Content Introduction Chapter 1: How to Use the Printer and the Check Work before/after Use 1.1 How to Use the Printer 1.2 Check Work before Use 1.3 Check Work after Use Chapter 2: Printer Operation Instructions 2.1 Main Interface 2.2 Printing Management 2.2.1 Find/Preview Data 2.2.2 Start Printing / Printing Report 2.2.3 Printing Delay...
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2.4 System Management 2.4.1 System Setting 2.4.2 Edit Options 2.4.3 Printheads Settings 2.4.4 Printing Options 2.4.5 User Management 2.4.6 Special Features 2.4.7 Screen Touch Correction 2.5 Tools Management 2.5.1 Image Management 2.5.2 System Upgrade 2.5.3 System Backup 2.5.4 System Record 2.5.5 About Equipment 2.5.6 System Reset 2.6 Edit Input Method Options...
Please read this manual carefully before you use this equipment. Introduction Thank you for your purchase of high resolution printer. We want you to get helpful information for your work with this equipment; therefore we would like to explain a little bit about how to use this machine by this user manual by the following content: Important precautions for use of the machine Introduction of printer: Parts and components of the machine...
Chapter 1: How to Use the Printer and the Check Work before/after Use In this Chapter, you will learn how to use the printer, including check work before and after use. Note: After printer starts, firstly set the printheads and build-in photocell, details please refer to Section 2.4.3 1.1 How to Use the Printer Sq #...
1.2 Check Work before Use Sq # Item Check Work Printer Is the support securely mounted? support Printer Is the printer orientation correct? Is the nozzle plate parallel to printing object? Is position the throw distance controlled within 0.5-2.5mm? cartridge Is the cartridge wiped clean? Has the cartridge been installed to printer? Power input Is the printer input voltage normal?
Chapter 2: Printer Operation Instructions This chapter explains how to operate printer interface, including Printing Management, Data Man- agement, System Management, Tools Management, and Status Bar. 2.1 Main Interface Switch on power, printer starts Setting Management initialization Printing startup. After Status bar Management initialization...
2.2 Printing Management Click on main interface Preview interface to enter printing management. Dropdown zoom Start Page up printing Printing Page File name delay Down Initial Return values for printing Search Keywords entering bar 2.2.1 Find/Preview Data A. Find data Find by Pageup/Pagedown/keywords.
2.2.3 Printing Delay Click , printing delay setting interface appears . See Appendix 1: Terms and Definitions 1 for more information. Attention: while choosing printheads separated model, user can set printing delay for each printhead separetly (for example only have P1 and P2 connected, so only need to set printing delay for these two.) A.
2.2.4 Print Initial Values Click , the interface of initial values setting and repeated 进制切换 index value checking appears. Counter synchronizing 36 Base System: select the regulation, when setting is input is 0-Z (not including I & O); Default setting is decimal from 0-9. 26进制则为:A-Z See Appendix 1: Terms and Definitions 2 for more information.
2.2.5 Offset Adjustment Click , enter the offset setting interface. See Appendix 2: Offset Adjustment Example. Offset Setting Note: while printheads is com- bined mode, user can set the offset value. While printing content mismatch, user can adjust slightly according to the printed sample.
2.3 New/Edit Data Click on main interface to enter data management interface . Modify Copy Import Delete 2.3.1 New/Edit Data Click on Data Image Logo Counter Management interface to enter data Expiration edit interface. date Production date A. New: text, counter, shift, production date, expiration date, image logo, objects Text...
2.3.2 Add Text Object Click to add text object. Font Height Font Size Click to enter text editing interface: Text A. Font: default font Arial, support 2 fonts at Edit same time, Arial and one alternative font. B: Font Height: can set within 1-76.2mm; Vertical C: Font Size: 16-1252 scale down...
2.3.3 Add Production Date Click to add object “production date”. Date format Click to enter date format setting, choose a format by arrow up and down, Calendar Type Gregorian and Hijri available. Adjust 2.3.4 Add Expiration Date Click to add object of expiration date.
2.3.5 Add Image Logo Click to add object image Logo. Select a logo on file list by page up and down . Image file list Note: When there is no image file found, a message box appears to prompt image import .
2.3.8 Add Barcode Click to add object “barcode”. Barcode height A. Click to enter barcode edit: Barcode type Barcode type, horizontal scale level, barcode height, barcode text . Horizontal scale level Barcode text B. Click to enter barcode adjustment: coordinate location, text orientation, text display/hide, text height, error correction level, white space level .
2.3.9 Add dynamical text Click to add dynamical text. A.Click to the interface of dynamical text setting with the way of dynamical transmission path or communica- tion protocol . 2.3.10 Add dynamical LOGO Click to add dynamical LOGO.See the picture beside. Note: pls refer to 5.3.9 of adding dynamical text, set the data transmission path communication protocol.
2.3.11 Delete Object or Delete/Import/copy Data Select an object on data editing interface, click to delete the object, a dialog box appears to prompt if you are sure that you want to delete. Select a file on the list on data management interface, click to delete the file, a dialog box appears to prompt if you sure that you want to delete .
2.4 System Management Special Features Click to enter system User management. management Printing options Printheads settings Editing options System setting Screen correction 2.4.1 System Setting Click on system management System interface to enter system setting . Language System time Screen saver time unit Calendar Type Daylight...
