Printer Start-up and Shutdown
4-8
Turning the Printer On –
EXCEL 2000 Opaque Printer
The EXCEL 2000 Opaque has a circulator pump which should
remain on at all times. Refer
to EXCEL 2000 Opaque Circulator
Pump
on page 4-13 for additional information. In this case, the
printer will already be on, and it is not necessary to turn power to
the printer on. Instead, it is only required to turn the printhead On.
Refer to
Turning the printer Off
on page 4-12 for additional
information on how the printer should be turned off.
Perform the following steps to turn the printhead On and prepare it
for operation.
1.
Press the HEAD key on the keyboard. This will begin the
printhead 97 second startup sequence (refer to Figure 4-4).
NOTE:Do not press the On key on the keyboard. Since the
printer is already on, this key will be disabled. The On
key should only be used to turn the printer on after
the printer has been completely shut down, such as
when powering on after an extended shutdown.
2.
When the HEAD light comes on lit (not flashing), the printer
is ready for operation. In addition, the message <HEAD ON>
appears at the top of the display screen.
CAUTION:
If powering on after an extended shut-down
ONLY:
Allow the printer to idle for 30 minutes
prior to printing to make sure that the pigments in
the ink are well stirred, or you may not have good
print quality.
3.
Allow the printer to idle for 5 minutes prior to printing.
4.
Press the PRINT key to begin printing a message. The
message last loaded on the printer will begin printing upon
activation of the product detector.
Refer to
Chapter 6
,
Creating and Printing Messages
,
in this
manual for instructions to enter a new message or change an
existing message.
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