UV INKJET PRINTER KIP COLOR UV 180j TS User Operation Manual

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1 UV INKJET PRINTER KIP COLOR UV 180j TS User Operation Manual Version : A.1 (Jan 10, 2015) KATSURAGAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

2 Thank you for purchasing KIP COLOR UV180j TS KIP COLOR UV180j TS is capable of printing directly on a media up to 1830mm (72 inches) width, and 20mm thickness. Its new creative conveyor flatbed handling system allows it to print on a wide variety of materials, such as acrylic, corrugated board, canvas, aluminum, ceramic tiles, plastic, wood, glass, vinyl etc. The wide range of applications makes KIP COLOR UV180j TS the ideal choice for you This User Manual introduces the features and operational procedures of KIP COLOR UV180j TS inkjet printer to users and allows them to print desired images on various media. In order to operate your printing system as efficiently and competently as possible, please go through all operating instructions in this manual.3s Copyright Copyright by 2010 KIP and All right reserved. This document contains information proprietary to KIP that may have a legal obligation to protect such information from unauthorized disclosure, use or duplication. Any unauthorized disclosure, use or duplication of this document or any information contained herein that is prohibited except as KIP may agree to writing. All comments, queries or suggestions concerning this manual, please consult with your local dealer. KIP reserves the right to modify the information contained in this user manual at any time without prior notice. Responsibility of KIP COLOR UV180j TS operator This User Manual serves as the documentation for introduction. It should be made available to the operating staff at any time. Moreover, the operator must be properly trained, and ensure that only properly trained personnel operates this printer. Meanwhile, the operator or other trained personnel are expected to periodically implement all necessary maintenance as outlined in this User Manual.

3 Chapter 1 Before Use page 1. 1 Installation Requirements Features Specifications Appearance

4 1. 1 Installation Requirements The room in which the KIP COLOR UV 180j TS is installed should be relatively clean without the dust and dirt produced by routing or sandblasting. The contiguity structure which KIP COLOR UV 180j TS is on should be solidity. KIP recommends setting up in an air-conditioned environment in order to maintain constant temperature and humidity. Be sure to allow the equipment and media to reach and remain at room temperature for 24 hours before printing. The ambient environment should meet the following conditions: (1) The site temperature range = 18 to 26 degrees centigrade (65 F to 79 F), with the humidity between 40% to 60%. (2) Protect the printer from moisture, dust, drafts, and direct sunlight. (3) It is best to keep machine away from open windows and air-conditioner s wind way. (4) Make sure that there is an adequate space around the printer so that ventilation is not obstructed. (5) Avoid small, enclosed areas with poor ventilation (6) Set the KIP COLOR UV 180j TS on a floor surface that is completely even. (7) Make sure the smoke or fire detection system in the immediate area is functioning. (8) Avoid using KIP COLOR UV 180j TS printer near heating systems, such as stoves or heaters. 1-2

5 1. 2 Features KIP COLOR UV 180j TS is a high Price-Performance ratio UV Inkjet Printer. It is capable of printing directly on a media up to 1830mm (72 inches) width, and 20mm thickness. Heavy Duty Roll to Roll System A heavy duty roll to roll system which is capable of feeding up to 70 kg of flexible media is built in the KIP COLOR UV 180j TS. It's quick and convenient for users to transfer media from sheet to extra heavy, thick, and long vinyl or banner within a short period of time. Auto Media Calibration (AMCTM) The auto media calibration pin automatically detects and gauges the distance between the print heads and loaded media, adjusting automatically to the optimized print height based on the thickness of the loaded media. Combo Media Handling System With the conveyor flatbed handling system and roll to roll system, KIP COLOR UV 180j TS is able to print on a wide variety of materials. Two UV Lamps Curing System with Auto Shutter Two UV lamps curing system makes bi-direction and high speed printing resulting in the double throughput and great efficiency. Two UV lamps are equipped with auto-shutters to shield printheads from UV rays, protect user's eyes during maintenance, and prolongs the UV life. 1-3

6 1. 3 Specifications Model name KIP COLOR UV 180j TS Print speed (m 2 /hr) 13.4 Printing resolution 360 dpi Print Head Konica Minolta 512 MH Printing Technology Piezo Print cartridge colors Black, Blue, Red & Yellow Ink types UV curable ink Ink drops 14pl Ink capacity 2 litters for each color Nozzles 512 nozzles per head Print width 1830mm (72 ) Dimensions (L x W x H) 3322mm x 1250mm x 1570mm (130.8 x 49.2 x 61.8 ) Weight 789kg ( lbs) Media Handling Flatbed / Auto roll-feed Thickness Up to 20mm Max. width 1830mm (72 ) Interface Ethernet 10/100/1000 Base T RIP Solution CALDERA Supported file formats All popular graphic file formats (JPEG, TIFF, EPS, PS, EMF, WMF, PNG, PCX, TGA) Power supply VAC, 20A and 50/60Hz Static prevention Anti-static bar Optional items Extension Table(s) NOTE Specifications may change without notification. 1-4

7 1. 4 Appearance 1-5

8 Chapter 2 Operations Page 2. 1 Preparations for Printing on the KIP COLOR UV 180j TS Turning on the printer hardware Turning on the controller and starting the KIP COLOR UV 180j.exe Turning on UV Lamps Set printing media on the conveyor Purge of ink (Remove air from nozzles) Nozzle check Basic Printing Method of a Ripped Job How to stop printing in the middle Advanced Printing Methods Edge-to-Edge printing (No margin) Printing with flexible roll media using Roll-to-Roll Units Installing roll media and core onto Roll-to-Roll units Enable/disable Roll-to-Roll Descriptions of Job Property Image Shift from Media Edge Media Edge Position Copies Copy Margin Overprint UV Lamp Power Speed Print Direction Media Heat Dissipation Media Load Mode Media Load Distance Media Width Media Type Media Edge to Edge Glossy Mode Enhanced Curing Color to print Image Alignment Quality Mode Resolution Print Mode Channel Color Assignment

9 2. 6 Registration of Media Creating custom media Descriptions of Main Screen Menu Bar & Tool Bar Preview of image Job List Media Positioning Print Carriage Print Head Gap AMC Stop Ink System Head Temperature Conveyor Waste Ink UV System Media System Carriage Maintenance Print Setting Media Setting Calibration Setting Maintenance Setting ICB Setting Option Settings Cost Watch How to Run the Cost Watch Preparations for cost calculations Calculation of total cost Change of Password Turning off the KIP COLOR UV 180j TS (Daily basis)

10 2. 1 Preparations for printing on the KIP COLOR UV 180j TS Turning on the printer hardware 1. Be sure that the AUTO/BYPASS Switch on the AVR Unit is set to AUTO, and also be sure that the AVR Switch is set to ON. AVR Unit ON OFF AUTO/BYPASS Switch (Set this to Auto.) AVR Switch (Set this to ON.) 2-3

11 2. If the printing media tends to have electric static, turn on the Anti-Static Bar Switch on the rear of the machine. OFF ON Anti-Static Bar Switch 2-4

12 3. Turn on the Breaker on the right face of the printer. ON Breaker OFF Reference Turning on the Breaker will turn on both Positive Pressure and Negative Pressure. As it is recommended to always turn on these pressures, please keep turning on the Breaker always (even at night). 2-5

13 4. Open the Carriage Cover upward. Carriage Cover 5. If the print heads are protected by the Capping Plate, remove it taking care not to scratch the nozzles of print heads. Capping Plate Capping Plate 2-6

14 6. Open all 8 pieces of 2-way Valves by directing their longer finger grip to either left or right. 2-way Valves Close position Open position NOTE Ink does not come out from the print head during printing if 2-way Valve is not open. 7. Close the Carriage Cover. Carriage Cover 2-7

15 8. Turn on the printer by pressing On side of Machine Switch. Press On side to turn on the printer. 2-8

16 Turning on the controller and starting the KIP Color UV 180j.exe 1. Turn on the controller by pressing the right side of Controller Switch. Press right side to turn on the controller. 2-9

17 2. After confirming that the controller finishes booting up, double-click the desktop icon to run the KIP COLOR UV 180j.exe. 2-10

18 3. The following message pops up whenever the KIP COLOR UV 180j.exe starts. Just click OK, and the printer starts checking of Carriage with moving it to the right. Please wait until the Carriage completely stops at the right end Carriage moves to the right. And it stops at the right end. 2-11

19 Turning on the UV Lamps 1. If you will use the Left UV Lamp for printing, turn it on clicking the Left UV Lamp icon. Similarly turn on the Right UV Lamp when necessary clicking the Right UV Lamp icon. Please wait a few minutes until the light intensity is enough stabilized and the machine gets ready for printing. NOTE Turn on both Right and Left UV Lamps for printing by Bi-direction. 2-12

20 2. When the UV Lamp gets ready, the concerning indicator becomes red and shows Hot. Ready 2-13

21 Set printing media on the conveyor 1. Set a printing media on the conveyer. Printing media 2. Click Alignment Bar on the controller to move down the Alignment Bar which has a scale for correct placement of media. Manually adjust the left-right position of printing media so that it should keep your desired space (margin) between right edge of media and zero point of scale. When placement of media is completed, click Alignment Bar again to move up the Alignment Bar. 2-14

22 Alignment Bar (Moved down) Adjust the distance (Ex : 25mm from zero point) 3. Press the green button of the Compressor Unit to turn it on. It starts vacuuming the air and the printing media strongly sticks to the conveyer. This will prevent the media from shifting from its correct position during printing. Press green button Compressor unit 2-15

23 Purge of ink (Remove air from nozzles) It is recommended to purge the ink every morning to remove the air from nozzles or to avoid clogging in the nozzles. 1. Click PH Service. The Carriage brings up to the upper limit then moves to the left limit. Move the Carriage to the left limit. 2. Open the cover of ink purge area. Open this cover. 2-16

24 3. There is Ink Purge Switch on the rear side of ink purge area. Keep pressing it by hand for about 5-8 seconds toward Purge + direction. Ink will come out from the nozzles of each print heads while you are pressing the switch to Purge + direction. Leave your hand from the Ink Purge Switch about 5-8 seconds later. The switch will go back to its original position automatically. Ink Purge Switch (Normal state) (During purging the ink) Keep pressing toward Purge +. Ink comes out from each Print Head (This is the picture of the Bottom of Carriage) 2-17

