Opex 306 User Manual

MODEL 306

USER MANUAL

AUGUST 2011

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Copyright © 2011 OPEX

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Table of Contents

Introduction................................................................................................ 2

Safety......................................................................................................... 3

Overview of Model 306 Operation ............................................................. 5

Functional Description............................................................................... 6

Machine controls........................................................................................ 7

Operating Instructions................................................................................ 9

Supervisor Operations............................................................................. 19

Job Parameters ....................................................................................... 31

Statistics .................................................................................................. 44

Troubleshooting....................................................................................... 48

Routine Maintenance............................................................................... 50

Table of Contents

Specifications........................................................................................... 53

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Introduction

Introduction

Omation Model 306 & Model 306s

High volume, high speed envelope opener with optional sorting capabilities

For more than thirty years, Omation products have been a staple in mailrooms
across the globe. The all-new Model 306 contains significant technological improve­ments over its predecessor, the Model 206 Envelopener, which has been the world’s
best selling envelope opening device for more than a decade.

The Omation Model 306, with its ability to operate at a rated speed of up to 40,000
envelopes per hour, contains OPEX’s latest mail opening technology and sets a new
standard for high volume mail processing. The improved milling cutter with 8 cut­depth positions removes chips as small as 0.01” from the envelope edge, producing a
soft, feathered edge while protecting valuable envelope contents. Even UPS and
FedEx delivery envelopes are no match for the Model 306. Equipped with a new and
robust operator control software interface, job setup can be done with ease and flexi­bility.

Most significantly, the Model 306 is also available with enhanced sorting capabilities
as the Model 306s. Envelopes can be sorted to two locations based on programmable
criteria such as thickness, length, and height. Optional batching capability allows
items to be grouped together in pre-selected lot sizes.

Sorting options make the Model 306s a perfect fit for applications that require verifi­cation of contents either before or after extraction: like claims processing,
remittance, and vote-by-mail. Because of its ability to differentiate between “clean
mail” from “exception mail.” The Model 306s also helps to ensure maximum produc­tivity from mail extraction equipment by allowing operators to concentrate on
extracting envelope contents from “clean” batches instead of trying to handle
exceptions at the same time.

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Safety

Safety conventions used in this manual

Safety

The information provided in this section is intended to educate the user on various
safety issues regarding the Model 306.

Specific safety information is listed throughout this manual in the form of
“DANGER,” “WARNING,” and “CAUTION” statements. Pay close attention to these
statements, as they contain important information on avoiding potential hazards to
yourself or to the equipment. An explanation of these statements is provided below.

• Danger statements - are used to indicate immediate hazards that WILL result in

severe personal injury or death.

• Warning statements - are used to indicate hazards or unsafe practices that

COULD result in severe personal injury or death.

• Caution statements - are used to indicate hazards or unsafe practices that

COULD result in minor personal injury or damage to equipment or property.

The following safety labels appear on the machine, and must be observed.

FIGURE 1: Electrical warning label

This label is to warn the techician to turn off the AC power switch and disconnect the
power cord before opening and servicing the Model 306. Servicing of the machine is
to be performed by Authorized OPEX Technicians only. There are no user-serviceable
parts within the machine.

FIGURE 2: Feeder warning label

This label is to warn the user to keep loose objects away from any exposed, moving
parts of the machine. The moving parts of the Model 306 can become jammed and/or
damaged by foreign objects. Keep hands, hair, loose clothing and jewelry away from
the moving parts.

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Equipment safety precautions

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Equipment safety precautions

WARNING:

• Do not attempt to clean the machine while it is running. A cloth (or similar
material) should never be used to clean moving parts such as belts or rollers. The
use of such material on moving mechanisms can result in damage to the machine
or severe personal injury. If a belt, roller, gate or similar part needs to be cleaned,
hand-crank the part during cleaning or clean it while stationary.

• Do not use flammable, high pressure, “canned air” to clean paper scraps and dust
from the machine.

• Do not place fingers in the feed area while running the machine.

• Do not place fingers in the cutter area. The cutter blades are sharp and may cause
cuts, should you inadvertently come in contact with them whether the machine is
running or not.

• Do not set liquids on the Model 306 which could spill into the machine.

WARNING!

Ergonomics

Follow these additional safety precautions whenever installing, operating,
servicing, or maintaining the equipment described in this manual.

Unplug the machine from the power source to remove power from the machine
for servicing or when moving the machine.

As in any occupation which requires you to perform the same motion repeatedly
during the course of your work, it is important to consider how you perform your
task. Always use proper operating procedures when working at your Model 306.
Using improper procedures can result in a potentially serious injury.

To reduce possible risks, we strongly urge you to follow these suggestions:

• If you need to use a chair, maintain an upright body posture. Avoid the tendency
to slump in your chair. The angle between your torso and thighs should always be
90 degrees.

• Occasionally change the angle of your posture for greater comfort.

• If possible, avoid operating the machine for longer than a single 8-hour shift.

While no suggestions can guarantee completely against work-related injuries, you
will certainly increase your comfort and safety while operating the Model 306 if you
put these suggestions into practice. The Model 306 has been designed with you in
mind. If it is operated correctly, you should find your work experience comfortable
and enjoyable.

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Overview of Model 306 Operation

These steps provide a quick overview of the Model 306 Operation. For details on
operating the Model 306, refer to “Operating Instructions” on page-9.

1 The operator loads mail onto the feed hopper. Normally, the operator can load a

comfortable handful of mail directly from the Post office mail trays.

2 The operator starts the Model 306 by pressing the Start button.
3 The operator uses the keypad to login and select the correct operator.

The operator may also have to enter a password.

4 The operator uses the keypad to select a job.
5 After selecting a job, the screen may prompt the operator to verify or adjust

settings such as: cutter, printer, height detect and/or thickness detect positions.

6 The operator uses the keypad to select RUN, and presses the Enter button to begin

operation.

7 Envelopes are fed from the feeder towards the retard stones.
8 The retard stones singulate the envelopes and sends them past the height and

thickness measurement areas. The envelopes are measured by the sensors in this
area (length, thickness, and/or height) and the envelope count is incremented.

9 The envelope moves through the milling cutter where the top side of envelope is

cut (if the cutter is set to any position other than Position 0=no cut).

Overview of Model 306 Operation

10 Envelope moves towards the sort gate.
11 If sorting is enabled, the sort gate directs the workflow to the correct path.

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Functional Description

Height measurement

Lower conveyor

Report printer

Feeder

Retard stones

Thickness measurement

Cut depth knob

Divert path

Sort gate

Information display

Feed assist wheel

Button keypad controls

Functional Description

Feeder - Envelopes are loaded onto the feeder at the top left of the machine. This
area is also often referred to as the hopper.

Retard stones - used to singulate and feed the stack of envelopes into the machine
for subsequent processing.

Cut depth knob - used to set the depth of the cut - from 0.01” (0.03 cm) from the
envelope edge (Position 1), up to 0.125” (0.32 cm) in depth (position 8). Cut Position 0
(no cut), can be used to sort envelopes without cutting them.

Information display - backlit LCD screen provides the user interface.

Button keypad controls - used for navigating the menus and starting/stopping the

machine.

The sort gate, thickness measurement and height measurement areas of the
machine are shown.

When sorting, the gate is used to divide the workflow into two paper paths. Path #1 is
sent to the lower conveyor and path #2 is diverted towards a feed assist wheel
where it is sent to an additional conveyor (not shown).

Report printer - located on the left side of the machine, provides a hard copy of job
and operator statistical information.

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Machine controls

Enter

Cancel

Start Stop

Up Arrow

Down Arrow

Left Arrow

Right Arrow

SELECT JOB

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WACH003

AMEX003
CITI002
GMAC002
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AMEX002
CITI001
GMAC001
PNC002
WACH001
WACH004

Scrollbar denotes
position in list

The Model 306 controls are located on the keypad to the right of the operator as
indicated in Figure 3.

FIGURE 3: Model 72 keypad button names

Start button - used to turn on the Model 306.

Stop button - used to turn off the Model 306.

Machine controls

Enter button - used to make selections that are shown on the LCD display.

Cancel button - used to cancel actions (such as to stop a job run), or back out of a

screen.

Arrow buttons - used to navigate through the data on the LCD screen.

Enhanced Scrolling

When a list or table has more information than can be displayed on the screen, a
scroll bar will be displayed on the right side of the screen. The scroll bar gives you a
relative idea were the cursor is in relation to the top and bottom of the list.

FIGURE 4: Typical enhanced scrolling screen

Keypad button functionality

Up Arrow Press - will allow you to navigate up through a column of data. When the
upper item within the column is highlighted and you press the up key, the list of
data is shifted down by a row and the previous line of data is displayed. If the up
arrow is pressed while on the first row of data, then the cursor will move left to the
first item in the table. If the first item is selected, then the cursor will move to the last
item in the list.

Up Arrow Hold - Pressing and holding the up arrow will display the previous full
page of data. The screen will wrap to the last page of data when you hold the up

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Machine controls

arrow while the first page of data is displayed. When the screen wraps to the last
page, the last item in the list will be highlighted.

Down Arrow Press - will allow you to navigate down through a column of data. When
the lower item within the column is highlighted and you press the down arrow, the
list of data is shifted up by a row and the next line of data is displayed. If the down
arrow is pressed while on the last row, the cursor will move left to the last item in the
table. The screen will wrap to the first item in the list if you press the down arrow
when the last item in the list is highlighted.

Down Arrow Hold - Pressing and holding the down arrow will display the next full
page of data. The screen will wrap to the first full page of data when you hold the
down arrow while the last page of data is displayed. The first item in the list will be
selected when the screen wraps to the first page.

Left Arrow Press - will shift the highlighted selection one column to the left. If the
selected item is in the first row and the left arrow is pressed, then the last item in the
previous row will be selected. In addition, if the first item on the page is highlighted
and the left arrow is pressed, the list is shifted down and the previous line of data is
displayed. Pressing the left arrow while the first item on first page is highlighted will
cause the screen to wrap to the last item in the list.

