SIGN RACER 1600 LED, Operation Manual

Page 1: ...1 Signracer LED Flatbed Inkjet Printer Operation Manual...

Page 2: ...er configurations 16 4 Installation instructions 17 4 1 Check and acceptance 17 4 2 Installation of the computer attachments 17 4 3 Leveling adjustment 18 4 4 Power input 18 4 5 Software and driver in...

Page 3: ...Troubleshooting 48 1 Buzz indications and troubleshooting 48 2 Pressure system problems 49 2 1 Unstable negative pressure 49 2 2 The pressure indicator reads 0 49 2 3 Pressure cannot rise when priming...

Page 4: ...this printer safely and efficiently Please read every content carefully before detail operations Changing parts can only be done after passing a technical training were these operations are explained...

Page 5: ...5 Safety Precautions 1 Indications of symbols Note the specific features given with these symbols in order to avoid property damage and personal injury in the operating process...

Page 6: ...nt damage Avoid any liquid spilled on the electronic parts or it may result in parts malfunctions Keep the chemical consumables away from non qualified individuals and stored according to the specific...

Page 7: ...us dual lead rails assembly on X directional mechanical structure enables the carriage to run stable High precision linear encoder strip for the positioning of the carriage Optical fiber with a maximu...

Page 8: ...ugated board plastic board and many more Ink type Amethyst SR 100 non VOC SR 150 SR 200 Color mode C M Y K Lc Lm W V depending on different models and configurations Support file Adobe Postscript Leve...

Page 9: ...lustrated 1 Left emergency stop button 2 Carriage Assembly 3 Media alignment bar 4 Conveyor Belt 5 Right emergency stop button 6 Operation panel See 4 1 1 Operation panel Note The carriage in the pict...

Page 10: ...10 4 1 1 Operation panel Media take up direction control Media take up tension control Printer start up button UV lamp Switch 1 UV lamp Switch 2 Vacuum power button Computer start up button...

Page 11: ...iage 1 Ink Prime Buttons left for Color White at right 2 Left UV LED 3 Right UV LED 4 Head Crash Sensor 5 Carriage height manually adjust knob Note The carriage in the picture might looks different de...

Page 12: ...12 4 3 Electronic panel...

Page 13: ...d state relay 3 External device board Media take up transformer Media feeding transformer Carriage height motor driver 11 220V to 24V transformer 12 15V Switch power supply 13 24V Switch power supply...

Page 14: ...a 3 ton forklift to be used in the loading and unloading job for the 1600 and 2500 a 4 or 5 ton truck for the larger machines to compensate for the big momentum of these models Basically the distance...

Page 15: ...fter finishing taking out the printer from the truck it needs to be taken out from the box remove the top cover remove the side cover Before you finish the side cover removing you must pay more attent...

Page 16: ...in width by 5m in length at the minimum Constant humidity of 40 70 RH temperature 19 C 28 C Clean and dust free Sheltered from sunlight In a good ventilating condition Certified power outlet of which...

Page 17: ...e as soon as the printer is placed properly Disassemble all the transport fixtures of the printer 4 2 Installation of the computer attachments Connect all I O devices of the computer Install the PCIE...

Page 18: ...ustment First keep the printer s castors laid on the ground with the supports not enabled Use the level to measure the middle of the four edges of the platen and find out the highest point of the plat...

Page 19: ...lower than 3V The specification of the power cable should be the diameter of 4mm2 It is also required that the printer to be properly ground wired 4 5 Software and driver installation Topjet Software...

Page 20: ...20 4 Select the communication port 5 Select the print head model...

Page 21: ...21 6 Select the printer model 7 Select DPI...

Page 22: ...Select UV lamp type Choose LED 9 Browse a path for TOPJet It s recommended to not choose system disk as installation folder For example E Thus the package will generate a folder named E TOPJet automat...

Page 23: ...23 10 Select additional task 11 Confirm and install...

Page 24: ...24 12 Wait for installation 13 Install the initiations...

Page 25: ...25 14 Click finish to continue 15 Install the driver for PCIE card...

Page 26: ...26 16 Accept 17 Continue...

Page 27: ...on 4 6 Functional tests Double check the input power and test the following functions of the printer Air blowers activated properly LED power settings output activated properly X and Y directional mov...

Page 28: ...e the risk of unexpected hazard due to improper operations must operate this step The connection of print head cables can only be executed in the state of power off The pins of the cables must avoid t...

Page 29: ...printheads and mark the voltages of the 4 print rows A first left nozzle row D is last right nozzle row for example Bk Cy head A K l B K r C C l D C r 2 Loose the bracket inside the carriage and take...

Page 30: ...ect the ink tubes and the LCF filter onto the heads Prior connection the ink tube onto the heads they need to be flushed with UV flush The LCF filter has an inlet and outlet direction for proper funct...

Page 31: ...with the color of ink accordingly The ink pumping function will be interrupted if the subtank is still not filled to its standard ink amount every 15s and the buzzer will make a three alert with a tw...

Page 32: ...s so as to avoid the generation of bubbles by emptying the subtank If the system refill alert occurs click the reset and continue the exhausting operation when the alert ceases Open the ink valve of t...

