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E-mail: sales@hipo-tec.com Declare HipoJET plotter has registered in the Chinese Patent Office and Trademark Office. The trademark and trade name used in this manual belong to Beijing Hipo Technology Co., Ltd and are protected by Chinese laws and international treaties.
Hipo INKJET plotter manual Chapter 1 Introduction Welcome to our HH JET series plotter. This plotter incorporates world fist-class technology, generating stable performance, with elegant printing graphics and comparatively high accuracy. It is very cost-effective and enjoys simplicity of operation, with advanced automatic paper collecting and discharging functions.
Hipo INKJET plotter manual Chapter 2 Preparation before installation (1)computer system requirements 1、 Microsoft Windows 2000/xp 2、 Processor: Pentium 166M or above 3、 Memory: 512M or above 4、 Hard disk: 1G or above 5、 Driver: 4x or above 6、 USB2.0 (2)Software output formats The Printout Administrative Center of HHJET only recognizes documents of the following formats: *.plt、*.
Hipo INKJET plotter manual Chapter 3 Quick installation Installation Diagram (1) Installation Steps (2) Dismantle the packing box 1) Check the parts according to the packing list (a) 2) Read the manual carefully Assemble the foot bars and upright posts according to the (...
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual Wrong plugging Correct plugging Connect the Three-core cable between the handpiece and the draw rod. Make sure that the plug matches the socket, and screw down (i) the plug body. Connect the USB Interface cable. The computer should be turned off when connecting USB cable. One (g)...
Hipo INKJET plotter manual Chapter 4 Installation of USB driver 1. copy to your computer,better under C drive. 2. double click , Interface appears as follows: 3. click ‘INSTALL’ and wait until the end of installation with the following interface, and click ‘OK’ to finish installation. 4.
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual 5. click “next” 6.click‘next, there will be the following installation process: 7. Automatic installation is done, with the following interface:...
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual 8. Finally, there will be a prompt in the desktop tray: 9. If the operating system is Windows2000,there will the following interface when pressing “reset” on the plotter panel or plucking the USB plug, which is quite normal.
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual Select ‘device manager’ ‘USB CH372/CH375’ is shown under ‘peripheral interface’, indicating that the drive is connected normally.
Hipo INKJET plotter manual Chapter 5 Plotting Center (1)software installation Hpgl2 program is the PC terminal software exclusively used in the ink-jet plotter produced by HH. Its function includes graphic browsing and plotting, parameter settings and correction of the plotter. It works under Windows 2000/XP.
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual View--- Zoom in: to enlarge the graphs zoom by one time at a time Zoom out: to decrease the graphs zoom by one time at a time Moderate: to display the panorama of the graphic Zoom: to set the percentage of the graph display Tools--- Automatic plotting: to automatically print documents (including newly added ones) one by one from a Specified directory.
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual Figure 5-2 Language Settings (b), Graphics settings Click “settings”-“graphics settings”, and the following dialog box will pop out: Figure 5-3 Graphics Settings ① Determine the size of graphics The first method is to automatically determine the size of graphics according to the file content.
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual 5-5). With this function, it is convenient to choose different plotting origins on the plotting paper when printing it. If you close the current graph, the numerical value of the designated parallel movement will be reserved. So when there’s no need of specifying starting point of plotting, please choose “automatic parallel move”.
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual Figure 5-9 Open file lists (6) Merging of files It’s a waste of time and paper to print single files. Thus this function helps to combine several single files into one for printing. Click “file”-“merge”, and there will be a dialog box of file path, press “ctrl” to select files that needs to merge, and then click “open”.
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual Figure 5-10 Plotter Configurations 、basic configurations ① ⑴ select the Graphics Resolution of 300dpi or 600dpi ⑵ the plotter width is the biggest efficient output width of the plotter, varying with different types of plotter, generally between 1600-2200mm. ⑶...
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual nozzle settings ② Click ‘√’ of “nozzle settings” (see figure 7-6), and you can change corresponding parameters. For two cartridges plotter, you need click ‘√’ for only A and B as following: For four cartridges plotter, you need Click ‘√’ for A, B, C and D.
