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Rho P10 200/250
Service Manual – Print head 10D
Edition 05.03.2015

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  • Page 1 Rho P10 200/250 Service Manual – Print head 10D Edition 05.03.2015...
  • Page 2 Rho P10 200/250 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Adjusting the rotation of the white print head modules ........... 26 Aligning the white print head modules (F5/F6) in the Y direction ........27 Fixing the print head modules in place ................28 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...
  • Page 4 Setting the slot offsets to adjust the distance between the left and the right line........................50 6.6.3 Setting the slot offset between white and black ..........50 Drop fly time compensation .................... 52 Slot border compensation ....................54 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 5: About This Document

    This document is part of the service documentation and contains information about how to replace the print head modules. This information applies to printers of the Rho P10 200/250 range of Durst Phototechnik AG and should be referred to by the following personnel: ...

  • Page 6: Structure Of Warnings

    Warnings are structured as follows (shown here as an example: the warning level “WARNING”): WARNING! Type and source of the hazard Consequences of the hazard.  Measures for avoiding the hazard.  Read the warning and comply with it. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 7: Materials And Tools Required

    Camera unit V1 (Canon) LH2099300 Camera unit V2 (Nikon) LH2099450 Tab. 3: Materials and tools required The camera units Canon and Nikon can both be used for the automatic slot offset alignment. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 8: Description Of The Print Head Module

    Description of the print head module Position of the fixing screws and adjustment screws Fig. 1: Position of the fixing screws and adjustment screws Adjustment screw (X rotation) Adjustment screw (Y direction) Fixing screw 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 9: Slot Arrangement

    Depending on the exact configuration of the printer, the arrangement of the print heads can be seen on the circuit diagram ( circuit diagram). Fig. 3: Arrangement the print heads for CMYKcmBO (example) 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 10: Replacing The Print Head Module

    Before replacing a print head module, print a test pattern. This provides documentation of the condition of the nozzles.  Printing a density compensation test pattern ( Chapter 6.2, p. 31). 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 11: Disassembling The Old Print Head Module

    When pulling off the meniscus tube, make sure that the vacuum is maintained until the seal has been made, for instance by pressing the meniscus tube. 6. Pull the meniscus tube off the printer and seal the print head end. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 12: Preparing The Old Print Head For The Dispatch

    10. Use the old print head module as reference to cut the ink lines of the new print head. Preparing the old print head for the dispatch Print head modules must be empty when sent to Durst Service. 4.3.1 Draining the old print head ...

  • Page 13: Capping The Old Print Head For Dispatch

    5. Fill in the Print Head Change Form. 6. Send the old print head to Durst Service, enclosing the following data in a package protected against ink: – Test pattern printed using the old print head module –...

  • Page 14: Fitting The New Print Head

    The meniscus tubes for several print head modules are suspended from one meniscus valve. Except where print head modules are to be drained, all meniscus tubes suspended from the same meniscus valve must be sealed or clamped. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 15: Calculating The Lois Offset (Low On Ink Sensor)

    Head#/...: Row in which the print head module is fitted – Head#/1: Tank 1 in the print head module (left hand color) – Head#/2: Tank 2 in the print head module (right hand color) 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 16: Close The Print Head Module Commissioning

    2. Perform 2 long purges with the exchanged print head module (without cleaning the nozzle plate). 3. Perform a long purge with all colors (with cleaning the nozzle plate). 4. Print a few images to check that all the nozzles are operational. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 17: Mechanically Aligning The Print Heads

    The dimensions and proportions of the test patterns shown in this service document differ from the test patterns used in practice. The illustrations serve only to give an idea of the test patterns and their evaluation. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 18: Adjusting The Rotation Of The Print Head Modules

    Select all print head modules Options High Resolution Encoder comp. Encoder Control Check PH Temp. Check UV Lamps Tab. 4: Test pattern X rotation settings 3. Press the Expose button. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...
  • Page 19 1. Align the print head module with the adjustment screws for X rotation (do steps of ¼ to ½ of a turn). 2. Print the test pattern and evaluate it. 3. Repeat the procedure if necessary until the print head module is correctly aligned. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 20: Aligning The Ck Print Head Modules In The Y Direction

