V13 2+60 User Manual Rev 1001
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1. KEY FUNCTION MSG LEFT Arrow RIGHT Arrow EDIT EDIT D ro ALT DEL 2m CTRL D CTRL P CTRLS z CTRL WIDTH ALT WIDTH ALT DELAY a CLOCK HEIGHT INVERT INVERT CATEGORY Start Jet Quickly Stop Jet Cleanly Stop Jet Select message to Print Contrast Adjustment Contrast Adjustment Message Editor Copy Message Delete Message Disable Printing Induce a manual print trigger Set Shift periods and Codes Shaft Encoder Source Repeat Print Mode Repeat Print Delay Set the current Date and Time Temporary EHT Level Temporary Message Inversion 51 User User User User User User User User User User User User User User User User User User KEY FUNCTION La BOLD REVERSE CTRL E WIDTH BOLD CATEGORY Temporary Message Reversal Temporary Expiration in Days Temporary Shaft Encoder Divisor Temporary Raster Repeat Count Temporary Print Delay Temporary Inter Character Gap Zero Product Counter Select Language a2 User User User User User User User User KEY FUNCTION CATEGORY oa os ALT D Diagnostic Mode Service User ALT PRINT System Warm Up Mode Service User 2a CTRL START Nozzle Flush Service User gz CTRL PAUSE Umbilical Purge Service User HEIGHT ALT HEIGHT EHT Trip Level Set Service Gir ALT P Default Pump Pressure Service CTRL M Modulation Level Service Gia ALT Q Phase Volta2. User Manual CPUII Revision 3 01 Software V13_xx 11 01 2013 D oe GTO TR T ft Pe Ti Code Jet Inc Corporate Production and Development 175 South Street Suite 1210 2100 Greenwood Dr STE 400 Salt Lake City UT 84111 USA Southlake TX 76092 877 263 3538 Toll Free 1 877 817 788 9171 CODEJET CE C 260 KEYPAD DISPLAY Print Key Gives a manual print go Pause Key Disables the print FAULT INDICATOR PAN EADIE OV PR ONORR INK LOW TOP UP Indicates a fault condition and is e acral eel LEVEL LEVEL accompanied by a diagnosis on High voltage on off INDICATOR INDICATOR main screen of LCD Indicates an ink low Indicates a top up condition replace ink low condition bottle replace top up 3 bottle Deflector plates MAIN SCREEN FUNCTIONS STARTING THE JET Ensure that the coder is plugged into a power source and is switched On Push the main isolator switch on the left hand side of the coder to the On position The following screen indicates that jet starting procedure may proceed The pump will start followed by the opening of the feed valve the jet can be observed initially as a clear line from the nozzle to the gutter the jet will turn black as all flushing solution is replaced by ink a clicking sound will be heard as any air is purged out of the system the start up procedure lasts approximately 30 seconds The following screen indicates a successful start up When t
3. 17 48 O7th APR 2014 JET FARUSEO OOOOOOOO 43 EXTENDED FONTS IN CHARACTER GENERATORS ALT 3 DIGIT 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 CHARACTER P PD ph pO a BAUS th RMK oth aay ASe NAMED Inverted Inverted Spanish Left Quote mark Spanish Right Quote mark Pilcrow Cent Pound Currency Yen Euro Currency COLON CRUZEIRO FRENCH FRANC Lira NAIRA Philippine PESO India RUPEE Korea WON Isreal SHEQEL Vietnam DONG EURO Spain PESETA Russian RUBEL A with Grave A with Acute A with Circumflex A with Tilde 44 ALT 3 DIGIT 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 CHARACTER wow KGOaWwAQ oaDmodAw H ee By bv B ED Eh EA py Do p NAMED A with Diaeresis A with Ring Latin AE C with Cedilla E with Grave E with Acute E with Circumflex E with Diaeresis I with Grave I with Acute I with Circumflex I with Diaeresis Capital Eth D with Stroke N with Tilde O with Grave O with Acute O with Circumflex O with Tilde O with Diaeresis O with Stroke Latin OE U with Grave U with ACUTE U with Circumflex U with Diaeresis Y with Acute Captial Thorn Sharp S B a with Grave 45 ALT 3 DIGIT 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 19