Left Arrow Hold - Left arrow hold will continuously shift the selection one item to
the left until the key is released. It will work the same as the left arrow press.

Right Arrow Press - will shift the highlighted selection one column to the right. If the
selected item is in the last row and the right arrow is pressed, then the first item in
the next row will be selected. In addition, if the last item on the page is highlighted
and the left arrow is pressed, the list is shifted up and the next line of data is
displayed. Pressing the right arrow while the last item on the last page is highlighted
will cause the screen to wrap to the first item in the list.

Right Arrow Hold - will continuously shift the selection one item to the right until
the key is released. It will work the same as the right arrow press.

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Operating Instructions

RUN

CHANGE JOB
CHANGE OPER
PRINT: OFF
ZERO COUNT
STATISTICS

(S) SIDE 000 000/020
(P) LOWER 000 000/020

OPERATOR:JOANNA JOB:SORTTEST

00000

(E)00000

Currently selected job

Currently selected operator

Descriptions
below

Exceptions count

Overall count

Secondary bin

Primary bin

Batch count

Sort counts per bin

The Run screen

All of the basic Operator functions can be accessed right from the Run screen.

FIGURE 5: Run screen

Run screen information:

• The run screen will show overall counts.

• If batching is turned on, then batch count information will be shown.

Operating Instructions

• If the machine is a sort machine, then counts per bin will be shown.

• Exceptions will be shown on the run screen on machines that have the sort option
or anytime a print job is being run.

• If sorting is turned on, then an indicator will appear telling the operator which bin
is the primary and which is the secondary.

RUN

This selection will turn the motor on to process mail using the currently selected job
and operator.

CHANGE JOB

This selection will allow the operator to change the currently selected job. This
selection will not appear if there is only one job set up on the machine.

CHANGE OPER

This selection will allow another operator or the supervisor to be selected. Provisions
are made to password-protect the use of the supervisor functions. Operators can also
be optionally protected by password.

PRINT

In jobs that have printing enabled, this selection will be shown. This will allow the
operator to temporarily turn audit trail printing on and off. This capability was
provided in case there is an issue with the printer and the operator wants to run mail

without correcting that issue.

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Operating Instructions

In jobs that have printing enabled, this selection will also provide the operator with
the ability to clean the heads of the print cartridge. For more information, see
“Cleaning the Audit trail printer cartridge head” on page-52.

ZERO COUNT

This will allow the user to reset the statistics counters for the current run. At the
beginning of a run or at any point during a run, a user may reset the counters. This
will cause the software to zero all of the counts on the screen, close out the current
statistics “record,” and open up a new one.

STATISTICS

This will show the DISPLAY STATISTICS screen, which will allow the user to display and

optionally print their statistics on the reports printer, if purchased.

DISPLAY STATISTICS

Time Range: All times

VIEW DETAILS

PRINT DETAILS
PAPER FEED

FIGURE 6: Display Statistics screen

VIEW SUMMARY
PRINT SUMMARY
SET TIME RANGE

The operator can only view runs that were saved under their name. The choices are:

• VIEW DETAILS - Pulls together all jobs run by this operator in the specified time

range in their each individual view (example: if the operator ran 4 jobs, the data
will be pulled together into 4 views).

• VIEW SUMMARY - Pulls together all jobs run by this operator within the specified

time range in one view.

• PRINT DETAILS - provides a printout of the details described above. User must have

purchased the optional stats printer.

• PRINT SUMMARY - provides a printout of the summary described above. User must

have purchased the optional stats printer.

• SET TIME RANGE - allows operator to set specified date and time for pulling the

above information together.

More details of statistics can be found in the Statistics section of the Supervisor
Functions (“Supervisor Statistics” on page-45).

MY P ASSWORD

This will allow an Operator to change their password. See “Setting and Viewing
Operator Passwords” on page-17 for more information.

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Staging the mail

Operating Instructions

FIGURE 7: Model 306 with mail tray supports

The convenient mail tray supports may be used to hold U.S. Postal Service mail
trays. The integrated mail tray supports can be opened or closed depending on your
needs.

Preparing the mail

Very little preparation of the mail is required. Handfuls of mail can quickly be loaded
into the feed area. A simple tap to align the top or leading edge may be necessary
when loading mixed mail. Envelopes of different sizes and thicknesses can be run at
the same time.

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Operating Instructions

Height sensor location

Envelope height lever

Thickness detect thumbscrew

Position markers
are located here

Setting the Envelope Height position

FIGURE 8: Envelope height adjustment

The envelope height lever is used to set the position of the envelope height sensor.
When starting a job, you may see a screen telling you to verify or adjust the height
adjustment to a specific numbered position. Slide the lever in/out to set the correct
position. Use the numbered marks on the lever to set this position (refer to Figure 8).

Setting the Thickness Detect position

FIGURE 9: Thickness Detect adjustment

When starting a job, you may see a screen telling you to verify or adjust the
Thickness Detect to a specific numbered position. To make adjustments to the

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thickness detector, loosen the thumb screw (as shown in Figure 9), move the

Hi-Speed Inkjet Printer
assembly

Hi-Speed Inkjet Printer
thumbscrew

thickness detector in or out to the correct position, and tighten the thumbscrew.

Setting the Hi-Speed Inkjet Printer position

FIGURE 10: Hi-Speed Inkjet Printer adjustment

When starting a job, you may see a screen telling you to verify or adjust the Hi-Speed
Inkjet Printer to a specific numbered position. To make adjustments to the printer
position, loosen the thumb screw as shown in Figure 10. Then move the inkjet
printer assembly in or out to the desired position, and tighten the thumbscrew.

Operating Instructions

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Operating Instructions

Operating the Model 306

1 Make sure that the machine is plugged into an outlet.
2 Start the Model 306. If the information display is off, press the Start button. If

3 Press the Enter button. The SELECT OPERATOR screen appears.

passwords are enabled, the login screen will be displayed.

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Press ENTER to log in.

FIGURE 11: Login screen

If passwords are disabled, the run screen appears as shown in step 6.

SELECT OPERATOR

CHRIS NEW SUPERVISOR

FIGURE 12: Select Operator screen

4 Use the Arrow keys to highlight an operator and press the Enter button to select

the operator. If a password is required for the selected operator, the ENTER
PASSWORD screen will be displayed next (see Figure 13).If a password is not

required, skip to step 6.

ENTER PASSWORD

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Aa INS
OVRDEL < SAV

FIGURE 13: Enter Password screen

5 Use the Arrow keys and the Enter button to enter a password. An asterisk (*) will be

displayed in the password field for each character entered. Entering SAV will force

the software to check to see if the entered password matches the saved password.

If the correct password was entered, it is valid until the Stop button is pressed

(LCD off).

If you entered an incorrect password, the INCORRECT PASSWORD warning message is

displayed.

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Operating Instructions

Selected operator
name appears here

INCORRECT PASSWORD

Press any key to continue

FIGURE 14: Incorrect Password scree n

Pressing any button on the keypad will return you to the run screen.

6 If the password was entered correctly, or if passwords are disabled, the Run

screen is displayed with the newly-selected Operator.

OPERATOR:CHRIS JOB:TEST

RUN

00000

(S) SIDE 00000
(P) LOWER 00000

(E)00000

CHANGE JOB
CHANGE OPER
PRINT: OFF
ZERO COUNT
STATISTICS

FIGURE 15: Operator Main Menu screen (example)

7 Press the Up/Down arrow buttons to go to CHANGE JOB and press the Enter button.

The Select Job screen appears (Figure 16).

SELECT JOB

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VISA NEW

FIGURE 16: Select Job screen

8 Use the Arrow buttons to choose a job, and press Enter to select it. The Run screen

is displayed - with the newly-selected job.

9 On the Run screen, use the Arrow buttons to navigate to RUN, and press Enter.

Based on the job settings, you may have additional information that appears on
the screen, such as the following example:

VERIFY OR ADJUST THE FOLLOWING:

CUTTER: POSITION 1
HI-SPEED INKJET PRINTER: POSITION 1

FIGURE 17: verification screen

10 Verify the adjustments needed for the selected job, and press Enter to start.

Press the ENTER button when ready.

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Operating Instructions

Stopping the machine

1 Press the Cancel button to stop the job and return to the Run screen. The Model

NOTE: While running the machine, you should watch trash levels and chip

“haystacking” to prevent backups that might jam the cutters and create a
service call.

306 will stop running the selected job. From time to time, the machine may stop
for jam control. If the machine stops, an error message will appear on the run

screen. Simply clear the visible jam and press Enter to restart the machine. Refer

to Table 5 on page-48 for a list of error messages.

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Adjust LCD Contrast

The contrast level for the LCD display can be adjusted for optimal viewing.

1 Press the Stop button on the keypad so that the LCD is in the off state.
2 Press the Left arrow button. The Adjust Intensity screen appears (Figure 18).

FIGURE 18: Adjust Intensity screen

3 Use the Up or Down buttons to darken or lighten the display as desired. A

numerical value in the lower right corner of the display will indicate the display
setting. The value can range from 0 (lightest) to 255 (darkest).

4 Once the contrast level is set for optimal viewing, press Cancel to exit the Adjust

Intensity screen. Either the login screen is then displayed (if passwords are

enabled), or the run screen is displayed (if passwords are disabled).

Operating Instructions

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PUSHING THE ENVELOPE...

THROUGH THE 21ST CENTURY!

Use UP or DOWN to adjust intensity: 110

NOTE: If you should power up the Model 306 and the display does not appear to have

text, or if it looks solid black, it may simply be that the intensity has been
accidently set to either of its extreme positions. Try performing this
adjustment first before contacting Opex Tech Support for assistance.

Setting and Viewing Operator Passwords

The operator has the ability to set and reset their password. However, the operator
will need to enter his/her current password before the password can be reset. If a
password has not been previously entered, the user will not be prompted to enter
their current password before entering a new password. The supervisor also has the
ability to enable/disable operator passwords.

To change a password

1 After logging in, use the Arrow buttons to select MY P ASSWORD from the Run screen

to change the currently selected operator’s password.

