FY Union FY-212H Operating instructions

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Operation Manual

Thank you very much for purchasing FY series printer

15 June 2009

Version : 2.0

● In order to use FY series printer correctly and safely and understand this product’s capability,

please read through this manual.

● This manual includes equipment structure, description, technical parameters, operation manual,

safety information, application of software, etc.

● This manual is subject to change without notice.

● Contents herein contained are believed to be correct, however, please contact us if you find any

error or something not clear enough.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Safety Precaution…………………………………….… 3

Chapter 2: Preparation and Procedures for Assembling………5

Chapter 3: Machine Structure and Accessories…………………8

Chapter 4: Basic Operation………………………………….……....11

Chapter 5: Maintenance Guide………………………………………22

Chapter 6: Troubleshoot …………..…………………………………..27

Chapter 7: Technical Specification……..………………………..…..29

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1.1 Important Safety Measures

Please read the following instructions before using the printer. Follow cautions and

instructions which are labeled on the printer.

Do NOT block the cover on the top of the printer.

Do NOT insert any object into the printing platform of the printer. Prevent spilling liquid onto

the printer.

ONLY 220V can be applied.

Connect all the power cord to a single socket extension. Avoid sharing the socket with other

devices which will be on and off frequently.

Avoid using the socket with self-timer control and with the switch on the wall.

Keep a distance from any device which may release electro-magnetic field, such as wireless

phone.

Do NOT use damaged power cord.

If using an extra power cord, keep in mind that the total ampere of this device does not exceed

the assigned ampere of the power. Also, the total ampere of all device which connect to single

socket cannot exceed the assigned ampere.

Do NOT try to repair the printer.

When encounter the following circumstance, disconnect the power and contact your local

distributor for support:

Liquid is spilled onto the printer;

The printer fells down or the surface is broken;

Printer does not run normally.

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1.2 Handling Printer Caution

Do NOT move the carriage when the power is on.

Always use the power switch to turn on or off the printer. Do NOT try to remove the data cable or

the power cord when the machine is on.

Make sure the carriage is stabilized in the origin position during transport.

Do NOT touch printing platform during printing.

1.3 Handling Ink Tank Caution

Please store ink tanks at the place where children cannot reach. Do NOT let children touch the

ink tank.

If ink is spilled into eyes, immediately wash with water and see your doctor.

Do NOT shake the ink tank, this may cause leakage.

Please often check the ink content in main ink tank, avoid unnecessary loss due to lack of ink.

Please often check the waste ink tank and replace it in time when it becomes full.

1.4 Printer Installation Site

Place the printer on a level floor. If the floor is not level, adjust the support of the printer.

Avoid placing the printer in the area with huge change of temperature and humidity. Do NOT

expose the printer to direct sunlight or heat.

Avoid placing the printer in any possible shaking or vibrating area.

Leave enough space around the printer to ensure normal ventilation.

Place the printer close to the power socket so that power cord can be removed and plugged

easily.

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2.1 Environment requirement

Keep the room temperature between 20—30℃, and the humidity between 40—60%. Air

conditioner and humidifier may require. Keep a distance from strong radiation field. The floor must be

level.

2.2 Electrical requirement

The printer only supports AC 220V. A transformer is needed if the area is using AC110V.

The printer must be well grounded ( the grounded voltage shouldn’t be more than 0.3V,

and the grounded resistance should be less than 3Ω ).

UPS and voltage stabilizer is highly recommended.

2.3 Computer requirement

1) Basic requirement:

 CPU: 2.0 GHz or higher

 Memory: 1Gb or higher

 Hard disk: 80 Gb (recommend 20Gb free space)

 Mother board: PCI card slot

 Network card

 Operating system: Microsoft Windows (2000, XP)

2) Recommended requirement:

 CPU: 3.0 GHz or higher

 Memory: 2 Gb or higher

 Hard disk: 200 Gb or higher (NTFS format)

 Mother board: PCI card slot

 Network card

 Operating system: Microsoft Windows (2000, XP)

NOTE: Suggest user format your hard disk into 2 partitions (NTFS). The first partition is used for

installing OS and other software, the second partition is used to save pictures and work files.

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2.4 Procedures of Assembling

1) Move the packing box to the working site and avoid strong shaking.

2) Disassemble the wooden packing box from top to bottom. Check whether the parts are

complete or not according to the packing list.

3) Lift the printer out by a forklift, and move it to the installation site.

4) Check if the printer is level.

5) Get rid of all the parts that stabilize the carriage, and install all the spare parts.

6) Move the carriage manually to the right of the printer, then move back to the left. During this

process, check if there is abnormal resistance, and carefully inspect the belt & the encoder

sensor are situated in proper position.

