Brother GTX-4, Service Manual

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Table of contents
1. Before Using Your Printer for the First Time 1-1
1-1. Be sure to read the following notes before using the printer .................................................................................................. 1-1
1-2. Components included with printer ........................................................................................................................................... 1-6
1-3. Other items you must make available for use ........................................................................................................................ 1-7
1-4. Name and function of each component .................................................................................................................................. 1-9
1-4-1. Front part .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1-9
1-4-2. Right side view ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1-10
1-4-3. Left side view/Rear side view ............................................................................................................................................................................. 1-11
1-4-4. Inner-side view of front cover .............................................................................................................................................................................. 1-12
1-4-5. Bottom view of platen ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1-14
1-4-6. Operation panel ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1-15
1-5. Menu list ................................................................................................................................................................................. 1-19
1-6. Technical description of the product ...................................................................................................................................... 1-23
1-6-1. Details of the print head ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 1-23
1-6-2. About white ink circulation functionality ......................................................................................................................................................... 1-28
1-6-3. About white ink refilling .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 1-28
1-6-4. Ink channel block diagram ................................................................................................................................................................................... 1-29
1-6-5. About Closure Cleaning ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 1-30
1-6-6. Characteristic of Ink cartridges .......................................................................................................................................................................... 1-30
1-6-7. About Head maintenance mechanism .......................................................................................................................................................... 1-33
2. Installation and preparation 2-1
2-1. Installation of printer ................................................................................................................................................................. 2-2
2-2. Levelness adjustment for GTX-4 ............................................................................................................................................ 2-4
2-3. Power supply of printer ............................................................................................................................................................ 2-5
2-3-1. Turning on the power ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 2-5
2-3-2. Turning off the power ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 2-6
2-3-3. When there is no prospect of electric power recovery for a while due to power outage ...................................................... 2-7
2-4. Connection between Printer and PC ...................................................................................................................................... 2-8
2-4-1. Installing printer driver onto your PC ................................................................................................................................................................ 2-9
2-4-2. Connect with USB2.0 cable ................................................................................................................................................................................. 2-10
2-4-3. When connecting via LAN: Printer static IP address setting ............................................................................................................... 2-12
2-4-4. When connecting via LAN: Adding a printer to PC ................................................................................................................................. 2-16
2-5. Adjustment ............................................................................................................................................................................. 2-23
2-5-1. CR (Carriage) speed adjustment ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2-23
2-5-2. V-rating setting .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2-24
2-5-3. Firing adjustment ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2-25
2-5-4. Platen feed adjustment ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2-26
2-5-5. White/color alignment .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2-27
2-5-6. Setting of the time displayed on the nozzle check pattern ................................................................................................................ 2-28