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  • Page 1 T H E R M A L I N K J E T C O D E R USER MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    SAFETY INFORMATION ............................4 PRODUCT WARRANTY ............................4 ABOUT MACHINE ..............................4 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ........................... 5 Machine details ..............................5 Keyboard ................................. 5 Android devices ..............................5 Personal computer ............................... 5 MACHINE OVERVIEW ..............................6 Indicator LED ................................6 Connecting Port ..............................6 Keyboard .................................
  • Page 3 Install application ..............................40 Install driver ................................41 Install driver on Windows 8, 10 ......................... 46 ................................46 OFTWARE SING Printer Controller Interface ..........................47 Create new message ............................47 UPDATE FIRMWARE INSTRUCTIONS ......................... 58 Prepare USB flash ..............................58 Update firmware ..............................

  • Page 4: Safety Information

    Unapproved, wrong, or unstable power supply is used. • ABOUT MACHINE Thank you for purchasing the Smart-Jet Plus Thermal Inkjet Coder, a product of MSSC LLC, US. This printer is designed for packaging printing applications powered by HP Thermal Inkjet Technology.

  • Page 5: Technical Specifications

    TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Machine details DESCRIPTION SPECIFICATIONS Smart-Jet Plus Model Display LCD 2.8” automatic rotation Dimensions (LxWxH) 107.5 x 74.5 x 83 mm / 4.23 x 2.93 x 3.27 inches Weight 450g Power supply AC 100V – 240V, 50/60Hz, 1.4A Maximum power consumption...

  • Page 6: Machine Overview

    MACHINE OVERVIEW Indicator LED ITEMS DETAIL Default setting is don’t recognize black conveyor Internal sensor: Red light [1] SENSORS External sensor: Green light Sensor is activated when receives signals [2] ALARM Remains ON to indicate error [3] WIFI/PC Remains ON when connected [4] PRINT Remains ON when printing mode...

  • Page 7: Keyboard

    ITEMS DETAIL [1] USB FLASH USB 2.0 flash for updating firmware, fonts and logo [2] USB KEYBOARD For USB 2.0 wireless keyboard receiver [3] USB PC For PC connection with USB 2.0 cable A-B [4] DB15 EXTENDED Extend port for external sensor, encoder, alarm, etc… [5] 12VDC Power supply Keyboard...
  • Page 8 From the main screen of machine, use     arrow keys to move the cursor to the desired object. Press Enter to save and apply settings. Otherwise, press ESC. Message MENU SUB MENU DESCRIPTION Select kind of font you need to use on Select font messages.
  • Page 9 Prevents the print head from clogging due to the extended down using time between prints. This will be useful when you print Solvent Random Jet a short base ink with decap time. Print Side Select nozzle side on the cartridge: Odd, Even or Auto switch Sensor Select External or Internal sensor set print direction:...

  • Page 10: Operation Menu On Computer

    Operation menu on computer PRINTER CONTROL Set all printing parameters for the message before start printing. changing Be sure to stop the printing mode before the parameters. Printing - Head Switch Nozzle Select nozzle sides, ODD or EVEN. Turn on ODD to print on the odd side (with 300x300dpi). Turn on EVEN to print on the even side (with 300x300dpi).
  • Page 11 Encoder Encoder is recommended to optimize maximum print quality. Turn ON Encoder to operate Machine with encoder. Print speed of Machine will be automatically synchronized with conveyor speed. You have 3 mode: Real, Fast and Slow. Turn OFF Encoder to disable encoder. Input your desired speed at Speed to synchronize with the speed of the conveyor.
  • Page 12 Immediate : Machine will print continuously when a sensor is triggered for the first time. When Continue mode is applied, distance between the messages on the same object should to be set. Go to Continue Fixed Length to input the value or select the value by click up or down at Printing Status Machine is connected to PC.
  • Page 13 Printer Controller Print: Select to print Pause: Select to temporary stop printing Stop: stop printing. This must be applied before adjusting parameters or editing the message. Please tick check here if you don’t want to repeat data. Settings POD. DESIGNING MESSAGES New template: Create new message with free template design.
  • Page 14 Delete: Delete object. Cut: Cut object. Copy: Copy object. Paste: Paste object. Select Tool: Select to function and edit each object on the message. Hand Pan: Move designing area to right/left to function on the hidden area in case your message is not fully displayed on the screen. Shapes: Select shape to insert into message: Line, Rectangle, Square, Circle and Oval.

