MYJET Digital Ink Jet Printer KONICMONILTA 512

OPERATION MANUAL

Shanghai Chiting Digital Technology Co., Ltd.

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Preface
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Content
Part Ⅰ Summary
Safety Instruction
Machine Description
Installation Requirements
PartⅡ User's Guide.
Chapter 1 Installation Guide
nstallation Process
Software Installation
Chapter 2 Operation Guide
Equipment Operation
Software Instruction and Operation
Basic Operations
Net Printing
RIP Format Support
Software Edition Information
Chapter 3 Maintenance Guide
Maintenance Rules
Daily Maintenance
Printhead Maintenance
Printhead Protection for several days stop
Auto Printhead Cleaning Function
Ink Supply System Maintenance
Choice of Ink
Chapter 4 Technology Guide
Printing Quality Improvement
Printing Clearance Adjustment
Skills for Using Printhead
Solutions for Nozzle Blocking
Prevention of Printhead Blocking
Cautions for Using Solvent Ink
Chapter 5 Referrence
Structure illustration for Electric Control Board
Frequent problem sand their resolutions
Soft Error Warns explaination list
Software list go with the machine
Acquaintance with Accessories
Chapter 6 Attachments
Common Malfunctions and Its Solutions
Error Information List
Chapter 7 Accessories
Software List
Spare Parts Distinguishing

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Part I Summary

Ⅰ. Safety Instructions

1. Important Safety Instructions

◆ Warning and insruction please read carefully before operating machine: marks of on
printer. These instructions must be followed strictly;
◆ Do not put anything on the printer nor spill any liquid on the printer
◆ Use the indicated power supply specifications only; AC 110v and AC 220v are
available according to standards from different countries or regions;
◆ Connect the cable plug of the cable to a grounded socket; it should be avoided to
use the same loop for duplicating machine or air conditioner ;
◆ Avoid installing the power socket on the wall or power socket controlled by automatic
timer;
◆ Keep your computer system far away from potential electromagnetism, like, radio or
wireless telephone seat;
◆ Damaged or worn power line is forbidden;
◆ The total amperage of the equipment must not exceed rated amperage of main
power.

2. Attention while operating printer

◆ Do not move carriage while turn on printer otherwise printer may be damaged；
◆ Always shut off printer by using power switch button, power will be cut off when this
button be pressed down; printerr's plug or data cable must not be pulled out before
cutting off power;
◆ Make sure that carriage keep at the home position and fixed before moving printer.

3. Notice for ink cartridge

◆ Store ink cartridge in a place that is out of reach of children;
◆ Prvent the ink from getting into your eyes. Be sure to wear sofety goggles gloves
when cleaning the printhead or replaeing the ink pump assembly;
◆ If ink spatter on the skin or clothes, immediately wash it off with soap or water; if you
get ink in your eyes, immediately clean your eyes with a lot of clean water;
◆ Do not shake the ink cartridge violently; which maybe cause ink leakage .
◆ Ink tank must be taken off to clean and dry thoroughly after three months employ
.Please clean the new in tank when start to use it.

4. Warning、caution and note

◆ Warning
Must strictly do according warning marks to avoid to damage to;
◆ Caution
Must obey the indication to avoid the damage to printer and relative equipment;
◆ Note

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 Indicates helpful operation notice and in instrution.
Ⅱ. Machine description

1. Brief introduction to products

1.1. Main features

◆ Machine features
 Japanese long working life piezo Konica minolta 512 printhead, which is famouse
for its high resolution with elaborate ink droplit and very good corrosion resistance.
Therefore it can precisely adjust color contrast, which can provide high quality outdoor
pictures with vivid and coincident colors.
 Automatic printhead cleaning function can always keep printhead in the best
working status, and automatic flash function can effectively prevent printhead from
drying.
 Printhead can properly get cleaned and maintain in time only need to click "clean"
function in too bar, which can prolong the printhead's life and avoid the inconvenience to
take off and clean printhead. Therefore, high efficiency, safety, convenience, and nobody
operating on duty can achieve.
 Media supply system with suck function ensures media transmit steadily and evenly
which guarantee high output and high resolution.
 The imported linear guide rail effectively eliminates the impact of the vibration caused
by running carriage which can affect the printing resolution. So, printing quality is greatly
guaranteed.
 Liquid level sensor in primary and secondary ink tank and automatic alarm system
can sense any changes of ink, which can avoid the lack of ink.
 Powerful print- bed plat- rear heating system will fast the ink in filtration to media,
which prolong the outdoor life of printing also extend the range of media like banner, PP,
adhesive vinyl, PVC, mesh fabric.
◆ Eleetronical system
 Fibre data transmission system, quarante the transmit speed and interference
resistance;
 Servo board controlled motor runring mechanical system guarantee the accaracy of
carriage and media supply.

◆ Software
 Support all regular windows image formats such as PDF, TIFF, PSD, EPS, PS
 Strong RIP software provides resolution ranges of
(360X360DPI 、360X720DPI 、720X720DPI、540X1080DPI、720X1440DPI). RIP process
and printing can be done simultaneity.
 Excellent ICC color revision and reversion function can exactly present picture color,
vivid and bright.

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 2. Main components introduction

The Front

1.left fornt cover 2.the topcover of left 3.Left-down box 4.Left Pole
upper box
7.Left bracket of
Media loading and
5.bracket feeding system 6.Waste ink tray taking up 8.Printer wheel
9.Media feeding and 12.Suport rack
media taking up
taking up roller 10.Support foot 11.Right pole system
13.Right bracket of 15.pront 16.Handle Assembly
media loading and taking heater(front cover)
up 14.Right-down case
17.Right-upper box 18.Buffer device 19.Right fornt 20.Middle pront
cover cover
21.Liner guide rail 22.Carriage assembly 23.Hold wheel 24.Main girder
subassembly
25.Printing bed plat

The back

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 26.Left rear cover 27.Motor for feeding 28.Moter for 29.Photoelectric
media taking up media media Sensor
30.Nether girder 31.Ink bottle box 32.Heating 33.Power supply
button
button
34.Heating switch 35.Power supplyswitch

Upside of Left box Upside of right box

36.Emergency switch 37.Printhead 38.Auto feeding and 39.Yellow (ink

voltage switch positive pressure )
take up switch switch
40.Mageuta (ink 41.Cyan (ink 42.Black (ink 43.Emergency
positive pressure ) positive pressure ) positive pressure ) switch
switch switch switch

44.Flat suck fan 45.Temperature 46.Media taking up

button controlle switch switch

Left front-over box Right front-over box

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 47.Raster bar 48.Left buffer device 49.Tighten pulley 50.Worm wheel
assembly worm lever
51.Flash case 52.Right buffer 53.Dirve pulley 54.Transmission
dervice assembly motor
55.printhead
protection base

Printhead protection base Carriage

56.Konica printhead 57.Fixing board of 58.Station elevator 59.Sation elevation

locator
protecting sokeplate station
60.Station buffle 61.Station 62.Printhead 63.Right bracket of
protecting box interface board konica soleplate
64. Printhead heating 65.Konica printhead 66.Hanging frame 67.Carriage board

sole plate bracket

68.Pressing assmbly 69.Carriage height 70.Guiding pole of 71.Suppor board of
for screw adjustment
adjusting device carriage elevator boards
72.Carriage board

3. Electrical components

Konica minolta 512 printhead digital inkjet printer's electrical parts consist of computer

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image processing system, servo control mechanical running system, ink supply control
system and heating system. Brief introduction to the working principle of each system as
follows:

3.1. Computer image processing system

Konica minolta 512 inkjet printer image processing is finished by computer image
processing system which mainly consist of computer 、 image transmission medium,
printhead control components. Its working principle is: Firstly, image format is processed
by computer. Secondly, the processed image is transmitted to image transmission
components. Then, the image is sent to printhead control system to carry out the image
printing.

PCI image Fibre Carriage

PC
boar d b oard

PCI Data cable

20cores data cable

Servo board

Carriage Fibre PCI image Drive

B itmap RIP
board boa rd

3.2. Servo control system for mechanism running

Konica minolta 512 inkjet printer's servo control mechanical running system consists of
computer、servo board、X axis servo control system、Y axis servo control system. This
system mainly control the printhead movement of X direction and Y direction of media
movement.

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 Data cable Drive Module
PCI imag e
Servo board of X-axis and DC motor
b oard
Y axis

24V
DC p ower

Xmotor Drive module

for X m otor

PCI image
board

Servo board

PCI pate cable

Y motor coder
Driv e modu le
for Y mo tor

Y motor

PCI image
board

Servo card
PCI pate cable

3.3. Ink supply control system

Konica minolta 512 inkjet printer's ink supply control system consists of servo board,
primary ink tank, secondary ink tank, ink pump and ink level sensor, etc. Its main task is
to supply ink for printing . The ink level sensor senses the ink level and sends the level
information to servo card to control the ink pump, when can supply or stop ink
automatically.

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 Car riage
board

20 pin ink
supply cable

24V Switch Servo boar d Ink pump

power

Carriage board

20 pin in k supply cable

Ink level sensor

Servo board
Sec ondary
ink tank

Ink filter

Printhead

Ink pump

3.4. Heating control system

Konica minolta 512 inkjet printer's heating system is mainly to meet the technical demand
to ensure the hight quality of printing.

3.5. Electricals control and function instructions

Servo card Control printer mechanism running
Main switch Turn on or turn off printer power

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Heating switch Turn on or turn off preheating and drying circuit power
Control switch Turn on or turn off HV DC power
Emergency stop switch Stop X direction running when press down
Fan switch Fasten solidifying of ink on which print pictures
Sucking switch A fan motor is installed inside of printing flat which makes
media more tidily
adhere to flat surface
HV switch The switch for carriage board power (35V)

4. Introduction to the Structure and Function of Feed and Take up System

4.1. Components of Feed and Take up Structure

Switch

220V Photo
Balance Take up
electrical
AC power switch motor
switc h

Cap acitan ce

The structure of feed and take up system consists of 5 components. They are: ① feed
roller assembly, ② main roller assembly, ③ extension and tightening roller assembly, ④
transmitting-turning roller assembly, ⑤ take up roller assembly. It shows in the following
pictures:

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 Hold wheel

Feed
Take up

Photoelctrilit y sensor

◆ The function of feed roller assembly: supporting the media and ensure the media
running without resistance nor flee away.
◆ The function of main roller subassembly: providing drive for material loading and
feeding media into the printing flat roof.
◆ The function of extension roller subassembly: extends media, ensure the media′s
input and output media keeping level and parallel.
◆ The function of transfer roller: The transition of cloth material is easy for even
material receiving.
◆ The function of material receiving roller: Supporting and furling the printed cloth
material and supply the drive to receive material.

4.2. Principles of Feed and Take up performance

The functions of feed and take up system are achieved by the running of motor. And it
is controlled by photoelectric switch. Its principles are:
◆ While feeding, the photoelectric switch sends a signal if it senses no media, then, the
motor runs to feed till the photoelectric switch senses the media. Then, the motor stops.
◆ While taking up, the photoelectric switch sends another signal if it senses media,
then, the motor runs to take up till photoelectric switch senses no media. Then, the motor
stops
◆ The step of media on the printing flat is achieved by the running of the wheels, which
is controlled by software.

Ⅲ. Installation Requirements

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1. Preparation before Installation

1.1. Preparation of the site

Customers have the responsibility to follow all the instructions of installation and put them
into implementation when printer working.

1.2. The working area

The working area means the area close to ink jet plotter Konica minolta 512 (hereafter
referred to as equipment), which is shown as follows. What should be especially pointed
out the operator′s satety must be ensured.
The working area measures 7.54 m in length, 4 m in width and 3 m in the height of the
floor.

The schematic plan of the working region around konica monilta ink jet plotter(unit: mm)

1.3. Requirements for Environment

The printer should be away from the seaming equipment like cloth seaming machine or
other radio frequency source. The floor is easy to clean and free of dust and static
electricity. In order to operator to distinguish the color accurately .We should adopt the
gray color and pure white such as daylight lamp to docorute the operation room.
The ink jet plotter should be installed in a clean and dust free environment of which the
temperature and relative humidity are controlled in the following range:
Altitude: under the altitude of 1000 meters.
Temperature: 18 to 28 degrees centigrade.
Relative humidity: 40% to 60%

1.4. Requirements for the Floor

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The floor should guarantee the safe and even weight dispersion of the system. During
the installation, the printer should maintain accuracy and precision in order to ensure
that printing head moves horizontally in a correct way and avoid gliding and bending.
The materials of the floor in the working region should be free of static electricity and
dust. If necessary, clean ceramic tiles, polished cement or anti-electricity carpet could be
paved in the working region before the ink jet plotter is installed.

