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 EBS-6100 Printer User's Manual
20070529#20.5
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4.4.5.1. System Data ............................................................................................................72
4.4.5.2. Accessing Alarm Messages.....................................................................................73
4.4.5.3. Clearing Alarms .......................................................................................................73
4.4.5.4. Accessing Error Reports..........................................................................................73
4.4.5.5. Setting Date and Time .............................................................................................73
4.4.5.6. Viewing Printer Operation Time...............................................................................74
4.4.5.7. Selecting a Language ..............................................................................................74
4.4.5.8. Releasing Protections..............................................................................................75
4.4.6. Ink and Solvent Bottle Monitoring System................................................................76
General Information..............................................................................................76
Replacing the Bottle of Ink (Solvent) ....................................................................77
4.4.6.1. Checking the Validity Date.......................................................................................78
4.4.6.2. Printer Operation Time vs. Solvent Consumption Time Limit..................................79
4.4.6.3. Accessing Ink Monitoring System Data ...................................................................79
4.4.6.4. Checking How Many Text Files Can be Printed with 1 litre of Ink...........................79
4.4.6.5. Printer Operation Problems During the Replacement of Ink and Solvent
Bottles ......................................................................................................................81
Ink Monitoring System Flow Diagram...................................................................81
4.5. ALARMS, ERRORS AND INDICATIONS .................................................................................81
4.5.1. Clearing Alarms............................................................................................................87
4.6. ADJUSTING THE PRINT RATE.............................................................................................87
4.6.1. Internal Generator ........................................................................................................87
4.6.2. Shaft-encoder ...............................................................................................................88
4.6.3. Defining the Maximum Print Rate for a Given Text File ...........................................90
4.6.4. Information for advanced users .................................................................................91
4.6.5. Problems with reaching the maximum print rate when a shaft-encoder is
used ...............................................................................................................................92
4.6.6. The Maximum Print Rate vs. Resolution Settings ....................................................94
4.7. SYNCHRONIZING PRINT HEADS .........................................................................................95
5. EXAMPLES OF HOW TO OPERATE THE PRINTER .......................................96
5.1. HOW TO PRINT THE FIRST SAMPLE TEXT FILE ...................................................................96
5.2. CREATING AND PRINTING VARIOUS TEXT FILES .................................................................98
5.2.1. How to Print the Current Date and Time....................................................................98
5.2.2. How to Print Consecutive Numbers...........................................................................99
5.2.3. How to Print Expiry Date ...........................................................................................100
5.2.4. How to Print Logos ....................................................................................................101
5.2.5. How to Print a Bar Code ............................................................................................102
5.2.6. How to Print a Complex Subfile................................................................................103
6. SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE......................................................................105
6.1. ROUTINE MAINTENANCE..................................................................................................105
6.2. CHECKING THE ADJUSTMENTS ........................................................................................106
6.3. WHEN PROBLEMS ARISE DURING OPERATION OR SERVICE ..............................................107
6.3.1. The printer cannot be started ...................................................................................107
6.3.2. Misaligned jet of ink...................................................................................................107
6.3.3. Clogged nozzle - cleaning the nozzle.......................................................................108
6.3.4. No nominal ink pressure can be generated by the pump......................................110
6.3.5. Occluded Ink Filter in the Gun..................................................................................110
Replacing the Main Ink Filter ..............................................................................110
Replacing Ink Filter Inside the Gun ....................................................................112
Replacing air filter element in the electronic chamber ventilation system..........113
6.3.6. Reduced partial vacuum............................................................................................115
6.3.7. No flow of solvent in the head ..................................................................................116
6.3.8. The lower part of the print is missing ......................................................................116
6.3.9. Some vertical rows of the print are spaced widely.................................................117