Loading The Material; Manually Controlling The Hold Down Fans; Choosing A Material Type - Gerber SOLARA UV2 Owner's Manual

CHAPTER 4
Loading Inks and Materials

Loading the material

The GERBER SOLARA UV2 is a friction fed printer that uses six moveable pinch wheels and a
series of grit wheels to grip and move the material. When loading material, the pinch wheels are
aligned with rollers located at standard material widths between 18" and 60" (46 and 152 cm).
Two sensors at the left end of the printer (front and back) detect if material is loaded. When
material is loaded and the rear sensor is triggered, the printer will display the Material Setup
menu to setup the material. After engaging the pinch wheels and selecting the material, the
GERBER SOLARA UV2 automatically scans the material to determine the material width.
Note: If you have powered down the printer with material loaded, the printer will display the
Material Setup menu during the power-up sequence.
When printing, fans under the platen create a vacuum to hold the material firmly against the
platen and maintain its position during movement.

Manually controlling the hold down fans

You can choose to turn off the hold down fans for certain lightweight materials such as
scrimless banner. The control is located in the Setup menu.
1 From the MAIN MENU press F3, Setup to open the SETUP menu.
2 Press F4, Vacuum to open the HOLD DOWN FANS menu.
3 Press F3 or F4 to toggle between ENABLE and DISABLE. Press the Enter key to accept
the selection.

Choosing a material type

The GERBER SOLARA UV2 is a versatile hybrid printer capable of printing on both traditional
vinyl roll or sheet material and on a variety of rigid substrates up to ½" (13mm) thick and 60"
(152 cm) wide. With only a small conversion process, the GERBER SOLARA UV2 can easily
switch between material types to run the full gamut of media to meet your graphic needs.
Note: Printing problems that may occur due to use of materials other than those recommended
by Gerber are not covered by the GERBER SOLARA UV2 warranty. See the Gerber web site,
www.gspinc.com, for a complete list of approved materials.
GERBER SOLARA UV2 compatible materials are divided into two categories:
Vinyl (which refers to roll or sheet material) or Rigid (which refers to a flat substrate). In
addition, when printing on rigid substrates you have the option of printing Rigid Bleed which
SETUP MENU
Network
Diag
ENTER for Main Menu
HOLD DOWN FANS
Select
DISABLE
ENTER Key to Accept
Calibrate
F3
Vacuum
+ F3
- F4
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