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- Page 1 Vx-Series User Guide Vx50i Vx150i...
- Page 2 Domino Printing Sciences plc. Domino Printing Sciences plc. has a policy of continuous product improvement, the company therefore reserves the right to modify the specification contained in this document without notice.
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Page 3: Preface User Guide
This product manual is the source document for all translated versions. It is the "Original Instructions". Domino will not accept any liability for damage to equipment or injury to personnel caused by unauthorized or improper use of the Thermal Transfer Overprint equipment. - Page 4 Do not use it for any other purpose, unless authorised by Domino. If the equipment is used in a manner not specified by the manufacturer, the protection provided by the equipment may be impaired.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS page Preface User Guide..........3 General. - Page 6 EPT065669 EN - Issue 2 - 25 October 2022...
- Page 7 PART 1 HEALTH AND SAFETY EPT065669 EN - Issue 2 - 25 October 2022...
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Page 8: Warnings, Cautions And Notes
WARNINGS, CAUTIONS AND NOTES WARNING What is the hazard. Risk of personal injury. A warning is used to alert the reader of hazards which may cause loss of life, physical injury or ill health. CAUTION Possible hazard. Risk of damage to equipment. A caution is used to alert the reader of possible hazards which may cause damage to equipment or the environment. - Page 9 Beware of Electrostatic Discharge (ESD). Electrostatic precautions must be used: • • Switch off the machine. • • Wear a wristband connected to ground. • • Avoid wearing clothing that can build up electrostatic voltages. • • Use ESD protective bags to transport PCBs. •...
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Page 10: Specific Warnings
SPECIFIC WARNINGS Handling the Vx-Series Cassette WARNING Cassette Handle is Not a Carry Point. Risk of Injury or Equipment Damage. Do not use the cassette handle to carry or hold the printer. The printer may become detached from the cassette causing injury or equipment damage. - Page 11 WARNING Do Not Remove Tape Before Installation. Risk of Injury or Equipment Damage. Do not remove the tape marked below by (red) circles, before installation of the printer on the bracket. The tape helps to prevent the printer becoming detached from the cassette and falling.
- Page 12 WARNING Harmful Vapour. Risk of Injury. Avoid inhaling cleaning fluid vapour. Cleaning fluid vapour is harmful. Disconnect Power WARNING Electricity. Risk of injury. Turn off the equipment and disconnect the power supply before disconnecting or making electrical connections. When powered on, the controller contains live electrical components.
- Page 13 Water Hazard WARNING Water is an Electrical Conductor. Risk of Injury. Do not touch the equipment with wet or damp hands. Do not expose the equipment to water. The equipment contains live electrical components. If the equipment comes into contact with water, electricity may be conducted to personnel and cause injury.
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Page 14: Specific Cautions
Consumables and Spares CAUTION Non Genuine Consumables and Spares are Not Guaranteed. Risk of equipment damage. Only use genuine Domino ribbons, cleaning materials, print heads and spare parts. Use of non genuine consumables and spare parts may cause equipment damage. - Page 15 Cable Routing CAUTION Bad Cable Routing. Risk of equipment damage. Route cables and wires away from moving parts and machinery. Make sure that cables and wires are properly secured, so they are not at risk of being caught in moving parts or machinery. If cables and wires become caught in moving parts or machinery, damage to equipment may be caused.
