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FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á
User's Manual
600001370
FINA250
December, 2006
Version 1.0

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  • Page 1 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á User’s Manual 600001370 FINA250 Thank you very much for your purchasing. In order to use the machine correctly and safely and understand this product’s capability, please read this manual carefully. The manual includes equipment structure, description, technical parameters, operation manual, safety information, application of software, etc.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á INDEX CHAPTER 1 SAFETY INFORMATION 1.1 Safety Cautions 1.2 Important Safety Information 1.3 Caution When Using Printer 1.4 Guide When Using Ink Cartridge 1.5 Choosing Printer Installation Place 1.6 Warning, Caution and Attention...
  • Page 3 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 8.5 Intelligent Detection Function CHAPTER 9 CLEANING SYSTEM 9.1 Summary System Diagram Operation Description 9.3.1 Manual Positive Pressure Cleaning 9.3.2 Cleaning Solvent Cleaning CHAPTER 10 HEATING SYSTEM 10.1 Summary 10.2 Front-Rear Heater System 10.2.1 System Diagram...
  • Page 4 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Appendix 3 Main Board Diagram Appendix 4 PH Driving Board Diagram Appendix 5 Operation Panel Diagram Appendix 6 Power Supply Diagram Appendix 7 Boards Connection Diagram - 3 -...

  • Page 5: Caution When Using Printer

    FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Do not use damaged Electrical Power wire. If you use additional cable, please make sure that total amperage of the equipment connecting with cable shall not exceed the amperage of the power supply.
  • Page 6 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Users must obey in order to protect the machine. Attention Contain some important and useful information about operation. - 2 -...

  • Page 7: Technical Parameters

    FINA250 Chapter 2 Technical Parameters Figure 2-1 Printer Outlook Product Model FINA250 Xaar126 piezoelectric head,8 heads inside Print Technique Resolution 360dpi 720dpi 1440dpi Printing Quality Photo Quality Max Media Width 2540mm Max Printing Width 2500mm 360x360 29.6 360x720 14.7 Output(M...
  • Page 8 FINA250 Noise Printing status ≤ 60 dB/waiting status ≤ 40 dB (ISO 7779) Printer Size (including ink tank) / Net Weight L 3,600 mm W 870 mm H 1,295 mm/330 KG Package Size / Weight L 3,720 mm W 925 mm H 1,090 mm/368 KG Heating&Controlling...

  • Page 9: Equipment Assembly And Adjustment

    FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Chapter 3 Equipment Assembly and Adjustment Assemble Printer 1¡ ¢ Please tighten all screws on the supporter. 2¡ ¢ Put the printer on supporter with sufficient manpower. Make sure the printer stable enough.

  • Page 10: Port Of Printer

    FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Figure 3-2 Connection Sequence Port of Printer USB 2.0 Installation£ º Connect the printer’s USB port with computer’s USB port directly by data cable. USB driver procedure finishes automatically when Try Setup is installed.
  • Page 11 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á After all parts are installed, put the printer at the proper place. Removing carefully all the packaging materials like foam, adhesive tape. Connect power cables and data cables. Power protective switch can only control heating power and it is at open status in normal condition (It’s in the open status when far from red point).
  • Page 12 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Chapter 4 Equipment Structure and Accessoryv Main Structure of FINA250: Figure 4-1 YF-8250B PLUS Front View Figure 4-2 Print Platform Figure 4-3 Pressing Rod - 8 -...
  • Page 13 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Figure 4-4 Print Head Figure 4-5 Flash Ejection Print Frame Figure 4-6 Wet-keeping Frame - 9 -...
  • Page 14 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Figure 4-7 Cleaning, Pressing Ink System Figure 4-8 Media Take-up system Figure 4-9 Media Feeding System - 10 -...
  • Page 15 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Figure 4-10 Pressing Rod Sensor Figure 4-11 Media Feeding Roller Sensor Figure 4-11 Media Take-up Roller Sensor - 11 -...
  • Page 16 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Figure 4-13 Power and Data Cable Socket - 12 -...
  • Page 17 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Figure 4-14 Ink Pump, Filter and Electromagnetic Valve Figure 4-15 Assistant Ink Tank and Triple Valves Figure 4-16 Head Frame Electric Parts - 13 -...
  • Page 18 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Figure 4-17 Blowing System 1¡ ¢ LCD Panel: Setting and Operating Functions 2¡ ¢ Heating Platform: Heating print media, making ink dry quickly. 3¡ ¢ Pick up Roller: Picking Media 4¡ ¢...
  • Page 19 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 22¡ ¢ Press Ink Button: For print head positive pressure cleaning. 1¡ ¢ Clean Button: For cleaning by flush solution. 23¡ ¢ Light Switch: Power on/off light 24¡ ¢ Take-up Roller Electromotor: Drive take-up roller 25¡...
  • Page 20 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Usage of Xaar 126 Print Head 1¡ ¢ Flush liquid out of the print head For print head protecting, lots of liquid is injected into the print head before it is used. The liquid must be flushed out for the first time using.
  • Page 21 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á the pipelines and affect the printing quality. 1¡ ¢ Test printing Design C¡ ¢ M¡ ¢ Y¡ ¢ K four color blocks as 20x20 cm with some image operating software, and set color luminance to 100%, 50% and 10%.

