FJ DIGITAL PRINTER

Manual book

Nanjing Forni Digital Technology Co.,Ltd

Ver3.1

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 Contents
Foreword ............................................................................................................... 3

Part 1 Instruction .................................................................................................. 5

1、Power Safty ............................................................................................... 5

2、Operation Matters ...................................................................................... 5

3、Printer Insatllation and working environment ............................................. 5

4、Ink Location .............................................................................................. 6

5、Printer parameters ...................................................................................... 7

Part 2 Preparations before printing ...................................................................... 8

1、Printer instruction ...................................................................................... 8

2、Ink supply system ...................................................................................... 9

3、Printhead installation ............................................................................... 10

4、Fabric flow diagram ............................................................................ 12

5、Printhead adjustment ................................................................................ 13

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 Foreword
Thank you for purchasing Nanjing Forni FJ serial color inkjet printer.This manual can quickly
help you to comprehend and operate our printer. After reading, you can solve all problems during
installation effectively.

Please search related contents you need as catalogue. As piezoelectric colored inkjet printers,FJ
serial printer have Eco solvent and water based printhead and all with high quality.

In this manual:
 We describe the operation and easy maintenance of FJ serial printers in this manual.

 Please read carefully and understand completely before use.

 Please take this manual with you if necessary.

 Although by our great description in this book, if any questions, feel free to contact

your dealer.

 The contents maybe updated any time, please subject to the latest edition.

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Description of outstanding characteristic as below:

Epson piezoelectric printing head can achieve a great effect with high quality and speed.

Adopt Epson DX5 printhead, As the latest printhead, it contains 1440 pieces nozzles (180×8), to
achieve high quality pictures.
Convenience shortcuts
Shortcut key on the LCD panel to operate functions you want.
Convenience operation
LCD operation and humanism functions can help you know well quickly.

Origin adjustment

The origin can be placed in anywhere to save paper.

Checking printing condition

Printing situation in view on the LCD board when printing.

Printhead Height(nozzle height) adjustment

2mm---5mm is available to be adjusted. Paper

Platen wheel to avoid paper wrinkling

Distinctive design to avoid paper wrinkling when feeding paper and printing.
Interface (high speed transfer)
USD2.0 interface for high-speed data transmission.
Paper Taking up system allow continuous printing (optional)
Paper taking up system can help to collect paper when printing, and even longer paper is available.
External heating system

Fast heating paper, comply to long time printing.

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 Part 1 Instruction
1、Power safty
Note: For your security, before power on, be sure to connect the earth wire! The printer shall be
installed by qualified technicians.
A. Electrical source : Frequency 50HZ, Voltage 220V AC (± 10%)/50HZ.
Max power:350w (except external heating system)
Standby power :≤100w. Please prepare voltage regulator for the stability of power.
B. This machine accept the power which signed on the label of the printer, according to the different
countries and regions, 110V or 220V AC is available.
C. All devices are connected to a suitable grounded plug, but need to avoid the electric going in the
same circle as the machines ( copier, air conditioner) which will be turned on/off frequently.
D. Avoid to use the plug which controlled by automatic timer or switch on the wall.
E. Be sure that your computer system will be far away from potential Electro Magnetic Interference.
Such as: loudspeaker, cordless telephone.
F. NO broken wire.
G. If you use additional power line, please pay attention to the amperage, it must be less than the total
amperage of the power.
H. Don’t try to repair it by yourself, if any question, please contact professional technician.

2、Operation matters
A. Always use the power switch to control the printer on/off, and don’t remove any plug before
cutting off the power.
B. Please don’t put any tools on the flatbed, to avoid any damage.
C. Please be sure that the printhead cart was fixed on its place before carrying.

3、Printer installation and work environment

A. Please be sure that the printer was placed on a flat ground, or it can’t work.
B. Please be sure that there is enough space for the printer to feel air.
C. Please place the printer near the socket for convenience.
D. Don’t use the printer with unstable temperature and humility. Avoid directly hot sunshine,
powerful light and heating source.
E. Best temperature: 18℃-29℃, Humility:40%-80%
It is better to have a air conditioner and Temperature Humidity Sensor to guarantee the
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 working best situation for the machine.
F. Be sure that your computer system will be far away from potential Electro Magnetic Interference.
G.We suggest prepare UPS and power regulator.(≥3000w)

4、 Ink location
A. Please be sure that the ink is far away from children to avoid hurting.
B. Please clean with soap and water if against the skin and eyes.
C. Don’t shake the ink bottle.
D. Don’t mix with other ink.
E. Ink should be place in a cool place.
F. Please use the special ink supplied by the factory.

