• Paper is supplied from one roll unit, provided with the main unit.
• Suction from one fan below the platen holds the paper in position during feeding
and printing.
• One additional roll unit can be installed as an option. Printed sheets from both rolls
exit the machine at the front.
• The stoppers of the paper rolls can be easily adjusted to accommodate either 2-in.
or 3-in. roll cores.
[C] Main Unit. This is the main body of the unit.
• Carriage Unit. The carriage unit holds the print heads and head ink tanks. The
carrier moves horizontally and prints at 64.7 mm/s on one pass.
• Print heads. The replaceable print heads contain small sub tanks that can hold 6 cc
of ink. There are two K print heads and one head each for Y1M1, C and Y2M2.
The print heads can be replaced on site.
• Main scan unit. Refers to the horizontal motor and horizontal encoder that move the
carriage unit and print heads from left to right during printing.
• Sub scan unit. Refers to the vertical motor and vertical encoder wheel and sensors
that control operation of the urethane-coated paper feed roller driven by the
vertical motor and controlled by a vertical encoder wheel.
• Ink supply unit. Ink is supplied through a tube pumping system. The ink supply
pumps are controlled by feedback provided by feeler sensors attached to the sides
of the ink cartridges above the print heads.
• Print head maintenance. The maintenance unit has four head caps and one
cleaning cap. The one cleaning cap (a suction cap) performs head maintenance for
all the heads.
• Waste ink collection. Three receptacles hold waste ink. The ink collector tank, easily
removed from the right side of the main unit. The right ink sump is located behind the
ink collector tank on the right side of the main unit. The left ink sump is on the left
side of the machine.
[D] Paper exit and cutter. Each sheet of roll paper is cut as it exits the front of the machine.
• A small cutter set on a track and driven by a small motor cuts each sheet of paper
from right to left.
• The paper exits the machine from the front into the stacker.
[E] Exit Stacker. A cloth frame stacker that holds prints as they are output from the machine.
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