25 4. Very gently remove the remaining ink around nozzles with a cleaning rag. Please see the following notes for correct cleaning of nozzles. Cleaning Rag (Lint-free) Remove the remaining ink around nozzles NOTE nozzles of each print head. (1) A lint-free type cleaning rag only must be used for cleaning the nozzles of print head. If you do not have it, please order exclusive cleaning rag (PN) to your KIP dealer. Do not use such as tissue paper, cotton cloth, and etc that will generate lint. Intrusion of lint into the nozzle can cause clogging of nozzle! (2) When cleaning the nozzle part, please just contact the cleaning rag to this area very gently without giving strong pressure at all. NEVER wipe this part by moving the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right! Nozzle part Good (just contact the cleaning rag gently) No good (move the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right) (See the next page as well.) 2-18

26 NOTE (3) To avoid the mixture of color, do not use a cleaning rag that nozzles has another of each color print ink. head. (4) Not only the nozzle part but also the print head s bottom and Carriage s bottom are in many cases dirty. Please clean these parts as well. (You may wipe these parts by moving the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right, but take great care not to scratch the nozzle part.) Nozzle part Print head s bottom Carriage s bottom After cleaning 5. Close the cover of ink purge area finally. Close this cover. 2-19

27 Nozzle check It is recommended to take nozzle check every time before starting printing for ensuring that all nozzle can jet the ink surely. 1. Click the nozzle check icon in the tool bar to add the nozzle check pattern image. (Or choose R01_NozzleCheck.pcl in the list if already added. Click this. Or choose this job if listed. (If not listed here, click.) 2. For specifying the location to start printing the nozzle check pattern, at first measure the distance between the right edge of media and zero point (0mm of scale on the Alignment Bar). Measure this distance (Ex : 25mm from zero point) 2-20

28 3. Right-click on the job name of nozzle check pattern (01_NozzleCheck.pci), and choose Job Properties. 4. Type the measurement value in Media Edge Position, which is the distance between the right edge of media and zero point. (Example : 25mm) And type any value in Image Shift from Media Edge if necessary, which specifies a margin between the right edges of both print image and printing media. If this is set to 30mm as this example, the right edge of nozzle check pattern image will be placed at 30mm from the right edge of media. Click OK to decide the setting value. 2-21

29 5. Click the blue triangle icon in the tool bar to start printing. 6. Nozzle check pattern is printed by each of 8 colors. Check the pattern to judge if nozzles of each print head are in good condition or not. 2-22

30 The horizontal lines in the chart are produced by all of 512 nozzles. If some nozzle has air or clogging of ink inside, the concerning horizontal line will be missed out - If the number of missing horizontal lines is 3 or smaller, it is no problem to start printing. (The following example has only 1 missing line. This situation is OK.) Missing line - If there are more than 4 missing lines, the print image will have horizontal stripe. Purge the ink or clean the print head in this case. (This nozzle test pattern was printed without purging the ink before printing. The machine was left unused long time before this print.) 2-23

31 NOTE nozzles of each print head. Print may have horizontal stripes if printing is started with having more than 4 missing lines. Stripes 2-24

32 2. 2 Basic Printing Method of a Ripped Job This section very simply explains sequence of operations that are fundamental for printing a ripped image. Please see later sections for further details about several print settings or printing method. 1. At first finish ripping of the printed image file on the client PC, and transfer the created folder to any location in the D Drive of machine controller. See the operation guide of RIP software for the way of ripping of image file. (1) When the image file is ripped, a folder that include.plc file,.bmp file and some.tif files are created. Please transfer this folder to the D Drive of machine controller by any way such as using a USB memory stick. This is a folder transferred from RIP PC. (2) Do not transfer the folder of rip data to the C Drive of machine controller because it is protected. Your folder transferred from RIP PC will disappear once the controller is rebooted. 2-25

33 2. Move the Carriage to the Home Position (right end). Click the icon Add Job. 3. Locate the.pcl file and open it, which resides in the folder of ripped image you have transferred to the D drive in advance. 2-26

34 4. The following configuration page is indicated. Choose any preset you have registered in advance, and confirm the details of print settings in the selected preset. (Example : Standard Setting is selected) After confirming the details of print settings, click OK. 2-27

35 5. Selected file name is added to the job list. Preview of the selected image is shown in the right section. Preview Added file 6. For reconfirmation or change of print settings for this file, right-click on the filename and choose Job Properties. 2-28

36 As the following page is indicated, confirm the details of settings or change them when necessary. 7. Set a printing media on the conveyer. Printing media 2-29

37 8. Click Alignment Bar on the controller to move down the Alignment Bar which has a scale for correct placement of media. Manually adjust the left-right position of printing media so that it should keep your desired space (margin) between right edge of media and zero point of scale. When placement of media is completed, click Alignment Bar again to move up the Alignment Bar. Alignment Bar (Moved down) Adjust the distance (Ex : 25mm from zero point) 2-30

38 9. Press the green button of the Compressor Unit to turn it on. It starts vacuuming the air and the printing media strongly sticks to the conveyer. This will prevent the media from shifting from its correct position during printing. Press green button Compressor unit 10. Type the measurement value in Media Edge Position, which is the distance between the right edge of media and zero point. (Example : 25mm) Example : 25mm The right edge of media is at 25mm from the Zero Point. 2-31

39 11. For measuring the thickness of printing media, click AMC. When you click AMC, the Carriage moves to the left some degree, and then it slowly moves down with fully dropping the AMC Pin for detecting the contact to the media. Carriage moves to the left. Then it moves down. AMC Pin The Carriage stops moving down and stays there as soon as the AMC Pin contacts the media. (AMC Pin moves up at this time.) This achieves optimum distance between Carriage s bottom and media. 2-32

40 NOTE (1) Be sure that the media is surely under the AMC Pin during AMC operation. If not under the AMC Pin, the height of Carriage is not adjusted correctly. Correct (Media is under AMC Pin) Incorrect (Media is not under the AMC Pin) AMC Pin AMC Pin (2) If the surface of media is not flat, manually change the position of media so that its peak point should be under the AMC Pin. (Move the media back to its correct position after completing AMC.) Correct Incorrect (3) Make sure to turn on the Compressor Unit to have no space between the bottom face media and conveyor. If there is space between them, the space between the upper face of media and the bottom of carriage may be incorrect. (4) AMC has to be performed whenever media type is changed from one to another because the best height of Carriage differs media to media.. (5) The height of Carriage adjusted by AMC is maintained until the controller is closed. Once controller is closed, please take AMC again. 2-33

41 12. When AMC operation has finished, click to move the Carriage back in its Home Position (right end). 13. If necessary, type any value in Image Shift from Media Edge which specifies a margin between the right edges of both print image and printing media. If this is set to 50mm as this example, the right edge of nozzle check pattern image will be placed at 50mm from the right edge of media. Example : 50mm The right edge of print image is at 50mm from the right edge of print media Click OK to decide the setting value. 2-34

42 14. Click the blue triangle icon in the tool bar to start printing. 15. Printer starts printing with moving the Carriage left and right and transporting media little frontward. Wait until the printer finishes printing all the images and Carriage stays at the right limit again. Carriage moves left and right during printing. Carriage goes back to the right limit and stays there when printing is finished. 2-35

43 Reference Such information as remaining passes and the progress is indicated during printing. 2-36

44 2. 3 How to stop printing in the middle Click the red square icon to stop printing in the middle. (Restarting is not available.) Click this to stop printing. NOTE Printing does not stop even if you click the Stop icon shown in below. This icon is used to stop the following action. - Left/right movement of Carriage - Up/down movement of Carriage - Movement of Conveyor 2-37

45 2. 4 Advanced Printing Methods Edge-to-Edge printing (No margin) If there is a print image of which size is just same as the media, Edge-to-Edge feature allows for printing this image on the media without having any margin on the edges. This section explains how to use Edge-to-Edge feature. Image Media Print without margin 1. As the first step of Edge-to-Edge, it is necessary to create the new media name and configure its width and height correctly in Media Database. For starting this, click the following icon. 2-38

46 2. Choose Add from the pull-down menu of Media Type. 3. Type any name of media in the input field, which is to be registered newly to the system. Then click OK. (Example : New media name A3-297x420 is to be registered.) 2-39

47 4. Specify the width and length of new media by typing the values in the following input fields Media Length and Media Width, and click Save. 5. Newly registered media name is now listed and selectable in the pull-down menu of Media Type. New media name 2-40

48 6. Choose a job in the Job List by right-clicking. As the Job Properties screen opens, set Media Type to the media you have added in the step 3, check Media Edge-to-Edge, and select the position of image on the media in Image alignment area. (In Edge-to-Edge printing, normally position should be center.) Click OK to decide the settings. 2-41

49 7. Put the media on the conveyor. At this time you do not have to place the media at exact position but it is enough just to put it at AMC area. Precise positioning will be done later. 8. Turn on the Compressor Unit pressing the green button so that the media surely sticks to the conveyor, which allows for having correct gap between the bottom of Carriage and media on later step. (Correct gap may not be kept if Compressor Unit is not turned on.) Press green button Compressor unit 9. Click AMC. Carriage moves to the left some degree, and then it slowly moves down with fully dropping the AMC Pin for detecting the contact to the media. 2-42

50 10. When the Carriage stops above the media, click to move the Carriage back to its home position (right end). 11. Remove the media. Then click Alignment Bar to bring down the Alignment Bar. Alignment Bar 2-43

51 12. Surely contact one edge of media to the Alignment Bar so that there is no space between them. Also with checking by the scale on the Alignment Bar, correctly place the right edge as Media Edge Position specifies. (Example : Right edge is placed at 50mm.) Surely contact the edge to the Alignment Bar. Correctly place the right edge of media with checking by the scale. 2-44

52 Reference (1) Correct positioning is important to successfully achieve no margin print. (2) It is important for feeding media perfectly straight that the leading edge and the side edges must be at right angle each other. (3) If the print image is perfectly as large as the media, a little ink may go out of media and drops onto the conveyor causing dirt. If you do not like this situation, please make a paper guide that is a little larger than the media and put the media on it. See the following example. Media Paper guide 13. Click the blue triangle icon to start printing. 2-45

53 14. The Alignment Bar moves up automatically, and the leading edge of media is automatically placed appropriately to start position, and then printing starts. Alignment Bar Leading edge is correctly placed automatically 2-46

54 Printing with flexible roll media using Roll-to-Roll Units Roll-to-Roll unit is an optional unit used for automatically feeding or winding the flexible roll media in synchronization with the printer. It feeds the roll media when installed on the rear side, and it winds the roll media when installed on the front side. Printer takes printing systematically with feeding and winding the roll media automatically when it is equipped with 2 Roll-to-Roll units on its front and rear. Front (winding side) Rear (Feeding side) 2-47

