U2 Inkjet Printer User Manual Ver:3.5 Update: 2012-03-19 P/N: 8502030266 ANSER CODING INC. (TAIWAN) ANSER CODING INC. (CHINA) HEADQUARTERS & R&D CENTER GLOBAL BUSINESS CENTER & MANUFACTURING BASE 9F-5, No.760, Sec. 4, Bade Rd., 7F, NO.52 HULI DADAO XIAMEN 361006, CHINA...
Notes and Warning NOTE: Important information that helps you make better use of U2. WARNING: Indicating either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and telling you how to avoid the problem. Please retain this page nearby your printer for future reference.
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to clean the nozzle surface. If the printing position is incorrect, please press to reset to the best printing position. In a dusty production environment, please clear the dust using clean low pressure compressed air daily. Please contact your local distributor if the printer malfunctions and the problems cannot be solved personally.
Message Browser Use arrow key to select messages (No.001~999), press to edit message. You can only edit one message (No.001) without SD card. Message Content Message with contents. Message Number Status Bar Icons on Status Bar Icons Descriptions No Cartridge Ink Empty Ink Low No SD Card...
CARD LOST: You can purchase any standard 2GB SD card as replacement. As blank SD card, please insert the cards into U2 printer for activation, and the card will be auto-activated by obtaining the same serial number from the printer.
Configuration Under the Message Browser, press FUNCTION > CONFIGURATION. Shut down Press to shut down the U2 system. Language Press to choose a system language. Press to select languages. The system offers eight different languages. (English, Chinese, Japanese, German, Italian, French, Spanish and Korean)
Press to select ENABLE. Input the delay time, the range is from 1~60 minutes. The LCD screen will always be on when status is set to DISABLE; the remote control will always be active and the LED for the remote control should always be on.
Print Delay Password Option Time Calibration This function allows user to calibrate the system time on their U2 printer. DIRECTION: Users are able to select the directions POSITIVE/NEGATIVE. If the system time is slower than the local time please select POSITIVE.
错 误 ! 未 找 到 引 用 源 。 错 误 ! 未 找 到 引 用 源 。 Alarm Option Under the Message Browser, press FUNCTION > ALARM OPTION Counter-Alarm Allow the printer making alarm sound when the pre-setup counter value has been reached.
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错 误 ! 未 找 到 引 用 源 。 错 误 ! 未 找 到 引 用 源 。 Alarm LED Instruction Ink Low Orange Normal Work Green Ink Empty Invalid cartridge Ink error: Ink Cartridge area code or sales code error No Cartridge 12 | 错误!未找到引用源。...
Editing Option Under the Message Browser, press FUNCTION > EDITING OPTION. Message Name Allow you to name/rename any message as your desire. Press Press to select ON. Customer Year Allow you to print customized year despite the system year. Press to setup.
Shift Allow user records all operators and their starting time. Press to setup. Highlight to any item then enter shift name and time. Press to go to the next row and add more shifts. SHIFT starts work at 08:00 SHIFT starts work at 12:00 SHIFT starts work at 14:00...
Counter Reset To reset the counter before printing the message. Press Press to select ON. Pre-Zero Displays a digit or nothing! If the expression has a digit in the position where the # appears in the format string, display it; otherwise, display nothing in that position.
Press to enter System Tests. SELF TEST: Check the U2 system controller for any abnormal status or alarm information, such as Ink low, Ink empty, No cartridge or Ink error. LCD TEST: Check if the LCD Screen is damaged.
Resolution: user can adjust resolution from 50~600dpi, when the encoder is OFF. As U2 default resolution: 300x400, the first number represents vertical dpi, which will auto adjust to 600 when Dual Channel is ON. The second number represents horizontal resolution, and it can be adjusted manually.
Press to setup. Press to choose INTERNAL or EXTERNAL. INTERNAL: Default internal photocell of U2 printer. EXTERNAL: Connect an external photocell via external device interface. Select EXTERNAL, and press to choose NORMAL or INVERT. NORMAL: PNP configuration in CMOS (Default).