4. The language for the prompts and date can be selected by and hold Le The current languages at the time of this manual are English and Spanish to select English or W for Spanish W for French for future languages CHANGE CURRENT DATE AND TIME The current date and time are changed by a Type the current hour hh minute mm day of month DD month MM year YY and day of week d Day of week is 1 for Sunday to 7 is Saturday to accept the changed time or a to abandon 34 s SHIFT PERIODS AND CODES From the main screen and hold s the following screen will display Four periods are displayed sorted by time As shown above the periods have not been defined The default is 06 00 with a letter of A and 15 00 with a letter of B two shifts To define the first shift at 7 59 type 0 7 o type 5 9 To define the letter for the shift as 1 press type the number one 1 With only one shift defined the Printer will always print a one to move the second shift Type 1 9 o 5 9 o C to define the second shift at 19 59 with a letter of C Between 07 59 00 and 19 58 59 the Printer will print the letter 1 Between 19 59 00 and 07 58 59 the Printer will print the letter C When defining shift codes the key will save and sort the shifts The key will abandon any changes A SPACE in the shift letter will remove the shift and ignore the time for start of shift To Enter Shift Code into the m
5. a minimum of 63 different messages of 4000 characters per message as standard The maximum depends upon the actual number of characters in each message From the Main Screen TART JET SELECTEO MESSAGE HOS SLE MAINT DEFAULT EDIT MESSAGE MEG SELECT Of 50 L4 th FEB 200 JET WOT PUNNI Ni OOOOOOOO To select the required message F4 the screen will display the following information SELEGIEW MESSAGE DEFAULT JET NOT RUNNING o0000000 The new message can be selected by the use of directly typing the name or F2gFog tg to scroll through the list of messages SELECTED MESSAGE LESSONII JET NOT RUNNING oO0000000 When the required message name is displayed Al to select the message or to abandon the selection The main screen will show the new message number as selected START JET SELECTEO MESSAGE NOZZLE MAINT DEF AULT EDIT MESSAGE M25 SELECT Of 50 14th FEB 2O0oe JET WOT RUBIA TAG OOOOOOOO 24 DELETING A MESSAGE The message storage area can become filled to capacity To remove an old message and hold The main screen will ask for which message to delete by displaying the current selected message If the current selected message is deleted DEFAULT is automatically selected If DEFAULT does not exist Print is disabled until a valid message is selected and Printing is manually re enabled The message can be selected by the use of directly typing the name or m o to scroll through
6. increase the height Minimum distance 5mm maximum 15mm Optimum distance 10mm To save the changes permanently reselect the same message Press then WIDTH TEMPORARILY ADJUSTING THE PRINT WIDTH won The length of a message depends on the width of the characters The larger the number of the width setting the wider the gap between the columns of every character From the Main Screen The screen will display the current width setting this can be adjusted up or down with direct number entry or the use of or via the t or o to the right of the screen The faster the speed of the product to be coded the lower the required width setting The range is one 1 to two hundred fifty five 255 When the required setting is obtained key to set Note To save the changes permanently reselect the same message Prezal M then al TEMPORARILY ADJUSTING PRODUCT DELAY A message may be delayed so that printing starts at a fixed interval after the product sensor has been triggered in order to hit a specific target area of the product From the main screen The screen will show the current delay setting this can be adjusted i down with direct number entry or the use of the or via the m or BA to the right of the screen Minimum setting being 10 maximum being 10 000 When the required setting is obtained al key to set Note The printed character Delay can also be altered by moving the product detector closer fur
