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MAINTENANCE & FAULT FINDING

New Ribbon roll installed

(6)

Install the new ribbon; follow

the instructions on the label.

(7)

Adjust the tension arm as
needed.

(8)

Replace the cover on the

printer

(9)

Press “PARK” on the

Controller which brings the
carrier to the start position

(V400 only)

(10)

Press “Ribbon Tension” on the

Controller Box, to tighten up
the ribbon material

(11)

Remember, always to use

Domino ribbon material.

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Summary of Contents for V100

Page 1: ...V100 V200 V400 Maintenance Manual Operation and ...

Page 2: ... 2 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 ord Issue 1 January 2008 Amendment Rec ...

Page 3: ...64 Issue 1 January 2008 3 CONTENTS PART 1 HEALTH SAFETY 5 15 71 163 251 APPENDIX B EASYDESIGN MANUAL 257 PART 2 INSTALLATION PART 3 OPERATION PART 4 MAINTENANCE FAULT FINDING APPENDIX A TECHNICAL REFERENCE ...

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Page 5: ...PART 1 HEALTH SAFETY CONTENTS Page 7 9 11 Warning Notices 11 Caution Notices 13 EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY GENERAL SAFETY HAZARD INFORMATION 27864 Issue 1January 2008 5 ...

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Page 7: ...mber 2007 Issuer s Name Domino UK Ltd Issuer s Address Bar Hill Cambridge CB23 8TU The Objects of the declaration described above are in conformity with the requirements of the following D 89 392 EEC Machinery Directive as amended by 91 93 68 EEC and 98 37 EEC 89 336 EEC EMC Directive as amended by The EN 61000 Following Standards have been used to show compliance 6 1 1997 Generi industrial enviro...

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Page 9: ...d the exposed conductive parts of the installation being co earth electrodes electrically independent of the earth electrodes o It is not suitable for connection to an IT system for example a system hav direct connection between live parts and earth the exposed conductive pa installation being earthed This therefore excludes any phase to phase conn supplies such as may be available in some factori...

Page 10: ...avoid possible injury If a verification scanner is used on this machine please follow the manufac procedures When fitting and or operating the scanner follow th stated in the appropriate Laser Safety Standards IEC825 Please read the Manufacturers Safety Data Sheet MSDS for Isopropanol before using the cleaning kit with any Domino product There is a danger of electrical shocks from the electrical o...

Page 11: ...carrying or holding the printer as this may result in the printer becoming detached from the cassette causing ng hazard Airborne particles Airborne particles and substances are a health hazard Do not use pressure compressed air for cleaning purposes Heating element high your fingers The heating element and surrounding area become very hot use To avoid the risk of burns or damage to the print head ...

Page 12: ...r repair activity otherwise death or Compre personal injury may result ssed air supply To avoid the risk of injury to personnel or damage to the equipment do not exceed the flow and pressure specification Battery replacement Replaceable batteries should only be replaced using the same type and ra batteries of ting Failure to do so may result in an explosion hazard atteries should be disposed of ac...

Page 13: ...counter values are not retained when the control box is switched off f Counter Data The counter values are not retained when the control box is switched off Equipment Damage wh To avoid the possibility of electric shock hazard and damage to equipment Do not fit or remove any connector on the printer ile the printer is switched on Cable Routing To avoid damage to the cables or equipment ensure that...

Page 14: ...leaning we recommend using e materials lic objects or degreasing cleaning fluids e g Benzene acetone Spare Parts and Consumables To avoid the risk of damage to the print head use only Domino spares parts and consumables details les and Service contact Cambridge CB23 8TU Tel 01954 782551 DOMINO UK LTD 2007 Contact your supplier for For sa Domino UK Ltd Bar Hill Fax 01954 782874 14 27864 Issue 1 Jan...

Page 15: ... parts V200 Printer Optional Bracket V100 Printer Optional Bracket V400 Optional Manual Bracket V400 Optional Automatic Bracket MECHANICAL INSTALLATION Installation Requirements Installation Electrical FHE controller I O Connection to a host machine Electrical FHE controller I O Connection to a host machine STD controller I O Connection to a host machine SETTING UP THE FIRMWARE Saved in Design Pri...

Page 16: ... 60 64 Signing Setup 65 Logging 67 Interface Serial Communication I O Settings Network Network IP Address Network Host Name Network ODBC Service Printer Type Admin Users and Passwords Users and Passwords Advanced 16 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 ...

Page 17: ...entory The printer can be delivered with tw FHE For Harsh Enviro Before installation it is importa Ensure that the following i STD Controll Contents Part No 1 x STD Controller VEP4065E 1 x Cable Printer Power and signal Y1196 VE 1 x Cable for Main Power supply Area Specific VEYxxxx 1 x Cable for I O 15 pin connection VEY0168 1 x Cable Serial VEY1191 1 x V Series Manual 27864 English 1 x 128 Mb Com...

Page 18: ...VEYxxxx Spe 1 x Cable for I O 16 pin connection Y0195 VE 1 x Cable Serial VEY1193 1 x Encoder Adapter VEY1197 1 x V Series Manual 27864 English 1 x 128 Mb Compact Flash memory card VEY0527 FHE Optional Accessories Inventory Contents Part No Network Adapter Type VEY1185N Keyboard Adapter Type VEY1185K Network Keyboard Adapter Type VEY1185NK 18 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 ...

Page 19: ...rt No 1 x Printer unit s on type Depend 1 x Cleaning kit Type VPR0222 1 x Air pressure regulator1 AS1001 Type V 1 x 3 meter 6mm air tube Type VEY0786 1 Not for V200 printer unit as this model has a built in air regulator 27864 Issue 1January 2008 19 ...

Page 20: ...ional Network and Keyboard connection Control box with touch screen slots for the flash memory card and all connectors for CONTROL BOX right side external input Printer Connection Power supply or I O Connection Encoder Serial Communication RS232 230 115 V a c Power Supply On Off Compact Flash Card Slot 512Mb ...

Page 21: ...out ha ed Control Box with the LCD touch screen display IP20 Protec ctions in text and pictures Label design ving a printer connect can be prev efore printin LAN Compact Card Slot Flash Printer Connection LAN I O Input Packaging Machine Encoder V100 and V200 model only Power Supply 230V a c 115V a c PC Screen VGA Connection Keyboard Connection Com 2 Serial RS232 cessible Not ac Com 1 Serial RS232 ...

Page 22: ...INSTALLATION 22 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 rts V200 Printer Main Pa tions rear view Printer Connec Connection to controller Air pressure inlet port y air V200 Printer Unit clean dr ...

Page 23: ...INSTALLATION V100 Printer Main Parts 4 Issue 1January 2008 23 Printer Connector Plate rear view V100 Printer Unit Pressure air inlet port clean dry air Connection to controller 2786 ...

Page 24: ...INSTALLATION 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 The system offers a wide range of printing options V400 Printer Unit V400 Printer main parts V400 Printer front view with cover removed Ribbon Web Platen 24 ...

Page 25: ... 4 Issue 1January 2008 25 V400 rear view Ribbon Web V400 Connections rear view Connection to Controller Open exhaust from the solenoid valve Ø 4 mm for special GMP regulation Air pressure input max 6 bars Ø 6 2786 ...