OPERATOR:CHRIS JOB:TEST

00000

(S) SIDE 00000
(P) LOWER 00000

(E)00000

CHANGE JOB
CHANGE OPER
PRINT: OFF
ZERO COUNT
STATISTICS

MY PASSWORD

FIGURE 19: Run screen - select MY PASSWORD

2 Press Enter. The CHECK PASSWORD screen (Figure 20) will be displayed to remind the

operator that leaving the password blank will disable the password feature.

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Operating Instructions

3 Press the Enter button to display the CURRENT PASSWORD screen.

4 The operator must enter their current password before setting their new

CHECK PASSWORD

To add or change password, press ENTER.

(Leaving the password blank disables

FIGURE 20: Check Password screen

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Aa INS
OVRDEL < SAV

FIGURE 21: Current Password screen

password. Use the keypad to enter the current password.

the password feature.)

CURRENT PASSWORD

Once the correct current password has been entered, the display automatically

changes to the NEW PASSWORD screen, allowing you to create a new password.

NEW PASSWORD

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Aa INS
OVRDEL < SAV

FIGURE 22: Enter Password screen

5 Enter the new password using the keypad. The password can be up to 10

characters in length. Selecting SAV will save the new password. The LCD will

return to the run screen after entering a password.

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Supervisor Operations

The supervisor role is to manage Operators and Jobs. All of the supervisor tasks can
be launched from the supervisor main menu.

To access the Supervisor screen

1 If the machine is off, press the Start button. The Login screen appears.

FIGURE 23: Login screen

2 Press Enter. The SELECT OPERATOR screen appears.
3 Use the arrow keys to select SUPERVISOR, and press Enter. The Supervisor screen

will be displayed.

Supervisor Operations

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Press ENTER to log in.

FIGURE 24: Supervisor screen

This screen is where all the supervisor tasks can be launched. The following tasks
can be performed:

- JOB MENU - add, modify and print jobs. Described on page-19.

- STATISTICS MENU - view and print statistical reports. Described on page-45.

- OPERATOR MENU - add, modify and print operators. Described on page-35.

- SYSTEM CONFIGURATION - view and update the system configuration parameters.

- AUDIT TRAIL MENU - view and update the audit trail parameters. Described on

- PASSWORD OPTIONS - globally enable or disable all passwords. Described on

Job Menu

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SUPERVISOR

JOB MENU

OPERATOR MENU
AUDIT TRAIL MENU

Details of these parameters are located on page-39.

page-40.

page-43.

STATISTICS MENU
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
PASSWORD OPTIONS

A Supervisor has the ability to create and maintain a job list. A maximum of 100 jobs

are supported. Selecting JOB MENU and pressing Enter will display the Job Menu

screen, and allow the supervisor to perform the following functions:

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Supervisor Operations

JOB MENU

FIGURE 25: Job menu screen

• ADD – enter a new job and setup the job options.

• DELETE - select a job from the job list and delete the job.

• MODIFY – select an existing job from the job list and modify the job’s options.

• COPY - select an existing job from the job list and make a new job based on the

• SORT LIST – alphabetically sort the job list.

• PRINT – select a job from the job list and print all parameters associated with the

• PRINT ALL - print the entire list of jobs (available when stats printer option is

Add Job

The supervisor has the ability to create a new job.

ADD

MODIFY

SORT LIST
PRINT ALL

DELETE

COPY

PRINT

existing job parameters. Parameters for the new (copied) job can also be edited.

selected job (available when stats printer option is purchased).

purchased).

1 On the Job Menu screen (Figure 25), select ADD, and press Enter. The RENAME JOB

screen appears as shown.

RENAME JOB

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Aa INS
OVRDEL < SAV

FIGURE 26: Rename Job screen

2 Enter the new job name using the Arrow buttons to navigate through the

onscreen keypad. Selecting SAV will create the new job. Pushing the Cancel button

on the keypad will end the job creation process.

Once you have named the job and selected SAV, the following screen appears as

shown in Figure 27.

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FIGURE 27: Place Cursor Over New Location (job) screen

3 Place the cursor over an existing job and press Enter to place the job in the list. The

new job will be placed after the selected job, and the JOB SETUP screen appears.

For details on the Job Setup screen, see “Modify Job” on page-21.

Delete Job

The supervisor can select a job from the job list and delete it.

1 On the Job Menu screen (Figure 25), select DELETE. The SELECT JOB TO DELETE

screen appears as shown.

Supervisor Operations

PLACE CURSOR OVER NEW LOCATION

TEST JOB NEW

FIGURE 28: Select Job to Delete screen

2 Use the Arrow keys to choose a job, and press Enter to delete the job. The job will

be deleted, and the display will return to the JOB MENU screen.

Modify Job

The MODIFY job selection allows the supervisor to edit an existing job.
1 On the Job Menu screen (Figure 25), select MODIFY. The SELECT JOB TO MODIFY

screen appears.

SELECT JOB TO DELETE

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MCARD

TEST JOB AMEX001 NEW

AMEX
NEW

SELECT JOB TO MODIFY

VISA

FIGURE 29: Select Job to Modify screen

2 Use the Arrow keys to choose a job, and press Enter to select the job. The job will

be deleted, and the display will return to the JOB MENU screen. The JOB SETUP

screen will be displayed (Figure 30).

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Supervisor Operations

FIGURE 30: Job Setup screen

The job setup options are described below.

Sort Wizard

This selection should be used when creating a job that involves sorting by thickness,
or by length. The sort wizard will set various machine parameters for the user based
upon answers to questions and data that is collected when mail is run. The sort
wizard can also be used to set height parameters.

The user should have an idea how they would like to sort their mail into two piles
using any combination of length, height or thickness. The user must also have a
good selection of primary mail that will be representative of the full range (that is, it
contains some of the thinnest and thickest mail that they would like to go into the
primary pile). For more information on the Sort Wizard see, “SORT WIZARD” on
page-23.

JOB SETUP

SORT WIZARD

JOB OPTIONS

VIEW LENGTH DATA

VIEW THICKNESS DATA

Job Options

This selection will allow the supervisor to modify any existing jobs. Parameters will
be shown on a screen in the order shown in “Model 306 Job Parameters” on page-32.
Most parameters can be set based on expected results, such as printing or no
printing, for example. The length data and thickness readings are obtained by
running the job with the length and/or thickness parameters wide open, and then
viewing the data using the provided screens detailed below.

View Length Data

Selecting this option displays the LENGTH HISTOGRAM screen.

LENGTH:621
LENGTH:625
LENGTH:626
LENGTH:627
LENGTH:628
LENGTH:629
LENGTH:630

FIGURE 31: Length Histogram screen

This screen shows the length measurements. The data is stored in a buffer of 599
counters representing 400-999. When a piece is run, the software will update the
appropriate counter (i.e., a length of 700 will increment the 300th counter). The
display software will show the first 50 non-zero counters. Once a counter reaches
255, it will stop incrementing.

LENGTH HISTOGRAM

COUNT: 1
COUNT: 1
COUNT: 4
COUNT: 5
COUNT: 5
COUNT: 4
COUNT: 3

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View Thickness Data

!

Selecting this option displays the THICKNESS HISTORY screen.

Supervisor Operations

FIGURE 32: Thickness History screen

This screen displays the output of the average thickness algorithm. The data is
stored in a buffer of 256 byte counters representing calculations of 0 to 255. When a
piece is run, the software will update the appropriate counter (i.e., an average
thickness of 32 will increment the 32nd counter). The display software will show the
first 50 non-zero counters. Once a counter reaches 255, it will stop incrementing.

SORT WIZARD

The Sort Wizard is used to configure a sorting job.

Caution:

1 From the Supervisor > Job Setup screen (Figure 30), select SORT WIZARD, and press

Enter. The sort wizard will start out by asking three questions that must be

answered. The first asks if you want to sort on thickness as shown below.

THICKNESS: 22
THICKNESS: 26
THICKNESS: 27
THICKNESS: 28
THICKNESS: 29
THICKNESS: 32
THICKNESS: 33

THICKNESS HISTORY

COUNT: 1
COUNT: 7
COUNT: 7
COUNT: 17
COUNT: 2
COUNT: 1
COUNT: 2

When running, the Sort Wizard will modify the job to perform its functions. If the user
presses the Stop button or power is killed in the middle of a sort wizard setup, the job
will not be properly restored to its original state.

SORT MAIL BASED ON THICKNESS?

NO

YES

FIGURE 33: Sort Mail Based On Thickness screen

2 Use the Arrow buttons to select either NO or YES, and press Enter. The second

question asks if you want to sort on length as shown below.

SORT MAIL BASED ON LENGTH?

NO

YES

FIGURE 34: Sort Mail Based On Length screen

3 Use the Arrow buttons to select either NO or YES, and press Enter. The third

question asks if you want to sort on height as shown below.

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4 Use the Arrow buttons to select either NO or YES, and press Enter.

NOTE: If the user answers NO to all of the above, the job will be set accordingly and

5 If one or more of the above was answered YES, then the wizard asks where you

SORT MAIL BASED ON HEIGHT?

NO

YES

FIGURE 35: Sort Mail Based On Height screen

the message SORT WIZARD COMPLETED will be displayed. This job will obviously

not be set to sort mail.

would like the primary mail sorted to.

SORT PRIMARY MAIL TO:

LOWER

SIDE

FIGURE 36: Sort Primary Mail To screen

6 This screen is used to select the area where the primary mail will be sent. Use the

Arrow buttons to select either LOWER or SIDE, and press Enter.

7 If sorting on thickness, the wizard will ask the following question regarding

thickness values.

COMPARED TO THE PRIMARY MAIL,
THE SECONDARY MAIL IS:

THINNER

THICKER
BOTH THINNER AND THICKER

FIGURE 37: Compared To Primary Mail, The Secondary Mail Is (thickness) screen

8 Use the Arrow buttons to make a selection, and press Enter. Choices are: THINNER,

THICKER or BOTH THINNER AND THICKER.

This question is being asked to help the wizard set the minimum and maximum

thickness values. If THINNER is selected, then the maximum will be set to the

highest valid setting and minimum will be set after the sample set of primary mail

is run. If THICKER is selected, then the minimum will be set to the lowest valid

setting and maximum will be set after the sample set of primary mail is run. If
both are selected, then minimum and maximum will be set after sample set is
run.