1.5. Requirements for Load-bearing

The net weight of X3216A ink jet plotter is 540 kgs and the biggest media roll usually
adds up 50 kgs.
It is suggested to install MYJET printer on four steel plates of 20 centimeters in diameter
each or on four steel plates with an area of over 200*200mm and a thickness of over 8
mm each.

1.6. Requirements for Space Reservation

The front of ink jet plotter is the input side. MYJET ink jet plotter is required to reserve 2.0
meters in the front, 1.0 meter at the back and 1.0 meter on both left and right sides.
Besides, the space reservation area also includes a height of 3 meters above the ground.
Moreover, space should be spared at the front and back of the machine for loading and
unloading media.

1.7. Safety Requirements

◆ Fireproofing

The ink and solution should be installed in the special store cabinet for inflammable liquid
or in the independent storeroom. They should be clearly labeled in accordance with the
requirements of the professional safety regulations.
The storage of ink should strictly comply with the local fireproofing regulations of using
and storing inflammable matters.
Carbon dioxide or dry powder fire extinguisher should be placed in all the passageways
where it's easy to see and obtain. They should put near the X3216A ink-jet printer and
the store cabinet for inflammable liquid or according to the local fireproofing regulations.

◆ Aeration

In order to prevent the potential danger of volatile gas storage, enough aeration should
be guaranteed to insure 6 to 8 times of air change in the working region every hour. Air
outlet should be positioned as lowly as possible so that the volatile gas could not
accumulate around the floor.
The solvent in the ink volatilizes when the cloth is going through the drying apparatus. So

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an exhaust fine gas outlet system is need discharging the solvent.

Notes: the solvent gas is heavier than the air and will accumulate around the floor.
The electrical apparatus installed near the working region should comply with GB/T
standard and the regulations concerning Class I Category II in the National Electricity
regulations, and they should be installed by the professional electricity contractors with
related qualified specialty.
The regulation of handling the dangerous waste should be in accordance with special
storing and disposing requirement set by related sections.

1.8. Electric Requirements

MYJET ink-jet printer uses single phase power supply and is required of good grounding.
Its electric resistance is less than 4 ohm.
The range of power supply voltage is 220V (±10%), alternating current is 50Hz or 60Hz.
Users should ask professional electrical specialists or contractors to install the output
terminal of the power circuits.
All the electronic components of MYJET ink-jet printer share an only one power outlet
which has the function of overload protection. The rated values of circuit breaker are as
follows:

Power supply/voltag e Al ter na ting c urrent 220V Alter nating c urr ent 11 0V

Single phas e 1 5A/ph ase 30A/phase

The largest power consumption is less than 3.5 kilowatt with an average of 2 kilowatt.
UPS could use 2KV A and cut in other power utilizations except heating.
The distance between the outlet of primary power supply and cut in terminal of the power
supply of ink-jet printer should not exceed 2 meters.
MYJET ink-jet printer is equipped with a standard 5-meter cable.

1.9. Requirements for Operators

◆ Requirements and responsibilities are suggested as follows for the operators of

printing system:
 They are in charge of the operation and maintenance of the ink-jet printer.
 They keep in touch with the department of aftersales service and technology supports
from Chiting Company.
 They know how to solve problems and undertake the maintenance work with the help
of phone communication.
 They have the experience with Windows XP and PC.
 They have the technological background concerning electron and mechanicals.
 They have the ability and know the theory about color and the knowledge of
preparation before printing and postproduction.

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1.10. Installation Regulations

◆ The printers should be installed on a horizontal ground. Use a leveler to adjust even
the ink-jet printer from front to back after the machine is moved into the designated
position.
◆ Operators are advised to install a telephone near the console for maintenance and
communication during daily operation.

2. Examination before Installation

As for other information about site preparation, please check and fill in the “Inspection
Form of The Site Preparation of Ink jet plotter”. (See attached list 1)
◆ Report the voltage of the site to Chiting Company in advance.
◆ The power supply input socket of the machine is on the left side at the back of the
machine.
◆ The air-conditioning in the room should warrantee the temperatures stated above (18
to 28℃)
◆ Customers should prepare proper machine installation tools in advance: a forklift
truck or a crane of over three tons. They should inform Chiting Company all the tools
used in advance or else they have to be charged for the consequent delay.
◆ Customers should not open the case without the presence of engineers from Chiting
Company. All damages of the packing case should be photographed and reported to
Chiting Company immediately before the arrival of engineers.
◆ There should be a wash cistern in the room where X3216A ink-jet printer is installed.
◆ Customers should finish all the preparation and cleaning before the arrival of the
engineers because dust may probably bring damages to the machine.
◆ Customers should get other required equipment ready such as an Apple Computer
and application software used on an Apple Computer such as Photoshop,
Freehand 、Illustrator, and computer network of 100M, etc.
◆ During the installation, at least two operators who have good command of computer
skills should be at the side of the machine. It would be better if they have the experience
with ink-jet printer.
◆ Customers should not operate independently before their operators have enough
experiences. A training program should be taken in advance.
◆ From ink ordering to delivery, it lasts for a long time. Customers should order the ink
in advance so as not to affect the producing.
◆ In order to reduce the downtime utmostly, factory party should provide some spare
part selectively and advise the customers to buy some spare components. If theses
components have already been used, please order from Chiting Company as soon as
possible to ensure the sufficient supply of the spare components.
◆ There are labels “left and right” and “front and back” on the transport box. Please
take notice of it when unloading.
◆ The examination form is an essential point of site examination before installation.
Please refer the complete file of site preparation at any time. Every item in the form

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should be filled “yes” and the form should be sent back to the maintenance center of
client service section of Chiting Company after site be ready and before installation.
◆ If when the engineers arrive on spot but the site preparation has not been finished,
they could charge the customers for the waiting time.

3. Delivery, unpacking and examination

3.1. Delivery

◆ Pay attention to the signs on the surface of the wooden case during loading and
unloading. Handle with care. Don't put heavy objects on it; make it rainproof..
◆ Vehicles should be driven steadily during the delivery without sudden brake or sharp
turns which would cause the wooden case to bump or turn over result in damage.

3.2. Unpacking

◆ The wooden case should be taken photos in time if it is found to be damaged before
unpacking with an immediate processing scheme submitted to Chiting Company.
◆ Remove the top lid of the wooden case.
◆ Remove the surrounding wooden boards after removing the large screw bolts around
the wooden case.
◆ Move out the machine and tally the articles that come with the machine.

3.3. Examination

◆ Engineers from Chiting Company tally the articles that come with the machine one by
one.
◆ After the tally, customers sign on the inventory list which is brought back by the
engineers.
◆ If there is anything missing, please give a clear indication on the inventory list.
Chiting Company will add it on immediately.

Part II User's Guide

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Chapter 1 Installation Guide

1. Installation processes

1.1. Getting the machine ready for installation

◆ Open the spare part case and take out the PCI card and printhead card., but do not
touch the CMOS chips on the board directly with your hand in case of damaging the
board.
◆ Insert the board to its corresponding position. Connect the cable from the PCI card
and the server card.
◆ Note: In installation of PCI, use a braket to fix the PCI card into the computer slot so
that PCI will not loose during printing.

1.1.1. Fiber installation

◆ The correct way of fiber installation

The signal between PCI card and carriage board is transmitted by fiber line. Each
end of a fiber line has a sign A or B . There is a gap on the tie-in of the fiber line. The gap
of the tie-in and the nick on PCI card should be inserted correspondingly. After inserting
correctly, you can hear the low sound of connection, which shows that the fiber line is
inserted correctly. Then, tighten the screw. Without too much force so as not to break the
fiber line. Something wrong may occur on the printing data if the fiber line isn't inserted
correctly.

Note: Place the socket of the optic fiber line accurately into the slot, otherwise signal
delivery may cease.

◆ Notice when use fiber

1. Fiber is an important media to transmit signal between PCI card and carriage board,
and it is the most important transmitting media for the machine, directly affecting accurate
of printing ink droplit. So it must ensure fiber in a good condition.
2. The above instruction must be strictly complied while installing fiber. It will make the
signal interupt if something wrong occurs.
3. The fiber cannot be curved or folded and don't overexert to fix the screw.
4. Please put on the special fiber protecting cover immediately when fiber is not in use.

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to avoid the fiber damaged by the pollution of dust, ink and other sundries .
5. Don't step on the fiber carefully.

1.1.2. The connection of PCI board Cable

The signal transmitting between PCI card and servo card is accomplished by a PCI
card cable. The tie-in of the cable is the rabbet with the fixation function. If the direction
contrany, the cable cannot be connected. So it should be careful to connect the cable.
Insert the holes on the board accurately. Don't make pins curved or broken.

Don't insert or with draw the cable when the machine is printing. Please turn off the
computer power and cut off the control power of the servo card before insert or withdraw.

1.2. Power on and test the Machine

Turn on the power and test the machine to recheck whether the electric part is normal or
not.

1.3. Printhead Installation

1.3.1. Printhead Installation

Printhead is the most expensive and fragile part on the printer, meanwhile it play the
most important role to execut printing task and affect the printing quality. So, it has strict
request and process to touch, install, clean and protect printhead.

◆ The correct way to take the printheads

1. Please touch the metal to release the static before taking the printheads.
2. Please hold two latered sides of the printheads and don't touch the surface of the
printhead nozzle nor outlets.
3. There is a protection membrane on the surface of the nozzle. Don't touch it with
anything. Use special cleaning paper or cleaning stick to clean the printhead.

◆ The specimen of the correct way to take the printhead

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◆ The correct installation of printhead

1、Clean out solvent in printhead

When the printheads production finished lots of solvent is injected into printhead to keep
wet protect the printheads. So when in stall the printhead ink-match use the solvent to
clean the printheads. Please see the video of cleaning printheads to get more detailed
instruction.

2. Printheads installation and fixation

 Install the cleaned printheads on the printhead bracket and fix them on the soleplate.
Adjust the position with the back taper screw.
 insert 4*0.75 hard tube into the outside hole of the printhead.
 while installing the printhead interface board, please take care of connecting the bevel
of the interface board correctly to avoid damaging to the printheads. And press down
mterface board when inserting.
 Insert the data cable of interface board and take care of the direction. Don't insert
inversely otherwise it is easy to curve or break the pins in the socket.

3. The physical location adjustment of printhead

Loosen the M3 screw of the printhead, and adjust the taper screw up or down to let
printhead be in the proper position. Then, tight the M screw of the printhead.

4. Notice while installing the printheads

 The surface of the printheads cannot be touched by other objects.
 Turn off the power before installing the printheads. Please don't insert or draw the
printheads while the machine is power on.
 While installing the printheads, please make sure that the ink supply system is clean

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and the injected solvent ink is normally used.
 While installing, please open a package till the last printhead is installed in order not
to let the dust come into the printheads.
 Don't overexert while installing and inserting the printhead interface board in order not
to let the pins broken.
 After the printheads are installed, please wash printheads before printing. Please use
special solvent to wash. Sometimes it needs washing by smany several times.
 After the printheads are installed, please get rid of the air in the printheads in time. In
addition, air remains between the ink tank and printheads are not allowed.
 While installing the printhead, please try one's best to keep lengthways uprightness of
printhead. And the mechanical location and the uprightness of the printheads must be
adjusted.

1.5. The connection between printheads and the primary ink tank

◆ There are four tubes connectors connected with 3/5 tube on each ink bottle, and the
lengths of four tubes are not the same. Connect the longest tube to the outmost
connector and connect the others in turn.
◆ The float of the ink bottle should be black, blue, red and yellow from left to right
respectively.

