Photoplotter FilmStar-PLUS
Instructions to Use
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Instructions – Long Form
Please address any inquiries related to the photoplotter hard- or software to your local dealer first. The
Photoplotter software is subject to copyright. All information enclosed here is subject to change.
FilmStar-PLUS uses films sensitive to red light, as standard in photoplotting industry. These films come
in sheets or on rolls and usually have 0.1 or 0.18 mm thickness. Suppliers are e. g. Agfa, Kodak, Fuji.
We supply 0.1 mm thick sheets cut to size ready for use on FilmStar-PLUS. As usual these films re-
quire a Dark Room where they go through a standard development and fixation procedure. The Dark
Room needs a special green safe-light illumination.
Setup and Commissioning of the Photoplotter
Dark Room
All feeding or removing of film from the photoplotter, as well as the subsequent development and fixa -
tion, require Dark Room conditions and a special green safe light. Install the unit in an appropriate
room together with trays or tanks one each for development, fixation and rinse. In this room you will fur-
ther need a main supply for the plotter and the safe light. If you want to run the plotter directly from the
PC, then you need to establish a USB connection from the plotter inside of the Dark Room to the PC
outside of the Dark Room.
We recommend vertical mounted tanks with cover for the chemical processing. These need little in -
stallation footprint and the liquids have a
small surface compared to their volume,
which increases their life time. Further, ver-
tical film handling has the big advantage that
no air bubbles can stay underneath the film
and spoil development.
Installation
On the front of the plotter is the touch screen with the two USB ports, two LEDs and a switch for the
touch-display-backlight. On the left side of the case there is the main switch. On the back of the plotter
there is the plug for the power supply and the connection for the USB cable. The power supply also has
a pilot light. Of the two USB ports only one can be used. The other is intended as a hidden reserve.
Place the photoplotter in the Dark Room and connect the power supply unit. Do not turn on the plotter
yet. If you want to run the plotter directly from the PC, connect the supplied USB cable.
Bungard Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG, Rilkestraße 1, 51570 Windeck – Germany
Tel.: +49 2292 / 9 28 28-0, Fax: +49 2292 / 9 28 28-29
, E-mail: [email protected]