7) Ground the printer. The grounded voltage shouldn’t be more than 0.3V, and the grounded

resistance should be less than 3Ω .

8) Install the PCI card into the computer. Check if the wires and data cables are plugged in

properly.

9) Install the output and the rip software.

10) Turn on the printer, and keep your hand on the emergency button for turning off the printer

if problem happens suddenly.

11) Send a file to print to test the condition of the printer.

12) Clean the whole ink supply system with solvent. Then empty the ink sub-tanks, and repeat

the step twice. At last, empty the remained solvent in the ink supply tubes through ink

sub-tanks.

13) Fill the main tank with ink. Then empty the ink sub-tanks, and repeat the step twice, in order

to ensure there is no mixture of ink and solvent in the ink supply system.

14) Dip the aluminous caps in the solvent and clean them, in order to ensure no any sundries

exist.

15) Turn off the printer. Take the black washer out from the white cap on the top of the damper,

and then place the washer in the aluminous cap. (Figure 2-1) Stabilize the printhead with

screws. Connect the tube, and tighten the aluminous cap at the ink incoming part on the

top of the damper. Finally, connect the data cable.

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Figure 2-1

Attention A: When connecting the aluminum cap to the printhead damper, you

should screw it perpendicularly to avoid damaging the screw thread of the

damper.

Attention B: When assemble new printhead, it’s not necessary to flush the printhead

with solvent. It’s because no protective fluid remains in printhead.

16) Fill the printhead with ink by using positive pressure, And then, wipe the ink droplet on the

surface of the nozzle plate with sponge stick.

17) Print nozzle checking, and observe the condition of printheads. It is recommended to

keep a copy of the test for reference in the future.

18) Printhead alignment.

19) Start to Print.

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Washer

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Machine Appearance

（1）（2）（3）（4）（5）（6）（7）（8）

（9）（10）（11）（12）

Cleaning Control

(13) Solvent Cleaning Switch

(14) Solvent Cleaning Switch

(15) Light Switch

(16) Individual Purging Switches

Individual Purging Switch:

“AF” is used to clean all

printheads. In addition, press

switches (13)+(14) together

to start solvent cleaning.

(13) (14) (15) (16)

(1) Left Emergency Switch

(2) Bottom Left Machine box

(3) Cooling System

(4) Printing Platform

(5) Girder

(6) Printer Cover

(7) Right Emergency Switch

(8) Bottom Right Machine Box

(9) Circuit Controlling Box

(10) Exhaust Emission

(11) Media Feeding Bars

(12) Top Left Machine Box

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Basic Operation

(17) Printhead Voltage Switch

(18) Media Suction Switch

(19) Media Take-up Switch

(20) Automatic or Manual Mode

(21)Turning Direction Switch

Media Feeding Button

(22) Media Feeding Switch

(23) Automatic or Manual Mode

(24) Turning Direction Switch

Main Power Controlling Area

(25) Optical Fiber Interface

(26) Heater Power Socket

(27) Heater Power Switch

(28) Rear Heater Controller

(29) Middle Heater Controller

(30) Front Heater Controller

(31) Heater Safety Switch

(32) Printer Safety Switch

(33) Printer Power Switch

(34) Printer Power Socket

(35) High Density Data Cable

Interface

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Ink Supply System

(36) Solvent tube

(37) Air tube

(38) Air Pump

(39) K Sub-tank and Elec. Mag. Valve

(40) C Sub-tank and Elec. Mag. Valve

(41) M Sub-tank and Elec. Mag. Valve

(42) Safety Sub-tank

(43) Y Sub-tank and Elec. Mag. Valve

(44) LC Sub-tank and Elec. Mag. Valve

(45) LM Sub-tank and Elec. Mag. Valve

Attention: Only press the solvent cleaning buttons after connecting the solvent tube

with ink tube

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Attention: Empty the solvent tube after flushing. Cap both end of the solvent

tube to avoid dust contamination.

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4.1 Characteristics

 SPT 255_12pl printheads x 6;

 Resolution: X direction 720\360 DPI;

Y direction 1440\1080\720 DPI;

 Colors：6 colors ;

 Print mode：4,6,8,12,16 Pass;

 Output mode：File or TCP/IP(Rip and Print at the same time);

 Output preview：Convert prn/prt file into a small bmp file for previewing;

 Print intelligently：Skip white area;

 Setting of printing job list;

 Automatically flash jetting：Automatically clean printheads by flash jetting during printing;

 Home flash jet: Prevent nozzles clogging while not printing;

 Color bar：Prevent nozzles clogging, and observe nozzles status. Able to set the width of color

bar and the distance from image;

 Align printheads, step difference ,and bi-direction difference;

 Able to print uni-direction or bi-direction and mirror ;

 Edge feather: Lighten pass line;

 Cleaning System: Flushing with Solvent by pump;

 Individual Positive Pressure Cleaning System: Clean with ink for each color, and avoid the

waste of ink;

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4.2. Installation for PCI card and printer driver

● Driver Installation

a) Insert PCI card into the PCI slot of the computer, then start the computer.

