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MSSC Smart-Jet One User Manual

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  • Page 1 T H E R M A L I N K J E T P R I N T E R...
  • Page 2 USER MANUAL Revision Log Version Update information Date update V1.0 User manual May 23, 2022 V1.1 Update some information Aug 10, 2022 Update print height and size of REACH printhead V1.2 Aug 30, 2022 Update fonts license...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents SAFETY INFORMATION ..................................5 EMERGENCY CASE ....................................6 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ..............................6 PRODUCT WARRANTY ..................................6 ABOUT THE PRINTER ..................................7 ECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ............................................. RINTING SPEED TABLE ..............................................RINTER OVERVIEW ................................................Printhead ..........................................11 INSTALLATION ....................................12 OMPONENT LIST ................................................ONTROLLER SETUP ................................................
  • Page 4 Dynamic Image ........................................ 54 POD Image ......................................... 57 Add Datetime object....................................... 58 Add Shift Code object ..................................... 59 Add Line object ......................................... 60 Add a Boxlot object ......................................61 Ink Calculate ........................................62 ? ........................................63 OW TO PRINT Step 1: Open template ....................................63 Step 2: Adjust Printing Parameters .................................

  • Page 5: Safety Information

    SAFETY INFORMATION • Ensure the printer is set to STOP before installing or removing a cartridge. • Avoid using printer with high voltage and/or non-compatible power supplies or external electronic accessories. • Ensure printer is installed and stored in a manner to prevent any strong impacts from any external objects.

  • Page 6: Emergency Case

    EMERGENCY CASE FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, E.G. SMOKE COMING OUT OF PRINTER, UNCONTROLLABLE CONTINUOUS PRINTING, FIRE, EXPLOSIVE SOUNDS, ETC., PLEASE REMOVE THE POWER SUPPLY IMMEDIATELY! ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DON'T THROW PRINTER OR INK CARTRIDGES INTO REGULAR GARBAGE OR RECYCLING BINS. ENSURE PROPER DISPOSAL (E.G. ELECTRONIC WASTE) IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR LOCAL LAWS.

  • Page 7: About The Printer

    ABOUT THE PRINTER Thank you for purchasing the Smart-Jet ® One Thermal Inkjet Printer, a product of MSSC LLC, US. This printer is designed for packaging printing applications powered by Thermal Inkjet (TIJ) Technology. The Smart-Jet ® One produces crisp text, logos, variable data and barcodes on porous and non- porous media by automatically recognizing aqueous and solvent inks and applying the appropriate printing parameters.

  • Page 8: Technical Specifications

    Technical specifications Description Specifications ® ® Smart-Jet One – Smart-Jet DUO PRO – Model ® ® Smart-Jet DUO MAX Smart-Jet DUO REACH – Controller (155 x 111.6 x 44.65 mm) Smart-Jet DUO PRO (216.4 x 49.1 x 65.1 mm) ® Dimensions (L x W x H) Smart-Jet DUO MAX (216.7 x 49.1 x 77.8 mm)

  • Page 9: Printing Speed Table

    Printing speed table Density 1 Density 2 Density 3 Resolution Speed (m/min) Speed (m/min) Speed (m/min) 150x100 150x120 150x150 150x200 150x300 150x600 300x100 300x120 300x150 300x200 300x300 300x600 600x100 600x120 600x150 600x200 600x300 600x600 NOTES: Smart-Jet ® DUO PRO Smart-Jet ®...

  • Page 10: Printer Overview

    Printer overview Items Description Turn the printer ON/OFF. (1) POWER button The printer’s power supply input: 24V – 2.5A. (2) POWER supply port Connect to a PC for POD data transfer. (3) LAN Port Use to remote control. To connect a Keyboard, Mouse, or memory device for (4) USB Port template and data transfer.

  • Page 11: Printhead

    Printhead ® Printhead 0.5 inch (1 cartridge, single Smart-Jet DUO PRO head) Items Description Input socket for power supply input and communication with (1) DATA the controller (2) PURGE Button to purge the ink cartridge nozzles (3) EXTENDED Do not recommended to use this port Sensor Status (4) LED status Alarm Status...

  • Page 12: Installation

    INSTALLATION Component list (*) The Smart-Jet One supports all Smart-Jet DUO PRO Smart-Jet DUO MAX ® ® ® Smart-Jet DUO REACH printheads. ® USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...

  • Page 13: Controller Setup

    Controller setup Printhead setup USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...

