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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Model X High Speed Sublimation printer User manual Ver 1.0 Hangzhou Honghua Digital Technology Stock Co., Ltd. Address: 3911 Binsheng Road, Binjiang District, Hangzhou Postal Code (PC): 310052 TEL:+86-0571-88866678 FAX:+86-0571-88852900 E-Mail:honghua@atexco.cn Website:www.atexco.cn...
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Preface Thank you very much for purchasing the Model X series machine. l In order to ensure the correct and safe use of the product based on a comprehensive understanding of the performance of this product, please read this manual and keep it in a safe place.
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Ensure safety and proper use • To ensure the safe and proper use of the printer, please read this manual carefully before use. • After reading the manual, keep it in a safe place and refer to it when necessary.
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Safety guidance Please read the following instructions before using your Model X High Speed Sublimation printer and follow the warnings and instructions marked on the printer: Printer installation considerations WARNING Do not install the printer near solvents such as alcohol or thinner.
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer § Excessively moist and dry places § Direct sunlight rooms § Hot places § Near an open flame or humid places Using the printer in the following places may cause the machine to malfunction or fail •...
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Make sure the power cord is securely plugged into a power outlet. Doing so may cause a fire or short circuit. Do not use a power cord that is different from the one provided by the printer.
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Avoid using the socket with the copier or air conditioning system, which are regularly switched between on and off, in the same loop. Avoid using sockets controlled by wall switches or automatic timers. Keep your computer system away from potential sources of electromagnetic interference.
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer CAUTION Take care to prevent internal electrical components from being in contact with metal objects or liquids, as this may result in fire or electric shock. Do not put your hand on the printer while printing.
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Do not use any lubricant on the parts of the machine. CAUTION At least once a year, remove the power plug from the power outlet, move it and clean up the surrounding area. Accumulated dust can cause a fire hazard.
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Do not use any ink other than the one specified, as it may not only disturb the print quality but also cause malfunction. Do not use expired ink as this may cause a malfunction.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction to High Speed Sublimation printer ..........13 1.1 Brief introduction ........................13 1.2 Environmental requirements for printer ................14 1.3 The main features of High Speed Sublimation printer ............15 1.4 Schematic diagram and introduction of the main structure and accessories of High Speed...
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer 5.3 Paper operation ........................51 5.3.1 Confirm the front and the back of the paper ..................51 5.3.2 Printing paper assembly ........................51 5.4 Shutdown operation ........................ 53 5.4.1 To check before shutdown ........................ 53 5.4.2 To check after shutdown ........................
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Chapter 1 Introduction to High Speed Sublimation printer 1.1 Brief introduction High-speed digital paper-making system is a high-tech product integrating mechanical, electronic and information processing equipment. It is another revolutionary breakthrough based on the original digital tape printing machine.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer 1.2 Environmental requirements for printer The temperature is generally controlled at 25°C~30°C, and the humidity is controlled at 55%~75%RH. Avoid direct exposure of the printer to sunlight, strong light, wind or heat. Leave enough space around the printer to ensure proper ventilation of the printer.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer 1.3 The main features of High Speed Sublimation printer Product number Model X Kyocera industrial grade 8 nozzles Nozzle model and quantity Print width 1850mm Ink type Disperse Color mode 4 colors/6 colors/8 colors...
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer 1.4 Schematic diagram and introduction of the main structure and accessories of High Speed Sublimation printer 1.4.1 Main structure diagram and introduction Figure 1-1 Main view of the machine Figure 1-2 Back view of the machine...
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Name Description Precautions Recovery: After troubleshooting, turn the button 45° clockwise, the In case of emergency, when the device needs switch will automatically lift and to be stopped, press this button and the device return to normal use.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer 1.4.2 Schematic diagram and introduction of the subsidiary structure Ink tank and power supply box Figure 1-3 Electric drying Electric drying: drying of the material.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Chapter 2 Touch Screen Operation of the High Speed Sublimation printer Boot Inte rfa c e Ente r the syste m Use r se ttings Figure 2-1 Operation flow 2.1 Boot interface After pressing the power button, the front touch screen displays the interface shown in Figure 2-2.
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer User settings "User settings" option, click this option to enter the interface as shown in Figure 2-3. Select user Password Language selection Figure 2-3 User Settings Language selection: the user can switch between Chinese and English languages;...
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer 2.2 “Print monitor” menu Completed lines RIP Total lines printed Number lines printed Number printed lines Printing status Stop printing Printing Printing Figure 2-5 Printing in progress pause Completed lines RIP Total lines to...
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer ① Printing light: Shows the printing status. The light is on: the machine is printing. The light is off: the machine stops printing. ② Printing on pause indicator: lights up when you click the Printing on pause option.
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Name Description Precautions The background color is the corresponding ink color: the auxiliary ink cartridge is full. Display auxiliary (1) The background color is the cartridge status corresponding ink color: the auxiliary ink cartridge is out of ink.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer return the nozzle to normal printing status. Adjust the negative pressure value of the nozzle so that the Negative pressure ⒀ nozzle does not hang ink. The adjustment larger the value, the larger the negative pressure value.
