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1. IMEDIA WIZARD IMEDIA WIZARD To display this menu press the Settings button on the Front Page screen Printer Settings enables you to set many options that control how the printer operates Settings saved by the Media Wizard are indicated by MEDIA WARD in the margin e Vacuum Control turns on the vacuum fans then allows you to raise or lower the fan speed Raise the speed if the media is warped and rising off the platen lower the speed if the media is buckling or wrinkling Turn off the vacuum fans for lightweight media There are three vacuum zones e Input Zone from the media alignment bar to about half way to the input end of the media drive belt This zone is automatically turned off during the media load process until the SHEET READY foot switch is depressed e Pre Print Zone from the media alignment bar to just before the printhead carriage e Print Zone under the printhead carriage e Printing Delay slows throughput media advance speed to allow the media to cool between passes preventing warp ing of rigid media or curling of roll fed media Gutter Settings determines the appearance of the top and side gutters Top Gutters allows you to turn On or Off the gutter data at the top edge of the print which shows the job name ink media date and time printed print mode lamps setting printer embedded software version plus write in blanks for other data e Side Gutters sets
2. e Ifthe Prime Bars still show missing jets map them out see Manual Jet Mapping on page 4 16 or AutoJet on page 4 3 or contact technical support for further instruc tions Close the cabinet door or replace the cabinet into the oper ating position Recover Missing Ink Jets Recover missing jets Purge printheads Tools gt Maintenance gt Perform an Air Purge Dab printheads Print Prime Bars Tools All jets shown in Prime Bars NO Dab printheads with cloth and flush Print Recover Jets Pattern for heads w missing jets Tools gt Maintenance gt Print Recover Jets Pattern All jets shown in Prime Bars NO If Recover Jets Pattern does not recover some jets Map them out with us Calibrate Printer gt Manual Calibrations gt Manual Jet Mapping y OR Calibrate Calibrate Printer gt Auto Calibrations gt AutoJet Calibration Recover Missing Ink Jets 6 13 Clean the Drip Tray When the printer is idle open the output side door of the user end cabinet Slide the drip tray straight and level toward you until it clears its rails and pour any uncured ink into a waste receptacle Cured ink is not hazardous waste If you place the waste receptacle in sunlight the ink will cure and it can be dis posed of as non hazardous waste Scrape any cured ink out of the tray and into a waste recep tacle Replace the drip tray Close th
3. At the end of the Configure Media process see Configure Media on page 2 6 press the Proceed key on the control panel OR from the Front Page screen press the Load Media key Before you can load media you must configure the media as explained in Configure Media on page 2 6 On the control panel menu press one of the following media rollers options e Flat Media media rollers optional which may not be needed for unwarped media the media drive belt and vacuum are sufficient for unwarped media e Warped Media Hold Down media rollers used to pre vent warped media from striking the printhead carriage and keep the media feeding properly When the media rollers are used the printable length is reduced by sev eral inches at the leading and trailing edges to allow the rollers to hold down the media during printing Note The media rollers are not lowered onto the media with any force or pressure other than their own weight They are designed to hold down lighter weight media with a moderate amount of warping They may have no effect on heavier badly warped media For best results use flat media 3 On the menu press the media thickness that is closest to the thickness of the media you are loading Load the sheet of media onto the input table sliding it for ward against the media alignment bar under the rail then left along the media alignment bar until the media touches the media fence Pre
4. Cleaning windo Fig 6 6 Carriage bearings top view user side pair shown 4 Clean the user and service side inside bearings Insert a moistened cotton swab into the bearing cleaning window and clean the bearing by manually pushing the car riage to the left and right Repeat once or twice Remove any large dust particles you see 5 Reattach the carriage cover with the original attachment screws 6 Reposition the user endcap cabinet and reattach the screws 6 10 Clean the Rail and Bearings Recover Missing Ink Jets The printer is designed to operate with a certain number of miss ing clogged or misfiring inkjets that are substituted by other working jets without affecting print speed If your daily startup process as described in Daily Startup on page 1 6 fails to revive all missing jets you can try the following advanced jet recovery measures Tip You may wish to wear gloves during this procedure to prevent staining your hands with ink 1 Setthe Purge Type to High Volume Printer Settings gt Purge Type 2 Select Perform an Air Purge from the menu Tools gt Main tenance gt Perform an Air Purge 3 Select a color a combination of colors or all colors to purge 4 Press the gt Proceed key The printer purges the color s that you selected Caution Purged printheads must be dabbed not wiped before printing or moving the carriage Moving the carriage with wet printheads will cause un
5. and or circumstances that lead to the failure must be identified The following is a list of causes and or circumstances that may lead to printhead failure This list is not considered comprehen sive and any causes and or circumstances that are not identi fied in this list will be evaluated on a case by case basis All printheads submitted for warranty claims will be subjected to failure analysis to confirm the cause of failure The final determi nation of warranty applicability will be provided by this analysis For more information about warranty claims contact technical support see page ii for contact information Causes that are covered by the manufacturer s warranty e Manufacturing defect when a flaw in materials or work manship causes a printhead to fail the failure will be cov ered by the manufacturer s warranty Causes and or circumstances that are not covered by the manufacturer s warranty e Third party hardware or software e Damage caused by accident abuse misuse including dam age resulting from head strikes or use of non approved sup Warranty Claims plies misapplication relocation of product without approved procedures failure to perform user maintenance as defined in the User Manual or contamination of the ink supply due to improper handling of the ink or ink system Printheads which have not been properly maintained as defined in the User Manual and printheads with jet outs that Autodet
6. Measure Media for cut sheet media you can choose var ious levels of precision for finding the left user end right service end and front edges of the media e Minimal measures the width of the media once and finds the front right edge no skew detection e Standard measures the width of the media once and finds the front edge in two places to estimate skew e One Edge measures the user and service end edges on the first sheet user end edge only on subsequent sheets and the front right edge no skew detection For single sheet jobs only not available for multi sheet N UP Works best on jobs with wider margins e Maximal measures the width of the media in two places to estimate skew Choose Minimal for fastest throughput Maximal for greatest precision and skew detection when printing edge to edge Quality Check determines how AutoTune errors are handled see page 4 4 Sleep Wait Time sets the period of time to wait for a print job before going into Sleep mode see page 5 4 Expert Novice Messages Novice mode presents an ATTN Attention key with Warnings alerts that do not pro hibit printing and Actions conditions that require user inter 5 12 Menus vention before printing can proceed Expert mode presents Actions only presents fewer press Proceed prompts after an Action has been addressed The default is Novice mode When in Expert mode active Warnings and Actions
7. The printer prints on the next sheet and will use the same option settings on all of the copies in the print job Load and Print on Rigid Media 2 9 Quick Load Multi Sheet N UP After printing a job if the next job will be printed on the same type of media with the same settings and dimensions you can skip these settings with Quick Load 1 Press the Load Media key on the Front Page screen The control panel displays a menu with a Normal Load and Quick Load option lf the media type or dimensions are dif ferent from the previous job you must select Normal Load 2 Press the Quick Load key 3 Load the media against the media alignment bar 4 Press the Sheet Ready foot pedal or Ready button on the control panel The printer is ready to receive the next job from the RIP Multi sheet N UP allows you to print a multiple copy job on multi ple sheets across the belt and multiple rows of sheets until the job is complete To print multi sheet N UP load multiple sheets on the printer then send a print job from the RIP with a quantity greater than or equal to the number of sheets you loaded The printer will prompt you to load more sheets until the number of copies you specified has been printed You can also print Stored Jobs as multi sheet N UP see Stored Jobs on page 2 11 for details This type of printing works best with an image that has wide mar gins on all four edges but edge to edge printing is also po
8. Umst nden wenn erh hte Luftverschmutzung besteht erfoderlich sein Keine der Bestandteile haben Gefahren standards nach OSHA NIOSH oder ACGIH etabliert Ozon das Hochleistungs UV Licht das von den Aushar tungslampen abgegeben wird reagiert mit Sauerstoff und produziert Ozon Diese Entwicklung ist am gr Bten w hrend die Lampe hochgefahren wird Der Drucker sollte in einem gut gel ftetem Umfeld betrieben werden um geringf gige Auswirkungen wie Kopfschmerzen M digkeit und Austrock nen der oberen Atemwege zu vermeiden Die normale Luft bewegung vermischt das Ozon mit Frischluft wodurch es wieder zu Sauerstoff umgewandelt wird Espanol Luz UV Las lamparas de curado ultravioleta UV emiten luz UV de alta intensidad La impresora debe ser manejada con filtros de seguridad instalados para proteger al operador de posibles da os en ojos y piel Si la operativa del equipo se ajusta a las instrucciones del fabricante no ser necesario el uso de gafas de seguridad ni vestimenta de protecci n 1 18 Important Operating Notes Riesgos mec nicos Mantener los dedos fuera del cam ino tanto del cabezal como del soporte No debe excederse el peso m ximo de carga de las mesas de entrada y salida seg n lo especificado en la etiqueta Tinta Lea y ponga en pr ctica las recomendaciones de seg uridad recogidas en la Hoja de Datos de Seguridad del Material Material Safety Data Sheet MSDS para la tinta y expo
9. coo ns i ede wer dade td ade 6 19 Clean the Quartz Windows 020 0 ccc eee eee ees 6 20 Clean the lonizer Bar 6 22 Printhead Procedures 6 24 Power Down and Restart 0 0 0 cee eet tees 6 25 Specifications Specifications iii based Pa Pek Bode ppi A 2 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Checklist B 2 Head Strike or Carriage Motion Error B 4 Head Strike Recovery LL B 4 Media Feed Errors Sheet Fed Printing B 6 Ink NOt Curing ccoo bean ire iii eke B 6 Shaking or Vibrations from Media Drive Servo B 6 Bandage ecw da Rene ean RR RA B 7 Shutter Errors ssc coi dar rr Phd wb dis B 7 Warranty Claims LL B 8 Diagnostiosi iire nite ee See eee ae E E B 10 Hewlett Packard Technical Services B 11 Supplies and Accessories LL B 12 Index Table of Contents vii viii Table of Contents Chapter 1 Getting Started Quick Tour page 1 2 Basic Printer Operations page 1 6 Important Operating Notes page 1 14 Getting Started 1 1 Quick Tour User End Service End oN FP a a Fig 1 1 Input Side view Input media roller height adjusters Endcap cabinet 2a User End 2b Service End Emergency stop switch Control panel Media fence Multiple sheet positioning pins Media feed belt UV filtered observation window Quick Tour 9 Ink supply access door 10 Ink filter pump access panel 11 Standby power switch foot switch port
10. gt Proceed The control panel displays a numeric keyboard that you can use to enter the number of the bad jet 5 Enter the jet number then press the Enter key 6 When you are finished entering jet numbers press the Esc key The control panel displays the head selection message again Manual Calibrations Press and Y to select the next head number then press gt Proceed Repeat steps 5 through 7 for each head containing bad jets you want to report When you are finished reporting bad jets press X The control panel displays the previous menu Clear Individual Bad Jets 10 11 12 13 14 15 When you select Clear Individual Bad Jets the control panel displays the following prompt Head 1 Press Proceed to clear a bad jet Press A and Y to select a head number then press gt Proceed The control panel displays a numeric keyboard that you can use to enter the number of the bad jet Enter the jet number then press the Enter key When you are finished entering jet numbers press the Esc key The control panel displays the head selection message again Press A and Y to select the next head number then press gt Proceed Repeat steps 11 through 13 for each head containing bad jets you want to clear When you are finished clearing bad jets press X The control panel displays the previous menu View Current Bad Jets When you select View Current Bad Jets t
11. Next press the key to increase the advance until you see blank spaces between swaths Finally press the V key to decrease the advance until the blank spaces are eliminated but avoid dark lines between swaths which indicate overlap This method allows for the Manual Calibrations 4 21 tendency of the media advance to gradually decrease as the size of the supply roll decreases You can pause and resume the printing of the stitch pattern 34 inch 900 mm calibration prints a 34 inch or 900 mm test pattern so you can verify its length with an accurate metal ruler Cut the pattern from the media web then mea sure and adjust the media advance as needed until the pat tern is exactly 34 inches 900 mm long 10 inch 250 mm calibration prints a 10 inch or 250 mm test pattern so you can verify its length with an accurate metal ruler This is not as precise as the 34 inch 900 mm calibration but it uses less media Measure and adjust the media advance as needed until the pattern is exactly 10 inches 250 mm long MEDIA FEED CALIBRATION MARK MEDIA FEED CALIBRATION MARK Fig 4 5 Measure between the calibration marks Manual Calibrations Tip To avoid cutting the 10 inch 250 mm pattern from the media web copy the marks from the printed pat tern to the long edge of a letter size or A4 sheet of paper Then measure the transferred marks and adjust the media advance as needed until the marks
12. Remove the old profiler This signals to the printer that the ink box is being replaced Disconnect and remove the old ink box Install and connect the new ink box Install the profiler that was included with the new ink box Repeat steps 2 through 5 for any other ink boxes you want to replace On the printer control panel press the Resume key Loading Ink 3 7 Loading Ink Chapter 4 Calibrating the Printer This chapter explains how to calibrate the printer for the best possible output When to Calibrate page 4 2 AutoJet page 4 3 AutoTune page 4 4 Auto Calibrations page 4 6 AutoBiDi Calibration AutoH2H Head to Head Calibration AutoJet Calibration Full AutoSet Manual Calibrations page 4 9 Manual BiDi Registration Manual X Head Registration Manual Jet Mapping Media Feed Jet Status Lines Default Registration Data Linearization page 4 24 Calibrating the Printer 4 1 When to Calibrate When to run jobs The printer features several types of calibrations Some should be run routinely others only when necessary Calibration AutoTune page 4 4 Function When printing a large group of print Automatic jet maintenance during extended printing periods When loading a new media but not when loading a new roll of the same media Linearization third party RIP man ual or HP RIP documentation Linearization of colors Note For maximum accurac
13. To prevent fingerprints from showing on printed out put wear gloves while handling the media 4 Load the supply spool onto the supply system bracket You can print on either side of the media by loading the spool so the media spools off the bottom of the roll or the top of the roll Configure the media as explained in Configure Media on page 2 6 At the end of the Configure Media process press the Proceed gt key on the control panel Load and Print on Roll Fed Media 2 15 New Load 10 OR If the media is already configured from the Front Page screen of the control panel press the Load key The printer displays a menu with the following options e New Load loads a new media discards previous settings see page 2 16 e Restore Loaded State loads media using the previ ously used settings when rollfed media is already loaded in the printer but the printer is not in a loaded state This can happen if the printer goes to sleep or is rebooted or if you press the Unload key on the front panel but not physically remove the media from the printer see page 2 19 Follow the procedure on the next sections that corresponds to the load option you choose On the Select Thickness Units screen press the option that corresponds to the units you will use On the Enter Media Thickness screen enter the media thickness or press the Esc key to use the default thickness As prompted by the control pa
14. To save time you can manually switch on or off the lamps on via the control panel Tools gt Turn UV Lamps On Off Ink System Overview 3 3 A Caution Do not switch off the UV lamp power supply unless the lamps have fully completed their con trolled cool down cycle with fans and heat extrac tion Removing power from hot lamps can result in overheating and permanent damage If sudden removal of power occurs contact technical support before starting the printer again Lamp replacement the UV lamps will gradually lose their intensity and therefore their ability to cure the ink At that point you can switch the lamp intensity from Low to High but they will eventually have to be replaced For details see step 5 on page 2 5 and Replacing UV Lamp Bulbs on page 6 19 Unidirectional printing when printing for long periods in one direction unidirectionally the curing ability of the lamps will become unbalanced which could result in insufficient curing or printing anomolies To avoid this occasionally switch between Unidirectional Left and Unidirectional Right printing see Configure Printing on page 2 2 3 4 Ink System Overview Loading Ink When to Load Ink The amount of ink in each ink box is shown in bar graphs on the control panel The control panel notifies you when it is time to exchange an empty ink box with a new one Note A small amount of ink may drip from the connectors when disconnec
15. VideoNet port Standby power switch Foot switch port VideoNet port 12 Fork lift points 13 Sheet Ready foot switch 14 Shop air input Service End of printer industrial quick connect Hose connectio Drain valve 15 Rigid media input table 16 Roll fed media supply spool optional 17 Roll fed media foam rollers storage optional Quick Tour Service End User End Fig 1 2 Output Side view Access door with UV filtered observation window opening any door on the output side will halt printing Output media roller height adjusters Fork lift points Output table Roll fed takeup system optional Printhead wipe station Quick Tour gt o O N y 10 11 12 13 1 sheet Size 48 00 x 48 00 in x 0 25 in Print Area 47 50 x 47 50 in Printable Length 47 50 in remaining 2 3 HP Scitex FB240 HP Scitex FB910 nn Link 100 Mb sec Up Online 1400 ml Attention Items 3 warnings 1080 mi Mode Production Quality Lamps Low Low Ml 1515 ml Media Present A Forward Move Media E E UV Lamps Sleep 5 Off 1 Hours 1 Turn On amps Vacuum Pressure Backward Configure Load 7 Input Roller Down Alignment Bar Up Output Roller Up Door Status All Doors closed 8 Stored Jobs 9 2 Stored 0 Locked Available 551 sq in Free 351 sq in Fig Media infor