7. indicated in the field contents And hold a to refresh the screen with translated time fields The save key to Store the message 11 PRINTING SPECIAL FONTS The message editor permits dot addressable field positioning The following key combinations can be used to move the cursor around the print area Right Arrow moves the cursor one dot to the right Left Arrow moves the cursor one dot to the left i Up Arrow moves the cursor one dot up Down Arrow moves the cursor one dot down Ctrl Right Arrow moves the cursor eight dots to the right Ctrl Left Arrow moves the cursor eight dots to the left CTRL A Ctrl Up Arrow moves the cursor eight dots up CTRL Ctrl Down Arrow moves the cursor eight dots down E Alt Right Arrow moves the cursor to the end of the message AL i Alt Left Arrow moves the cursor home top left of message Enter move the cursor to the next line based on the font height and the left position of the field above FONTS Font key is used to select a font The font selection is rotary where the choices are by fit capability Create a new message and name it LESSONI The Key sequences are a 9 L E S S O N l Move the Cursor to the right by eight dots and hold gt Select the 24 High font by pressing the Wii five times 12 Type the numbers 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 O Did you notice the screen scroll to show the last number that was typed E One ti
8. nozzle whilst in flushing mode Press F1 to abort and to re start the Jet F2 Stop Jet Pump runs 3 1 Feed valves close allowing print head to be cleaned and dried if dirty when ready F1 to Re Start Jet F3 Shutdown will quickly stop the printer without flushing nozzle not recommended for any shutdown of more than an hour F4 Stabilize Pump runs 3 1 Bar return amp feed valve opened ink pulled from mixer tank via Venturi cleans the inside of the nozzle body and back pressure on nozzle used to clear partial blockages Jet then starts no modulation the return valve pulsed to remove air may also help restore a sticking valve repeated until aborted Press FI to abort and to re start the Jet ABORT SELECTEO MESSAGE DEF AULT FILL STOP 17 8 OffthR AFF 2014 FLUSHING Woe ele OOOOOOOO Press Escape Abort Nozzle Maintenance functions and put the printer back into run mode allow approx 15 seconds to stabilize before replacing print head cover The Charge error and Gutter fault will bring up the running nozzle maint screen if a key is pressed within 5 minutes of the error after that the printer will shut down to a full stop Charge Error Se eens CILIN CHARGE ERROR CLEAN FRIANTHEAD Gutter Fault oe Hee GUTTER FAULT CLEAN FRIANTHEAD Ensure print head cover is off amp Press any key to bring up running nozzle maintenance Menu Clean and dry the nozzle then start the jet Fl TART JET SELECTEO MESSAGE DEFAULT FH SHUTO H
9. 8 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 CHARACTER Mam acgsB Qonmawmde BF Od MO 0 N RBR Mo mM M M Mm NAMED a with Acute a with Circumflex a with Tilde a with Diaeresis a with Ring Latin ae c with Cedilla e with Grave e with Acute e with Circumflex e with Diaeresis 1 with Grave 1 with Acute 1 with Circumflex 1 with Diaeresis Small Eth n with Tilde o with Grave o with Acute o with Circumflex o with Tilde o with Diaeresis o with Stroke Latin oe u with Grave u with Acute u with Circumflex u with Diaeresis y with Acute 46 ALT 3 DIGIT CHARACTER NAMED 213 p Small Thorn 214 y y with Diaeresis 215 C C with Caron 216 C with Acute 217 S with Caron 218 7 Z with Caron 219 O with Double Acute 220 U U with Double Acute 221 c with Caron 222 c with Acute 223 d d with Stroke 224 s with Caron 225 Z z with Caron 226 o with Double Acute 221 u with Double Acute 228 A A with Ogonek 229 E E with Ogonek 230 t L with Stroke 231 Z Z with Dot 232 G G with Caron 233 S S with Cedilla 234 a a with Ogolek 235 e e with Ogolek 236 Ed with Stroke 237 Z z with Dot 238 g with Caron 239 s s with Cedilla 240 W W with Grave 241 W with Circumflex 47 ALT 3 DIGIT 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 CHARACTER OK 2 Be KKK NAMED W with Diaeresis Y with Grave Y with Circumflex Y with D
10. N DATE F Tens Digit of month of Expiration f Units Digit of month of Expiration E Ten Digit of day of Expiration e Units Digit of day of Expiration G Tens Digit of year of Expiration g Units Digit of year of Expiration a 1 character of Expiration alpha month b 2 character of Expiration alpha month c 3 character of Expiration alpha month Examples Ff Ee Gg 11 27 13 or Ee abc 20Gg 27 NOV 2013 NOTE See Message Parameters Screen 1 Expires in Days Characters which do not appear in this list will be printed as entered 16 Press al to advance down one line and hold notice that Expiry date Julian Day of Year is entered automatically edit this and replace Ff Ee Gg with xyz Notice the field contents are xyz Here are all of the translated characters for a Julian field JULIAN DATE W Tens of week number w Units of week number x Hundreds of Julian day of year y Tens of Julian day of year z Units of Julian day of year E Tens of European Julian week The first full week of the year is O1 e Units of European Julian week I Tens of ISO Julian week the first day of the year is 01 until Sunday then it is week 02 1 Units of ISO Julian week N Tens of Non Standard Julian week every seven days is a week n Units of Non Standard Julian week Z Shift Code character Examples xyz 365 or xyzZ 2651 for day of year and shift code Characters