Page 33: ...nments of both horizontal and vertical directions ink ejecting calibration of left right direction bi directional printing and stepping adjustment 4 10 1 Nozzles state Make sure no nozzles missing 4 1...

Page 34: ...hether the two parts merge into a complete one If there are still lines that are not overlapping completely then you might get them aligned by adjusting the screw of the printhead base As the shown in...

Page 35: ...necessary to perform horizontal alignment with H1 to H3 or H1 to H5 Horizontal checking print V I Horizontal checking print V II The operation of horizontal alignment takes the first printhead of the...

Page 36: ...e illustrated above the left side nozzles of the printhead CL printed line align with the black line more perfectly in the icon with a figure of 2 Modify the value with a variable in the corresponding...

Page 37: ...alignment and get it output at the speed of 1 0x the printed results might be various due to different speed setting The printed result is shown as below As the sample shown above the line overlaps t...

Page 38: ...er indicates the best overlapping of the tiny lines the figure might not be marked but can be estimated and then add this figure as a variable to the basis of the original value 4 10 7 Base pointer ca...

Page 39: ...39 Reset the value of the zero position in the layout option Illustrated as below...

Page 40: ...power on the socket Note These four power circuit breakers only have to be turned on in the initial operation Once the equipment maintains in constant working phase there is no need to turn them off...

Page 41: ...the nozzle check on an A4 size paper and compare with the previous one It any abnormality such as nozzles missing is observed the priming and exhausting operation should be executed immediately till y...

Page 42: ...enance reset the pressure indicator for models till 2017 For models from 2017 check if the set negative pressure is still enough to keep the ink in the printheads Change the LCF head filters Half year...

Page 43: ...colors can also discharge in the whole process Therefore avoid constant reflective UV light causes the non discharging nozzles clog Execute anti dust and anti electrostatic operation if necessary Dou...

Page 44: ...d be cleaned On top of the foam that is coming with the machine put new set of head 2 Cleaning wipes so they can cover all area with the print heads Put the prepared foam on top of Waste Ink Tray cove...

Page 45: ...ixture The illustration is shown below Step two Remove the broken ink pump and remove the tubes connected to the pump Illustrated as below Step three Cut the deformed heads of the tubes and then recon...

Page 46: ...ew one and pay attention to the flow direction indicated by the arrow mark on the filter Step five Remove the clamp and reconnect the power cable connection of the ink pump Note The buzzer might proba...

Page 47: ...ir pump Step four Remove the air tube connected on the air pump Cut the deformed head of the tube and reconnect them to the new pump Pay attention to the air flow indicated by the arrow mark on the pu...

Page 48: ...set the pressure to the standard value Triple buzz 15s periodic ink pumping protection when ink shortage in subtank occurs Check and see whether the ink in the main tank has run out or if malfunctions...

Page 49: ...ubleshooting There will usually be ink leakage of the printhead on the occasions The first thing to do is turn off the valve and then shutdown the printer check for the malfunction Replace the malfunc...

Page 50: ...air tank and drain the tank Open the cover of the air tank and clean it with some flushing Replace the contaminated tubes Be careful with the blade using when disconnecting the tubes so as not to dam...

Page 51: ...additionally after the automatic adjustment when printing on some inflated or unsmooth or even some heat deformative media When printing on some heat formative materials shut the non used suction sec...

Page 52: ...the error message below Click Yes in the error message dialogue The software will lift the carriage to 100mm therefore the media can be taken from the printer Reset the anti crashing device Illustrat...

Page 53: ...erheat Keep the environment maintain below 40 Keep the servo driver away from any heat resource 6 EH Encoder overheat Keep the environment maintain below 40 Remove any item baffles the heat dissipatin...

Page 54: ...ing error with a message reads Device is busy please check the media location plate raster reader and motor driver try again The causes might be Anti crashing attachment enabled Media positioning atta...

Page 55: ...would be optimum Clean the nozzles surface Do the calibration again Color deviation Adjust the total ink limit by 10 30 The printed image appears dark Check color calibration Adjust the brightness by...

Page 56: ...glass and the printhead baseplate daily 6 Cleaning the lineair guide and check if there is any leakage of tubes daily 7 Execute calibration and alignment weekly 8 Clean the waste ink collection weekl...

Page 57: ...Notes...

Page 58: ...eded flush Signracer lint free tissue Isopropanol Angle key Nytril gloves grease gun and lithium lubricate lubrication oil electric torch ink line clip plastic or glass syringe 11 screw driver PH1 PH2...

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Page 70: ...in the front row To have good operations the software should know where the heads are installed This can be done in the printer ini file This file can be found Topjet printermodelINI for example HT25...

Page 71: ...Change the head positions for the other heads as well Below is an example of the installed machine 4 heads in one row installed in the front row...

Page 72: ...re you need to make pictures of the previous settings before installing the new software Now we have to set the LED timing This can be done by opening the Param window The password is ua13 Click Verif...

Page 73: ...this Fine adjustment window is for setting the delayed curing method In this method the left led is activated when the carriage goes to the left The ink is cured on the second pass therefore the outpu...