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5、Printer Parameters
Item Parameter

Model FJ serial

Printhead Printhead Epson DX5

Quantity 4

Color C、M、Y、K

Type Special ink for Epson head

Ink
Ink supply Automatic

Production 75 m2/h

Speed
Precision 56 m2/h

High precision 36 m2/h

Drying Extra heating

Heating Temperature normal~60℃ suggest 40~60℃

Media size Depend on printer model

Media Media type Depend on printer model

Media transfer Automatic feeding system

Head cleaning Automatic cleaning and scrapping

Interface USB

Temperature and humidity Temperature18℃~29℃，Humidity50~80%

Power 50HZ , AC220V

Machine size 3200：L*W* H（mm）

：2520*600*1300

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 Part 2 Preparations before printing
1、Printer Instruction
FJ serial printer: Taking up system, external heating system etc are as optional parts, please
according to printer you purchased.
Front of machine
1. Operation panel: the keys for controlling the machine, settings, etc.
2. Printhead carriage: placed the printhead, and move.
3. Flatbed: working flatbed, the paper is on it.
4. Taking up system: collect the paper automatically.
5. Power socket and USB interface: to connect the machine and computer.

Back of machine
1. Ink box: each ink box has its own color.
2. Feeding system: to fix paper roller.
3. Waste ink bottle: waste ink collecting

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2、Ink supply system
Warning:
1. Keep the ink out of the reach of children .
2. If the ink splashed into the eyes , clean immediately with plenty of water .
Note:
3. Please use the special cleaning liquid to clean ink pipeline.
4. Ink working environment needed: temperature at 18 degrees -28 degrees.
5. Place the ink in a cool place , stored at room temperature , avoid high and low
temperature and sunshine.
6. Please use the ink after unseal , no long-term storage .
7.If freezing at low temperatures , please re-dissolved in room temperature and place a
few hours, then use.
8.If the ink splashed to your hands or clothes , wash as soon as possible .
9. As a chemical product , empty ink bottle ,broken cartridges and waste ink should be
well treated to avoid pollution to the environment.
10.Please clean the ink pipeline with cleaning liquid before using.
11.Don’t move the ink sac when fulling ink, in order to reduce its loss , only use the
specified ink , please do not use ink mixed with other brand types .

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3、Printhead installation

Head data line：2 pcs 31P data line

Printhead 3：Upper face connect to head board（J12）Down face line connect to head board（J9）
Printhead 1：Upper face connect to head board（J13）Down face line connect to head board（J10）
Printhead 4：Upper face connect to head board（J14）Down face line connect to head board（J11）
Printhead 2：Upper face connect to head board（J15）Down face line connect to head board（J8）

Show as pictures

Warning: Please pay more attention on the connection,if it is wrong, it will damage the
head, any question please call engineer.
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Epson DX5 head：

Damper (from left to right)：K、K、C、C、M、M、Y、Y

4、Fabric flow diagram

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5、Printhead adjustment

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 2, Process of adjustment
Note:1.firstly,install printhead 1 and printhead 2,after adjusting printhead 1 and 2,then install
printhead 3 and printhead 4.
2.Before install or uninstall printhead , please turn off machine firstly !!!
1, Print nozzel checking, check if ink jet is OK.
Menu--->Check Nozzle---->Enter

Or Menu Advance Mode----->Check Nozzle---->vsd1--->Enter. Under Advanced mode，it can

print out checking pattern on four different VSD modes, as it's 4 different VSD, the patterns are
different in shade.

If find there are incontinuity and vacancy, it illustrates there are blocks in nozzles, need to be
cleaned until ink jet to the best state, this is good for observing the printing test and improving
print quality.