11. The duration of the interval between prints can be set in two ways either as a measure of time Timed or as a measure of distance Encoder From the main screen and hold The screen will display the current status this can be altered via the keys When the required mode is selected key to set KEY MODE FUNCTIONALITY E OFF The photocell must be triggered for each print i 2 LATCHED the photocell must be triggered once to continuous print Uses Repeat Print Delay TIMED the photocell must be blocked for continuous print uses the full product delay ENCODER the photocell must be blocked for continuous print uses 1 10 of the product delay EH A 38 REPEAT PRINT DELAY Repeat print delay is used in the Latched repeat print mode When the photocell is triggered the Product delay is used and then each subsequent print uses Repeat Print Delay To alter the spacing between each reprint and hold The repeat print delay can be adjusted via direct number entry or keys or the or BA keys to the right of the screen When the repeat print delay is displayed al key to set 39 Start Stop Commands F1 Start the Jet ALT PRINT System Warm up Mode PRINT Ink pump runs 3 1 Bar systems monitors Viscosity and ink Levels no ink jetted through nozzle F1 Shutdown Jet is stopped no solvent is added during shutdown sequence F2 Jet Not Running Nozzle Maintenance N
12. d hold is Notice the field content has the two digit buffer number followed by text which does not appear in the WYSIWYG Serial Buffer number 1 does not contain any characters Delete the text characters to suit length of Serial string to required Transmit SBOITEXT STRING cr ALT Logos must be downloaded via the serial port as described in the Programming Manual Once downloaded the logo can be printed in a message and hold E The editor automatically creates a picture field selecting Logo number 01 Logos and Pictures are numbered 01 to 99 In this example we have downloaded a picture to Number 10 This makes it easy to edit by typing a 1 The editor has located and displayed Picture 10 As you notice the extra 1 is displayed after the logo Ey once then to eliminate the extra digit To select the Picture field 5 Notice that the Font type displays PICT 10 indicating that the Field is Picture number 10 MAIN SCREEN FUNCTIONS CONTINUED COPY AND PASTE MESSAGE The CodeJet C 260 can copy and paste a message and hold Select the source message using the Function keys Arrows keys or typing the name Select the destination message by typing the new name The message will now be copied including the message parameters If the Source and Destination are the same the printer will display this message SELECTING A MESSAGE TO PRINT F4 The Printer has the ability to store
13. er The ATE ig A ELJ information is retrieved using the amp key When editing Time Date or Julian fields and hold lve to refresh the screen with the actual translated values Create a new message and name it LESSON2 The Key sequences are 1 L E S S O N 2 dl Dis Notice that the current time is automatically entered as Hour Minutes and Seconds Notice the field contents are Hh Mm Ss Here are all of the translated characters for a time field TIME n H Tens of hours h Unit of hours CAPS H M Tens of minutes m Units of minutes CAPS M S Tens of seconds s Units of seconds CAPS S Z Shift Code character E G Hh Mm 09 30 Characters which do not appear in this list will be printed as entered 15 dl to advance down one line and hold a automatically Mm Dd Yy Notice that Month Day and Year are entered Notice the field contents are Mm Dd Yy Here are all of the translated characters for a date field CURRENT DATE M Tens Digit of month m Units Digit of month D Tens Digit of day of month d Units Digit of day of month Y Tens Digit of year number y Units Digit of year number A 1 character of alpha month B 2 character of alpha month C 3 character of alpha month W w Day of week Sun 1 Z Shift Code character Examples Mm Dd Yy 11 05 13 or Dd ABC 20Yy 05 NOV 2013 EXPIRATIO