Page 26: ...quirements s from 400 to 1300mm Standard Intervals are 100mm V100 Printer Optional Bracket Standard Bracket System Type VEP 56XXXX where XXXX range The Standard Bracket System ensures a safe mounting of the printer on the packaging machine and makes it easy to set up and adjust the printer according to requirements Type VEP 51XXXX where XXXX ranges from 400 to 1300mm Standard intervals are 100mm 2...

Page 27: ...to the standard bracket system Bracket System with Optional Web Positioning S The Web positioning system shown here below the bracket can be used i intermittent applications to vary Web positioning System Web positioning system Type VASWP XXXX where X ranges from 400 to 1300mm Standard Intervals are 100mm 2786 ...

Page 28: ...hine small mounting angle The Manual Bracket System ensures a safe mounting of the printer on the packaging ma ne a akes to set up and adjust the printer according to requirements Bracket Sy Type VASHBTM100X where X determines the width chi nd m stem for V400 it easy X Min Max Width Width Width 4 750 mm 610 mm 5 490 mm 630 mm 6 730 mm 870 mm 28 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 ...

Page 29: ...nguarded moving parts and must be installed to ensure a safe operating environment The automatic bracket is supplied with installation guidelines and an operations manual during each printing cycle whilst the material to be printed remains station The automatic bracket moves the printer vertically in steps after each horizontal stroke of the printer The bracket uses a stepper moto a dedicated cont...

Page 30: ...for installation and operation 5 If using a V200 an encoder to monitor the substrate speed is required Installation Requirements Ensure that the following services and control sig 1 Power 115 230 Vac 10 15 50 60Hz 2 Compressed Air 6 Bar max dry uncontaminated 3 A print start signal this has to be a vo 30 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 ...

Page 31: ...een the On the V100 printer the distance should be between 1 and 1 5mm On the V200 the distance should be between 0 2 to 1 0mm V100 Mount the printer in the bracket system Note rubber roller 2 Adjust the nuts on the 4 shafts of the brac rubber plate rubber roller and the print head 1 0 1 2 mm V200 0 1 mm 0 2 1 mm 27864 Issue 1January 2008 31 ...

Page 32: ...onn 3 5 Bar If a V200 con 5 Turn on the controller 6 Put ribbon on the cassette Follow the instruction inside the c 7 8 Carry out a test print as described below V100 only when printing with the V100 printer push the the touch screen V200 only when printing with an CM or V200 run the web on the packaging machine with 300 mm s note the start signal must be in continuous mode Only V200 If the qualit...

Page 33: ...Max voltage 30V DC Max current 100mA 1 Red 2 Grey 2 5 Black 5 6 Yellow 6 15 Blue 15 Ready 16 Green 16 Closed when ready 13 White Yellow 13 Error 14 Yellow Brown 14 Closed when no error 11 Pink 11 Ribbon Warning 12 Violet 12 Open when low ribbon 9 Park V400 only 9 White Green Signal is closed when 10 Brown printer is in park osition 10 Auto bracket output To use this output 10 the automatic bracket...

Page 34: ...gnal Max voltage 30V DC Max current 100mA 5 Yellow 13 Black White 13 7 Blue 7 15 Red White 15 4 Orange 4 Ready 12 Light Green 12 Closed when ready 3 Red 3 Error 11 Pink 11 Closed when no error 2 Brown 2 Ribbon Warning 10 White 10 Open when low ribbon 1 Park V400 only 1 Black Signal is closed when 9 Grey printer is in park posit 9 Auto bracket output To use this output 9 the automatic bracket must ...

Page 35: ...ONTRAST is subsequently altered in a design and the design is then loaded the CONTRAST value will update the global CONTRAST value SETTING UP THE FIRMW Saved in Design Find Save in design in the Settings Run menu This menu allows you to defi is examined in detail below It can sometimes be useful to store some of the settings directly in the design A scenario could be that design1 uses a low contra...

Page 36: ...other print job the current job must be manually unloaded first Print Counter The system supports t 1 2 3 1 Enable prompting of print coun If this check box is selected the system will prompt the operator when a j manually started for the number of prints to do The prin Please note that this setting only applies to a print job started on the printer itself If a design is transferred the sender det...

Page 37: ...page 42 4 International This menu allows the user to define keyboard set up and printer language See page 43 System The System menu is a configuration menu where the user must s information needed by the printer to function optimally These in language keyboard layout all of which should be configured in this men This menu will normally only be used upon installation of the printer an 1 2 3 4 1 T H...

Page 38: ...ime and date in the printer can be set here 1 Set Time Pressing Set Time will allow the user to key in the 2 Set Date Set the date in the printer system here Pressing Set Date will allow the user to alter the date 1 2 Define the printer s time here local time ...

Page 39: ...hen the ribbon roll is almost empty the ribbon warning feature is activated the ribbon warning output is activated By setting this feature to Error the printer will stop when the diameter of the ribbon roll is equal to the value set in the Activate ribbon warning when diameter is below field Error Warning This menu allows users to determine when the printer should send a message The difference bet...

Page 40: ...machine sends a signal whilst the printer is calculating an error warning as follows can be set Error If the printer is interrupted by a signal during printing retraction or calculating the next label pause or not ready it will stop Activate ribbon warning when diameter i Activate ribbon warning when diameter is below This menu is used to set the minimum diamete together with Ribbon Warning descri...

Page 41: ...t head cannot t pixels and hence the print may not comply with the desired quality e minimum Y offset depends on the print speed and the actual design to Notice that the button is now reversed When the default button is reversed press the setting you wish to reset If the default button was accidentally pressed press it again to deselect it 3 Spe CM Types screen in accordance to the settings 4 Abor...

Page 42: ...design in question is loaded and any prompted variables will automatically be filled in Please note that any counters and real time variables in the design is initialised as it would be during a normal job load 1 Machine ID identity vari Please do not confuse the machine id w 2 Hotstart The system has limited hot start functionality When ever a design is loaded the name of the design and all entri...

Page 43: ... The keyboard is used when designing your print and it is therefore important that this setting is defined before beginning to design prints It is possible to temporarily change the keyboard layout when the keyboard is displayed 1 Printer language the English fi which the user may select the desired language 2 Keyboard The user can set the keyboard appropriate to English UK field in the above illu...

Page 44: ...on with the printer the Diagnostics item allows the surrounding environment be it a packaging machine or a PC FACE 3 Printer Type Select the printer model connected Should problem the testing of some of the functions necessary for operation of the printer 2 Interface All connections to must be defined under INTER 1 2 3 ...

Page 45: ...isplay information about the voltage to the print head and stepper motors Finally the menu will show the current temperature of the print head 1 I O test Use this menu to verify the interface to the pa 2 Sensor test Use this menu to verify the sensors on the 3 Speed Use this menu to measure the speed of the web 3 1 2 2786 ...

Page 46: ... to the system Possible values are 2 Output 3 Loop test The loop test requires the use of a special cable loop cable that will test the unit s input output signals The input co open or closed Use the buttons to force the output to either open or closed simply press the output you wish to change 3 1 2 ...

Page 47: ... that the sensor is activated oder and verify that the screen changes The screen changes for each Start Winder V200 printer only Printer has a reflective sensor that monitors the second dancer arm s position Place something reflective in front of the sensor and verify the sensor is activated Ribbon Alarm The ribbon alarm is acti manually activate th verify that the sensor is activated Ribbon Warni...

Page 48: ... Winder s position Place something reflective in front of the sensor and verify the sensor is activated V200 Printer only Printer has a reflective sensor that monitors the second dancer arm 48 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 ...

