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This Equipment has been tested and found to be within compliance with

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Directive 2006/95/EC

Printing

Edition 2.1 – February 2013

History

Driver installation instructions updated

Printed in the USA

Summary of Contents for Directjet 1014UV

Page 1: ...DCS_Direct_Jet_1024UV_1014UV_Getting_Started_Guide_2 1 docx Go to table of contents Getting Started Guide ...

Page 2: ...usiness Machines Acknowledge Corporation Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation All other ments product and company names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners Technical If you require technical assistance contact a technical representative at 860 829 1027 Support or email techsupport directcolorsystems com Technical information and downloads are available on our ...

Page 3: ...cate of Compliance This Equipment has been tested and found to be within compliance with CE Compliance Directive 2006 95 EC Printing Edition 2 1 February 2013 History Driver installation instructions updated Printed in the USA Copyright 2013 Direct Color LLC All rights reserved ...

Page 4: ...On For the First Time 10 Filling Ink Cartridges 11 Resetting Cartridge Chips 13 Installing Cartridges 13 Checking Ink Levels 13 DRIVER INSTALLATION 15 USING THE DIRECT JET PRINTER 16 Connect the USB Cable and Verify Communication 16 Initial setup after install or moving the printer 16 Preparing the Table 16 Loading Substrates onto the Table 17 Printing onto Reflective Shiny and or Mirrored Surface...

Page 5: ...ates up to 13 330 mm x 24 610 mm in size and has a printable area of 10 254mm x 24 610 mm The Direct Jet 1014UV model accepts substrates up to 13 330 mm x 14 356 mm in size and has a printable area of 10 254 mm x 14 356 mm Innovative Multisolve UV LED inks print and bond to plastic wood stone etc Using our adhesion promoter the inks will bind to many difficult surfaces such as glass or stainless s...

Page 6: ... of two people Do not attempt to repair this machine without prior DCS authorization Unless specified in this guide only qualified service personnel should attempt any disassembly repair or access to internal components If you need to make mechanical adjustments turn off your printer and disconnect it from all power and data sources Safety Glasses and gloves should be used whenever filling ink car...

Page 7: ...de_2 1 docx 7 P a g e GETTING STARTED WITH THE HARDWARE Below you will find diagrams of the printer and its parts Be sure to familiarize yourself with all the individual parts and descriptions of printer as they will be referred to later in this guide Control Panel for Direct Jet with Optional Direct Drive ...

Page 8: ...ton will move the table in the right direction unless the button is locked out see Print Home Lower Print Engine or Auto Focus Down Arrow Pressing this button will move the print engine down When you have an object under the Z axis height sensor the print engine will stop once the height sensor has detected the object Then when you release the button the print engine will automatically raise back ...

Page 9: ...ure the media table is all the way to the right Press the up arrow and raise Print Engine approximately 1 above the table substrate Pressing briefly will cause the Ink Cartridge Carriage to move away from the home capping position approximately 2 3 inches This is the position from which cartridges should be installed or removed Once cartridges are installed then press this button again briefly The...

Page 10: ...shipping brackets and tape Turn on the Main Power switch first Verify that the amber light on on the Control Panel is lit Wait 5 seconds Press on the Control Panel the print engine will be lifted approximately 1 and the media table will move all the way to the right After a portion of the boot up process has been completed all lights on the ink cartridge panel will flash red indicating that power ...

Page 11: ...on Cart AC T0874 BL AC T0873 BL AC T0878 BL AC T0877 BL AC T0879 BL AC T0871 BL AC T0870 BL AC T0872 BL Important Note on refilling and resetting Although you may be alerted to only one cartridge needing to be refilled Direct Color Systems recommends that you refill all cartridges at once in order to minimize downtime on your printer Follow the same steps regardless of how many cartridges you are ...

Page 12: ...tridge after each is filled with ink Be certain filler plugs are seated tightly in the filler hole Failure to have a tight seal can result in ink dripping from the bottom of the head and cause poor print quality Syringe and needle storage Plunge the syringe 2 3 times to purge any leftover ink from the syringe into a waste basket then pull the plunger back about 1 inch 2 54cm before storing Store s...

Page 13: ...software to tell you when you have low ink It is critical that the resetting step not be skipped Cartridges should be filled with the maximum amount of ink and reset every time Do not reset if you have less than 13 5ml of ink in the cartridge Locate the cartridge chip resetter See picture below Hold the cartridge so the pins of the resetter are touching the pads of the chip The cartridge chip rese...

Page 14: ...V_1014UV_Getting_Started_Guide_2 1 docx 14 P a g e Select Printers and Manage Printers Click on the DCS Direct Jet printer to select it Click on the printer icon in the tool bar This will bring up the Device properties screen that shows the ink status ...

Page 15: ...t when finished Printer Drivers Navigate to Epson Printer Drivers and choose the file associated with your operating system Do not rely on or use the Generic ESC default driver that Windows 7 may install on its own You must install the drivers provided on the dongle When the Security Warning screen appears click on RUN When the Self Extractor window appears click OK The Self Extractor will automat...

Page 16: ...ver to operate your Direct Jet printer Nonetheless the Epson R1900 printer driver is used to communicate with a portion of the printer If you did not install an Epson R1900 printer driver refer back to Installing the Printer Drivers section Otherwise allow Windows to install the driver it will install automatically If the Epson printer driver is not installed intermittent communication errors can ...

Page 17: ...at ruining both the paper and the mat Difficult to Print to Substrates For difficult to print to surfaces such as glass and stainless steel use our adhesion promoter I UV ADHPR 200 Apply the promoter to the part of the substrate to be printed to and in normal use immediately wipe off Printing can be done with adhesion promoter wet or dry Always test the adhesion promoter on any new substrates befo...

Page 18: ...ight from the UV LED lamp to reflect back towards the head This can cause curing of the inks in the nozzles and on the nozzle plate causing damage to the print head 2 Never print onto highly reflective materials that are not flat sheets As an example if attempting to print to mirrored vinyl you first must attach the mirrored vinyl to a flat piece of material If the mirrored vinyl is not flat it wi...

Page 19: ... against the print head There is a dial which can be used to adjust the intensity of the lamp to accommodate varying substrates Turn the dial counter clockwise to lower the intensity The knob has 10 detents clicks for easier adjusting DCS suggests a level of between 6 and 8 when printing to thin plastics or low melt plastics such as PVC Some testing may be necessary to determine the correct combin...

Page 20: ...during normal operations See Reset Waste Ink Pad Counter in your Maintenance and Troubleshooting Guide Failure to do so may result in downtime and the need to contact DCS Technical Support for resolution Once the proper port is selected click on the Nozzle Check tab queue To print either right click on the file name and choose print or press the Print Button indicated below in red Good Nozzle Chec...

Page 21: ...zzles in the print head are not spraying it is necessary to perform a head cleaning operation You can do this in the same Device Properties screen you used to perform the nozzle check above Alternately you can clean the heads from the printer itself Make sure the print engine is powered up and is ready with a solid green LED Raise the print engine to approximately 1 above the substrate Move the ta...

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