55 Installing roll media and core onto Roll-to-Roll units Please prepare the following items. Double-faced tape Core of used roll media 4mm hexagon wrench Reference (1) Acceptable inside diameter of the core of roll media is 70 to 83mm. (2) The maximum weight of roll media available if 70kg. 2-48

56 1. Bring up and remove the Tension Bar from the Front Roll-to-Roll Unit. Tension Bar Tension Bar 2. Open the Top Covers on both sides of the Front Roll-to-Roll Unit. Top Cover Top Cover 2-49

57 3. Bring up and remove the Core Bar from the Front Roll-to-Roll Unit. Core Bar Core Bar 4. Loosen 2 hexagon screws with 4mm hexagon wrench and remove the Left Core Holder on non-gear side. Hexagon screws Left Core Holder 2-50

58 5. Insert the Core Bar into the core of used roll media. 6. Fit both Left and Right Core Holders into the roll core and tighten the hexagon screws just to hold the core temporarily. As precise positioning of roll core will be done later just roughly position it at this moment. 2-51

59 7. Install the Core Bar with roll core back to its original position. Be sure that the gear is inside of the case. 2-52

60 8. Close the Top Covers on both sides. Top Covers Top Covers 9. Apply the double-faced tape on the roll core. Double-faced tape 2-53

61 10. Remove both the Tension Bar and the Core Bar from the Rear Roll-to-Roll Unit. (See steps 1 to 3 of this section.) Tension Bar Core Bar Tension Bar Core Bar 2-54

62 11. Set the flexible roll media onto the Core Bar of Rear Roll-to-Roll Unit. (See steps 4 to 6 of this section.) Reference The winding direction of roll media on the Core Bar decides which of inside and outside the image is printed on. - When the winding direction is counterclockwise seen from non-gear side, the image is printed on the outside. Image is printed on the outside. - When the winding direction is clockwise, the image is printed on the inside. Image is printed on the inside. 2-55

63 12. Install the Core Bar with roll media back to its original position. Close Top Covers on both sides. Top Covers 13. Bring the leading edge of roll media from rear side to front side by hand. Rear side Front side 2-56

64 14. Fix the leading edge to the roll core with the double-faced tape, and turn the roll core a few revolutions to either direction. Reference The winding direction of roll media decides whether the printed image is inside or outside when wound. - When the winding direction is clockwise seen from gear side, the image is outside. Image is outside. - When the winding direction is counterclockwise, the image is inside. Image is inside. 2-57

65 15. By sliding on the Core Bar, correctly locate both the roll media and roll core so that the media can run straight on the conveyor. 16. Fix each of 4 Left/Right Core Holders on front and rear by turning 2 each hexagon screws. Hexagon screws 2-58

66 17. Loosen the media enough, and install the Tension Bar back to its original position of Front Rollto-Roll Unit. Tension Bar Fit the metal disc into the case. 2-59

67 18. Similarly install the Tension Bar back to its original position of Rear Roll-to-Roll Unit. Tension Bar 2-60

68 19. Select as [System] [Options] on the controller types of winding methods are selectable in Machine Settings page. Select any of them according to the winding direction of roll media on rear side and roll core on front side, and click OK. See the next page for the detail of each winding method. 2-61

69 a) Select this setting in the following case. - Feeding side (rear side) : Outside of roll media is used for printing - Winding side (front side) : Image is outside when wound. Conveyor Feeding side (Rear) Winding side (Front) b) Select this setting in the following case. - Feeding side (rear side) : Outside of roll media is used for printing - Winding side (front side) : Image is inside when wound. Conveyor Feeding side (Rear) Winding side (Front) c) Select this setting in the following case. - Feeding side (rear side) : Inside of roll media is used for printing - Winding side (front side) : Image is inside when wound. Conveyor Feeding side (Rear) Winding side (Front) d) Select this setting in the following case. - Feeding side (rear side) : Inside of roll media is used for printing - Winding side (front side) : Image is outside when wound. Conveyor Feeding side (Rear) Winding side (Front) 2-62

70 Enable/disable Roll-to-Roll 1. Click Auto Roll-Fed to enable Roll-to-Roll function. Its circular button becomes turns green when enabled. 2. Both Front and Rear Roll-to-Roll Units wind the roll media and the Tension Bar gives certain tension to the media. These units stop automatically when ready for printing. Tension is given to the media. 3. When you will not use the Roll-to-Roll Units, click Auto Roll-Fed again to disable the function. Its circular button turns gray when disabled. 2-63

71 2. 5 Descriptions of Job Property This section precisely explains all settings included in the Job Property page. Job Property page Image Shift from Media Edge This specifies the distance between the right edge of print image and that of printing media. When this is set to 0mm, they are completely aligned with each other. Media Image This distance is adjusted Conveyor 2-64

72 Media Edge Position This specifies the distance between the right edge of media and that of Conveyor (Zero Point). Please enter the correct value according to the actual distance between them, because it is important to let the system correctly recognize the position of media s right edge on the Conveyor. Right edge of Conveyor (Zero Point) Media Image This distance is adjusted Conveyor Copies This specifies the number of times to print the selected image. If this is set to 3, the selected image is printed 3 times being arranged in the vertical direction (Example : Copies is set to 3.) Media Image Image Image Conveyor Copy Margin This specifies the distance between 2 images that are arranged back and forth in vertical direction. Media Image This distance is adjusted Image Conveyor 2-65

73 Overprint Change of this setting is not available. (Just confirmation of setting is available) UV Lamp Power This specifies the power of each Left and Right UV Lamp. Selectable power settings are 50% and 100%. - Choose 100% for more stable curing or if the media is enough durable against the heat. - Choose 50% when the media is not so durable against the heat. For Left UV Lamp For Right UV Lamp Speed Change of this setting is not available. (Just confirmation of setting is available) Print Direction This should be set to Bidirectional Print always. Do not change this Media Heat Dissipation Media Heat Dissipation is a special behaviour of printer not to heat the media so much during printing. It defines the movable range of Carriage. Operator has 3 choices such as Image Width, Media Width and L/R Limit.. (Example) For explaining the behaviour of these 3 settings, let s suppose that the following image and media are used for printing. Image : 500mm wide Media : 1000mm wide Carriage Conveyer Unit Media Image 2-66

74 Image Width This is the normal behaviour of Carriage. Its movable range is just as wide as the print image. Carriage Carriage Conveyer Unit Media Image Media Width The movable range of Carriage is as wide as the printing media. This prevents the media from heating up too much. Carriage Carriage Conveyer Unit Media Image Left /Right Limit The Carriage moves between both left limit and right limit. This most effectively prevents the media from heating up too much. Carriage Carriage Conveyer Unit Media Image 2-67

75 Media Load Mode This should be set to Front Load always. Do not change this Media Load Distance Change of this setting is not available. (Just confirmation of setting is available) Media Width Change of this setting is not available. (Just confirmation of setting is available) Media Type Change of this setting is not available. (Just confirmation of setting is available) Media Edge to Edge Check this when taking Edge-to-Edge printing. This setting is active in the Job Properties of a print job that is registered in Manual Print Spool, but it is inactive in the Job Properties of Print Setting and in the Job Properties of a job registered in Auto Print Spool Glossy Mode This should be unchecked always. Do not change this Enhanced Curing This should be unchecked always. Do not change this. 2-68

76 Color to print This specifies the colors of inks to be used. Please check all of them normally Image Alignment This specifies the position of image on the media. Operator can choose any one of 3 standard positions when Edge-to-Edge is unchecked, and can choose any one of 9 standard positions when Edge-to-Edge is checked.) Edge-to-Edge is unchecked (Selection from 3 positions is available) Edge-to-Edge is unchecked (Selection from 9 positions is available) Once a standard position is selected, it is possible to additionally specify the values of shift (front, rear, left & right) from the selected standard position. 2-69

77 Print Mode page Quality Mode When a special TS print data, which is specially ripped only for TS printing, is selected on the TS model, Quality Mode is automatically set to Super Glossy and you can not select other modes. (TS means traffic sign.) Quality mode Number Carriage of pass speed Resolution Productivity (m 2 /h) Super Glossy 360 x Resolution Change of this setting is not available. (Just confirmation of setting is available) Print Mode When a special TS print data, which is specially ripped only for TS printing, is selected on the TS model, Print Mode is automatically set to Normal and you can not select other modes. (TS means traffic sign.) 2-70

78 Channel Color Assignment (1) (2) This region allows the following settings. (1) Color of ink used in each print head It is possible to decide which color of ink is used on each print head. Choose any color in the pull-down menu. Never change this setting. (2) Percentage of ink When a special TS print data, which is specially ripped only for TS printing, is selected on the TS model, Percentage of ink is automatically set to 100% and you can not select other modes. (TS means traffic sign.) 2-71

79 2. 6 Registration of Media When registering a new media, it is possible to specify media name, width, length and AMC offset value Creating custom media 1. Click the following icon to indicate Calibration screen. 2. In the pull-down menu of Media Type, choose Add. 2-72

80 3. Type any name of media in the input field, which is to be registered. Click OK. Name of media to be registered (Example : 900x1500) 4. Specify the length and media of newly registered media by inputting in the values in input fields. Then click Save. If necessary, it is possible to specify the following settings additionally. - Print Head Gap - Media Cost As for Print Head Gap, see the next page for further detail. As for the cost of media, simply input the price of media. Do not change all other settings as they have been already set correctly. 2-73

81 Reference Print Head Gap Print Head Gap stands for the distance between print head and media, which is kept during printing. Recommended amount of Print Head Gap in normal printing is 1.5 to 2.0mm. Smaller of larger Print Head Gap may be required according to the situation. Print Head Gap is increased or decreased by 0.1mm increment/decrement. - Smaller Print Head Gap is better for achieving sharper and clearer print image because ink drop is performed more precisely. For avoiding scratch on the print head, a printing media must be completely flat and must not deform by itself even if heated up. - When the surface of printing media is not flat or if t easily deform by itself when heated up by the UV Lamp, larger Print Head Gap is better for avoiding scratch on the print head. 2-74

82 2. 7 Descriptions of Main Screen This section explains the meaning and functions of all icons and indications on the Main Screen Menu Bar & Tool Bar (1) [File] [Add Job (Copy)] A ripped data is added to the controller by copying ripped data from Network PC or external device (USB Memory and etc) to the local area of controller. After copying to the local area, print is available even if the Network PC or external device is disconnected. Copying of ripped data may take time if the data size is huge. (2) [File] [Add Job (Link)] A job is added. This command is same as clicking (3) [File] [Delete Job] Selected job is deleted. This command is same as clicking (4) [File] [Job Properties] This opens the Job Properties of selected job. This command is same as clicking 2-75