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Ink bucket full Heating on Heating Real-time temperature Constant temperature temperature Heating Constant temperature alarm setting Figure 2-9 Drying work in progress’ heating Name Description Precautions Display blue: drying working. (1) Drying heating button switch Display gray: drying is off.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer 2.6 View the alarms The display is as shown in Figure 2-10. The red color is an alarming situation, orange indicates that it has been confirmed, and yellow indicates the return to default value.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer 2.7 “Mobile machine” menu Figure 2-10 Machine movement Name Description Precautions After clicking, the drop-down menu appears, there are speed, Select different parameters, medium speed and high speed. By the head frame moves at (1)...
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer a. When the nozzle carriage is in any position, click the “Move to cleaning position” option to automatically move the nozzle carriage to the Click this option to move the (6) cleaning position. carriage to the cleaning position.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Chapter 3 Operation of Soft Panel 3.1 Soft panel main interface : a. Printing controls d. Printing starting position b.Software parameter settings f. Printing mode settings Printer status display Host motion control Figure 3-1 Software main interface diagram...
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Printing controls: The distance the tape is gapped in the direction of the cloth before the print operation begins. Printing mode settings: Cancel print button Guide tape :Standby, no print jobs. moving speed, right-click the drop-down list, select the speed item again, there are high, medium and low speeds.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer 3.2 Software parameters settings 3.2.1 Printing parameters settings (Ctrl+s) : Channel settings b.Printing mode settings d. Expand the settings menu for the print parameters e. Press the confirm bouton Figure 3-2 Print parameter setting figure...
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer In the interface of Figure 3-1, use the left mouse button to click on the icon, the menu jumps to this page. The print parameter settings include horizontal accuracy, ink path ink, print mode, single, two-way printing mode, wave mode, print gap, etc.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer choose. The function of the wave mode is mainly to improve the printing connection between Note: The function in this panel will not PASS and PASS. take effect until you click the "Apply" "OK"...
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Alarm settings 3.2.3 Left-click the icon and a dialog box will pop up on the main interface of the soft panel to display related information. When the machine is in a normal state, the dialog box is shown in Figure 3-5-1.
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer function is mainly used to detect the position Click the icon to enter the machine of the material from the original state, and interface. can be used to automatically set the print start position and determine the width of the material.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Chapter 4 RIP Software Operation 4.1 RIP Introduction Double-click to open the desktop VEGAPrint RIP software, the following dialog box pops up: 图 4-1 打开 RIP Left click on "File" in the menu bar to open "New Printing Operation" to create a new blank job surface. As...
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer 4.2 Printing process Print job flow chart: ⅠStart a printing job Zoom Drag the picture Picture-repeat Ⅱ Edit image Picture cropping 1. ICC curve setting 2. Channel settings Ⅲ Setting the print parameters 3. Density curve call 4.
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer ①Position: Left click to pop up the following dialog box to enter horizontal and vertical positions in horizontal and vertical. This allows accurate positioning of the image. Figure 4-6 Position ②Size: To accurately change the size of an image with numbers, first select the image you want to change, then click the size in the toolbar to enter the size you want to change in the following dialog.
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Figure 4-9 Step-and-repeat Number of step-and-repeat: mainly based on the width and height of the image. Image size: It is mainly to set the width and height of the image to be the size of the drying (the height is recommended to use even numbers of continuous drying to ensure the whole return position).
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1. Printer Name: Used to select the model of the printer, default ATMPrinter 2. Model: Select the model of the current printer. This model is Model X 8B-8. 3.Attribute setting: set the current printing mode, print direction (one-way or two-way), dot size (large, medium, small), wave effect (straight wave, natural wave, microwave, custom waveform).
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Figure 4-13 Property Settings 4. Channel Settings: Select the order of the ink tracks and save them. (The order of this ink path should be the same as the order of outputting the pure ink color card). You can click the “Print Test Strip” button to print the color of each channel, and then input it in turn.
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer shown below appears. Tip: Select the appropriate density curve according to different fabrics and pass numbers. : ICC Profile: The ICC curve settings are divided into input ICC settings and printer ICC settings. Figure 4-15 Color Management ①When there is no ICC curve, no need to check the embedded ICC file, enter RGB in the ICC...
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Figure 4-17 ICC Settings C: Color fine-tuning: It is mainly used to fine-tune the color control curve, which can control the maximum ink output of each channel. The curve fine-tuning can control the color and adjust the same printing effect of different machines.
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Figure 4-19 Print image Figure 4-20 Copy number Set the number of copies (that is, the number of copies of the print operation), then click "OK" to start outputting an operation and start printing.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer 4.3 Pause/cancel a printing operation a. Severe Software Control Soft panel control Continue the print Pause a print job Severe Software Control b. Soft panel control Figure 4-22 Flowchart (1) Pause print job: Pause the printing of one job, the nozzle cleaning operation can be performed, and then the print operation can be continued.。...