2. Software Installation

◆ Turn off the power of the computer and Insert PCI card into the slot of the main
board, and then fix it.
◆ Start the PC, and the windows will search the PCI card automatically. Then, the
driver can be installed. Unzip the control software “MYJETprint” into the hard disk, then,
click “setup” to install the software. After the installation is finished, the PCI card driver
has been installed automatically.
◆ If the system cannot find the PCI card after the PC is started, please insert PCI card
into another slot, or try again after cleaning the PCI card with “golden finger”.
◆ After installation, please restart the PC, then, open “my computer/system
properties/hardware/Device manager/multi-function card” to check whether the driver has
been installed or not.
Notes: If there are some identifiers in front of the driver programs, such as “ ！” , “ ？”
and so on, please reinstall the driver.

Chapter 2 Operation Guide

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1. Machine Operation

1.1. The order and method to load and unload the printing media
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◆ Put a roll of media on the feed roller, fix the media stay middle position and the head
of the media towards the printer.
◆ Before the material reach onto the printing platform, loose the extension assembly
and let the media spread onto the printing platform. Then, draw the material gently to
make the media exceed platform for 3 meters (while drawing, operator should do it
slowly and not draw the extension roller out of the rack). Then, press and tighten the
extension assembly.
◆ Adjust the loaded media , and make sure the extension surface of the media no
urinkle extension, smooth flat plain, and the left and right edges of the material are on the
horizontal level. And try to make sure the media at the center of the printing platform.
◆ Demount the take-up roller, and takle out the baffle with its end have no gear. Then,
put on the media roller from the end without gear, then, install the demounted baffle . At
last install the take up roller on the printer and cover the media roller on the left and right
baffle tightly.
◆ Adjust the whole media and make sure the extension surface of the material is flat
and the left and right edges of the media are on the same horizontal level. At last, let the
four fixing circles for feeding roller lean against the edge of the cylindric material and
tighten it. Then, lock the baffle of the take up roller. Till now, the material installing is
finished.
◆ Choose heating or not according to different media. Preheating and heating are
recommended for PVC. Concerning banner, you can deal with according to its texture
and the request for printing quality. But heating will imporve 50% durability of pictures.
Carria ge bo ard

Printin g plat e form

Media Me dia

Me dia feed roller

Take up roller

Th e direction of arrowh ead p oint

is th e direc tion o f medi a mov e to.

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1.2. Power on

1.2.1. Preparation before Power-on

◆ Check whether the tray for protecting printheads is token down or not.
◆ Check if there are some other things on the printing platform, such as screw, tool or
oddment. Clean the guide rail and lubricate it. In addition, lubricate the guide rail to keep
the rail smooth while the machine is working.
◆ Check all the rollers for holding media is clean or not. If they are not clean, please
use special solvent to clean it. While doing this, please set the media feeding value on
the software so the roller ovin run atuomatically. Then please dry the solvent on the
rollers by air gun.
◆ Check if all the switches are turned off.
◆ Check whether the ink in the main ink tank is good enough or not and the wast ink is
dischargel on time or not in vacuum.
◆ Check the temperature （20-28℃）and humidity （40%-60%）in the room

1.2.2. Add Ink

◆ Locat ink bottle sequentially from left to right in the ink container black 、 cyan 、 red
magenta、and yellow .
◆ Insert the four tubes into their corresponding bottles to supply ink.
If the printer has stalled air pressure system You can use this system to supply ink
atuomatically. please turn off the printhead voltage by several times so as not to let the
air leak into the tube because the ink cannot transmit into the subsidiary ink tank.

1.2.3. Correct steps for Power on

◆ Demount the printhead soleplate for keeping wet.

◆ First, turn on the computer, then the main power of the printer. Pull up the emergency
button, then, turn on the printhead voltage switch, platform fan switch, feed mot or switch,
cold wind switch and heating switch one by one.
◆ At last, open the software.

1.4. Preparations after power on and before printing

1. Open the printing software, and click ‘back home’ button to make the carriage board
back to the inintal position.
After repostion, the printhead will flash automatically, which show that the normal
connection between the machine and the software is well done.
Notes: flash or non-flash is alternative and transferable? The operater can put a piece of
paper under the printhead to check whether printer is flashing or not.

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Click cleaning button on the software to clean the printhead.
If the printer has the air-pressure system, with which to clean the printhead. Then, if
vacuum is adopted better effect can be achieved.

2. Set necessary parameter in the printing software

◆ Set up the frequency, times and mode of automatic cleaning, and the frequency of
flash printing;
◆ Set up the 4-color-bar or 6-color-bar at the margin of the media;
◆ Set up the distantance of space margins;
◆ After the parameter is set up, print out the state picture of the printhead , the
deflection, and the ascensive excursion. Adjust the print head and the deflection value to
be the best state;
◆ Before the formal printing, print out a small picture with multi-passes. The advantage
is that sometimes the print head can be warmed up, consequently adding the fluency of
the ink.
◆ If the heating up system is open, print 1 meter image to test its difference from the
actual one in order to avoid the wrong dimension. The flexibility of different materials in
different temperatures is a little different.

1.5. The Printing control Process

◆ If the effect is poor to absorb the ink by using the software. please increase the
absorbing board to a reasonable height or (dounlad the head and directly absorbs;)
If the printer has an air pressure system, the operator can use it to clean the printhead,
And then with vacunm to clean it . The effect will be the media board.
◆ Click the button of media test in the function table; the carriage sensor will test the
media board automatically;
◆ Setup the location of the carriage and material. I.e., the spare margin；
◆ According to the test bar, please physical position of each print head with a
screwdriver(each printhead in alignment and accurate )；
◆ Further adjust each print head until they are in the best condition by using the
software test chart, and meanwhile observe the test chart to make sure no tabnormal
phenomenon such as ink break and ink trail line in the printing process. finally it is
allowed to start printing.

1.5.1. Notices during the printing process

◆ After one picture is finished printing, the print head should be cleaned in time; walk
around the machine to check the work condition in the normal heating temperature is
normal and there is no sundries on the printing plate form of the machine; Listen carefully
to confirm whether there is any abnormal sound in the printing process. If there is, the
machine must be paused to check out the reason; Smell to make sure if there is any
strange smell like burn. Stop printing and to check out the reason;
◆ Other user from the LAN is prohibited to visit or share with the resource during the
printing process to avoid the interfere in the printing unnecessarily;

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1.6. Unload material

When printing finishing, there are two ways to load the media:

◆ Unload the media with the roller together

 Take down the take-up roller and loosen the lock knob of the take-up roller baffle.
Then, draw off the Baffle and take-up roller which have no gear.
 Install the baffle
 Install the take-up roller on the printer

◆ Load the material only

 Loosen the baffle of the take-up roller to finish loading the material. Lock the knob and
pull the material to load directly.

1.6.1. Notice while feeding and loading the material

1. The material should be flat. One should adjust it timely if the movement deflection
occurs while printing;
2. Please pay attention to the material feeding to check whether it is normal or not and
the photo electricity switch is ok or not;
3. While installing the material, it should be put at the cetre of the paper holding stick.
And the roller of the material shouldn′t be too big in case that the material is too heavy
and the feeding is not smooth. In addition, too big material roller may make motor
overloaded and affect the normal printing;
4. Please don't lift the handle bar while printing;
5. Before loading, please make sure the ink has been dry. Then, cut the media on the
printer. But please be careful, don't injure the machine and your finger;
6. After printing, you'd better cover it with membrane before rolling in order not to
damage the picutre by the wet ink. Besides, don't fold the pictures.

1.7. Switch off

1. Press the emergency switch, meanwhile switch off the flash printing in the software.
2. Switch off the voltage of the printhead, HV switch.
3. Then, switch off the heating switch, wind absorbing switch and air-dry switch
4. At last, switch off the main power and then switch off the computer.

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1.7.1. The task after turning off the machine

◆ Cleaning

 WClean the printhead soleplate, printheads and the ink stain on the suck flate with
solvent.
 Discharge the rubbish ink in the vacuun and wipe the ink stain on the machine.
 Check the secondary ink tank to make it airproof.

◆ Maintenance

 The printheads should be protected after well printing every day. Put the three-layers
non-woven and proper quantity of solvent into the cleaning tray. Then, buckle the
cleaning tray on the printhead solep late. Tighten the screw of cleaning tray, then, inject a
certain quantity of solvent (about 2-3 mm deepth )
 Brush protection oil on the linear guide rail and some other main movement parts.

◆ The clearance and back up of hard disk

 Before turning off the computer, the quired documants should be back up and the
temporary and useless documeals should be deleteel in time.
 Clean up the disk signs, search and eliminate the virus.

2. Software Instruction and Operation

2.1. Main Interface
Double click MPCS.exe to start software, then enter main interface, shown as image:

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 Title bar Menu bar Tool bar

File skim bar

Printing
task attribute

Skim image Task list Status bar

Image l ist

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 2.2. Main menu
First level Second level
First Function introduction
level
menu menu
File Open up Open the file that well be printed
The file opened Show the file opened latest
latest
Exit Exit software
Printing Printing Printing the present list file currently
Pause /Continue Pause /continue the current task
Stop Stop the current print task and stop the print list
Print revise Can choose print "print head status","step adjust","revise
color excursion" and "printing trip difference" revise image
from the sub-level menu, you can revise the print head
parameter according to the image.
Latest printing Show the latest printing machine in the sub- level menu
Parameter setup Enter into system setup dialog window, and setup printing
parameter
Parameter load Load the opened prepared parameter into the current
printing task.
Parameter Keep the current parameter scheme into the selected
backup standby file
View Tool bar Show / hide tool bar
Status bar Show / hide status bar
Operation Wash head Perform the operation of cleaning print head, set the
cleaning operation parameter in the dialogue bar of system
fixing
Measure Test the bridge and width by automatically
Back home Carriage head return back to the cleaning position
Flash print Open/shut the print head flash jet
Orientation Renew set the "0"position,and the carriage head turn back
to the cleaning position
Carriage left According to the moving set the parameter scheme make
the carriage head moving left of dialogue bar
Carriage right According to the moving set the parameter scheme make
the carriage head moving right of dialogue bar
Stop move Stop the moving of feeding and taking up material
Material back According to the moving set the parameter scheme make
the carriage head moving right of dialogue bar
Material advance According to the moving set the parameter scheme make
the carriage head moving right of dialogue bar
O engenheiro ajusta o parâmetro entrando no modo de manutenção após inserir o código e o operador
geral não precisa entrar no modo, e o código original é 000000
Maintena Input password Engineer adjust the parameter by entering into maintain
nce mode after inputting the code and general operator no
need to enter into the mode, and the original code is
000000.
Usageinfor Keep down all the printing and error information.
mation Guarde todas as informações de impressão e erro.
Clear task inder Reset task No of the machine (maintenance mode are
effective )
Tarefa de redefinição nº da máquina (o modo de manutenção está ativo)

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Help About the Show the No. and information of the software edition
software
RIP info Show the dialogue of RIP support information
Online Connect the net of skill support

sercice
Material Be apart from Setup the distance of material between left point
info
original position and original position

Setup the Width Setup the width of material

The width of Setup the width of print color strip
color Strip
printing color strip
The distance Setup the distance between color strip and image
color strip from
image
The interval of Setup the distance between color strip
color strip
Footnote Typeface Setup choosing the type face of printing footnote
setup The width of Setup the width of footnote typeface (the length of
typeface are same as the width)
typeface
The distance Setup the distance between print footnote and image

from image
Task ID Select include the print task or hot in footnote
Task name Select include the taskname or hot in footnote
Print refer time Select include the print task ID or hot in footnote

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Others Image space Setup the space between each image
between
Feeding speed Setup the feeding speed when printing(high, middle, low
speed )
The lenght of Setup the cushion distance of carriage moving when
printing
moving cushion
Back and forth Setup the cleaning time for each time
times for
cleaning

Print cleaning Setup the space of cleaning print head

interval
Flash jet Setup flash jet frequency
frequency
Cleaning length Setup cleaning print head is the width of carriage moving
Jump margin Select if auto-jump margin landscape orientation or
portrait when printing
automatically
Cleaning before Select if cleaning print head before printing
printing
Net print digital if need to deposit delay into the machine firstly, and then
deposit abately
perform printing task when choose net printing
in local place
Ignore the Select if ignore the setup of image space
control for
image interval
Cleaning while Select if cleaning print head while printing
printing
Edge eclosion Select if need eclosion disposal for the edge digital of
each PASS to improve the quantity of printing

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2.3.Parameter setup
2.3.1. Printing setup

2.3.2 Warp-revising

In order to improve the printing quality, we need to adjust the following items during the
working time of the printer. State of printhead, step adjustment, printhead deflection need
to be adjusted and color revising and printing trip dispatch. There are related operation
content in the control software. Open the parameter scheme interface and choose the
page layout of dispatch revise while printing. Click the standard button, and the standard
item menu will pop-up.