  • Page 15: Installation Procedures

    INSTALLATION PROCEDURES See at QUICK GUIDE. GETTING STARTED Install the machine on your conveyor according to the installation instructions. See the Quick Guide for more information. Set print direction and appropriate throw distance to obtain best print quality (1-3 mm). ...

  • Page 16: Encoder

    ENCODER An encoder is recommended to ensure the best print quality regardless the inconsistent speed of conveyor. To calculate wheel diameter (D) depend on resolution (R) is: D = R/( x 600) (inches). Example: Encoder has R = 3600 (PPR), D = 1.90985 inches ~ 48.5 mm.

  • Page 17: Combine External Sensor And Encoder

    COMBINE EXTERNAL SENSOR AND ENCODER In some case you need to use external sensor and encoder to get perfect printing quality. But s only make an the machine ha one extended port. Please follow instruction external sensor and encoder work together with machine. See picture for this situation.

  • Page 18: Alarm

    ALARM Allow users to monitor operation of Machine from distance via the light signals from the Alarm. This table below will show detail of each pin on DB15 port that alarm beacon will be used for: PIN ON DB15 PORT VALUE DESCRIPTION The printer will Stop print because...

  • Page 19: Input And Output

    The value of Ink Level (Setting  Cartridge  Ink Level) has been on machine lower 5.0 ml. he HP Smart Card implemented in This allows to each cartridge. the printer Ink Low to automatically real and software recognize the volume of ink inside each cartridge.

  • Page 20: Setup Machine

    Setup machine See Getting Started. NOTES: The machine will function with Water and Solvent base ink series from us only. Trying to use unapproved cartridges may damage the machine and void the warranty. Keyboard setup Insert the receiver of wireless keyboard to USB port (port 2) on machine, remove the ...
  • Page 21 Input “Hello!” Select font size Press “ESC” to exit. Select Press “Insert” to insert more “Save” and input name to data, variable, barcode, save your messages logo, … On smartphone Select Normal/ Uppercase Tap on “messages” font USER MANUAL V1.0 | Updated January 19, 2019...

  • Page 22: Firmware Introduction

    Select font size Input “Hello!” send button On PC with application (PC mode) See PC application introduction. FIRMWARE INTRODUCTION From the main screen, use  and  arrow keys to select the desired menu: Message, Operation or Settings. Press Enter to select. Press ESC to go back to the main screen. Message Create new or open existing messages on the machine memory.
  • Page 23 Enter : go to the next line.  Backspace : delete characters.  : escape and save / unsaved messages.  While creating message, press Insert on the keyboard to insert your desired fields. Symbol Insert the following symbols into the message (extended ASCII). €...
  • Page 24 Move the cursor to the each object and input the value. After all values are set, move the cursor to Add counter here and press Enter to insert the counter into the message. Start: start number of counter.  Current: current number that you would like to print immediately. ...
  • Page 25 Step 1 Setup Counter 1 first and insert into the message Counter 1 Start: 0  Current: 0  Reset: 200  Step: 1  Up/Down: Up  Fill zero: Enable  Step 2 Then setup Counter 2 and insert into the same message Counter 2 Start: 0 ...
  • Page 26 Example: 01/07/2018 : dd/MM/yyyy 01/07/2018  : d/M/yy 1/7/18  : d/MMM/yy 1/JUL/18  To insert the current date within a year (365 days), input Format JJJ. In this case, if your current date is 01/07/2018, date displayed on your message will be 182 for perpetual year and will be 183 for leap year (leap year the February have 29 days).
  • Page 27 Barcode 1D Insert barcodes into message. From the input section, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the end of the final line of your message. Press Insert, then use  or  arrow keys to move the cursor to Barcode and press Enter.
  • Page 28 Select “Code QR (2D)” Input barcode value. Adjust Tap on “barcode” button Width, Height… Tap on “Use this image” Select logo number on Tap on “Generate machine barcode” button. Select “Yes” to open Logo Sender USER MANUAL V1.0 | Updated January 19, 2019...
  • Page 29 Dynamic barcode Insert dynamic barcode into your messages. Type: select your desired barcode (Code 39, Code 2/5, Code 128, Code 93, UPC-A,  EAN13, Codabar and Code 11). Width: Input width for Barcode (value varies from 1 to 4).  Height: Input height for Barcode (value varies from 1 to 3).