16. When the lamps do not cure the output in Production Mode switch to High Quality Mode Front Page gt Print Mode If the lamps are not curing the ink with the lamps set to Low increase the setting to Medium or High Front Page gt Media Wizard Check the quartz windows and clean them if necessary see Clean the Quartz Windows on page 6 20 for instructions If the lamps are still not curing printed output after taking these steps contact Technical Services for assistance in diagnosing the problem The technician may be able to suggest further steps to extend the service life of the bulbs 6 18 UV Lamp Operation and Maintenance Replacing UV Lamp The UV lamp bulbs will gradually lose their intensity and there Bulbs fore their ability to cure the ink The control panel will display a warning message when one or both of the bulbs have been operated for 500 hours but the bulbs may continue to cure printed output for up to 1000 hours The number of hours that each lamp has operated is shown on the Front Page screen Replacing the bulbs as a pair is recommended If the total oper ating time for the right and left bulbs is significantly different printing artifacts may be visible due to uneven ink curing When you replace the bulbs be sure to reset the operating time counter Tools gt Maintenance gt Reset UV Lamp Hours Refer to the instructions that accompany the replacement bulbs for a detailed procedure for replac
17. a keypad to change the printer name displayed on the control panel and RIP Restore All Defaults restores all Printer Configuration settings to their factory default values and zeroes all regis tration data After running this option all printhead calibra tion values must be reestablished by running AutoSet or manual calibrations Menus Tools X Tools To display this menu press the Tools button on the Front Page screen Turn UV Lamps On Off enables you to turn on or off the UV lamps manually instead of automatically when the printer detects a print job For example you may want to turn on the lamps to allow them to warm up before sending a print job from the RIP System Information displays current status information for the printer Maintenance Perform An Air Purge purges the printheads with air as specified under Purge Type see page 5 12 Print Recover Jets Pattern prints a special pattern designed to recover missing inkjets After printing this pat tern the prime bars are printed Access Printheads moves the printhead carriage to the service end for inspection or cleaning Print Jet Out Lines prints a version of the prime bars see page 5 3 in which missing jets that are replaced are marked with a black square Print Media Skew Lines continuously prints a swath of parallel lines across the width of the media in alternating directions until you stop the print If
18. been printed e To lock or unlock the job press the appropriate key Locking a job prevents it from being deleted but sub tracts from the available memory for Stored Jobs e To delete the job press the Delete Job key Load and Print on Rigid Media 2 13 Note If you want to print on a media type that is different from the media specified in a Stored Job or if you must re linearize the printer do not reprint the Stored Job For the best color re send the job from the RIP instead When printing a job the printer checks that the cur rently loaded media matches the media type that was loaded when the job was stored If different a warning is raised You can choose to not print the job or ignore the warning and print anyway Printing on a media type that is different from the original media may result in a noticeable color shift Per forming a linearization and then reprinting a Stored Job may also result in a color shift 2 14 Load and Print on Rigid Media Load and Print on Roll Fed Media If the optional roll fed media supply and takeup system is installed on the printer you can print on roll fed media Fig 2 5 Media route in the takeup system If installed detach the rigid media input and output tables from the printer and set them aside If you will be using the takeup system install the takeup spool see in Fig 2 5 Load the media centered onto the supply spool O Note
19. could result in bow ing of the center of the media and possible contact with the printheads Thinner rigid media such as fluted polypropylene Coroplast are susceptible To avoid warping set a media delay in Printer Set tings gt Printing Delay or in a custom Media Wiz ard parameter set for Fine Text printing This could also be an issue with Sharp Edge print ing although this mode prints at 80 speed so it is less susceptible to excessive heat buildup 4 Press an option to select it The UV lamps settings appear 1 sheet HP Scitex FB910 n 1455 ml Size 48 00 x 48 00 in x 0 25 in Link 100 Mb sec Up Offline 1400 ml Print Area 47 50 x 47 50 in Attention Items 3 warnings 1080 da Printable Length 47 50 in remaining Mode Production Quality Lamps Low Low E 1515 ml Media Present Select Lamp Mode UV Lamps Leading Trailing Off 1 Hours 1 High Vacuum Pressure 5 01 H0 Media Handling Input Roller Down Y Low Y Alignment Bar Up Output Roller Up Door Status All Doors closed Shuttered Stored Jobs 2 Stored 0 Locked Available 551 sq in Free 351 sq in Cancel Proceed Fig 2 2 Select Lamp Mode screen 2 4 Configure Printing Configure the UV lamps operation by touching the High Low or Shuttered options for the leading and trailing lamps Buttons will appear or disappear to present only valid combinations for
20. head calibration page Ifyou have a calibration pattern from a recent print you can use it to calibrate the heads Press X Can cel and go to the next step e If you need to print a new calibration pattern press gt gt Proceed The printer prints a calibration page When the calibration page has printed the control panel dis plays this prompt Take readings from left side of pattern 3 Press the P key The control panel displays this message X Direction Registration Head 2 0 4 Examine the X direction pattern in the left hand group of patterns for the current head and determine which pattern of colored and black lines are the closest to perfectly aligned 4 10 Manual Calibrations Use a printer s loupe or magnifying glass if the patterns are difficult to see i A 6 6 4 2 2 SSSsSsSs8S888 Ss SsSSSS686 2222222828 2 2 2 2 4 ah 4 HEAD TO HEAD X REGISTRATION SOFTWARE VERSION DATE Fig 4 2 Sample head calibration patterns 5 Pressthe or Y control panel keys repeatedly until the number next to the pattern that is closest to aligned perfectly is displayed For example if pattern 1 is the closest aligned press the Y key to change the display to X Direction Registration Head 2 1 If a printhead is extremely out of alignment there may be no pattern in alignment Since the black vertical bars are five pixels apart
21. hierarchical tree format for reference These functions are for factory service and technical support use 5 16 Menus Chapter 6 Maintaining the Printer This chapter describes how to maintain the printer e Maintenance Schedule page 6 2 e Clean the Media Drive Belt and Encoder page 6 4 e Clean the Media Rollers page 6 7 e Clean the Rail and Bearings page 6 8 e Recover Missing Ink Jets page 6 11 e Clean the Drip Tray page 6 14 e Replace Ink Filters page 6 15 e UV Lamp Operation and Maintenance page 6 17 e Clean the Quartz Windows page 6 20 e Clean the lonizer Bar page 6 22 e Printhead Procedures page 6 24 Power Down and Restart page 6 25 Maintaining the Printer 6 1 Maintenance Schedule Task Interval Daily Description Daily Startup Procedure See Daily Startup on page 1 6 Interval Weekly or as needed Clean media drive belt and encoder See Clean the Media Drive Belt and Encoder on page 6 4 Clean carriage rail and bearings page 6 8 Inspect for dust buildup clean if necessary see Clean the Rail and Bearings on page 6 8 Clean the carriage encoder strip Inspect for dust buildup wipe if necessary with plain water Encoder must be fully dry before printing Cured ink buildup on the encoder strip cannot be removed with out damaging the encoder strip Clean ink spills immediately If cured ink buildup on the
22. ink and dust present will be very hard cured so you may need to allow the buildup to soak Then scrub with a non metallic scouring pad to avoid scratching the window or scrape with a razor blade scraper 4 After all of the ink and dust has been removed wipe the quartz windows clean with a lint free cloth moistened with HP Scitex MF50 Flushing Solution 5 With a new lint free cloth dry polish the quartz windows to ensure that no smearing or residue remains 6 If the carriage is at the service end from the Front Page screen of the control panel press the Access Heads key The printhead carriage moves back to the wiping station Clean the Quartz Windows 6 21 Clean the lonizer Bar Output side Input side Fig 6 8 lonizer bar Clean the ionizer bar as needed to maintain its efficient opera tion The ionizer bar cannot eliminate static charges if it is dirty or if its cable is not securely connected A buzzing noise at the ionizer bar and a flickering of the orange neon bulb at the service end of the bar indicates reduced ionizer efficiency This may be due to oxidation or buildup on the tita nium pins lack of a good earth ground or an incomplete cable connection The ionizer bar is attached to the printhead carriage rail 1 Switch off power to the ionizer bar The ionizer bar s power supply is mounted inside the cover on the lower service end of the printer The power switch is located on the side of th
23. is able to substitute in Production print mode Service including upgrades and expansions performed by anyone who is not an Authorized Service Provider Modification of the product without the written permission of HP Product on which the serial number has been removed or defaced or for which you cannot provide proof of purchase and payment Software whether embedded in ROMs or other hardware or contained on diskettes or other media including related manuals and documentation its quality performance mer chantability or fitness for any particular purpose Warranty Claims B 9 Diagnostics The printer includes a series of self diagnostic tests designed to help technical support solve printer hardware problems If one of the tests encounters an error and error message appears which includes Error code always write down this code for future refer ence by technical support e Brief description of the error A series of buttons that allow you to respond to the error In some cases you can ignore the error or enter a further diag nostic routine In other cases you must restart the printer During the course of operating the printer another class of error messages may appear on the control panel In Novice mode the ATTN Attention key blinks on the Ready or Front Page screen when the printer detects an error condition or potential error condition When you press this button the panel displays one or more m
24. performance similar to bidirectional print ing print right to left with the user side lamp or print left to right with the service side lamp e If either shutter is jammed open you may continue printing on thinner media less than 0 5 inches 127 mm printing on thicker media is not recommended due to UV light exposure when the lamps are off the media Troubleshooting Checklist B 7 Warranty Claims The printer is covered by a manufacturer s limited warranty part number 0700117 which includes the printheads The piezo printheads are designed to remain in service for the life of the printer The printer incorporates many automatic and manual features for preventing clogs from occurring and for recovering inkjets that do become clogged see Recover Missing Ink Jets on page 6 11 The warranty terms require that the maintenance procedures contained in this User Manual are followed prior to classifying a printhead anomaly as a printhead failure A printhead failure is defined as any printhead that develops one or more individual jets that do not fire and that cannot be recov ered or replaced mapped out by the AutoJet or Manual Jet Mapping software when printing in Production Mode If the jet s can be mapped out by the software in Production Mode the printhead is deemed to be working satisfactorily and is not con sidered to have a failure In the event of a printhead failure as defined above the cause
25. period con tact Technical Services for instructions Power Down and Restart 6 26 Power Down and Restart Appendix A Specifications Specifications A 1 Specifications imensions Assemble eight inches cm Depth without tables 49 inches 124 cm Depth with tables 121inches 307 cm Width 179 inches 454 cm Weight Assembled Printer without tables 1675 pounds 760 kg Tables only 150 pounds 68 kg Operating Conditions Temperature 68 85 F 20 30 C Relative Humidity 20 80 non condensing Storage Conditions Temperature 30 120 F 34 49 C Relative Humidity 10 80 non condensing Agency Compliance Safety CE UL c UL Emissions FCC A CE Immunity CE Electrical Power Power used 200 240 VAC three phase 34 50 60 Hz 16 Amps maxi mum Required electrical circuit North America Japan 200 240 VAC 20 Amps 3 with NEMA L21 20R locking wall receptacle Lin NEMA L21 20R receptacle 4 pole 5 wire grounding 20A 3 phase locking Ground Neutral Europe 200 250 VAC 16 Amps 30 with 5 pin IEC 60309 wall receptacle Line i IEC 60309 receptacle 5 pin 16A 3 phase 200 240 VAC A 2 Specifications This product can be used with a single to three phase power converter only as specified in the Site Preparation Guide part number 0700116 Required power cord supplied with printer e Part No 0506213 North America UL CSA approve
26. printer DO NOT print on the media drive belt If printing on the belt does occur clean as soon as possible to avoid buildup The ink will continue to cure after initial curing by the lamps mak ing later removal more difficult See Clean the Media Drive Belt and Encoder on page 6 4 for instructions DO NOT attempt to lift the printer by its rail or the media drive motor Lift with a fork lift at marked lifting points only DO NOT operate the printer without the endcap cabinets installed The endcap cabinets are an integral component of the printer s ESD grounding system During operation of the printer they must be attached to the body of the printer with the screws provided in order to avoid an ESD event which could damage printer electronics The endcap cabinets are Important Operating Notes 1 15 also required by UL compliance as protection from UV light and moving parts hazards DO NOT rest or store the roll feed foam rollers lift roller and press roller on a horizontal surface or a persistent flat spot on the roller will be created When not in use store the foam rollers in the storage rack provided see item 16 in Fig 1 1 1 16 Important Operating Notes Safety Warnings English UV light the ultraviolet UV curing lamps emit high power UV light The printer must be operated with all safety shield ing installed to protect the operator from eye and skin dam age When operated accordin
27. the side gutter pattern to Narrow Medium or Wide sizes or turns them Off Side gutter patterns help keep the inkjets open by firing ink through them in a pattern outside the printed image area e Margin Settings Space Between Prints roll fed sets the blank space between print jobs between 0 and 10 inches 25 cm 5 10 Menus e Margins Right and Left Margin sets the amount of blank space for the right and left margins between 0 25 and 5 inches 6 127 mm for roll fed media and between 0 and 5 inches 0 127 mm for rigid cut sheet media eLeading Margin defines the margin on the leading edge of cut sheet media between 0 and 15 inches 0 38 cm Trailing Margin defines the margins on the trailing edge of cut sheet media between 0 and 15 inches 0 38 cm When you set the margins to zero edge to edge print ing on cut sheet media the printer prompts you for an Overprint value This is the distance beyond the edge of the media to print to help avoid a blank strip if the sheet is slightly skewed not perfectly rectan gular or other error is present Note If you load roll fed media after printing on cut sheet media the printer automatically resets the margins to 0 25 inches 6 mm You can still change them at any time Tip You can position an image anywhere on the media by setting the right margin horizontal or x distance from the right edge and leading margin vertical or y distance
28. the swaths are not par allel to each other the media is skewed not feeding straight If there is a noticeable space between swaths or if they overlap the media advance should be calibrated Reset Reservoir Filters after you replace the filters select this option to reset the ink counts to zero See Replace Ink Filters on page 6 15 for instructions Reset UV Lamp Hours resets the lamp s elapsed operat ing time clock to zero The printer displays a warning mes sage when the UV lamps have been in service for a certain period They should be replaced when they are no longer curing the ink To view the total operating time for each lamp press the Status key on the Front Page and advance to the page where this is listed 5 14 Menus Printheads Procedures see Printhead Procedures on page 6 24 for instructions on using the following options e Load Ink in All Heads fills empty printheads with ink e Fill Heads with Ink fills the printheads with ink e Empty Heads Fill With Air fills the printheads with air User Diagnostics User Diagnostics presents an interactive troubleshooting pro gram to diagnose problems before calling technical support It walks you through a series of tests and checks for certain printer functions The printer asks you to make observations or run sim ple tests to help it diagnose problems and suggest corrective actions It has the following sections Printhead
29. 1 Fig 4 4 Sample jet mapping pattern Head 1 of 16 e If aline segment is missing or broken the jet number shown next to it is out If aline segment is marked with a code letter R no replacement S user disqualified soft jetout H user disqualified hard jetout D disqualified and replaced by AutoJet Manual Calibrations 4 17 3 When the calibration pattern has printed the control panel displays a menu with the following options e Report individual soft bad jets enables you to report a soft bad jet which can be automatically reenabled if AutoJet finds it working Report individual hard bad jets enables you to report a hard bad jet which will not be checked or reenabled by AutoJet Clear individual bad jets enables you to clear mark as good a jet e View current bad jets lists the bad jets on a given printhead Clear all bad jets clears marks as good all jets currently marked as unusable A soft bad jet is a jet that you believe is temporarily out based on past performance A hard bad jet is a jet that you believe is permanently out Select an option and follow the corresponding procedure below Report Individual Bad Jets When you select Report Individual Bad Jets the control panel displays the following prompt Head 1 Press Proceed to report a bad jet 4 Press A and Y to select a head number then press
