Gerber Solara ion User Manual

4/29/10 Rev G
Chapter 3: Setting up the Gerber Solara ion...................................................................... 31
Networking your Gerber Solara ion printer ......................................................................................31
Setting fixed (static) network addresses ..........................................................................................31
Setting the IP Address and Subnet Mask of your computer.........................................................33
Checking network connections............................................................................................................37
Viewing the current network settings.................................................................................................37
Chapter 4: Loading Inks and Materials ............................................................................... 39
Loading the inks.....................................................................................................................................39
Checking the ink level........................................................................................................................40
Replacing ink pouches when ink remains in the reservoir...........................................................40
Replacing an ink pouch when the reservoir is empty ...................................................................42
Loading the material .............................................................................................................................42
Printer/graphic orientation...............................................................................................................44
Choosing a material type...................................................................................................................45
Normalizing material.........................................................................................................................46
Cleaning material................................................................................................................................46
Using material hold-down devices for roll material......................................................................48
Loading roll material in the Roll-to-Roll configuration....................................................................49
Using the material roller....................................................................................................................50
Loading roll material into the printer ..............................................................................................51
Using the winding unit ......................................................................................................................52
Removing material from the winding unit and printer ................................................................54
Loading rigid material ..........................................................................................................................55
Uniform Print Gap & Elimination of Gap Between Prints............................................................56
Understanding printing margins.........................................................................................................59
Chapter 5: Printing Jobs on the Gerber Solara ion........................................................... 61
Using RIP software and profiles..........................................................................................................61
Print mode options ................................................................................................................................61
Printer operations ..................................................................................................................................62
UV lamp automatic shut-off or Continuous mode ........................................................................62
Lamp Delay mode ..............................................................................................................................62
Lamp Spec mode.................................................................................................................................63
Large Field mode ................................................................................................................................64
Step Blending mode ...........................................................................................................................64
X Gantry Adjustment .........................................................................................................................65
UV lamp warm-up..............................................................................................................................66
Sleep/Idle mode .................................................................................................................................66
Automatic spitting to clear the nozzles ...........................................................................................66
Cleaning the printheads.....................................................................................................................67
Pausing a job due to data starvation................................................................................................67
Choosing a print mode for Roll-to-Roll printing...............................................................................67
Single mode .........................................................................................................................................67
Continuous mode ...............................................................................................................................67
Viewing job information at the printer...............................................................................................68
Printing a single Roll-to-Roll or Flat Bed job......................................................................................69
Media feed adjustment on a Roll-to-Roll job ..................................................................................71
Printing a full bleed Flat Bed job .........................................................................................................72
Printing double-sided, full-bleed......................................................................................................73
Printing multiple Roll-to-Roll jobs in Continuous mode .................................................................75
Canceling a job .......................................................................................................................................77

Gerber Solara ion Specifications

General

Brand	Gerber
Model	Solara ion
Category	Printer
Language	English