14. essage Editor refer to Julian Date Code Page 17 35 Example Of a 12 hr 2 shift pattern starting at 8am Printing A amp B with shift change over at 8pm Example Of a 8 hr 3 shift pattern starting at 6am Printing A B amp C with shift change over s at 2pm amp 10pm Example Of a 8 hr 3 shift pattern starting at 07 59am Printing 1 2 amp 3 with shift change over s at 3 59pm amp 11 59pm Example Of a 6 hr 4 shift pattern starting at 6am Printing A B C amp D with shift change over s at 12pm 6pm amp Midnight Example Of a 6 hr 4 shift pattern starting at 6am Printing 1 2 3 amp 4 with shift change over s at 12pm 6pm amp Midnight 36 Example Of a 12 hr 2 shift pattern starting at 12am Printing A amp P with shift change over at 12pm Example Of a 6 hr 4 shift pattern starting at 6am Printing M A E amp N with shift change over s at 12pm 6pm amp Midnight SHAFT ENCODER SOURCE The Printer has two a for the shaft encoder To change the source Pres and hold Gia Press W 4 l to select the internal shaft encoder timer or external shaft encoder and wheel I to select the 37 OPERATING IN CONTINUOUS PRINT MODE This feature is for applications where the Printer is required to print onto a continuous substrate or extrusion When configured to operate in this mode the Printer prints automatically and at regular intervals the duration of which is programmable
15. ge Level Service D c ALT C Phase Control Disable Enable Service CTRL C Charge Error Shutdown Disable Enable Service User E ALT E Photocell Edge Select Service m i oo CTRL V Viscosity Set point Service om vis Wasp ALT V Viscosity Warm Up Time Service DEL et CTRL DEL Delete All Messages Service atts ard Ft al Alt D Alt F1 Calibration Menu Service 53
16. he Print head cover is in place the screen will display the message being printed Coding may now begin Press V to enlarge message being printed STOPPING THE JET When stopping the jet for any reason the Printer should always be shut down NEVER TURN OFF THE PRINTER AT THE MAIN SWITCH OR MAIN PLUG WHILE THE JET IS RUNNING The shutdown procedure is very important and should always be adhered to in order to avoid problems when restarting at the beginning of the next shift This procedure takes approximately 5 minutes STOP THE JET A clean stop Auto Shut Down the jet will stop the printer will flush the lines and clear the gutter line in preparation for the next start Wash Solvent can be applied to both the nozzle jewel plate and the gutter to aid the process this is also a good time to give the print head a general clean Wait for printer to display JE GRRNNING before turning power off p ADJUSTING THE LCD CONTRAST gt Either or Ei keys until the display looks sharp Do not hold down the key too long Auto repeat will change speeds and change the contrast too quickly to be noticeable ENTERING AND EDITING MESSAGES or The Printer can print up to four lines of text in the following formats Fonts Printed Dots 4 Lines of Text 5 High 7 High 3 Lines of Text 5 amp 7 Plus 9 High 2 Lines of Text 5 7 amp 9 Plus 11 High 1 Line of Text 5 7 9 amp 11 Plus 15 High 17 High 24 High 32 High To edit a
17. iaeresis w with Grave w with Circumflex w with Diaeresis y with Grave y with Circumflex 48 EDIT MODE FUNCTIONS KEY FUNCTION CATEGORY ESC ESC Abandon Do not Save SAVE l SAVE Save amp Exit DEL Delete Character under Cursor ALT DEL CTRL DEL BOLD INVERT eos REVERSE FONTS FONTS ALT FONTS ALT araoc CTRL ce crock L ALT L 4 M ALT M p ALTP a ALT S vi ALT V Delete to text to end of field Delete Field Make Text Bolder Invert Field s Reverse Field s Select Font Select Barcode Time Field Date Field Expiration or Julian Field Incrementing Field Decrementing Field Logo or Picture Field Serial Buffer Field Refresh WYSIWYG User 49 User User User User User User User User User User User User User User User User User User a z lt FUNCTION CATEGORY Left Arrow Move Cursor left one dot User Right Arrow Move Cursor right one dot User Up Arrow Move Cursor up one dot User Down Arrow Move Cursor down one dot User CTRL Right Arrow Move Cursor left eight dots User CTRL Left Arrow Move Cursor right eight dots User CTRL Up Arrow Move Cursor up eight dots User CTRL Down Arrow Move Cursor down eight dots User z ALT Right Arrow Move Cursor to home User z Ta BODNABCEOND ALT Left Arrow Move Cursor to the end of Message User ENTER Move Cursor to next Line User 50 MAIN SCREEN FUNCTIONS