30. Bars key on the control panel to print the Prime Bars e If all jets indicated by a printed line are working the printer is ready to print If there are any missing jets print the Prime Bars again three or four times until all jets are working If any missing jets are present after printing the Prime Bars print a Recover Jets Pattern Tools gt Maintenance gt Print Recover Jets Pattern This is a special pattern designed to recover missing inkjets After printing this pattern the prime bars are printed again e If all jets indicated by a printed line are working the printer is ready to print Ifthere are any missing jets inducated by no printed line print the Recover Jets Pattern again If this shows any missing jets proceed to the next step Recover Jets Part 2 on page 1 10 Basic Printer Operations Daily Recovery Procedure Part 1 Purge printheads Print Prime Bars Repeat 3 4x All jets shown in Prime Bars NO If Prime Bars do not recover all jets Tools gt Maintenance gt Print Recover Jets Pattern Print Recover Jets Pattern for missing jets All jets shown in Prime Bars If Recover Jets Pattern does not recover all jets Go to Part 2 Basic Printer Operations 1 9 Recover Jets Part 2 If any missing jets are observed after printing the Recover Jets Pattern a second time Purge the printheads 9 10 11 12 13 Press the Purge key on t
31. HP Scitex FB910 Printer User Manual LA 0706472 Revision A invent Ca invent Hewlett Packard Company 11311 K Tel Drive Minnetonka Minnesota 55343 United States of America World Wide Web www colorspan com www hp com Technical Support World Wide Web www colorspan com E mail cs support hp com North America Voice 1 800 925 0563 or 1 952 944 4040 Fax wt 952 943 3611 or 1 952 944 8509 Latin America Espa ol Voice 1 952 943 3627 Lara 1 952 944 8509 Europe Middle East and Africa VOICE 31 23 5622000 A TT 31 23 5627944 Ink Sales North America Voice 1 800 723 3002 or 1 952 944 9330 O 1 952 943 8622 Europe Middle East and Africa A iii 31 23 5622000 Flint 31 23 5631240 Copyright 2008 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for techni cal or editorial errors or omissions contained herein Printed in the US Regulatory Statements FCC A DOC Canada Telecommunications Network Statement ES This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are
32. Jet Statistics VideoNet Status VideoNet Connection Carriage Motion Calibration Vacuum Pressure Warnings and Actions List table of all actions and warn ings with cause and recovery Error History displays a list of errors that have occurred since the printer was last powered up Log Error History writes a file containing all of the errors that have occurred on the printer since the printer was put into service for troubleshooting by technical support person nel The file c3 txt is saved on the computer running the HP Software RIP in the C Program Files folder Menus Warnings Actions Print Menus Service Printer e Log System Info general system events including head motion failures and printhead purges are now saved to a log file for troubleshooting by technical support personnel The file c3 txt is saved on the computer running the Software RIP in the CAProgram Files folder Alternatively the log can be printed Service Printer gt Print Info Pages and mailed or faxed When in Expert mode any current Warning Change and Action messages can be displayed by selecting Warnings amp Actions from the menu When in Novice mode press the ATTN icon on the Front Page screen to view these messages See Overview on page 5 2 for further information about Actions and Warnings See page 5 12 for a description of the Expert Novice Messages mode This option prints all of the menu options in a
33. Print on Roll Fed Media Printing Tips Rigid cut sheet media use only flat unwarped undam TTTTtTDO aged sheets with parallel opposite edges and 90 corners Curing continues for 24 48 hours the UV ink will con tinue to cure for a day or two after printing Maximum dura bility and adhesion is achieved after the ink is fully cured e Pausing printing to pause printing press the Il Pause key While printing is paused you can e Perform a Standard Purge of one or more colors to restore missing inkjets e Change media settings vacuum print delay e Pause swap inks see Pause Swapping Ink below Caution Synthetic media commonly used for inkjet printing can build up a static charge especially in environ ments with low relative humidity This charge can pose an electrostatic discharge ESD hazard to persons the printer and other equipment It can be safely discharged by draping a grounded chain or tinsel over the top of the stack of media Printing roll fed media without the takeup cured out put is dry to the touch immediately so roll fed output can be allowed to collect on the floor for example during unat tended printing without using the takeup system with no damage to the output Lighter smaller media rolls for lighter smaller rolls of media you can use the rigid media tables and media rollers to feed the media like rigid media Printing Tips 2 21 Pause Swapping I
34. RONICS ASSEMBLY CONTAINS A LITHIUM BATTERY DEVICE THERE IS A DANGER OF EXPLOSION IF THE BATTERY IS INCORRECTLY REPLACED The battery must be replaced only by authorized service providers and must be replaced only with the same or equivalent type Dispose of this lithium battery device in accordance with local state or province and Federal or country solid waste require ments Important Operating Notes 1 17 Deutsch UV Licht die ultravioletth rtenden Lampen strahlen Hochleistungs UV Licht ab Der Drucker muss mit allen installierten Sicherheitsabschirmungen betrieben werden um den Bediener vor Augen und Hautsch den zu sch tzen Sicherheitsbrillen oder andere Schutzkleidung ist nicht erforderlich wenn gemaB den Herstelleranweisungen gear beitet wird Mechanische Risiken Halten Sie die Finger fern vom Laufwagen und von der Medienzuf hrung Uberschreiten Sie nicht die maximale Gewichtsauslastung der Eingabe oder Ausgabetische die auf dem Etikett aufdruckt sind Tinte lesen und beachten Sie die Sicherheitsrichtlinien wie sie im Material Sicherheitsdatenblatt MSDS f r die Tinte dargestellt sind und bringen Sie das Dokument wie von der aktuellen Rechtsprechung gefordert im Arbeitsbereich an Vermeiden Sie jeden Kontakt mit Haut und Augen Stellen Sie ausreichende generelle und lokale Absaugvorrichtungen bereit Vermeiden Sie das Einatmen von Dampfen Eine Atemschutzmaske k nnte unter auBergew hnlichen
35. Status Press Proceed to check for any wrinkles All Doors closed Stored Jobs X Tu Lew p 2 Stored Locked dil Cancel Fans Proceed Available 451 sq in Free 351 sq in Fig 2 6 Load roll fed media 12 Hold the upper forward Advance Media key down for about five seconds This will help smooth out wrinkles and equalize the tension of the media across the belt Since the fans are off the media should not advance lf the media moves hold on to the media with your right hand while pressing the Advance Media key with your left hand 13 On the control panel press the Turn On Fans key 14 Lower the input and output media rollers to their low est positions Use the adjustment cranks on both the user and service ends to lower the rollers at both ends This will help keep wrinkles out of the media Load and Print on Roll Fed Media 2 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Check for wrinkles in the media across the full length and width of the belt If you see any wrinkles turn off the fans and smooth them out with your hand Repeat steps 11 through 15 until no wrinkles are visible Place the foam press roller 6 into operating position If you are not using the takeup system go to step 23 Align the cardboard takeup core to the media and tighten the collets to lock the core in place Lift the first dancer bar O with the gears and lock in the upper po
36. UV reagisce con l ossigeno e produce ozono Questo processo tende ad essere piu elevato nella fase di riscaldamento delle lampade Il plotter deve operare in un area ben ventilata per evitare leggeri disturbi tipo mal di testa affaticamento e irri tazione delle vie respiratorie superiori Con l emissione di aria fresca l ozono reagisce e si ritrasforma in ossigeno Important Operating Notes 1 21 e Residui pericolosi All interno del gruppo elettrico del plotter si trova una batteria al litio il quale se non sostituita in maniera corretta puo rischiare di esplodere Per tale motivo solamente personale tecnico specializzato deve eseguire tale operazione Per lo smaltimento della batteria usata o danneggiata verificare le modalita locali provinciali o nazi onali in materia 1 22 Important Operating Notes Chapter 2 Printing This chapter shows you how to set print mode and media options load media and print Configure Printing page 2 2 Configure Media page 2 6 Load and Print on Rigid Media page 2 8 Load and Print on Roll Fed Media page 2 15 Printing Tips page 2 21 Checking Jet Health page 2 23 Printing 2 1 Configure Printing The printer can print in several different modes for the combina tion of quality resolution and speed that you require Maximum Speed Jet Mode bidirectional printing Replacement Billboard Quality with 600x300 dpi jobs 811 sq ft hr 74 3 s
37. WN THE PRINTER Constant vacuum at the printheads is required to prevent ink from flowing from the printheads when not printing If the printer must be pow ered down for shipping contact Technical Services for instructions Caution Do not switch off the UV lamp power supply unless the lamps have fully completed their con trolled cool down cycle with fans and heat extrac tion Removing power from hot lamps can result in overheating and permanent damage If sudden removal of power occurs contact technical support before starting the printer again Caution Do not connect any equipment to the line condi tioner for the UV power supply except as specified in this manual To dab the printheads use only genuine HP Scitex MF50 Flushing Solution See Recover Missing Ink Jets on page 6 11 for instructions DO NOT USE ISOPROYPL ALCO HOL The maximum diameter allowed on the takeup spool is 7 0 inches 178 mm on a 3 inch core When the takeup spool has a diameter of 6 5 inches 165 0 mm or more the con trol panel displays a warning about possible print quality issues The supply takeup system can support rolls of up to approximately 125 pounds 56 7 kg The media supply may be wound either printed side out or printed side in but the takeup if used must be loaded printed side in The default head height set to 0 085 inches 2 2 mm above the media The space below the carriage will be 0 070 inches due to the printhead
38. a bater a debe ser reemplazada nicamente por personal t cnico autorizado y s lo por otra igual o equivalente Desh gase de esta bater a de litio seg n los requisitos de tratamiento de residuos s lidos establecidos por su localidad provincia y pa s Important Operating Notes 1 19 Francais Lumi re UV Les lampes s chage ultraviolet UV dif fusent une puissance de lumi re UV importante L impri mante doit tre utilis e en tenant compte de toutes les mesures de s curit mises en place pour prot ger l op ra teur de blessures aux yeux et sur la peau Quand vous uti lisez l imprimante les lunettes de protection et v tements de protection ne sont pas n cessaire Risques m caniques Garder les mains loign es du chariot et du chemin papier Ne pas d passer le poids maxi mum pour des tableaux en entr e et en sortie comme indiqu sur la fiche Encre Concernant les encres lire et respecter toutes les mesures de s curit comme indiqu dans le Material Safety Data Sheet MSDS et placer ce document dans l espace de travail comme requis par la loi Eviter tout contact avec les yeux et la peau Mettre en place une ventilation g n rale et locale ad quate Eviter de respirer les vapeurs Des protec tions respiratoires peuvent tre n cessaires dans des circon stances exceptionnelles lorsque qu une contamination excessive de l air existe Aucun des composant standard n a t tabli comme un
39. al modes Billboard 600x300 811 ft2 hr 75 4 m hr Billboard 600x600 438 ft2 hr 40 7 m2 hr Production 600x300 Production 600x300 High Quality 600x300 High Quality 600x600 438 ft hr 40 7 m hr 225 ft hr 20 9 m hr 225 ft hr 20 9 m hr 112 ft hr 10 4 m hr Specifications A 3 Vacuum Pressure System Nominal relative vacuum 5 0 inches HO Maintains negative relative pressure at the printheads and provides air pressure for purging Since relative pressure is maintained the printer can be operated at various altitudes above or below sea level without adjust ments to the system Compressed Air Customer supplied shop air 80 100 psi 5 6 8 4 Kg cm required for media handling system Media Handling Vacuum belt media drive for easy loading and accurate media feeding Pneumatically operated media rollers and media alignment bar Front and rear roller tables support rigid materials up to 98 4 inches 250 cm in width and 80 inches 203 cm in length 125 pounds 56 7 kg in weight A second set of roller tables optional extends the support of rigid materi als up to 150 inches 381 cm in length Optional Supply amp Take up system supports up to 98 5 inch wide 2 5 m roll fed media on 3 inch cores Maximum Media Thickness 2 75 inches 70 mm Maximum Print Width 98 4 inches 250 cm Edge to edge printing in both width and length of rigid media Maximum P
40. all heads the control panel displays this message Registration Successful Manual Calibrations 4 15 Manual Jet Mapping Jets that are missing or misfiring are usually detected by the Autodet calibration Alternatively you can map out jets manually using the Manual Jet Mapping function You may want to manu ally map weak or misdirected jets that AutoJet does not substi tute Tip Autodet is the automatic version of this calibration see AutoJet on page 4 3 for details Tip For best results print the prime bars and purge the printheads as necessary to ensure the maximum number of working jets See Checking Jet Health on page 2 23 for instructions 1 Press the Calibrate key from the Front Page screen then press Manual Calibrations in the menu 2 Press Manual Jet Mapping in the menu The control panel displays this message Print Jet Map If you have a calibration pattern from a recent print you can use it to calibrate the heads Press X Cancel and go to the next step Otherwise press P 4 16 Manual Calibrations The printer prints a jet map test pattern Head 1 96 95 93 97 a 90 g9 38 87 86 85 84 83 83 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 50 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 53 DI 56 55 54 53 5 gt 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 _ 31 30 29 38 27 26 55 24 23 5 gt he 20 19 T 17 16 a 14 13_ 12__ 11 10 9__ 8 gt 6_ 5 4 3 2
41. amps have shutters which close when lamps are not over the media This prevents the light from causing the ink in the drip tray on the printheads and else where off the media from curing You should be aware of the following characteristics of these lamps when operating the printer WARNING UV light hazard The UV parking station must be installed during printing Excess exposure to high intensity UV light can result in photokeratitis also known as snowblindness or welder s flash AVOID LOOKING DIRECTLY AT THE UV LAMPS VORSICHT UV Licht hoher Intensitat Bitte vermeiden Sie es direkt in die Lampen zu schauen UV light exposure the printer is designed with shields louvers and other features to protect the operator from exposing the eyes and skin to high levels of UV radiation Do not look directly at the UV light High low lamp operation the UV lamps are operated at high intensity only when curing the ink When the carriage is not directly over the media the lamps are switched to a lower intensity e Warm up cool down cycle the UV lamps take about one minute to warm up to operating temperature and about three minutes to cool down fully After printing the lamps must fully complete their controlled cool down cycle before warming up again for the next print job for a total elapsed time of about four minutes During each cycle a countdown timer that shows the time remaining appears on the control panel
42. and Print on Rigid Media o ooocooccooccooco oo 2 8 Quick Load ec cid iaia 2 10 Multi Sheet NUP ec cosida da 2 10 Margis seecae ra e odia 2 10 Using the Camera to Locate the Sheets 2 10 Incomplete Rows 02 eee eee eee eee 2 11 Stored OS cata aa e 2 11 Load and Print on Roll Fed Media 2 15 RO A Soph Goan Se Mea el ca dome a 2 16 Restore Loaded State 1 eects 2 19 Printing TIpsisgsa pagar cde oy Sake eee Pelee Rat eee ee eee eS 2 21 Pause Swapping INK LL 2 22 Checking Jet Health 2 23 Print Prime Bafs criceti pre ee 2 23 Map Out Missing Jets LL 2 23 Print JetOutlingS iii pi ee 2 24 Table of Contents v Ink Ink System Overview LL 3 2 WN Lamps reteset eater Secu ani heal 3 3 Loading lke ss its edd eed ate Pe ae Sa Ree a a 3 5 When to Load Ink iis orde heheh ieee aed 3 5 Unloading an Empty Ink BOX 3 5 Loading a Full Ink BOX LL 3 5 Pause Swapping Ink LL 3 7 Calibrating the Printer When to Calibrate lt coc i fi valid tle ae E ee RA oe en he wae ws 4 2 AUTO Ostia ad dada ari ilicitud 4 3 AUTO TUNE oi io Ze ia e 4 4 Quality GNEck iii ad air a 4 4 Auto Calibrations cirie ene eee a 4 6 Manual Calibrations 0 2 1 ulisse a cae pa ale fava ke cee Sea 4 9 Manual X Head Registration 4 10 Manual BiDi Registration 4 13 Manual Jet Mapping LL 4 16 Report Individual Bad Jets 4 18 Clear Individual Bad Jets eee eee 4 19 View Curr
43. are exactly 10 inches 250 mm apart Tip Run the 34 inch or 10 inch calibration first then run the stitch pattern version to fine tune the media advance accuracy Input MFN enter the Media Feed Number that was dis played after a previous media feed calibration to return to that setting without performing the calibration again Print Jet Out Lines This option prints a version of the Prime Bars in which missing jets that are replaced are marked with a black square Default Registration Data This option resets all registration data Since there is no registra tion data after running this option all calibration values must be reestablished by running the calibrations Manual Calibrations 4 23 Linearization As the density of an image varies from highlights to shadows or from lighter tints to darker tints the printer should accurately reproduce these areas in a predictable or linear fashion The process of linearization or color calibration involves printing and reading color test patches and calibrating the printer to ensure that the expected and printed densities will match This in turn will ensure optimal color matching You should perform a color calibration when e You notice a shift change in color output e Changing media types e Changing print mode only if the most precise color match ing is required Color calibration is a feature of the print server or RIP connected to the printer Refer to the docum
44. as the operator touching the media during printing or the media slipped on the media drive belt due to being warped not flat or there was a problem with the media drive belt encoder Roll fed printing There may be a media feed error What to do Sheet fed printing Do not touch the media during printing Use flat media If the media has a slight bow use the media rollers to hold the media flat against the media drive belt Clean the media drive belt and ts encoder see Clean the Media Drive Belt and Encoder on page 6 4 If regularly spaced blank bands or overlapping bands appear the encoder may be damaged or misaligned in this case contact your Authorized Service Provider or Technical Services Roll fed printing Perform a Media Feed Calibration to ensure accurate media advance The UV curing system uses shutters to block and expose the UV lamps as needed to cure jetted ink or prevent curing of the ink on the printheads A control panel warning message appears if the shutters become jammed shut or closed or if a sensor indicates they are not opening or closing as required this will not interrupt printing Ifthe shutters appear to be opening and closing simply reset the warning message and proceed with printing If one of the shutters appears to be jammed open or closed report this to Technical Services for a possible repair In this case you can continue printing unidirectionally with the working lamp For
