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  • Page 2 Attention Wit-Color is the brand of Shanghai Wit-Color Digital Science & Technology Co., Ltd. Wit-Color has the copyright of Ultra 1000 2000 3000 4000 9000 solvent printer and ultra9000 printer，include every spare parts, boards and software. Every company and individual can not copy, especially can not copy and transmit this manual without any authorization.

  • Page 3: Parameter

    Character： Epson generation 5 print head—DX5 Ultra 9000 adopt the new-type micro piezoelectric printhead with a resolution of 144dpi. Total is 1440 nozzles divided into 8 lines, every lines have 180 nozzle, every color in two lines. Hence, DX5 printhead has high precision and high speed character.
  • Page 4 more vivid. After heating is good for ink to coagulate, superadd the air dtying system, the media will dry as the printing finish. Auto feeding and take-up system The feeding system adopt photoelectricity system, it can afford 100 KG media. Also the double feeding roller can make feeding more smooth.
  • Page 6 Foreword………………………………………………………………… 2-5 Chapter One Safty Safty sign…………………………………………………………………8 Spare parts inspection…………………………………………………… 9 Before installation Notice……………………………………………… 10-12 … Chapter Two Ultra9000 Pirnter Ultra9000 printer configuration…………………………………………12-13 Spare parts name……………………………………………… at last ………… Parameter……………………………………………………………… 14-15 Installation Notice……………………………………………………… 15 Equipment installation……………………………………………… 16-18 Self checking…………………………………………………………18 Ink sac and print head installation ……………………………………18-24 How to install ink …………………………………………...
  • Page 7 Chapter Five Problem Principle of operation…………………………………………………… 79-84 Chapter Six Maintenance Maintenance detail…………………………………………………………86...
  • Page 8 ： ： Please pay attention to the sign during reading Serious operation will cause serious consequence. Warning operation, wrong operation will destroy printer. Hint operation, hint for detail information. "Have to read" sign.
  • Page 10 Ultra9000 print dimension and installation position: Ultra 9000 1601 printer Packing wooden case dimension： Length*width*height:3.2*1*1.2(meter) Priner dimension： Length*width*height:285*85*126(cm) You need to leave some space around the machine, like at least 150CM for before and back, at least 100CM for left and right. Power supply：...
  • Page 11 4、Don’t use damaged power line, please ues the power line which is above 3000W. 5、Don’t use extensive USB cable and the USB cable with shield function. 6、When the machine shut down, you can connect or pull out the power supply. Environment：...
  • Page 12 Be careful with printer. Ink notice： 1、Please keep the ink bottle away from children, pregnant women and the old. 2、If ink drop on skin, please use soap to clean. If ink spary in your eyes, wash eyes immediately, or go to hospital when you feel uncomfortable. 3、Please store the ink in a shady and cool place.
  • Page 14 2、Spare parts name（attached sheet at bottom） 3、Parameter Model Ultra 9000 1801(W\S) Technology Piezoelectric printing technology-DX5（water-based） Amount 2 \ 1unit(s) Print Color 4 color head Resolution 1440dpi\2160dpi\2880dpi 2~5 MM Injection distance Type WITCOLOR Ultra9000 Ink M、Y、C、K、 Ink supply Sub-tank\Ink cartridge(√) system Work plate heating ：...
  • Page 15 temperature ： 15 ℃ ～ 30 humidi ty ： ℃ Environment 30 ～ 90% Power Supply frequency：50Hz voltage：220 AC（±10%） Power Maximum power：2000W，Printing power： 800W Machine Length*weight*height 290×78×120 (cm) Dimension Machine 220kg Weight Model /h（1heads） /h（2 heads） 4PASS Output 6PASS 8PASS 4、Installation notice One．Removing the package：...

  • Page 16: Equipment Installation

    Two．Equipment installation： Please install the machine from the bottom to the top, and all the Hexagon socket head cap screw need shrapnel and shim. 1、 Machine’s frame installation： left foot stand + right foot stand， When you install the beam，the media feeding sensor and dry frame should be in the opposite position and you should use eight Hexagon socket head cap screws.
  • Page 17 4、The side screws will fixup the body and frame and when you fixup the right side, you need to fixup the ink case at the same time. 5、To install the drying fun by M6*12 Hexagon socker head cap screws. 6、Finally loss the screws on the carriage and move it. Attention：During installation, please do not screw down all the screws...
  • Page 18 one by one, you need to screw down all the screws at the same time. Also do not screw down so hard, you should take off the body, and install again. Pay attention to any cables which will not damanged by any machine part.
  • Page 19 Usually the amount of ink should be above 50% in the ink sac. (If not, please contact with technical or Wit-Color factory.) For the safty of the ink filter and damper, the technician needs to install them by himself.

