Gerber EDGE FX - Printing a Job; Homing the Printer

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CHAPTER 5
Operating the GERBER EDGE FX
Printing a job
The printing process involves these steps:
♦ Send a job to the printer from OMEGA 2.1 or higher.
♦ Homing the printer. (optional)
♦ Press ONLINE to start the printing process.
♦ Choose the operating Mode: Single or Continuous.
♦ Load the requested material (material can also be loaded prior to sending the job).
♦ Insert the first foil as requested.
♦ Insert subsequent foils as requested.
Upon power up the printer may pause while it heats the print head to the appropriate
temperature. The heat-up time varies depending on the environmental temperature.
Tip: Gerber recommends cleaning the print head, platen, foil squeegee, and bail arm squeegees
before beginning each job
Homing the printer
You can home the printer to consistently start jobs at the same position and make it easier to
load materials. Homing the printer rotates the sprockets until the three closely spaced sprocket
pins are in the up position. The Home command is located in the MOTION MENU which is
accessible from the SYSTEM MENU, MATERIAL MENU, or FOIL MENU. This procedure uses
the SYSTEM MENU to access the Home command
To home the printer
1 From the MAIN MENU press F4, SYSTEM to open the SYSTEM MENU.
SYSTEM MENU
F1 NETWORK CANCEL F3
F2 DIAG MOTION F4
2 Press F4, MOTION to open the MOTION MENU.
MOTION MENU
F1 FOIL CANCEL F3
F2 HOME F4
3 Press F4, HOME to rotate the three closely spaced sprocket pins to the up position.
After homing the display returns to the MAIN MENU.