45. ays this prompt Print a manual bidi registration page 3 Press gt Proceed The printer prints the calibration pattern you selected 4 When the calibration page has printed the control panel dis plays this prompt Bidi registration Head 1 0 5 Examine the BiDi Registration pattern for the current head and determine which pattern is the closest to perfectly aligned Manual Calibrations 4 13 Use a printer s loupe to select the pattern since the lines in the patterns may be difficult to see Fig 4 3 BiDi Registration pattern 6 Press the A or Y control panel keys repeatedly until the number next to the pattern that is closest to aligned perfectly is displayed For example if pattern 2 0 is the closest aligned press the A key to change the display to Bidi registration Head 1 2 If a printhead is extremely out of alignment there may be no pattern in alignment Since the black vertical bars are nomi nally five pixels apart you can add 5 or 5 to a pattern num ber to shift the colored bars right or left by one black bar Alternatively you can perform the BiDi Registration repeat 4 14 Manual Calibrations edly which will move the head in smaller increments until the head is aligned Press gt gt Proceed The control panel message increments the head number by one Repeat steps 5 through 7 for each of the twelve heads When you have entered registration values for
46. bar pattern by pressing the V and A keys 3 Press the gt Proceed key to continue The printer prints the prime bar pattern The prime bars will show correctly working jets with a solid line and missing jets with no line If the Prime Bars above reveal a blank lines the corresponding jets should be mapped out When all missing jets have been substituted printed output will appear as if all jets are working You can map jets out temporarily soft bad jets or permanently hard bad jets For instructions see AutoJet on page 4 3 or Manual Jet Mapping on page 4 16 Checking Jet Health 2 23 Print Jet Out Lines 161 y Calibrate 1 From the control panel Front Page screen press the Cali brate key The Calibrate menu appears Press Manual Calibrations The Manual Calibrations menu appears Press Print Jet Out Lines The Jet Out Lines pattern prints Substituted jets are marked with a black square 2 24 Checking Jet Health Chapter 3 Ink This chapter describes how to use the ink e Ink System Overview page 3 2 e Loading Ink page 3 5 Ink 3 1 Ink System Overview The printer s ink system consists of the following components Ink boxes bag in box supply of UV cure ink suitable for both flexible and rigid media applications Note Unlike other inks used in wide format printing UV cure ink has a limited shelf life Plan to rotate your in
47. ca 800 723 3002 or 952 943 3636 e Europe 31 23 5622000 e Asia 952 943 3300 e Latin America 800 664 7242 or 952 943 3600 B 12 Supplies and Accessories Index Index 1 600x300 dpi printing 1 12 A ATTN key 5 6 Auto Calibrations 4 6 5 8 AutoBiDi Calibration 4 6 AutoH2H Calibration 4 6 AutoJet Calibration 4 3 4 6 AutoSet 4 6 AutoTune scheduling 4 4 5 9 quality check mode 4 4 Auxiliary power specifications A 3 B Billboard Quality mode 2 2 C Calibration 4 1 5 8 Auto BiDi 4 6 Auto Calibrations 4 6 Auto H2H 4 6 Autodet 4 3 4 6 AutoSet 4 6 AutoTune scheduling 4 4 5 9 bidirectional 4 13 color calibration 4 24 Manual Jet Mapping 4 16 Manual X Head Registration 4 10 quality check mode 4 4 when to calibrate 4 2 Calibration Summary 4 7 Carriage encoder strip cleaning 6 2 Cleaning carriage encoder strip 6 2 Color calibration 4 24 Control panel actions 5 2 ATTN key 5 2 Calibrate Printer 5 8 Maintenance 5 14 navigation keys 5 7 Printer Settings 5 10 Service Printer 5 15 User Diagnostics 5 15 warnings 5 2 Warnings and Actions 5 16 D Default Registration Data 4 23 Diagnostics B 10 E Eject Sheets to Input Side 5 12 Empty Heads 5 15 ESD hazard 2 21 ESD hazards 1 15 F Fill Heads With Flush 5 15 Fill Heads With Ink 5 15 Filters 6 15 Fine Text mode 2 4 Full AutoSet 4 6 G Gutter Settings 5 10 H Head strike recovery B 4 High Quality print mode 2 2 Ink pa
48. can be displayed by selecting Warnings amp Actions from the menu since Warnings will not cause the ATTN key to appear in Expert mode See Overview on page 5 2 for further infor mation about Actions and Warnings Localization sets English or Metric units of measure time and date formats and vacuum pressure units for data displayed by the control panel Low Ink Warning defines the amount of ink remaining in the ink box supply at which the printer will display a low ink message on the control panel Support Rollfed enables or disables support for the roll fed media supply and takeup system If the system does not appear to be working check this menu item UV Lamps Idle Time sets the amount of time the lamps will stay on after printing before they are automatically turned off by the printer The idle time can be set from 1 to 10 min utes Increase the idle time if you are printing several jobs and waiting for the lamps to warm up between prints Decrease the idle time if printing single jobs UV Lamps Warm Up Time if both UV lamps have not warmed up completely when the first print begins printing printing anomolies are likely to occur due to insufficiently cured ink This option allows you to extend the warm up period to ensure that both lamps have warmed up enough to cure the ink completely The current warm up period is dis played on the Front Page printer status pages Printer Name displays
49. cured wet ink to drop onto the media drive belt and lou vers The ink will smoke if it contacts heated louvers 5 Open the output side door of the user end cabinet or care fully wheel the cabinet away from the printer 6 Use a lint free cloth to dab the printheads not a paper towel which could shed fibers that could clog the inkjets 7 The carriage moves out of the wiping station 8 From the Front Page screen press the Prime Bars key e If all jets indicated by a printed line are working the printer is ready to print Recover Missing Ink Jets 6 11 10 11 12 If the Prime Bars show any missing jets dab only the print heads that have missing jets with a lint free cloth moistened with HP Scitex MF50 Flushing Solution e Gently dab the printhead with a blotting motion Do not wipe the printheads e Close the cabinet door or wheel the cabinet back into position Select Tools gt Maintenance gt Print Recover Jets Pattern from the menu for those printheads with missing jets or select all printheads After printing this pattern the prime bars are printed again e If all jets indicated by a printed line are working the printer is ready to print e If there are any missing jets repeat steps 2 through 10 two or three times until all jets are working From the Front Page screen press the Prime Bars key e If all jets indicated by a printed line are working the printer is ready to print
50. d length 19 7 feet 6 m OR e Part No 0602650 Europe Harmonized length 19 7 feet 6 m Optional auxiliary power for vacuum system Supplied 24 volt DC power supply with universal adapters connected from the auxiliary power jack on the vacuum pressure assembly to one of the following 1 Printer s patch panel power outlet configuration as shipped if the power cord to the printer is removed power to the vacuum system is removed If the printer standby power switch is switched off but the power cord is not removed power to the vacuum system is preserved 2 Wall outlet 100 240 VAC 50 60 Hz provides temporary power to the vacuum system when it is necessary to remove power from the printer for service 3 UPS customer supplied uninterruptable power supply output 100 240 VAC 50 60 Hz minimum of 15 watts of power provides battery backup to the vacuum system in the event of a power failure UPS is con nected to the electric wall outlet Printing Technology 16 piezo electric inkjet printheads utilizing Micro Quad Jet Technology Resolution 600 x 600 dpi 600x300 dpi as supported by the RIP Ink HP Scitex FB240 4 color CMYK flexible UV cure inks off head ink sys tem Curing System Print Speeds bidirectional Dual carriage mounted 850 watt shuttered UV lamps Unidirectional modes right only or left only print in approximately half the speed of the corresponding bidirection
51. d by AutoJet see page 3 12 for details Purge printheads purges the printheads to help recover missing jets Follow a purge with a manual dab or blot of the printheads do not wipe with a lint free cloth Print mode sets print quality mode See Configure Print ing on page 2 2 for instructions Turn On Lamps Turn Off Lamps enables you to manually switch the lamps on and off Media Wizard displays the Media Wizard Load visible when media is not loaded loads media See Load and Print on Rigid Media on page 2 8 or Load and Print on Roll Fed Media on page 2 15 for instructions Configure amp Load configures the printer for a media type See Configure Media on page 2 6 for instructions Move media forward backward press the Y key to advance the media forward When you press and hold the V key the media moves faster Press the key to reverse the media back onto the supply spool When you press and hold the key the media moves faster Jobs print and managed Stored Jobs See Stored Jobs on page 2 11 for instructions Calibrate displays the Calibrate Printer menu Option settings displays the Printer Settings menu Tools displays the Tools menu About displays the embedded software version Online offline switch switches network communications on and off between the printer and RIP Front Page 5 5 25 Attention messages bli
52. d the front Note Do not wipe the printheads with a horizontal front to back motion of the cloth Use a vertical dabbing blotting up and down motion working your way across the printhead surface The printheads have very small but very sharp features that can make small tears in the cloth creating conditions for fiber particles to enter the jets and clog The dabbing motion greatly reduces this possibility 3 Repeat for each printhead turning the cloth regularly and remoistening with head flush as necessary 4 When all printheads have been cleaned return the carriage to the user side of the printer 5 Proceed with the remaining daily startup procedures as doc umented in this manual Troubleshooting Checklist B 5 Media Feed Errors Sheet Fed Printing Ink Not Curing Shaking or Vibrations from Media Drive Servo Cause The printer relies on high resolution encoders for high quality output The proper functioning of the encoder wheel that reads the position of the media drive belt is particularly impor tant If the encoder on the media drive motor at the service end of the printer detects more than one inch 25 mm of difference between it and the media drive belt encoder at the user end of the printer a media feed error occurs What to do The most likely causes of this are a dirty belt or encoder or the belt encoder wheel has lost contact with the belt The latter can occur if the shipping bolt was left
53. designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communica tions Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his or her own expense This equipment must be installed exactly as instructed in this manual using only the components supplied If a supplied component ever needs to be replaced it must be replaced with the same part supplied by the manufacturer It is your responsibility to follow these instructions in order to maintain compliance with the FCC regulations Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manu facturer could void your authority to operate this equipment In particular this device must be operated with shielded cables to maintain FCC compliance A booklet is available from the Federal Communications Commission entitled How to Identify and Resolve Radio TV Interference Problems 004 000 00345 4 Write to the U S Government Printing Office Washington DC 20402 This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise for digi tal apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Co
54. door or replace the access panel On the Front Page screen press the Tools key Press Maintenance Press Reset Reservoir Filters If you are not replacing the entire set of filters you can reset the count for an individual filter 6 16 Replace Ink Filters UV Lamp Operation and Maintenance AN For an overview of the UV lamp system see UV Lamps on page 3 3 This section covers the following topics e Operating Tips page 6 18 e Replacing UV Lamp Bulbs page 6 19 Balancing Lamp Hours page 6 19 WARNING UV light hazard Excess exposure to high intensity V light can result in photokeratitis also Known as snow blindness or welder s flash AVOID LOOK ING DIRECTLY AT THE UV LIGHT VORSICHT UV Licht hoher Intensitat Bitte vermeiden Sie es direkt in die Lampen zu schauen Caution Failure to allow the lamps to cool down properly will damage the lamps If you disconnect the power cable from the back of the printer or disconnect the green power cable from the lamp assembly before the cool down sequence has finished you will dam age the lamps UV Lamp Operation and Maintenance 6 17 Operating Tips You can extend the life of the UV lamp bulbs as follows If the head height is significantly above the standard height over the media the curing effectiveness of the lamps will be reduced When the lamps do not cure output sufficiently in Billboard Quality Mode switch to Production Quality Mode
55. e Recover Missing Ink Jets on page 6 11 for instruc tions 1 10 Basic Printer Operations Daily Recovery Procedure Part 2 Purge printheads Dab printheads Print Prime Bars All jets shown in Prime Bars Dab printheads with cloth and flush NO All jets shown in Prime Bars If Prime Bars do not recover some jets map them out Calibrate gt 41 1611 y OR Calibrate Manual Calibrations gt Manual Jet Mapping see Recovering Missing Ink Jets Chapter 6 Basic Printer Operations Printing When the printer is connected to a HP RIP here is how a typical print job progresses from the client workstation to the printer If you are using a non HP RIP refer to the documentation that accompanies it for details 1 The operator sends a file to be printed from a client workstation for example by copying the file to a Hot Folder 2 The print job is received by the RIP Once it reaches the print server the print job may be reprior itized combined with other jobs re routed or otherwise manipulated Refer to the online help or manual for instruc tions The raster image processing RIP process translates the PostScript language data that comprises the print job into the data required by the printer 3 The RIP sends the image to the printer for printing or depending on its route to an output queue for printing later Tip To avoid the UV lamps
56. e cabinet door 6 14 Clean the Drip Tray Replace Ink Filters The control panel displays a Warning message on the control Panel when 20 liters of ink have passed through the filters Replace all four filters as a set if possible Failure to replace the filters will eventually cause the filters to clog and prevent ink from reaching the printheads Have a paper towel ready to catch the small amount of ink that will spill out of some of the tubes and the filter itself as you dis connect them You may also want to wear protective gloves dur ing this procedure 1 Access the ink filter area by opening the input side access door on the user end endcap cabinet OR by removing the lower access panel of the cabinet 2 Cut the zip tie to release the filter from its retaining strap See Fig 6 7 for location Connector Filter Zip tie a A amp Pa ies A E Retaining strap miri Connector Fig 6 7 Filter connections 3 Unscrew the hose connectors Luer fittings from the filter See Fig 6 7 for location 4 Remove the old filter Replace Ink Filters 6 15 10 11 Position the new filter into the retaining strap The filter s label has an arrow that indicates the direction of flow Install the filter with the arrow pointing up Connect the hoses to the top and bottom of the filter and tighten the connectors Secure the filter to the retaining strap with a zip tie Close the endcap cabinet
57. e menace our OSHA NIOSH ou ACGIH Electricit Lorsque la touche ON OFF est sur la position OFF l lectricit est quand m me fournie aux composants de l imprimante Pour teindre totalement l imprimante il faut d brancher le c ble lectrique de la prise Ozone L mission importante de lumi re UV mise pour le s chage par les lampes r agit a l oxyg ne et produit de l ozone Cette r action tend a tre plus importante au moment du d marrage des lampes L imprimante doit tre utilis e dans un espace ventil pour viter des r actions mineures de type maux de t te fatigue s cheresse de la partie sup rieure de l appareil respiratoire Un mouvement normal de l air mixe l ozone avec de l air frais pour revenir a de l oxyg ne D chets hasardeux Le syst me lectronique de l impri mante contient une batterie en lithium Il y a un danger d explosion si la batterie n est pas correctement remplac e La batterie doit tre remplac e par du personnel autoris par le fournisseur et doit tre remplac e par un type de batterie 1 20 Important Operating Notes identique ou quivalent Se d barrasser de cette batterie en lithium en accord avec la r glementation de gestion des d chets locale r gionale ou gouvernementale Italiano Luce Ultravioletta UV Le lampade UV emettono raggi ultravioletti ad alta intensita Bisogna operare il plotter con tutti i filtri di protezione installati per prot
58. e power supply 2 Verify that the cable connected to the service end of the ion izer bar is fully seated and completely threaded into position 3 Use an ohm meter to measure the resistance between the metal electronics assembly and the metal bars that run the length of the onizer bar The measurement should be less than 1 ohm after subtract ing the resistance of the test leads If so no cleaning is nec essary Go to step 5 4 Brush the titanium pins with a soft metal bristle brush part number 0602665 6 22 Clean the lonizer Bar 5 Y Tip Switch on power to the ionizer bar If the pins are clean there will be no buzzing sound and the orange light will remain off otherwise repeat this procedure If the printer is located in a high humidty environ ment or if you have not noticed problems associ ated with static discharge the ionizer bar may not be needed Switching off the ionizer bar during peri ods of high humidity or when otherwise not needed will significantly lengthen the life of this component and reduce required maintenance Clean the lonizer Bar Printhead Procedures The printer uses air pressure to both fill and evacuate ink and printhead flush from the printheads The following functions are available from the menu at Tools gt Maintenance gt Printhead Procedures Load Ink In All Heads when installing ink for the first time or when restarting the printer after an extended p
59. e that you know works correctly and is not connected to the print server to check this There may be another error condition reported by the print server Is the print quality good YES Then the problem is not covered in this checklist Contact technical support NO The following could be the problem Banding or general poor image quality the print heads may need to be calibrated see Chapter 4 Cali brating the Printer One or more inkjets may be clogged or not firing Inaccurate color or under or over saturated output the wrong color profile may be selected at the print server or RIP Refer to the documentation that accompa nies the print server or RIP Inaccurate color or lack of detail one or more ink jets may be clogged or not firing see Recover Missing Ink Jets on page 6 11 Media buckling or media feed problems the wrong media could be selected in the Media Wizard see Con figure Media on page 2 6 The media may not have been loaded squarely See Load and Print on Rigid Media on page 2 8 Head strike if the printhead is striking the media check how the media is tracking from the supply spool to the takeup spool The sides of the media should be paral lel to the sides of the printer with no wrinkling or buck ling If necessary reload the media Also check the Troubleshooting Checklist B 3 Head Strike or Carriage Motion Error Head Strike Recovery con