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Page 16: Consumables Information
CONSUMABLES INFORMATION Domino supplies Safety Data Sheets (SDS) giving specific safety information for each of its ribbons and solvents. Safety Data Sheets can be found on the MSDS section of the Domino website. • • Read the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for Cleaning Fluid (P/N WJ-111) before using it with any Domino product. -
Page 17: Electro-Static Discharge
To avoid static discharge from production line equipment, the equipment and everything on it must be grounded correctly. While it is not Domino's responsibility to maintain the customer's equipment, the customer must be aware of the importance of grounding. At the time of installation of the printer, the Domino (or Domino distributor) technician should ensure that the line the printer is installed on is appropriately grounded. -
Page 18: Product/Battery End Of Life
PRODUCT/BATTERY END OF LIFE WARNING Flammable material. Risk of fire or explosion. Do not dispose of the battery in a fire, hot oven, by mechanically crushing or cutting. Obey local waste regulations when disposing of batteries. Do not store or leave the battery in high or low extremes of temperature. -
Page 19: Description
PART 2 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION The Domino Vx-Series is a range of Thermal Transfer Overprint printers intended for printing fixed and variable data on products on manufacturing production lines. For specific details, contact your local support office. Each Vx-Series consists of:... -
Page 20: Printer Types
8D3211001DU Notes A Left Hand printer can be converted to Right Hand (and vice- versa). Consult Domino. 2. It is not possible to convert a Vx50i printer to a Vx150i printer (or vice-versa). EPT065669 EN - Issue 2 - 25 October 2022... -
Page 21: Specification
SPECIFICATION Printer Vx150i and Vx50i Physical Item Details Standard Finish: Anodised Aluminium Dimensions: Height: 160 mm Width: 200 mm Depth: 218 mm Weight: 5.85 kg Electrical Supply (rated): 24 V DC, 5.8 A, 139.2 Watts Environmental Item Details Location: Indoor Operating Temperature: 5 ºC to 40 ºC (41 ºF to 104 ºF) Storage Temperature:... - Page 22 Display Physical Item Details Display: 7 inch, touch sensitive Dimensions: Height: 150mm Width: 220mm Depth: 30mm Weight: 0.6 kg Mounting: VESA 75mm x 75mm on rear face, using 4off M5 x 5.5mm deep holes. Environmental Item Details Location: Indoor Operating Temperature: 5 ºC to 40 ºC (32 ºF to 104 ºF) Storage Temperature: -20 °C to 60 °C (-4 °F to 140 °F)
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Page 23: Mechanical Installation
Unpacking Remove the printer and accessories from the packaging. The equipment delivered will vary according to the specific order. Check the contents of the shipment against the packing list and report any discrepancies to Domino immediately. Location Position the printer and display: •... - Page 24 Printer Mechanical Drawing Details 4 off M6 x 9.5mm on top of printer 2 off M6 x 6mm on left side of printer 2 off M6 x 6mm on right side of printer Substrate Printing on substrate 104.525 mm Minimum distance between printing on the substrate and the back of the printer.
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Page 25: Electrical Installation
Electrical installation must be done by a suitably trained and qualified person. Only use Domino supplied cables to connect the Display and Printer. Only use the Domino supplied Power Supply Unit (PSU). The PSU must be connected to the mains output socket using a removable plug. This is to allow electrical isolation of the printer, when required. - Page 26 Display The display connects to the base unit by a single cable. Connection to base unit USB connector Retaining clip EPT065669 EN - Issue 2 - 25 October 2022...
- Page 27 Printer Connections Front Name Details Status LED Status LED Print Detect LED Print Detect LED on page 30 USB1 1.5 A Power button EPT065669 EN - Issue 2 - 25 October 2022...
- Page 28 Rear Name Details USB2 1.5 A USB3 1.0 A (not suitable for powering the WiFi dongle or display) USB4 0.5 A (not suitable for powering the WiFi dongle or display) RJ-45 Ethernet I/O Connector D-Sub, 15-Way, Female Encoder Connector D-Sub, 9-Way, Female Power DIN 4 pin EPT065669 EN - Issue 2 - 25 October 2022...
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Page 29: Start Up
PART 4 OPERATION START UP To start up the printer: Connect the printer to a power supply and wait for the Status LED to turn white.Turn on the printer using the Power Button. (Item 3 below). Status LED Print Detect LED Power Button EPT065669 EN - Issue 2 - 25 October 2022... - Page 30 Status LED Action Status LED Colour Plug power supply into Booting up system mains outlet. Booting up system Ready to power on White Press power button Booting up controller Red flashing application Calibration Amber Idle Blue Press START Ready Green LED Colour Description Purple flashing...
- Page 31 When the printer is turned off using the power switch, the printer will: • • Shut down • • Boot up automatically. This is similar to restarting the printer. EPT065669 EN - Issue 2 - 25 October 2022...
- Page 32 Assign a Label To assign a label for printing: Select Home > Label manager > Open. If the label name or part of the label name is known, select Filter labels... and enter the label's name. If the label name is not known, swipe the screen vertically to scroll through the available labels.