  • Page 30: Operation

    Press ESC to go back to the main screen. Confirm “Yes” and input name for message, after complete press Enter. Status machine Display settings and status of the machine. From the main screen of machine, select Message and use down arrow keys to go to Information and press Enter. ITEMS DETAIL Ink level...

  • Page 31: Settings

    Settings From main menu select Settings to access settings menu. From the Settings menu, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to your desired setting, editing. press Enter to select and begin NOTES: Press Enter to save. Press ESC to go to main menu and apply new settings. Speed Set print speed with 2 print modes: None Enc.
  • Page 32 From the Settings menu, use  or  arrow keys to move the cursor to Density, press Enter. Move the cursor to your desired density and press Enter to apply. NOTES: Print speed will be varied according to the resolution and the optical density. Table below is used to explain about relationship between: Speed, Resolution and Density.
  • Page 33 Update logo via USB flash To update or change new logos on your machine memory, do the following steps: Insert USB flash into Machine (USB port 1)  From the Settings menu, go to Update Logo and press Enter.  Select your desired logo (1, 2, 3 or 4) and press Enter to begin updating.
  • Page 34 Select image on your phone Select convert mode Tap “Use this image” Open Messages Designer. Select logo number on Waiting for sending process machine Tap “logo” button Select “Logo exist” Select number logo on Tap send button. Select machine “Send” USER MANUAL V1.0 | Updated January 19, 2019...
  • Page 35 String Insert a string of data into messages. From the Settings menu, use the arrow keys to go to String and press Enter. Input your strings into the input section. Press ESC to apply and go back to the main menu. NOTES: Maximum length of each string is 50 characters.
  • Page 36 Print Mode Sensor mode and Continue mode. From the Settings menu, use the arrow keys to go to Print Mode and press Enter. Select Mode and press Enter to select Sensor or Continue mode. Sensor mode Machine is triggered by sensor print.
  • Page 37 Steps to update different font/size: Insert USB flash into USB port 1 on Machine.  From the Settings menu, go to Update Font and press Enter.  Select your desired font/sizes (1 to 5) and press Enter to begin updating. FONT1 on your USB ...
  • Page 38 Screen will be locked at the direction when Lock rotate is selected. Otherwise select others. Password Set to authorize users, or to protect the machine from unauthorized users. Machine is defaulted as no password. To activate password protection, from the Settings menu use arrow keys to go to Password and press Enter.
  • Page 39 Polish 10SC.txt Czech 11SC.txt Step 2 open file 00SC.txt (Index update). Open and edit of this file After copy all file to USB, Index update will become Korean – 08SC.txt). Save and closed content to “08” (this mean this file. Step 3 Insert USB flash to machine.

  • Page 40: Pc Application Introduction

    LCD Backlight for the backlight Adjust the time screen . Your screen will become black but all activity still working. Turn on screen by press any key on keyboard. From the Settings menu, select LCD Backlight. Then select the desired time to turn off screen and then press Enter.

  • Page 41: Install Driver

    If you are using Window 8, the Microsoft .NET Framework has been integrated to • system. Extract setup RAR file Right click select Open on Setup file Click Install or select other path. Wait Click Next for it to complete and Click Finish. Install driver plugging When...
  • Page 42 Cannot successfully installed driver. Please do as following: Extract driver. Get it from us. Open Manage function. Look at Other devices. “Thermal Inkjet Coder” is the correct machine. USER MANUAL V1.0 | Updated January 19, 2019...
  • Page 43 Right click. Select Update Driver Software. Select Browse my computer for driver software. USER MANUAL V1.0 | Updated January 19, 2019...
  • Page 44 Select Browse to locate to driver folder. Locate to folder driver. USER MANUAL V1.0 | Updated January 19, 2019...
  • Page 45 Click Next to continue. There is a . No problem, “Install this driver software anyway”! security issue with Window USER MANUAL V1.0 | Updated January 19, 2019...