9 If sorting on length, the wizard will ask the following questioni regarding length

values.

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COMPARED TO THE PRIMARY MAIL,
THE SECONDARY MAIL IS:

SHORTER

LONGER
BOTH SHORTER AND LONGER

FIGURE 38: Compared To Primary Mail, The Secondary Mail Is (length) screen

10 Use the Arrow buttons to make a selection, and press Enter. Choices are: SHORTER,

LONGER or BOTH SHORTER AND LONGER.

This question is being asked to help the wizard set the minimum and maximum

length values. If SHORTER is selected, then the maximum will be set to the highest

valid setting and minimum will be set after the sample set of primary mail is run.

If LONGER is selected, then the minimum will be set to the lowest valid setting and

maximum will be set after the sample set of primary mail is run. If both are
selected, then minimum and maximum will be set after sample set is run.

11 If sorting on height, the wizard will ask how the height sensor will respond when it

is blocked by an envelope.

WHEN AN ENVELOPE BLOCKS THE HEIGHT
SENSOR, THE HEIGHT SENSOR WILL ?

FAIL

PASS

FIGURE 39: When An Envelope Blocks The Height Sensor, The Height Test Will screen

12 Use the Arrow buttons to make a selection, and press Enter. Choices are: FAIL or

PASS. This question is being asked to help set the WHEN HEIGHT BLOCKED job

parameter. For more details, see “SORT ON HEIGHT” on page-33.

13 Once these questions are answered, the following informational screen appears:

PLACE REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF
PRIMARY MAIL IN FEEDER TO CATEGORIZE.
SAMPLE SHOULD INCLUDE MAIL THAT
IS CONSIDERED PROPER HEIGHT, LENGTH
AND THICKNESS. ADJUST TMD OR HEIGHT
DETECT SENSOR TO ENSURE PROPER READINGS.
PLACE CUTTER IN NO-CUT POSITION.
PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE.

FIGURE 40: Sort Wizard information screen

14 Once the tasks on the screen have been accomplished, press Enter. The Sort

Wizard run screen appears.

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SORT WIZARD JOB:TEST

0032

THICKNESS: 023 022 032
LENGTH: 625 624 634
HEIGHT: *

FIGURE 41: Sort Wizard run screen

MIN MAX

RUN

CLEAR
CONTINUE
CANCEL
PROFILES

15 Here the user can run their primary mail, which will provide the Sort Wizard with

information to set the parameters in the job. This screen will:

- Show counter of mail run.

- Appropriately show thickness information including thickness reading of last
piece, minimum reading and maximum reading.

- Appropriately show length measurement information including length
measurement of last piece, minimum reading and maximum reading.

- Appropriately show height indicator, which can be either PASS or FAIL.

- Provide the user with the ability to RUN, CLEAR, CONTINUE and CANCEL.

RUN - will allow the user to run mail for the purpose of collecting job parameter

information.

CLEAR - provides the user with the ability to clear all of the collected data,

essentially starting over. This can be used if secondary mail was accidently run or
the user noticed double feeds were occurring.

CONTINUE - will take the user to the next screen of the sort wizard.

CANCEL - will take the user back to the screen they were at when they started the

sort wizard.

- When running mail, all jam control software will be activated as if it were a
regular run. The exception is double feed detection will not be active.

- All mail will be sent to the primary destination.

- User is responsible for ensuring mail does not double feed, as double detect
requires valid length and/or thickness maximums to be properly set.

- The sort wizard does not provide the ability to set all job parameters. The user
will still need to set all parameters which are not related to thickness, length
and/or height.

- If thickness sorting is turned on, the thickness parameters are set based on
the answer to the following Sort Wizard question:

TABLE 1: COMPARED TO PRIMARY MAIL, THE SECONDARY MAIL IS:

If set to: Then:

THINNER

THICKER

BOTH THINNER AND THICKER

Thickness minimum is set to the minimum collected value,
maximum is set to the highest valid setting.

Thickness minimum is set to the lowest valid setting,
maximum is set to the highest collected value.

Thickness minimum is set to the lowest collected value,
maximum is set to the highest collected value.

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- If length sorting is turned on, the length parameters are set based on the
answer to the following Sort Wizard question:

TABLE 2: COMPARED TO PRIMARY MAIL, THE SECONDARY MAIL IS:

If set to: Then:

SHORTER

LONGER

BOTH SHORTER AND LONGER

Length minimum is set to the minimum collected value,
maximum is set to the highest valid setting.

Length minimum is set to lowest valid setting, maximum is
set to the highest collected value.

Length minimum set to lowest collected value, maximum is
set to the highest collected value.

PROFILES - selecting this option will display a graph of each piece run.

250
200
150
100

AVG THICKNESS 28 PIECE ID:6

50

0

USE ARROW KEYS TO VIEW PROFILES

FIGURE 42: Thickness Profiles screen

Press the arrow keys to view the thickness profile for each of the pieces run in the

Sort Wizard test. Press Cancel to return to the Sort Wizard run screen.
THICK. DATA - Selecting this option displays the THICKNESS HISTORY screen, as

described in “View Thickness Data” on page-23.

LENGTH DATA - Selecting this option displays the LENGTH HISTOGRAM screen, as

described in “View Length Data” on page-22.

16 Selecting CONTINUE and pressing Enter will display the following screen asking if

you would like to test the sort scheme.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TEST THE SORT SCHEME
BY RUNNING A SAMPLE OF MAIL?

NO

YES

FIGURE 43: Confirmation run screen

17 If you select YES, an informational screen is displayed,as shown below.

FIGURE 44: Informational screen

PLACE MAIL IN FEEDER AND PRESS ENTER.
MAIL WILL BE SORTED BASED ON THE SORT
SCHEME. IF THE MAIL IS SORTED INCORRECTLY
RE-RUN SORT WIZARD OR ADJUST SORT
PARAMETERS IN THE JOB PARAMETER
SCREEN.

PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE.

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18 Press Enter to complete the confirmation run. Make any adjustments to the job

Copy Job

This option allows you to select an existing job from the job list and make a new job
based on the existing job parameters. Parameters for the new (copied) job can also be
edited.

1 On the Job Menu screen (Figure 25), select COPY, and press Enter. The SELECT JOB

parameters as needed.

TO COPY screen appears.

AAA

MCARD

FIGURE 45: Select Job To Copy screen

SELECT JOB TO COPY

AMEX
NEW

VISA

2 Use the Arrow buttons to select an existing job, and press Enter. The RENAME JOB

screen appears.

RENAME JOB

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Aa INS
OVRDEL < SAV

FIGURE 46: Rename Job screen

3 Enter the new job name using the Arrow buttons to navigate through the

onscreen keypad. Selecting SAV will create the new job. Pushing the Cancel button

on the keypad will end the job creation process.

Once you have named the job and selected SAV, the following screen appears.

PLACE CURSOR OVER NEW LOCATION

TEST JOB NEW

FIGURE 47: Place Cursor Over New Location (job) screen

4 Place the cursor over an existing job and press Enter to place the job in the list. The

new job will be placed after the selected job, and the SELECT JOB OPTION screen

appears.

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New Job Name

Parameter settings are copied from
the existing job, but they are separate
from the existing job, and can be edited
for the new job.

JOB MENU

DELETE

COPY

PRINT

ADD

MODIFY

SORT LIST
PRINT ALL

Selects an individual job,
and prints all parameters
associated with it

Prints the entire
list of all jobs

JOB NAME

SELECT JOB OPTION

SORT ON THICKNESS
SORT ON LENGTH
SORT ON HEIGHT
GATE BATCHING
BATCH SIZE LOWER
EXCEPTION THRESHOLD

COPY JOB

NO
NO
NO
NO
DISABLED
5

FIGURE 48: Select Job Option screen

5 Use the Up/Down arrows to highlight a job parameter, and press Enter to select it.

The available job parameters are described on page-31.

Sort List

1 On the Job Menu screen (Figure 49), select SORT LIST.
2 Selecting SORT LIST will alphabetically sort the job list.

Print All Jobs or Individual Job Parameters

Job Information can be printed out for a single job or all jobs (available with stats
report printer option). The printout includes the job name and all job parameters (see
Figure 50). The user must be logged in as a supervisor to printout the report. The
print choices are available on the Job Menu screen.

FIGURE 49: Job Menu screen

NOTE:

If you want to print information for a specific job, you will be presented with
an additional screen where you can choose the job.

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MODEL 306S

JOB PARAMETERS

OPEX

JOB NAME
SORT ON THICKNESS
SORT ON LENGTH
SORT ON HEIGHT
GATE BATCHING
BATCH SIZE LOWER
EXCEPTION THRESHOLD
CUT DEPTH
STAMP ORIENTATION
PRINTER JOB

PARAMETER DESCRIPTION

VISA
NO
NO
NO
NO
21
5
1
ANY DIRECTION
NO PRINT

VAL UE

PRINTED: JULY 1, 2011 11:30 A.M.

FIGURE 50: Example printout of Job information

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Job Parameters

This section describes the job parameters that can be set for each job. The visibility
of certain job parameters are turned on/off to help the user. Job parameters can be
accessed when adding a new job, as described in “Add Job” on page-20, as well as
when modifying an existing job (described below).

To edit job parameters for an existing job

1 Login as a Supervisor.
2 On the SUPERVISOR screen (see Figure 24), use the arrows to select JOB MENU and

press Enter. The Job Menu screen appears.

Job Parameters

JOB MENU

ADD

MODIFY

SORT LIST
PRINT ALL

FIGURE 51: Job Menu screen

DELETE

COPY

PRINT

3 Select MODIFY, and press Enter. The SELECT JOB TO MODIFY screen appears.

SELECT JOB TO MODIFY

TEST JOB AMEX001 NEW

FIGURE 52: Select Job To Modify screen

4 Use the Arrow keys to choose a job, and press Enter to select the job. Once you’ve

selected a job, the JOB SETUP screen appears.