DIAMETER of encoder and U2 calculates the DPI automatically. Don’t recommend modify PULSE/CYCLE, and default value is 2500. ANSER offers optional 400DPI encoder with 1.98” wheel diameter. Conveyor Speed Test Press to test the conveyor speed. When the Encoder is OFF: ...
Repeat Print When enable this function, the printer will repeat print automatically as long as you set the printer to corresponding parameters. Press to set the parameters. 1. Press to select the STATUS ON/OFf. 2. Press to select the TRIGGER mode ON/OFf. 3.
Printing Display Mode 1. Press to setup. 2. Press to select printing PREVIEW/REPORT Preview Report Time Refresh 1. Press to setup. 2. Press to select ON/OFF For the range “1~9” it will allow you to define the time refresh interval, For example, if enter value "1"...
When PASSWORD is ON, the LOG-OUT USER SETUP instantly become available. The next time you turn on the U2, you must input a user name and password to logon! User Setup Enable password allows you to manage different user account!
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Under the USERS PASSWORD, select a user you want to delete (other than system default user), and then press DELETE. Modify User You can only modify the password for system default users! Under the USERS SETUP, select a user you want to modify, then press Select MODIFY, then press Select the content you desire to modify (User name, Level, Password and...
Under the Message Browser, press FUNCTION > ABOUT Printer Information Press to view the related information about the Printer. Press , you can read more information about U2. Ink Information Press to view the ink information. 24 | ABOUT U2...
In the Message Browser, use arrow key to select messages, press enter the Editing Mode. In the Editing Mode, you can input text and variable objects contain Time, Expire, Counter, Shift, Logo, Barcode, Strings. Message Number Current page # Cursor locating row Cursor locating space Quick Basic Operation: Use arrow keys to move the cursor to any position you desire.
Non-Roman characters are not available to the system, please refer to our PC editing software – MessagePRO, which allows you to input all different text messages, save to SD card and then input to U2. Under Editing Mode, press to choose 1, 2, 3 or 4 lines.
Under Editing Mode, press and choose CREATE TIME DATE/TIME FORMAT (See Date/Time Format). Press to choose a time format you need. Press to return to the Editing Mode. EXPIRE Insert Expiration date with various formats and expired duration. Under Editing Mode, press to add an expiration Date to the message.
Press to choose a logo. Press to return to the Editing Mode. BARCODE Under Editing Mode, press to add Barcode into the message. Press to select a barcode type you need. Press to choose width-level you need. Width-level indicates the spacing between bars. Input the contents.
Under Editing Mode, select the object you desired. Press DELETE to delete the object. Save Message Under Editing Mode, press The U2 will confirm with you to SAVE & EXIT ABORT & EXIT. Delete Message Under the Message Browser, highlight to the message you want to delete, and then press DELETE.
Print Delay allows you adjusting the distance of printing right after photocell is triggered. Under Message Browser, and press Input the value. example: If you set the delay to be 1 Inch, after the photocell is triggered, the PrintHead will wait conveyor to roll 1 Inch before the next print. (Each message can be set with print delays individually) 31 | SETTING UP PRINT DELAY...
Under the Message Browser, select a message and press Normally at PRINT ON stage, most of actions are not available until you remove the cartridge press . However, if you , the system switches to PRINT automatically. 32 | PRINTING MESSAGE...
Preview Message Under the Message Browser, highlight to a message you want to view and press Move to PREVIEW MESSAGE and press Press to select page # in order to preview the whole message. Page # Width (pixels) Height (pixels) Press to preview the different messages.
When MESSAGE NAME is OFF, you can only find the message by its number. Under the Tools, highlight to FIND MESSAGE. Type the first few letters of the message name. Press to find the message. (Maybe you need to take some time to wait searching) Copy Message Copy the message content to a different message location.
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