18. me The cursor will be blinking on the last zero 0 And hold ronf The text field became a UPC Barcode Note the font name changed to UPC EAN And hold rows you can scroll through all of the barcodes that are in the Printer The twice to move past the barcode The rors key to select 5 High Type THIS IS A the The rors key to select 7 High key Type UPC BARCODE the al key The tii key to select 9 High Type PRINTING the ll key Notice that the cursor moved to the top line Press the M key The text doubles in width The bolderization will increase up to a magnification of 5 then roll back to 1 Press the W key Notice the text field inverts and prints upside down Press the a key Notice the characters in the text field reverses and prints back to front 13 The titi key to Store the message NOTE Bolding or double dotting a character word or message will increase the overall appearance and visibility but will also increase the message in length making it more difficult to fit into small target areas on the product to be coded 5 DOT HIGH SINGLE DOT 5 DOT HIGH DOUBLE DOT 7 DOT HIGH SINGLE DOT 7 DOT HIGH DOUBLE DOT 12 DOT HIGH SINGLE DOT 12 DOT HIGH DOUBLE DOT 16 DOT HIGH SINGLE DOT 16 DOT HIGH DOUBLE DOT 24 DOT HIGH SINGLE DOT 24 DOT HIGH DOUBLE DOT 14 PRINTING REAL TIME CLOCK INFORMATION All date time Julian and expiration utilize the real time clock in the Print
19. n existing or enter a new message from the Main Screen Press A or Press E Screen displays A message name can be entered or use UP and DOWN arrow to select an existing message Or press F1 to enter a new name EDIT Message Names Messages are stored using names up to 16 characters in length this can be made up of Alpha Numeric characters these can be selected by direct name entry or via the up and down arrow keys to the right of the screen Enter the message name E g Product 1567 al To backspace and retype the name The editor will permit changing the specific parameters for this message E Or to change the value ig Or o to move between parameters ll Will skip both parameters pages and start editing the message Printed Dots is the maximum number of dots to use while printing the message NOTE Using more dots than necessary will degrade the print speed of the Printer Expires in Days is the expiration to apply within this message Shaft Encoder Rate this sets the width of print It is the divisor to apply with a shaft encoder This value is directly affected by Printed Dots Product Delay is the amount of time or encoder pulses to wait before printing the message Print Height is the amount of high voltage used to deflect a drop of ink Print Orientation is whether to print the message right side up NORMAL or up side down INVERTED Print Direction is whether to print the message left to
20. ozzle Maintenance gives four options for cleaning the nozzle F1 Nozzle Flush Pump runs 3 1 Bar return valve opened and back pressure on nozzle jewel plate used to clear partial blockages on the nozzle jewel plate solvent is applied to front of nozzle whilst in flushing mode F2 Purge Pump runs 3 1 Bar return amp feed valve opened ink pulled from mixer tank via Venturi cleans the inside of the nozzle body and back pressure on nozzle used to clear partial blockages on the nozzle jewel plate solvent is applied to front of nozzle whilst in purging mode F3 Clean Pump runs 3 1 solvent pulled from top up bottle to nozzle then used to clean nozzle repeated us of this command will lower ink viscosity F4 Stabilize Pump runs 3 1 Bar return amp feed valve opened ink pulled from mixer tank via Venturi cleans the inside of the nozzle body and back pressure on nozzle used to clear partial blockages Jet then starts no modulation the return valve pulsed to remove air may also help restore a sticking valve repeated until aborted Press F1 to Abort Nozzle Maintenance functions Remove Print Head Cover 4 F2 Jet Running Nozzle Maintenance and Print Head Cover Removed Jet Running Nozzle Maintenance gives four options for cleaning the nozzle with jet in run mode F1 Nozzle Flush Pump is at 3 1 Bar return valve opened and back pressure on nozzle jewel plate used to clear partial blockages on the nozzle jewel plate solvent is applied to front of