Page 49: ...ackaging machine ork sed to set up IP address e printer See page 53 4 Screen Calibrate Make a manual update with a pointing device for the touch screen settings Interface All connections to 1 Use the serial com system The serial port can be used to connect a PC scale or other de 2 I O Set Use the I O settings menu to set up the in 3 Netw Ethernet LAN Set up u Ethernet can be used to transfer desig...

Page 50: ...abled 3 Require user logon If this setting is enabled no serial data is accepted before the sender has been authorised user name and password of a user known to the system 1 Com1 Settings modify the parity chec Note Hardware handshake is always enabled on this system 2 Com2 Settings The Com2 port of the system is reserved for future use and this me 1 2 3 ...

Page 51: ...t Continuous Used for test purposes Internal start signal whose interval is label length 2 RS while print Defines whether the system should report back ready or not ready while printing 3 RS while returning V100 and V400 printers 1 2 I O Settings All printers 1 Start signal The signal can be set up in three ways Front edge After the start contact has been closed the printer mak and print cycle unt...

Page 52: ...ion er Divide ue pulses per mm E g t gives 48 pulses per mm The value zero and one requires the same encoder 4 Encod V200 printers If set to zero the encoder must give 12 pulses per mm If set to another value the encoder must give 12 times that val setting the value to 4 requires and encoder tha 52 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 ...

Page 53: ...work 4 Issue 1January 2008 53 The settings related to network is also divided into several screens 1 Network Adapter A list of available network adapters is shown Press one of the available adapters to set it up 1 2786 ...

Page 54: ...g is active use this entry area to type in the printers subnet mask 6 Default Gateway Reserved for future use The settings related to network is also divided into several screens Please contact your l 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Name Serve Reserved for future use 2 Adap Shows the name of the adapter currently being edited 3 DHCP Specifies whether the system should automatically fetch an IP address fro if an IP ...

Page 55: ...found on the local area e hostname inters cannot have the same name 3 Require user logon If this setting is enabled no serial data is accepted before the sender has been authorised user name and password of a user known to the system 1 2 3 1 Hostname network using th Note Two pr 2 Listen Port Set this to 700 2786 ...

Page 56: ...ss the IP address of the computer where the ODBC server application is u can type in the computers name instead of the IP address 3 ODBC Active Specifies whether the printer will allow connections to the ODBC server application 1 2 3 Type in running Yo 2 Port Set this to 701 ...

Page 57: ... moving in accordance with the RDY signal 5 Printing statistic Shows statistical information about print head and electronics 1 Printer Type Select the printer type the controller is connected to 2 Head Resistance The resistance of the print head varies from head to head Eac resistance consists of 4 Caution Sett 3 Printer Length V400 printers This setting refers to the travel distance for the prin...

Page 58: ...or you do not wish to use it set the requested temperature to V400 printers Moves the print head carrier to from park position element in the print head The current temperature can be monitored here as well For applications where the ambient temperature is cold l the print quality can sometimes improve if the heater is activated zero 6 Park 58 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 ...

Page 59: ...is menu allows the user to set the parameters to be saved in the printer s log file These are parameters that for example can tell the administrator when the printer was last used and who used it See page 67 Admin The last tab under Settings is Admin T 1 Users and Passwords This menu is normally on printer This menu allows can be linked to various user groups See page 60 2 Data Management It is al...

Page 60: ...username ord lected another drop down appears to the right containing all the users in the system Use this drop down menu to specify which user should be logged ally at start up 3 New Creates a new user Properties Edits an existing user Users 1 Username Fu Username is the name that should be used when logging in and Full Name is the actual name of the person 2 Log in defa Use the drop down menu to...

Page 61: ...assword is used the user is forced to type in another password When editing a user the actual password is replaced with 8 stars Note If a user enters an incorrect password three times in a row the user is suspended The administrator can issue a new password to a suspended user to reactivate the user again Note You cannot delete the user that is currently logged in It is STRONGLY recommended to set...

Page 62: ...es column User Type shows the name of the user type s an optional description of the user type mn indicates how many users is a part of the group s a new user type Properties Edits an existing user type The user type Administrator and Guest is read only and cannot be modified or deleted es If the password should expire after set to zero the password never expires Note 6 Status 1 User Type List The...

Page 63: ...Insert a check mark on at the user type should have access to 4 Save Saves the changes Toggle Inserts or removes a checkmark on the security item that is selected Deletes the selected user type Note You cannot delete a user type that still has users assigned to that group If yo delete a user type you must first modif User Type Properties 1 1 Name Type in the name of the user type 2 Description Typ...

Page 64: ... signing is that whenever a critical operation is to take place an authorised user must approve sign this The button Signing allows the administrator to define which actions require a signature to execute 1 2 3 1 Lock screen automatically username and password ne If a user is not authorised to the current screen the screen will lock im 2 Lock w Specifies the number of minutes of no operator action...

Page 65: ...ning operations hows all operations that are viable for a signature A check mark indicates that 2 Edit The following screen is used to modify one signing operation 1 Default Name The default name of the operation all operations have a unique default name The list s a signature is required Edits the selected operation see page 65 3 2 4 1 1 2 2786 ...

Page 66: ...s operation Only an authorised user can sign for the operation see pages how to authorise a user Examples on Signing Setup in resp The process of design approval uses the fo 1 Draft the designer can modify the design 2 Locked the designer has locked the design 3 Reviewed a reviewer has roughly approved the desi 4 Approved the person responsible for the designs have approved th perator d can no lon...

Page 67: ...ixed 2 Directory to store log file if LAN is selected ation where the file is to be saved This can either be done riting the name of directory where the file is to be saved 3 Browse Only visible if LAN is selected Allows a search for the desired location to store the log file The system has two logs System disabled System Log 1 2 3 1 LAN Use the drop down to select the media to store the log file ...

Page 68: ...AN is selected Allows a search for the desired location to store the log file 4 Optional Events Use the menu to select which of the optional events you wish to be logged g The user log is an optional log meaning that the user is free to decide whe activate this log or not Also the user has a choice of selecting which it which to ignore At the tim 1 1 LAN Use the drop down to select the media to st...

Page 69: ... toggle button to set remove a checkmark on the selected event In the example above six different events are selected Please note that the log itself must also be activated for any log file to be generated User Optional Log Events The User log has the option of logging 1 2 1 Optio The list shows the events that the user can choose to log 2 Toggle 2786 ...

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Page 71: ...User Interface Components on the screen FIRMWARE VERSION TOUCH SCREEN KEYBOARD Using the Keyboard Single Line Edit Multi Line Edit Symbol Keyboard USING THE EXPLORER Basic Principle File Options MAIN MENU PRINTING Locating the design View Design Print Screen DESIGNING Getting Started Edit Existing Design The Design Screen Design Attributes 27864 Issue 1January 2008 71 ...

Page 72: ...n 158 Run Settings Technical 161 Barcode Graphic Text Variables Inserting variables Edit a Variable Sequential Variable Real Time Clo ck RTC Shift Code Prompted Variable Machine ID User ID Serial Variable Macro Variable Macro Output Variable Database Variable Database Extract Variable SETTINGS Run 72 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 ...

Page 73: ...k is a built in help function Pressing the question mark inverts the question mark to indicate that the help function has been activated Then press the item for which you would like help If the screen has been locked the question mark is replaced by a lock symbol to indicate that the screen has been locked SOFTWA User Interface 1 2 3 4 5 1 System Menu All screens except pop up windows have a Syste...