60. ectly flat printing direction screen If you are selecting a unidi rectional mode and the user side lamp has a much larger number of service hours than the service side lamp rebalance these hours by selecting Unidirec tional Print From User to Service Side This will turn off the user side trailing lamp and cure with the service side leading lamp only Y Tip The service hours for each lamp is shown on the If the service side lamp has more hours than the user side lamp select Unidirectional Print From Service to User Side Service side lamp Service end User side lamp User end Fig 2 1 Printhead carriage 3 Press a direction option to select it In Production and High Quality modes a menu appears with these options e Normal prints at full speed e Sharp Edge improves the appearance at the edges of larger text colored borders graphics and images by directing the inkjet overspray into the printed area This mode requires an additional print pass than Normal mode Not available with unidirectional printing or in Bill board mode Configure Printing 2 3 e Fine Text prints at half the normal head speed to improve the output quality of fine text and line art by elim inating overspray A Caution Printing in Fine Text mode which prints at 50 of the speed of the normal Production and High Quality modes may expose the media to excessive heat from the UV lamps which
61. eggere l operatore da eventuali esposizioni dannosi agli occhi e alla pelle Se ci si attiene alle disposizioni e istruzioni d uso del fabbricante non sono necessary occhiali o ulteriori materiali aggiuntivi di protezione Rischi parti meccaniche in movimento Tenere le dita e le mani lontano dal movimento del supporto delle testine di stampa Non eccedere il peso massimo consentito sui tavoli di supporto come specificato sulle etichette Inchiostri Leggere attentamente le istruzioni e le racco mandazioni degli inchiostri contenute nella documentazione Material Safety Data Sheet MSDS e metterlo in chiara esposizione all interno dell area di lavoro come prevede la normativa di legge Evitare qualsiasi contatto con gli occhi e la pelle Assicurarsi che l ambiente di lavoro sia sufficente mente ventilato Evitare di respirare le emissioni di vapori L uso di una maschera di protezione potrebbe essere neces saria in una situazione eccezionale con un eccessiva con taminazione dell aria Nessuna delle sostanze contenute negli inchiostri tiene emissioni standard come descritte da OSHA NIOSH o ACGIH Sistema elettrico Anche se l interruttore di accensione si trova nella posizione spenta OFF potrebbe comunque fornire tensione a componenti del plotter Per staccare total mente la tensione elettrica scollegare completamente cavi di alimentazione dalle relative prese Ozono La elevate intensita ultravioletta delle lampade
62. encoder strip causes printing errors contact your Authorized Service Provider or Technical Services for a replacement Interval As needed Clean printheads See Checking Jet Health on page 2 23 To recover jets with a purge see Recover Missing Ink Jets on page 6 11 Clean quartz windows See Clean the Quartz Windows on page 6 20 Clean ionizer bar Clean media rollers The ionizer bar should be cleaned as needed to maintain its effectiveness See Clean the lonizer Bar on page 6 22 Uncured ink that has been rolled over by the media rollers can be cleaned with a paper towel and isopropyl alcohol Drain the compressed air condensate reservoir Condensate from the compressed air collects in a reservoir attached to the pressure gauge at the shop air connection This resevoir should be checked occasionally and drained when nec essary See page 1 3 for location Interval At control panel warning Replace ink filters See Replace Ink Filters on page 6 15 Replace all four filters as a set to prevent ink pump failure The control panel will display a Warning message when 20 liters of ink have passed through the set of filters You may continue printing past this point but printhead fill errors may occur 6 2 Maintenance Schedule Task Description Replace UV lamp bulbs See Replacing UV Lamp Bulbs on page 6 19 The control panel warns you w
63. ent Bad Jets 4 19 Clear All Bad Jets 4 20 Jet Status LINES ici a a aa 4 21 Media Feed Calibration LL 4 21 Print Jet OUT LINES 5010 re 4 23 Default Registration Data 4 23 Linearization ceri el di eee a 4 24 Using the Control Panel STO A e ea La 5 2 Front PAIS es ci a de era ti 5 3 Menu Tree miii da ata rd das pa 5 7 MENUS Lili i 5 8 Calibrate Printer i cocraiho iii te ii 5 8 Printer Settings assapora ERA ERRE Rata 5 10 TOOIS sci heaven dio drid ada aioe I Lio 5 14 Maintenance sio iS anes ai a weed were eects 5 14 User Diagnostics psc cers enrere nea kapinaa n A a 5 15 Warnings amp ACtiONS LL 5 16 Print MenUs sa e Baek AE a e o ee 5 16 Service Printer ica cs oret A e ds 5 16 vi Table of Contents Maintaining the Printer Maintenance Schedule tte ees 6 2 Clean the Media Drive Belt and Encoder 6 4 Media Drive Belt c ca a ke daa ed ee Seka ewes 6 4 Media Drive Belt Encoder 0 0 e eee eee eee 6 5 Clean the Media Rollers 0 0 00 e cece ete eee 6 7 Clean the Rail and Bearings 2 0 0 c cece eee eee 6 8 Palinsesti coh cus are iaia Sate 6 8 Carriage Bearings LL 6 9 Recover Missing Ink Jets 6 11 Clean the Drip Tray anaana 6 14 Replace Ink FllterS 0o iii rre ec E e 6 15 UV Lamp Operation and Maintenance ee eee aee 6 17 Operating TipSes nale i Pea a de 6 18 Replacing UV Lamp Bulbs LL 6 19 Balancing Lamp Hours
64. entation that accompanies the RIP for further information 4 24 Linearization Chapter 5 Using the Control Panel This chapter describes the functions of the control panel e Overview page 5 2 e Front Page page 5 3 Menu Tree page 5 7 e Menus page 5 8 Using the Control Panel 5 1 Overview The touch screen control panel shows you the printer s current status and enables you to interact with the printer when chang ing media and ink respond to an error condition or configure options The control panel provides various forms of online user assistance The button provides an explanation of the current function with some guidance for what to do next The ATTN Attention key blinks on the control panel when the printer detects an error condition potential error condition or when you make a change that suggests recalibration or other action to ensure best print quality There are two types of ATTN messages e Actions the printer has detected an error condition that stopped printing or will prevent printing from starting You must correct the error before the printer will be ready to print Warnings the printer has detected a condition that if left unaddressed could result in substandard prints or a condi tion that will require an action before printing can continue Any action on your part is optional Printing is not inter rupted for a Warning message When the printer issues one of th
65. ese messages the ATTN key will blink and an alert beep will sound unless disabled see page 5 13 Press the ATTN key to display a list of message titles and select a title to display a detailed cause and recovery screen If you choose to not correct a Warning condition and resume printing the ATTN key will remain displayed but will not blink until the printer issues a new Warning or Action message The messages can be dismissed by correcting the condition or by pressing the applicable key on the detail screen Tip To disable the ATTN key switch to Expert Mode Expert mode routes most messages to an Actions amp Warnings menu option See page 5 12 for instruc tions on choosing Expert mode 5 2 Overview Front Page The Front Page is the primary control panel interface The most common operations can be initiated from this screen 1 2 3 sN n HP Sci FB240 1 sheet HP Scitex FB910 e Size 48 00 x 48 00 in x 0 25 in Link 100 Mb sec Up Online E 1400 ml Print Area 47 50 x 47 50 in Attention Items 3 warnings Zz 1080 ml Printable Length 47 50 in remaining Mode Production Quality Lamps Low Low 1515 ml Media Present 4 ED C a UV Lamps Sleep Forward Move 5 gt IO Media 1 Hours 1 gt 4 ZA Vacuum Pressure Backward 6 Turn On Configure ae Li ad O smn Media Handling Input Roller Down 7 Alignment Bar Up Output R
66. essages of the following types Warnings the printer has detected a condition that if left unaddressed could result in substandard prints or a condi tion that will require an action before printing can continue Any action on your part is optional e Actions the printer has detected an error condition that stopped printing or will prevent printing from starting You must correct the error before the printer will be ready to print In Expert mode you can display current messages via the menu option Warnings amp Actions Diagnostics Hewlett Packard Technical Services For service and support contact Hewlett Packard Technical Ser vices e World Wide Web www colorspan com Internet E mail cs support hp com United States and Canada e Telephone 800 925 0563 or 952 944 4040 Fax 952 944 8509 Latin America e Telephone 1 952 943 3427 or 1 952 943 3627 Fax 1 952 944 8509 Europe Middle East Africa e Telephone 31 23 5622000 e Fax 31 23 5627944 Asia Pacific e Telephone 1 952 943 3320 Fax 1 952 943 3313 Hewlett Packard Technical Services B 11 Supplies and Consult HP or your HP representative for an updated listing of Accessories supported ink and media Use only genuine HP inks and flushing solution in the printer Use of any other inks or cleaning fluids could damage the printer and will void the warranty Supplies Sales e North Ameri
67. example you cannot set both lamps to Shuttered e For standard media listed in the Media Wizard leave the lamp settings at their default values then adjust as needed e Faster print modes require higher lamp settings to ensure sufficient curing e Ifthe ink is not curing increase the setting The lamps will gradually lose curing effectiveness so increasing the setting eventually may become necessary For infoma tion about UV lamp life see Replacing UV Lamp Bulbs on page 6 19 e If the media is wrinkling or warping from the heat of the lamps lower the setting Press Proceed to save the settings and return to the Front Page or Cancel to restore the previous print mode settings Configure Printing 2 5 Configure Media Load a7 Configure amp Load Before the printer will accept a print job it must be configured for a specific media type The currently configured media type if any is displayed in the upper left corner of the control panel 1 Ifthe control panel displays the media type you intend to print press the Load key and go to Load and Print on Rigid Media on page 2 8 Otherwise go to step 2 2 From the Front Page screen press the Configure amp Load key The Select Media to Load menu appears The list of media ends with the option Create Media Type Tip Start by using one of the standard media types If you are not using a standard media type select the standard
68. f the printer such as edge to edge and dou ble sided printing e Material Safety Data Sheets information for safe han dling of the inks and printhead flush used with the printer If you are using the HP Software RIP e HP Software RIP User Guide describes how to use the RIP e Printing Tools User Guide describes how to add print ers to your operating system and how to use the utility soft ware If you are using a third party RIP with the printer refer to the documentation that accompanies it for instructions Related Documentation Table of Contents Regulatory Statements LL iii o A anale ita iii DOG Canada 18 citrato e RI dee Sak iii Telecommunications Network Statement iii Related Documentation iv Getting Started Quick TOU i pi cia AE Pa eee i 1 2 Basic Printer Operations LL 1 6 Daily Startup ich 1 6 Recover Jets Part 1 eee 1 8 Recover Jets Part2 00 eee 1 10 PrimN Aurelia e e Banke ee RE ae ele 1 12 600x300 Printing iii heed a seeded 1 12 Daily Shutdown LL 1 13 Important Operating Notes 1 14 Safety Warnings LL 1 17 ENglishi sesti dial a ia i ie 1 17 Deutsch cia tan Da a a ei 1 18 Espanol kryeni laa ba 1 18 Francais iui ii dh dog bhi ee beh hey eee 1 20 ANAM Osos isso des al FARE e Re RGR Ben eee ee oo 1 21 Printing Configure Printing i 2 2 Configure Media espia yee eb pba ea e et 2 6 Media WIZard ciccia cda a o eed ws 2 7 Load
69. from the leading edge Since the image appears upside down as it emerges from the printer the upper left corner of the image will appear at this point Print Position when the printed image does not span the entire width of the media positions the printed image flush left nearest the control panel or user side flush right or centered on the media e Print White Space provides the option of causing the printer to advance the media past white space in the docu ment file without the usual printing carriage motion The Menus 5 11 printer will finish curing any printed areas before skipping white space Head Height off Media automatically raises the rail to set the printhead clearance from the media at the height you specify A lower height reduces overspray but increases the chances for a head strike on the media Bidi calibration is automatically adjusted for changes in this value Eject Sheets to Input Side after printing reverses the media feed and ejects the printed sheet out the input side This makes it possible for the operator to perform all opera tions on the input side of the printer and makes the work flow for two sided printing more efficient Two sided printing of Stored Jobs always ejects out the output side See Stored Jobs on page 2 11 for details Purge Type Select Low Volume to clear most jet outs or High Volume to clear stubborn jet outs default expels more ink
70. g test pattern see Fig 4 4 on page 4 17 that shows which jets are working and which jets are out but does not run the Manual Jet Mapping calibration see Manual Jet Mapping on page 4 16 for information This calibration allows you to calibrate the accuracy of the media advance Inaccurate media advance can result in blank spaces between print swaths too much advance or overlapping swaths too little advance The Media Wizard stores this value by media type and displays a media feed number MFN which you can record for subsequent entry The media feed number enables you to quickly specify a known good media feed setting without recalibration For example you could keep a list of media feed numbers by media type or by media type and full half and nearly empty supply rolls Tip You can also adjust the media advance while a print job is printing Repeatedly press the increase advance or decrease advance button shown on the control panel to eliminate blank spaces or overlap between print swaths When you do this the media feed number displayed on the control panel changes accordingly 1 Onthe Manual Calibrations menu highlight Media Feed 2 Press the Y Menu In key to select the option Stitch pattern First allow the printer to print the following number of swaths depending on the mode you want to cali brate e 16 swaths in High Quality mode or e 8swaths in Production mode or 4 swaths in Billboard mode
71. g to manufacturer s instructions safety glasses or other protective clothing are not necessary Mechanical hazards Keep fingers away from carriage and media path Use a fork lift truck to lift the printer Do not exceed the maximum weight load of the input or output tables as printed on the label Ink read and practice safety guidelines as outlined in the Material Safety Data Sheet MSDS for the ink and post the document in the work area as required by prevailing law Avoid any contact with skin and eyes Provide adequate general and local exhaust ventilation Avoid breathing vapors Respirator protection may be required under excep tional circumstances when excessive air contamination exists None of the component substances have established exposure standards per OSHA NIOSH or ACGIH Electrical WITH THE POWER SWITCH IN THE OFF POSITION POWER MAY STILL BE SUPPLIED TO THE PRINTER COMPONENTS To completely cut power from the printer you must unplug the power cord from the power outlet Ozone the high power UV light emitted by the curing lamps reacts with oxygen and produces ozone This forma tion tends to be greatest during lamp start up The printer should be operated in a well ventilated area to avoid minor effects such as headaches fatigue and dryness of the upper respiratory tract Normal air movement will mix the ozone with fresh air causing it to revert back to oxygen Hazardous waste THE PRINTER ELECT
72. hanged during printing Printing in Heavy mode is slower than in Light mode due to the shorter media advances but reduces the chance of damage to the media belt drive motor Visible to Printer if Yes the media sensor and image sensor will be used If No the media sensor and image sensor will not be used with clear films for example Print Mode quality and direction settings see Config ure Printing on page 2 2 UV Lamps see Configure Printing on page 2 2 for the possible UV lamp settings Vacuum this option turns on the vacuum fans and displays A and Y keys on the control panel Press A and Y to raise or lower the fan speed for each zone input zone between the pinch rollers and print zone Observe the media as the fan speed changes If the media is lifting off the belt increase the fan speed If the media advance seems impeded by the vacuum decrease the fan speed Printing Delay press the A and Y keys on the con trol panel to increase or decrease the delay seconds per print swath To increase throughput decrease the delay 4 Press Proceed to load the media or press Cancel to dis card your changes Media Wizard To view or delete settings for an existing media type press the Media Wizard key The Media Wizard also lets you create a a media type without configuring it as the currently loaded media Media Wizard Configure Media 2 7 Load and Print on Rigid Media 1
73. he control panel displays the following prompt Head 1 Press Proceed to view bad jets Manual Calibrations 4 19 16 Press A and Y to select a head number then press gt Proceed The control panel displays a message that lists the bad jets by number 17 Press to return to the head selection screen 18 Repeat steps 16 and 17 for each head you want to check for bad jets 19 When you are finished clearing bad jets press X The control panel displays the previous menu Clear All Bad Jets When you select Clear All Bad Jets the control panel dis plays the following prompt Are you sure you want to clear ALL reported bad jets Press X to cancel this function or Press Proceed The control panel displays this message Do you want to clear the hard bad jets Press No to clear the soft bad jets only Press Yes to clear both the hard and soft jets The control panel displays this message All reported bad jets have been cleared 20 Press Proceed When you have finished mapping jets the following sum mary appears on the control panel x soft jets currently reported bad x hard jets currently reported bad x new soft bad jets reported x new hard bad jets reported x previous soft bad jets cleared x previous hard bad jets cleared where x is the number of jets 4 20 Manual Calibrations Jet Status Lines Media Feed Calibration This option prints the Manual Jet Mappin
74. he control panel to purge the print heads Follow the instructions on the control panel screen The printer will detect when you open and close the endcap access door and remove and reinstall the drip tray to deter mine when you have completed certain steps in the proce dure Press the Prime Bars key and examine the printed bars e If all jets indicated by a printed line are working the printer is ready to print If the Prime Bars show any missing jets dab only the printheads that have missing jets Dab or blot the print heads with a lint free cloth moistened with HP Scitex MF50 Flushing Solution Print the Prime Bars again Print the Recover Jets Pattern for those printheads with missing jets After printing this pattern the prime bars are printed again e If all jets indicated by a printed line are working the printer is ready to print e If there are any missing jets repeat steps 9 through 12 two or three times until all jets are working If the Prime Bars show any missing jets map them out using the Manual Jet Mapping function Calibrate gt Manual Cali brations gt Manual Jet Mapping See Manual Jet Map ping on page 4 16 for instructions Select Report individual hard bad jets to map out these jets permanently Alternatively you can run AutoJet to automatically map out jets See AutoJet on page 4 3 for instructions You can attempt to recover the remaining missing jets again Se