21. right NORMAL or right to left REVERSE Raster Repeat Factor is a bolderization to be applied across the entire message Inter Character Gap is the number of dots to place between each printed character The Message Editor is WYSIWYG Once the parameters have been filled the display will show this screen If there is currently a message already programmed into the selected message number or name the Screen will display that message WYSIWYG Flashing Cursor Viewing Area Mode Add or Edit j ield Contents Message Name ont Height Barcode Name or Picture Number To delete 2 letter from the text position the cursor over the chosen character via the and then use of the For example One on the lam key would erase the letter R from third line this could be replaced with the new required letter then save to store the message 1 To erase an entire field Position the cursor on the first letter and hold m The field would then be erased the new code could be SAVE programmed in and the swe key pressed to store the changed message 2 To program in a complete new message with expiration date From the main screen Type PRODUCT 1567 then ll twice to accept the current parameters Type BEST BEFORE END then and hold Type 1959012 LP45 ZX7R then ell twice to accept the current parameters Type E CAPS type e SPACE type F type f SPACE type 20G ows type g Until y has been erased as
22. tandard 1 column gap between characters which may be increased up to 9 columns From the Main Screen and hold ie The screen will now show the following The inter character gap can be adjusted via direct number entry or the F2 and F3 keys or via the up or down arrow keys to the right of the screen When the required gap setting is displayed al key to set Note To save the changes permanently reselect the same message Prezal M then al BOLD TEMPORARY BOLDERIZATION tow The Bolderization of the entire message can be changed temporarily The bolderization can be adjusted via direct number entry the or via the or o to the right of the screen When the required bolderization is displayed al key to set Note To save the changes permanently reselect the same message Presa bed then CTRL TEMPORARY EXPIRATION orm E The Expiration in days of the current message can be changed temporarily by holding and hold E on the Main Screen The expiration can be adjusted via direct number entry the or via the A or BA to the right of the screen When the required expiration is displayed al key to set Note To save the changes permanently reselect the same message Prezal M then M 33 CTRL ZEROING THE PRODUCT COUNT crm Zz The product count on the Main screen can be reset to Zero and hold Zi the count is reset without a dialog or question ALT SELECTING AN ALTERNATE LANGUAGE AT E
23. the incrementing number has been initialized to 0001 It will start counting at one and add one on every print six times to append one more field and hold El DI until the first slash is highlighted en Ed until the next slash is highlighted oa E until the last D is highlighted type a Z Now you have an 2o0f5 barcode with a constant 1234 Hour Minute Incrementing number Month Day Year and Shift Code i and hold Ma V_ now the barcode contains the current time and variable information the W key to Store the message PRINTING INCREMENTING amp DECREMENTING NUMBERS L Incrementing Numbers and hold E 4 key A typical Incrementing code would be shown on the editor screen as 0001 The Printer would print an incrementing number for ex 0001 and on subsequent prints 0002 0003 M Decrementing Numbers and hold M lt key A typical Decrementing code would be shown on the editor screen as 9999 The Printer would print an decrementing number for ex 9999 and on subsequent prints 9998 9997 The view inside of the WYSIWYG editor 20 s SERIAL BUFFER Serial buffers are for variable data that comes from a computer There are ten buffers of thirty four characters in length In referencing a serial buffer the format must indicate which buffer to use and how many characters In order to be able to print using the RS232 serial Buffer uses the following procedure an