2.3.2 Revisão de Warp

Para melhorar a qualidade de impressão, precisamos ajustar os seguintes itens durante o tempo de trabalho da impressora.
Estado do cabeçote de impressão, ajuste de etapas, deflexão do cabeçote de impressão precisam ser ajustados e revisão de
cores e despacho de impressão. Há conteúdo de operação relacionado no software de controle. Abra a interface do esquema
de parâmetros e escolha o layout da página de revisão de despacho durante a impressão. Clique no botão padrão e o menu
de item padrão aparecerá

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2.3.3. Printhead State
Clique na barra de “estado do cabeçote de impressão”, a máquina imprimirá a imagem de teste conforme a seguir
Click “printhead state” bar, the machine will print out the test image as following.

The image can test working states of each nozzle and the adjusted effect of printhead
physical space, the partial amplificatory image of the above test print out there in after.

2.3.4. Step adjustment

Different printing mode may have different step advance, which depends on the error
between Y axis movement parameter and definite positive value of the system and the
mechanical differences. Therefore, step value in each mode normally should be adjusted
separately. Click “step adjustment” in test menu to show the submenu in each printing
mode. Then, select the printing mode, which needs to be adjusted, to adjust the picture-
printing.

Diferentes modos de impressão podem ter diferentes avanços de etapa, o que depende do erro entre o
parâmetro de movimento do eixo Y e o valor positivo definido do sistema e as diferenças mecânicas.
Portanto, o valor do passo em cada modo normalmente deve ser ajustado separadamente. Clique em
“ajuste da etapa” no menu de teste para mostrar o submenu em cada modo de impressão. Em seguida,
selecione o modo de impressão, que precisa ser ajustado, para ajustar a impressão da imagem.

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 Teste o comprimento de impressão da imagem da
etapa na impressão prática e preencha o valor do
comprimento na folha seguinte do modo de
impressão correspondente.

Test printing length of step image in practical printing, and fill the length figure into the
following sheet of corresponding printing mode.

2.3.5. Revise color excursion

As impressoras precisam amarrar todo o conteúdo de impressão com mais força durante a impressão, o que precisa ajustar o valor de deflexão da cor de revisão de cada cabeça de impressão. Os valores de
deflexão costumam ser diferentes nas diferentes direções de impressão, portanto, podem ser revisados de acordo com a direção. Clique no item de menu de impressão, revisar deflexão de cor e imprimir a
imagem revisada correspondente, a imagem de impressão irá compor uma unidade mais revisada. Cada unidade pode corresponder ao parâmetro de revisão de cada cabeça de impressão de acordo com a cor
e a direção que marca a direção de impressão e o número do grupo da cabeça de impressão.
Printers need to knot all the printing content tighter when printing, which need to adjust
the revise color deflection value of each print head. The deflection value are often
different in different printing direction, so can de revised according to direction. Click the
menu item of printing revise color deflection , and print corresponded revised image ,
printing image will compose more revised unit. Each unit can correspond to
the revise parameter of each print head according to the color and the direction that mark
the printing direction and the print head group Number

We can see the deflection of print head correspond direction when adjusting, the method
of reading is as follons, there are tens digit and entries digit reading area. There are
correspond digital marked ,black line is datum line, find the best superposition line that
the color line and basic line that tens digit and entries digit corresponded, and add the
figure that the two line show and get the excursion value. In order to facilitate reading,
when the deflection value is more than 10 in the image, firstly, correct the deflection of
tens digit, then print again to correct the entries digit, but in general condition, as system
exist standard excursion parameter of corresponded machine. As deflection parameter is
less than 10, so once correct can make all the revise color excursion value, make the
value add the original excursion parameter and fill into the correspond print excursion
parameter table which shows in the following.
Podemos ver o desvio da direção correspondente da cabeça de impressão ao ajustar, o método de leitura é o seguinte, há dezenas de dígitos e entradas de área
de leitura de dígitos. Existem correspondências marcadas digitalmente, a linha preta é a linha de referência, encontre a melhor linha de sobreposição que a linha
de cor e a linha básica que corresponde a dez dígitos e entradas de dígitos, e adicione a figura que as duas linhas mostram e obtenha o valor de excursão. Para
facilitar a leitura, quando o valor de deflexão for maior que 10 na imagem, em primeiro lugar, corrija a deflexão de dezenas de dígitos, depois imprima novamente
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para corrigir o dígito de entradas, mas em condições gerais, como existe o sistema parâmetro de excursão padrão da máquina correspondente . Como o
parâmetro de deflexão é menor que 10, então uma vez correto pode fazer todo o valor de excursão de cor de revisão, faça o valor adicionar o parâmetro de
excursão original e preencher a tabela de parâmetro de excursão de impressão correspondente que mostra a seguir.
 A imagem impressa também pode refletir a deflexão da
cabeça de impressão na direção Y, como a linha de
graduação circulada na imagem.

The print image also can reflect the deflection of print head in Y direction, as the grades
Quando a forma de impressão atual é a
line circled in the image. combinação da cabeça de impressão, a
revisão da distorção na direção Y pode ser
realizada, e outra forma de esquema pode ser
ajustada apenas por método mecânico. O
método de leitura do valor de distorção é
escolher a linha de nível que se sobrepõe bem
à linha de referência e obter um valor de
distorção, fazendo com que as entradas de
dígitos que essa linha corresponda
multipliquem a constante 48 e, em seguida,
preencha o valor de quebra no quadro de
figura de distorção da direção Y
correspondente. Claro, os usuários podem
fazer um pequeno ajuste dentro de 48 dígitos.
When the current printing form is print head combination, Y direction warp revise can be
performed, and other scheme form can be adjusted only by mechanical method .The
method of reading warp value is choose the level line sect that superpose datum line
well, and get a warp value by making the entries digit that this line corresponding multiply
constant 48, then fill the wrap value in the correspond Y direction warp figure frame. Of
course ,users can make a slight adjust within 48 figure.

2.3.6. Back-and-Forth Difference

The different speed back-and forth difference need to be corrected as the different
printing speed will brought definite position difference. Select the trip dispatch of
correspond speed from printing test menu, and then the printer will output the revise
image as following .
A diferença de velocidade de ida e volta
diferente precisa ser corrigida, pois a
velocidade de impressão diferente trará
uma diferença de posição definitiva.
Selecione o despacho de viagem de
velocidade correspondente no menu de
teste de impressão e, em seguida, a
impressora produzirá a imagem de
revisão conforme a seguir.

The method of reading trip dispatch is same as the revise color deflection , that is, firstly
read the warp of tens digit ,and then the entries . Make the warp value add the figure in
the original software trip dispatch frame and fill the result in the figure frame of
correspond speed.
O método de leitura do despacho da viagem é o mesmo que o da deflexão da cor de revisão, ou seja,
primeiro leia a urdidura de dezenas de dígitos e, em seguida, as entradas. Faça com que o valor de
dobra adicione a figura no quadro de despacho de viagem do software original e preencha o resultado no
quadro de figura da velocidade correspondente.

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In order to explain the method of reading, we make a local explain about the printing
image of trip warp shown in the below image. Para explicar o método de leitura, fazemos uma explicação local sobre a
impressão da imagem de urdidura de viagem mostrada na imagem
abaixo.

O bloco preto na imagem não combina com a borda vertical durante a

impressão. O bloco preto significa a existência de despacho de viagem.
Comparado com o estado de superposição de cada linha de leitura e
linha de referência, podemos encontrar a linha três seita em boa
correspondência com a linha de referência, então o novo despacho de
viagem obterá adicionando o despacho de viagem de velocidade de
impressão atual para a linha-3.
The black block in the picture is not neat with the uprightness border while printing. The
black block means the exist of trip dispatch .Compare with the superposition state of
each reading line and datum line, we can found line three sect are in good match with
datum line, so the new trip dispatch will get by add the trip dispatch of current printing
speed to line-3.

2.4. Other operations and explanations Outras operações e explicações

There is a resume standard value button on software revise page ,as shown in image
10, the operation resume all the current step advance parameter and revise excursion
parameter to the original parameters which are set in the factory, so
' we should be careful
to avoid wrong operation. Há um botão de retomar valor padrão na página
de revisão de software, conforme mostrado na
imagem 10, a operação retoma todos os
2.4.1. Motion setting parâmetros de avanço de passo atual e revisa o
parâmetro de excursão para os parâmetros
originais que são definidos na fábrica, por isso
devemos ter cuidado para evitar erros Operação.

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X speed Home speed Setup the home speed of carriage
（carriage (moving speed by hand )
direction) Low speed printing Setup the speed value in low speed
printing model
Middle speed printing in Setup the speed value in middle
speed model
High speed printing Setup the speed value in high speed
model
Maximal speed printing Setup the maximal speed value of the
carriage
Acceleration Setup the acceleration value of
carriage
Equal mete modulus Test the equal mete modulus of motor
pulse and step

advance by testing button

automatically .
Displace unit by hand Setup the distance of carriage moving
each time by hand
Y speed Advance and withdraw Setup the speed for advance and
withdraw low speed by hand
(media low speed
movement Low speed Setup the speed for low speed feeding
Middle speed Setup the speed for middle speed
direction)
feeding
High speed Setup the speed for far speed feeding
Maximal speed Setup the maximal speed of feeding
Acceleration Setup the acceleration of feeding
Equal mete modulus The equal mete modulus of Y axes
motor pulse and

step advance
Displace unit by hand Setup the distance of feeding media
each time by hand

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Other Measuring coefficient The value is limited which ensures the
step accuracy
of encoder
Responding compensation The compensating amount will be
counted automatically
The longest movement The longest movement distance of
carriage
The distance between media se The distance between media sensor
nsor and printhead and the outermost printhead
Zero position The distance between carriage and
media
The cleaning position far The distance between zero position
and carriage while cleaning
From zero position
Carriage staying position The distance between carriage and
left position limited switch
Pulse width of printhead The time of printhead printing
frequency interval
printing
Reversing moving in Carriage moving to left or to right
X direction
Reversing moving in Reversing movement while stepping
Y direction
Left and right processing Reversing direction of left and right
position limited switch
switch reversed
The pulse phases of It makes the ink dot smaller and
printing precision higher
printing reversed

2.4.2. Tool bar

Open up Choose the file that should be printed

Setup/option Open up the parameter scheme dialog window
Net print Automatic net print scheme, press down the button means that auto
net printing startup, printing requirements will be startup without
operator's confirm, which is auto startup, button in the pop-up state
means net printing need users to confirm.
Print Startup printing queue
Stop Cease current printing task
Pause Pause or continue the current printing task
Measure Test the original position and width of current material automatically
Clean Startup print head cleaning function
Flash Open or close the flash jet function, and show current flash sate.

(press down the button will be the flash state.)

Back home Make carriage came back to home position in the left side
Left Carriage board more to left
right Carriage board move to right
Stop move Stop carriage board and material moving
Back Take up material manually
Advance Feeding material manually

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About Show the edition info. of software
2.4.3 Parameter bar in common use

Carriage speed Setup the print speed of carriage movement ( high / middle / low
speed )
Valid print direction Set up valid printing direction (Bi-Dir,single right, single left )
Align Set up align of printing image (left, right ,center)
Margin Set blank width at both sides of material
Mirror Choose whether mirror image printing or not
Color bar Choose if print color bar
Print adjustment Choose printing test image (print head status 、step size color offset
Bi-Dir offset )

Carriage speed and valid print direction can switch t another printing , other sets should be setted
before printing

▲ Status bar
As image 1 shows, status bar of the software on the right below corner , customer can
realize the current status by the information that shown in the status bar .

Show net printing and digital receive status

The current position of X axis
The current position of Y axis
Current ink supply status ,any color flash will show the
status is ink supply status
Left limited position Carriage move toward left limited position

Right limited position Carriage move toward right limited position

Seeking margin Signal status of seeking margin machine

Urgent stop Status that urgent stop switch is pressed

When status bar appear left / right limited position, seeking margin and urgent stop character, it
shows that the corresponding signal is the effective status

3. Basic operation

3.1. Carriage Back Home

3.1.1 carriage back home automatically

Open software or finish printing or close the software ,carriage will be back home automatically
without manual work.