    Encoder comp. Advance before Print Encoder Control Check PH Temp. Check UV Lamps Paper Advance Number of advance Tab. 5: Y Distance test pattern settings 3. Press the Expose button. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...
  • Page 21 1. Align the print head module with the adjustment screw for the Y direction (do steps of ⅛ to ¼ of a turn). 2. Print the test pattern and evaluate it. 3. Repeat the procedure if necessary until the print head is correctly aligned. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 22: Aligning Kc To Ck Print Head Modules

    Y Align test pattern settings 3. Press the Expose button. Evaluating the test pattern Fig. 7: Evaluating the Y Align test pattern Fig. 8: Evaluating the Y Align test pattern (example) 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 23: Aligning My, Ym, Cm, Mc, Ob, Bo To Ck/Kc Print Head Modules

    Y Align Heads Options High Resolution Unidirectional Encoder comp. Encoder Control Check PH Temp. Check UV Lamps Tab. 7: Y Align test pattern settings 3. Press the Expose button. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...
  • Page 24 MY must be moved up or YM down. For this reason the pattern YM/CK and KC/MY need to be checked. In the 2 right pattern it is visible that MY is correct and YM is too high. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 25: Checking Y Distance Of My, Ym And Kc Print Head Modules

    Tab. 8: Y Distance test pattern settings 3. Press the Expose button. 4. Check the test pattern. 5. Repeat the procedure if necessary until the print heads are correctly aligned. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 26: Adjusting The Rotation Of The White Print Head Modules

    Fig. 12: Evaluating the X rotation spot test pattern (example)  For the further procedure see "Evaluating the test pattern” and "Aligning the print head module” ( Chapter 5.2, p. 18). 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 27: Aligning The White Print Head Modules (F5/F6) In The Y Direction

     For the further procedure see "Evaluating the test pattern” and "Aligning the print head module” ( Chapter Fehler! Verweisquelle konnte nicht gefunden werden., p. Fehler! Textmarke nicht definiert.). 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 28: Fixing The Print Head Modules In Place

    2. Check the Y Distance and the Y Align test pattern again to make sure that the print head modules did not get out of place. 3. Readjust a print head module if necessary. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 29: Software Adjustment

    Tab. 11: Encoder offset test pattern settings 4. Select the Printer area. 5. Select the Printer tab. 6. In the Encoder Test area, press the Print High Resolution button. 7. Print the test pattern 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...
  • Page 30 2. Select the General tab. 3. Change the value in the Encoder Offset field. 4. Print the test pattern and evaluate it. 5. If necessary change the value for the encoder offset again. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 31: Density Compensation

    Paper Advance Number of advance Tab. 12: Density compensation test pattern settings 5. Press the Expose button. Evaluating the test pattern Fig. 15: Evaluating the density compensation test pattern (example) 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...
  • Page 32 3. Select the Other tab. 4. Press the Reload and Set button. 5. Print the test pattern and evaluate it. 6. If necessary change the values in the DurstPrinter.setup file once again. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 33: Setting The Slot Offsets Using A Camera

    Print Quality HQ 4 Pass Print Direction Bidirectional Print Finishing Matt Special Effect Backlit CMYKcmBO Width Full width Tab. 14: Settings for warm-up mode 3. Print for at least 30 minutes 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...
  • Page 34 7. Select the Test pattern > Printer Calibration tab. Do not change the pre-settings. 8. Press the Expose button. Fig. 16: Printer calibration test patter for calibration software version 3.x. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 35: Nikon Camera System

    7. Switch on the main power supply of the system. 8. Push the button start transmitter (7) until the status LED (8) turns green. 9. Turn on the camera. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...
  • Page 36 1. Press the Menu button on the camera 2. Select Setup Menu – Network. 3. Select Network settings. 4. Select FTP_10.0.0.200 5. Edit the profile with the button “loupe –“. 6. Select FTP. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...
  • Page 37 The required network setting depends on the version of the camera calibration software.  FTP_10.0.0.200 - for calibration software version 3.x.  PTP_DHCP - for calibration software version 4.x. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 38: Canon Camera System