JOB SETUP

SORT WIZARD

JOB OPTIONS

VIEW LENGTH DATA

VIEW THICKNESS DATA

FIGURE 53: Job Setup screen

5 On the JOB SETUP screen, select JOB OPTIONS, and press Enter. The SELECT JOB OPTION

screen appears.

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JOB NAME

SELECT JOB OPTION

SORT ON THICKNESS
SORT ON LENGTH
SORT ON HEIGHT
GATE BATCHING
BATCH SIZE LOWER
EXCEPTION THRESHOLD

TEST JOB

NO
NO
NO
NO
DISABLED
5

6 Use the Up/Down arrows to highlight a job parameter, and press Enter to select it.

The available job parameters are described below.

TABLE 3: Model 306 Job Parameters

Parameter Description

JOB NAME

SORT ON THICKNESS

10 character text field. Once a job has been created , you ca n use this
option to change the name of the job.

Determines if the job is sorted by thickness.

• Choices for this parameter are

Yes or No. The default is No.

• Display is tied to sort key setting and gate batching setting. If set to

YES, additional thickness sorting parameters are displayed.

Parameter is used to instruct operator where they should place the TMD
when running this job.

TMD POSITION

• Range is 1 to 14, default is 1. Closest to cut edge is 1.

• This parameter is displayed when SORT ON THICKNESS = YES.
Allows for initial thickness readings to be ignored when calculating the

average thickness. This is due to the fact that the TMD will not provide
accurate data until it settles.

LEAD EDGE OFFSET

• Value is in tenths of an inch, as the readings are taken every ms.

• Value can be set from

0 to 40. Default is 15.

• This parameter is displayed when SORT ON THICKNESS = YES.
Allows for ending thickness readings to be ignored when calculating the

average thickness. This is due to the fact that the TMD has a tendency to
not provide accurate data at the end due to bouncing.

TRAIL EDGE OFFSET

• Value is in tenths of an inch, as the readings are taken every ms.

• Value can be set from

• This parameter is displayed when

0 to 40. Default is 2.

SORT ON THICKNESS = YES.

This value represents the low end of the thickness range for primary mail.

THICKNESS MINIMUM

• Value can be set from

• This parameter is displayed when

0 - 999, the default is 0.

SORT ON THICKNESS = YES.

This value represents the high end of the thickness range for primary mail.
THICKNESS
MAXIMUM

• Value can be set from

0 - 999, the default is 999.

• This parameter is displayed when SORT ON THICKNESS = YES.

Determines if the job is sorted by length.
SORT ON LENGTH

• Choices for this parameter are

Yes or No. The default is No.

• Display is tied to sort key setting and gate batching setting. If set to

YES, additional length sorting parameters are displayed.

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Parameter Description

This value represents the low end of the length measurement range for
primary mail.

LENGTH MINIMUM

LENGTH MAXIMUM

SORT ON HEIGHT

• Value can be set from

• This parameter is displayed when SORT ON LENGTH = YES.
This value represents the high end of the length measurement range for

primary mail.

• Value can be set from 400 - 999, the default is 999.

• This parameter is displayed when SORT ON LENGTH = YES.
Determines if the job is sorted by height.

• Choices for this parameter are YES or NO. The default is NO.

• Display is tied to sort key setting and gate batching setting. If set to

YES, additional height sorting parameters are displayed.

Choices are PASS or FAIL, the default is FAIL.

•

PASS indicates that the piece should go to primary pile if the piece

WHEN HEIGHT
BLOCKED

HEIGHT POSITION

MIXED MAIL

PRIMARY SORT TO

GATE BATCHING

blocks the height sensor.

• FAIL indi cates that the piece should go to secondary pile if the piece

blocks the height sensor.

This parameter is displayed when SORT ON HEIGHT = YES.
Parameter is used to instruct operator where they should place the height

sensor when running this job.

• Range is

• This parameter is displayed when SORT ON HEIGHT = YES.

• Parameter is shown if the job has either sort on length or thickness set
to

• Choices are YES or NO, default is YES.

• When this parameter is set to NO, then any piece that is more than 1 ½
times the maximum average thickness setting OR 1 ½ times the
maximum length setting will be counted as 2 pieces. This parameter is
used to help provide more accurate counts.

• Parameter is shown if software key has sorting turned on.

• Indicates which bin holds the primary sort.

• Choices are

• Parameter is shown if software key has sorting turned on.

• This parameter is mutually exclusive with the following parameters;

1-8, default is 1 (the shortest position is 1).

YES.

LOWER and SIDE, default is LOWER.

SORT ON THICKNESS, SORT ON LENGTH, and SORT ON HEIGHT.

• Parameter is shown if software key has batching turned on.

BATCH SIZE LOWER

BATCH SIZE SIDE

• Parameter is used to set the batch size of the lower PCS.

• Value can be set from

• Parameter is shown if software key has batching turned on.

• Parameter is used to set the batch size of the side PCS.

• Value can be set from

Job Parameters

400 - 999, the default is 400.

20 - 200 or DISABLED, the default is DISABLED.

20 - 200 or DISABLED, the default is DISABLED.

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TABLE 3: Model 306 Job Parameters (Continued)

Parameter Description

• Parameter is shown if software key has sorting turned on.
This parameter will allow the supervisor to determine how the job should

respond when it encounters an exception (error condition). Exceptions

EXCEPTION
THRESHOLD

ST AMP ORIENTA TION

CUT DEPTH

PRINTER JOB

DEPT. ID

JOB TEXT

POST DATE OFFSET

PRINT OFFSET

ENABLE DARK PRINT

include: gap too small, double feeds, missing sort information, piece not
arriving at counter sensor within expected time frame (jam window) and
pieces still moving when jam is called. A value of
every exception,

• Value can be set from 0 - 255, default is 5.

• Parameter is always shown.

• Parameter is used to instruct operator how they should place the mail in
the feeder. The placement of mail in the feeder is important when
running thickness sort or print jobs.

• Choices are: ANY ORIENTATION, STAMP UP AND AWAY FROM

OPERAT OR, ST AMP DOWN AND A W AY FROM OPERA TOR, ST AMP
UP AND TOWAR DS OPERATOR, STAMP UP AWAY FROM
OPERATOR. Default is

• Parameter is always shown.

• Parameter is used to instruct operator where they should place the
cutter dial when running this job.

• Choices are

• Parameter is shown if software key has audit trail printer turned on.

• Value of p arameter can be
been previously setup. The default is

• If set to any value other than
parameters are displayed.

Provides ability to spray a unique department ID on the mail.

• From 1 to 10 text characters can be set, default is

• This parameter is displayed when PRINTER JOB = YES.

Provides ability to spray a unique job text string on the mail.

• From 1 to 10 text characters can be set, default is

• This parameter is displayed when PRINTER JOB = YES.

Provides the ability to postdate the mail.

• Values are from 0 - 9999, default is 0.

• This parameter is displayed when PRINTER JOB = YES.

Provides the ability to delay spraying on the mail (relative to lead edge).

• Resolution is in ms, so each value is slightly more than 1/8 of an inch.

• Values can be from

• This parameter is displayed when PRINTER JOB = YES.

Allows supervisor to spray dark or lightly on the mail. Obviously the dark
spray will use more ink.

• Choices are

• This parameter is displayed when

1 indicates to jam on 2 consecutive, etc.

0 - 8, default is 1. No cut is 0, deepest cut is 8.

YES or NO, default is NO.

0 indicates to jam on

ANY ORIENTATION.

NO PRINT or any of the audit trails that have

NO PRINT.

NO PRINT, additional Printer Job

D.I.

J.T.

0 - 100, default is 0.

PRINTER JOB = YES.

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TABLE 3: Model 306 Job Parameters (Continued)

Parameter Description

PRINTER POSITION

Operator Menu

Selecting OPERATOR MENU on the Supervisor screen displays the following options:

Job Parameters

Parameter is used to instruct operator where they should place the ink jet
printer when running this job.

• Choices are from

• This parameter is displayed when PRINTER JOB = YES.

0 to 8, default is 0. Closest to cut edge is 0.

OPERATOR MENU

ADD

MODIFY
PRINT

FIGURE 54: Operator Menu screen

DELETE
SORT LIST
PRINT ALL

• ADD – enter a new operator and setup the operator options.

• DELETE - select an operator from the operator list and delete the operator.

• MODIFY – select an existing operator from the operator list and modify the

operator’s options.

• SORT LIST – alphabetically sort the operator list.

• PRINT – select an operator from the operator list and print all parameters

associated with the selected operator.

• PRINT ALL - print the entire list of operators.

Add Operator

1 On the OPERATOR MENU screen (Figure 54), select ADD. The RENAME OPERA T OR screen

will appear.

RENAME OPERATOR

FIGURE 55: Rename Operator screen

2 Enter the operator’s name using the Arrow buttons to navigate through the

onscreen keypad. Selecting SAV will create the new operator. Pushing the Cancel

button on the keypad will end the operator creation process.

Once you have named the operator and selected SAV, the following screen appears.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Aa INS
OVRDEL < SAV

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PLACE CURSOR OVER NEW LOCATION

PAT NEW SUPERVISOR

FIGURE 56: Place Cursor Over New Location screen

3 Place the cursor over an existing operator and press Enter to place the operator in

the list. The new operator will be placed after the selected operator, and the MODIFY
OPERATOR screen appears.

MODIFY OPERATOR

OPERATOR NAME
INITIALS
PASSWORD
OPERATOR GROUP
OPERATOR LANGUAGE

FIGURE 57: Modify Operator screen

JANE

J.D.
ABCDE
1
DEFAULT

4 Make any modification to the operator’s parameters using the keypad buttons.

Operator parameters include:

- OPERATOR NAME - change the name of the operator.

- INITIALS - change the initials of the operator. This allows the customer to spray

a shorter audit trail string, if they want to include the operator's name.

- PASSWORD - change the operator’s password.

- OPERATOR GROUP - provides a method to organize operators.

- OPERATOR LANGUAGE - select the language used by the operator.

5 Press Enter to save the changes.

Changing an operator’s initials

1 On the MODIFY OPERATOR screen, select INITIALS, and press the Enter key. The RENAME

OPER INITIALS screen appears.