  • Page 20: How To Install Ink

    Two print heads Every print head has four group of ink, the order from left to right is K C M Y. How to install ink sac： 1.From spare parts package, you need to take a φ4 ink tube, and divide it into 8 pieces, and every piece is 6-8CM.
  • Page 21 Picture Two Picture three 2.Print head installation： The print head of ultra9000 and water based is different. The cover with golden yellow is ultra9000, and the cover with light grey is water based. Attention! Please...
  • Page 22 3. Connect print head cable with print head board. “CABLE 1 ” cable should connect with the appointed interface on printhead board. "CABLE 2" is the same. See picture two. 4. Any question, please confirm with Wit-Color factory or distributor. Picture one...
  • Page 23 Picture two...
  • Page 24 Picture three New version After installation, move to next step. How to install cleaning solution and ink.
  • Page 25 1. install some cleaning solution to clean the tube. 2. install ink. Please read carefully to ultra9000 printer testing.

  • Page 26: Chapter Three

    Printing Chapter three （Printer operation and inspection introduction） Software guid：include software installation and operation introduction One、Software installation： （There are two sets of CD in spare parts package： 1、 witcolor ultra9000 software and USB driver. 2、RIP software of Maintop.） 1. Put witcolor CD into computer device. 2.
  • Page 27 Picture 2 Picture 3...
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  • Page 31 Maintop software installation 1. Put dongle of Maintop into computer USB. See picture 2. Put Maintop CD in computer device, and double click icon, the installation program will appeared. ( If your computer has anti-virus software, please close it.) 3. Maintop installation interface： First install Maintop DTP v5.3, and then install other documents based on your requirment.
  • Page 32 Two、Software guides Menu bar：...
  • Page 33 “Document”：include " open file" "new function". Choose “open file”, it will show “g” area. “g” “Console”：include operate the desktop function. connect\disconnect：USB cable to connect computer and printer. Turn on printer, after " self-testing", printer could operate. （☆）Self-testing：Turn on printer, mechanical parts and boards will be self-testing.
  • Page 34 Click equipment management to enter software and printhead information “Help”：About Ultra 9000 information Operator Interfaces： 1-“GetOrg”the fuction is set the workpoint （ basepoint）-where the printer strart to print.you can use the “5””6”move left or move right, the car will move.find where you want to print.then click the “GetOrg”...
  • Page 35 damanged. Also pay attention to the position the suction nozzle and printhead maintenance station. 8-“Flush” function: “Flash”divided into four steps: first click: flash within the suction nozzle. Second click: suction nozzle goes down. Third click: flash in the air. Fourth click: flash finished Attention：Don’t observe the print head when flash in the air, or ink will make you feel uncomfortable.
  • Page 36 18-“Preview” If you choose RIP before printing, you could check the setting to confirm whether you need to preview or not. Preview can check the image quality, but it wastes some time. After preview, you can print. a-“BasePoint”Input the valve of the workpoint, you could check the carriage location.
  • Page 37 position is from the media edge to the carriage 218mm.） b-“X edge”，this function is shielded. c-“Move to” Like if the position is “189mm”, and you want to move 30mm to left, then you need to input”189-30=159mm”, then click “move to” botton, click “home”...
  • Page 38 Three、Control panel instruction Function：You can use control panel without computer. Functions are carriage movement, media feeding, suck ink, flash, clean and print color swatch. Control panel： 1、 Connection：the control panel connect with printer, or computer connects with printer. Press once, the control panel connects with printer. Press twice, computer connects with printer.
  • Page 39 8、 9 Left and right key: Make the carriage moves left and right. 11、Menu: Include suction nozzle, flash, cover printhead, nozzle testing and get back. 12、Confirmation/Starting point Set working point：1.Move carriage.2Click Confirmation/Starting point. Carriage returns back to printhead maintenance Picture One Four、Maintenance—Testing Software testing 1：Open “Manage”...

