MUTOH Viper TX Softsign Bedienungsanleitung

User’s Guide

For Maintenance Kits, Spares,

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25 May 2010

Published: Mutoh Belgium nv, Archimedesstraat 13, B-8400 Oostende, BELGIUM

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Table of contents

Chapter 1 Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1.1 Compliance with the following regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.2 Handling inks and waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.3 Warnings, cautions and notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.4 Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.5 Safety labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Chapter 2 Product overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2.1 Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.2 Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

2.3 Emergency stops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

2.4 Winding system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Front section ............................................ 27

Rear section............................................. 28

2.5 Operation panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Keys ................................................... 29

LCD and LEDs .......................................... 30

2.6 Installation environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Installation environment requirements ....................... 31

End location requirements ................................. 32

Air purification ........................................... 33

Network requirements .................................... 35

Compressed air requirements .............................. 35

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Chapter 3 Printer handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

3.1 Printing workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

3.2 Switching the Power ON / OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Switching the power ON................................... 41

Switching the power OFF.................................. 43

Restart the machine after an emergency stop ................ 44

3.3 Perfect fabric handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Ink gutter................................................ 45

Fabric retainers .......................................... 46

Ink absorbents ........................................... 47

Head tactile sensor ....................................... 48

3.4 Handy menu features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Adjustable head height.................................... 49

Capskip................................................. 49

Continue feed for fixing ................................... 50

Equal heating up of the heat fixation unit .................... 51

3.5 Handling and loading fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Cautions on handling fabrics ............................... 53

Cautions on storing fabrics ................................ 53

Loading fabric ........................................... 54

3.6 Features to improve print quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Nozzlecheck............................................. 70

Head cleaning ........................................... 72

Fabric feed compensation (step) ........................... 73

Pause option ............................................ 77

3.7 Set ideal heat fixation unit temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Testing condition ......................................... 78

Overview tables .......................................... 79

Artefacts ................................................ 81

Determining my softsign settings for my fabric ................ 84

Blank tables ............................................. 87

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3.8 Replacing the ink cassettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

3.9 Replacing the waste bottle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

3.10 Relocating or transporting the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Relocating the printer ..................................... 90

Transporting the printer ................................... 90

Chapter 4 Periodical maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

4.1 Done by the end user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Overview................................................ 94

Maintenance kits and cleaning ............................. 95

Daily maintenance at shutdown ............................ 96

Weekly maintenance .................................... 101

Other maintenance ...................................... 106

4.2 Done by an authorized Mutoh technician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Overview............................................... 111

Partnumbers of the maintenance kits....................... 111

Chapter 5 Printer menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

5.1 How to work in the menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Main screen ............................................ 116

Menu screen ........................................... 117

Changing between the screens............................ 118

5.2 Operation panel in standby mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

[F1] - Feeding fabric and Step Adjust....................... 119

[F2] - Cleaning the heads................................. 120

[F3] - cancel ............................................ 121

[F4] - Fabric load ........................................ 121

[ENTER] - Print mode check .............................. 122

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5.3 Operating panel during printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Printing 1/5 ............................................. 123

Printing 2/5 and 3/5...................................... 125

Printing 4/5 ............................................. 125

Printing 5/5 ............................................. 126

5.4 Menu overview (1/7 - 7/7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

5.5 Setup menu 1/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

InkStatus............................................... 128

OriginSet............................................... 129

TestPrint ............................................... 130

FabricSet .............................................. 131

5.6 Setup menu 2/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

PrintMode .............................................. 134

Command.............................................. 142

Layout ................................................. 143

Function ............................................... 144

5.7 Setup menu 3/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

RollSetup .............................................. 145

Centronics ............................................. 145

Network................................................ 146

5.8 Setup menu 4/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Utility .................................................. 148

Initialization ............................................ 154

5.9 Setup menu 5/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

DataDump ............................................. 155

InkManager ............................................ 155

5.10 Setup menu 6/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Head Unlock ........................................... 161

WiperClean ............................................ 162

TankChange ........................................... 162

TubingFlush ............................................ 162

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5.11 Setup menu 7/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

VersionCheck .......................................... 163

Area................................................... 163

Chapter 6 Fixation unit control panel overview . . . . . . . . . . 165

6.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

6.2 Start-up screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

6.3 Mainscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Manual ................................................ 168

Automatic .............................................. 169

Settings................................................ 170

Heating settings......................................... 172

Machine parameters ..................................... 173

Plotter leds off .......................................... 175

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

7.1 Introductions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

7.2 Failures and malfunctions of the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

7.3 Error messages printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Status messages........................................ 186

Message type error and solutions.......................... 187

Data errors ............................................. 188

Command errors ........................................ 188

Errors requiring a restart ................................. 188

7.4 Error messages fixation unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

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