Attention: The PCI card can’t be inserted or drawn out while the computer is

power on, otherwise the PCI card would be damaged.

b) After WINDOWS startup，it will search the driver for the PCI card automatically.

The setup will search the directory named “PCICardDriver” in Driver CD.

c) Connect Optical fibers:

There are two fiber wires with label “A” or “B” which connects from the PCI card to the

printhead board; therefore, these two boards come with the connection plug for the fiber wire.

The label “Tx” and “Rx” are indicated on the connection plug on the two boards. One of the

fiber wires connects to the “Tx”, and the other one connects to “Rx”. The optical fiber should

be plugged to the interface with aiming to the gap, then lock it.

Warning: Do NOT bend the optical fiber in an angle with less than 90 degree.

Optical

Fiber Interface

High Density Data

Cable Interface

A

B

TX

RX

TX

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●Setup of Software

a) Enter the folder of “Printer V2.10 \ Printer V2.10(AC Motor)”. Run ePrinter.exe，the

following dialog box will show up:

b) Choose the Configuration file “SPT2556_12pl”.

c) Choose “OK”， carriage will move to home position. Choose “Do not anything”，

will start software without reposition.

Note

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Normally choose “Reposition” when the software starts.

Note: Please uncheck “read only” in the property whenever the

“Printer” software is copied into the hard disk.

4.3 Introduction of Printing Controlling Software

a) Start the software and the main interface will show like the following picture:

Main Menu

Common Function

Preview

File properties

Status Bar

Job list

File List

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Main

Menu

Submenu

Function description

File

(F)

Open(O)

Open the folder of the files which is available for printing, and

printing file will show up in the list

Refresh(F)

Refresh the file list

Repreview(R)

If the files in the folder is changed, you should press “Repreview”

to renew to list

Exit(X)

Exit the software

Print

(P)

Home(H)

Initialize PCI card, and the carriage return to home position

Measure(M)

Measure the size of material(The function is currently unavailable)

Option(O)

Enter “option” dialog box and set parameter

Preference(E)

Based parameter setting, only used by engineer and client should

not change this parameter

Network Print(N)

Activate this function; the software of printer will link to the rip

software. Jobs can be printed directly from rip software

Print(P)

Print the file you choose, double click the file in file list, and

execute the operation

Stop(S)

Stop current job and carriage return to home position

Pause(U)

Pause current job and carriage return to home position

Continue(C)

Continue current job

Functions

(U)

Cleaning Heads(W)

Clean heads. In “option” dialog box you can set detail parameter

Purge Ink on/off(G)

The function is currently unavailable

Cleaner on/off(L)

The function is currently unavailable

Flush on/off(F)

Turn on/off flush to prevent the nozzles block. In “option” dialog

box you can set flushing frequency

Heads

Temperature/Voltage(V)

Enter the dialog box of printhead voltage adjustment

Load Last Job(L)

Resume the last unfinished Job

Move

(M)

Left(L)

Move the carriage to left

Right(R)

Move the carriage to right

Feeding(F)

Move the material forward

Backward(B)

Move the material backward

View

Tool Bar(T)

Display/hide tool bar

Status bar(S)

Display/hide status bar

Preview(P)

Zoom in/out preview picture

Help

Help(H)

The function is currently unavailable

About Printer(A)…

Show version

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Common Parameter

Some frequent using functions are showing in the parameter bar:

a) Folder：The folder where the printed files is saved;

b) Pass： printing mode，1、2、3、4、6、8、12、16Pass;

c) Speed：Carriage moving speed while printing，the carriage can move with High, Middle

or Slow speed;

d) Copies: Number of copy of printing;

e) FirePos：Start printing position.（unit：mm）

f) Margin：The distance between the media edge and the cleaning position（unit：mm）

g) Move： The distance that carriage or media moves（unit：mm）

h) Test： Print test picture for modify offset parameter of printhead.