83 (5) [Display] [Test Pattern] This indicates or hides the Test Pattern Icons. (6) [System] [Initial] This initializes the position of Carriage. This command is same as clicking (7) [System] [Initial Stop] This stops initialization of Carriage position. (8) [System] [Print Setting] This opens the following setting screen that allows for selecting Presets (Print Settings). See [2.8 Print Setting] for further details of Presets 2-76

84 (9) [System] [Media Setting] This opens the following setting screen for media settings. See [2.9 Media Settng] for further details of media settings. (10) [System] [Calibration] This opens the following setting screen for calibration. This command is same as clicking See [2.10 Calibration] for further details of calibration. 2-77

85 (11) [System] [Maintenance] This opens the following setting screen for maintenance. See [2.11 Maintenance] for further details of maintenance. 2-78

86 (12) [System] [ICB] This opens the following setting screen for ICB settings. See [2.12 ICB Setting] for further details of ICB settings. 2-79

87 (13) [System] [Options] This opens the following setting screen for optional settings. See [2.13 Option Settings] for further details of optional settings. (14) [System] [Exit] This finishes the KIP Color UV 180l.exe. (15) [About] [About KIP Color UV 180j Controller] This indicates the version of KIP Color UV 180l.exe. 2-80

88 (16) A job is added. This s same as [File] [Add Job (Link)] (17) Selected job is deleted. This is same as [File] [Delete Job]. (18) This opens the Job Properties of selected job. This is same as [File] [Job Properties]. (19) This stops printing. (20) This pauses to print. Clicking restarts printing. (21) This starts printing. (22) This initializes the position of Carriage. This is same as [System] [Initial]. (23) This opens the setting screen for calibration. This is same as [System] [Calibration]. (24) This opens the Cost Watch screen. See [2.14 Cost Watch] for further details of Cost Watch. (25) This adds the Nozzle Check pattern to the job list. (26) This adds the adjustment pattern of print head to the job list. (27) This adds the position adjustment pattern (Normal Speed, right to left) to the job list. 2-81

89 (28) This adds the position adjustment pattern (High Speed, right to left) to the job list. (29) This adds the position adjustment pattern (Normal Speed, Bi direction) to the job list. (30) This adds the position adjustment pattern (High Speed, Bi direction) to the job list. (31) No use Preview of image When a print job is selected in the job list, its preview image is indicated on the left part of the GUI. Preview Selected file 2-82

90 Job List Job List has 3 types of spools. - Manual Print Spool - Auto Print Spool - Printed Spool Contents of the indications are as follows. (1) Name This is the name of job. (2) Status This is the status of job. (3) Image Shift From Media This is the distance between the right edges of image and media. (4) Copies This is the number of copies. (5) Job Print Count This is the total number of times of printing (6) Time This is the time required for printing. (7) Quality Mode This is the print quality selected. (8) Image Height This is the length of image. (9) Image Width This is the width of image. (10) Media Load Distance This is the distance between Alignment Bar and start point of printing. (11) Resolution (WxH) This is the resolution. (12) Path This is the path to the job. 2-83

91 Media Positioning This setting region is for the positioning of media. (3) (1) (2) (4) (1) Clicking this moves the media forward by the amount specified by (3). (2) Clicking this moves the media backward by the amount specified by (3). (3) This specifies the amount to move the media. (4) Clicking this moves the media back to the print start position of the last printing. 2-84

92 Print Carriage This setting region is for the movement of Carriage. (5) (3) (4) (1) (2) (9) (7) (8) (6) (1) Clicking this moves the Carriage to the left end. (2) Clicking this moves the Carriage to the right end. (3) Clicking this moves the Carriage to the left by the amount specified by (5). (4) Clicking this moves the Carriage to the right by the amount specified by (5). (5) This specifies the amount to move the Carriage left and right. (6) Clicking this moves up the Carriage to the top positon. (7) Clicking this moves down the Carriage by the amount specified by (9). (8) Clicking this moves up the Carriage by the amount specified by (9). (9) This specifies the amount to move up and down the Carriage. 2-85

93 Print Head Gap This specifies the distance between the bottom of Print Head and the surface of media during printing. Setting unit is mm AMC Clicking this starts AMC actin. 2-86

94 When AMC is clicked, Carriage automatically moves to the left by certain distance and stops horizontal movement there. Then the AMC Pin drops down and the Carriage very slowly moves down. AMC Pin moves up as soon as it touches the media and the Carriage immediately stops moving down. This behaviour allows for having a correct distance between the bottom of carriage and media. Carriage moves to the left. AMC Pin drops and Carriage moves down. AMC Pin 2-87

95 Stop Click Stop when you will stop the movement of Carriage and Conveyor. Stop button stops the movement of Carriage and Conveyor started by the following icons. Also it can stop AMC action started by clicking AMC button. 2-88

96 Ink System This region indicates the remaining of ink in both Main Tank and Sub Tank. M means Main Tank and S means Sub Tank. Indicator is green when there is ink in each tank but turns red when empty Head Temperature This region indicates the temperature of each print head. Clicking R indicates the latest temperature information Conveyor This region notifies skew of Conveyor. If the Conveyor abnormally shifts to either left or right and the sensor detects it, the concerning indicator turns red. Please call a service if error is detected. 2-89

97 Waste Ink This notifies Waste Ink Tank Full. If the tank is filled with the wasted ink the indicator turns red. Remove the wasted ink from the tank and dispose it UV System Clicking Left UV Lamp turns on the Left UV Lamp. Clicking Right UV Lamp turns on the Right UV Lamp. Click these icons again for turning off the UV Lamps. NOTE (1) When you turn on either of 2 UV Lamps, wait more than 5 seconds before turning on the other UV Lamp. Even if you try to turn it on within 5 seconds it does not react. (2) The status is shown as before turning on. It turns red as when the UV Lamp gets ready. (3) The number indicated below each indication lamp is the total lighting time of each UV Lamp. (4) Cooling Fans will keep on working for some minutes even if the UV Lamps are turned off. If you will turn on the UV Lamps again, wait until these fans completely stop. 2-90

98 Media System Clicking Alignment Bar moves up or down the Alignment Bar, which is used for de-skewing and also for scaling. Clicking Auto Roll-Fed enables the rear side unit of Roll-to-Roll unit. Clicking Auto Roll Take Up enables the front side unit of Roll-to-Roll unit Carriage Maintenance When Auto Clean is clicked, all print heads ejects a little ink for some seconds for removing air or clog of ink in the nozzle. The time of ejection can be specifies. Clicking PH Service moves up the Carriage and the moves it to the left end. Clicking W Ink Circulation starts circulation of white ink. Pass to Clean specifies the number of passes for functioning Auto Clean periodically. When the total number of passes during printing reaches this value, printer pauses printing and performs Auto Clean. Click Save after specifying the value. Clicking Clean Now immediately performs Auto Clean. When the print image starts to have banding in the middle of printing, click Clean Now. Printer pauses printing, moves Carriage back to the home position, performs Auto Clean, and restarts printing. 2-91

99 2. 8 Print Setting Selecting as [System] [Print Setting] in Menu Bar opens the following Print Setting screen. If you choose any of 16 setting buttons in the above screen, you will access next screen as shown in the next page. See the next page for further explanation. 2-92

100 The following screen opens when you choose any of 16 setting buttons in the Print Setting screen, which has 2 tabs such as Job Properties tab and Print Mode tab. You can do the following operations in this screen. (1) It is possible to change and save the name of selected setting button in the Print Setting screen by typing any name in the input field of Setting Name. If you change the current name standard Setting to new name KIP Custom Setting, for example, the name of setting button in the Print Setting Screen changes to KIP Custom (2) If you change the settings in these 2 tabs and click OK, these changes are saved in the selected setting button. When you select the same setting button in Print Setting page next time, these changes can be used in that printing. As for the details of the settings in these tabs, see [2.5 Descriptions of Job Property] This changes the name of setting button in Print Setting screen. 2-93

101 2. 9 Media Setting Selecting as [System] [Media Setting] in Menu Bar opens the following Print Setting screen. This page allows the operator to input some media information that is used for detecting media empty. Also it is possible to enable media empty detection function (1) Thickness of used media is inputted in Media thickness field. This information is used to calculate how much roll media is remaining. (2) Diameter of the inner core of used media is inputted in Diameter core field. This information is used to calculate how much roll media is remaining. (3) External diameter of used media is inputted in Diameter roll field. This information is used to calculate how much roll media is remaining. (4) Calculation of roll remaining takes place when clicking Calculate button. The above information (1) to (3) are used in the calculation. (5) The result of calculation is indicated in Calculate Roll Length. This shows the current remaining length of roll media. (6) When clicking Set to counter, the value indicated in Calculate Roll Length is copied to Roll Length Counter and set as the counter of roll remaining length. (7) Roll Length Counter shows the current remaining length of roll media (8) When Enable to detect the remaining roll is checked, a notification message pops up if the length of print image is longer than the remaining length of roll media. (9) Clicking OK closes this screen with saving the changes of setting. (10) Clicking Cancel closes this page without saving. 2-94

102 2. 10 Calibration Setting Selecting as [System] [Calibration] in Menu Bar opens the following Calibration screen. This page allows for several kinds of configurations per media type (1) Horizontal Offset Horizontal alignment of 8 colors (K, B, R, Y, Y, R, B & K) is available per speed (N=Normal & H=High). This setting is applied when the Carriage moves from right to left (Uni-direction). This adjustment is done by service personnel. (2) Bidirectional Offset Horizontal alignment of 8 colors (K, B, R, Y, Y, R, B & K) is available per speed (N=Normal & H=High). This setting is applied when in Bidirectional printing. This adjustment is done by service personnel. (3) Front Load Offset This adjusts the position of first pass (leading edge of print image) in vertical direction. Adjust this when the position of image must be very precisely adjusted in Edge-to-Edge printing. Increment of the value by 1 moves the image to the rear side by 1mm. Print direction Increase Image Media Decrease NOTE This is adjusted properly in factory. Please do not change this basically. 2-95

103 (4) Rear Load Offset Do not change this setting. (5) Band Offset When each pass finishes in printing, the conveyor moves to transport the media in vertical direction and then next pass is done. Band Offset adjusts the amount of conveyor s movement in each occasion. This adjustment is done by service personnel. (6) Print Head Gap This specifies the distance between the bottom of print head and media in printing. (7) Media Type New type of media is added, and also change of settings for an existent media is available. (8) Delete This deletes an existent media type from the list. (9) Media Length This specifies the length of media. (10) Media Width This specifies the width of media. (11) Media Cost This specifies the cost of media per square meter. (12) N Select this when you will adjust Horizontal Offset and Bidirectional Speed for normal speed. (13) H Select this when you will adjust Horizontal Offset and Bidirectional Speed for high speed. (14) Save Click this to save the changes of settings in this screen. (15) Apply default settings to all media 2-96