Page 74: ...pictures combo boxes buttons and text ies of buttons that change to reflect the current situation nformation or take you to the previous A Save button will save any unsaved information An Ok button will save any unsaved information and revert to the previous screen 4 Main area This is where the actual screen information is placed The main area us 5 Menu Row A ser A Cancel button will discard any u...

Page 75: ...ontact the supplier for updates to the printer software at regular intervals To check the actual firmware version on your controller press the System menu see page 73 followed by Version This will display the software version to which the V200 has been configur We recommend that the user make a note If the user should require assistance from the supplier they will be asked to some of the informati...

Page 76: ...ext The default keyboard can be configured according to the nationality of the country involved e ke Clip board Allows user to import text from a text file cut copy and paste Only available in a multi line edit field see page 78 ARD The syst Using the Keyboard context Keyboard Use this button to change the keyboard layout temporarily or to hide th for bette To set up th yboard refer to the followi...

Page 77: ...a single line of text in this example a filename a board Use this button to change the keyboard layout temporarily or to hide the keyboard for better view of the text See page 76 1 Edit are Used for inputting a single line of text In this example a filename 2 Key 2 1 2786 ...

Page 78: ...board Use this button to change the keyboard layout temporarily or to hide the keyboard for better view of the text See page 76 Used for inputting text Used for example when creating desi 1 2 1 Edit area Used for inputting multiple lines of text In this example a text fiel 2 Clip Allows user to import text from a text file cut copy and paste See page 76 Variable Allows the insertion of a variable ...

Page 79: ...between the various e keyboard Press the Sym key again to close the symbolic keyboard commonly used symbols The user should note the extra keys that appear in the bottom left hand cor Prev and Next can be used to scroll backwards and symbols as there are more than can be shown on th 27864 Issue 1January 2008 79 ...

Page 80: ...ctory you want an en a directory d confirm the choice by pressing the Ok directory with the specified name called FlashDisk This directory symbolizes the external Compact Flash inserted this directory is not visible irectory called Network This directory symbolises the local area network LAN croll Bar Scrolls the view 4 Files The files in the current directory are listed below the directories To s...

Page 81: ...s includes design files and text files can be viewed with an internal viewer 3 File Pressing the File button shows some options for the selected file 1 2 3 1 Ok Pressing the Ok button activates the current function with the selected file In example the function is printing a design Other functions include copy and 2 View 2786 ...

Page 82: ...verts to its previous directory and function Just as with Copy ive the file a new name file cannot be restored and is thus deleted permanently 5 Properties Shows size of selected file or directory and the available free space as well as the total capacity of the drive on which the file or directory is located 1 1 Copy Pressing copy returns to the explorer in Copy mode Notice Go to ano After the fi...

Page 83: ...log in again Using the SETTINGS menu described on page no 60 the administrator can set up different users and their passwords 1 2 3 4 1 Start This menu all been designed and stored on the accompanying flashcard these can be se opened here The user should not use this menu to edit the stored designs this is done using the DESIGN menu described below 2 Design This menu allows the user to edit existi...

Page 84: ...be used If a design has been chosen and the Ok button pressed the design will be loaded into The printer is now ready for printing 2 View This button allows you to view the selected design described in detail on page no 85 Locating the design 1 2 1 Ok Start Printing The Ok button on this display is not active until a selectio Once either a directory or a file RAM All variables will be initialised ...

Page 85: ... variable contents By pressing Next Seq the program calculates the next set of values i e for counters and real time variables and shows the result on the screen 1 Scroll display arou will move the display in the opposite direction of the arrow just like stand Windows scroll action 2 Rotate This allows users to rotate their labels so they can be read Note that this feature does not rotate the actu...

Page 86: ...e than 400 metres ribbon remaining E Empty roll Note The remaining ribbon is measured during print and requires a number of prints before an accurate value is reached 1 Design Show the name of the design being printed 2 Approved If the desig approved th Note Design statuses include Draft locked reviewed approved and recalled 3 Status Show the printer s current status Printer status includes Ready ...

Page 87: ...to be stored in t modified but not saved in the design Pre the updat when system is running normally again This Symbol is shown when system is running abnormally It is removed Reload The print is reloaded and any prompted variables are prompted again Any ble that is updated on job start is also recalculated bon tension Time Date varia Rib Tensions the ribbon Info hows remaining ribbon and gives an...

Page 88: ...in menu sign already created and which has been saved to the V200 s memory card 2 Create New Design An entirely new design can be created from here Getting Started This menu allows you to create new designs or edit and adjust existing one menu is not used for loading designs but is exclusively used as a design m you have completed the new desig save your changes after which you can start printing ...

Page 89: ...ed Once the design is selected pushing Ok opens the design ready for editing The menus available after a design has been selected are the same whether you choose Edit Existing Design or Create New Design is chosen Therefore the menus explained under Create New Design also apply to Edit Existing Design 27864 Issue 1January 2008 89 ...

Page 90: ...recommended that ed designs can be printed by the operator 4 New Field Creates a new field See page 93 Edit Field Edit a field contained in the design See page 94 The Design Screen The following screen is displayed after opening an existing design nam 1 A design can contain fields variables and settings A field is what you directly can see on the print out i e text fi The information variables in ...

Page 91: ...the SETTINGS menu described page no 151 settings saved in Design see page no 35 can be modified here e notice that any setting changed here does not affect the global settings until the View visible when the design is saved on disc It displays a preview of the design Only visible when the design has been modified Saves the design using its current name If the design has not been saved before then ...

Page 92: ... the individual cycles e is set to 3 t is 75 30 If the start pulse is sampled at 0mm the three prints will be printed at First print 30 0 75 30mm Second print 30 1 75 105mm Third print 30 2 75 180mm 1 2 3 1 Label Heig The label length in mm is indicated 2 Label The label Width in mm is indicated here 3 Cycles The number of cycles copies you want the pri directio The distance betw Note All variable...

Page 93: ...design The following fields can be inserted using this menu Line Box Barcode Graphic and Text different fields 1 5 for creation of the single program lines e See page 95 See page 96 odes 98 4 Graphics See page 104 5 Text See page 107 Fields A design contains two basic components Fields and Variables Fields s thoug Inserting Fields 1 Enter the 1 Lin 2 Box 3 Barc See page 2 3 4 5 2786 ...

Page 94: ...esign permanently It should be noted that a deleted field cannot be restored 1 Label Fields This contains the list of fields in the design The upper part of the screen shows the type position and description of each field Type indicates the type of field Positio Description shows the first word in each field Where a picture is invol fieldname will be shown where a barcode is be shown In the above ...

Page 95: ...ved in the writing direction Numerical icated red This allows the width of the line to be indicated Numerical values can be entered 5 Phantom Allows the item to be hidden during printing i e it will not be printed Line Here the user can in A line from 0 0 and end at 10 1 Defin Numerical values can be entered 2 Y Defines the y posi If this value is increased the field will be m values can be entere...

Page 96: ...an be entered Numerical values can be entered 5 Phantom Allows the item to be hidden during printing i e it will not be printed Box This allows the user to insert a box in 1 This allows Numerical values can be entered This allows the width 3 Line Thickn The thickness of the line surrounding the box can be entered here Nume 4 Arc Diameter The corners of the box can to be rounded using this value La...

Page 97: ...nt head of the field Defines the y position longitudinally with the print head of the field If this value is increased the field will be moved in the writing direction Numerical values can be entered 1 2 1 X Defin Numerical values can be entered 2 Y 27864 Issue ...