75. he ionizer bar is not switched off in Sleep mode but may be turned off manually at its power supply inside the cover on the service end of the stand During Sleep mode the carriage is moved back and forth a short distance to prevent flat spots from developing on its wheels Wake powers up the printer components The printer goes into sleep mode automatically after a user defined period of time See page 5 12 and wakes automatically when a print job is received or a printer operation is performed from the control panel will begin to seep from the printheads and onto the drip tray A Caution If printhead vacuum is lost during Sleep Mode ink To prevent ink leakage during an unexpected power outage use the vacuum pressure system s 24 volt auxiliary power supply and connect it to an uninter ruptable power supply UPS See Appendix A for specifications It is not necessary to connect the entire printer to a UPS only the vacuum pressure system needs to be connected to avoid ink seep age 5 4 Front Page 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Print prime bars fires all jets by drawing a set of lines called prime bars This is a good way to inspect and prepare the jets for printing after they have been idle see Print Prime Bars on page 3 9 You can also print a similar pat tern called Print Jet Out Lines which shows which jets have been detected and replace
76. hen either of the UV lamp bulbs have been illuminated for 500 hours but they may be usable for many more hours beyond that point Bulb life will vary The bulbs must be replaced when they no longer cure the UV ink suffi ciently Maintenance Schedule 6 3 Clean the Media The printer relies on high resolution encoders for high quality Drive Belt and output The proper functioning of the encoder wheel that reads Encoder the position of the media drive belt is particularly important If the encoder wheel and belt become dirty lose contact with each other or become damaged banding in prints or printer malfunc tion may occur Clean the media drive belt every day and the encoder wheel once per week A Caution The media drive belt encoder is a high precision electronic instrument that is easily damaged Use extreme caution when cleaning and handling the encoder assembly Media Drive Belt 1 Remove any media from the media drive belt and tables 2 Stand at the user end of the printer next to the control panel 3 Hold a clean lint free cloth against the media drive belt just below the level of the input table If the belt has been printed on moisten the cloth with isopro pyl alcohol 4 On the Front Page screen of the control panel press the Media Forward Backward buttons to move the belt until it is clean If necessary remoisten the cloth or allow cured ink on the belt to soak with isopropyl alcohol before w
77. her Intensit t Bitte vermeiden Sie es direkt in die Lampen zu schauen Caution Avoid depositing skin oils onto the quartz windows Skin oils left on the quartz windows could cause the windows to shatter when heated Note If the quartz window is becoming opaque devitrifi cation or is chipped cracked or cannot be cleaned then it should be replaced to ensure that the ink can be cured To perform this procedure you will need e Protective gloves and safety glasses Lint free cleanroom cloths e HP Scitex MF50 Flushing Solution in small squirt bottle e Non metallic scouring pad or razor blade scraper 6 20 Clean the Quartz Windows 1 ALLOW THE LAMPS TO COOL COMPLETELY BY FIN ISHING ALL PRINTING AND WAITING FOR AUTOMATIC SHUTOFF OR PRESSING THE LAMPS OFF BUTTON ON THE CONTROL PANEL Do not perform this procedure when the lamps are on or have not cooled completely 2 From the Front Page screen of the control panel press the Tools key then select Maintenance gt Access Printheads The printhead carriage moves to the access position at the service end of the printer You will now be able to access the service end quartz windows from below the carriage Access the user end quartz windows with the carriage at the user end after removing the drip tray 3 Moisten a lint free cloth with HP Scitex MF50 Flushing Solu tion and wipe the quartz plates to moisten soften and remove the cured ink and dust Any
78. il the calibration data for each head The AutoJet detail reports how many jets were mapped out by AutoJet how many are per manently mapped out by the operator and whether the head is usable from a jetout standpoint in the various print modes The higher quality modes Production and High Quality use jet replace ment so they can print successfully with a greater number of jets out than can Billboard mode 4 6 Auto Calibrations AutoSet Summary when enabled a table of the results of the Full AutoSet calibration is printed after the AutoSet test patterns When you enable the AutoSet Summary you can show or hide the detailed calibration data Auto Calibrations 4 7 Fig 4 1 Auto calibration patterns and reports Auto Calibrations Manual Calibrations When you run the calibrations from this menu you evaluate the E calibration test patterns visually and enter the calibration values via the control panel Note The manual BiDi and X head calibrations are time consuming and can be error prone but is necessary when calibrating transparent media or other media that the printer s digital image sensor cannot cali brate Before calibrating the printer first clean the printhead jets See Checking Jet Health on page 2 23 for tips on detecting and recovering missing jets 1 Press the Calibrate key from the Front Page screen then press Manual Calibrations in the menu The Manual Calibration
79. ing the lamps Note The UV lamps contain heavy metals and other ele ments that should be disposed of as hazardous waste They should be taken by a hazardous waste service or facility that accepts mercury lamps Balancing Lamp Hours If you do an extensive amount of unidirectional printing or other wise print with only one lamp the lamps different hours of ser vice will eventually cause the lamps to cure ink differently and reach end of life at different times This would result in ink curing anomolies To avoid this switch between left only and right only printing as needed to equalize the lamp hours See Configure Printing on page 2 2 for instructions The printer software will display a Warning message if the differ ence between the right and left lamps service hours exceeds 300 but you can display the lamp hour counts at anytime by pressing the Status key on the Front Page and advancing to the page where the number of hours are listed UV Lamp Operation and Maintenance 6 19 Clean the Quartz The quartz windows protect the UV lamp cartridges from ink Windows media and environmental dust They should be checked period E ically for dust buildup which reduces the curing efficiency of the UV lamps UV light can result in photokeratitis also known as snowblindness or welder s flash AVOID LOOKING DIRECTLY AT THE UV LIGHT de WARNING UV light hazard Excess exposure to high intensity VORSICHT UV Licht ho
80. installed which keeps the encoder wheel raised of the belt for shipping or if the encoder cover was installed crooked which could also block or raise up the wheel In either case remove the shipping bolt or remove and replace the cover carefully making sure to lower the encoder wheel which is mounted on a vertical rail bearing slowly onto the belt Cause Lamp failure possibly due to overheating disconnected or shutter fault which the printer can detect and report via an error message or due to a non functioning or weak lamp which the printer cannot detect What to do In the case of overheating allow the lamps to cool and try printing again If an error reveals an electrical disconnec tion or shutter fault contact Technical Services If the lamp s have over 500 hours of service switch the lamp s to High mode and try printing again If one of the bulbs does not light replace the bulb To print with one lamp print unidirectionally with the leading lamp for example if the user side bulb does not light but the service side bulb does print from the user side to the service side Cause Media was configured as Light up to 50 pounds 22 kg but weighs more than 50 pounds 22 kg What to do Unload the media then select Configure amp Load and select Medium mode Then try printing again Troubleshooting Checklist Banding Shutter Errors Cause Sheet fed printing The media encountered an obstruc tion such
81. iping dry 6 4 Clean the Media Drive Belt and Encoder Media Drive Belt Encoder 5 Open the right most user end access door above the belt on the output side of the printer The encoder is located at the edge of the media drive belt Fig 6 1 Media drive belt encoder 6 Remove the four Phillips head screws that attach the cover to the media drive belt encoder Set aside the cover and screws for reinstallation Fig 6 2 Encoder cover screw locations Clean the Media Drive Belt and Encoder 6 5 7 Clean the encoder wheel with a cloth moistened with isopro pyl alcohol Carefully raise the encoder straight up on its rail This will cause the media drive belt to move automaticallly Fig 6 3 Raising the encoder wheel 8 When itis clean lower the encoder wheel back down slowly to avoid damaging it The encoder should slide smoothly up and down if not inspect the assembly for misaligned parts or wires that are in the way 9 Reattach the cover with the four screws Avoid pinching any wires when reattaching the cover Care fully align the cover straight over the encoder assembly Do not allow the cover or the screwdriver to touch the encoder wheel Caution The media drive belt encoder is a high precision electronic instrument that is easily damaged Use extreme caution when cleaning and handling the encoder assembly 10 Close the access door Clean the Media Drive Belt and Enc
82. k stock and use it promptly by the date printed on the ink box e Flushing solution used to moisten a lint free cloth for cleaning the printheads also in automated flushing of the printheads It has no properties that work against the ink to soften or reliquify cured ink or any other similar cleaning properties It does not react with the ink making it suitable for use as a lubricating agent for cleaning Caution Use only genuine HP inks and Flushing Solution in the printer Use of any other inks or cleaning fluids COULD DAMAGE THE PRINTER AND WILL VOID THE WARRANTY e Profilers provided with each ink box they contain infor mation about the ink and must be installed together with their corresponding box Profiler data are used to track ink levels and to help ensure optimal output quality and compatibility with printer components e Ink tubes carry ink to the printheads they are opaque to prevent ink curing before printing e Printheads permanent piezo based printheads e Vacuum Pressure VP System provides vacuum to maintain negative pressure at the printheads and pressure to purge the ink tubes and printheads UV lamps provide the high intensity ultraviolet light required to cure the ink 3 2 Ink System Overview UV Lamps The printer s two UV lamps on the left and right sides of the printhead carriage emit the high intensity ultraviolet light that is necessary to cure the UV ink The l
83. m slamming closed Clean the media drive belt See Clean the Media Drive Belt and Encoder on page 6 4 Note Failure to clean the media drive belt daily will allow 4 any ink on the belt to continue to cure making later cleaning more difficult Press the Prime Bars key on the control panel to print the Prime Bars Each prime bar is a set of horizontal lines printed by the jets in one printhead starting with the black head 1 toward the service end of the carriage and ending with yellow head 16 toward the user end Every horizontal line in each prime bar is printed by a single inkjet nozzle e If all jets indicated by a printed line are working the printer is ready to print Basic Printer Operations e If there are any missing jets print the Prime Bars again three or four times until all jets are working si _ HENN r Yellow Magenta Cyan Black Head 16 Head 1 Fig 1 4 Prime Bars 5 If any missing jets are present after printing the Prime Bars proceed to the next step Recover Jets Part 1 on page 1 8 Basic Printer Operations Recover Jets Part 1 6 Press the Purge key on the control panel to purge the print heads Follow the instructions on the control panel screen The printer will detect when you open and close the endcap access door and remove and reinstall the drip tray to deter mine when you have completed certain steps in the proce dure Press the Prime
84. mation Printer status Ink levels Media detector red media out green media detected UV lamps status Vacuum Pressure gauge Media Handling status Printer doors status Stored jobs status Sleep Wake mode Print prime bars Purge printheads Print mode ue v alibrate Settings Attention 1 3 Front Page screen 14 Turn On Turn Off Lamps 15 Media Wizard 16 Load Media 17 Configure amp Load media 18 Move Media Forward Backward 19 Stored Jobs 20 Calibrate 21 Option Settings 22 Tools maintenance diagnostics service functions 23 About embedded software version 24 Online offline switch 25 Attention messages Quick Tour Basic Printer Operations Daily Startup To ensure the functioning or substitution of all inkjets and opti mal output quality follow this procedure daily 1 2 Wake the printer from Sleep mode Press the Purge key on the control panel to purge the print heads Follow the instructions on the control panel screen The printer will detect when you open and close the endcap access door and remove and reinstall the drip tray to deter mine when you have completed certain steps in the proce dure Note When closing the access door on the user endcap 3 cabinet the pneumatic supports will pull the door closed when the door is lowered past the horizontal position Hold on to the door until it is closed to stop it fro
85. media type that most closely matches the media you are using Then only if necessary create a new media type using the standard type you selected as a starting point and adjust it as needed 3 Press a media name or Create Media Type e If you pressed a media name a list of settings appears If you pressed Create Media Type the control panel dis plays a list of settings for you to configure For each media type the Media Wizard stores the following settings as indicated some settings apply to either roll fed or cut sheet media only e Media Name for user defined media use the alpha betic keyboard displayed on the control panel to enter the media name Standard media names cannot be changed e Feed Method Cut Sheet or Rollfed with optional media handler installed or Roll Fed e Rollers sets whether the Input and Output media roll ers are used yes or not used no e Weight sets the media belt drive motor and media advance amount to handle Light up to 50 pounds 22 kg or Heavy 50 250 pounds 22 113 kg media 2 6 Configure Media A Caution The input and output tables are rated at a maximum Note load of 80 pounds 36 kg Do not exceed this maxi mum load The printer senses the weight of the media before printing begins If a heavy board over 50 pounds 23 kg is detected while the printer is set to Light the printer automatically switches to the Heavy setting This cannot be c
86. menu consists of these options Manual BiDi Registration page 4 13 the man ual version of AutoBiDi Calibration Manual X Head Registration page 4 10 the manual version of AutoH2H Calibration Manual Jet Mapping page 4 16 the manual ver sion of AutoJet Jet Status Lines page 4 21 prints a quick test pattern that shows which jets are out Media Feed Calibration Print Jet Out Lines prints a version of the Prime Bars in which missing jets that are replaced are marked with a black square Default Registration Data page 4 23 sets all registration data to zero After calibration and jet mapping perform a linearization or color calibration as supported by your print server or RIP Manual Calibrations 4 9 Manual X Head Registration Precise positioning of each drop of ink is essential for optimal print quality This is possible only if you register all printheads in the printhead assembly to each other in the X along the length of the platen direction This is a two part process Print a registration pattern Enter the X registration data for each head Note This is the manual version of AutoH2H Calibration see Auto Calibrations on page 4 6 for details 1 Press the Calibrate key from the Front Page screen then press Manual Calibrations in the menu 2 Press Manual X Head Registration in the menu The control panel asks whether you want to print a manual head to
87. mmunications Normes de S curit Canada Le pr sent appariel num rique n met pas de bruits radio lectriques d passant les limites applicables aux appareils num riques de la Classe A prescrites dans le r glements sur le brouillage radio lectrique dict s par le Minist re des Communi cations du Canada The VideoNet port on this device is not intended to be connected to a public tele communications network Connection of this device to a public telecommunica tions network in a European Community Member State will be in violation of national law implementing Directive 91 263 EEC on the approximation of laws of the Member States concerning telecommunication terminal equipment including the mutual recognition of their conformity Der VideoNet port ist nicht daf r vorgesehen an ein ffentliches Telefonnetz angeschlossen zu werden Der AnschluB dieses Ger tes an ein ffentliches Telefonnetz in einem Mitgliedstaat der EU verst t gegen nationale Gesetze zur Ausf hrung der Direktive 91 263 EEC die sich mit der Ann herung von Gesetzen von Mitgliedstaaten besch ftigt betreffend Telekommuniktionsanlagen und die gegenseitige Anerkennung ihrer Konformitat Regulatory Statements Related Documentation e Release Notes describes new versions of the printer s embedded software and other new information not included in this user manual e Tips amp Tricks how to get the best results with special applications o
88. mode To run Autodet e Select AutoJet Calibration from the Auto Calibrations menu see Auto Calibrations on page 4 6 or e Run Autodet automatically with the AutoTune scheduler see AutoTune on page 4 4 Tip AutoJet does not work with transparent media nor with many translucent media In this case run Man ual Jet Mapping or map jets on opaque media before loading transparent or translucent media for printing 1 Press the Calibrate key from the Front Page screen then press Auto Calibrations gt AutoJet Calibration in the menu 2 The printer prints the AutoJet test pattern 3 The printer reads the AutoJet test pattern and maps any missing jets to available working jets The control panel shows the progress of this operation as the percentage completed 4 The printer prints an AutoJet report AutoJet 4 3 AutoTune Quality Check AutoTune runs AutoJet maintenance automatically at intervals you specify You can use the Quality Check Mode feature to han dle AutoJet errors with or without user intervention AutoTune is shown on the menu only when roll fed media is loaded 1 On the Front Page screen Calibrate key then press Auto Tune on the menu The control panel displays the AutoTune status off or cur rent interval 2 Press or Y to set the AutoTune interval 3 Press gt Proceed The control panel displays a confirmation message Setting completed 4 Press the Men