104 2. 11 Maintenance Setting Selecting as [System] [Maintenance] in Menu Bar opens the following Maintenance screen (1) Ink Refill Inch indicator shows the level of concerning ink in the Sub Tank. It is green when there is ink in the tank, and red when empty. When the icon is red, clicking the icons (K, C, M, Y, Y, M, C & K) starts refilling of ink. (2) Sensor Status This region shows the status of each sensor. This is used by service personnel. (3) Hardware Test This region allows for some hardware tests. This is used by service personnel. (4) Replace Items This region is used to record the replacement of consumable items. This is used by service personnel. 2-97

105 2. 12 ICB Setting Selecting as [System] [ICB] in Menu Bar opens the following Maintenance screen, which allows for configuration with regard to the print heads. All these settings are used by service personnel. 2-98

106 2. 13 Option Settings Selecting as [System] [Options] in Menu Bar opens the following Maintenance screen, which allows for configuration with regard to the print heads. All these settings are used by service personnel (1) Roll Media Unit setting This specifies the direction of Roll-to-Roll Units to rotate. Operator can choose any setting according to the actual winding direction of roll media and roll core (for winding). a) Select this setting in the following case. - Feeding side (rear side) : Outside of roll media is used for printing - Winding side (front side) : Image is outside when wound. Conveyor Feeding side (Rear) Winding side (Front) 2-99

107 b) Select this setting in the following case. - Feeding side (rear side) : Outside of roll media is used for printing - Winding side (front side) : Image is inside when wound. Conveyor Feeding side (Rear) Winding side (Front) c) Select this setting in the following case. - Feeding side (rear side) : Inside of roll media is used for printing - Winding side (front side) : Image is inside when wound. Conveyor Feeding side (Rear) Winding side (Front) d) Select this setting in the following case. - Feeding side (rear side) : Inside of roll media is used for printing - Winding side (front side) : Image is outside when wound. Conveyor Feeding side (Rear) Winding side (Front) (2) Language This specifies the language on the application. Only Englsh is selectable

108 (3) Show Media Holder Checked? When this is checked, the application shows the following confirmation message whenever the Carriage is moved by the icons (4) Show Media Height Checked? When this is checked, the application shows the following confirmation message whenever printing is going to start. (5) Sub Tank Auto Refill When this is checked, Sub Tank is automatically supplied with the ink by refilling action when the remainder of ink gets smaller than certain level. (This must be checked normally.) (6) Auto Stir White Ink This function is no check always

109 (7) Print Head Auto Wetting Auto Wetting is a function to prevent the air from going into the nozzles of print head, which as a result decreases the frequency of ink purge. Normally the negative pressure is always given to the print head to hold the ink in the nozzles. As it sucks the air from nozzles, a little air may go into the nozzles if the machine is left long time without printing. Negative pressure continuously sucks the air. Negative pressure may allow the air to go into the nozzles. Printer is left long time without printing Air (This causes stripes) When Auto Wetting is checked, occasionally the Positive Pressure is given to the print head very shortly. As it exhausts the air from nozzles, it prevents the air from going into the nozzles. Negative pressure sucks the air. Positive pressure exhausts the air very shortly. Time passes. Certain time passes. Air (This causes stripes) Air is removed. NOTE The following message is shown when the Auto Wetting is working. No operation is available on the application during that period

110 (8) Looping Period (Minutes) This specifies the interval time between previous Print Head Auto Wetting and next one. Do not change this setting basically. (9) Period Length for Positive (ms) Do not change this setting. (10) Period Length for Negative (ms) Do not change this setting. (11) Enable solid mode plus If this is checked, SM+ (Smartmesh Plus) is automatically enabled when the print quality is set to Solid Mode. (12) UV Lamp auto start When this is checked, UV Lamp(s) is automatically turned on when the initialization of application after booting up completes. Individual setting per UV Lamp is available. (13) Auto Clean Before Print When this is checked, all 8 print heads automatically jet the ink for a few seconds right before starting printing in order to remove the air from nozzles. (14) Auto Clean Setting (Times) This specifies how long time the print head jets the ink from nozzles when Auto Clean is in progress. Do not change this setting normally. (15) Auto Clean Interval Time (ms) This specifies the interval time between the completion of Auto Clean and the start of printing. (16) AMC Calibrate Offset (mm) This compensates the height of Carriage after AMC action. Normally 2mm of space must be kept between the bottom of print head and media. If it is not 2mm, compensation is available by specifying necessary value in this field. When the AMC action completes, the Carriage additionally moves up or down according to this setting. Increment of the value makes the space wider. (17) AMC Position (mm) This specifies the amount of horizontal movement (right to left) of Carriage in AMC action. If this is set to 1000mm for example, Carriage moves to the left by 1000mm and then moves down in AMC action

111 (18) Start Zero Point (mm) This is to compensate the mismatch of horizontal start point of print and the scale of Alignment Bar. If the Media Edge Position is set to 50mm and Right Margin is set to 30mm, for example, the left edge of image should be aligned with 80mm scale mark on the Alignment Bar. If not aligned correctly, compensation is available by Start Zero Point setting. Increment of the value by 1 moves the image to the left by 1mm. Normally do not change this setting as it has been adjusted properly in factory. Alignment Bar 80mm Carriage Media Alignment Bar 80mm Carriage Media Incorrect 2-104

112 2. 14 Cost Watch How to Run the Cost Watch 1. Click in the tool bar. 2. Type a specific password kip180j in the following screen and click OK. (Password is kip180j under the default. See [ Change of password] for the method to change this password. Type kip180j 2-105

113 3. Cost Watch opens

114 Preparations for cost calculations Input of the costs of consumables Operator is able to input several costs in Media Cost Tab and Other Cost Tab. These costs are used for cost calculations. Costs Media cost UV lamp cost UV ink cost Print head cost Ink filter cost Labor cost Other cost Calculation standard Consumption of media is counted for the cost calculation in terms of the area consumed. Area of media that is covered by the image is counted, but non-image area (such as margin) is not included. Consumption of UV Lamp is counted for the cost calculation in terms of the lighting time during printing. Consumption of each UV ink is counted for the cost calculation in terms of the number of times of jetting by the concerning print head Consumption of print head is counted for the cost calculation in terms of the number of times of jetting. Consumption of ink filter is counted for the cost calculation in terms of the consumption of ink, which is calculated by the number of times of jetting. This is the hourly wage for the operator/worker. This is the other cost. 1. Open Media Cost tab

115 2. In media name fields, type the name of media that is to be counted. And in Square Meters Cost fields, input the value of media cost in terms of cost per square meter. (Examples of the following screen) - Media No.0 : Media name is Default, and its cost per square meter is Media No.1 : Media name is test, and its cost per square meter is Media No.2 : Media name is 297x420, and its cost per square meter is 100. Click Save to save these settings. NOTE Cost Watch does not support any specific currency. Just type the value in terms of your local currency

116 3. Open Other Cost tab

117 4. Type the actual costs of each item in the concerning input field, such as the costs of UV Lamp, Ink Filter, Print Head, Ink, worker s hourly wage and etc. Click Change Cost after changing all necessary settings. Cost items UV InkF PH K1 (Black) B1 (Blue) R1 (Red) Y1 (Yellow) Y2 (Yellow) R2 (Red) B2 (Blue) K2 (Black) Worker Hourly Rate Over Head expense What must be inputted Enter the cost of 1 piece of UV Lamp Enter the cost of 1 piece of Ink Filter Enter the cost of 1 piece of Print Head Enter the cost of 1 litter of Black Ink Enter the cost of 1 litter of Blue Ink Enter the cost of 1 litter of Red Ink Enter the cost of 1 litter of Yellow Ink Enter the cost of 1 litter of Yellow Ink Enter the cost of 1 litter of Red Ink Enter the cost of 1 litter of Blue Ink Enter the cost of 1 litter of Black Ink Enter the hourly wage of the worker Enter other costs if necessary 2-110

118 Input of other concerning costs Cost Watch has an ability to automatically calculate the following kinds of other concerning costs that arise indirectly even if the printer is not in printing. These concerning costs can be included in the total cost, and also excluded if not necessary. Costs Ink purge UV Lamp when waiting for printing UV Lamp for turning on UV Lamp for warming up and cooling down Non-image are of media Ink consumption by Auto Clean Time cost for workers to start and end job Calculation standard Amount of ink consumed by ink purge that is necessary to keep the print head in a good condition Life time of UV Lamp consumed while waiting the start of next printing. Life time of UV Lamp consumed whenever the UV Lamp is turned on. (UV Lamp loses its life time by about 3 hours whenever it is turned on) Life time of UV Lamp consumed during warming up and cooling down Area of media consumed as non-mage area such as margin Amount of ink consumed by Auto Clean that is performed to keep the print head in a good condition Time cost that is consumed when the worker starts and ends the job 1. Choose [Tools] [Amortized idle cost] in the menu bar

119 2. The following settings are available in Amortized idle cost screen. (1) In Ink purge cost region, choose include with job range if you would like the other indirect costs to include the costs caused by ink purge and Auto Clean. Choose Do not include if you would not like to include it in other indirect costs. (2) In UV Lamp idle time cost region, choose include with job range if you would like the other indirect costs to include the costs caused by waiting for printing, turning on and warming up/cooling down. Choose Do not include if you would not like to include it in other indirect costs. (3) In Media unprinted area cost region, choose Media margin if you would like the other indirect costs to include the cost caused by the existence of non-image area, and also specify the margin values. Choose Do not include if you would not like to include it in other indirect costs Click OK when you finish changing the settings

120 Calculation of total cost 1. Choose [Tools] [Jog Log Range] in the menu bar

121 2. The following screen allows for specifying a term (Job Log Range), which is used for listing past jobs in the Job List. All Start from End Between All past print jobs saved in the log file are listed in the Job List Start from specifies a term. Of all past print jobs saved in the log file, only the jobs saved since the date that Start from specifies are listed in the Job List. Specify the start date by choosing any setting in the upper pull-down menu (1). End specifies a term. Of all past print jobs saved in the log file, only the jobs saved before the date that End specifies are listed in the Job List. Specify the end date by choosing any setting in the lower pull-down menu (2). Between specifies both start date and end date. Of all past print jobs saved in the log file, only the jobs saved between start date and end date are listed in the Job List. Specify the start date in the upper pull-down menu (1) and the end date in the lower pull-down menu (2). When you click Apply, the main page of Cost Watch lists all the jobs as specified by Job Log Range. Job List (Jobs are listed according to the setting in Job Log Range) 2-114