Parameter Setting

a) Print mode

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Print Mode

Pass

Printing mode, 1、2、3、4、6、8、12、16Pass

XSpeed

Carriage moving speed, High, Middle or Slow speed mode

YSpeed

Feed speed，High, Middle or Slow speed mode

Qty

Number of copy of every job

Horizontal mirror

Print with horizontal mirror, used to print on double-face media.

Vertical mirror

Image prints upside down

Smartprint

Skip over white space in the picture

Edge Feather

To blur the pass line，feather pass edge

Direction of

printing

Print to left/right (Only print to right)

Unidirection

Print only in one direction

Color bar

Prevent nozzles clogging, and keep track of the nozzle status. Able to set the width of color

bar and the distance from the picture

Enable

Turn on/off color bar

Distance

Distance between the color bar and the picture（unit：1 dot）

Width

There are two values，one is the width of single color bar, another is the

width of mixed colors bar（unit：1 dot）

Position

Set the color bar on the left/right of picture（unit：1 dot）

Disable at

beginning/ending

The color bar appears at the same height of the image

Cleaning

Cleaning Mode

Flash jetting: Fire some ink out to keep nozzle open

Flash jetting

frequency

Amount of ink is going to fire. From 1/8 to 4k(Recommended flash jetting

frequency to be 4k for 3 minutes before starting printing. Flash jetting

frequency can be 32 for SPT255-12pl printhead while printing. The new

flash jetting frequency setting will be activated after reposition

Cleaning at home

Cleaning when turning on the printer

Cleaning before

printing

Cleaning before printing

Cleaning during

printing

Freq: Set the interval of cleaning (unit: number of passes)

Times: Number of times of each cleaning

Flash during cleaning: Flash jetting during cleaning

Cleaning after

printing

Perform cleaning after printing

Flash jetting at

home

Flash jetting after reposition

Media

Print Position

Starting printing position

Starting

The left margin of media（unit：mm）

Width

Width of media（unit：mm）

Margin

The distance from the cleaning position to the left edge of the media （unit：

mm）

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b) Heads alignment

Heads

Quantity of

printhead

Number of printheads used in printing

Quantity of color

Number of color: 4 colors or 6 colors

Quantity of

nozzle

Number of nozzles of every head

DPI of printhead

The physical dpi of printhead

Step Difference

Different value in different pass（unit：1/4 dot）

Bi-Difference

Different Bi-Difference value in different speed（unit：2

dot）

Acceleration Length

The time for the carriage to accelerate between passes

（unit：1 dot）

Color Offset

There are three parameter every printhead（unit：1 dot）

To left

The offset of printing to left，increase the value to add

offset，decrease the value to reduce offset

To right

The offset of printing to right, increase the value to add

offset，decrease the value to reduce offset

Y direction

The offset of Y direction

(The values can’t be negative)

The default parameters are adjusted in 360DPI. The software can automatically

distinguish from different rip resolutions, so it is unnecessary to select resolution

manually.

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Printhead voltage adjusting is shown in the following dialog box：

Automatic voltage adjustment. Automatic adjustment when the box is checked.

After entering this dialog box under online mode, press “Update” to make the changed

parameters effective.

“Def. Volt” is the voltage value from the printhead. “Offset” modifies the “Def. Volt” to get the

final voltage. If “Enable Adjustment” is checked, the printheads voltage will be adjusted

automatically according to the temperature. The voltage will be fixed if this box is unchecked.

If clogging always happens on the same printhead, decrease the offset value only.

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Shortcut key

For convenient and fast operation，shortcut key is set.

a) Ctrl+Home “reposition”

b) Ctrl+End “cleaning”

c) Ctrl+Pause “Pause” and “continue”

d) Ctrl+← “move left”

e) Ctrl+→ “move right”

f) Ctrl+↑ “move back”

g) Ctrl+↓ “move forward”

4.4 Alignment Test

Adjust offset parameter by printing various test-pictures:

4.4.1 Nozzles Checking

Figure 4-1

Observe nozzles status of each printhead. This is also the reference for printhead physical

adjustment.

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Printhead Physical Adjustment

Print the “Nozzles Checking” in uni-direction, and adjust the angle of printhead by observing

whether lines between the first and second pass are vertically connected(Figure 4-1). If lines are not

vertically connected (Figure 4-2), adjust the angle of printhead. (Figure 4-3).

Figure 4-2 Figure 4-3

4.4.2 Heads Alignment

Figure 4-4

Adjust offset for every printhead by printing “Heads Alignment” (Figure 4-4). The black-head is

the reference, so the value of black-head should be zero.

The Procedure of Adjustment

1) Print the “Heads Alignment” (Figure 4-4);

2) Enter “Option\Heads Alignment\ColorOffset” (Figure 4-5);

Figure 4-5

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