2, There are two aspects of the adjustment, 1) mechanical adjustment, 2) software fine
adjustment. Mechanical adjustment includes two steps: Interleave Check and Head slant
Check.

1) Mechanical adjustment
According to the print head fixing organization, we can adjust the head’s position (right and left,
front and back) and adjust the head to parallel to the printing table.

Interleave Check: Menu Advanced mode----->Adjustment----->Interleave

Check---->Enter Figure

Interleave check

As shown above, we use 50~100 times magnifying glass to observe the test picture, make the black
lines as standard, check the position relation of black and other colors, the position relations between
K nozzles and other nozzles on the same line, the position relations between K nozzles and the second
level nozzles. Because K is farthest from Y relatively, if there is a mismatch, we can see obviously on
K and Y, so shall observe K and Y firstly. When K and Y both have 3 lines, K and Y lines should

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overlap; when Khas 3 lines and Y has 2 lines, K and Y lines should intersect.

Head 1

Head 2

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 Caution: which we see under the magnifying glass is contrary to the reality. When there are 3
lines, Y and K should overlap; C,M,Y have 2 lines, the lines should be in the middle of K lines, as
shown by “Normal”, otherwise we need adjust the physical position of the print head.
Sometimes, the print head is bad itself, when we check the Interleave of two rows of the
same color, the printing result is bad, and the 3 lines can overlap K lines, but the other two
lines are not in the middle of K, it’s nozzle’s problem, individual phenomenon.
When the machine has two print heads, there are two testing strips, should adjust the two
print heads separately and simultaneously.
Head slant Check：Menu Advanced mode----->Adjustment--------> Head slant Check -------->Enter
After adjustment of print head’s horizontal of right and left, the front and back sides of
print head may be on different horizons, and we can use Head slant Check to check the print
head situations.

Caution: the machine prints twice from right to left and twice from left to right. If the wide
line is not clear, we can observe the thin line nearby. All the lines are formed by drops and it's
easy to get the result. If the back side of the print is high and the front side is low, we can get
the result like the middle image above; otherwise we will see the result like figure3. There will
be some individual phenomenon that the printing results from two ways are the same, now we
need to check if the printing lines are vertical to the slide way, it's possible that the printing
table isn't flat, then we can print test lines on other places to check if the result is the same.
If there are lot malpositions on the overlap, it's error of Bi-Dir.

2) Software fine adjustment

Software fine adjustment includes Feed，Bi-Dir，Left Alignment，Right Alignment

etc.

Step Calibration:

Normal Mode：Menu--->Adjustment---->Media---->Print

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 This is a simple and visual adjustment which only print one row, default value is 4pass, it’s
same as 1pass adjust value. Choose the best test image and add default value on its nether
value, then get the
final value. Imput the value in the machine, can have up to two digits after the decimal point.
Advanced Mode：Menu--->Adjustment---->Media--->Pass Number---->Print

Under Advanced Mode, we can choose material, also can choose different pass. We should
adjust the stepping value on 4pass firstly. This value will be used on other passes. Then adjust the
value on 3pass, 6pass, 8pass, etc of the same material. The stepping value of other passes is adding
and reducing on base of 4pass.
Different material has different step calibration value. While printing, we must make sure the
printing material is the default material of machine.
Please pay attention that on this mode; it will repeat printing 100times continuously. It will
print 3 rows on 4pass, the first row is the print result of pass1 and pass2, the second row is the
print result of pass1 and pass3, the third row is the result of pass1 and pass4. This is a print of
adding errors. If the stepping has errors, the 3rd row’s error is the biggest. And because it’s 10
cycles’printing for a ling time,by this adjustment, we can easily find the stepping problem and
check if the feeding precision has periodical change. It prints 5rows by 6pass, 7rows by 8pass,
prints K and M while side printing, if there are no error with print head physical position, then
the stepping direction should be the same. Specially observe the left vertical strip, check the
continuity, if the print head deflects, there are intervals in left strips and can’t be intact color
lump. You can press cancel key to cancel printing; if it’s hard to distinguish the aligning of
“0”,you can observe the left strips and right strips besides”0”, to check which one is worse, the
best printing result is on the other side. And you can print on different wide to check the
mechanical precision.
Caution: If stepping value differs a lot from the reality, you can observe the first row firstly;the
stepping value may need reduce or add a lot. The maximum change value for the machine is 50%
until “0”are aligning well. Then observe the third row’s “0”and make fine adjustment. Stepping
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value for one head is half of the value for double heads.
Bi-Dir: Menu Advanced Mode--->Adjustment---->DPI (360/720) ---->VSD (1, 2, 3, 4) -----> Bi-Dir
----> Print