Page 98: ... nd therefore the scales available are determined by the physical resolution of the print head 3 Actual size Show the calculated size for the barcode in accordance to the Scale settings 1 Height Note This is not applicable Numerical values can be entered 2 Scale Requested Certain barcode standards i e for EAN128 define how large a 100 sized barcode should be The narrow bars in the code must be an ...

Page 99: ...s dden during printing i e it will not be Printed t mposite component Use the Separator height to define the separation thickness between the ordinary barcode and the 2d component The separator height must be between pixel size and 2 times pixel size 7 Pixel Size GS1 DATABAR and Datamatrix codes do not use the Scale Requested parameter Instead the size of the narrow bars or squares can be defined ...

Page 100: ...ectangle The anchor point determines where the x and y oordinate tou is r le T chor point is also used as the point of rotation The default is Top left 1 X Defin Numerical values can be entered 2 Y ongitudinally with the print head of the field If you increase this v values can be entered 3 Anchor Point c ches th ectang he an 1 2 3 Bottom Left Bottom Centre Bottom Right Right Centre p Left To Left...

Page 101: ...nder the actual barcode Human readable interpretation for the 2d composite component will be printed above the code one application identifier per line 3 Font type If the HUMAN READABLE box is active the user has the option of choosing the font used to show the barcode s human readable interpretation 3 1 2 4 5 6 7 Use the drop down men EAN128 has been selected The type of barcode determines which ...

Page 102: ...th data 24020 EAN128 15991212 with data ta 991212 F1 10asdf F1 AI 10 variable length asdf and AI 15 with da EAN128 F1 1599121210asdf 12 and AI with data asdf AI 15 with data 9912 10 variable length GS1 DATABAR 123 15240205 Primary AI 01 with data 0000000000123 Secondary AI 15 with data 240205 5 Variable The INSERT VARIABLE screen will show a list of previously created Insert to insert the variable...

Page 103: ...a that can be filled into a GS1 DATABAR Expanded before the barcodes stacks On the special options page there are a number of options The actual opti Reverse Selecting Reverse will convert the black lines of the barcod between the original black lines of the barcode will be printed instead Use this selection when using a white ribbon on black web material this way the barcod Draws a fram HIBC Heal...

Page 104: ... used as the point of rotation The default is Top left See also rotation on page 105 Graphic This feature allows the insertion of graphics fields in the design Note that supports 1 bit BMP and PCX files and if graphics files are 1 2 3 Defin Numerical values can be entered 2 Y Defines the y positio ongitudinally with the print head of the field If you increase this value the field will be moved in ...

Page 105: ...d West By pressing on a direction a dropdown menu will appear and the user can then select the desired rotation In combination with the anchor point see page 104 you can rotate the field to suit requirements Always uses 2 Height This allows Numerical values can be entered This allows the width of the gr Numerical values can be entered 4 Maintai If active the relationship between the graphics width...

Page 106: ...he variable into the field Optionally press new to create a new variable 1 Picture File name design A pre reveal a keyboard on the display where the name can be entered This option may be used where the user already knows the name of the file wanted for insertio This allows the user to access the dir V200 s memory card The user can now view a list of the files and then s on the file they want and ...

Page 107: ...ORMAL has been selected and the amount of text entered cannot fit in the specified rectangle a warning is issued A design with such a warning cannot be printed 1 1 Height This allows Numerical values can be entered This allows the width of the text box to be defin Numerical values can be entered 3 Auto Expand Size to fit If AUTO EXPAND is selected the text box will expand automaticall to the amoun...

Page 108: ...dinally with the print head of the field If this value is increased the field will be moved in the writing direction Numerical values can be entered 4 Rotation The field can be rotated to 0 90 180 and 270 degrees Directions are state South East and West By pressing on a direction a dropdown menu will the user can then select the desired rotation In com 1 X Defines the x position across the print h...

Page 109: ...the font for this particular field Additional True Type fonts can be installed in the printer 2 Font width The width can be set in from 1 to 200 See Rotation on page 108 Each field is surrounded by a virtual rectangle The anchor point determines x and y coordinate touches Bottom Left Bottom Centre Bottom Right Right Centre 1 Font type 2 3 1 4 Top Left Left Centre Centre Top Right Top Centre 2786 ...

Page 110: ...ptions are available for manipulating the attributes of the font 4 Variable This will change to the screen INSERT VARIABLE w Convert text to bold Convert text to italics Underline text Align text to left Align text to centre Align text to right Inverse All text is normally printed out against a plain background Selecting this option will reverse the situation printing out the background while leav...

Page 111: ...e which contains just blanks will be omitted from the design item This is particularly of use for address labels 1 Line spacing This provides an adjustmen make lines closer together or further apart 2 Character spa The distance between two characters can be set from 0 to 10 3 Omit Blank Lines 1 2 3 27864 Issue ...

Page 112: ...ariable menu The user will then obtain a complete list of the various pieces of variable data that can be set up ld be noted enu can only be used for setting up the actual variable it must sub ently be inserted in the desired field button for the variable type you wish to insert See page It shou that this m and that sequ Press the Heading Sequential 114 Real Time 118 Shift Code 129 Prompted 131 Ma...

Page 113: ...deletes the selected variable from the design permanently It should be noted that a variable once deleted cannot be restored Edit a Variable Selecting Edit Varia 1 Existing Variables This is where the list of variables contain of the screen shows the type and description of each variable Type Descrip In the above example the design contains 3 variables 1 Sequential RTC a macro 2 E Once the desired...

Page 114: ...n depends on whether Fixed Start page sked for any h um number o igits that may appear in the counter are defined here In set to 4 and therefore the counter will never exceed a string of 4 figures Depending on the option chosen in PADDING the print will appear as in the following examples Example 1 0004 Example 2 4 Sequential Variable The variable Sequential is a counter a 1 2 3 4 1 Name The name ...

Page 115: ...printed value and resume from that value the next time the design is printed In the field where the start value is typed in you can see the value at which the counter will resume g In connection with the above example you can define here all the spaces of the number str Leading Zeros or Leading Spaces Leading Zeros fills in zeros in front of the count sequence fulfilling the le defined Thus Leadin...

Page 116: ...kwards It is only possible to alter the numerical value when the box to the left of the text is active 1 Step The number of increments the counter must do at each print must be inserted here In the example Had the interval been set to 5 the number sequence would have been 1 2 Repeat Here you can state how many times a single number should be repeated In example above the number has been s repeat a...

Page 117: ...6 0 9 A F Hex 2B 2 16 11 43 Alpha base 26 A Z Alpha CA 2 26 0 52 AlphaNum base 36 0 9 A Z AlphaNum 2B 2 36 11 83 1 1 Numerical system Under this tab the user can set the numerical system In most cases INPUT OUTPUT will be But this feature allows you differentiate between printed Numeric base 10 0 9 27864 Issue ...

Page 118: ... the name of an already used must be manually updated x to key in the format the RTC has to display Use single quotation marks to type in standard text 3 Insert Press insert to enter the date time format input menu see page no 125 1 2 3 1 Name The name of the variable is entered here Pressing the keyboard wil Note No two variable is changed the fields in which the variable is used 2 Format Use thi...

