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Kodak 4000 series Quick Start Manual

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  • Page 1: Quick Start

    Large Format 4000 Series Printers Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers Contents Unpacking your printer ................3 Assembling the printer ................4 Removing protective shipping material ............. 8 Connecting power and your computer ............8 Using the control panel ................9 Choosing menu functions ................. 9 Setting the language ................

  • Page 3: Unpacking Your Printer

    Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers Quick Start Congratulations on your purchase of a Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printer. This guide gives you details on the following: • unpacking and assembling the printer • loading media • filling ink reservoirs •...

  • Page 4: Assembling The Printer

    Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers Assembling the printer Locate the box containing the printer head and turn it upside down. Open the box and remove the accessory box which contains the screws and screwdriver to use for the next steps.
  • Page 5 Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers Remove the wing nut and mount the dryer assembly in the slots provided at the base of the stand. Be sure the fans blow upward and toward the printer. Position the dryer assembly to the desired...
  • Page 6 Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers Plug the dryer connector into the receptacle on the right stand leg. Attach the clamp for the grounding strap to the right lower rear edge of the dryer assembly bracket and tighten the thumbscrew securely...
  • Page 7 Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers Check to be sure that the media sensor is plugged into the connector on the right stand leg. 10 To load media, slide the media roll over the feed roller. If you will be using the takeup roller, mount an empty media core on the takeup roller before inserting the roller into the stand.

  • Page 8: Removing Protective Shipping Material

    Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers 11 Slide the media guide into the media core, and secure it by tightening the locking mechanism. Removing protective shipping material WARNING: Before turning on the printer, make sure to remove the protective material that secures the carriage.

  • Page 9: Using The Control Panel

    Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers Plug the printer cable into the connector on the back of the printer. For connecting to a PC, use an IEEE 1284 parallel cable. To turn on the printer, press the power switch on the back of the printer.

  • Page 10: Setting The Language

    Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers Setting the language With the appropriate firmware version, your printer displays menu items and messages in English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese or Korean. To change the language Press Setup/User Setup/Language, and select the language you want.

  • Page 11: Using The Second Feed Roll

    Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers Loading roll media Note: If you are using the takeup roll, be sure that a media core is installed on it. Attach the leading edge of the media to the takeup roll with three pieces of tape: one at the left, right, and center of the core.

  • Page 12: Using The Takeup Roll

    Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers Loading Roll Media Using Roll2 WARNING: When using the ROLL2 option, the media has a tendency to curl inward under the bottom roller. This could block the media sensor and prevent the reed roller from feeding media. Make sure you keep the media turned outward, away from the media sensor.
  • Page 13 Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers Since media cores can be shorter than the width of the media, position the media guide 1/8” from the end of the core and lock it into place. Press Feed Media/Forward to advance enough media to allow its leading edge to come to the center of the takeup roll.

  • Page 14: Moving The Carriage

    Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers To load sheet media: Setup/Paper Options/Supply Type/Sheet. Press OK. P ress Load the sheet from the back of the printer, aligning it with the alignment mark on the platen. Make sure that the media is flat and under the rollers. After a few seconds, the printer will automatically sense the media's presence and load it until it reaches the start position on the platen.

  • Page 15: Filling The Ink Reservoirs

    Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers Press Utility/Access Cartridge to move the carriage back into the service station. This ensures that the cutter blade is in the home position. Filling the ink reservoirs Note: On the 4742 and 4760 printers, do not add more than 300ml of ink or fill higher than 1 inch from top of the reservoir when running at carriage speeds faster than 5.

  • Page 16: Inspecting The Ink Cartridges

    Installing the ink cartridges The printers use only Kodak Professional cartridges. Use of other cartridges may damage the printer and/or prevent it from printing. The ink cartridges ship prefilled with ink. Be sure all cartridges and reservoirs use the same ink type.

  • Page 17: Priming The Ink Delivery Lines

    Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers With the power on, press Utility/Access Cartridges to move the carriage to the center. Remove the cartridge from the sealed bag and remove the shipping cap. Install the cartridge bottom first into the correct slot on the carrier.
  • Page 18 Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers When filling more than one color of ink, be sure to thoroughly wipe any excess ink from the cartridge primer before working with the next color to avoid the possibility of contamination. To install tube needle assemblies and prime the delivery...
  • Page 19 Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers Remove the cartridge from the carriage and remove the blue tape from the jet area of the cartridge. CAUTION! Do not tilt the cartridge up higher than a 30 degree angle. This could cause the cartridge to lose pressure.

  • Page 20: Printing The Color Test

    Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers 13 Make sure the cartridge primer is making good contact with the jet area. Pulse the pump 3 - 5 times, until the ink is visible in the cartridge primer sight tube. Maintain good contact between the inkjet plate and the pump for an additional 5 seconds.

  • Page 21: Printing The Prime Pattern

    Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers Verify that all bands print a solid pattern. This indicates that the cartridges were primed correctly. If it does not print a solid pattern, do the color test again. Printing the prime pattern Before printing and during printing, the printer wipes the ink cartridge jets at the service station.

  • Page 22: Clogged Jets

    Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers Clogged jets Clogged jets cannot be automatically detected and therefore must be cleared manually. If a jet is clogged, it appears in the prime pattern as a gap in the sloping line for each cartridge.

  • Page 23: Aligning The Ink Cartridges

    Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers Manual Jet Compensation List None M: 1,3,10 None 10, 21, 30, 128 To add a jet to the compensation list, press the button that designates the color of the cartridge where the jet resides.
  • Page 24 Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers Color calibration aligns the inkjets of the cartridges to each other. Misalignment can result from small tolerance variations in cartridges during manufacturing and from cartridge alignment in the printer. Color test patterns let you check the horizontal and vertical alignment values and adjust them for the best printing results.
  • Page 25 Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers To perform color calibration: With paper loaded, press Utility/Color Calibration Menu/Calib Print Test. The test patterns print as shown below. Black Color Vertical head-to-head test pattern ... -3 3 ... Horizontal head-to-head test pattern Current heads test pattern Examine the registration cross in the Current Heads Test Pattern.

  • Page 26: Paper Axis Calibration

    Cartridge recognition The printer is designed to use only Kodak Professional cartridges. To eliminate potential damage to the printer, a Cartridge Recognition feature checks to ensure that the correct cartridges are installed, and that they are installed correctly.

  • Page 27: Pausing The Printer

    Kodak Professional large format 4000 series printers Cartridge-related error messages are listed in Appendix E of the Reference Guide on the system CD-ROM. To clear a cartridge-related error, press Access Cartridges to move the carriage to the position which allows replacement of the ink cartridges. Check to make sure you have the correct cartridges installed in each position, that they all contain the same type of ink, and all cartridges are installed correctly.

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