FIGURE 58: Rename Operator Initials screen

2 Use the Arrow keys to navigate to OVR and press Enter. This puts you in Over

mode, and the cursor (black box) moves to the first letter.

3 Press Enter.

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RENAME OPER INITIALS

J.S.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Aa INS
OVRDEL < SAV

Job Parameters

4 Use the Arrow keys to select the first initial of the name. Once selected, press

Enter.
5 Use the Right arrow key to move the cursor to the last initial, and press Enter.
6 Use the Arrow keys to select the last initial of the name. Once selected, press Enter.
7 Press Cancel to exit out of Over mode.
8 Use the Arrow keys to navigate to SAV, and press Enter.

Delete Operator

The supervisor can select an operator from the operator list and delete them.

1 On the OPERAT OR MENU screen (Figure 54), select DELETE. The SELECT OPER TO DELETE

screen appears.

SELECT OPER TO DELETE

DAVE

PAT

JANE
SUPERVISOR

NEW

FIGURE 59: Select Operator to Delete screen

2 Use the Arrow keys to choose an operator, and press Enter to delete the operator.

The operator will be deleted, and the display will return to the OPERATOR MENU

screen.

Modify Operator

1 On the OPERATOR MENU screen (see Figure 54), select MODIFY. The SELECT OPERATOR

screen will appear.

PAT

SUPERVISOR

FIGURE 60: Select Operator screen

2 Use the Arrow keys to choose an operator, and press Enter to select the operator.

The MODIFY OPERATOR screen appears.

SELECT OPERATOR

JANE

MODIFY OPERATOR

NEW

FIGURE 61: Modify Operator screen

OPERATOR NAME
INITIALS
PASSWORD
OPERATOR GROUP
OPERATOR LANGUAGE

JANE

J.D.
ABCDE
1
DEFAULT

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Job Parameters

OPERATOR MENU

DELETE
SORT LIST
PRINT ALL

ADD

MODIFY
PRINT

Selects an individual
operator, and prints all
parameters associated
with them

Prints the entire list
of all operators

3 Make any modification to the operator’s parameters using the Arrow keys.
4 Press Enter to save the changes.

Sort List

1 On the OPERATOR MENU screen (Figure 54), select SORT LIST.
2 Selecting SORT LIST will alphabetically sort the operator list.

Print All or Individual Operator Parameters

NOTE: The optional report printer is required for printing parameters.

Operator information can be printed for an individual or all operators. The printout
includes the name, password, group number and language. The printout choices are

available from the OPERATOR MENU screen.

FIGURE 62: Operator Menu screen

The user must be logged in as supervisor to print out the report.

NOTE: If you want to print information for a specific operator, you will be presented

with an additional screen where you can choose the operator.

OPEX

PARAMETER DESCRIPTION

OPERATOR NAME
INITIALS
PASSWORD
OPERATOR GROUP
OPERATOR LANGUAGE

FIGURE 63: Example printout of Operator information

MODEL 306S

OPERATOR PARAMETERS

PRINTED: JULY 1, 2011 8:38 A.M.

VAL UE

CHRIS
C.B.

1
DEFAULT

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System Configuration Menu

Allows the Supervisor to view and edit the system configuration parameters.

Selecting SYSTEM CONFIGURATION on the Supervisor Main Menu will display the

following screen.

FEED RESTART MODE
BATCHER RESTART MODE
LANGUAGE
DATE FORMAT

FIGURE 64: (Supervisor) System Configuration screen

The System Configuration screen offers the following options:

• FEED RESTART MODE - Default restarting mode of machine when a “feed empty”

condition is detected. Choices are:

- 0 = Auto (default). Auto mode requires the operator to place mail into the feed

area and then it is automatically fed into the machine. Auto mode does not

require the Enter key to be pressed.

- 1 = Manual. Manual mode requires the operator to place mail into the feed area
and then press Enter to restart the machine.

• BATCHER RESTART MODE - Default restarting mode of machine when a “batch full”

condition is detected. Choices are:

- 0 = Auto (default). Auto mode does not require the operator to press the Enter

key to restart the machine.

-

1 = Manual. Manual mode requires the operator to press Enter to restart the

machine.

• LANGUAGE - Default language for the machine. Choices are:

- 0 = English (default)

- 1 = French

- 2 = German

- 3 = French-Canadian

- 4 = Spanish

- 5 = Portuguese

Job Parameters

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

(AUTO)

(AUTO)
(ENGLISH)
(MMDDYY)

It should be noted that each operator can choose their own language and one of

those selections is “default.” This means that changing this parameter could impact

the language of some operators.

NOTE: The time format displayed by the machine is tied to the language that is

chosen. English will use a 12 hour clock, while all other languages will use
a 24 hour clock.

• DATE FORMAT - Default date/time format for the user interface and reports. Choices

are:

- 0 = MM/DD/YY (default)

- 1 = DD/MM/YY

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Job Parameters

Audit Trail Menu

Selecting AUDIT TRAIL MENU on the Supervisor Main Menu screen displays the AUDIT
TRAIL SETUP screen as shown below.

AUDIT TRAIL SETUP

AUDIT TRAIL EDITOR

AUDIT TRAIL ELEMENT SETTINGS

FIGURE 65: Audit Trail Setup screen

The optional audit trail spraying capabilities on the Model 306 are quite extensive.
Managing the audit trails is done at the supervisor level. This menu selection

provides the supervisor with two choices: Audit Trail Editor and Audit Trail Element Settings.

Audit trails define what can be sprayed in each job. A supervisor could use one audit
trail for all of their jobs, share audit trails between a few jobs, or create an audit trail
for each of their jobs. Audit trail elements are provided to help simplify the setup of
audit trails.

Audit Trail Elements

Since both of the menu items have to do with audit trail elements, a summary of the
audit trail elements should be shown before proceeding. Here is a list of the possible
audit trail selections:

• AR - The text representing "Accounts Receivable" will be sprayed. Default in

quotes.

• AT - The text representing "Accounting" will be sprayed. Default in quotes.

• BL - The text representing "Billing" will be sprayed. Default in quotes.

• CN - The text representing "Confidential" will be sprayed. Default in quotes.

• PB - The text for "Process By" will be sprayed. Default in quotes.

• PO - The text for "Processed On" will be sprayed. Default in quotes.

• T1 - User-assigned text will be sprayed. Default is "Text1".

• T2 - User-assigned text will be sprayed. Default is "Text2".

• T3 - User-assigned text will be sprayed. Default is "Text3".

• T4 - User-assigned text will be sprayed. Default is "Text4".

• T5 - User-assigned text will be sprayed. Default is "Text5".

• JN - The name of the job running during audit trail printing will be sprayed.

• DI - The department identification that is entered in the "DEPT. ID" field of the

current job will be sprayed.

• JT - User-assigned text that is entered in the "JOB TEXT" field of the current job

will be sprayed.

• ON - The current operator's name will be sprayed.

• OI - The current operator's initials will be sprayed.

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Job Parameters

• B1 - When selected, it will spray a Postnet barcode that contains the year, date,

time in seconds and the envelope sequence number. See below for more details.

DT - The month day and year in the format that has been configured in the AUDIT

•
TRAIL PRINTER PARAMETERS screen will be sprayed.

• TI - The hour minute and second in the format that has been configured in the

AUDIT TRAIL PRINTER PARAMETERS screen will be sprayed.

• SN - A five-digit physical count of all envelopes that have been printed on will be

sprayed. It is updated on every envelope sprayed. This value will start at zero and
count up to 65,535 before wrapping to zero.

•

< > - When selected, a character space is entered.

• NL - When selected, a new line is entered. Doing so will cause all following element

selections to be sprayed on the next line.

Barcode 1 (B1) Details

A unique, 11-digit Postnet is sprayed based on the time/day that is set in the RTC
(real-time clock) chip in the machine. The 11 digits in the barcode reflect the
following information:

TABLE 4: Barcode digit information

1 Y - year represented by the least significant digit (limit of wrapping decade)

2-4

5-9 SOD - second of the day, a 5 digit number from 1-86,400 (24 X 60 X 60)

10-1 1

DOY - Day of year, a 3 digit number from 1-366DOY - Day of year, a 3 digit number from 1­366

UU - Number representing piece processed within the last second, should range from 1-14 (2
digits needed because 50,000/3,600 = 13.8888)

The above can be described as:

Total digits 11

Position in barcode 1 234 56789 01

Meaning Y DOY SOD UU

Here are some examples:

Barcode value Decodes into:

20320780501

23660003709

Year was 2012 (2), Date was February 1st (032), Time was 2:10:05 am
(07805), 1st piece processed in the second (01)

Year was 2012 (2), Date was December 31st (366), Time was 00:00:37 am
(00037), 9th piece processed in the second (09)

The Model 306 software will optionally provide the supervisor with the ability to
create and maintain a list of audit trails. A maximum of 100 audit trails are
supported. The audit trails are created by selecting elements on lines. The lines can
range from 1 to 4 lines, although the number of lines may be limited by one of the
system configuration parameters.

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Job Parameters

Audit Trail Editor

On the Supervisor>Audit Trail Menu>Audit Trail Setup screen (see Figure 65), select

AUDIT TRAIL EDITOR and press Enter. The CHANGE AUDIT TRAIL LIST screen appears as

shown below.

CHANGE AUDIT TRAIL LIST

ADD

MODIFY
SORT LIST

FIGURE 66: Change Audit Trail List screen

This menu will allow the supervisor to perform the following functions:

• ADD - add an audit trail - provides ability to choose location in list

• DELETE - delete an existing audit trail

• MODIFY - modify an existing audit trail

• COPY - an exisiting audit trail can be copied and used as a “template” for a new

audit trail. It must have a new unique audit trail name. Provides ability to choose
location in list.

• SORT LIST - this selection will sort all audit trails alphabetically

DELETE
COPY

Audit Trail Element Settings

On the Supervisor>Audit Trail Menu>Audit Trail Setup screen (see Figure 65), select

AUDIT TRAIL ELEMENT SETTINGS and press Enter. The AUDIT TRAIL ELEMENT SETTINGS screen

appears as shown below.