  • Page 14: Printhead Cable Setup

    Printhead cable setup NOTE: The Smart-Jet DUO MAX Smart-Jet DUO REACH printheads have the same way to setup ® ® with Smart-Jet DUO PRO printhead. ® Use Smart-Jet DUO PRO printhead ® The below illustration shows how to connect with a Smart-Jet DUO PRO printhead.

  • Page 15: External Devices Connections

    External devices connections NOTES: • The printer can operate with an External Sensor, Encoder and Alarm beacon at the same time. Consult your supplier for further supports on the settings and connections. • To connect the printer to an External Sensor, Encoder, Alarm, etc…, an additional DB15 (male) connector is required.

  • Page 16: Alarm Beacon

    Alarm beacon The alarm beacon lets users monitor printer operation and status from a distance. Alarm beacon connection diagram: Pin number Value Description The printer has stopped printing because of one of the reasons below: • No cartridge. • Invalid cartridge. STOP_STATUS •...

  • Page 17: Software Using

    Current speed of conveyor received from encoder is over the printing ability of printhead. Speed Limit Refer to the printing speed table at Printing Speed Table. In real time printing. After sensor triggered, software immediately encodes template and sends data to printhead. If the total time Encode + Sending bigger than the moving time of paper from sensor to printhead (that means printhead doesn’t have a chance to print on paper, we get missed paper).
  • Page 18 Tools bar Items Name Description Power “Shutdown” or “Restart” the printer. Print Show printing control screen (Main screen). Open the template design tool: • Create a new template. Design • Modify a template. • Open a template. • Calculate ink cost. Adjust printing parameters such as: •...
  • Page 19 Start Start printing the selected template. Stop Stop printing. Set the start index of the Counter / Database Start section. Set the ending index of the Counter / Database section. Loop Select ENABLE if you want to repeat data. USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...
  • Page 20 Print information Index Description Value • STOPPED. • PROCESSING (Normal status when printer Printer status change from Stopped to Printing). • PRINTING (Normal status when printing). • If an encoder is not used, the value shown will be the number entered in Settings > System Settings >...

  • Page 21: Designjet

    Design Jet Tools Bar Items Name Description Specify a new template name and width of template. Preview and open existing templates that are stored in the Open application folder. Delete the template file not use. Save the current template in the application folder. Save Edit the width of template.
  • Page 22 Undo Undo the previous step. Redo Redo the previous step. Clone Clone the selected object. Copy Copy the selected object. Cut the selected object. Paste a copied object. Paste Delete Delete the selected object. Import template: Import template from USB flash. Export template: Export template to USB flash.
  • Page 23 Template Layout Properties Template Layout This is the main template design/layout area. Template Ruler A rule along the top and left sides of the template layout area can be used to measure the distance between objects. To change the measurement units between Millimeter, Centimeter or Inch, select Settings -> Advanced settings - >...

  • Page 24: Printing Parameters

    Printing parameters Head Settings Resolution Smart-Jet DUO PRO: Support up to 18 printing resolutions: 600x600, 600x300, 600x200, 600x150, ® 600x120, 600x100, 300x600, 300x300, 300x200, 300x150, 300x120, 300x100, 150x600, 150x300, 150x200, 150x150, 150x120 and 150x100dpi. Smart-Jet MAX/Smart-Jet REACH: Support up to 6 printing resolutions: 300x600, 300x300, ®...
  • Page 25 Direction Set the print direction of the printhead with the running direction of the conveyor. Delay before Set the distance between the product detect sensor trigger point and the start of printing. • For box application • For web application USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...
  • Page 26 Disable sensor Disable sensor is a distance between two sensor marks or it’s a product length. The purpose of this setting is to prevent multiple print on one product and make sure at all time only one print on one product only (except in case the user adjusts Repeat Time of sensor mode to other value. See next items for Repeat Times of sensor mode).
  • Page 27 • For box application Fixed length - On both Print mode: Sensor & Continuous Set the distance between 2 repeat prints. This setting is used if the “Repeat Times” setting is different from 0 with “Sensor mode”. Adjust Setup Delay for 2nd print (auto change direction) same setup Delay before. For use this function please go to System settings to ENABLE Bi-directional function first.
  • Page 28 System Settings Encoder Internal Encoder ENABLE this option to print without an encoder. Set the speed manually. USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...
  • Page 29 External Encoder ENABLE this option to measure the speed using a rotary encoder. To use this option, an encoder must be connected to the controller. If the encoder parameters are inconsistent, it will affect the print quality, so please follow encoder formula (Page 15).
  • Page 30 Skew angle Rotate the print to a specific angle. Minimum value is -25 and maximum value is 25. Auto Jet Periodically, pushing out the ink to clean the printhead. This function will prevent the ink dried on nozzle of cartridge, it is useful tool to keep the print quality always good. Click on ENABLE / DISABLE button to change option for this function.
  • Page 31 For example, if set to 0, one print will be made. If set to 1, one print will be made and then the print will be repeated once. Continuous mode This mode allows the printer to operate without a sensor. It also allows a sensor to trigger the first print of a production line run.
  • Page 32 Auto switch channel ENABLE to automatically change the nozzle side used for printing between ODD and EVEN. Then, enter the number times printing will be made on one side before switching. Range: 1-255. Realtime ENABLE this setting to encode the template and send data to the printheads in real time. The default reset value is 1 second.