89. ne row of two sheets 6x3 18 1x2 2 18 2 20 If the last row is a partial row load the sheets from the user end toward the service end Whenever the printer receives a print job from the RIP the job is automatically stored in the printer s memory on a rotating first in first out FIFO basis You can lock a job to prevent it from being rotated out but this reduces the amount of memory avail able for subsequent jobs to be saved The printer can store up to ten jobs with a total area of approxi mately 98 x 98 inches 2 49 x 2 49 m Jobs RIPed at 600x300 dpi will take less memory to store than jobs RIPed at 600x600 dpi If power is removed or the printer is restarted these jobs are lost from the printer memory If a job is too large to be saved it is simply discarded from mem ory after printing If a complete print job has been received from the RIP and you pause or cancel the print it will still appear in the Stored Jobs listing Stored Jobs can be viewed and managed from the control panel The Front Page screen shows the following summary of the stored jobs on the printer e Number of jobs stored and locked Load and Print on Rigid Media 2 11 TT Jobs e Available area for storage the area size of new print jobs that can be saved in the printer s memory Previously stored unlocked jobs will be deleted to make room for new jobs Locking a stored job reduces the Available space Free area for st
90. nel remove the foam press roller then press the Proceed P key Pull the media from the roll pull it over the foam lift roller O the foam press roller should not be in position yet and lay it on the belt up to the input media roller O On the control panel press the upper forward Advance Media arrow key to advance the media with the vacuum fans on You may need to hold the media down on the belt until the vacuum grabs it If using the takeup system advance the media until it hangs on exit side down to the takeup roller Do not tape the media to the core at this time If not using the takeup system advance the media at least past the output media roller During printing 2 16 Load and Print on Roll Fed Media make sure that the media does not fall behind takeup rollers OO and O 11 On the control panel press the Turn Off Fans key Media CS Smooth Banner Vinyl HP Scitex FB910 HP Scitex FB240 Not loaded HP Scitex FB910 IO RISI Link 100 Mb sec Up Offline 1400 ml Attention Items 3 warnings E 1080 m Mode Production Quality Lamps Low Low U E 1510 ml Media Present UV Lamps o A 1 Hours 1 l Advance Vacuum Pressure Run the belt with no vacuum fans for a Media 1 gt few seconds to smooth out any wrinkles in 5 01 HD S v Media Handling th media i Input Roller Up You may have to smooth some wrinkles Alignment Bar Up by hand Output Roller Up y nana Door
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92. nk You can replace one or more ink boxes during a print by pausing the printer 1 2 On the printer control panel press the Il Pause key Remove the old profiler This signals to the printer that the ink box is being replaced Disconnect and remove the old ink box Install and connect the new ink box Install the profiler that was included with the new ink box Repeat steps 2 through 5 for any other ink boxes you want to replace On the printer control panel press the gt Resume key 2 22 Printing Tips Checking Jet Health Print Prime Bars Map Out Missing Jets When AutoJet detects a missing jet it attempts to replace it with a working jet on the same or another printhead in Production and High Quality modes In this way printing occurs with all jets for maximum quality When you notice a decrease in print quality one or more inkjets may be clogged To recover clogged jets 1 Print a Prime Bars pattern to determine whether there are any missing jets see below 2 Run AutoJet page 4 3 or Manual Jet Mapping page 4 16 3 If there are any missing jets Print Jet Out Lines see below Repeat this process until all jets are working or substituted for another jet 1 From the control panel Front Page screen press the Prime Bars key The control panel displays a prompt asking you to enter the total width of the prime bar pattern you wish to print 2 Enter a width for the prime
93. nks on the control panel when the printer detects an error condition potential error condition or when you make a change that requires recalibration or other action to ensure best print quality See Overview on page 5 2 for more information 5 6 Front Page Menu Tree Calibrate Printer Auto Calibrations AutoBidi Calibration AutoH2H Calibration AutoJet Calibration Full AutoSet AutoSet Summary Manual Calibrations Manual Bidi Registration Printhead X Calibration Manual Jet Mapping Jet Status Lines Media Feed Calibration Print Jet Out Lines Default Registration Data AutoTune Rollfed printing only Printer Settings Special Modes sheetfed printing Edge To Edge Sides Only Edge To Edge All 4 Edges Vacuum Control Printing Delay Margins Space Between Prints Rollfed Print Position Measure Media Sheetfed Print White Space Head Height off Media Eject Sheets to Input Side Sheetfed Purge Type Top Gutters Quality Check Sleep Wait Time Expert Novice Messages Localization Units of Measure Time Format Date Format Vacuum Pressure Units Use Thickness Sensor Low Ink Warning UV Lamps Idle Time Support Rollfed Printer Name Restore All Defaults This menu tree reflects version 2 30 of the embedded printer software Refer to the Release Notes for more recent versions Options shown in italics are dynamically hidden depending on the printer mode Tools System Information Maintenance Perform An Air Purge P
94. oder Clean the Media Rollers A There is one input media roller and one output media roller located on the corresponding sides of the printer To clean wipe the media rollers with a lint free cloth To remove ink wipe with a minimal amount of isopropyl alcohol and dry thoroughly before printing again Caution DONOT ALLOW ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL TO TOUCH THE PRINTHEADS especially the inkjet orifice plates Contact with the ink could cause the ink to coagulate rendering the printhead unusable and requiring it to be replaced Be sure that cleaned surfaces have dried before printing Clean the Media Rollers 6 7 Clean the Rail and Bearings Rail Bearings back of carriage a User end Service end Fig 6 4 Location of carriage bearings and rail The carriage rail carries the printhead carriage across the width of the printer As dust and ink accumulates on the rail the mate rial could accumulate on the carriage bearings wheels and cause banding in printed output or noisy click click click car riage motion Wipe the entire length of the rail with a lint free cloth or wipe moistened with isopropyl alcohol The rail surfaces that must be clean are the surfaces that touch the carriage bearings These are the top surface including the front and back of the front lip and the side surface behind the belt Move the carriage manually or press Tools gt Maintenance gt Access Printheads on
95. oller Up Door Status All Doors closed Tools 8 Stored Jobs 9 2 Stored 0 Locked Available 551 sq in Free 351 sq in A 25 Attention Go Offline 1 Media information media name size print area printable length 2 Printer status e Printer model e Printer name the name of the printer as defined on the print server or under the menu at Printer Settings gt Printer Name e Network status e Current print mode 3 Ink levels numeric and graphic ink levels line marks low ink level 4 Media detector red media out green media detected 5 UV lamps status U user side S service side black off yellow on blinking warming up Front Page 5 3 10 Vacuum Pressure graphical and numeric indication of vacuum pressure green region is nominal Media Handling Input media roller up or down e Media alignment bar up or down e Output media roller up or down Output side door status open or closed monitors the doors on the output side of the printer and endcap cabinets Stored Jobs displays status information for the Stored Jobs area in the printer s memory number of Stored Jobs amount of available and free memory See Stored Jobs on page 2 11 for details Sleep Wake mode Sleep powers down the UV lamps ionizer bar printheads carriage ink pumps and media drive motors but maintains vacuum to the printheads to prevent ink leakage T
96. ontrol panel end by dis playing a Ready status screen similar to the one shown in Fig 2 1 on page 2 3 YES Go to question 3 NO The following could be the problem e There may be a hardware problem with the printer s internal components Follow the diagnostic routine on the control panel to determine the problem Call technical support as directed by the control panel 3 Can you send a file from the print server to the printer YES Go to question 4 NO The following could be the problem e The cable may not be securely connected between the print server and the printer Refer to the server s docu mentation for more information e The cable may be connected to the wrong port on the print server Refer to the server s documentation for more information 4 Can you send print or download a document from a client computer to the server YES Go to question 5 NO The following could be the problem B 2 Troubleshooting Checklist The connection from the client to the local area network may not be configured correctly See your system admin istrator for assistance The cable between your computer or network and the print server may not be securely connected at both ends Refer to the print server manual for more information Your computer may not be working properly Run an application that you know works correctly and print to be sure The computer s port may not be working properly Print to another output devic
97. option Press the Menu Out key repeatedly until the Front Page screen is displayed Press the Online Offline button to return the printer to the Ready state AutoTune 4 5 Auto Calibrations The printer s piezo printheads are aligned at the factory Head and bidirectional calibrations should be necessary only rarely for example when the heads have been moved within the car riage or replaced 1 Press the Calibrate key from the Front Page screen then press Auto Calibrations in the menu 2 Select one of the Auto Calibrations AutoBiDi bidirectional Calibration ensures that every working jet fires at precisely the same location regardless of the carriage direction of travel AutoH2H head to head Calibration ensures that the printheads are in alignment relative to each other AutoJet Calibration locates and substitutes miss ing jets for working jets This is the same calibration performed as when you press the AutoJet button on the Front Page screen see AutoJet on page 4 3 Full AutoSet runs all three calibrations in sequence The printer prints a test pattern then reads it and makes The necessary adjustments or jet substi tutions After completing the calibration s a report is printed that shows e Calibration results a summary such as SUC CESSFUL CALIBRATION or an error message e Header showing the date and time software ver sion and printer type e Calibration deta
98. orage the Available area minus the area of jobs that are currently stored in the printer memory This is the largest job that can be stored without deleting previously stored jobs To print or manage Stored Jobs 1 Press the Stored Jobs key on the Front Page screen The Stored Jobs screen appears E HP Scitex FB910 HP Scitex F 1 sheet HP Scitex FB910 1455 ml Size 48 00 x 48 00 in x 0 25 in Link 100 Mb sec Up Offline y 1400 mi Print Area 47 50 x 47 50 in Attention Items 3 warnings mz 1080 mi Printable Length 47 50 in remaining Mode Production Quality Lamps Low Low _ E 1510 ml Media Present Stored Jobs UV Lamps 1 Hours 1 Vacuum Pressure Job 1 Job 2 600x600 600x600 rial A Job 1 Media Handling Input Roller Down Alignment Bar Up Output Roller Up Door Status All Doors closed Stored Jobs 2 Stored 0 Locked Y A Available 551 sq in Free 351 sq in Out Job Status Fig 2 3 Stored Jobs screen Tiit Print Two Sided e To view the properties of a Stored Job or to print a Stored Job press the key above its file name To set up a two sided print job using Stored Jobs press the Print Two Sides key The printer will prompt you to select a Stored Job for the front and back of the sheet After printing side one of the sheet will be ejected to the input side of the printer and you will be prompted to flip over and reload the sheet for printing side
99. oss the full length and width of the belt If you see any wrinkles turn off the fans and smooth them out with your hand Repeat steps 29 through 33 until no wrinkles are visible Place the foam press roller into operating position If you are not using the takeup system or if the media is already loaded in the takeup go to step 41 Align the cardboard takeup core to the media and tighten the collets to lock the core in place Llift the first dancer bar with the gears and lock in the upper position Pull the media under the first dancer bar over second dancer bar and down to the printer side of takeup roller O Looking down the length of the takeup roller from the user end the roller rotates clockwise Ensure that the media is wrapped as shown in Figure 2 5 on page 2 15 Load and Print on Roll Fed Media 2 19 39 40 41 42 43 44 Tape the end of the media to printer side of takeup roller starting in the middle and working out to both ends Be sure to maintain even tension across the width of the media Release the dancer bar locking lever Press the Proceed key Enter the media length or press the Esc key for an unde fined length The printer measures the media width Press the Proceed key The Front Page screen appears on the control panel On the Front Page screen press the Go Online key The printer is now ready to receive a print job from the RIP 2 20 Load and
100. ower down period this function fills the empty printheads with ink e Fill Heads with Ink fills the printheads with ink one color at a time Should only be done with empty printheads e Empty Heads Fill With Air empties all printheads by using air pressure As you perform Printhead Procedures from the menu monitor the ink level in the drip tray under the carriage Remove the tray and drain the ink into a container occasionally to prevent over flows Since this mixture of ink and printhead flush will not cure dispose of it according to the instructions in the Material Safety Data Sheets for the ink and printhead flush 6 24 Printhead Procedures Power Down and Restart UNDER NORMAL OPERATION DO NOT POWER DOWN THE PRINTER Constant vacuum at the printheads is required to pre vent ink from running out of the printheads Also power must not be removed suddenly from the UV lamp system permanent damage to the lamps could occur if hot lamps are not cooled according to specifications If the power must be removed for a brief period of time the ink will no longer be held inside the printheads by the vacuum pres sure system so it will to drain onto the drip tray Optionally you can maintain power to the vacuum system by using the auxiliary 24 volt power supply This will prevent ink from running out of the printheads See Appendix A Specifications for instructions If the printer will be powered down for an extended
101. protection frame around the out side of the carriage 1 14 Important Operating Notes The Media Wizard stores a set of operational parameters for predefined and user defined media types When you load a new media type select an existing Media Wizard set or cre ate a custom set Media Wizard parameter sets can be selected at any time from the control panel Enable AutoTune during long periods of unattended print ing AutoTune runs AutoJet at user defined intervals to ensure that all jets are either working or substituted with working jets See AutoTune on page 4 4 for instructions Wear cotton gloves when loading media to prevent finger prints that could show after printing DO NOT rest or store a media roll on end or you could cause edge creases that could strike the printheads during printing DO NOT clean the printhead surfaces with a dry cloth or paper towel of any kind Use only a lint free Class 100 cleanroom cloth such as those supplied with the printer and available from Supplies Sales moistened with HP Scitex MF50 Flushing Solution DO NOT reprint over any output that has not completely cured If ink does get onto the media rollers clean them with a minimal amount of isopropyl alcohol and dry them thor oughly before printing again DO NOT set heavy objects on the power cord or printer cable do not bend the cables or force them into contorted positions DO NOT place heavy objects anywhere on the
102. q m hr No with 600x600 dpi jobs 438 sq ft hr 40 7 sq m hr No Production Quality with 600x300 dpi jobs 438 sq ft hr 40 7 sq m hr Yes with 600x600 dpi jobs 225 sq ft hr 20 9 sq m hr Yes High Quality with 600x300 dpi jobs 225 sq ft hr 20 9 sq m hr Yes with 600x600 dpi jobs 112 sq ft hr 10 4 sq m hr Yes Jet replacement refers to the printer s ability to locate and replace inkjets that are clogged or misfiring High Quality mode has the best jet replacement Billboard Quality mode has the highest speed but without jet replacement The current print mode is shown in the top center of the control panel To change the print mode follow these instructions 1 On the control panel press the Print Mode key The print mode menu appears with these options e Billboard Quality e Production Quality e High Quality 2 Press a print mode to select it A menu appears with these options e Bidirectional e Unidirectional Print From User to Service Side e Unidirectional Print From Service to User Side The printer can print in both directions bidirectional or in one direction only unidirectional Unidirectional printing can 2 2 Configure Printing occur in either direction Printing occurs at about half the speed of the corresponding bidirectional print mode Unidi rectional printing eliminates the bidirectional misalignment that occurs when printing on media that is not perf
103. r Jets Pattern 1 8 Replace Printhead 5 15 Reset Reservoir Filters 5 14 Restore All Defaults 5 13 Rigid media 2 8 Roll fed media 2 15 New load 2 16 Restore loaded state 2 19 S Sheet fed media 2 8 Sleep 5 4 Space Between Prints 5 10 Standby Wait 5 12 Stiff Roll Fed Media Handling 5 12 Stored Jobs 2 11 Supplies and accessories B 12 T Tips 2 21 Troubleshooting B 1 U UV lamps extending service life 6 19 quartz windows cleaning 6 20 replacing 6 19 reset counter 5 14 safety warnings 3 3 setting level 2 5 V Vacuum pressure system 1 14 auxiliary power A 3 specifications A 4 W Wake 5 4 Warnings amp Actions 5 16 Warranty claims B 8 Index 3 Index 4
104. rint Length rigid media 400 inches 1016 cm Minimum printable rigid sheet size Width 6 inches 15 cm Length 9 inches 23 cm Software Features Touch screen with graphical interface Automatic calibration and detection substitution of missing jets Media Wizard stores operational parameter sets by media type for subse quent recall Automatic edge detection and media positioning Automatic head clearance above media Stored Jobs feature stores print jobs on the printer for reprinting A 4 Specifications Appendix B Troubleshooting This appendix explains how to prevent and diagnose printing problems and provides information about getting technical support Troubleshooting Checklist page B 2 Warranty Claims page B 8 Diagnostics page B 10 Hewlett Packard Technical Services page B 11 Troubleshooting B 1 Troubleshooting Before you troubleshoot your printer make sure that it is prop Checklist erly installed as described in Chapter 1 Getting Started Follow the steps in this checklist to isolate and resolve printing problems 1 Does the printer s power come ON YES Go to question 2 NO The following could be the problem e The power cable may not be plugged into an electrical outlet If the printer is plugged into a surge protector the surge protector may not be connected to power or it may be switched off 2 Did the start up sequence of the c
105. rint Recover Jets Pattern Access Printheads Print Jet Out Lines Print Media Skew Lines Reset Reservoir Filters Reset UV Lamp Hours Printheads Procedures Load Ink In All Heads Fill Heads with Ink Empty Heads Fill with Air User Diagnostics Printhead Jet Statistics VideoNet Status VideoNet Connection Carriage Motion Calibration Vacuum Pressure Warnings and Actions List Error History Log Error History Log System Info Warnings amp Actions In Expert Mode only Service Printer Print Menus Menu Tree 5 7 Menus The printer s less often used functions are accessed via the n menus The printer has these menus and functions Calibrate Printer see below Printer Settings page 5 10 Tools page 5 14 Warnings amp Actions page 5 16 shown in Expert Messages Mode only Print Menus page 5 16 Service Menus for use by factory technical support and authorized service providers Calibrate Printer To display this menu press the Calibrate button on the Front Page screen For instructions on using these options see Chap a 41811 e v Calibrate ter 4 Calibrating the Printer Auto Calibrations see Auto Calibrations on page 4 6 for instructions Auto Bidi Calibration ensures that every working jet fires a pixel at precisely the same location in both direc tions of travel Auto H2H Calibration aligns the printheads relative to each other AutoJet Calibration loca