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual Figure 7-6 nozzle settings A, B, C, D represents the actual location of the corresponding nozzles, options are A, B, C, D (Single-nozzle mode); A+B、B+C、C+D (Double nozzle mode); A+B+C、B+C+D (Three-nozzle mode); A+B+C+D (Four-nozzle mode); altogether ten modes. Output testing patterns employs Nozzle D as the standard.
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual Figure 7-9 the overlapping or separation of nozzles Correction of displacement ③ If in the process of plotting, there’s the situation of Figure 7-12, you need to fill in a positive number in the column of correction (See Figure 7-10); The unit of the figure is mm, accurate to 0.01mm.
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual Figure 7-13 Fill in a negative number in the column ④Docking correction If in the process of plotting, there’s the situation of Figure 7-15, you need to fill in a positive number in the column of correction (See Figure 7-10). The unit of the figure is mm, accurate to 0.01mm.
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual The plotter has been through accuracy tests with paper weighs 45g, for you reference. Using different types of paper may need to change some of these parameters. You need to tick ‘√’ of the Correction setting to change these parameters.
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual ⑴ preheat the nozzles If you click it, every graph will start with the following short vertical lines, especially under conditions of low temperature to avoid blurring at the beginning of printing. ⑵ Ink-saving mode This mode generates thinner lines, while the otherwise non-ink-saving mode generates thicker lines.
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual Figure 5-14 data sending process Press ‘cancel’ to cancel the process of data sending, and get back to the main interface. Press ‘stop’ to stop the process. When the plotter stops, click ‘continue’ to continue sending. If the file opened has been printed partly before, the output center will give a prompt to relocate the starting point.
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual (a) choose the autodraft directory Click ‘tool’—‘autodraft’, to see Figure 5-17. You can set up or select the autodraft directory, with file formats of *.hpg、*.hpgl2、*.plt、*.dmpl, etc. Figure 5-17 autodraft directories (b) autodraft Click ‘tool’—‘autodraft’, and see Figure 5-18. Click ‘plot’ with the data sending process interface.
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual Press ‘cancel’ in the autodraft process interface and the autodraft will stop and go back to the task list interface. advance the file lists If a certain file in the list needs to be printed in advance, then select this file and click ‘advance’...
Hipo INKJET plotter manual Chapter 6 Plotter Operation Panel 1. Operating panel The operating panel is the Human-Computer Interaction Platform of the plotter, with functions as follows: the forward and backward of the paper-collecting axle, pause and stop in the plotting process, reset of the plotter, nozzle cleaning, control, etc.
Hipo INKJET plotter manual Chapter 7 Application (1) Paper loading steps ⑴ remove the paper feeding and collecting Balance beam ⑵ load the paper scroll to the middle of the paper feeding axle, fix the lathedogs to both ends of the scroll and tighten the set screw(not too tight ). Figure 7-1 ⑶...
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual ⑺ press to adjust the paper to move forward or backward, and install the paper feeding balance beam into the chase. There are magnetic cores at both end of the balance beam, please do not bump them into anything. ⑻...
Hipo INKJET plotter manual Chapter 8 Notes (1) About printing paper 1, do not use paper that is damp, curled, crinkled, or that has a raised edge 2, do not use paper that has a hole or is damaged 3, please use flat plotting paper that weighs between 35g to 120g 4, with the inner diameter of the paper roll ≤Φ40 cm 5, with the rolling paper weight ≤40kg (2) About nozzles...
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual Figure 9-2 Replacing nozzles 4 Cleaning cartridge If some dots or lines are missing in the output graph, you need to clean the cartridges. ① pick out the cartridge out of the cartridge box, use a piece of cloth or delicate paper to mop the nozzle clean, and put it in the cartridge box.
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Hipo INKJET plotter manual 10, do not put the plotter in the following locations: ① slope ② areas that are Prone to shake or rock, ③ areas that are prone to have dramatic changes in temperature and humidity ④ areas that are exposed to the sun, glare, or heat ⑤...
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