  • Page 22: Basic Panel Operation

    FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Chapter 6 Basic Panel Operation 6.1 Menu Structure of Control Panel 1--LCD 2--Function Key 3--Direction Key Figure 6-1 Control Panel 6.1.1 Function Keys 1¡ ¢ Direction (Arrow) Key 1£ © Operation on Panel: Keys are used to move menu to select functions and change value.
  • Page 23 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 4) FUNC£ º Switch to special function; In standby state, press FUNC+ key to print test bar. 3¡ ¢ Basic Operation After turning on printer, Y motor self-tests first and then X motor, print head self-test.
  • Page 24 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Ink Status MENU ¡ ú Ch A C M Y K c m Rn _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Al _ _ _ _ _ _ _ OFFINE “M1” stands for the submenu of the first main menu.

  • Page 25: Function Description In Details

    FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Function Description in Details Main Menu Submenu Description ENTER key, the LCD will display as below: Press Menu Ink Status Ch A C M Y K c m Rn _ _ _ _ _ _ _...
  • Page 26 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Jam Test After pressing ENTER, start test printing. Press ENTER to move print head to left of machine. Clean POS Home Post Press ENTER to move print head to original position.
  • Page 27 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Horizontal speed has three levels as High£ ¬ Norm and Low. After you pressing ENTER, it displays as follow: Menu 3¡ ¢ Print Speed Print Speed Norm Offline Press to adjust the value.
  • Page 28 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á After you pressing ENTER, it displays as below: Menu PH 1 Voltage PH 2 Voltage PH 3 Voltage Offline PH 4 Voltage PH 5 Voltage PH 6 Voltage PH 7 Voltage PH 8 Voltage Print head 1,2 stands for C color group;...
  • Page 29 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Used to select curve of ink. Curve of ink shows the relation of voltage and temperature. LCD will display as below: Menu 9¡ ¢ Curve of Ink 0016 Offline Xr 3s EP The name of curve will be displayed on LCD: ¡...
  • Page 30 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á After you pressing ENTER, LCD will display as below: Menu PH Heater (°C) PH Heater Offline 0045 Used to control the temperature of print head when it is printing. After you pressing ENTER, LCD will display ¡...
  • Page 31 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á UV Lamp Power This function is unusable for this printer. Used to set the distance between original position and cleaning Clean Post 6.Engineer Set position. It is convenient for manual negative cleaning £ ¨ only for engineer’s using£...

  • Page 32: Menu In Usage

    FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 6.3 Menu in Usage 6.3.1 Displays on LCD in printing LCD displays as below£ º PRINT PROJECT LINE£ º TOTAL£ º XXXX Total Printing FINSH£ º XXXX Lines RIP READY£ º XXXX Finished Lines 6.3.2 6.3.2 Displays on LCD in Pause...
  • Page 33 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 6.3.3 Warning and Error Displays Warning£ º 1£ ® Warn1£ º UV lamp is not ready£ » Note: This printer has no this function. 2£ ® Warn2£ º Press rob has not be pressed down.