24. the list of messages If the message to delete does not exist the following error message is displayed ENABLE OR DISABLE PRINTING PRINT ENABLE PRINTING re DISABLE PRINTING eats cre Enable Disable Menu Press and hold Gan Press D When changing messages during the traversing of products before the Printer it may become necessary to disable printing To disable or enable printing to disable or tm to enable Or use and hold lo use M or W to toggle When printing is disabled the ll key MUST BE PRESSED before it will be disabled Printing is enabled immediately when is pressed PRINT INDUCE A MANUAL PRINT TRIGGER pe A manual print trigger can be induced if the print is enabled When the Jet is running the product counter will increment for each induction If latched repeat print is enabled it will start continuous printing 26 HEIGHT TEMPORARILY ADJUSTING MESSAGE HEIGHT The height of the print can be adjusted and affects the vertical distance between printed dots From the Main Screen The screen will display the current height setting this can be adjusted up and down with direct number entry or the use of or via the or o to the right of the screen The range is one 1 to ten 10 When the required setting is obtained ll key to set Note The printed character height can also be altered by moving the printhead closer to the substrate to reduce the height or further away to
25. ther away from before of after printhead To save the changes permanently reselect the same message Press then dl TEMPORARILY REVERSING THE MESSAGE The printed characters can be reversed to suit a product traveling left to right or vise versa From the main screen The screen will display the current orientation this is altered to the other state via the keys When the desired state is displayed press ll key to set Note A change in reverse mode can invariably affect the invert status resulting in the need to change the invert to its other state The reversal of the printed characters can also be attained by spinning the printhead 180 degrees To save the changes permanently reselect the same message Presa ki then al TEMPORARILY INVERTING THE MESSAGE The printed characters can be inverted turned upside down to suit a product traveling left to right or vice versa From the main screen The screen will display the current orientation this is altered to the opposite state via the keys When the desired state is displayed al key to set Note A change in invert mode can invariably affect the reverse status resulting in the need to change the reverse to its other state Spinning the printhead 180 degrees can also attain the inverting of the printed characters MSG To save the changes permanently reselect the same message Press then ALT TEMPORARY INTERCHARACTER GAP AT ice There is a s
26. which do not appear in this list will be printed as entered the itm key to Store the message 17 PRINTING BARCODES Most barcodes can support data from multiple field types The following walk through will guide you into the complex means of printing multiple data type in a single barcode Barcodes in the editor work a little strange to the previous method When you take a closer look the criteria are exactly the same The barcodes which are available UPC or EAN barcodes 12 or 13 Interleaved 2 of 5 2 1 aspect ratio Interleaved 2 of 5 3 1 aspect ratio Interleaved 2 of 5 5 2 aspect ratio Code39 2 1 aspect ratio Code39 3 1 aspect ratio Code128 Self Compression Code128 subset B Code128 subset C QR Data Matrix Create a new message and name it LESSON3 The Key sequences are i L E S S O N al Press the W key five times to select 24 High Selecting a font size does not create a field Some information must be typed before the new font becomes our desired barcode height Type 1234 then press a the cursor must be on a character in the field to convert it into a barcode and hold key twice I2of5 2 1 will be selected 18 to begin appending the barcode with the variable fields key to add the current time gt until the colon is highlighted then oat gt until the next colon is highlighted oa three times once to append another variable field and hold Ar L notice that
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