106. sition Pull the media under the first dancer bar over second dancer bar and down to the printer side of takeup roller Looking down the length of the takeup roller from the user end the roller rotates clockwise Ensure that the media is wrapped as shown in Figure 2 5 on page 2 15 Tape the end of the media to printer side of takeup roller starting in the middle and working out to both ends Be sure to maintain even tension across the width of the media Release the dancer bar locking lever Press the Proceed key Enter the media length or press the Esc key for an unde fined length The printer measures the media width On the Front Page screen press the Proceed key The Front Page screen appears on the control panel 2 18 Load and Print on Roll Fed Media Restore Loaded State 26 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Press the Go Online key The printer is now ready to receive a print job from the RIP As prompted by the control panel remove the foam press roller then press the Proceed P key Press the upper forward Advance Media key to advance the media to the takeup spool and or past any printed area of the media On the control panel press the Turn Off Fans key Hold the upper forward Advance Media key down for about five seconds On the control panel press the Turn On Fans key Press the Proceed key Check for wrinkles in the media acr
107. ss the Sheet Ready foot pedal or button on the control panel or Cancel to cancel the media load process At this point you can also adjust the vacuum fans in each zone and the printhead height clearance from the media If 2 8 Load and Print on Rigid Media the sheet warped or not being held down you may want to increase the vacuum or raise the head height A lower head height reduces overspray but increases the chance of the carriage or printheads striking the media 6 Verify the height of the media rollers shown on the control panel and adjust if necessary Check and adjust the right and left sides of both media roll ers input and output The rollers should just touch the media or remove any warping Note Do not lower the rollers too far On narrow media less than 98 inches 2 5 m it is possible to lower the input roller below the height of the media on one side causing the media to skew 7 Press the Proceed key 8 Enter the media length 9 Enter the number of sheets e Single sheet e N UP 10 Measure media width The margin and imageable area are displayed and you can adjust them 11 Press the Proceed key 12 Press the Go Online key 13 Send a print job from the RIP For multiple copy jobs the printer control panel will prompt for the next sheet a short time before the previous sheet is done printing Load the subsequent sheet as before and press the Sheet Ready foot pedal or control panel button
108. ssible with the appropriate printer settings and by carefully matching the dimensions of the image to the dimensions of the media sheets Margins When printing a multi sheet N UP job the image positioned hor izontally left right as defined under the menu option Printer Settings gt Margin Settings gt Margins Using the Camera to Locate the Sheets The camera is used to locate the position of each sheet as part of the load process You can set the printer camera to either measure all sheets or measure the first sheet only 2 10 Load and Print on Rigid Media Stored Jobs e Measure all sheets each sheet in every row of sheets will be measured and reported to the server This aids in accu rate placement of edge to edge images In this mode use of the alignment pins is unnecessary Measure first sheet only only the first row is measured and those measurements are used for all subsequent rows Use the alignment pins to locate the sheets in subsequent rows This speeds throughput by eliminating the measure ment step for each row Incomplete Rows You can print any number of copies in a multi sheet N UP job even if the total number does not divide evenly into the number of sheets per row Typically only the last row would have a differ ent number of sheets For example in a twenty sheet job you might be able to fit three sheets in each row so you might print six rows of three sheets plus o
109. strike event to assure that the printheads have not come in contact with partially cured ink Following a head strike it may be possible to observe all known working jets firing correctly in the Prime Bar pattern or other printing Even when the Prime Bars appear visually correct the printheads should be manually cleaned immediately after a head strike to ensure that no partially cured ink has been scraped from the media and deposited on or near the printhead orifices The ink will continue to cure at a low rate and could enter an ori fice and cure the ink in the orifice even without subsequent exposure of the orifice area to UV Once the ink starts to cure it continues for some time at a slow rate B 4 Troubleshooting Checklist If previously known working jets are visually found to be missing from the Prime Bars after a head strike a standard Purge should also be performed as part of the cleaning The procedures for cleaning the UV printheads follows below 1 Select Access printheads from the control panel OR at your option select Purge from the control panel to perform a purge The carriage will travel to the service side allowing access to the printhead jetting orifices 2 Moisten an approved cleaning cloth with HP Scitex MF50 Flushing Solution Solution Beginning with the 16 printhead lightly dab the printhead orifice plate with the moistened cleaning cloth moving from the back of the printhead towar
110. tes and substitutes missing jets for working jets Full AutoSet runs AutoJet AutoBiDi and AutoH2H in sequence AutoSet Summary when enabled a table of the results of the Full AutoSet calibration is printed after the AutoSet test patterns When you enable the AutoSet Summary you can show or hide the detailed calibration data 5 8 Menus Manual Calibrations allows you to calibrate the printer visually without the printer s digital imaging sensor Inaccu rate judgments by the operator during these tests could result in substandard output See Manual Calibrations on page 4 9 for instructions Manual Bidi Registration Manual X Head Registration Manual Jet Mapping the manual version of AutoJet Jet Status Lines prints the Manual Jet Mapping pat tern without running the calibration Media Feed Calibration Print Jet Out Lines prints a version of the prime bars see page 5 3 in which missing jets that are replaced are marked with a black square Default Registration Data resets all registration data Since there is no registration data after running this option all printhead calibration values must be reestab lished by running the calibrations e AutoTune roll fed media only schedules jet mainte nance to run automatically after a certain number of prints have printed See AutoTune on page 4 4 for instructions Menus 5 9 Printer Settings Y Settings
111. the control panel menu so you can access and clean the entire rail 6 8 Clean the Rail and Bearings Carriage Bearings There are four bearings that should be kept clean one pair on each end of the carriage Each pair of bearings rolls along the front and back of the lip on the top of the rail If any buildup occurs on one of these bearings banding or other artifacts could appear in printed output This buildup can range from a fine dust to visible particles The fifth bearing rolls along the lower edge of the rail behind the belt Cleaning this bearing is not necessary It usually does not get dirty 1 Move the user endcap cabinet away from the printer Remove the screws that attach the cabinet to the printer As you move the cabinet away from the printer avoid pulling the grounding cable and other cables from their connection points 2 Remove the eight carriage cover attachment screws as shown and lift off the cover Fig 6 5 Carriage cover attachment screws Clean the Rail and Bearings 6 9 3 Clean the user and service side outside bearings Moisten a cotton swab with isopropyl alcohol or water place it against the left side of the bearing and manually push the carriage to the left Then place the swab against the right side of the bearing and manually push the carriage to the right Repeat once or twice Remove any large dust particles you see Inside bearing Outside bearing
112. ting and connecting them To pro tect your hands from ink stains when unloading and loading ink boxes wear latex or nitrile gloves Unloading an Empty 1 Open the ink supply access door Ink Box Remove the profiler corresponding to the ink you are replacing 3 Lift the box out of its holder and turn the box upside down so the ink tube is pointing up 4 Push the button at the end of the ink tube connector and dis engage the tube from the ink box 5 Remove and dispose of the ink box refer to the MSDS for proper disposal procedures Loading a Full Ink Box 1 Open the new ink box and locate the supply connector Fig 3 1 Ink box with supply connector Loading Ink 3 5 2 Connect the ink supply tube to the ink box Grasp and squeeze the ink tube connector as shown engage the connector to the ink box and release the con nector Ensure that the connectors are firmly engaged before proceeding Fig 3 2 Connecting the ink tube to the ink box 3 Invert and install the ink box into position in the holder The position for each ink color is shown on a label below the ink box holder and on the profiler docking station 4 Install the profiler in the corresponding docking station slot 5 Close the ink supply access door 3 6 Loading Ink Pause Swapping Ink You can replace one or more ink boxes during a print by pausing the printer 1 2 On the printer control panel press the Il Pause key
113. trol panel to see whether the correct media is selected Head strikes may indicate that the printhead height is too low see Head Height Off Media on page 5 12 for instructions If head strikes become a recur fre quently contact technical support for an edge retainer that can be attached to the printer Cause Head height is set automatically with a media thickness sensor and moving carriage rail The most likely causes of a head strike Media is bowed non flat and a media edge is sticking up where the carriage will hit it when either the input or ouput roller is not in a position to hold it down either rollers are not being used or the leading trailing edge of the media does not reach the pinch roller Media is bent Some edge or corner has been damaged so that even though the media is relatively flat the bent edge sticks up into the carriage space What to do Inspect the media for bowing warping and folding Do not print on any media that cannot be flattened Select warped non flat media during configuration so that the front and back pinch rollers are used to hold down the media note this reduces significantly the available print zone A head strike occurs when the media comes in contact with the bottom of the carriage while the carriage is in motion The printer carriage is designed to protect the printheads from contact in the event of a head strike on media It is important however to take steps after a head
114. two 2 12 Load and Print on Rigid Media After printing the sheet will be ejected to the output side of the printer To view a log of the activity in the Stored Jobs area of the printer s memory press the Job Status key When you press the key to display a Stored Job property page a screen similar to the following appears exact details will vary by print job 1 sheet Size 48 00 x 48 00 in x 0 25 in Print Area 47 50 x 47 50 in Printable Length 47 50 in remaining HP Sci HP Scitex FB910 MII Link 100 Mb sec Up Offline 1400 ml Attention Items 3 warnings 1080 mi Mode Production Quality Lamps Low Low UU E 1510 ml Media Present UV Lamps Off 1 Hours 1 Vacuum Pressure 5 01 HO Media Handling Input Roller Down Alignment Bar Up Output Roller Up Door Status All Doors closed Stored Jobs 2 Stored 1 Locked Available 451 sq in Free 351 sq in Stored Job 1 Name Job 1 Dimensions 10 03 x 10 00 in 100 27 sq in Resolution 600 x 600 Media Type Fome Cor Copies 1 Locked Yes Out Delete Unlock Print Job Fig 2 4 Stored Jobs properties screen e To print the job press the Print Job key The printer will prompt you for the number of copies to print If you have multiple sheets loaded each copy will print on a sepa rate sheet and the printer will prompt for additional sheets until the number of copies requested have
115. u Out key repeatedly until the Front Page screen is displayed Press the Online Offline button to return the printer to the Ready state Note When AutoTune is enabled it will be executed as scheduled regardless of whether you initiate it man ually from the control panel When you run AutoJet manually the software notifies you if there are any jet or alignment problems so that they can be addressed When AutoTune runs AutoJet at scheduled intervals you can use the Quality Check feature to handle AutoJet errors When Quality Check is enabled if any missing jets are found that are not substituted by a working jet or if the BiDi calibration has not been performed the operator can be alerted by the con trol panel or the job can be routed to the Attention queue on the HP print server 1 On the Front Page screen press the Settings key then press Quality Check from the menu The control panel displays the Quality Check options 4 4 AutoTune Attended Mode user must press Proceed to acknowledge the error and print the job if one is pending or X Cancel to cancel printing e Unattended Mode no user acknowledgment of errors is required When a quality check fails print jobs are sent to the HP print server s Attention queue with a disposition of Uncalibrated Printer this fea ture may not be supported by non HP RIPs e OFF no quality check is performed all jobs will print Select a Quality Check
116. use swapping 2 22 Ink filters 6 15 Ink not curing B 6 Ink system overview 2 8 3 2 Inkjet health 2 23 Input side eject 5 12 J Jet health 2 23 Jet replacement 2 2 Jet Status Lines 4 21 L Leading Margin 5 12 Linearization 4 24 Load Ink In All Heads 5 15 Low Ink Warning 5 13 Maintenance carriage rail and bearings 6 8 Index 2 cleaning clogged ink jets 6 11 Prep for Storage Shipping 6 25 replace ink filters 6 15 Manual BiDi Registration 4 13 Manual Calibrations 4 9 5 9 Manual Jet Mapping 4 16 Manual X Head Registration 4 10 Margins 5 11 edge to edge printing 5 11 overprint setting 5 11 Measure Media One Edge 5 12 type 5 12 Media Feed Calibration 4 21 MEN 4 21 Media feed errors B 6 Media Feed Number MFN 4 21 Media Skew Lines 5 14 Media Wizard 2 7 MEN 4 21 Multi sheet N UP 2 10 O One Edge 5 12 Ordering supplies B 12 P Pause swapping ink 2 22 Pausing printing 2 21 Periodic maintenance 6 2 Platen Vacuum Control 5 10 Power down and restart 6 25 Prep for Storage Shipping 5 15 6 25 Prime bars 2 23 Priming 2 23 Print Jet Out Lines 5 14 Print Media Skew Lines 5 14 Print Mode 2 2 Print mode Billboard Quality 2 2 High Quality 2 2 Production Quality 2 2 Print Position 5 11 Printheads Procedures 5 15 Printing 600x300 printing 1 12 pause operations 2 21 tips 2 21 Printing Delay 5 10 Production Quality mode 2 2 Q Quality Check 4 4 5 12 Quartz windows cleaning 6 20 Quick Load 2 10 R Recove
117. warm up period approxi mately 1 3 minutes you can turn on the lamps manually before sending the first print job from the RIP or printing a calibration pattern See the menu at Tools gt Turn UV Lamps On The lamps will turn off automatically after the period of no printing defined in the menu at Settings gt UV Lamps Idle Time 600x300 Printing The default printing resolution is 600x600 dpi To print a docu ment at 600x300 dpi configure the RIP to rasterize print jobs at this resolution in the HP Software RIP under the RIP tab of the Port Properties screen For best results select a color profile on the RIP that matches the resolution setting of the RIP and color calibrate at the resolution at which you will be printing Refer to the Software RIP User Guide part number 0706399 for instruc tions 1 12 Basic Printer Operations Daily Shutdown DO NOT POWER DOWN THE PRINTER The printer will automatically enter a Sleep mode when it has been idle for a user defined period of time see page 5 4 and page 5 12 for details If the printer must be shipped or power removed for an extended period contact Technical Services for instructions Basic Printer Operations 1 13 Important Operating Notes UV CURE INK IS PERISHABLE Unlike other inks used in wide format printing UV cure ink has a limited shelf life Plan to rotate your ink stock and use it promptly by the date printed on the ink box DO NOT POWER DO
118. y the photodiode must be cooled by its fan before reading color patches If the left UV curing lamp has been on for longer than 10 minutes the pho todiode cooling fan runs for 12 min utes before taking readings otherwise the fan runs for 7 5 min utes The control panel displays a countdown timer while the photo diode is cooling Banding roll fed printing Media Feed page 4 21 Calibrates the media advance Poor output quality apparent mis registration of colors banding Auto Calibrations page 4 6 Calibrates the printhead positions and inkjets You can also run the Manual Calibrations if necessary When printheads have been moved or replaced Auto Bidirectional page 4 6 or Manual Bidirectional page 4 13 Head calibration run Manual when calibrating transparent or other media that the onboard digital image sensor cannot calibrate 4 2 When to Calibrate AutoJet AutoJet detects individual inkjets that are misfiring or not firing at all During subsequent printing the printer compensates for these jets by using other jets in their place ensuring maximum print quality without reducing print speed You can also identify and map missing jets manually from the Manual Calibrations menu see Manual Jet Mapping on page 4 16 You may want to manually map weak or misdirected jets that AutoJet does not detect and substitute Jet replacement is not available in Billboard
119. you can add 5 or 5 to a pattern number to shift the colored bars up or down by one black bar Alterna tively you can repeatedly perform the X calibration which Manual Calibrations 4 11 will move the head in smaller increments until the head is aligned Press gt Proceed The control panel message increments the head number by one Repeat steps 4 through 6 for each of the heads When you have entered registration values for all of the pat terns the control panel displays this message Registration successful 4 12 Manual Calibrations Manual BiDi Registration Bidirectional registration is a method to align each of the print heads so that dot placement is accurate in both directions along the X axis along the direction of printhead travel The bidirectional registration pattern consists of a series of verti cal lines Half the pixels in this pattern are printed in one direc tion half of them in the other direction When the pixels are accurately aligned the pattern is clear When the dots are not aligned the pattern appears fuzzy and ill defined Note AutoBiDi Calibration is the automatic version of this calibration Try AutoBiDi first before running this manual calibration see Auto Calibrations on page 4 6 for details 1 Press the Calibrate key from the Front Page screen then press Manual Calibrations in the menu 2 Press Manual BiDi Registration on the menu The control panel displ

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