  • Page 34: Printing Steps

    FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Printing Steps On normal condition, the steps are as follows: 1. Power on printer. 2. Turn on computer. Note£ º It is recommended to power on the printer first. Otherwise the connection may fail.
  • Page 35 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 12. Click “Printing Project” to print. 13. LCD displays as below when printing: PRINT PROJECT Total lines LINE£ º TOTAL£ º XXXX Finished lines FINSH£ º XXXX RIP ready lines ONLINE DATA£ º...

  • Page 36: Ink Supplying And Cleaning System

    FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Chapter 7 Description of Ink Supply and Assistant Board 7.1 Ink Supplying and Cleaning System Ink supplying, cleaning systems contain print heads, main tanks, sub tanks, ink pump and filter. Main Tank C...
  • Page 37 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 1- Sub Tank C 2- Sub Tank M 3- Safe Tank 4- Sub Tank Y 5- Sub Tank K 6- Three Way Valve Figure 7-2 Sub Tanks - 33 -...
  • Page 38 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 1- Cyan Ink Pump 2- Magenta Ink Pump 3- Flush Solution Pump 4- Yellow Ink Pump 5- Black Ink Pump 6- Positive Pressure Pump 7- Cyan Filter 8- Magenta Filter 9- Flush Solution Filter...
  • Page 39 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 1¡ ¢ Ink Tube 2¡ ¢ Print Head Fixing Frame 3¡ ¢ Print Head Frame Figure 7-4 Print Head Frame - 35 -...

  • Page 40: Function And Operation Panel Of Compositive Assistant Board

    FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 7.2 Function and Operation Panel of Compositive Assistant Board Compositive assistant board has functions of ink supplying, cleaning, and heating. Users operate the ink supplying cleaning to control the functions. Below is the picture of board: Figure 7-5 Compositive Assistant Board Ink supplying cleaning frame is connected with compositive assistant board by cables.

  • Page 41: Ink Supply System

    FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 1¡ ¢ Flush Solution Cleaning Button 2¡ ¢ Ink Pressing Button 3¡ ¢ Lighting Switch 4¡ ¢ Waste Ink Groove Figure 7-6 Ink Supplying and Cleaning Buttons Chapter 8 Ink Supplying System Summary This ink supply system can control automatically several pumps at the same time.
  • Page 42 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Ink Valve Sub-tank Print Head Floating Filter Compositive Assistant Board Output£ º Input£ º Output£ º Input£ º Speaker Ink Signal Speaker Signal Pump Lamp Port Signal Pump Light Floating Switch...

