Universal HPNP-100, Owner'S Manual

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PREFACE

Printing on non-porous materials has always been a major problem in industrial applications.  The high degree
of maintenance usually required to keep conventional “non-porous” machines operating has made many com-
panies opt for manual marking as a cost effective alternative.  UNIVERSAL changed all that with our patented
Non-Porous Inking System design.  Previously available only on conveyor line mounted coders, this same
technology is now available on the new Universal Non-Porous Hand Printers.

Printing on non-porous materials can now be accomplished with the same relative ease as printing on porous
materials.  This breakthrough in Non-Porous coder design opens up in-plant printing opportunities which previ-
ously were regarded as too difficult to consider.

Unlike the inks used to print on porous materials which dry through absorption into the material being printed,
non-porous inks rely on the rapid evaporation of the ink solvents to achieve fast drying of the printed marks.
Since the ink solvents must evaporate very rapidly on the printed material, they also evaporate very rapidly from
the ink rolls and ink wells of conventional printers therefore requiring constant maintenance.

The proprietary design of the UNIVERSAL Non-Porous Inking System effectively eliminates the rapid evapora-
tion of the ink solvents from the ink roll.  The final design of this system was the product of many months of
design engineering and field testing.  The final product is both simplistic in design and extremely effective in
operation.  The relatively low cost of these systems makes in-plant printing of all types of non-porous materials
a practical reality.  The following pages of this manual explain the operation and maintenance of the Non-Porous
Hand Printers and are the key to trouble free non-porous printing.

The following specification diagram includes the basic dimensions of the Non-Porous Hand Printers.  The ap-
proximate net weights, maximum die capacities, maximum print width and print drum circumferences are also
listed for reference.

CODER SPECIFICATIONS

QUICK START

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This manual was written with a full understanding that very few people like to read manuals or have the
time to do so.  To accommodate those who have little time to spare, we have included a Quick Start
section which will get your coder operating in just a few minutes.

To keep your coder operating properly, it is important to read and understand the Basic Principles of
Operation section which explains the basic operation of the Non-Porous Inking System.