  • Page 40: Mechanical Adjustment

    Adjustment”“Paper Pass Step Adjustment”“Net Setting” “Driver Setting”. Operation process： Step One：Mechanical adjustment. Make suction nozzles and printhead maintenance are at suitable position. Step Two：Speed adjustment. To adjust the stay period of every pass. Step Three：Feeding adjustment. To adjust the feeding of every pass. Step Four：Software adjustment.
  • Page 41 “Adjust the printhead maintenance station and position fo suction nozzle.” Manual adjustment Software adjustment. This part contain two sections，Ⅰ: , Ⅱ: Ⅰ: Manual adjustment During transportation, the position of suction nozzles will move, so you need to move to the appropriate position. Show in the picture:...
  • Page 42 Print head Suction nozzle...
  • Page 43 Based on "software adjustment", you could adjust the position of suction nozzle. Printhead installation Notice： Before installation, lower the suction nozzle and blade's height. See next chapter. Based on the software to adjust the height of suction nozzle and blade, avoid peaking the printhead.
  • Page 44 Picture two Two、Adjustment case： The position of suction nozzle and print head should be equal and parallel. ①① should be parallel and have same distance in front and back. ③the height is parallel. ①①case：If suction nozzle and print head are not parallel, lose four screws on print head maintenance station to move to the suitable position.
  • Page 45 Right position：...
  • Page 46 “Ⅱ Software adjustment”： Part“1” To adjust suction nozzle and blade. Part“2” To adjust the horizontal and vertical position of print head. （Attention：After “phsical adjustment”, then you can start to change “software adjustment”.） Part“1”：include：“Carriage Position for Capping”、“Platform Height Adjustment” and “Wiping Position”. “Carriage Position for Capping”：to adjust the position of printhead and suction nozzle.
  • Page 47 Parameter setting and save are①②③④，increase or decrease the number, and test. After testing, click “save”. About" testing" key: Do not increase the value too much. If increase the number, the carriage moves to left; If decrease the number, the carriage moves to right.
  • Page 48 The proper position： After adjusting, please save. “Suction Nozzle （ Capping） Height Adjustment”： this function have two parts, one is suction nozzle height and spit ink height. Suction nozzle height is the how far the suction nozzle can go up. The number is bigger, the suction nozzles go higher.
  • Page 49 value: around 3400 Process：①②③④。 （The number should be below 100 in testing.） The proper situation： （Suction nozzle and printhead are coincident.） After adjusting suction nozzle height, you could test based on pump function. You need to use the cleaning solution to wash the printer follow the steps.
  • Page 50 Attention: water based printer only adopt water based cleaning solution, 1. To install ink：The arrangement of sub tank is YMCK, and insert the ink tubes to ink bottle. ( Don't open the cap fully.)） The ink pump will pump the ink until the sub tank is full. 2.
  • Page 51 “Wiping Position”H：...
  • Page 52 Wiping position：is the distance between wiping and print head during cleaning. The edge of wiping should be 2-3mm higher than print head. Testing Value：around 2600...
  • Page 53 The best state is reversed bending： After setting wiping height, please click " clean" to waste the print head. The print head will be in good performance after cleaning, and you can check the state of heads. For new printer, you could pump ink several time, and every time should be 5-10s, and then clean.
  • Page 54 Part “2” to adjust the horizontal position of print head. One. Mechanical length information Default information, do not change. Two. Print head spacing test .setp1 ：XY position testing- Print head horizontal calibration Ⅰ Print head horizontal calibration： to adjust horizontal position of print head.
  • Page 55 Print head must install horizontally. Requirments：Black, Magenta and yellow should be in same line. The following picture show X-axis horizontal calibration： If your printer is One head printer： Color swatch only has one print head： Single print head：adjust Magenta-Black and Yellow-Black are in the same line.
  • Page 56 Print head calibration screw If your printer is Two print heads printer First adjust print head one overdye, and then adjust print head two. 5. Adjust Magenta-Blank and Yellow-Blank in one line of print head one. 6. The overdye of print head 2 should be next to print head 1. Ideal state：...