122 3. Cost calculation is performed after selecting necessary jobs in the Job List. Some types of job selections are available from Select by. All None Name All jobs in the Job List are checked for cost calculation. All jobs are unchecked. Cost calculation is not performed. When Name is selected, it is additionally possible to input some keyword text. All the jobs that have this keyword text are checked for cost calculation. Keyword text 2-115

123 Serial Number When Serial Number is selected, it is additionally possible to specify the range of Serial Number. All the jobs that are in this range of Serial Number are checked for cost calculation. Serial Number (Start) Serial Number (End) Reference Serial Number is automatically given to the job according to the order of printing by daily basis. Month of Year When Month of Year is selected, it is additionally possible to specify the range of months. All the jobs that are in this range of months are checked for cost calculation. Month (Start) Month (End) Manually Select When Manually Select is selected, operator can check the jobs in the Job List manually for cost calculation

124 4. When you click Apply, Cost Watch application calculates the cost of each items and total cost of the selected jobs, and show these costs in the screen. Cost of each item Total cost of the selected jobs 2-117

125 Change of Password Password entry is required for using the Cost Watch. Password is kip180j under the default, but if necessary it can be changed. 1. Choose [Tools] [Change User Password] in the menu bar. 2. Type the current password in Old Password region, type new password in New Password and Confirm Password regions, and click OK to save new password

126 2. 15 Turning off the KIP COLOR UV 180j TS (Daily basis) When you turn off the KIP COLOR UV 180j TS in evening then will turn it on again next morning, please turn off the system by the following way. NOTE The sequence of operations instructed in this section has to be done only when the machine is to be turned off for one day. Please note that the maintenance for the print head instructed here assumes that the machine will be turned on next day. If you will turn off the machine for a few days (less than 1 week) or for more than 1 week, different way of maintenance is needed. See the following sections in such case as each case needs its own way of maintenance for keeping the print head in good condition Machine will be unused for few days (Less than 1 week) Machine will be unused for more than 1 week Wrong way of maintenance may cause troubles of print head such as clogging of ink in the nozzles. 1. Click Left UV Lamp icon to turn off the left UV lamp. Similarly click Right UV Lamp icon to turn off the left on. Please wait for few more minutes until their cooling fans completely stop. 2. Indicators for both UV Lamps turn to blue as follows when the lamps are turned off

127 3. Click PH Service. The Carriage brings up to the upper limit then moves to the left end. Move the Carriage to the left end. 4. Open the cover of ink purge area. Open this cover

128 5. There is Ink Purge Switch on the rear side of ink purge area. Keep pressing it by hand few seconds toward Purge + direction. Ink will come out from the nozzles of each print heads while you are pressing the switch to Purge + direction. Leave your hand from the Ink Purge Switch few seconds later. The switch will go back to its original position automatically. Ink Purge Switch (Normal state) (During purging the ink) Keep pressing toward Purge +. Ink comes out from each print head (Bottom of Carriage is seen from the bottom.) 2-121

129 6. Very gently remove the remaining ink around nozzles with a cleaning rag. Please see the following notes for correct cleaning of nozzles. Cleaning Rag (Lint-free) Remove the remaining ink around NOTE nozzles of each print head. (1) Recommended lint-free type cleaning rag only must be used for cleaning the nozzles of print head. If you do not have enough, please order it to your KIP dealer. Do not use such as tissue paper, cotton cloth, and etc that will generate lint. Intrusion of lint into the nozzle can cause clogging of nozzle! (2) When cleaning the nozzle part, please just contact the cleaning rag to this area very gently without giving strong pressure at all. NEVER wipe this part by moving the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right! Nozzle part Good (just contact the cleaning rag gently) No good (move the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right) 2-122

130 NOTE (1) To avoid the mixture of color, do not use a cleaning rag that nozzles has another of each color print ink. head. (2) Not only the nozzle part but also the print head s bottom and Carriage s bottom are in many cases dirty. Please clean these parts as well. (You may wipe these parts by moving the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right, but take great care not to scratch the nozzle part.) Nozzle part Print head s bottom Carriage s bottom After cleaning 2-123

131 7. Wet the cleaning rag with a little PH Maintenance Solution, and clean the nozzles of each print head very gently. NOTE Cleaning rag PH Maintenance Solution nozzles of each print head. When cleaning the nozzle part, please just contact the cleaning rag to this area very gently without giving strong pressure at all. NEVER wipe this part by moving the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right! Nozzle part Good (just contact the cleaning rag gently) No good (move the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right) 2-124

132 8. Open the Carriage Cover upward. Carriage Cover 9. Close all 8 pieces of 2-way Valves by directing their longer finger grip to the front. 2-way Valves NOTE Open position Close position It is strongly recommended to close the 2-way valves before turning off. When an electric shut down accidentally happens and if 2-way valves are open, all the ink in the sub tanks may be lost

133 10. Fit the Capping Plate to the bottom plate of Carriage to cover the nozzles of print heads. Capping Plate Capping Plate 11. Close the Carriage Cover

134 12. Choose [System] [Exit] in the menu bar to close the KIP COLOR UV 180j.exe. 13. Choose OK for the following message. 14. Shut down the controller by [Start] [Shut Down]

135 15. Turn off the printer by pressing the left side of Machine Switch. Press right side to turn on the printer. 16. Press the red button of the Compressor Unit to turn it off. Press red button Compressor unit 2-128

136 17. Turn off the Breaker if necessary. Breaker Reference It is recommended to keep turning on the Breaker even at night because the ink is surely kept in the nozzles of print heads. If Breaker is turned off, a little ink remained in the nozzles comes out as air pressure is not given. Please ask advice on this to your service personnel

137 Chapter 3 Maintenance page 3. 1 Maintenance of Print Heads Daily basis Machine is unused for few days (Less than 1 week) Machine is unused for more than 1 week Before going into long term shutting down To start using the machine after long term shutting down Addition of Ink to Main Tank Removal of Wasted Ink Buyable Consumables

138 3. 1 Maintenance of Print Heads Print Head has many ink nozzles which are very fine pipes filled with the UV ink. When the machine is to be unused, it should be correctly maintained according to the term to keep the machine unused so as to keep the nozzles in a good condition. See any of the following sections according to the term to keep the machine off. When machine is turned off for; (1) One day (night) : [3.1.1 Daily basis] (2) For few days (less than 1 week) : [3.1.2 Machine is unused for few days (Less than 1 week)] (3) For more than 1 week : [3.1.3 Machine is unused for more than 1 week] NOTE Please correctly maintain the Print Head as instructed in this section. Otherwise the ink may dry and clog in the nozzle as the time passes. The nozzle can not jet the ink if it has clogging inside, which causes missing of pixel and as a result causes the print to have abnormal stripes or wrong color. Correct nozzle (without clogging) Incorrect nozzle (clogged) Clogging of ink Can jet the ink Can not jet the ink It is possible to check if the nozzle is clogged or not by printing the nozzle check pattern. If there is any line that is always missed in the chart, and if it is impossible to recover this line by any way such as ink purge and cleaning with PH Maintenance Solution, probably the concerning nozzle is clogged. Missing lines If clogging of nozzles has already happened, see [4.3 How to clear clogging of nozzles]. 3-2

139 Daily basis If you will keep shutting down the for just one day, please do as instructed in below. 1. Before turning off the printer, move the Carriage to the left limit position by clicking PH Service. Move the Carriage to the left limit. 2. Open the cover of ink purge area. Open this cover. 3-3

140 3. There is Ink Purge Switch on the rear side of ink purge area. Keep pressing it by hand few seconds toward Purge + direction. Ink will come out from the nozzles of each Print Heads while you are pressing the switch to Purge + direction. Leave your hand from the Ink Purge Switch few seconds later. The switch will go back to its original position automatically. Ink Purge Switch (Normal state) (During purging the ink) Keep pressing toward Purge +. Ink comes out from each Print Head (This is the picture of the Bottom of Carriage) 3-4

141 4. Very gently remove the remaining ink around nozzles with a cleaning rag. Please see the following notes for correct cleaning of nozzles. Cleaning Rag (Lint-free) Remove the remaining ink around NOTE nozzles of each Print Head. (1) Recommended lint-free type cleaning rag only must be used for cleaning the nozzles of Print Head. If you do not have enough, please order it to your KIP dealer. Do not use such as tissue paper, cotton cloth, and etc that will generate lint. Intrusion of lint into the nozzle can cause clogging of nozzle! (2) When cleaning the nozzle part, please just contact the cleaning rag to this area very gently without giving strong pressure at all. NEVER wipe this part by moving the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right! Nozzle part Good (just contact the cleaning rag gently) No good (move the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right) (See the next page as well.) 3-5

142 NOTE (3) To avoid the mixture of color, do not use a cleaning rag that nozzles has another of each color Print ink. Head. (4) Not only the nozzle part but also the Print Head s bottom and Carriage s bottom are in many cases dirty. Please clean these parts as well. (You may wipe these parts by moving the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right, but take great care not to scratch the nozzle part.) Nozzle part Print Head s bottom Carriage s bottom After cleaning 3-6

143 5. Wet the cleaning rag with a little PH Maintenance Solution, and clean the nozzles of each Print Head very gently. NOTE Cleaning rag PH Maintenance Solution nozzles of each Print Head. When cleaning the nozzle part, please just contact the cleaning rag to this area very gently without giving strong pressure at all. NEVER wipe this part by moving the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right! Nozzle part Good (just contact the cleaning rag gently) No good (move the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right) 3-7

144 6. Open the Carriage Cover upward. Carriage Cover 7. Close all 8 pieces of 2-way Valves by directing their longer finger grip to the front. 2-way Valves NOTE Open position Close position It is strongly recommended to close the 2-way valves before turning off. When an electric shut down accidentally happens and if 2-way valves are open at that time, all the ink in the sub tanks may be lost. 3-8

145 8. Fit the Capping Plate to the bottom plate of Carriage to cover the nozzles of Print Heads. Capping Plate Capping Plate 9. Close the Carriage Cover. 10. Turn off the controller and machine when you have taken correct maintenance for the Print Heads. 3-9

146 Machine is unused for few days (Less than 1 week) If you will keep shutting down the machine for few days (but within 1 week), please do as instructed in below. 1. Before turning off the printer, move the Carriage to the left limit position by clicking PH Service. Move the Carriage to the left limit. 2. Open the cover of ink purge area. Open this cover. 3-10