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Page 33: Statuses, Alerts And Fault Finding
STATUSES, ALERTS AND FAULT FINDING Statuses Shown below are some printer statuses and their explanations. Printer statuses are displayed on the Status tab at the top of the QuickStep interface. Status Status Tab Colour Explanation Idle Grey The printer is not active. Ready Green The printer is ready to print. - Page 34 EPT065669 EN - Issue 2 - 25 October 2022...
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Page 35: Install A Ribbon
PART 5 MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING INSTALL A RIBBON WARNING Sharp Edges. Risk of Injury. Take care when replacing ribbons to avoid sharp edges. These are very sharp and could cause injury. An amber alert on user interface will indicate that the ink ribbon needs replacing. A red alert on the user interface will indicate that the printer is out of ribbon and will stop. - Page 36 Printer Handedness The printer may be either Left-Handed or Right-Handed. The images below identify the two types of printer and how to thread the ribbon in the cassette. Left-Handed Printer Right-Handed Printer EPT065669 EN - Issue 2 - 25 October 2022...
- Page 37 Ribbon Threading Procedure Vx-Series Left-hand printer: Vx-Series Right-hand printer: Description Internal ribbon encoder roller Lock shaft Free roller Unwind spindle EPT065669 EN - Issue 2 - 25 October 2022...
- Page 38 Description Rewind spindle Note Ribbon on green cores Spacer (one on each spindle) Note Check tables below for the correct spacer thickness. Note Ink on outside of ribbon (Ink-out ribbon) Note The Vx-Series printers use ribbon rolls with the ink on the outside (green core).
- Page 39 Vx150i with 32 mm Print Head Vx50i with 32 mm Print Head 55 mm Configuration not possible 34 mm None needed 22 mm White. 2 mm thick (6 mm overall) Note The spacers are accessories. See the Vx-Series Accessories Catalogue. Fit the new ribbon Note Images show a left-hand printer.
- Page 40 Notes It requires a very firm push to engage the spring clips. 2. Image shows left-hand printer. Fit the new re-wind core Identify the rewind spindle. Lift the rewind spindle away from the base plate to disengage the spring clips. Fit an empty rewind core to the spindle.
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Page 41: Cleaning
Description Print head Peel-off roller The printer will initialise. CLEANING Print Head Cleaning WARNING Hazardous Chemicals. Risk of eye and skin damage. Wear protective equipment such as gloves and glasses when near the printer. Contact with chemicals can cause skin or eye damage. Refer to Safety Data Sheet. - Page 42 Some of the dots on the print head can get damaged during use. Overheated dots can result in disintegration of the ceramic material as shown in the picture on the below. Follow the instructions below to prevent this and prolong print head life. Damaged Print Head During the printing operation the print head temperature will be increased, and label debris, adhesive and scraps of paper will melt and clog the surface and the corners of the...
- Page 43 EPT065669 EN - Issue 2 - 25 October 2022...
- Page 44 Domino Vx-Series User Guide Domino Printing Sciences plc has a policy of continuous product improvement, the Company therefore reserves the right to modify the specification contained within this document without notice. © Domino Printing Sciences plc 2022. All rights reserved.
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Configuration domino vx50i
To configure the Domino Vx50i:
1. Unpack the Printer: Remove the printer and accessories from the packaging. Check the contents against the packing list.
2. Choose Installation Location:
- Ensure the printer and display are electrically isolated from other equipment.
- Keep them within the specified temperature and humidity range.
- Place them near an accessible power outlet for quick disconnection.
3. Mount the Display:
- The display can be mounted on a stand or vertical surface.
- Use the 4 M5 x 5.5mm deep tapped holes with a 75mm x 75mm VESA bracket.
4. Connect and Power On:
- Follow safety guidelines during installation.
- Connect the printer as per provided instructions and power it on.
5. Use the Touchscreen Interface:
- Use the optional 7-inch touchscreen to create and edit labels easily.
6. Install Ribbon:
- Use Domino’s high-quality ribbon for reliable printing performance.
7. Check Code Inspection Settings:
- Ensure code inspection is set up if needed for quality assurance.
Only trained and qualified personnel should perform the installation.
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