Page 119: ...ion MMMM Month as its full name y Year as last two digits with no leading zero for single digit year yy Year as last two digits with a leading zero for years less than 10 yyyy Year represented by full four digits For example to get the date string Wed Aug 31 06 use the following format string ddd MMM dd yy You can add a letter in front of the date and month and the result will be written in upper ...

Page 120: ...s with leading zero for single digit minutes s Seconds with no leading zero for single digit seconds ss Seconds with leading zero for single digit seconds t One character time marker string such as A or P tt Multi character time marker string such as AM or PM For example to get the time string 11 29 40 PM use the following picture string hh mm ss tt Suppo cial formats rted spe Value Description do...

Page 121: ...1January 2008 121 ge To define the date or month with letters this menu allows a choice of various languages 1 1 Output Langua English Spain Finland Italy Example November Noviembre Marraskuu Nobembre 27864 Issue ...

Page 122: ...ould skip in You can choose between years months weeks days or hours E g if the year is 2002 and you have set the Offset Value to 5 and Year has been selected as Offset Type 2007 will be printed out 1 1 Use Variable Specifies whether to use a fixed prompted variable so the operator can type the desired offset at print time 2 Offset Value and Type If the user requires an RTC showing an earl offset ...

Page 123: ...5 plus 1 month 31 02 2005 05 is an invalid date it is truncated to Date 28 02 2005 2 Truncate day inactive Since 31 02 2005 is an invalid date it goes to Date 03 03 2005 Example Actual date 31 01 2 1 RTC variable always uses the correct numbers of days in a specific month The Truncate Date settings determine the behaviour of February is reached If Truncate Date is active the day is set to the maxi...

Page 124: ...h label when prin Real time If the RTC is required to be updated after every print this bo activated Printing speed will not be affected if this option has been Specify Time Day and time can be specified for when the v This is done by going back to the specified day and then calculate Actual da The variabl e output as if today was M This way an entire week s production that Actual day Monday th Up...

Page 125: ...formats please see page 119 1 git 01 it 3 it 03 2003 02 Month Long format January Day Short format Thu Day Long format Thursday The Menu can be reached by pressing Insert see page no 118 Insert Data Format Menu This menu allows the user to choose between the followi The following d be To alter the case shor Month 1 Digit Month 2 Di Year 1 Dig Year 2 Dig Year 4 Digit Day 1 Digit 2 Day 2 Digit Month...

Page 126: ...can be inserted e has be sed as a basis 13 05 15 01 05 15 PM 1 it 01 git 13 must use 2 digits to print 13 it it 5 05 15 must use 2 digits to print 15 Seconds 2 digit 15 Time Marker A P P Time Marker AM PM PM Insert Time format menu Here pre defined The following tim en u 12 Hour 1 digit 12 Hour 2 dig 24 Hours 1 di 24 Hour 2 dig 13 Minutes 1 dig Minutes 2 digit Seconds 1 digit 126 27864 Issue 1 Jan...

Page 127: ...Separator Menu The menu allows the user to select the character required as a separator in the RTC t The fined options are available but these must be keyed in manually ace a space a a Dot Inserts a Hyphen Inserts a Semicolon Inserts a Insert Separator Menu forma following pre de Note Other separators may be used Sp Inserts Colon Inserts Slash Inserts 27864 Issue 1Janua ...

Page 128: ...essing Insert see page no 118 and then Press Other Format Menu ows the inse on of the following formats y is used as a basis 06 01 2003 1 6 Day of Year 3 digits 006 Week of Year 1 Week of Year 2 digits 01 Insert Other Format This menu all rti The following date which is a Tuesda Day of Week Day of Year 128 27864 Issue 1 Jan ...

Page 129: ...e is 2 Shift List This is a list of currently defined shifts Pressing the Add button allows the creation of a new shift definition Shift Code A shift code variable is used to print a line of text that depends on the actu Prin time Note The variable does not verify that no shifts overlap If two shifts overlap the f matches the current time is selected The variable do 1 2 1 Name The name of the vari...

Page 130: ...t Code should be entered here The text entered is the text that will be printed in the time period set Pressing the field in which Day Shift appears will call up the keyboard and the user can then key in another text 1 From Set the time slots start time Pressing All days specifies that all days should be treated the same way Alternatively the individual days of the week can be selecte In the the w...

Page 131: ...maximum of eight digits then only enter a maximum of eight digits Prompted Variable This menu allows the user to set up a variable that must be keyed before th can start a job When a job is to be started a short m which the user must answer before the printer can start up The Message to appear on the display is defined using this menu and oth may be defined at the same time to provide greater assu...

Page 132: ...at only numerical values should be entered this option 2 AlphaNum In cases where it is necessary to enter both digits and letters this option should be selected If it is known in should be selected It will then be impossible to key in letters 1 2 132 2786 ...

Page 133: ...e and finishes with Ok Note No two variables can have the same name If the name of an already used variable is changed the fields in which the variable is used must be manually updated Machine ID In the V200 it is possible to name the printer to give it a this menu does not name the printer this should be done in the SETTINGS SYSTEM SYSTEM VARIABLE menu 1 1 Name The name of the variable is entered...

Page 134: ...have the same name If the name of an already used variable is changed the fields in which the variable is used must be manually updated User ID This menu is used to indicate who has used the printer If various usernam passwords have been allocated to different users the User ID menu ca username used when starting the printer and the V200 will print this u It should be noted that the User ID menu i...

Page 135: ... set the delay For each print pulse the internal buffer FIFO is updated No prints are made until the internal buffer is filled because the product associated with the weight is not yet under the printer Serial Variable This men 1 2 3 4 1 Name The name of the variable is entered here Pressing the keyb Note No two va changed the fields in which the var Can be set u ive different ways 1 On Request Wh...

Page 136: ...software libraries the transfer is UNICODE as opposed to the given example which is in ANSI 4 Input definition This field can be used if the input device i e scale is not compatible with the r types of entries are supported xNN A single character NN input a character not found on t vNN NN characters to be printed dNN NN characters as don t care Clear text There must be a direct match between devi ...

Page 137: ...0 v01 x00 v he libraries you cannot not verifyl if you typed in the input definition incorrectly Result x01 x00F x00i x00l x00l x00S x00e x00r x00i x00a x00l x00V x00a x00r x0 2 x00S x00e x00r x00i 01 x00 x03 x00 x17 x00 Also if the input definition fails it will be ignored therefore if the above has been tried using t 27864 Issue 1January 2008 137 ...

Page 138: ...ust be manually updated e fault t like a sequential variable This check mark is enabled as default 5 Macro Definition In this field you type in some lines of code that determines the behaviour of the macro See the following pages for how to make a macro definition Length M Pad with characters to fill out spaces until max length is reached 2 Name keyboard where the user Note No two variables can ha...

Page 139: ...e use of les and greater than signs The following system variables are suppo seq Re once after each print or a real time updat in the system machineid C userid User nam HH Current hour mm Current minute d ss Current secon dd Current day dow Current day of week MM Current month yyyy Current year Printer variables This relates to vari you are editing Generally these variables can only be read from t...

Page 140: ...low The mac execution Labels A label is some kind of bookmark that you can insert anywh macro definition A label does not consume CPU time when encoun label statement required for branching A label is inserted by followed by a name Example goto Moves the point of execution to a label anywhere in th definition Example goto MyLabel Boolean test compares two values and yields ei numbers can be tested...