  • Page 33: Advanced Settings

    Advanced Settings Display Remember last printing When starting a new print run, continue to print the previous template and continue to print counters from the previous value. Show printing data Show data that has been printed from a database on the main screen. USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...
  • Page 34 Show WYSIWYG WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get). Show a preview image of the print on the main screen. Login required ENABLE this button to manage users who log in to use the printer. Remote Allow user to be able to remote into Smart-Jet One controller by web browser from their devices ®...
  • Page 35 Restore Restore settings from a USB flash. Reset default Reset the printer to factory default settings. Roll over Add or remove hours from Datetime objects in the template. For example, if the printed date needs to change 3 hours earlier than the system date, set the “Time (24 hour)”...
  • Page 36 Keyboard Select the keyboard input for the Design tool: English (Default), Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Hindi, Hungarian, Hebrew, Farsi, Japanese, Korean, Urdu, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Slovak, Thai and Turkish. IO Signal ENABLE this function and adjust the pulse width of response signal after printing is done. IO signal connection diagram: Normal signal is high level, when output signal turn on then it give low level.

  • Page 37: Pod Settings

    POD Settings Allow to send or receive data / remote printer / get current status from 3 party devices (Desktop / Laptop / PLC / Mobile devices / …) via TCP/IP protocol, we call Sender. Mode Control the behavior action of software when it gets the data from sender. Print all Print all messages from the sender.
  • Page 38 Print last and repeat Print only the last message from the sender. The printer will continue to print the last message until it receives new messages. For example, if the printer receives 5 messages from the sender, the printing result will be: MESSAGE_4, MESSAGE_4, MESSAGE_4…...
  • Page 39 Time interval Choose to respond to printer status requests from other connected devices within a set period of time. Each print Choose to respond to printer status requests after each print. Time to response (Second) If “Time interval” is selected, set the time period to respond. USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...

  • Page 40: Network Settings

    Network Settings This function uses for remoting control printer via LAN cable. Select Disable the button Dynamic to set Static IP for the controller. • IP: IP address of the printer. It needs to be settings in the same class with the local network. •...

  • Page 41: Power Save Settings

    Power Save Settings Use for adjusting the brightness of the screen. For manual change, please adjust on the adjustment bar Select ENABLE button to help save the power: • Darken screen: After the set time, the screen will be dark (about 50%) to save the power. Tap on screen to return the status before.

  • Page 42: Language Settings

    Language Settings User’s interface language: Display the supported user’s interface language on the printer. • Import: Import the new UI language from the USB flash. • Export: Export the selected UI language to the USB flash. • Remove: Delete the unused UI language out of printer system. USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...

  • Page 43: Font Settings

    Font Settings Display the supported fonts on the printer. • Add font: Import the new font from the USB flash. • Remove: Delete unused font out of printer system. NOTES: • To reduce the start up time, it is recommended to remove unused fonts. •...

  • Page 44: Getting Started

    GETTING STARTED Make sure that the printer is installed according to the installation instructions: • Set the print direction. • Set the distance between the ink jet nozzles and the print surface (throw distance) to 1-3 mm. • Insert an ink cartridge in the printhead. •...

  • Page 45: New Template

    New template Select New to make a new template. Set the Template name and Template width. Select OK to apply. Open template Select Open to open a saved template. Select the template to open, from the Template list. USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...

  • Page 46: Save Template

    Save template After completed the template design, select Save button to save the template. Delete template To delete a template, select the Open template button: Select the template and select Delete button. Save As template To save the template with a different name, select the More button: Select the Save as button.

  • Page 47: Add A Text Object

    Add a Text object To add a text object, select the Object button: Select Text. Input the text object content and select the tick icon. Select a location in the template to put the object. USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...