  • Page 58: Speed Setting

    New version .step ：Print head Y-axis testing Ⅱ The same as " print head horizontal calibration" “Speed setting”： Speed setting is to set carriage stop time for every pass. Adjustment way： 1. Choose different pass number: mainly 4, 6, 8 pass 2.
  • Page 59 Stop time is short, the speed will be faster, but error will happen. Testing value: 150ms Main parameter setting： 4PASS 6PASS 8pass 180 Low speed 200 ms 200 ms 200 ms 180 Medium speed 200 ms 200 ms 200 ms 180 High speed 200 ms 200 ms...
  • Page 60 720Hig is for adjust two head space To adjust software calibration of every Pass. ① Choose printing speed and resolution, like “4PASS”,“6.XDPI=360 High speed calibration”, and then click next. ① Choose the distance between two heads. Function：To adjust the distance between two heads by software.
  • Page 61 ③ Go to bi-direction calibration. Click "testing", then print color swatch. Color swatch function： Two lines should be align at "0" position. For example： Showed value： 15， the perpendicular line align at "4" position, then 15 plus 4 is 19. If align at "-6"...
  • Page 62 Picture one “Forward calibration” Process：①①③④①, 5 steps Instruction： Every pass, every feather, even every paper has different forward instructions. Even our engineer adjusts the forward value before delivery out, but different media has different forward value. ①：Choose the amount of print head. ( When open the software, you could choose.) ①：The forward value is different if you open feature function or not.
  • Page 63 How to choose media type：choose " media choice" in software, for example PP Paper, and then click " forward calibration". We provide PP paper, PP back glue, photo paper and film paper. Showed in picture three. 1pass calibration. This is belong to forward calibration, and value is around ④...
  • Page 64 original value is 4, you want to add 2, then you just enter 6 and save. The value will save. Next time, when you use the same media, the value will not change. Stepping micro adjustment(Update step)： During printing, you could use "update step" function in the software to change the stepping.

  • Page 65: Maintop Printing Setting

    You don't need to change the data, if you change the data carelessly, you could contact Wit-Color or distributor to recover the data. Maintop printing setting Maintop setting Many kinds of printer use Maintop software, but in this manual, we only introduce ultra9000 printer.
  • Page 66 Step two,TCP/IP port setting Choose " maintop print Manager" in menu bar ①①： “Auto RIP”.“Auto printing” this function need to active ③： Set TCP/IP port like below： Step three，add port and set the port attribute value...
  • Page 67 ① Set a available IP address IP address：127.0.0.1 ① Set an available RAW port, after setting please do the testing. Universal RAW port：9100\9200. Like picture： And click confirmation...
  • Page 68 After that, you can minimaize the window. Step four：Open Maintop software After entering Maintop： Only has " Document F" in menu bar You need to " set printer" and " New file N" ①- Click “New file”...
  • Page 69 " New file" window Set media size based on the media, and click "confirm" （“Media size” is based on the printing image size, please consult " Step five" in the next introduction.） And get back " File F" ①-“Set printer”. Choose setting printer, Choose "install Maintop printer"：...
  • Page 70 Choose the ultra9000 Printer And click " Set as Default Printer" Step five: Import the image and type setting. ① Click file and import the image (the red mark) Choose image, like below：...
  • Page 71 ① Image alignment and media setting （According to the size of image to set the size in software.） Image alignment（See picture） 1. Click two red functional keys, and two dialogues appear, one is " window alignment", the other one is " image position window" You could see the image size by clicking the image.
  • Page 72 Media setting （See picture two） Click " file F" Choose " paper setting" See picture two And set the paper size as same as image. See picture three.
  • Page 73 Picture Two After setting, how to print the image. Printing operation：See picture one ①Click shortcut key, and enter printing setting ①Properties:Set printing resolution, printing port and curve. （Attention： detail information is below.） ③Enter the propertes,set the resolution… ④Print to file .save the image as PRN format file in the hard disk, and open the file into ultra 9000 contral software.
  • Page 74 ①Ok(print directly)，print the image(you need set the TCP\IP Port) Picture One About “①- Properties”。Detail information see picture two ①“Printing resolution” ，ultra9000 printer has text, fine and high definition printing. See picture four. ②“Print port”，if you choose printing while RIP, the IP address should be same as in the "...
  • Page 75 Picture two Picture four After setting, you can print directly. The computer's configuration will cause delay.
  • Page 76 Chapter four. Ultra 9000 advantages and disadvantages ULTRA9000 is a high resolution, high speed and high saturation printer. It adapts the latest 5 generation Micro Piezo print head, and resolution could reach 5760dpi. You could print photo, wedding photo, cover and catalogue. ULTRA9000 had text mode, economy mode, high definition mode and fine mode.