Page 141: ...1 f0 0 005 f2 2 345 You c f19 19 43223 a remark tring is created with quotation mark style n xt3 8 Last string variable do I work with integers 0 can also use d3 to d18 3000 f1 1 234 an also use f3 to f18 This is how I get a result amples A remark is ignored when the macro executes after two slashes is considered a remark How do I work with if then if d1 20 then d1 1 if d1 1 05 then d1 1 00 s5 s3 ...

Page 142: ...el this will keep jumping until d1 is 19 utput the result output d1 point support and f1 3 45 4 56 f2 3 45 2 00 Integers supports in addition and d2 d1 7 d3 d1 d0 Macro goto examples Macro calculus ex Standard arithmetic A statement consists of a destination var o d2 d1 d1 d1 1 goto d1 0 How d MyLabel taste of arithmetic d1 d1 1 if d1 19 then goto MyLabel How to o floating 142 27864 Issue 1 Januar...

Page 143: ...mber characters may not be seen here if this editor cannot cters if d2 5 then s2 if d2 6 then s2 if d2 7 then s2 if d2 8 then s2 Import a de Ini s1 loop if d1 0 then goto done gets the least significa d2 d1 d1 d1 10 maps the digit to The correct Arab display the chara if d2 0 then s2 if d2 1 then s2 if d2 2 then s2 if d2 3 then s2 if d2 4 then s2 27864 Issue 1January 2008 143 ...

Page 144: ...ill call up a keyboard where the user simply keys in the desired name and finishes with Ok Note No two variables can have the same name If the name of an already used variable is changed the fields in which the variable is used must be manually updated 1 1 Name The name of the variable is entered here Pressing the keyb 144 2786 ...

Page 145: ...a dBase database or to connect to the ODBC server The screen layout will change depending on this setting The printer supports the use of databases Currently two kinds of databa Native support for dBaseIV The database file itself can be stored locally or on database Real time look up in High speed printout with changing text like addresses No support for UNICODE ODBC via a server located on the LA...

Page 146: ...Base files accessible by the controller Use Li dBase database requires that you specify which codepage was used when the database was created 5 Browse Use browse to se st DSN to connect to the ODBC server and select a database 4 Codepage A Browse through the database already selected 146 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 ...

Page 147: ...try Ask The operator is asked whether to restart or unload the job when the last entry has been printed 1 2 3 4 5 1 Name The name of the variable is entered here Pressing the keyboard will call u Note No two variab changed the fields in which the variable is used must be manually updated 2 Use prompt entry to prin to print If a variable is selected as input the database variable will be updated wh...

Page 148: ...to the fact that for every dBase database variable the entire database is loaded into RAM and there is no point in loading the same database several times 1 1 Key Given an entry value the database searches the key field for a match Usually a unique The list o database 2 D This is the column where the data required to pri The list of available fields is automatically up database 3 Field Type Shows ...

Page 149: ...3 Data Field n where the data required to print is located dated to reflect the currently selected database 4 Field Type Shows the data field type Text or Floating Point 1 Name The name of the variable is entered here Pressing the keyb Note No two changed the fields in which the variable is used must be manually updated 2 Source The source database variable that the Database Extract This is the co...

Page 150: ...n System H 1 2 3 1 Run Settings Can be used to alter all those parameters that directly affect the printin following section will examine the The Run Settings menu allows the user to alter parameters under the f menus Quality Economy Position and Technic 2 Settings saved in design design these settings a design with settings is loaded to the printer the global settin ting is NO stored in the desig...

Page 151: ...parameters such as Economy can also influence quality The illustration shows how the Run Settings display is divided up into The Quality tab allows the alteration of those parameters that will norm the quality of printing It 2 3 1 4 6 Quality settings for CM Type 5 2 1 6 Quality settings for V100 Type 2786 ...

Page 152: ...n accordance with the needs speed web surface condition etc Quality settings for V400 Type 2 1 1 Contrast CM V100 and V400 Controls the temperature at which the prin between 80 100 The higher the value the hotter the temperature used by the print head to print The contrast required is largely If a low qualit that the life of the pr 2 Preheat CM V The preheat settings can be used to increase decrea...

Page 153: ...lity 5 Print Speed 400 To do this press the default button once Notice that the button is now reversed When the default button is reversed press the setting you wish to reset If the default button is accidentally pushed press it again to deselect the button acceleration When slope type is set to auto the printer will monitor the current web calculate an appropriate acceleration Under some circumst...

Page 154: ...can cause a flopping noise Run Settings Economy The Economy tab enables the definition of some of the parameter cost savings effect for the end user All of the values entered in this menu w therefore influence the con settings under Economy tab 1 Ribbon Economy This feature uses the FADING technique which is If this menu is set to 0 the printer will use exactly the same area of ribb of the actual ...

Page 155: ...OPERATION Ribbon consumption Print result 4 Issue 1January 2008 155 Ribbon Economy set to 60 2786 ...

Page 156: ...ts to overlap on the ribbon 2 Stop Mid Print It might be that the design contains text lines sp between the lines is a BAKED BEANS The bracket is related to the si print and it is obvious that t great waste of co Lot Numb 321556464 er ANS er 321556464 ANS BAKED BE Lot Numb BAKED BE Lot Number If Stop Mid Print is set to YES the printer s print head will be raised b BAKED BEANS and Lot Number and r...

Page 157: ...If the default button is accidentally pressed press it again to deselect the button to fine tune the ribbon pull back Retraction Length This menu being displayed on the screen depends on how Retraction Type has been set If Retraction Type has been set to off the field is hidden If Retraction Type has been set to Manual Retraction Length must this field If Retraction Type ha this menu 2 Default The...

Page 158: ...nd in ms milliseconds for IM and V400 types Run Settings Position Under the Position tab in RUN SETTINGS the user can alter th print enter a delay for the signal the printer receives from laterally reverse the print and rotate the print th 1 2 3 4 1 X Offset 5 X Offset displaces the print across the print h will be displaced towards the middle of the printer and enteri displace the pr Note The wid...

Page 159: ...ad the printer will setting not be interrupted in the middle of printing and nction should only be selected if the packing machine sends a signal while the printer is printing 1 Signal from packing machine Start pulse offset Start Print 2 Signal from packing machine will print each print in the right position Note This fu BAKED BEANS Lot Number 321556464 27864 Issue 1January 2008 159 ...

Page 160: ...u wish to reset If the default button is pressed accidentally press it again to deselect the button Mirror Both the Flip label and the Mirror feature produces a mirror ima and may be used to advantage if printing on the inside of transparent ma The Flip label function produces a mirror image around the X axis and the Mirror function produces a mirror image around the Y axis Original Mirrored Flipp...

Page 161: ...and 22 milliseconds depending of printer type The last tab in RUN SETTINGS is the Technical tab As the V200 calculates the optimum settings for never have to make any great adjustment to th 1 2 3 1 Head Down An air valve controls the V200 s print head movement When the print hea lowered i e at the start of a print the V200 software sends a signal to this va lowering the print head There is normall...

Page 162: ...e current to the stepper motor If the printer is running very slowly the stepper motor will not need muc this value is set too high relative to the speed the stepper motor will start to vibrate resulting in small horizontal lines being printed across the direction of writ The recommended settin 4 Motor start on offset Here the user can define when the step motor should start pulling the ribb to th...

Page 163: ...aintenance Scheme LOADING RIBBON CLEANING THE PRINT HEAD REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD TENSION CONTROL Lubrication of the re winder Ribbon un wind roll adjustment Ribbon rewind roll adjustment DATA MANAGEMENT UPGRADING FIRMWARE Data Management Upgrade FAULT FINDING Sensor test Sensor test on a V200 Sensor test on a V100 Sensor test on a V400 LIST OF ERRORS ELECTRICAL PRINT QUALITY AND PRINT HEAD NETWOR...