AUDIT TRAIL ELEMENT SETTINGS

SET/VIEW ELEMENT TEXT

RESET ELEMENT TEXT

FIGURE 67: Audit Trail Element Settings screen

This selection will allow the supervisor to view and optionally modify some of the
audit trail elements. The supervisor also has the option of resetting all element text.
The audit trail element editor/viewer has some nice features such as:

• All elements have a leading and trailing character that shows what type of
element they are.

- Quotes (") indicate that they are associated with their own text.

- Square brackets ([ ]) indicate they contain text that is associated with another

parameter (examples: [job name], [operator name]).

- Elements in brackets (<>) indicate that they will be filled in at run time

(examples: <date>, <sequence number>).

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• While all of the elements are shown, only the elements in quotes can be modified.

PASSWORD OPTIONS

OPERATOR PASSWORDS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD

The items in quotes appear at the top of the list. The following audit trail elements

can be modified: AR, AT, BL, CN, PB, PO, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5

• When viewing the items, the two-character element shortcut will be shown on the

left (example: AR) and more information about it will be shown on the right

(example: "Accounts Receivable").

• The audit trail editor will provide the following editing tools:

- INS - When selected, the user is allowed to place a newly-selected element

between existing ones in the audit trail.

- OVR - When selected, the user is allowed to place a newly-selected element over

an existing one affectively replacing it.

- DEL - When selected, the entire audit trail is deleted.

- < - When selected, an element is deleted.

- SAV - When selected, the profile is saved.

Password Options

Selecting PASSWORD OPTIONS on the Supervisor Main Menu screen displays the
PASSWORD OPTIONS screen as shown below.

Job Parameters

FIGURE 68: Password Options screen

Operator and Supervisor passwords can be globally enabled or disabled from this
screen. The defaults for the passwords are set to enabled. If passwords are enabled,
the operator or supervisor will only be prompted to enter a password if one already
exists.

To disable operator passwords

1 Select PASSWORD OPTIONS on the Supervisor Main Menu screen.
2 Use the left/right arrows to select OPERATOR PASSWORDS and press Enter. The

Operator Passwords screen appears as shown below.

OPERATOR PASSWORDS

DO NOT ALLOW OPERATOR PASSWORDS

ALLOW OPERATOR PASSWORDS

FIGURE 69: Operator Passwords screen

3 Use the arrows to select DO NOT ALLOW OPERATOR PASSWORDS, and press Enter.

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Statistics

Statistics

Operator Statistics

The operator and supervisor have the ability to view statistics.

The operator has the ability to display and optionally print their statistics on the
optional stats reports printer. The operator can only view runs that were saved in
their name.

More details of statistics can be found in “Supervisor Statistics” on page-45.

To view and/or print statistics

1 On the Run screen, use the Up/Down arrow buttons to select and highlight

STATISTICS, then press Enter. The DISPLA Y STATISTICS screen appears as shown below.

DISPLAY STATISTICS

Time Range: All times

VIEW DETAILS

PRINT DETAILS
PAPER FEED

FIGURE 70: Display Statistics screen

VIEW SUMMARY
PRINT SUMMARY
SET TIME RANGE

The choices are:

- VIEW DETAILS - Pulls together all jobs run by this operator in the specified time

range each in an individual view (in other words, if the operator ran 4 jobs, the
data will be pulled together into 4 views).

- VIEW SUMMARY - Pulls together all jobs run by this operator in the specified time

range in one view.

- PRINT DETAILS - provides a printout of the details described above. Requires the

optional stats report printer.

- PRINT SUMMARY - provides a printout of the summary described above.

- PAPER FEED - allows you to advance paper in the reports printer (by pressing

Enter), or exit out of paper feed mode (by pressing Cancel).

- SET TIME RANGE - allows operator to set specified date and time for pulling the

above information together. More details in supervisor section.

2 On the DISPLAY STATISTICS screen, use the arrow buttons to select and highlight SET

TIME RANGE, and press Enter. The SELECT TIME RANGE screen appears (see Figure 71).

FIGURE 71: Select Time Range screen

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SELECT TIME RANGE

PAST 8 HRS

TODAY
YESTERDAY

ALL TIMES

PAST 16 HRS

THIS WEEK
LAST WEEK

PAST 24 HRS

THIS MONTH
LAST MONTH

Statistics

3 On the SELECT TIME RANGE screen, use the arrow buttons to select and highlight the

desired time range, and press Enter.

4 Using the navigation buttons, select and highlight the desired view or print

function and press Enter.

DISPLAY STATISTICS

Time Range: All times

FIGURE 72: Display Statistics screen

Based on the selection made, the information is either displayed or printed. The

following graphic shows an example of the VIEW DETAILS selection.

FIGURE 73: Statistics detail example

Supervisor Statistics

The Supervisor has the ability to view all operator statistics.

1 Log in as supervisor. The Supervisor Main Menu appears as shown below.

VIEW DETAILS

PRINT DETAILS
PAPER FEED

OPERATOR: CHRIS JOB: AMEX001
FROM: June 28, 2011 8:30 A.M.
TO: July 14, 2011 4:30 P.M.

COUNT: 00068 TIME: 00:02 RATE: 2006/HR
EXCEPTIONS: 00000
SIDE COUNT: 00000 BATCHES: 000
LOWER COUNT: 00000 BATCHES: 000

VIEW SUMMARY
PRINT SUMMARY
SET TIME RANGE

Monday, July 20, 2011 9:11 A.M.

SUPERVISOR

JOB MENU

OPERATOR MENU
AUDIT TRAIL MENU

FIGURE 74: Supervisor Main Menu screen

2 Use the arrow buttons to highlight STATISTICS MENU, and press Enter. The Statistics

menu appears as shown below.

STATISTICS MENU
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
PASSWORD OPTIONS

STATISTICS

DISPLAY DATA

RESET DATA

FIGURE 75: Supervisor level - Statistics menu

PRINT DATA
RESET CLOCK

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Statistics

The Supervisor Statistics menu offers the supervisor the ability to view and edit
additional information.

Display Data

This screen allows you to view statistical data for all or specific operators.

1 In the Supervisor level - Statistics Menu (Figure 75), select DISPLAY DATA and press

Enter.
The DISPLAY STATISTICS screen appears as shown below.

DISPLAY STATISTICS

Time Range: All times

DETAILS REPORT

JOB REPORT

INDIVIDUAL RUN

FIGURE 76: Supervisor level - Display Statistics menu

SUMMARY REPORT

OPERATOR REPORT

SET TIME RANGE

Display Statistics offers the following:

- DETAILS REPORT - displays statistics sorted by both job and operator.

- SUMMARY REPORT - displays statistics for all jobs.

- JOB REPORT - displays statistics for each job.

- OPERATOR REPORT - displays statistics for each operator.

- INDIVIDUAL RUN - displays individual statistics for each job run.

- SET TIME RANGE - You can also specify the time range of the statistics you
want to view

Use the left/right arrow buttons to view each available report.

Print Data

In the Supervisor level - Statistics Menu (Figure 75), selecting PRINT DATA opens the
PRINT STATISTICS window where you can choose from the following options:

- DETAILS REPORT - prints a Detailed Statistics Report.

- SUMMARY REPORT - prints a Summary Statistics Report.

- JOB REPORT - prints a Job Statistics Report.

- OPERATOR REPORT - prints an Operator Statistics Report.

- PAPER FEED - advances paper through the printer.

- SET TIME RANGE - select a time range for your printed report.

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Statistics

Reset Data

In the Supervisor level - Statistics Menu (Figure 75), selecting RESET DATA will clear all

statistics. When this is selected, you are first presented with a warning screen.

WARNING ALL STAT

DATA WILL BE LOST

PUSH UP KEY TO ERASE DATA

PUSH ANY OTHER KEY TO QUIT

FIGURE 77: Reset Data warning screen

1 Press the Up key to erase and reset all statistical data, or press any other key to

exit from this screen.

Set Clock

1 In the Supervisor level - Statistics Menu (Figure 75), selecting PRINT DATA opens

the PRINT STATISTICS window where you can set the day, date and time of the

system.

SET CLOCK

Monday, June 27, 2011 9:44 A.M.

DAY MONTH DATE YEAR HOUR MINUTE AM/PM

FIGURE 78: Set Clock screen

2 Use the left/right arrow buttons to select one of the clock’s settings (example:

Day, Month, Date, Year, etc.).

3 Use the up/down arrow buttons to set the clock.
4 When you are finished updating the clock, press Enter.

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Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

When a machine stops for a reason other than the operator canceling out of a job,
the LCD will display an error message, as described below:

TABLE 5: Model 306 Error messages

Error Message Description

PLEASE CHECK MAIL
FEEDER

PLEASE CHECK FEED
EXIT

THICKNESS DETECT
OVER RANGE

THICKNESS DETECT
UNDER RANGE

PIECE TOO SHORT OR
MISSED TMD

REMOVE PIECE HEIGHT
SENSOR AREA

PLEASE CLEAR THE
CUTTER AREA

Once the Feed Empty sensor goes blocked, software starts a timer for
FEED EMPTY TIMEOUT (machine parameter) period of time. If this
timer times out and no mail was placed in the feed area, then this
message is displayed. At the same time another timer is started for
FEED NO ACTIVITY TIMEOUT (machine parameter) in seconds.
While waiting for this timer to time out, the software will continue to
look at the Feed Empty sensor to show mail was placed into the
feeder. If this second timer times out, then the machine will turn off
and the message is removed from the screen.

If the feeder clutch is engaged, the system is running in continuous
mode and the Feed Exit sensor is detected to be blocked longer than
the MAX SENSOR BLOCKED TIME (machine parameter) then this
jam will be called.

This jam is called during machine startup, when all sensors are
checked to be clear before the motor is turned on. If the Feed Exit
sensor is found to be blocked, then the motors are not started and
instead this jam is called.

Before motors are turned on to run mail, the thickness detect module
is checked for proper operation. If the TMD reading if above TMD
MAXIMUM NULL READING (machine parameter), then this jam will
be called.