  • Page 48: Add A Counter Object

    Add a Counter object To add a counter object, select the Object button: Select Counter. Input the counter object settings. Select OK to add the counter object. Select a location in the template to put the object. Start counter: Set the counter start value. End counter: Set the counter end value.

  • Page 49: Add Database Object

    Add Database object To add a database object, select the Object button: Select Database. Select Load database. Select the File type and then select database file inside the USB flash. USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...
  • Page 50 Enter the Database File path. Select Next. Select OK. Select a location in the template to put the object. USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...
  • Page 51 Selec the database fields. Text: Insert Text into the template. Datetime: Insert Date time into the template. Counter: Insert Counter into the template. Shiftcode: Insert Shiftcode into the template. Data Fields (Code / Name / Phone number): Select the field. This value matches with the column in database file.

  • Page 52: Add A Barcode Object

    Add a Barcode object To add a Barcode object, select the Object button: Select Barcode. Choose the Source: Text, Counter, Datetime, Shiftcode, Boxlot and Database. Choose a Barcode type: CODE 11, CODE 2OF5 STANDARD, CODE 2OF5 INTERLEAVED, CODE 2OF5 IATA, CODE 2OF5 MATRIX, CODE 2OF5 DATA LOGIC, CODE 2OF5 INDUSTRY, EAN8, EAN13, UPC12, UPCA, UPCE, CODE 39, CODE 39 EXTENDED, EAN UCC128, CODABAR 2, CODE 128, GS1 DATABAR EXPANDED, GS1 DATAMATRIX, UCC128, QRCODE, DATAMATRIX, GS1 DATABAR EXPANDED STACKED, GS1 128,...
  • Page 53 Click on the barcode, select button and then set the barcode properties. NOTE: The settings will change, depending on the selected barcode type. USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...

  • Page 54: Add Image Object

    Add Image object Static Image To add a static image object, select the Object button: Select Image. Select Static. Select Image path and select the image file. Select Select a location in the template to put the object. Dynamic Image USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...
  • Page 55 Load the database file. Select Next. USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...
  • Page 56 Select Data field and image folder. USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...

  • Page 57: Pod Image

    POD Image Select Dynamic. Select Load POD field need to use. Select Folder save all pictures. Select OK. USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...

  • Page 58: Add Datetime Object

    Add Datetime object To add a datetime object, select the Object button: Select Datetime. Input the datetime object settings. Select OK to apply. Select a location in the template to put the object. Format: Set the format for the datetime object. Exp.

  • Page 59: Add Shift Code Object

    Add Shift Code object To add a Shift code object, select the Object button: Select Shift Code. Input the Shift code object settings. Select OK. Select a location in the template to put the object. Code: Enter the name of the shift. The shift name will be printed. Maximum field support is 5. Time (24 Hour): Enter the start time of the shift.

  • Page 60: Add Line Object

    Add Line object To add a shape object, select the Object button: Select Line. Select a location in the template to put the object. USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...

  • Page 61: Add A Boxlot Object

    Add a Boxlot object To add a Boxlot object, select the Object button: Select Boxlot. Input the Boxlot object settings. Select a location in the template to put the object. Is a dual counter. This is used to count the box and the products in the box. Main counter: This counter will be printed first as the lot counter.

  • Page 62: Ink Calculate

    Ink Calculate Use this application to estimate the ink cost for a template. To use this function, first you need designs the template as your printing purpose, then click on Ink Calculate button to open the Ink Cost application. To access the Ink calculate: •...

  • Page 63: How To Print

    How to print? Step 1: Open template From the main interface, select the Open icon: Select the template to open and confirm by selecting the Open button. USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...

  • Page 64: Step 2: Adjust Printing Parameters

    Step 2: Adjust Printing Parameters Before start printing, you should adjust and select printing parameter that is suitable with your configuration. Select the Start button to begin printing: USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...

  • Page 65: Updating Instructions

    UPDATING INSTRUCTIONS Software and firmware can be updated. Contact your supplier for the latest files. Step 1: • Put the update file onto the ROOT folder of a USB flash. • Stop printing. • Connect the USB flash to the controller. •...
  • Page 66 Step 3: Checking firmware/software version. If the status displays Successed, select Next. Step 4: While the printer is updating, please do not power off / unplug the printer or reload page! After the update is successful, the printer will automatically restart. USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...

  • Page 67: Trouble Shooting

    TROUBLE SHOOTING Error code Description Solution Note THANK YOU FOR YOUR READING! USER MANUAL V1.2 | Updated August 30, 2022...

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