  • Page 77: Operational Maintenance

    360X720 2PASS 360X1080 3PASS 360X1440 4PASS HD Mode（4 Gray Scale） 360X2160 6PASS 360X2880 8PASS 360X2160 6PASS Economy Mode 360X2880 8PASS 720X1080 3PASS 720X1440 4PASS Fine Mode 720X2160 6PASS 720X2880 8PASS Water based printer Mode Resolution PASS NO. 180X1440 4PASS Text Mode（4 Grey Scale） 180X2160 6PASS 360X2160...
  • Page 79 Enlarge view Chapter five Solve problems 1：Ultra9000 printer circuit operation principle...
  • Page 80 Main boards connection Self checking after turning on the printer： The main boards will do self testing while turn on the power： 1、To make sure the scraper is at the bottom position. 2、To make sure the suction nozzle is at the bottom position. 3、To make sure the blade and suction nozzle are at the bottom position, and carriage move to the home limit sensor.
  • Page 83 Power works well：check whether the cables fall off. (if the board is new and can not do self testing, then contact with Wit-Color） 2. If blade motor is damaged, and blade can not move down. Then change motor.
  • Page 84 limit sensor 7. If only can go forwarder of media and can not go backward, check driver cables and Y driver 8. After self testing, carriage does not print, check printhead board indicator. Some problems during printing： 1 Can not absorb ink： Check suction nozzle and print head anastomoses.
  • Page 85 3、Keep clean of printer. You need to clean the working plate every day. 4、Clean blade, suction nozzles by pure water, and make sure no ink on blade and suction nozzle. Do not marinate the print head and suction nozzles in cleaning solution.
  • Page 86 How to distinguish the printhead...
  • Page 88 Ultra9000 Ultra9000 printer spare parts 配件位置 序号 品名 条形码 数量 备注 图片 Part Description Annotation Picutre position code USB 主板/ 1084 USB main board 喷头控制板/ Printhead control 1083 board 墨栈驱动板/ Cap-Top driver 0085 board 供墨板/ Boards 6071 Ink supply board 驱动模块/ 0088 Driver module...
  • Page 89 MCAC758 驱动器 MCAC758 0092 driver 2M658 驱动器/ 0091 2M658 driver K-200-42 电源/ 3039 K-200-42 power Driver K-150-24 电源/ 3038 K-150-24 power 固态继电器/ 8040 Solid relay 可控调压器/ Voltage 4800 Adjustment Solid Relay 手动控制面板/ Control Manual control 0080 switch plate 控制面板显示屏/ 0802 Control plate LED 智能温控仪/ Temperature...
  • Page 90 滤波器(6A)/ Hertzian filter 漏电保护器/ Leakage protector 过载保护器/ Over loading 含 10A 保险丝 protector 双排开关/ Double switch 220V 单开关/ 220V switch 风扇大开关/ Fan switch 放布开关/ Media feeding and take-up switch 470K 电位器/ 470K potentiometer 5K 电位器/ 5K potentiometer...
  • Page 91 红色紧急按钮/ Red Emergency Button 常闭光幕探头/ NC limit sensor 常开光幕探头/ NO limit sensor NC 圆形光电开关/ Media feeding 0026 送布 sensor NC JYY(B supply 油墨泵（小）/ )-Y-10- system Ink pump(small) Ⅰ 气泵（大）/ Ink pump(big) 二级塑墨盒/ 1 进 2 Ink tank 出 1 气 φ4 四路墨管/φ4 tube 过滤器/Air filter...
  • Page 92 墨囊/Ink sac Mechan 100W 无刷伺服电 ical 机/ 4069 X 轴电机 installat 100W Brushless servo motor 57 直流电机/ 0052 Y 轴电机 57DC moter 1:150 送布电机/ 1:150 take-up 0053 motor 墨栈丝杠电机/ Cap-Top Lead 1051 screw motor 电机铜齿轮/ 20 齿 Copper gear X 轴主动轮/ X-axis main driver gear X 轴被动轮/...
  • Page 93 17XL 同步带/ 5.3 米 17XL timing belt Y 轴齿轮/Y-axis 157 齿 gear Y 轴 180MXL 皮 带/ Y-axis 180MXL belt HIWIN 滑块/Slide 墨栈导轨/滑块/ Cap-Top linear rail & Slide 刮片/Scraper 吸嘴/Suction nozzle 送纸轮 28.06/ Media feeding roller 光栅条 180×4200/ Encoder stripe...
  • Page 94 光栅探头 9730/ Encoder sensor 涡轮风扇/ Turbine type fan 风干风扇/Dry fan 散热风扇/ Radiating fan 加热丝/Heater wire 热电偶/ Temperature controller sensor USB 数据线/ Cables USB cable 24 芯扁平线/ 24 pin cable 22 芯扁平线/ 22 pin cable...
  • Page 95 31 芯喷头数据线/ 31 pin head cable 22 芯 IDE 线/ 22 pin IDE cable 常开光幕 IDE 线/ NO IDE cable 22 芯扁平线(短)/ 用于供墨转接 22pin calbe(short) 板...

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