Observe the test printing, find the one aligning well and plus the nether value with the default
value and input the result to menu.
Please pay attention, we need to calibrate under different modes, for different dpi, different VSD
and different parameter. For 360dpi, there are 4VSD Modes, if print head support high and low
height, it need calibration separately. If no high and low function, menu shows high, please adjust
the high value, shows low, please adjust the low value.
Left Alignment：Menu Advanced Mode--->Adjustment---->DPI（360/720）---->VSD(1,2,3,4)----->
Left Alignment ---->Print

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 Observe every row, the combinations of different colors, plus the best one’s value with the
default value, and input the result to the menu.
In this configure, 2 shows the relative position of one colors’ two row nozzles. Adjust the two
row nozzles print from right to left and align them and form the standard.
The first row of K be the standard K1, all other colors standard should align to K1.
If left row’s nozzle is 1, right row’s nozzle is 2, the above configure shows: K1K2，K1K1，
C1C2， C1K1，M1M2，M1K1，Y1Y2，Y1K1. Please pay attention that, one head has four colors.
The 8 lines nozzles are fixed relatively in position, while physical positions are fixed, under this
menu, with default value, “0” should be best aligned in the printing test. If error is big, it means
physical calibration is not done well. Need do Interleave Chink check and Tilting check again and
calibrate again.
For double heads machine, the calibration theory is the same, but need twice testing printing.
Make H1K1，H1C1，H1M1，H1Y1 as the standard, the other places of the color should align to this
standard. And then H1C1，H1M1，H1Y1 align to H1K1. H1, the left head of the machine, should be
Head 1; the right head should be Head 2.
In the testing picture，H1K2，H2K2，H1K1，H2K1，H1C2，H2C2，H1C1，H2C1，H1M2，H2M2，
H1M1，H2M1，H1Y2，H2Y2，H1Y1，H2Y1
H1K2 is the combination of H1K1 and H1K2，print result of K’s left and right nozzles of Head1.
H2M2 is the combination of H1M1 and H2M2, print result of M’s left nozzles of Head1
and right nozzles of Head 2.
Right Alignment：Menu Advanced Mode--->Adjustment---->DPI（360/720）
---->VSD(1,2,3,4)----->Right Alignment ---->Print

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In the above configure, 1(K1,C1,M1,Y1) shows the result of left nozzles’ bi-direction printing; 2 shows
the print result of left nozzles print from right to left and right nozzles print from left to right.
For double heads machine, make H1K1， H1C1， H1M1， H1Y1 the standard, the same color from two heads
should align to their standard.
In the test picture, H1K2， H2K2， H1K1， H2K1， H1C2， H2C2， H1C1， H2C1， H1M2， H2M2， H1M1， H2M1，
H1Y2, H2Y2，H1Y1，H2Y1.
H1K2 is the print result of H1K1 print from right to left and H1K2 print from left to right, which shows
color K’s left line and right line nozzles of head 1.
H2K2 is the print result of H1K1 print from right to left, which shows color M’s left line nozzles of head
1 and right line nozzles of head 2.
No matter it is left justifying or right justifying, there defines two levels standard, the first level is each
color itself, the second level is color K. With these two standards, we not only calibrate the color offset,
but also adjust the distance between the same colors, especially the same color of two heads, and
improve the print quality of pure color lump.
As software supports 360dpi and 720dpi, and have four VSD Modes, under every mode, there are Left
Alignment ,Right Alignment and Bi-Dir, a lot of things can be calibrated, in order to print perfectly,
we suggest calibrate all the issues step by step.
If we only focus on quality and use VSD1 and VSD2 seldom, then calibration on 360dpi and 720 dpi
isn’t necessary.

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