  • Page 46: Install Driver On Windows 8, 10

    ully. Wait a moment and your driver installed successf Look at Device Manager, you will see Thermal InkJet Coder device appear here. Install driver on Windows 8, 10 perform the Disable If your PC uses Windows 8 Windows 10, please next step signature enforcement before you install the driver.

  • Page 47: Printer Controller Interface

    Printer Controller Interface Setting all printing parameters for the message before start print. Be sure to stop the printing mode before setting the parameters. Create new message Click DESIGNING to open design template. From the designing section, select New Template. A new window pops up. Name field Name your message...
  • Page 48 NOTES: Be sure the objects are completely located in the template. Any parts projected out of this section will be missed print. Static text object From the Designing section, select Static Text and click on the designing section.  Static Text window will pop up. Input content from your keyboard.
  • Page 49 Position of the text can be aligned in 2 directions: Vertical Alignment and Horizontal • Alignment. Vertical Alignment: Top, Center, and Bottom. • Horizontal Alignment: Left, Center, Right. • Select Barcode to create if barcode is needed. • Barcode will pop up. •...
  • Page 50 Look at below Barcode type and Linear to set parameters according to your specific  requirements for each barcode. Place your barcode within the Margin.  Left Margin: align barcode from the left.  Right Margin: align barcode from the right. ...
  • Page 51 Barcode module width: adjust width of barcode.  Barcode module height: adjust height of barcode.  Display Barcode data: show/hide barcode data.  When all parameters are set, go back to Static Barcode, select to confirm and apply settings. No barcode will be generated if the data input is incorrect. Set the position of the object.
  • Page 52 Click Load Data, Connect database window will pop up. There are two options for loading data: Database Information and File Information. Database Information: load database from your server.  Input server’s name, Database’s name, Username and Password of your server. File Information: load database from your local file.
  • Page 53 NOTES: For type of Data Matrix barcode, select GS1 Compatible, and input the Application identity number for the data before each data field. USER MANUAL V1.0 | Updated January 19, 2019...
  • Page 54 Shift code object From the Designing section, select Shift Code and click on the designing section. Shift Code window will pop up. The firmware supports up to 5 shift codes. • reate each shift code with any two digits: number, letter or symbol. Select font, size and then select time to display shift code.
  • Page 55 Select your desired image at File. Set Threshold Convert Properties as your requirement. Select Variable Image if multiple images. Select images at Image Folder. need to print USER MANUAL V1.0 | Updated January 19, 2019...
  • Page 56 Choose data field at Field. Select Ok to finish. Convert logo help you create logo under .hex format use This function is update logo machine via USB flash. Step 1 Open Controller application. Go to Tool  Convert Logo. USER MANUAL V1.0 | Updated January 19, 2019...
  • Page 57 Step 2 Go to Browse to select your desired logo. Step 3 Adjust the Threshold, background color (Normal, Inverse). Step 4 Select to name your logo (LOGO1, LOGO2, LOGO3 and LOGO4) and save it to USB flash. USER MANUAL V1.0 | Updated January 19, 2019...

  • Page 58: Update Firmware Instructions

    On machine. Insert the USB flash to machine. Go to Settings  Logo  Select the name of logo that you just created. Wait a moment, the machine will update logo from USB flash to itself memory. UPDATE FIRMWARE INSTRUCTIONS NOTES: Be sure there is no power failure while firmware is being updated.

  • Page 59: Update Firmware

    Insert USB flash disk into USB port 1 on machine.  Update firmware From the main menu, use the arrow keys to go to Settings  About  Update Firmware   Yes. This process will take 3 minutes.  When update is complete, use the arrow keys to go to Settings ...

  • Page 60: Update Custom String

    Update Custom string Go to Settings  Custom string and do the following updates: Update Custom string  Custom string 1.  Update Custom string  Custom string 2.  …  Update Custom string  Custom string 19.  Update Custom string ...

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