Table of Contents
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL ............................................................................................................................................... III
BestCode Distributor Training Information ........................................................................................................................ iii
SAFETY INFORMATION ....................................................................................................................................................... IV
GENERAL SAFETY INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................................................... IV
ELECTRICAL SAFETY INFORMATION .................................................................................................................................................. IV
Earth Grounding ................................................................................................................................................................. iv
Supply Power ....................................................................................................................................................................... v
System Cables ..................................................................................................................................................................... vi
FLUIDIC SAFETY GUIDELINES .......................................................................................................................................................... VI
SYSTEM OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................................. 1
BESTCODE NEXT SERIES 8 SYSTEM ................................................................................................................................................... 1
Controller ............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Printhead ............................................................................................................................................................................. 4
MODEL SELECTION GUIDE .............................................................................................................................................................. 6
How to read the speed chart ............................................................................................................................................... 6
Speed Selection ................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Environment Selection ....................................................................................................................................................... 10
Printhead Selection ........................................................................................................................................................... 10
SYSTEM SETUP .................................................................................................................................................................. 11
CONTROLLER MOUNTING ............................................................................................................................................................. 11
PRINTHEAD MOUNTING ............................................................................................................................................................... 13
PRE-POWER UP GUIDE ................................................................................................................................................................ 15
COMMISSIONING ........................................................................................................................................................................ 17
Pre-fluid test ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Commission the Ink Type ................................................................................................................................................... 17
Adding Fluids ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18
First time jet Start .............................................................................................................................................................. 19
Verify the Modulation ....................................................................................................................................................... 20
BASIC OPERATIONS ........................................................................................................................................................... 21
POWER ON / OFF ....................................................................................................................................................................... 21
START / STOP JET ....................................................................................................................................................................... 21
SELECTING A MESSAGE FOR PRINT .................................................................................................................................................. 22
NAVIGATING THE NEXT SERIES 8 USER INTERFACE ............................................................................................................ 23
HOME SCREEN FEATURES ............................................................................................................................................................. 23
MESSAGE CREATION ................................................................................................................................................................... 25
AutoCode Field .................................................................................................................................................................. 26
User Define ........................................................................................................................................................................ 28
Block Field ......................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Barcode Field ..................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Graphic Field ..................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Message Editor .................................................................................................................................................................. 34
COUNT SCREEN .......................................................................................................................................................................... 43
MESSAGE SCREEN ...................................................................................................................................................................... 44
ADJUST SCREEN ......................................................................................................................................................................... 45
Speed Screen ..................................................................................................................................................................... 46
Auto-Encoding Adjust Screen ............................................................................................................................................ 49
CLEAN SCREEN ........................................................................................................................................................................... 52