147 3. There is Ink Purge Switch on the rear side of ink purge area. Keep pressing it by hand few seconds toward Purge + direction. Ink will come out from the nozzles of each Print Heads while you are pressing the switch to Purge + direction. Leave your hand from the Ink Purge Switch few seconds later. The switch will go back to its original position automatically. Ink Purge Switch (Normal state) (During purging the ink) Keep pressing toward Purge +. Ink comes out from each Print Head (This is the picture of the Bottom of Carriage) 3-11

148 4. Very gently remove the remaining ink around nozzles with a cleaning rag. Please see the following notes for correct cleaning of nozzles. Cleaning Rag (Lint-free) Remove the remaining ink around NOTE nozzles of each Print Head. (1) Recommended lint-free type cleaning rag only must be used for cleaning the nozzles of Print Head. If you do not have enough, please order it to your KIP dealer. Do not use such as tissue paper, cotton cloth, and etc that will generate lint. Intrusion of lint into the nozzle can cause clogging of nozzle! (2) When cleaning the nozzle part, please just contact the cleaning rag to this area very gently without giving strong pressure at all. NEVER wipe this part by moving the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right! Nozzle part Good (just contact the cleaning rag gently) No good (move the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right) (See the next page as well.) 3-12

149 NOTE (3) To avoid the mixture of color, do not use a cleaning rag that nozzles has another of each color Print ink. Head. (4) Not only the nozzle part but also the Print Head s bottom and Carriage s bottom are in many cases dirty. Please clean these parts as well. (You may wipe these parts by moving the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right, but take great care not to scratch the nozzle part.) Nozzle part Print Head s bottom Carriage s bottom After cleaning 3-13

150 5. Wet the cleaning rag with a little PH Maintenance Solution, and clean the nozzles of each Print Head very gently. NOTE Cleaning rag PH Maintenance Solution nozzles of each Print Head. When cleaning the nozzle part, please just contact the cleaning rag to this area very gently without giving strong pressure at all. NEVER wipe this part by moving the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right! Nozzle part Good (just contact the cleaning rag gently) No good (move the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right) 3-14

151 6. Open the Carriage Cover upward. Carriage Cover 7. Close all 8 pieces of 2-way Valves by directing their longer finger grip to the front. 2-way Valves NOTE Open position Close position It is strongly recommended to close the 2-way valves before turning off. When an electric shut down accidentally happens and if 2-way valves are open at that time, all the ink in the sub tanks may be lost. 3-15

152 8. Fit the Capping Plate to the bottom plate of Carriage to cover the nozzles of Print Heads. Capping Plate Capping Plate 9. Close the Carriage Cover. 10. Turn off the controller and machine when you have taken correct maintenance for the Print Heads. 3-16

153 Machine is unused for more than 1 week Before going into long term shutting down If you will keep shutting down the machine for more than 1 week, please do as instructed in below. NOTE Clogging of Print Head s nozzle may occur if machine is turned off and left for more than 1 week without performing the following instruction. In significant case, replacement of Print Head with the new one may only be the solution. 1. Before turning off the printer, move the Carriage to the left limit position by clicking PH Service. Move the Carriage to the left limit. 2. Open the cover of ink purge area. Open this. 3-17

154 3. Open the Carriage Cover upward. Carriage Cover 4. Close all 8 pieces of 2-way Valves by directing their longer finger grip to the front. 2-way Valves Open position Close position 3-18

155 5. Joint the Black Ink Tube to the Syringe. Black Ink Tube Syringe NOTE a) The Black Ink Tube Soft is a service part. b) Syringe is included in the accessory of the product. 3-19

156 Please take the following steps 6 to 17 to all of 8 Print Heads. 6. Each Print Head has 2 black ink tube. As one of them has a white Tube Capping on its end, remove it. Tube Capping Tube Capping Print Head Tube Capping Print Head 3-20

157 7. Loosen the nut of another ink tube completely. Nut 8. Slide both nut and metal ring upward to unlock the ink tube. Nut Metal Ring 3-21

158 9. Remove the ink tube from the metal joint, and immediately close its end with white Tube Capping which you have removed at the previous step 5. (A little ink may drop if you do not close the ink tube immediately.) Ink Tube Metal Joint Tube Capping Ink Tube Tube Capping Print Head Tube Capping Print Head 3-22

159 10. Include enough air in the Syringe in advance, and connect its Black Ink Tube to the Metal Joint. Syringe Black Ink Tube Metal Joint Include enough air before connecting to the Metal Joint. Black Ink Tube Metal Joint Print Head Syringe 11. Put any cup or tray under the open end of ink tube to receive the ink. Ink Tube (open) Print Head Cup or tray 3-23

160 12. Inject air into the Print Head with the Syringe. As the ink inside of the Print Head is pushed out from the open end of ink tube by the air, receive it by the cup or tray. Please completely push out all the ink by this way. Inject air Print Head Ink from inside of Print Head 13. Disconnect the Syringe from the Metal Joint, and close the open end of ink tube with another Tube Capping. Another Tube Capping 3-24

161 14. Fill the Syringe with 60cc of PH Maintenance Solution. 60cc of PH Maintenance Solution NOTE PH Maintenance Solution will give moisture to the nozzles, which will prevent the nozzles from clogging caused by the dried ink inside. 15. Connect the Black Ink Tube of Syringe to the Metal Joint again. Black Ink Tube Metal Joint Print Head Syringe 3-25

162 16. Very gently and slowly inject the PH Maintenance Solution into the Print Head with the Syringe. PH maintenance solution runs in the Print Head and comes out from the nozzles on the bottom, which cleans off the ink from nozzles. Inject PH maintenance solution Print Head PH Maintenance Solution NOTE Do not inject the PH Maintenance Solution so quickly or strongly as it will damage the piezo element inside of nozzle. PH Maintenance Solution will come out from the nozzles like shower if you inject it too quickly or strongly. PH Maintenance Solution looks like shower. (No good) 3-26

163 17. Disconnect the Syringe from the Metal Joint. Remove the white Tube Capping from the Ink Tube, and connect the Ink Tube to the Metal Joint firmly with metal ring and nut. Tube Capping Print Head Print Head 3-27

164 18. Wet the cleaning rag with a little PH Maintenance Solution, and clean the nozzles of each Print Head very gently. NOTE Cleaning rag PH Maintenance Solution nozzles of each Print Head. When cleaning the nozzle part, please just contact the cleaning rag to this area very gently without giving strong pressure at all. NEVER wipe this part by moving the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right! Nozzle part Good (just contact the cleaning rag gently) No good (move the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right) 3-28

165 19. Fit the Capping Plate to the bottom plate of Carriage to protect the nozzles. Capping Plate 20. Turn off the machine finally. 3-29

166 To start using the machine after long term shutting down Take the following operation if you will start to use the machine after long term shutting down. 1. Remove the Capping Plate. Capping Plate 2. Turn on both printer and controller. When the Carriage finishes initialization by itself, click PH Service to move it to the left end. Move the Carriage to the left limit. 3-30

167 3. Open the Carriage Cover upward. Carriage Cover 4. Be sure that all 8 pieces of 2-way Valves are surely closed. 2-way Valves (This must be closed) 5. Open the cover of ink purge area. Open this. 3-31

168 Please take the following steps 6 to 12 to all of 8 Print Heads. 6. Each Print Head has 2 black ink tube. As one of them has a white Tube Capping on its end, remove it. Tube Capping Tube Capping Print Head Tube Capping Print Head 3-32

169 7. Put any cup or tray under the open end of ink tube to receive the ink. Print Head Cup or tray Please take the next steps 8 and 11 simultaneously by 2 operators. 8. Keep pressing the Ink Purge Switch toward Purge + direction. Ink Purge Switch (Normal state) (During purging the ink) Keep pressing toward Purge

170 9. While another person is keep pressing the Ink Purge Switch toward Purge + direction, open the 2-way valve. Open position 3-34

171 10. Mixture of PH Maintenance Solution and ink is ejected from the ink tube while the Ink Purge Switch is pressed to [Purge +] and 2-way valve is open. Keep opening the 2-way valve for about 10 seconds to completely remove the PH Maintenance Solution from the Print Head. Mixture or PH Maintenance Solution and ink Print Head 11. Close the 2-way valve about 10 seconds later to stop ejecting the ink. Open position Close position And also leave your hand from Ink Purge Switch. The switch will go back to its original position automatically. Ink Purge Switch (During purging the ink) (Normal state) 3-35

172 12. Immediately put the Tube Capping back to its original position to close the ink tube, which will prevent the air from intruding into the tube. 1 Tube Capping Print Head Tube Capping Print Head 3-36

173 13. When you finish taking the former steps 6 to 12 to all of 8 Print Heads, open all 8 pieces of 2-way Valves by directing their longer finger grip to either left or right. 2-way Valves Close position Open position 3-37

174 14. Keep pressing the Ink Purge Switch it by hand few seconds toward Purge + direction to eject ink from each print head. Leave your hand from the Ink Purge Switch few seconds later to stop ejecting the ink. Ink Purge Switch (Normal state) (During purging the ink) Keep pressing toward Purge +. Ink comes out from each Print Head (This is the picture of the Bottom of Carriage) 3-38

175 15. Very gently remove the remaining ink around nozzles with a cleaning rag. Please see the following notes for correct cleaning of nozzles. Cleaning Rag (Lint-free) Remove the remaining ink around NOTE nozzles of each Print Head. (1) Recommended lint-free type cleaning rag only must be used for cleaning the nozzles of Print Head. If you do not have enough, please order it to your KIP dealer. Do not use such as tissue paper, cotton cloth, and etc that will generate lint. Intrusion of lint into the nozzle can cause clogging of nozzle! (2) When cleaning the nozzle part, please just contact the cleaning rag to this area very gently without giving strong pressure at all. NEVER wipe this part by moving the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right! Nozzle part Good (just contact the cleaning rag gently) No good (move the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right) 3-39

176 NOTE (3) To avoid the mixture of color, do not use a cleaning rag that nozzles has another of each color Print ink. Head. (4) Not only the nozzle part but also the Print Head s bottom and Carriage s bottom are in many cases dirty. Please clean these parts as well. (You may wipe these parts by moving the cleaning rag front/rear or left/right, but take great care not to scratch the nozzle part.) Nozzle part Print Head s bottom Carriage s bottom After cleaning 16. Start to use the printer when you have finished all steps. 3-40