    4. Connect the USB dongle to the workstation. 5. Connect the power supply to the camera. 6. Switch on the main switch of the system. 7. Turn on the transmitter. 8. Turn on the camera. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 39: Creating Photos With Software Version 3.X

    6. Switch on the camera. 7. Select the camera program C1. A camera is shown on the Printer Calibration image; this indicates the direction in which the camera must point when taking pictures. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 40: Repeat The Setting

    Every time when a calibration is started the software will create a folder with the current time stamp in /mnt/images/calibration/debug. In case of problems it’s necessary to upload the respective folder with the time stamp to our FTP server and to contact Durst Service. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 41: Setting The Slot Offsets Manually

    Encoder comp. Encoder Control Check PH Temp. Check UV Lamps Paper Advance Number of advance Tab. 16: (Manually) setting the slot offset test pattern 3. Press the Expose button. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...
  • Page 42 (as seen from the material output D = direction (L/R) side). Example: Reducing the value moves RhoSlotOffsetCK1S1L the line to the left. Tab. 17: Parameter Slot-Offset 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 43: Setting The Slot Offset Between All Other Colors And Black

    The part lines created by the black slots and the color slots generate a continuous line over the length of the print head. Setting the values for the slot offset ( Chapter 6.4.1, p. 41) 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 44: Setting The Slot Offset Between The Rows

    Check UV Lamps Tab. 18: X Head Row Offset test pattern settings 3. Press the Expose button. Evaluating the test pattern Fig. 22: Evaluating the X Head Row Offset test pattern 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...
  • Page 45 2. Save the DurstPrinter.setup file. 3. Press the Reload setup entries button. 4. Print the test pattern and evaluate it. 5. If necessary change the values in the DurstPrinter.setup file once again. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 46: Setting The Slot Offset For White Print Head Modules (For Printers With 4 Cmyk Print Head Rows)

    Test pattern Heads Options High Resolution Encoder comp. Encoder Control Check PH Temp. Check UV Lamps Tab. 20: Slot Offset (Spot) test pattern settings 5. Press the Expose button. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...
  • Page 47 The part lines created by the black slots and the spot color slots generate a continuous line over the length of the print head. Setting the values for the slot offset ( Chapter 6.4.1, p. 41) 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 48: Setting The Slot Offsets For White Print Head Modules (For Printers With 2 Cmyk Print Head Rows)

    Fig. 25: Printer with 2 CMYK print head rows (example) 6.6.1 Setting the slot offsets to line up the pattern for the left and the right printing direction Printing the test pattern ( Chapter 6.5, p. 46) 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...
  • Page 49 Setting the slot offsets to line up the pattern for the left and the right printing direction Adjusting the slot offsets to adapt the drop fly time of black 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 50: Setting The Slot Offsets To Adjust The Distance Between The Left And The Right Line

    Print Direction Bi-directional Print Finishing Matt Print Quality enhancement Deactivate all Special Effects Deactivate all Print Quality Mode 4 Pass Tab. 21: Slot Offset (white to black) test pattern settings 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...
  • Page 51 10. Reconnect the connection for the firing impulse of the print head module F5/2. 11. Disconnect the connection for the firing impulse of the print head module F5/1. 12. Perform steps 2 to 5 for print head modules F5/2, F6/1 and F6/2. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 52: Drop Fly Time Compensation

    Depending on the printer configuration either the resolution High Speed or the resolution Vario Drop (default) is available. Evaluating the test pattern Fig. 28: Evaluating the test pattern  Measure the distance d on all test patterns. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...
  • Page 53 2. Save the DurstPrinter.setup file. 3. Press the Reload setup entries button. 4. Print the test pattern and evaluate it. 5. If necessary change the values in the DurstPrinter.setup file once again. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

  • Page 54: Slot Border Compensation

    Deactivate all Print Quality Mode 2 Pass Tab. 23: Slot border compensation test pattern settings Evaluating the test pattern Fig. 29: Example of a slot border compensation test pattern 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...
  • Page 55 2. Save the DurstPrinter.setup file. 3. Select the Reload setup entries button. 4. Print the test pattern and evaluate it. 5. If necessary change the values in the DurstPrinter.setup file once again. 2015 © Durst Phototechnik DIT GmbH, Print head 10D, Edition 05.03.2015...

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