. (see ‘The on-line

mode and the off-line mode’ on page 26)

Use the upper softkeys to do the following

■ Scroll through the information tabs on the

on-line screen

■ Scroll through the wizard cards on the

off-line screen

■ Step through the wizards on the off-line

screen.

2 The red attention

LEDs

When operator action is required, the red LEDs illuminate and you will hear an audio signal. The printer has the following types of signals.

■ An attention signal

A short interrupted audio signal. The red LEDs flash two times.

■ A warning signal

A short interrupted audio signal. The red LEDs remain illuminated.

■ An error signal

A long, uninterrupted audio signal. The LEDs flash continuously.

Note: The chapter System messages and solutions describes

how to correct possible errors.

3 The screen The screen of the printer operator panel

displays different types of information. The type of information depends on the mode of the system. When the printer is in the on-line mode, the screen displays general system information and job information. When the printer is in the off-line mode, the screen displays various wizards for user action (see ‘The on-line mode and the off-line mode’

on page 26).

The printer operator panel

Note: The function of a softkey depends on where you are in the definition of the job

settings.

4 The on-line / off-line

key with green LED

Use the on-line / off-line key to switch between the on-line mode and the off-line mode on the screen. When you press the on-line / off-line key while the printer is active, the printer finishes the print. Then the printer goes off-line. The next section contains more information about the on-line mode and the off-line mode (see ‘The on-line mode and the

off-line mode’ on page 26).

5 The stop key Use the stop key to delete or to stop a job (see

‘Stop or delete an active job’ on page 74).

6 The lower softkeys. The function of a softkey depends on the mode

of the printer operator panel. (see ‘The on-line

mode and the off-line mode’ on page 26)

Use the lower softkeys to do the following

■ Select items on the on-line screen

■ select the wizards on the off-line screen

■ Select options in the wizards on the off-line

screen.

[9] The keys and their functions (2 – 2)

Number Component Function

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The on-line mode and the off-line mode

Introduction

Use the on-line / off-line key to switch between the on-line mode and the off-line mode on the screen of the printer operator panel. When you press the on-line / off-line key while the printer is active, the printer finishes the print. Then the printer goes off-line.

The on-line mode

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[5] The on-line mode (system information card)

When the printer is in the on-line mode, the green LED is on. The screen of the printer operator panel displays the following 5 information cards.

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[10] On-line mode - Information cards (1 – 2)

Information card Displayed information

Job information

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■ Job status

■ Job name

■ Progress indication

■ Selected print mode

Media information

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The media types and media sizes loaded on the system

Ink level information

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There are four indication types.

■ Percentage of ink in a tank (1% - 100%).

■ 'Ink tank empty' (0%). The indication for the empty tank

blinks and an exclamation symbol is added.

■ The ink tank is not in place. The indication shows a dashed

indication for the tank.

The on-line mode and the off-line mode

Use the upper softkeys to scroll through the information tabs.

The off-line mode

Press the on-line / off-line key to enter the off-line mode. When the printer is in the off-line mode, the green LED is off. The printer operator panel displays a set of wizards. A wizard always requires a user action. When you initially enter the off-line mode, the printer operator panel displays the wizards 1 and 2. The next time you enter the off-line mode, you return to the previous position.

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[11] The off-line mode

Use the upper softkeys to navigate through the wizard cards (graphical representation of the wizards) and through the wizard steps ('Back', 'Next'). Use the lower softkeys to select a wizard card or an option within the wizards. You can select the following wizards.

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Printhead information

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The status of each printhead. There are two status types.

■ All printheads OK

■ Printhead error

System information

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■ Error messages and warnings about the maintenance cassette.

Select the lower left softkey 'Demo print' to do the following.

■ Make a demo print.

■ Print an overview of the current Settings Editor settings.

■ Print a quality check print.

■ Print a tone scale area check print.

Select the lower right softkey 'Language' to do the following.

■ Toggle between two display languages.

[10] On-line mode - Information cards (2 – 2)

Information card Displayed information

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The on-line mode and the off-line mode

[11] Overview Océ TCS300 printer wizards

Wizard Reference

'Feed & cut'

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(see ‘Cut the output and clean cut a roll of media’ on page 78) Use this wizard to do the following.

■ Cut the output.

■ Clean cut a roll of media. Use this option to cut the media on the

roll so that the edge is straight.

'Change media type'

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(see ‘Replace the media’ on page 132) Use this wizard to correct the type of media when an incorrect media type was defined when the roll was loaded.

'Optimise print quality'

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(see ‘Use the Optimise print quality wizard’ on page 118) Use this wizard to correct problems with the output quality. The wizard performs the following actions.

■ Detect weak or failing nozzles.

The Océ TCS300 automatically compensates the detected nozzles in future prints to make sure that print quality is optimal.

■ Align the printheads and optimise the paper transport.

'Replace printhead'

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(see ‘Replace a defective printhead’ on page 142) Use this wizard to replace a defective printhead, after the printer operator panel displays an error message and prompts you to replace the defective printheads. Only replace the printheads the system indicates.

'Replace cassette'

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(see ‘Replace the maintenance cassette’ on page 147) Use this wizard to replace the maintenance cassette, after the printer operator panel displays the message 'Maintenance cassette nearly full.'.

'Replace ink tank'

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(see ‘Replace the ink tanks’ on page 139) Use this wizard to replace the ink tank when the ink level indicator on the printer operator panel shows 0%. The indicator flashes when the ink tank is empty.

'Display counters'

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Select this wizard to check the amount of media and ink that is used since the system was installed. Press the softkey for 'Finish' to return to the off-line screen.

'Configure system'

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(see ‘Configure the network settings of the Océ TCS300’ on page 48) You can perform the following actions in the 'Configure system' wizard.

■ Configure the network settings.

■ Clear the set memory.

'Language'

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Toggle between the two languages that you defined in the Océ Settings Editor. (see ‘Define the display language of the Océ

TCS300’ on page 44)

The finishing options

Introduction

It is possible to expand your Océ TCS300 printer with one of the following finishing options.

The finishing options

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[12] The finishing options

Component Function Position of the component

Integrated Receiving Tray

This option is advised for a low production environment and a lot of same size output. The Integrated Receiving Tray is not available for the 3 roll version.

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[21] The Integrated Receiving Tray

Copy Receiving Rack

Collects output at the rear side of the printer. This option is advised for a higher production environment. The copy receiving rack can collect a maximum of 100 prints.

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[22] The Copy Receiving Rack

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The optional copy receiving rack

Introduction

The copy receiving rack is a movable tray that you can place behind the printer. The copy receiving rack is an option for the 1-roll configuration and the 2-roll configuration of the Océ TCS300 printer, but is required when you have a 3 roll configuration.

Purpose

Use the copy receiving rack to collect the printed output. You need to adjust the copy receiving rack before you can collect the printed output. How to adjust the copy receiving rack depends on the type of print job that you run.

The components

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[23] The optional copy receiving rack

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