3.1.2. Carriage back home

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After moving the carriage by manual work, if you hope carriage back home, you can click the
“carriage back home” button in meny or click the button in the tool bar .

3.2. Orientation

When error appeared in software and can not return home , you can use the “orientation” in the
menu bar to make the carriage orientation again, and the carriage be back home automatically

3.3. Flash jet function

In order to prevent the printhead from clog during state of no printing for long time , printer will
flash when carriage automatically is back home. Users also can choose the “flash print” in menu
bar or “flash”in tool bar to open or close flash function , and set up the frequency of flash in
printing parameter dialog box.

3.4. Printhead cleaning

3.4.1. Manual cleaning

Users can clean the printhead according to current printhead status, User can choose the
“printhead” in the menu bar or “cleaning” button in tool bar to clean printhead , and set up the

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clean times in printing setup.

3.4.2. Auto clean

During printing, in order to assure excellent printing effect, the print head need . Users can setup if
need the flash and its time and frequency a period of time in printing parameter setup dialog
windown .

3.5. Margin test function

After the material loaded on the printer, users can choose“measure” in menu bar or “measure” in
tool bar to do auto-test material function . Whenr the operation is finished, system will record the
data of original position and width of the material, Users also can set the original position and
width of material manually in printing parameter setup dialog windown.

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3.6. carriage movement manual

Users can choose “carriage left/right ”button in menu bar or “left /right” button in tool bar to do
carriage movement, The speed and distance can set in parameter setup dialog window.

3.7. Material back and adcance

Users can choose“material back /advance” option in menu bar or “back ,advance” button in tool
bar to adjust material position .The speed and length can set in option parameter dialog window..

3.8. Print
User have two methods to choose what picture to be printed: open" file" in menu. Or choose in "
image list"
3.8.1. Open the file directly

Click -“open”functionin menu bar or “open”function in tool bar, to the file-picture course window
.

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Choose the file to print and click “open” button will display automatically.

3.8.2. Choose file to print from image list

Choose list from skip bar firstly, and the picture that is supported by control software will appear
automatically in image bar choose the picture and click right button on the mouse, the menu will
pop-up, and can do following operation.
Print Print the selective file
Add into the print list Add the selective file to print list (wait for print command)
Delete Over loading indicate Delete selective file from picture box
Over loading indicate Load selective file over again
File attributes Show selective file attributes

Click “print” or add print list to show print parameter setup dialog windown

System can store the picture which is more than 2G in several files. The file name is consist of
file name of RIP file and its serial number ,and the system offer consistent operation for users
.Preview picture and print operation are the same.

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File attributes File path Show the path of the file of current picture
Task name Set the name of the print picture
Pass mode Select print mode (from 1 PASS to 8 PASS)
Task index Show series No. of current task
Ink Volume Show rest ink percentage in ink tank
Region option Select printing area in the picture by Mouse. The four
parameters below can be obtained automatically and
no need to set.
X The jumping-off at X-direction
Y The jumping-off at Y-direction
Width Width of current printing picture
Length Length of current printing picture
Multi-piece X cnt Set number of printing picturesin X direction
X space Set distance between two printing pictures in X
direction
print setup
Y cnt Set number of printing pictures amount in Y direction
Y space Set distance between two printing pictures in Y
direction
Foot note Distance to Image Set distance between footnote and image
Font Width Set font size
Preview show the printing font in the footnote
Others Regionl Print Choose Regional Print or not
Multi print Choose Multi picture Print or not
Speed for carriage Select printing speed (high, normal and low)
printing move to print, which is used to select proper printing speed
according to different horizontal DPI of pictures.
Print Footnote Choose to print footnote or not

After setting printing parameter, click “print” button and add printing task into printing
alignment. If no printing task in the printing alignment, print the current picture. If print
task exists in alignment, the task will be added at the foot of the alignment .

3.8.4. Printing Task List

Click the right button of Mouse in the print task list to show the Menu and the operations
below can do following operations:.
Start to print Startup alignment picture to print
Reprint Reprint the selected picturec
Stop current task Stop current print task
Stop printing alignment Stop all print tasks in alignment
Delete task Delete current selected print task
Improve printing priority Improve a class of selected print task in alignment
Lower printing priority Lower a class of selected print task in alignment
The highest Priority Improve print task to the top of printing alignment
The lowest priority Lower print task at the foot of the alignment

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Task properties The selected pint task can be set by opening the dialogue
box of print setup

3.8.5. Region Print

If users just want to print a certain region of the picture only, they can choose"region
print"function. After selecting the picture which you want to print , click Check “Regional
Print” in dialog window, then, select the region in Preview Image by Mouse and the
parameter of the print region(X: Y: width, length will be setted automatically. Users also
can change these parameters to change the printing region. After finishing, click print
button to print the selected region.

3.8.6. Multi Print

Sometimes users need to print lots of the same pictures. So they can use the function of
Multi print to improve efficiency select the wanted pictures. Choose“Multi Print” in
dialogue window, then, set the number of pictures in X and Y direction. Meanwhile, the
distance(mm) the between pictures can be setted.

3.8.7. Footnote Printing

Using the function of footnote printing, users can indicate the ID name and print time of
the printing picture so as to check and find the printed pictures easily. Select the
Footnote Printing and set the font width on footnote (Font Width and Length) and the
distance to the picture between characters on footnote and image. Meanwhile, the
characters on footnote can be previewed and amended in Footnote Preview.

3.8.8 Pause or Continue to Print

While printing, users can pause according to current situation, which can be
accomplished by “Pause/Continue” in “print” of Menu Bar or “Pause” in Tool Bar. The print
head will go back to the starting point and into the flash pint status after pause. If willing
to continue to print, users can click “Pause/Continue” in “print” of Menu Bar or “continue”
in Tool Bar (“Pause” button will become “Continue” button)to go back to the previous print
status.

3.8.9. Stop Printing

If willing to cancel the printing task while printing, you can click “stop” in Menu Bar or in
Tool Bar to stop printing. The print head will go back to the starting point and go into the
flash print status after stop.

3.8.10. Print Test

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Before printing, users can adjust the parameters of printer by printing pictures of test in
order to get better print effects. And users can print test pictures, select “print head
status” of printing, “step adjustment”, “color offset” or “Bi-Dir Offset” by print adjustment in
“print” of Menu Bar or by print test in Common Parameter Bar. Parameters of print head
can be adjusted according to pictures. Detail operations refer to 1.3.2. Adjustment Editor.

3.8.11. Backup and Read-in of Printing Parameter

Parameter backup and read-in makes users set parameters more conveniently.

After finishing parameter setup, save parameter setup into backup files by “parameter
backup” of “print” in Menu Bar, as it is showing in above Picture.
If users want to resume the parameter setup saved before, they can take advantage of
“parameter read-in” of “print” in Menu Bar to read parameter setup from backup files, as it
is showing in the picture below.

4. Net-Print

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4.1. Net-Print Setup

4.1.1. Local Buffer Memory for Net-Print

Users can choose from the dialogue box, in print setup of system setup, whether to start
the function of local buffer memory for net-print.

When adopt such function is used, all printing data will be stored in buffer memory of the
computer, followed by printing operation. Its characteristics is that it can send the data of
next picture while printing, which supplies users with stable net data, and can use its
function that RIP data processing and printing are being dealt with at the same time. Data
size of image is only restricted to the capacity of the disk where software is installed. If
the function isn't used, printing and data transmission will be clone at the same time.

4.1.2 Auto Net-Print Setup

Dialogue box of automatic print setup will come out when auto net-print is started, which
needs users to choose printing type: fixed printing type or the type according to picture
DPI, It is shown in blow Picture.

If “use fixed print mode for all DPI format” is chosen. Then the same printing mode will be
used to all net-print tasks. If such function is not selected software will automatically set
the printing mode according to picture’s DPI format.
Note: Net-Print clialog windown shows current net-print mode. While pressing the button
down, printing task sent by net doesn't need confirmation by the printer. While the button
is up, printing task needs confirmation.

4.1.3. Continuous Printing function while Off-Line

While printing by net which could be cutted because it is unstable, users can resend the
last printing data to reprint after the net is connected again.
Net is ready for printing task
Sending data to start printing
Net is broken off and waiting for resending
data
After net is connected again, it will continue
to print the task.

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5. RIP Support Information

Open RIP support information in “function in menu bar to get the details , as it is shown in
the following dialog window:

The current RIP picture format is showed in the dialogue box, User can also click “import”
button to input the RIP format file you want.

6. Software Edition

Click "help"-"about" in the Menu Bar or click the “about” in Tool Bar, the dialogue window
will show the software like the above image.

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 Chapter 3 Maintenance Guide

1. Maintenance Rules

Proper maintenance is of vital importance to the sound operation. Here in after we list
different maintenance degrees in details. We advise you to write down these rules and
paste them to the printer or proceptible places near to printer.

2. Daily Maintenance

◆ While printer in idle

1. Clean the printheads by the air pressure system, and, clean the soleplate
insuccessuion power off.
2. Lay several floors of the non-woven cloth and put them on the plate which the
printhead dipped in. (If there is no too much non-woven , the sponge is recommended,
which can save cost and the flexibility of the sponge is better than that of the non-woven.)
3. If non-woven is used, please flay more.
4. Put enough membrane on the non-woven or sponge, which let the membrane not
damaged easily and prolongs the lifespan of the cushion.
5. pour the solvent on the membrane
6. Please don't pour too much
7. Install the printhead soleplate
8. Fix the printhead soleplate

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9. Check if the soleplate and membrane are in proper position or not
10. Four solvent into the printhead tray at 3mm deepth.
11. At last fix the membrane.

◆ Often examine the cleaness and lubricating conditions of the linear guide rail, and
lubricate the guide rail with accepted lubricat.
◆ Inject oil on the bearing ball of the sliding set on the guide rail periodically with
appointed injectar
◆ Check the ink store cabinet if the ink is enough or not.
◆ Replace the ink filter periodically
◆ Clean the printhead often and clean ink tank and ink level sensor periodically
◆ Check if the connection axis skiding or not and tighten the screws.
◆ Clean the dust on the computer, power supply and electronic board periodically

2.1. Preparations before starting the machine

◆ Demount the printhead protection plate

◆ Clean the printhead, roller and printing platform, Get rid of the sundries on the
platform
◆ Check the ink level position of the start ink tank
◆ First turn on the main power, and, then start the computer, finally the machine.
◆ Pull up the emergency button on both sides.
◆ Check if the meehanical parts are run smooth and normally or not. Startup the
software, and check the X axis, Y axis, cleaning system and emergency stop button
◆ Turn on the switch of the HV voltage and select “print flash ”
◆ Check the indoor temperature (20℃-28℃) and humidity (40-80%)

2.2. Maintenance While Printing

◆ Clean the print head before printing. To make ink print fluently. Clean print head
immediately when finish one image (Refer to print head's cleaning methods)
◆ When in normal printing condition, walk around to check the equipment for following
aspects:
 There is no particle or dirt on the working platform.
 Touch the cover of heater to make sure the heating temperature normal.( Note: when
the print can rage board moving, the cover of heater is forbidden.)
 Listen to printing condition carefully to cheak whether there are irregular sounds once
something exceptional stop to check what problem.
 Smell. If smoky, stop machine and check.

2.3. Maintenance when stopped.

◆ Press down the enmergeney button.

◆ Maintain the print head (refer to the chapter of print head maintenance)

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◆ Discharge ink in the cleaner.
◆ Clean the equipment (only special PMA liquid can be used)

2.4. Interval 8 Hours maintenance

◆ After 8 hours printing, use petroleum based printing lubrication to brush lubricate the
guide rail one time. Don't brush too much otherwise the excrescent may leak beneath.
◆ Use cleaning liquid to clean the surface and interface of the vacuum to guarantee
flexible movements up and down.

2.5. Daily Maintenance

◆ Clean all the press wheel subassembly.

◆ Check the waste ink in the vacuum and discharge it in time.

2.6. Weekly Maintenance Content

◆ Remove supportive lid of the print head and clean its underside with solvent.
◆ Check if ink level sensor is fixed enough.
◆ Libricate to guide rail and add to or its bearing.
◆ Daily inspection for others mentiond content.