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2.4.2 Edit Options Click on system management interface to enter edit options setting interface. A. Click to enter production date Date format and expiration date format setting. New format Note: six common date formats default, forty-four more formats addable for user. Edit format The six default date formats not editable and cannot be deleted.
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2.4.3 Printheads Settings Click from system management interface, enter the Printheads Settings interface. A. Click enter printheads Printheads Setting setting, select the printheads mode to be Printhead(s) Selection Printhead(s) Mode "combined" or "separated"; 1) combined: begin with P1, can combine Printhead(s) Allocation the adjacent printhead(s) by sequence, (see the right picture);...
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C. Click enter prepurge Pre-Purge setting; Prepurge channel 1) 2 channel settings: Prepurge levels both right and left channels; only the working channel 2) 4 levels: -- Off; - Low; -- Medium; --High 3) while in separated mode, can set the prepurge for each printhead (refer to bottom-right picture) D.
2.4.4 Printing Options Click from the system management interface to enter printing option interface. A. Click enter "clean Clean printhead printhead" settings; 1)Cean printhead: spit 300 ink drops at Clean printhead one time. Invalid if click it during printing. 2) User may click to clean all printheads, and also can choose to clean a specified one.
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Click ,to enter production line Line Setting Setting. Line speed Line speed: system default 30m/min; Adjustable scope 1~150m/min; DPI: system default 300DPI; Adjustable scope 50~600DPI. Line speed setting Click on line speed setting interface to run speed test. Speed Line speed test: input test object length Test object 0~3000mm,click to enter speed test...
2.4.5 User Management Click on system management interface to enter user management (see Figure 37). User permission management switch: system default OFF. A login dialogue box requests user name and password for access to operation of the User name printer when machine power is switched on. User User name: different names for different access permission...
2.4.6 Special Features Click on system management interface to enter “Special Features” setting. A. Click to enter “Special printing” Special setting . printing Continuous Continuous printing: output times Output interval See Appendix 1: Terms and Definitions 9 for more information. 1) Continuous output times: system default 0 (OFF).
2.5 Tools Management Click on main interface to enter About printer tools management interface. System record Backup management Upgrade management Image Logo System reset 2.5.1 Image Management Click to enter image Logo management interface. File list of Image import: import image from USB Image Logo or Ethernet.
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2.5.3 System Backup Import Click to enter backup management. backup Click , enter the backup interface; Backup Execute import A. Import backup: Import all the documents Execute Export except system record to printer by USB. export backup B. Export backup: Export the documents including input data, machine settings, images, system record, excluding software, fonts, languages, status, and user management.
2.5.6 System Reset Click on tools management interface to enter system reset management . Click to execute system reset. You need to enter administrator password for permission to reset execution. Note: System reset is to restore all defaults. 1) Restore all the settings to defaults, clear all data and images. 2) Maintain software version in current version;...
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2.6 Edit Input Method Options A keypad appears when user clicks the editing bar. Keypad of Uppercase, lowercase, numeric, or common symbols for changeover. A. Uppercase: uppercase keypad is pre-set keypad to appear (see Figure 50). B. Lowercase: click change between uppercase and lowercase.
2.7 Status Bar Ink information includes dynamic and static information. Static information includes cartridge serial number, client code, cartridge type. Dynamic information: 1) Ink volume, prospect print output for current data. 2) Ink used percentage, remainning prospect print output for current data. Note: User can click the left buttons to check the parameters for each cartridge, different colors have different meanings.
Chapter 3: Care and Maintenance Printer is a precision machine. To keep your machine work properly and bring facilitation to your production; to keep your machine in good condition and extend equipment life, it is important to carry out proper care and maintenance on machine from time to time.
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Chapter 4: Troubleshooting Note 1: The table below lists the most commonly seen problems and the solutions to each. If there’s any other problem, contact your local dealer or our after-sale service for assistance. Note 2: The table below is for reference only because causes for each problem may differ depending on individual situation such as setup environment, operation demand.
4.2 Troubleshooting for Printer Sr.# Problem Cause Solutions Comment A. Make sure AC power input on adapter is correct, DC output on adapter is well connected 1.No power input; with printer. B. Check if power adapter light is normal. Replace a Printer new adapter if light is cannot be...
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Appendix 1: Terms and Definitions Sr.# Term Definition Comment It is the distance from the point when E.g. Printing delay value is 30mm, photocell senses the printing object Printing delay printer starts printing at 30mm point after to the point when printing starts. the photocell senses the printing object.
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Appendix 2:Offset Adjustment Example Problem Printing Offset Adjustment After Adjustment X-axis align Y-axis overlay Adjust downward, scope(Y-axis:-4~4) X-axis align Y-axis separate Adjust upward, scope(Y-axis:-4~4) X- axis left dislocation Y-axis align Adjust to right, scope(X-axis:-10~10) X-axis right dislocation Y-axis align Adjust to left, scope(X-axis:-10~10) Note:1、Adjust scope varies in different case, unit: dot;...
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High Resolution Inkjet Printer XiaMen Sojet Electronics Co.,Ltd. Add: Room 402 4/F, Hong Ye Building,Chuang Ye Park, Torch Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone, XiaMen, Fujian, China Tel: +86-592-5771357 Fax: +86-592-5565048 E-mail: partner@sojet-tech.com Website: www.sojet-tech.com Zip code: 361006...
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