177 3. 2 Addition of Ink to Main Tank The following notification pops up when the amount of ink in the Main Tank gets smaller than the requested level. See the following indication lamps in Ink System to know which ink color is empty. There are 2 rows of indication lamps such as S and M. S stands for the Sub Tank and M does Main Tank. If any indication lamp in the lower row (M) is red, the concerning ink color is empty in the Main Tank. NOTE (1) A little more printing is still available even if the Main Tank is emptied with the ink. You will see the following message when you are going to start printing when the Main Tank is empty. If you click Start the printer will start printing. However, printing of multiple jobs is not available in this case. If you click Start for the following message with selecting multiple jobs, only the 1 st job is printed and all the rest are not printed. (2) Indication lamp in the upper row (S= Sub Tank) may very rarely turn red. It s not necessary to worry about that as it will disappear soon. Also the indicators for Sub Tank it may occasionally turn red in printing, but this is also not problem as the ink level moves up and down in printing according to the left-right movement of Carriage. 3-41

178 Please add the ink of the shown color to Main Ink Tank if this is indicated. 1. Open the front door on the left. You will find 8 Main Ink Tank inside. 3-42

179 2. Take out the correct Main Ink Tank with checking its color by the label on the top. Then turn the plastic cap counter-clockwise and remove it together with the metal top plate. Color label 3. Add the ink of correct color to the Main Ink Tank. 3-43

180 3. 3 Removal of Wasted Ink An indication lamp of Waste Ink turns red when the Waste Ink Tank is filled with wasted ink. Please remove the waste ink from the tank immediately in this case. Please remove the wasted ink from the Waste Ink Tank if this is indicated. 1. Waste Ink Tank is on the left rear side of the machine. Turn its plastic cap counter-clockwise and remove it together with the metal top plate. 2. Dispose the wasted ink correctly. 3-44

181 3. 4 Buyable Consumables The following consumables are buyable from your service shop. Item name Picture Remarks UV Curable Ink : Black 1 litter UV Curable Ink : Blue 1 litter UV Curable Ink : Red 1 litter 3-45

182 Item name Picture Remarks UV Curable Ink : Yellow 1 litter PH Maintenance Solution 1 litter This is used to maintain the Print Head regularly. Nozzle Flush Solution 1 litter This is used for removing clogged ink in Print Head s nozzle. 3-46

183 Item name Picture Remarks Silicon Glove Cleaning Rag Lint free type 3-47

184 Chapter 4 Clearance of Error and Trouble Page 4. 1 Emergency Stop Emergency Stop Button Emergency Stop Bars Clearance of Media Mis-feed (Jam) How to clear clogging of nozzles

185 4. 1 Emergency Stop Emergency Stop Button If any emergency case happens on the printer, the operator can stop the printer immediately by pressing the Emergency Stop Button manually. 1. Press the Emergency Stop Button immediately when any emergency case happens. Both UV lamps are turned off immediately at this time. 2. Click OK for the following message. 4-2

186 3. KIP Color UV 180j.exe automatically finishes. 4. After clearing the cause of emergency case, turn the red part of Emergency Stop Button clockwise. This will unlock it and allows for going back to original position. Turn clockwise. Button goes back to original position. 5. Run the KIP Color UV 180j.exe again. 4-3

187 Emergency Stop Bars There are Emergency Stop Bars on both sides of the Carriage. Printer automatically stops immediately when either of these bars contacts anything during printing, which is unexpectedly placed on the conveyor. (Or the operator can push the Emergency Stop Bar intentionally by hand to stop the printer emergently.) 1. Printer emergently stops when something unexpectedly placed on the conveyor hits either one of Emergency Stop Bars. Both UV lamps are turned off immediately at this time. Emergency Stop Bar 2. Click OK for the following message. 4-4

188 3. KIP Color UV 180j.exe automatically finishes. 4. Run the KIP Color UV 180j.exe again. 4-5

189 4. 2 Clearance of Media Mis-feeding (Jam) Remove the mis-fed media by correct way as instructed in this section. Reference (1) Mostly mis-feeding of media happens when the edge of flexible roll media is not flat on the conveyor as the right picture. Make sure to set the media so that it should be flat. 4-6

190 1. Press the Emergency Stop Button immediately when mis-feeding of media happens. The Carriage stops as soon as you press the button, and both UV lamps turn off immediately at this time. Do not remove the media at this point of time! Please do it when instructed to do so at later step. Emergency Stop Button Carriage stops immediately 2. Click OK for the following message. 4-7

191 3. KIP Color UV 180j.exe automatically finishes. 4. Turn off the printer by pressing Off side of Machine Switch. Press Off side to turn off the printer. 4-8

192 5. Turn on the printer by pressing Off side of Main Switch. Press On side to turn on the printer. 6. Carriage automatically moves up to the upper limit when printer is turned on again, which makes enough space between media and Carriage. Before restarting the printer (Carriage is very close to the media) After restarting the printer (Carriage moves to the upper limit) 4-9

193 7. Remove the mis-fed media with taking care not to scratch the bottom of print heads. 8. Run the KIP Color UV 180j.exe again, and print the same image data again. 4-10

194 4. 3 How to clear clogging of nozzles Print Head has many fine ink nozzles. These nozzles are available to jet the ink properly so far as the Print Head is correctly maintained within its life time. (See section [3.1 Maintenance of Print Heads] for the ways of maintenance.) However, there may be a case that the nozzle is clogged with the dried UV ink even if correctly maintained. This may happen under certain environmental condition or certain way of usage. Once the nozzle is clogged the ink does not come out from the nozzle properly, which will produce abnormal image such as horizontally striped image or abnormal color. Correct nozzle (without clogging) Incorrect nozzle (clogged) Clogging of ink Can jet the ink Can not jet the ink It is possible to check if the nozzle is clogged or not by printing the nozzle check pattern. If there is any line that is always missed in the chart, and if it is impossible to recover this line by any way such as ink purge and cleaning with PH Maintenance Solution, probably the concerning nozzle is clogged. Missing lines 4-11

195 This section instructs how to clear the clogging. 1. Move the Carriage to the left limit position. Wet the cleaning rag with Nozzle Flush Solution, and clean the bottom of Print Head by tapping or rubbing very gently with the rag. Cleaning Rag (Lint-free) Nozzle Flush Solution Gently tap on the bottom. Or very gently rub the bottom. NOTE nozzles of each Print Head. (1) Recommended lint-free type cleaning rag only must be used for cleaning the nozzles of Print Head. If you do not have enough, please order it to your KIP dealer. Do not use such as tissue paper, cotton cloth, and etc that will generate lint. Intrusion of lint into the nozzle can cause clogging of nozzle! (2) Please use Nozzle Flush Solution for clearing the nozzle clogging. (PH Maintenance Solution is not for this purpose but for usual maintenance.) 4-12

196 2. Purge the ink by continuously pressing the Ink Purge Switch to Purge + for about 5 seconds Ink Purge Switch (Normal state) (During purging the ink) Keep pressing toward Purge +. Ink comes out from each Print Head (This is the picture of the Bottom of Carriage) 3. Very gently remove the remaining ink around nozzles with a cleaning rag. Cleaning Rag (Lint-free) Remove the remaining ink around 4-13

197 4. Print the nozzle check pattern and check if the nozzle is still clogging or not. If the same line is always missing when you print the nozzle check patter several times after taking ink purge or cleaning repeatedly, the concerning nozzle is still clogging. - If there is no missing line in the chart, you have successfully cleared nozzle clogging. - If there is any line that is always missing, more cleaning is needed. Go to next step 5. If missing of lines happen always at the same locations, the concerning nozzles are clogging. 5. Move the Carriage to the left limit position, open its cover, and close the 2-way Valves of concerning Print Head. 2-way Valves Open position 4-14 Close position

198 6. Each Print Head has 2 black ink tube. As one of them has a white Tube Capping on its end, remove it. Tube Capping (Remove this) Tube Capping Print Head Tube Capping Print Head 4-15

199 7. Prepare the Syringe that is included in the accessory box, and fill it with 40cc of Nozzle Flush Solution. Syringe Nozzle Flush Solution 40cc of Nozzle Flush Solution 8. Connect the Syringe to the open end of ink tube. Print Head 4-16

200 9. Very gently and slowly inject the Nozzle Flush Solution (9) into the Print Head with the Syringe. Nozzle Flush Solution comes out from the nozzles on the bottom, which will clean off the clogged ink inside of the nozzle. Inject Nozzle Flush Solution Print Head Nozzle Flush Solution NOTE Do not inject the Nozzle Flush Solution so quickly or strongly as it will damage the piezo element inside of nozzle. Nozzle Flush Solution will come out from the nozzles like shower if you inject it too quickly or strongly. Nozzle Flush Solution looks like shower. (No good) 4-17

201 10. Remove the Syringe from the ink tube after injecting 40cc of Nozzle Flush Solution. Put any cup or tray under the open end of ink tube to receive the ink. Print Head Cup or tray 11. Keep pressing the Ink Purge Switch toward Purge + direction. Ink Purge Switch (Normal state) (During purging the ink) Keep pressing toward Purge

202 12. With pressing the Ink Purge Switch toward Purge + direction, open the 2-way valve. Close position Open position 13. Mixture of Nozzle Flush Solution and ink is ejected from the ink tube while the Ink Purge Switch is pressed to [Purge +] and 2-way valve is open. Keep opening the 2-way valve for about 10 seconds to completely remove the Nozzle Flush Solution from the Print Head. Mixture or Nozzle Flush Solution and ink Print Head 4-19

203 14. Close the 2-way valve about 10 seconds later to stop ejecting the ink. Open position Close position And also leave your hand from Ink Purge Switch. The switch will go back to its original position automatically. Ink Purge Switch (During purging the ink) (Normal state) 4-20

204 15. Immediately put the Tube Capping back to its original position to close the ink tube, which will prevent the air from intruding into the tube. 1 Tube Capping Print Head Tube Capping Print Head 4-21

205 16. Open the 2-way valve again. Close position Open position 17. Keep pressing the Ink Purge Switch toward Purge + direction for about 5 seconds to remove the Nozzle Flush Solution completely from the nozzles. Ink Purge Switch (Normal state) (During purging the ink) Keep pressing toward Purge +. Ink comes out from each Print Head (This is the picture of the Bottom of Carriage) 4-22

206 18. Very gently remove the remaining ink around nozzles with a cleaning rag. Cleaning Rag (Lint-free) Remove the remaining ink around 19. Print the nozzle check pattern and check if the nozzle is still clogging or not. - If there is no missing line in the chart, you have successfully cleared nozzle clogging. - If there is any line that is always missing, please repeat all former steps 1 to 18 several times. In most case you will be able to clear nozzle clogging trying these steps a few times. If it is unable to clear nozzle clogging even after trying the above procedure many times, please call your service personnel. 4-23