2.7. Monthly Maintenance

◆ Change ink filter; wash primary ink tank and ink supply system (refer to ink supply
system cleaning method)
◆ Clean the secondary ink tank .
◆ Check and fasten the screws on the transmission coupling, electric engine coupling.
◆ Check the screws the carriage board and guide rail. Check sync belt. If it loosen,
fasten it.
◆ Check all the cooling fans and connect motors.
◆ Clear computer's hard disk its check and clear the virus.
◆ Dedust the power supply case, electricity control board and other circuit board with
air gun(must be dry air)

2.8. Quarterly maintenance

◆ Heater test: 15 minutes after the temperature is set, measure temperatures in the
pront and rear heaters. With multimeter to check the left, middle and right temperature is
not hotter than 10℃. Also to touch them to check whether there are obvious temperature
difference. no obvious temperature difference should be felt when touching it.
◆ Dedust the equipment thoroughly including the interior of the left and right case.
◆ Inspect and change ink filter.
◆ Blow away all the dust on the power supply case and the driver with dry compressed

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2.9. Annual Maintenance

◆ Horizontal inspection on guide rail and printing platform (can contact our company)
◆ Check the equipment thoroughly to see whether the screws are loose.

3. Printhead Maintenance

3.1. Treatment before printhead is installed

◆ Cleaning of moisture locking liguid in the printhead.

All the printhead contains enough moisture locking liquid for the purpose of protection
before the printhead sold. Before installation, it printhead must be cleaned with solvent
which match the ink. Connect a filter between the injector and the inlet tube of the
injection cup. Inject 30ml cleaning liquid into the injection cup at first, discharge the
moisture locking liquid and then fulfill the injection cup with cleaning liquid. Leave the
injection cup in the water for 5-10 minutes, and the remaining moisture locking liquid will
be totally dissolved. Lastly, wash the injection cup with about 30ml cleaning liquid. If the
line printed is not straight, wash it over with cleaning liquid. Don't stop until the line is
straight. In this way the remained moisture locking liquid is cleared. Remember when
doing this, please choose a considerably sound and clean platform.
◆ Notice:
 Keep the operation platform clean in order to operate.
 Don't touch the surface and the socket of the platform.
 Filtrate the injector with the filter.
 Surface of the injection cup is not touched.
 Distinguish outlet hole from inlet hole
 When cleaning liquid is pushed out of injection hole, pressure should not exceed
0.3kg (i.e. hold the injector with one hand and push the injector with the thumb of the
same hand.)

3.2. Air pressure system introduction

3.2.1. Function Introduction

There will be clogging print head when printing for a long time, which could be solved by
vacuum. But if can not clean out, we can adopt air pressure way to do. (When cleaner is
no use and under the condition of having break line.)

3.2.2. System Introduction

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Purging button Air pump electrmagetism vacuum ink tank

3.3. Operation Guide

Fist install the small cover on the vacuum ink tank, then, press down the red button of the
pressure system to check if all the ink in the printheads flows out or not, which is held
within 5 seconds.

3.4. Notice

Power of the printhead must be turned off before pressing the button.
3.5. Wetness of the Printhead Surface

Clean the surface of the printhead in single direction with depurating wet stick softly to
form a thin bed of solvent on the surface of the printheads.

3.6. Discharge the Printhead

3.6.1. The step to discharge the printhead

◆ Turn off the HV power and the main power supply.

◆ Discharge the screws and take off the printheads from soloplate. Please be careful,
don’t make them collide or fall on the ground.
◆ Inject solvent into the printheads to clean and install the protection board of
printheads or pack printhead with membrane.

3.6.2. Notice when discharge the print head

◆ Do not collide or fall the print head on ground during the process of installation or
discharge.
◆ Before printhead is stored, clean it with cleaning solvent.
◆ The cleaned print head should be set the original protect board or wrapped sealed by
the membrane immediately .If need to post, anti-shock packing should be offer.

3.7. Common knowledge about printhead maintenance

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value as 8;
◆ If clogging cannot be solved under normal cleaning process, it is better to dismount
the printhead and dip it in the cleaning solvent.
◆ Before printhead is dismounted and stored, clean it with cleaning solvent; wrap it with
wiping paper, and store it sealed. If the printhead will to be posted, use anti-shock
packing.
◆ Carefully and regularly clean the base of the printhead where auto ink sucking
locates.

3.8. Cleaning and maintenance of printhead

3. 8.1. Changing ink

In principle, only one kind of ink can be used on a printer. Except the necessary to
change, it is not advised changed with other ink in case of the damage to the print head.
While changing the ink, clean the printhead with the previous solvent first. Then clean it
with the new solvent compatible with new ink to lessen the residue ink and liquid in it.

3. 8.2. Washing the print head

◆ If the surface of the print head is so dry that it is clogged, inject some ink into it and
wash it with ink carefully.
◆ If the above mentioned methods still don’t work, dismantle the connection tube; add
cleaning liquid directly into the syringe. Then connect the tube and inject ink.

3.8.3. Keeping printhead wet

When the printer is out of use, printhead clean salver should be used to keep the
printhead wet. Please also pay attention to the cleanness of the salver. Put non-woven
cloth in the salver three to four layers to ensure the surface of the printhead is clean. Add
a little solvent, and then screw the nut on both side of the salver to assure printhead is in
the solvent. If the salver hasn’t been cleaned, please use non-woven cloth to mix a little
wetness-keeping liquid or solvent instead and wrap well with plastic foil.

3.9. Printhead protection while stopping the machine overnight

◆ Turn off the computer and all power supplies.

◆ Put three layers of non-woven cloth on the cleaning tray and add proper solvent.
◆ Carefully cap the tray on the pedestal. Fasten the screws on the cleaning tray.
◆ To prevent ink mix, fill the hole on the back of the ink bottle with a black cap and
vacuum the space between the ink bottle and the print head. Pull out the black cap when
use again.

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◆ If the printer is out of use for more than 48 hours, the ink in the printhead must be
cleared, otherwise, ink will dry as solvent volatilizes or even impair the nozzle
permanently. Treatment is as follows:
◆ Turn off printer's power supply
◆ Move the printhead to the leftmost cleaning position and put an anti-erosion
receptacle below the injection cup to contain waste liquid.
◆ Aspirate with glass injector or directly pour out ink in the secondary ink tank. Then,
wash it thoroughly with special solvent.
◆ Pull out the ink supply tube (from secondary ink tank) and aspirate 40ml special
solvent with glass injector to clean the print head twice. Don't blow away residual solvent
in print head because solvent inside the printhead can keep it wet.
◆ Discharge the print head bracket, wrap it with the plastic bag and or film.
5．Automatic printhead cleaning function
◆The unauthorized wiping paper by Chiting is forbidden to clean the printhead
surface .
◆ The cleaning software must come from Chiting with the MYJET printer together
◆ Manual and automatic cleaning is optional .When do automatic cleaning ,please
switch on the suck fan function, the carriage will move automatically from right to left to
clean the printheads one by one .
◆The cleaning frequency can be set in the software and the operator can set one
cleaning time
When the carriage board move several times .The extra times is depended on the
extra situation .
◆ The surface of printheads must be kept moist by ink or solution and be packed by
cellophane
and preservative wrap, or the other polythene package material to avoid drying up. In
order to
reduce the damage of the printhead, we stipulate:
◆ The recommended ink must be used, and the same brand of solution and wiping
paper as ink.
◆ The printhead must be cleaned and packed by dust-free paper when the machine is
over half
Month.

6.Maintenance of the ink supply system

◆ If the filter is under good condition, seal the plastic connecting tube with adhesive
tape to avoid dust entering.
◆ Filter cleaning: Dismount it and discharge ink. Dip it in the solvent and vibrate it in
ultrasonic cleaning machine for more than half an hour. Then blow in compressed air
from the ink hole so as to discharge wastes. Do it repeatedly until the filter is
unobstructed.

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The printhead is the brain of the printer. The choice of ink is very important because it will
directly affect the printhead. A bad choice may destroy the whole ink supply system. So
choosing ink should be very serious.

Chapter IV Technology Guide

1. Improving printing quality

1.1. How to achieve your printing performance without any line break?

1.1.1. Choose suitable ink

Any ink factory or distributor relies on profits to do business continuously. We recommend

our ink. Although the price may be a little higher than the cheapest ink available in the
market, the cost is quite low if it is distributed to each square meter. Inferior ink will
damage the printhead and lead to line break seriously within one month. So the bad
image will be printed. Deservedly customers will purchase less and less ink with poor
quality as time goes by.

1.1.2. Protection function design and daily maintenance during printing

◆ Four colours or six colours printing

Make sure that colour bar is printed at neither side of printing picture! Which can prevent
clogging in one or two printheads for certain long time . What is more, colour bar enables
us to discover which printhead breaks line apparently.

◆ Regular auto ink sucking termlly

Only a few seconds are needed and we can guarantee that no line is broken in printing.
"Under good printing condition, the main reason for line break is due to ink deposit on the
nozzle of the printhead." Deposition is caused by ink feature, environment temperature,
comparative humidity, ink level of sub-ink tank, thickness and airtightness of the tube
flow, resistance to tube wall, horizontal of printhead board and etc.

Set PASS number of the auto cleaning intervals according to the practical situation, the
pre-condition is no line break in long image printing!

◆ Remember that damage of printhead starts from a initial nozzle too many operators
don't care about one or two broken lines and let the printer finish the whole image . What
they have ignored that one will spread to the neighbour ones clue to the deleyed

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cleaning."what we must do is to nip a thing in the bud.

During intermission of printing, do not turn off the printer. Keep the printhead in the
flash state.

◆ During the process of flash nozzle, ink consumption is very small (only 2‰ of that in
normal printing). Which keeps the nozzle hole moisture. At the same time, keep the
normal printhead temperature. Make sure when starts printing , printhead are in best
working conditions.

When operating Myjet printer: first turn on the computer, then start up the printer and
print head voltage .Choose reset when entering the system.
When you want to turn off he printing, you need to press the key RESET to restart the
system. Only in this way can the printhead return to the left side for automatic flash
injection. To ensure the proper function of flash, you may use a piece of paper under the
printhead to check whether it works well or not.

◆ Examine nozzle before or during printing:

 Before printing, if find the nozzle can not print ink, firstly try to suck the ink out.
 The line break during printing is usually due to the clog of ink, which can easily be
solved by setting automatic cleaning in software.
 stop printing immediately once find line break other wise the cloge will become uorse
 If you fail to deal with some problems, please promptly consult the technicians from
the supplier.

◆ Protection after turn off

After the turn off, immediately cover the printhead with the tray which is equipped with
cleaning solution and non-woven to prevent the nozzle of printhead from direct exposure
to the air. If which not well done, the ink will easily evaporate and the resin compoition in
the ink will deposit more and more . If printhead is found out of govd condition add 2mm
thickness sohent in the tray and make the printhead dip in the solvent to next day then
the clog will be dissolved.
Notice: If flow back ward tray of using happen by block the air hole of vacuum ink tank.
Then remove the wad when turn on the machine next time .

◆ Cautions regarding repairs

If you need to dismantle the components on the printhead. shelf and the direct exposure
of printhead to the open air seems unavoidable, you must inject the cleaning liquid onto
the surface of the printhead with the needle cylinder, which help slow down the rate of the
ink's evaporation. (The cleaning liquid evaporates slowly and there are no solid particles
left after the evaporation).

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1.2 Adjust the relative positions between the printhead of one colour and the printhead of
other colours.

For the first adjustment, mechanically adjust the screw and put the test bar under the
very position, Second, run the software to further adjust the print head in a proper
position. Then use the adhesive to fix the screw so that the screw won't be dislocated by
vibration.

Prior to daily operation, first print the test bar, and then check whether each jet hole is in
good order and whether the relative position and parallelism of each printhead is within
the permissible error range. Then can produce high quality images only when all the
requires can reach.
Since the way to inspect and adjust varies from one factory to another, users should be
familiar with this operation and carry out examination and adjustment before starting
operation every morning.

2. Adjust the clearance

To achieve the satisfactory effect, it is necessary to adjust the headstock so that the
clearance between it and the material to be printed, can be reduced to the minimum, 2.5
mm-3.5mm (Notice: material isn't allowed to be touched.)

