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How To Install and Set Up the
5900 & 7900 Printer

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  • Page 1 How To Install and Set Up the 5900 & 7900 Printer...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    How To Install and Set Up the 5900 & 7900 Printer Contents 1 Installation............................. 2 1.1 Introduction ..........................2 1.2 Health and Safety ........................2 1.3 Equipment information......................2 1.4 Tools required......................... 2 1.5 Where to install the printer...................... 2 1.6 Connect to a power source.....................
  • Page 3: Installation

    7900 Printer 1 Installation 1.1 Introduction This document describes how to install and set up the 5900 and 7900 printers. You can use these instructions to move the printer to a new location or make changes to the production line setup.
  • Page 4: Connect To A Power Source

    How To Install and Set Up the 5900 & 7900 Printer Figure 1 shows the layout of the rear panel of the Linx 5900 and 7900 printers. 73017 Figure 1. Linx 5900/7900 printer rear panel Figure 1 shows the following items:...
  • Page 5: Fit The Printhead To The Production Line

    PERSONNEL OR DAMAGE TO MACHINERY CAUSED BY INCORRECT OR FAULTY WIRING. 1.7 Fit the printhead to the production line You can set the printhead at any angle. Use a Linx printhead bracket to hold the printhead correctly and prevent vibration—a number of bracket types are available.
  • Page 6: Printhead Conduit

    • Make sure that the conduit does not touch any sharp edges. • For dynamic applications (traversing), Linx recommends that you use a 4-metre conduit. Leave a loop in the conduit to absorb the movement as shown below. 69344 Figure 4. Printhead conduit with loop Page 5 of 25 FA69372–2 English...
  • Page 7: Product Sensor Setup

    7900 Printer 2 Product sensor setup The Linx 5900 and 7900 printers can use a product sensor to detect the presence of the product. Normally, the message is printed when the printer receives a trigger signal from the product sensor.
  • Page 8: Product Sensor Connection

    To maintain the IP65 rating of the 7900 printer, the connector of the product sensor must have an IP65 rating. Linx product sensors have a D-type connector that has an IP67 rating. CAUTION: Use only Linx-approved accessories. The EMC performance of the printer can change if you use other product sensors and cables.
  • Page 9: Line Speed Detection Setup

    7900 Printer 3 Line speed detection setup Linx recommends that you use a shaft encoder or dual trigger to detect the line speed on production lines where the speed can change. If your system has a fixed line speed, you can go to the next section.
  • Page 10: Shaft Encoder Connection

    To maintain the IP65 rating of the 7900 printer, the connector of the shaft encoder must have an IP65 rating. Linx shaft encoders have a D-type connector that has an IP67 rating. CAUTION: Use only Linx-approved accessories. The EMC performance of the printer can change if you use other shaft encoders and cables.
  • Page 11: Example Calculation

    If the raster pitch in your application does not equal the Ideal Raster Pitch, you can adjust the Print Height setting to make the aspect ratio 1:1. NOTE: Not all message types listed in the Ideal Raster Pitch tables are available on the 5900 printer.
  • Page 12 This value must be as close as possible to the required raster pitch. The table below gives the encoder pitch for standard Linx encoders and wheels. To calculate the encoder pitch for other gearing or drives, use the...
  • Page 13 0.020 0.005 Figure 9. Encoder Pitch for standard Linx encoders and wheels The encoder pitch is multiplied by a whole number (or pitch factor) to give the actual raster pitch. Select an encoder and gearing to make the actual raster pitch close to the required raster pitch.
  • Page 14 How To Install and Set Up the 5900 & 7900 Printer In this example, the required raster pitch is 0.378 mm. You can use a standard Linx encoder and wheel to try to match this value. &#"! Encoder Pitch Pitch Factor...
  • Page 15 How To Install and Set Up the 5900 & 7900 Printer The following table shows the maximum encoder speeds for standard Linx encoders and wheels. 68546 Maximum Encoder Speeds (m/s) Encoder 333 mm 500 mm 304.8 mm 200 mm 50 mm p.p.r.
  • Page 16 The Pulses/mm value is the number of pulses of the encoder output signal for every millimetre of the product movement. The following table shows the pulses per mm values for the combinations of Linx standard encoders and encoder wheels. 68550...
  • Page 17 How To Install and Set Up the 5900 & 7900 Printer The value required for this example is as follows: 0.040 x (9 + 0.5) = 0.38 The printer changes the value to 0.36 when you press the OK key.
  • Page 18: Summary

    Maximum Print Speed = Actual Raster Pitch x Raster Rate Calculate: Maximum Encoder Speed = Encoder Pitch x Maximum Encoder Frequency (Maximum Encoder Frequency is 80 kHz for Linx standard encoders.) Make sure that the Maximum Line Speed (step 7) is less than the Maximum Encoder Speed (step 8).
  • Page 19: Ideal Raster Pitch Tables

    How To Install and Set Up the 5900 & 7900 Printer 3.2 Ideal Raster Pitch tables NOTE: The rasters available depend upon the printer type (5900 or 7900) and the software configuration. 3.2.1 Midi and MidiEC printheads 69493 MIDI PRINTHEAD...
  • Page 20 How To Install and Set Up the 5900 & 7900 Printer NOTE: The MidiEC printhead can print a maximum of three lines of text or graphics. The four line options shown in Figure 15 are not available. Page 19 of 25 FA69372–2 English...
  • Page 21: Ultima Printhead

    How To Install and Set Up the 5900 & 7900 Printer 3.2.2 Ultima printhead 69494 ULTIMA PRINTHEAD Message Type Character matrices Ideal raster Maximum Maximum line pitch raster rate speed at ideal (no. of lines x H x W) raster pitch...
  • Page 22: Midi Plus Printhead

    How To Install and Set Up the 5900 & 7900 Printer 3.2.3 Midi plus printhead 68589 MIDI PRINTHEAD Message Type Character matrices Ideal raster Maximum Maximum line pitch raster rate speed at ideal (no. of lines x H x W)
  • Page 23: Ultima Plus Printhead

    How To Install and Set Up the 5900 & 7900 Printer 3.2.4 Ultima plus printhead 68590 ULTIMA PRINTHEAD Message Type Character matrices Ideal raster Maximum Maximum line pitch raster rate speed at ideal (no. of lines x H x W)
  • Page 24: Mini Printhead

    How To Install and Set Up the 5900 & 7900 Printer 3.2.5 Mini printhead MINI PRINTHEAD Message Type Character matrices Ideal raster Maximum Maximum (no. of lines x H x W) pitch raster rate line speed at (mm) (kHz) ideal raster...
  • Page 25 How To Install and Set Up the 5900 & 7900 Printer MINI PRINTHEAD Message Type Character matrices Ideal raster Maximum Maximum (no. of lines x H x W) pitch raster rate line speed at (mm) (kHz) ideal raster pitch (m/s) 8T 1x 5 Quality 1.82 m/s...
  • Page 26: Micro Printhead (7900 Only)

    How To Install and Set Up the 5900 & 7900 Printer 3.2.6 Micro printhead (7900 only) MK 7 MICRO PRINTHEAD Message Type Character matrices Ideal raster Maximum Maximum line pitch raster rate speed at ideal (no. of lines x H x W)

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