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03/10 Rev. 5.04-01

TECHNICAL MANUAL

Cutter 2000

Connection, Setup, Service

Safety Notes  ................................................. 2
General Notes ............................................... 3

Proper Usage  ............................................ 3

Technical Specifications ............................ 3

System requirements  .................................... 4

Preparation for peripheral devices  ............ 4

Connecting the cutter .................................... 5
Activating the cutter  ...................................... 7

Activating the TTX 350 / TTK  .................... 7

Activating the 64-xx / AP 5.4 / AP 5.6 / 
AP 7.t ......................................................... 7

Error message after activating the printer  . 7

Parameter settings  .................................... 8

Status reports  ............................................ 9

Triggering a cut .......................................... 9

Servicing the cutter ...................................... 10

General notes  .......................................... 10

Cutter motor ............................................. 10

Toothed belt ............................................. 11

Photoelectric switch  ................................. 11

Oscillator Disc, Toothed Wheel  ............... 12

Circular cutter  .......................................... 13

Bottom cutter  ........................................... 15

Accessories ................................................. 16

Stripper plate  ........................................... 16

Appendix ..................................................... 17

Cable harness .......................................... 17

Summary of Contents for Cutter 2000

Page 1: ...5 Activating the cutter 7 Activating the TTX 350 TTK 7 Activating the 64 xx AP 5 4 AP 5 6 AP 7 t 7 Error message after activating the printer 7 Parameter settings 8 Status reports 9 Triggering a cut 9 Servicing the cutter 10 General notes 10 Cutter motor 10 Toothed belt 11 Photoelectric switch 11 Oscillator Disc Toothed Wheel 12 Circular cutter 13 Bottom cutter 15 Accessories 16 Stripper plate 16 ...

Page 2: ...the cutter must be done very carefully Don t touch the cutter during printing cutting operation Don t use the cutter as a handle to carry the printer Switch off the printer and pull out the mains connector before any operation that requires touching the cutter e g mounting cleaning inserting label material Don t use sharp edged objects to clean the cutter blades ...

Page 3: ...eptions Cut width Cutters of varying widths are intended for use with printers of the 64 xx series to allow labels to be cut up to the maximum material width of the printer being used Double cut With the double cut function the operator can remove gaps from the label material where required Here the cut gap can be set from 1 to 5 mm CAUTION Keep to the following rules in order not to damage or to ...

Page 4: ...pheral board is not installed If ST68 does not appear or if a dif ferent status message is displayed then the printer has been set up for peripheral devices 64 xx AP 5 4 AP 5 6 AP 7 t Make a service status printout Call parameter PRINT INFO Service Status 64 xx and AP x x printers are equipped with peripheral preparation if the topic Peripheraldriver can be found below the header Peripheraldriver ...

Page 5: ...y Disassembling 1 Remove the tear off edge 3 by unscrewing the thumb screw 4 2 Remove the cutter cover 1 by unscrewing the two fastening screws 2 fig 2 3 Screw on the cutter in place of the cutter cover To do this use the fastening screws of the cutter cover 2 2x Allan key screws M 5x20 Initially just screw them in slightly P Continued overleaf WARNING Danger of injury if the cutter is activated u...

Page 6: ...er fixed on the printer bottom with adhesive tape 5 If necessary position the adjustment plate 4 with the help of the hex screw 6 so that the cut image and print image are lying parallel fig 5 6 Tighten all three fastening screws 7 Plug the knife motor cable into the socket on the front of the printer fig 6 Function check for AP 5 4 AP 5 6 AP 7 t For testing purposes can be triggered a cut by call...

Page 7: ...starting position Error message after activating the printer If the starting position of the cutter blade can not be found the following sta tus message appears depending on the printer type 64 xx AP 5 4 AP 5 6 AP 7 t TTX 350 TTK Press the Online button to acknowledge the message If this status message occurs repeatedly the cutter light sensor may be dirty or defective Use compressed air to blow t...

Page 8: ...llowing parameters govern the cutter function and may need to be adjusted P For more detailed information see the chapter Info Printouts and Parameters After a print job has been downloaded the programmed cut function is carried out automatically by the device TTX 350 TTK 64 xx AP 7 t AP 5 4 5 6 Meaning PEPH PEPH Peripheral device Peripheral device Peripheral device Selection parameter for periphe...

Page 9: ...eshooting in the printers service manual Triggering a cut If the cutter is properly mounted and activated a cut can be triggered the following ways Press the Cut button while the printer is in offline mode Include a cut command in the print job e g by setting the respective parameter in the Easy Plug ER command TTX 350 TTK 64 xx AP 5 4 AP 5 6 AP 7 t Example comment ST14 ST14 5005 Cutter Cutter mal...

Page 10: ...g the cutter motor cover 2 as described below Tools Phillips screwdriver small Allan key 3mm Disassembling assembly 1 Remove the two Phillips screws 3 on the cutter motor cover Remove the cover Do not lose the sleeve 4 when you pull out the screw 2 Detach the connector cable from the motor 3 Unscrew the four screws 5 on the motor flange Remove the motor WARNING Danger of injury There is a risk of ...

Page 11: ...past the oscillator disc fig 1 Do not unscrew the screw 3 otherwise you will have to reset the cutter P How to See in paragraph Setting the oscillator disc on page 12 Assembly tension the belt by pushing sideways against the motor while tightening the fastening screws Photoelectric switch The photoelectric switch 4 is permanently connected to the cable tree fig 2 Tool Allan key 3mm Disassembling a...

Page 12: ...s Cutter motor Toothed belt and Photoelectric switch 2 Unscrew the Allan key screw 3 3 Remove the oscillator disc and toothed wheel fig 2 Setting the oscillator disc 1 Turn the toothed wheel fig 3 white arrow in a clockwise direction until a gap of approx 1 5 mm remains between the stop tab 4 figs 2 and 3 of the cutter casing and the toothed wheel groove fig 3 2 Loosen the screw 3 Turn the oscilla...

Page 13: ... switch oscillator disc and toothed belt P For more detailed information see the previous sections 2 Loosen the two fastening screws 1 figs 1 and 2 on the square axle Fold back the bottom cutter 3 Extract the circular cutter 2 fig 2 P Continued overleaf WARNING Danger of injury There is a risk of being cut while carrying out ser vice work on the cutter Avoid touching the cutter blades Handle the c...

Page 14: ... turning the toothed wheel 1 4 Clap up the bottom cutter onto the circular cutter fig 2 5 Press the bottom cutter onto the circular cutter and at the same time tighten the fastening screws on the square axle In order to push in the bottom cutter gently turn the square axle by several degrees approx 5 using a fork spanner fig 2 WARNING Danger of injury There is a risk of cutting oneself while carry...

Page 15: ... as pre configured spare parts Tool Allan keys 2 5 mm and 3 mm Disassembling assembly Unscrew the screws 2x Allan key at the ends of the square axle Remove the square axle together with the spring plate and the cutter Set the contact pressure see Steps 4 and 5 in the previous section Circular cutter The bottom cutter must be readjusted during assembly if you unscrew the fastening screws Dimensions...

Page 16: ...th adhesive foil on one side Assembling 1 Dismantle the cutter from the printer 2 Clean the rim 1 best by means of some cleaning fuel 3 Remove the cover paper off the stripper plate 4 Glue the stripper plate 2 to the rim as illustrated see Fig 2 right side 2 Middle Clean the rim 1 with cleaning fuel Right and left sides Glue the stripper plate 2 justified to the one edge the stripper plate should ...

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