Adjust the height of the rocker blotter and screw down and fix the screw in order to
ensure the good cleaning effect.
Notice: the shorter the clearance between rocker blotter and injection cup is, the better
the cleaning effect will be.

3. Techniques for using injection cups

◆ Environment

 Keep a tidy working environment and make main body free of any dust. Because
under the dirty environment dust will make its way to major ink pots, minor ink pots, and
then injection cups. If it is the case, the printing effect will be harmed and the service life
of an injection cup will be shortened.

◆ Operation

 Operate in accordance with the procedures for the maintenance of injection cup and
avoid the friction between the nozzle and any object because it may make the surface of
the nozzle frosted and broken.
 When cleaning the surface of nozzle, we must use the special paper or non-woven

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fabrics instead of the tissue paper to clean the surface of injection cup. With untold tiny
fibers on its surface, tissue paper can gain easy access to the nozzle. Additionally, the
tiny hairs that remain on the surface of nozzle probably lead to the clogging and dripping
of the ink and then affect the print quality.

◆ Accessory

 Every accessory serves certain purpose and shouldn't be detached at random.

 Keep intact the primary inkpot and the air filter of the secondary inkpot so that the
particles of various kinds floating in the air can be denied access to the ink. If clogged or
even broken, they should be promptly replaced.

◆ Static

 Ink-jet printer should be connected with zero line to prevent the static's effect on the
injection cup.
 Maintain a constant temperature in the working environment and ensure that the
temperature ranges from 20℃ to 28℃ because the heat generated by the working
injection cup is mainly carried by the ink and then discharged from the heat sink.
 The humidity under the working environment should be within the range of 40%-60%.
If it is too dry, medium will be charged with static, thus affect the print quality.
 Generally, static that exists in the grounded line of the equipment, floating particles in
the air and friction between media and equipment, electriferous spare part. All the above
mentioned may wake the printer with electricity, which does harm to the major
accessories including printhead , electricity board.

◆ Ink

 The quality of the ink directly effect on the printing image quality. And usage life of
printhead the lower price doesn't amount to the decreasing cost. contrarily, the ink of
inferior quality ink easing lead to the following problem such as clog , printing interrupt
printing picture useless and reimbursement from customers because of the poor quality.
Which are the wrest wast for manpower, capital.
 We strongly recommended to use our appointed ink as this ink has undergone strictly
and longtime test to guarantee both the equipment and undergone.

◆ Maintenance

 Machine is closed down, be sure to put the cleaning solution on the surface of
injection cup and cover the nozzle with the preservative film so tightly as to reduce the
evaporation of both the solution and ink. It will, to a great extent, extend the service life of
injection cups.
 If the machine is out of service for a long period (during the long holidays, for
example, International Labor Day, National Day, Spring Festival), users must put the

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solution into the injection cup and then cover it with the bonnet. Besides, more solution
should be added to the bonnet. Finally preservative film can be adopted to enclose the
whole injection cup for the purpose of preventing the dust's penetration and reducing the
evaporation of cleaning solution.

4. The solution to the clogging of the nozzle

4.1 The techniques for slight clogging of the nozzle

◆ If the nozzle is found slightly clogged in the process of printing, don't hesitate to
press the key PAUSE to stop printing. Then use a vacuum cleaner to suck the clogged
ink out of the nozzle. By means of this method, we can clean the nozzle. Afterwards,
cleaning solution should be taken to wash away the residue. (Notice: Vacuum cleaner
should not be utilized to suck a given injection too many times, otherwise, it will likely to
damage the injection cup.)
◆ The prompt, resolute and thorough treatment to the slight clogging is of paramount
importance to maintain the optimum working state for the long printing.
◆ In addition, it is necessary to examine the injection cup carefully and eventually
discover the reason for the clogging. (If it is due to the ink, change resolutely and make
sure that the ink tract be cleaned as well.)

4.2 The techniques for frequent clogging of the nozzle

◆ Firstly press the key PAUSE to stop printing and then move the head to the leftist
cleaning position
◆ Generally speaking, the problem can be solved through directly using the vacuum
cleaner to suck the injection cups.
◆ If it still doesn't work, open the machine and pull out all the signal wires of a liquid
level inductor connected to control panel. Then suck the injection cup, restart printing and
observe the possible change. If there is a change for the better, it indicates that the
problem originates from liquid level. At that moment you should try to restore the injection
cup to the normal state by adjusting the position of ink box, the temperature of working
environment and the working voltage of injection cup.
◆ If there is still no change, pull out the ink-supplying pipe on the injection cup and use
a glass syringe to draw out the special solution for cleaning the injection cup. The
procedure is as follows: inject 40ml solution each time and wait for 10 minutes. The
process should be repeated 3-4 times.
◆ After cleaning, make ink-supplying pipe and the signal wire of liquid level inductor
plugged into. Then resume the printing that stopped previously.

4.3 Measures taken after the methods mentioned above don't work.

◆ Avoid using non-woven fabrics and directly cover it with the injection cup bonnet.
Then inject 3mm of solution into the bonnet and enclose the injection cup shelf with the

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protective membrane to guard against the evaporation.
◆ Notice: The signaling interface on the top of injection cup shouldn't be allowed to get
in contact with solution, or it will be burned.
◆ After the injection cup is immersed in the solution, use the glass syringe to draw out
the solution one or two times from the interface of the ink pipe, which is on the top of
injection cup.
◆ Use the glass syringe to draw out 40ml of special cleaning solution and then inject
the solution into the interface of ink-supplying pipe. Next pay attention to the waterline
that comes out of the nozzle. If the waterline is straight, it proves that the cleaning is
effective and the injection cup can be further used (The prerequisite is that the circuit and
piezoelectric crystal are intact). If it is distorted, then repeat step 2 and step 3 twice or
three times.

5. Preventing clogging of the injection cup

5.1 Origin of the clogging

◆ The ink is of inferior quality.

◆ The rapid changes temperature or humidity effort on both printhead and ink.

The stability of the ink determines the usage condition of the printhead. On one hand, ink
stability depends on the following factors: viscosity, surface tension, volatility, and fluidity.
However, these indexes are not totally decided by manufacturing technique. Actually,
storage, temperature and humidity also play the decisive role in the normal use of the ink.
If the temperature is high, the viscosity will turn low. If it is low, the viscosity will become
high. These two conditions can change the previous state of ink and the spotted line or
spurious image will thus occur, which is referred to as false clogging.

On the other hand, if the humidity is low but the temperature is relatively high, the
volatility of the ink will be raised. As a result, the ink is dried into a hard condensate and
left on the printhead, which may affect the normal function of the printhead. However, if
there is a high humidity, the ink will accumulate around the hole, dripping and even
flowing, which makes the image difficult to be dry. Under such circumstances, it will also
contribute to the improper function of the printhead

Therefore, pay attention to the varions temperature and humidity at any moment. Even
the tiny change in humidity may affect the working of printhead . On account of the
limited ink within the ink cavity of the printhead, ink is supplied through syphonage. So
the rapid change in the external temperature is easy enough to disturb the previous
equilibrium state. The reason is as follows: the printhead will bring some heat while
working, the ink is balanced and stable under this clrcunatance. But if the weather
changes rapidly, a sudden decrease or temperature rising, and there is no device
available for regulating temperature, the effect on the printhead is appearing. At this

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moment, the printhead fails to run well, so as the ink the ink, The only way is contrding
temperature which ensures the daily temperature range of 3-5 degrees in workshop.

◆ The effect of voltage on the printhead

Since the voltage of printhead can be determined by the degree of curvature of

piezoceramics inside the printhead, the high voltage can also increase the amount of the
ink jetted. For the printhead of diversified norms, manufacturers offer their respective
voltage ratings within enable the machine can perform normally. Users should strictly
follow the rule while operating the machine. For instance, the manufacturer of konica
minolta 512 printhead recommends that the voltage rating be less than 35 V. Under the
prerequisite that it doesn't work at the cost of image quality, the lower the voltage is, the
better it is . It proves that if the voltage surpassed 33V, stoppage of the ink supply will
occur frequently and the usage life will be reduced. It has been mentioned that high
voltage can increase the degree of curvature of piezoceramics. So if the printhead works
in the state of high frequency oscillation, the piezocrystal is likely to fatigue, wear out and
even break. On one hand, the low voltage can affect the saturation degree of the image.
So for the konica minolta 512 printhead, the suitable working voltage ranges from 28V to
33V. Hence the usage life of the printhead can be greatly extended.

◆ The effect of the static electricity on equipment and ink

Usually, this problem is unnoticed. Konica minolta 512 is a piezoelectric oriented. The
static is generated by the friction between the medial and the roller(In the process of
printing). If the static electricity cannot be eliminated promptly, which will affect the
proper working of the printhead . For example, if the static is strong enough to attract the
ink droplits, the droplit may deviate from the normal trace and will be scattered in the
unconventional way. On the other hand, the extremely powerful static will destroy the
printhead and even burn the circuit board. Thus it is extremely important to eliminate the
static by means of the correct and effective measures, the best one of which is to have
the grouned wires installed.

Strictly speaking, grounded wires shouldn't be connected with the common grounded
wires because there is the possibility that static may exist in the other equipment
connected to the whole supply network. From the past experience, ground wires of every
equipment should be installed separately. The correct way to overhead the ground wires
is after the copper plate (no less than 0.5 square meters) is connected to the equipment
with the copper conductor, bury the plate in the well-dug humid space under the ground
(below 1.8 meter) and pour the brine in. When completed, run the equipment for more
than 1 hour and then measure the amount of remaining static in the equipment. The
method is as follows: use the multimeter to adjust alternating current to be 200 and
connect the needle with both the zero line of input of the voltage rating 220 V and ground
wires, and then read the number (whose absolute value is the amount of the remaining
static). The suitable value is 1 ohm and the measurement should be often made. If the
value is above 1 ohm or fluctuates sharply, the groundwires must be checked

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immediately. Many companies hold that once the grounded wires are installed, it will run
well for good. Actually it is dangerous to ignore the routine examination.

◆ The effect of cleaning manners on printhead

The surface of konica minolta 512 printhead is usually covered with a layer of protective
membrane, on which there are some laser drilling holes determine the precision of
peinthead. However, many users simply use the sponge and non-woven fabrics to make
the printhead tidy. As a result , the surface of nozzle is scratched and even damaged,
which leads to in the occurrence of some tiny fabric that will shape the direction in which
the ink is getting and cause the accumulation of ink droplits on the surface of the
nozzle(which is easily confused with the clog of printhead). Nowadays, non-woven
fabrics prevail on the market of cleaning cloth. But owing to the relatively rough texture, it
may pose a great danger to the printhead which can hardly bear the wear and tear. So it
is strongly recommended that users employ the special paper for cleaning printhead or
the special non-woven fabrics.

6. Cautions for using printing ink

◆ The storage temperature from 10℃ to 40℃

◆ Avoid the violent shake of printing ink pot in the process of storage and use
◆ Don't shake the ink bottle fiercely while transporting and using the ink.
◆ Read the related instructions carefully before using the printing ink
◆ Treat the printing ink in accordance with the local rules and regulations concerned
◆ The ink pot cannot be recycled
◆ Effective measures taken when spatter the printing ink.
 When ink spatter to your eyes, use a great deal fresh water to clean.
 When the skin is stained with ink, use the soap and fresh water to clean
 When happening to eat ink, try to vomit.