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Note: Stopping a print job as an interrupted print job cannot be continued. a. RIP software control b. Server Software Control c. Soft panel control Stop the print job End the print job Figure 4-24 Cancel printing Stop printing can be controlled through the soft panel, RIP software, and Server software: a.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Chapter 5 Basic Operations 5.1 Preparation before starting up 5.1.1 Environmental requirements The temperature is controlled between 20 C and 30 C, and the humidity is controlled at 55% to 70% RH.55%~70%RH。 5.1.2 Site requirements The workplace must be clean and free of dust, smoking and fireworks are strictly prohibited;...
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer 5.2 Starting operation 5.2.1 Turn on the machine (1) Before starting the machine, please confirm whether it meets the power-on requirements; if it meets the power-on requirements, perform the following process. (2) Click the green power button on the printer to connect the device to the power source.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Figure 5-2 Figure 5-3 (1) Click the “head cleaning” option in the function interface (Chapter 3 “head cleaning”) to enter the nozzle cleaning interface as shown in Figure 3-3. In this interface, click the weak pressure / medium pressure / strong pressure to clean the nozzle.
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Power button Dongle B. When the display shows the desktop, double-click the Server icon on the desktop to open the Server software. Figure 5-4 Opening Server C. Set the scan direction value (in mm) and click the “Print Test Strip” option.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer The printhead is moved to the cleaning position after printing is complete. If the test strip is printed, there are many broken holes and the printing requirements are not met. Repeat the steps to clean the printhead and print the test strip until the printhead is in good condition.
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Note: Place the air-expansion roller in the bracket so that both ends are placed at the same time. When removing the inflation roller from the holder, remove both ends at the same time. (2) Schematic diagram of automatic unwinding...
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer 5.4 Shutdown operation 5.4.1 To check before shutdown (1) Print the test strip: Make sure the nozzle is in the state and print the test strip to retain the sample (usually keep the test strip for 2-3 weeks).
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer 6 Clean moisturizing position: Clean the moisturizing plate. 7 Clean waste ink: Check the waste ink tank and waste ink tank of the nozzle cleaning position and moisturizing position are not clogged, and dump the waste ink in time.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer 6.5 Annual maintenance project (1) Ink Path: Clean the entire ink path and ink tank, check the filter, ink tube, pipe joint and peristaltic pump rubber tube, and replace with new parts if necessary.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Chapter 7 Common Faults and Treatment Methods 7.1 Communication problem (1) Fault code: error01 or error02: There is a problem with communication between the TPC data board (including communication timeout, print interruption, etc.). (2) Troubleshooting method: 1.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Figure 7-2 4. check the computer system, or reinstall the software 7.2 Ink supply error (1) Fault code: error04 (2) Troubleshooting method: 1. Press the reset button on the ink supply status of the touch screen to observe the ink supply condition and see if it will report an error.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer 7.3 Pressure alarm (1) Fault code: error05 (2) Troubleshooting method: 1. Check if the air compressor and total air inlet are normal. 2. Check if the air pressure gauge in the ink supply box is normal (0.58MPa), whether the negative pressure generator has oil or water.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer 7.7 Lift motor error (1) Fault code: error27 (2) Troubleshooting method: Check that the power and drive of the lift motor are working properly and check that the mechanical parts connected to the lift motor are smooth.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer 55 ~ 70%). 2. Check if the negative pressure is correct, if there is ink hanging, and if there is air in the pipeline. 3. Check whether the nozzle has rubbed into the medium and process in time.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer (3) Troubleshooting method 1. Whether the height of the nozzle is suitable and adjusted in time (the optimal height of the medium from the surface of the nozzle is 3mm). 2. Handle the sanitary work all around the nozzle in time (the dirt on the nozzle will cause dripping).
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Reasons Countermeasures Re-clean the nozzle and discharge the air ① Foreign matter attachment Use the cleaning solution to repeatedly press the ink to clean the nozzle. Also use a humid, dust-free paper to lightly wipe the surface of the ②...
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Figure 7-8 Reasons Countermeasures Re-clean the nozzle and discharge the air ① The nozzle is slightly blocked Use ink and cleaning solution to repeatedly clean the nozzle, and wipe the surface of the nozzle with wet dust-free paper to clean the blade.
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Figure 5-9 Reasons Countermeasures Clean and remove air from the nozzle. This The nozzle may have a lot of air situation mainly occurs after the new nozzle or ink is replaced, and the air inside the nozzle is not removed in time.
Model X High Speed Sublimation printer 7.10.4 Continuous printing (1) Phenomenon: after a period of continuous printing, dryness and ink breakage occur. Figure 5-10 7.10.5 Printing out of control (1) Phenomenon: A specific nozzle is out of control and always ejects ink.
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Model X High Speed Sublimation printer Reasons Countermeasures Signal transmission error Check the TPC data board and sprinkler connection harness ① Problem coming from the nozzle Re-plug the data cable, or print it with other nozzle data lines to see if the nozzle is normal.
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