  • Page 43: Function Description

    FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Function Description 1¡ ¢ This system can automatically control several pumps to supply ink simultaneously. 2 ¡ ¢ With perfect alarm and protection function. If any problem occurred in any pump, it will alarm and indicate which one is in trouble and the troubled one will not affect others.
  • Page 44 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Chapter 9 Cleaning System 9.1 Summary There are two cleaning methods: manual positive pressure cleaning, cleaning with flush solution 9.2 System Diagram Valve Air Filter Print Head Sub Ink Tank Valve...
  • Page 45 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 1- Flush Solution Cleaning Button 2- Pressing Ink Button 3- Light Button Figure 9-2 Ink Supplying Cleaning Buttons 2. Operation of Manual Positive Pressure Cleaning In printing process, if there is jam, please press ONLINE button for some seconds to stop print. Then select”...
  • Page 46 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 9.3.2 Flush Solution Cleaning Figure 9-3 State of Three-way Valve in Printing Process Figure 9-4 State of Three-way Valve when Using Flush Solution Note: For the print heads are many, normally cleaning two or three channels when use flush solution cleaning.
  • Page 47 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 1- Ink Open 2- Ink Close 3- Flush Solution Open Ink-Flush Solution Three-way Manual Valve When the printer will leave used for a long time, please flush the print head with flush solution.
  • Page 48 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Front Heater Magnetic Temperature Switch Signal Heating Signal Ink Supplying Control Board ¨ Œ Rear Heater Figure 10-1 Heating System Diagram 10.2.2 Function Description 1¡ ¢ To keep the front and rear heating boards in auto constant temperature.
  • Page 49 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 10.2.3 Working Process and Characteristics 1¡ ¢ Users can set the temperature of front heater by operating on LCD control panel. For there is only one sensor to detect the temperature, so users can not set or change the pre-heating temperature by operating on LCD control panel.
  • Page 50 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Chapter 10 Software Operation 11.1 Installation 11.1.1 Installation of RIP Software£ º a) See the RIP User’s Manual for details. b) Insert RIP CD into computer’s CD-ROM c) Run setup.exe d) Follow the instruction to finish the installation 11.1.2 Installation of printer driver£...
  • Page 51 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 3¡ ¢ 3¡ ¢ First, choose the type of printer. Click “Printer” menu£ ¬ choose FINA250. 4¡ ¢ Then open “File” to adjust some settings. - 47 -...
  • Page 52 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á In these menus, the most important is print setting. 11.2.2 Print Setting Figure 11-4¡ ° Print Setup¡ ± Dialog Box This function is to set the printing parameter, print mode, unidirectional, BID and the color of ink.
  • Page 53 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á After pressing “Yes”, you can see the dialogue box Meaning of this dialogue box: 1. Parameter of nozzle installation: Adjust the head position and overlapping of four colors. Vertical Interval: the vertical interval of all kinds print heads, is used to adjust the overlap of the print heads at the vertical direction.
  • Page 54 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á print heads at the horizontal direction. It is used to adjust print head and the overlap of the four colors. The arrangement of print heads is as below: Print Head Drive Board...
  • Page 55 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Base on “C” line, select C color and another color, M, Y and K adjust separately; test mode is single directional printing. Figure 11-9 Select Cyan and Magenta printing Open the file£ º C:\try\4color_vertical_C.group£ ¬ for instance overlap correction of C and M colors, select “C”...
  • Page 56 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Figure 11-10 Adjustment of Vertical Interval Observe the line on the media, find out a group of lines that are overlapped best, record the data to correct the vertical interval of M print heads.
  • Page 57 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 11.3.2 Adjustment of Horizontal Interval Base on “C” line, select C color and another color, M, Y and K adjust separately, test mode and single direction printing. Open the file£ º...
  • Page 58 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 11.3.3 Adjustment of Step Correction Open file: C:\try\SmallGrid126.group£ ¬ “printing option” select test mode, single direction, “C” color. Click “ ”button to print, adjust the value in Adjustment \ Rectangle till the printing pattern is even grid and lines aligned, then save the value.
  • Page 59 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 11.3.4 Adjustment of Bidirectional Printing Firstly adjust all print heads in control panel. If printing effect of individual print head is not good in printing, users can adjust individually in software.
  • Page 60 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Chapter 12 Maintenance and Correction 12.1 Daily Maintenance Daily maintenance is very important for printer, the description in details as below: ¢ Ù Maintenance after each printing£ º ¡ ñ Erasure dried ink from print head surface with flush solution£ »...
  • Page 61 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 1. Moisturizing of print head If the printer is left unused for 2 day and above, do as below to keep the print head wet£ º a) Dip the unwoven fabric with flush solution.
  • Page 62 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á sensitivity of sensors. To clean the floater, do as follows£ º a) Pump out ink from ink pipes by operating on clean control panel. b) Unload the 4 assistant ink tanks from the back of print head unit.
  • Page 63 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Analysis and Corrections: 1) The lines a and b of Y raster sensor connect inverted. Correction: The lines a and b connect correctly again. 2) The motor power line and rotary raster line insert inverted.
  • Page 64 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á 10. Err 14£ º Version of assistant board NOT matches main board. Analysis and Corrections: Replace a new version assistant board. Appendix 1 Motor Board Diagram - 60 -...
  • Page 65 FINA250 Ó Ã » § Ê Ö ² á Appendix 2 Assistant Board Diagram - 61 -...
  • Page 66 FINA250 用户手册 Appendix 3 Main Board Diagram ­ 0 ­...
  • Page 67 FINA250 用户手册 Appendix 4 PH Driving Board Diagram ­ 1 ­...
  • Page 68 FINA250 用户手册 Appendix 5 Operation Panel Diagram ­ 2 ­...
  • Page 69 FINA250 用户手册 Appendix 6 Power Supply Diagram ­ 3 ­...
  • Page 70 FINA250 用户手册 Appendix 7 Boards Connection Diagram ­ 4 ­...

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