Before motors are turned on to run mail, the thickness detect module
is checked for proper operation. If the TMD reading is below TMD
MINIMUM NULL READING (machine parameter), then this jam will
be called.

After the thickness data is captured using the TMD, software will run
some filtering algorithms on the collected data. If there is no data left
after filtering, then this jam will be called.

This jam is called during machine startup, when all sensors are
checked to be clear before the motor is turned on. If the Env Height
sensor is found to be blocked, then the motors are not started and
instead this jam is called. Additionally, this jam is called when the
machine is running and the height sensor is blocked when the Feed
Exit and Cutter Path sensors are unblocked for MAX SENSOR
BLOCKED TIME (machine parameter).

This jam is called during machine startup, when all sensors are
checked to be clear before the motor is turned on. If the Cutter Path
sensor is found to be blocked, then the motors are not started and
instead this jam is called.

This jam is called if the Cutter Path sensor is detected to be blocked
longer than the MAX SENSOR BLOCKED TIME (machine parameter)
when the machine is processing mail.

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TABLE 5: Model 306 Error messages (Continued)

Error Message Description

This jam is called during machine startup, when all sensors are
checked to be clear before the motor is turned on. If the COUNTER

PLEASE CLEAR THE
COUNTER AREA

PLEASE CLEAR LENGTH
SENSOR AREA

UNEXPECTED ENVELOPE
AT COUNTER

PLEASE CLEAR THE SIDE
BIN PATH

AUDIT TRAIL PRINTER
NOT DETECTED

AUDIT TRAIL PRINTER
CARTRIDGE DOOR OPEN

AUDIT TRAIL PRINTER
CARTRIDGE FAULT

AUDIT TRAIL PRINTER
COMM FAULT

AUDIT TRAIL PRINTER
FAULT DETECTED

COULD NOT MAKE SORT
DECISION

PATH is found to be blocked, then the motors are not started and
instead this jam is called.

This jam is called if the COUNTER PATH is detected to be blocked
longer than MAX SENSOR BLOCKED TIME (machine parameter)
when the machine is processing mail.

This jam is called during machine startup, when all sensors are
checked to be clear before the motor is turned on. If the Length Path
sensor is found to be blocked, then the motors are not started and
instead this jam is called.

This jam is also called if the Length Path sensor is detected to be
blocked longer than the MAX SENSOR BLOCKED TIME (machine
parameter) when the machine is processing mail.

This jam is called if a lead edge is detected at the COUNTER PATH,
yet that lead edge was not seen at the Cutter Path sensor. This jam
will only be called when the currently running job is performing any
sorting activity (length, height and/or thickness).

This jam is called during machine startup, when all sensors are
checked to be clear before the motor is turned on. This jam is called if
the Side Bin Path sensor is detected to be blocked longer than the
MAX SENSOR BLOCKED TIME (machine parameter).

Prior to starting motors, the software will send a message over to the
printer. If the printer does not communicate back, then this jam will be
called.

Prior to starting motors, the software will check to see if the cartridge
door is open. If the interlock indicates the printer cartridge door is
open, then this jam will be called.

Prior to starting motors, the software will check to see if the cartridge
is present. If the IMTECH software indicates there is an issue with the
cartridge, then this jam will be called.

Prior to starting motors, the software will send a message over to the
printer. If the printer response indicates a problem, then this jam will
be called. During printing jobs, the printer also responds to print
messages with status. If a problem is detected at this time, then this
jam will be called.

Prior to starting motors, the software will send a message over to the
printer. If the printer attempts to communicate back and there is some
form of communication issue, then this jam will be called.

Called if piece arrives at the COUNTER PATH and there isn't enough
information collected to make a sort decision.

This jam is only called when a sort job or a print job is being run.
The calling of this jam will be depend on the setting of the

EXCEPTION THRESHOLD job parameter and the number of
exceptions.

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Routine Maintenance

!

Routine Maintenance

It is important that you keep your machine clean and in good working order. This
will prolong the overall life of the machine and result in longer periods of “up” time.
Failure to perform daily cleaning tasks may result in the voiding of your service
contract. Therefore, it is vitally important that you perform the following tasks at
least once per day:

Clean the Model 306

1 Use a vacuum cleaner with a crevice tool to vacuum dust and debris from all

exposed components of the machine.

2 Clean the exterior surfaces and panels with a multi-purpose type cleaner.

- Use denatured alcohol on areas with stains, if necessary.

- Any non-flammable commercially available cleaning solution may be used to
clean the machine. When cleaning the OPEX Model 306, DO NOT USE aerosol
cleaners or compressed air because of the flammable nature of many of these
products. There is a risk of equipment malfunction and/or injury associated
with the use of aerosol cleaners on OPEX equipment prior to the operation of
equipment.

- When cleaning glass and plastic surfaces, use detergent-based cleaners such
as Fantastic™ or Formula 409™. Detergent-based cleaners are recommended,
because they do not cause component degradation.

A cloth soaked with cleaning detergent or similar material should never be used

DANGER:

- Wipe dust and debris from the sensors. Debris build-up can cause jams. Accu­mulations of dirt and debris can cover sensors, preventing them from working
effectively. This will hinder machine performance.

3 Before carefully removing any chips or paper jammed in the cutter, unplug the

machine.

to clean an object such as a belt or roller when the belt or roller is being driven
by the system. Use of a cloth or similar material on moving mechanisms can
result in personal injury. If a belt, pulley or similar part needs to be cleaned, it
should be cleaned while stationary.

4 Empty the cutter trash bin. The mill cutter chips are collected in a trash bin

located in front of the operator’s feet. The bin should be checked and emptied on a
regular basis. Failure to empty the trash bin will result in chips “haystacking” up
toward the cutter mechanism, preventing additional chips from falling into the
trash. This may lead to the cutter itself being jammed.

If this happens, empty the trash bin. Then clear the cutter so that no chips
remain, using a pencil or similar tool to push down chips which have collected
between the cutter and surrounding frame.

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Replacing Report Printer Paper

Release lever

Feed slot

Tear paper here

The printer will automatically detect if it’s out of paper. A “No paper in printer”
message will be displayed. The steps below describe how to replace printer paper in
the Model 306. The printer is accessed from the side of the machine.

1 Open the printer door. The printer drawer is hinged on the bottom. The drawer

will open and swing down on its hinge.

2 Check to see if the entire old roll of paper has fed through the printhead.

- If all of the paper is out of the printhead, go to step 4.

- If there is any paper remaining in the printhead, go to step 3.

3 Remove the remaining paper:

a. Do not attempt to pull the paper out of the printhead or try to feed the paper

through the printer rollers manually.

b. Tear or cut the paper as shown below and lift the old roll out of the printer.

Routine Maintenance

FIGURE 79: Paper removal

c. Press the release lever down and pull the remaining paper out of the printer.
d. Once the paper has been removed from the printer, lift the release lever up

until it clicks in place.

4 Place a new roll of paper on the metal shaft and install the roll in the printer so

that the paper will feed from the top of the roll (see Figure 79). The paper will
automatically feed into the printer.

5 If you want to advance the paper further, access the SUPERVISOR > STATISTICS MENU >

PRINT DATA > PAPER FEED screen, and press and hold Enter until the report printer

has fed several inches of paper through the printhead.

6 Release the Enter button and close the printer door.

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Routine Maintenance

Cleaning the Audit trail printer cartridge head

FIGURE 80: Run screen with PRINT = ON

In jobs that have printing enabled (as in Figure 80), the PRINT selection will provide

the operator with the ability to clean the print cartridge head. This is accomplished
by allowing the user to spit ink out of the cartridge, which will help to get the ink
flowing.

1 On the Run screen, use the Arrow buttons to select PRINT, and press Enter.
2 Press the Enter key a few times until “PRINT: SPIT” appears with instructions, as in

Figure 81.

OPERATOR:JOANNA JOB:TEST

00032

(S) SIDE 00000
(P) LOWER 00000

OPERATOR:JOANNA JOB:TEST

(E)00000

RUN
CHANGE JOB
CHANGE OPER

PRINT: SPIT

ZERO COUNT
STATISTICS

RUN

00032

(S) SIDE 00000
(P) LOWER 00000

Press the DOWN key to spit or the
ENTER key to advance.

FIGURE 81: Run screen with PRINT = SPIT

(E)00000

CHANGE JOB
CHANGE OPER

PRINT: SPIT

ZERO COUNT
STATISTICS

3 Insert a scrap piece of paper underneath the printer, and press the Down arrow

key. You may have to do this a few times if the printer is clogged.

4 When you are pleased with the results, press the Cancel button.

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Specifications

Machine Dimensions

Power

BTU

Specifications

Length: 47.75” (121.285 cm)
Depth: 21” (53.34 cm)
Height: 58” (147.32 cm)
Weight: 245 lbs

115 VAC, 60Hz, 8.5 Amps (US)
230 VAC, 50Hz, 5.5 Amps (Euro)

3338 BTU/hour (115 VAC)
4317 BTU/hour (230 VAC)

Speed
Envelope Sizes
Thickness

Depth of Cut

Feeder Hopper Capacity
Stand & Waste bin

306 Options

306s Options

Power Source

Power Disconnect

Up to 40,000/hour
Lengths up to 13.5" (34.29 cm)
Up to 0.50” (1.27 cm)

Nine settings, from 0.01” (0.03 cm) from envelope edge up to 0.125”
(0.32 cm) in depth (settings 1-8), also no cut (setting 0)

Up to 400 envelopes
Included

Batch Counter (counts down to preset size and stops or pauses),
Hi-Speed Inkjet printer (Prints a variety of custom strings, date & time,

sequential numbering & ID Tag barcodes),
Stats Report Printer (Produces a variety of statistics reports for

monitoring machine performan c e )
Sorter (thickness, height, length) with Output Bin,

Sorter (thickness, height, length) with 90 Degree Powered Conveyor
The socket outlet must be installed near the equipment and must be

easily accessible at all times.
The electrical disconnect for this machine is the AC power cord at the

back of the machine. Unplug the cord to remove all electrical power.

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