Chapter 5 Introduction to Electric Structure

1. Structure illustration of electric Control Board and

accessories layout

1.1. structure illustration of electric control board

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 Ground cabl e
Power DC 24V Power DC 12V
N of A C 2 4V p ow e r

N to connect Bl ack ink pump

Connecting PCIcard
N to connect Cyan ink pump
(20 cores cable)
N to connect Red ink pump
N to connect Yel low i nk pump

Emergency stop Left limited position DIR to connect

X driver DIR to connect X driver
Ground cable Ground cable Ground cabl e Ground cable
Emergency stop Right limited position
STEP to connect STEP to connect X driver
Ground cable Ground cable X driver

Paper sensor
YMCK c m Liguid sensor
LL
Encoder
Fabric input
Fabric output
Connecting power

Fabric output
Fabric input

Connecting sevvo card

(20 coves cable)
E le ctri c c ircui t of fe e din g
a nd take up sy stem

Chapter 6 Attachments

1. software list along with the machine

◆ The CD
a) PCI card driver
b) control software
c) RIP software
√ One CD: it includes user's manual and installation of software
√ A dongle key

2. Frequent symptoms and their respective solution

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 2.1. printhead
Symptom Analysis of Examination Remedying Notes
method
causes method
Ink can't The protective Examine the color on the Replace Normally some
be surface
membrane on the narrow traces
normally the printhead of the printhead. If printhead are printed on
jetted is broken or itappears red, then it the image
from the fallen off indicates thatthe
single membrane has fallen off
printhead Printhead is We the syringe to inject Replace
the cleaning solution into
(which is clogged with the the printhead. If the ink the
caused by printing ink can't flow out of the hole, printhead
the then hole has been
clogged with the printing
damage of
ink
the The inside circuit Check whether or not Replace If dust and
printhead) of the printhead make theprinting ink
is damaged printhead are
interface board plugged found on the
in when circuitboard,
the injection cup is live. use the
If the liquid is left on the absolute
signal socket which alcohol to
caused clean and dry
short circuit
Check if dust and printing
ink exist on the circuit
board.
Because after a long
period, dustand ink will
accumulate on thecircuit
board and if met with
thehumid air, they will
lead to shortcircuit.

The injection Check the service period Replace

cupis out of
service due to printhead
the wear and
tear

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Ink can't The power Examine the voltage on Adjust the 12V:
be source the
voltage 11.75V-12.25V
normally breakolown carriage board :12V and 35V:
jetted 35V 29V-33V
from the (direct current)
single The breakdown swap the printhead cable Replace
with others (notice: keep
printhead Of the printhead printhead
the cable on the inter face
(which board of the printhead
isn't unchanged) If the ink is
caused by still not jetting, then it
the means the printhead goes
damage of wrong
the Thebreakdown Swap the printhead cable Replace the
of the printhead with
printhead) of printhead printhead
others (notice: makethe
cableor the cable on the interface cable
interface board board also changed) or printhead
of the printhead If the ink is still not jetting, interface
then thatmeans the cable.
printhead able or the
interface board of the
printhead goes wrong.
Please reconfirm the
breakdown furthermore.
The printhead Check whether the Get the data
printhead cable
cable isn't line well
well connected is well plugged or not plugged.
The breakdown Examine the ink pipe and Restore the
the whole ink-supply
of ink-supplying ink-supply
system and check
system whether there is lack of system
ink or leakage of air.
The breakdown If the reasons mentioned Replace
above are excluded, the
of the PCI card the PCI card
probable reasonis the
damage of the PCI card.

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All the Power supply Examine the voltage 12V, Restore the 12V:
printheads 35V(DC) of the carriage 11.75V-12.25V
board
can't jet problems power 24V:
ink supply 23.2V-25V
The carriage Replace the
board is broken carriage
board
The breakdown Replace the
of PCI card PCI card
The encoder is Check whether the Reinstall or
encoder is
broken or not replace the
well connected well installed or not. encoder
The fabric cable Check whether the fabric Reconnect
cableis well connected or or replace
is broken or not
not the
well connected
fabric cable
The breakdown Check whether the signal Replace
is transmitted to servo
of the servo card or not the servo
card makes ink card
unable to reach
the secondary
inkpot tank
Line break The environment Check whether the Increase the The
temperature is too low
Temperature is temperature temperature
too low should be kept
within the
range of
18℃-28℃
The voltage of use the multimeter to Adjust the
the printhead examine the voltage of voltage of
is abnormal printhead the
printhead
Printhead Check whether printhead Use the
problems is clogged or not.
cleaning
solvent to
clean the
printhead
The ink is of If the reasons above Change the Users are
mentioned are excluded, ink
poor quality suggested
the possible reason is the usingthe ink
poor quality of the ink recommended
by the
manufacturer.

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2.2. Material—loading system
Symptom Analysis of Examination Resolution Notes
reason method
The Photoelectric switch Replace the
material cannot sense the photoelectric
can't
material switch
be released
Material-feeding Replace the material-
feeding
motor with problem
or not well motor or reconnect
connected
Material Material is not well Check whether Re-load the material
crinkles the rim is
loaded parallel to the
during the board on the
transferring
left side
Material-compressing Adjust the parallelism
roller doesn't parallel between compressing
the material-feeding and
roller feeding roller

The uneven Pull a small Adjust compressive

force of the material-
compressive force material placed compressing
exerted by under the
compressing roller compressing roller
roller to check
whether the
pull of each
roller is equal

2.2. Parallel running system

Symptom Analysis of Examination Resolution Notes
reason method

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Carriage PCI card has Replace the PCI card
board problem

refuses to The wire of servo Check the Reconnect the wire

move card isn't well connection of
or the connected wire of the servo
software card
functions Servo card with Replace the servo
problem card
partially
Driver is broken or Fix the Reconnect or replace
inavailable connection the
not well connected
exchange X with driver
Y
motor is broken or Replace motor or
wire are not well
connected reconnect the wire.
Printing Encode raster and Replace the decoder
cease and
raster bar are optical grating
broken
Encode raster Readjust the position
doesn't ofencode raster to
make itlocate in the
match raster bar middle of rasterbar.
Motor is broken or Replace the motor or
overloaded replacewith a new
material of lighter

2.3. Ink supply system

Symptom Analysis of Examination Resolution Notes
method
reason

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The ink Ink box inductor Replace the ink
cannot
is broken box inductor
be supplied
The 20 cores Carefully check Replace or
whether the
cable isn't well cableangle is reconnect the
connected pursed or the cable
line is
disconnected.

Servo card is Replace the

broken servo card
Ink pump is Check whether Replace the
ink pump works
broken ink pump
normally
The clogging of Replace the
filter filter
Endless ink Servo card Replace the
is broken
supply servo card
Short circuit of Reconnect
signal

2.4. Image processing system

Symptom Analysis of Examination Resolution Notes
method
reason
Test bar There is something Replace raster bar or
and encode raster
wrong with raster bar
image are or encode raster
printed The fabric cable is not Connect optical
abnormally connected well fiber again
The driver is broben Replace the driver
The PCI card is Replace the PCI card
broken

3. Software Errors warns explaination List

Error Error Information Solutions
Code
001 Be Printing 1. Last printing task hasn't finished.

Retry after a moment.

2. Stop process and restart program..
002 The start pass index is The restore print parameter is error,
bigger than task pass total. change the printing set.
010 The process of last printing 1. Last printing task hasn't been finished.

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 task hasn?t finished Retry after a moment.
2. Stop process and restart program..
011 The appointed Rip source 1.The appointed rip file does't exist yet.
doesn't exist. 2.The net rip data is interrupted
012 The color parameter can't be The color parameter of course appointed
rip source exceeded system capacity.
supported by system.
014 The DPI of rip source can't The DPI of rip source exceeded system
capacity.
be supported by system.
015 The parameter of printhead Error is found in the system configuration.
data channel is wrong.
The file maybe be damaged. Backup
present printing parameter and reinstall
software please!
019 The EMS lack of space can?t Close some present task which occupy
muchmemory space to meet the
requirement of the software.
finish picture process.
021 The print pass can't Attempt to change print pass, and restart
print.
be supported by system.
022 The required printing length of 1. Check the width of the media correct or
not.
current picture is more wider than
print media. 2. Replace the wider media .
3. Use region printing.
023 The system refuse to print 1. Change printing motion buffer
parameter.
because the length of print will
exceed printing flate length 2. System configuration has some errors.
Please reinstall software.
3. Set the max motion length into 4000.
050 Carriage can't go to zero position. 1. The motor system doesn't work, and
please check whether the electric
apparatus work normally or not.

2. The carriage position encoder doesn't

work, please check the connects
damaged or not.
3. Drive module adjustment error!
4. Check whether PCI card works well or
not.
5. Restart the printer and computer.
062 Cannot find printing media 1. Check whether the media sensor works
normally or not.
2. Change the color of the vacuum baffle
into black
063 Error Occurs during Measuring 1. Only found portion border ， check
sensor's sensitive.
medial.

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 2. Change the color of the vacuum baffle
into black
080 Task initializing failed File sharing conflicted
100 RIP supported table doesn't exist. The file under installation directory is
damaged or doesn't exist, please load
The system will not identify all RIP supported file or backup the printing
RIP files parameters to reinstall the software.
101 System parameter reading error. The file under installation directory is
damaged or doesn't exist, please load
RIP supported file or backup the printing
parameters to reinstall the software.
102 Printing parameter reading failed, Printing parameter error.
system will work with default value.
111 System control board has 1. Reinstall PCI card
not driven 2. Replace PCI card slot and insert the
PCI card
3. The control card is damaged. Please
install new one.
4. Stop the printer and restart the
computer.
112 The system hardware program of 1. Control card may be damaged, please
the control card cannot be loaded install a new card.

2. Emergency stop switch may not be

pressed down.
3 “Myjet.rbf” file didn't be copied under the
system directory in the WINDOWS.
113 DPS program of the system Control card maybe be damaged, please
install a new one
control card cannot be loaded.
120 The reposition action is canceled Don't press ESC on the Keyboard while
the system is performing reposition
by user, the carriage orientation motion if the software is used normally.
doesn't work. Please don't carry
out the carriage movement.
121 System can't sense the signal 1. Please check position limited switch
and its circuit connection.
of position limited switch.
Orientation system doesn't work 2. The printer hasn't been turned on, or
normally. Please don't perform the carriage is too near from the side so
that it pressed the position limited switch.
carriage motion. 3. PCI card slot doesn't work or PCI card
is damaged.
122 No coding signal of carriage 1. Check whether the motor for carriage
movement can work normally or not.
position after reposition is
performed. Reposition function 2. please check the encoder on the
doesn't work normally. carriage and its connection.
3. 20cores cable hasn't been connected.

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 4. X-motor hasn't been connected.
5. check the home position circuit hasn't
been connected.
6.emergency stop circuit hasn't been
connected.
7. X and Y were wrongly connected
123 Reversed phase of encoding signal connect the AB phase of encoder on the
carriage in reverse.
sensed when reposition is
performed. Reposition function
cann't work normally
124 Left and right mission are in 1. Check whether the servo card can work
normally or not.
effective state.
2. Check the circuit from left and right
mission to servo card.
3. Check the connection of PCI cable.
4. Servo card has no 5V24A power.
5. emergency stop and position limited
circuits conneced
wrongly.
6. Servo card is damaged.
7. Re-install the control software.
305 Printing data is cut off. 1. computer has no enough EMS memory
space, please delete some pictures.

2. Check the printing data. Recover the

printing to continue current printing task
after solving the problems.
310 The printing length motion 1. Check the motor for the carriage
movement work well or not..
instruction length is longer than
machine printing plat, or carriage 2. Check the encoder on the carriage
can't move to appointed position. whether in normal condition.
Printing is stopped by system. 3. There are some dirty or trail on the
raster bar.
4. There is no 5V35A power on the
carriage board.
5. Perform after errors.
400 Auto adjusting carriage 1. Check the motor for carriage
movement.
movement system failed.
2. Check the encoder on the carriage.
401 Parameter backup failed. The file which the user is willing to backup
cannot be read.
403 The loaded format of the parameter The loaded format of the parameter file is
file is not permitted. Operation not permitted. Operation canceled.
canceled.
500 Authorized password input error Please make sure you are the normally

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 authorized user, and contact the supplier
to get the right password.
501 Encrypted hardware initializing 1. Encrypted hardware hasn't been
installed.
failed
2. Correct driver for the encrypted
hardware hasn't been installed.
502 Read hardware encrypted failed The PCI board isn't matched with the
encrypted hardware, please contact the
printer supplier for help.
503 The data of the encrypted Please contact the equipment supplier for
help.
hardware inavailable
504 The data of the encrypted Please contact the equipment supplier for
help.
hardware invalidated
505 The authorized terms of the Please contact the equipment supplier for
help.
software is out of date.
The software is invalidated
506 The authorized usage times of the Please contact the equipment supplier for
help.
software is used up.
Software is invalidated.
507 The usufruct of the software is Please contact the equipment supplier for
help.
out of date
508 The PCI card is not matched with Please contact the equipment supplier for
help.
the encrypted hardware.
509 Software is under illegal Please contact the equipment supplier for
help.
usage state.
510 The language on the software Please contact the equipment supplier for
help.
interface is not matched with
the configuration.

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