Page 164: ...fts Check air cylinder Check brake for wear Quick regular checks day Check that the Ribb ribbon through by hand and visually check to see if the ribbon is c the width of the ribbon Check that Contrast speed settings are site standard This will ensure print remains at good quality and may also highlight any potential problems For example if the contrast is unusuall needed cleaning and the contrast ...

Page 165: ...only this will always bring the carrier to the opposite position which makes it easy to change the ribbon material 2 Remove the cover cassette from the printer use both hands if required Printer open 3 Remove the used ribbon material on the rewind roll 4 Remove the empty core from the unwind roll and place it on the rewind roll 5 Clean the print head with the recommended Domino VPR0222 cleaning ki...

Page 166: ... Adjust the tension arm as needed 8 Replace the cover on the printer 9 Press PARK on the Controller which brings the carrier to the start position V400 only 10 Press Ribbon Tension on the Controller Box to tighten up the ribbon material 11 Remember always to use Domino ribbon material 166 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 ...

Page 167: ...raps of paper will melt and clog the surface at the esult in poor n even result in total print head destruction Note Do not try to solve the problem by increasing the contrast settings Print head During the printing opera head temperatur corner of the print head The dirty print head will r print quality or ca Angle 35 55 degrees ino Cleaning tool Kit bottle and spray a part of the solution on the ...

Page 168: ...ide Take of the surrounding cover by first unscrewing the knurled screws and carefully lifting the cover off the chassis Disconnect the flat print head cable from the IDC connector by gently pulling it off squarely to avoid damaging the connector pins Swivel the print head assembly to allow easy access to the 2 screws that hold the print head in place Using a 2 5 mm Allen key loosen the screws and...

Page 169: ...ng plate While holding the print head in this position tighten the 2 screws using a 2 5mm Allen key Clean the print head using the Domnio cleaning kit Part VPR0222 see page 169 Cleaning the Print Head Refit the outer cover Screw in the 2 Knurled retaining screws and replace the ribbon cassette Switch on the printer and wait for it to initialise From the Main Menu press Settings Hardware Printer ty...

Page 170: ...als it is recommended to verify the tension of the ribbon perfor winder Lubrication of the re winder VAS2004 Remove the parts as shown grease the cork wascher as explained below and be sure to re assemble all order Apply a small amount ricant on the cork and remove all redundent lubricant before assembling Cork washer Recommended maintenance period Every 3 months or in accordance to the needs part...

Page 171: ...time tighten the screw 2 8mm key to the right in the centre of the roll until you can move the arm 1 with the ribbon without moving the ribbon core itself The ribbon roll and the arm is moving 3 The screw has to be adjusted until the ribbon roll starts turning around when the arm reaches the 3 o clock position left hand or 9 o clock right hand at this point the roll has been adjusted correctly Not...

Page 172: ...ibbon material the arm has to go back to the top position to ensure correct functioning of the foil alarm signal Re adjust the rewind roll if necessary wi d roll adjustme Ribbon re n nt 1 1 Ensure correct lubrication of the cork disk 1 before adjustment See page 170 172 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 ...

Page 173: ...8 mm top Key according the instructions below 4 Connect a spring balance to the ribbon material and pull the ring 5 The release moment 1 should be approximately 0 6 0 7 Kg 6 Once moving the gauge should indicate approximately 0 500 Kg 2 for correct adjustment 1 2 Pull 27864 Issue 1January 2008 173 ...

Page 174: ...ore info about using the explorer 2 Backup Use the backup wizard to take a backup of the system to either the external memory card or the network See page 175 3 Restore Use the restore wizard to restore previously backed up data to repair the system See page 179 4 Migrate Use the migrate wizard to move data from the system to either the external memory card or the network Use the migrate function ...

Page 175: ...xternal memory card Browses the media selected allowing easy selection of the correct path 4 Next Verifies the destination media and path if accepted the wizard takes the user one step further 1 2 3 4 1 Destination Use the drop down menu to select the destination media LAN Loc can be chosen or the external m To use the external memory card one mu switching on the V Series Controller Type in the p ...

Page 176: ...tant events The wizard takes you one step backwards Next The wizard takes the user one step further 1 1 System Settin Includes all normal settings E g network serial IO etc 2 Printer Settings Printer run settings includes Quality settings Economy settings etc 3 Network shortcuts Information about any network shortcuts that have been created Both active and non active 4 User Information 5 Log Files...

Page 177: ...le the user has stored on the internal memory card Any user installed true type font The wizard takes you one step backwards Next The wizard takes the user one step further 1 1 Designs Label design stored on the inte 2 Recalle Old designs that are no longe 3 Graphics Graphics used within the designs 4 Databases 5 True Type Fonts Previous 4 5 2 3 6 2786 ...

Page 178: ...ary 2008 Previous ckwards The wizard takes the user one step further Signature required 1 Action The name of the operation that requires a signature 2 Username Type in the username of a user authorised to perform the operation 1 1 The wizard takes the user one step ba Next 3 1 2 4 178 ...

Page 179: ...sword Signs the operation and hence moves on one step further Backup wizard step five Backup in progress atus The Ok button is hidden until the wizard has completed the operation Restore Restore wizard step one Select source 4 Sign 1 St Shows the progress so far 2 Ok 1 3 4 2 2 1 2786 ...

Page 180: ...backup can be selected 1 System Settings E g network serial IO etc Printer run settings includes Quality settings Economy settings etc 3 Network shortcuts Information about any network shortcuts that have been created Both active and non active e Use the drop down menu to select Network or the external memory card To use the LAN a working network shortcut must be available 2 Path Type in the name ...

Page 181: ... step backwards Next The wizard takes one step further Restore wizard step three Select more items to restore only items in the backup can be selected emory card are no longer used 3 Graphics Graphics used within the designs 4 Databases Any dBase file the user has stored on the internal memory card 5 Log Files 6 Previous The 1 1 Designs Label design stored on the internal m 2 Recalled Designs Old ...

Page 182: ...ue type font The wizard takes one step backwards Restore wizard step four Ready to start Previous Next The wizard takes one step further Signature required 5 True Type Fonts 6 Previous Next The wizard takes one step further 1 The wizard takes one step backwards 1 3 1 2 4 182 ...

Page 183: ...name of a user authorised to perform the operation he password for the user 4 Sign Restore wizard step five Restore in progress Shows the progress so far 2 Ok The Ok button is hidden until the wizard has completed the operation 2 Username 3 Password Type in t Signs the operation and hence takes one step further 1 Status 2 1 2786 ...

Page 184: ...he external memory card es the media selected allowing easy selection of the correct path 4 Next Verifies the destination media and path If accepted the wizard moves on one step further 1 1 Destination Use the drop down menu to select the destination media Cho Network or the external memory card To use th To use the external memory card one mu 2 Type in the p A blank path indicates the root folder...

Page 185: ...the important events Previous kwards The wizard takes one step further Migrate wizard step three Select more items for migration 1 Recalled Designs Old designs that are no longer used Migrate wizard step tw 1 2 1 Log File The log files stores information a 2 The wizard takes one step bac Next 3 4 1 2 5 27864 Issue ...

Page 186: ...has stored on the internal memory card led true type font 5 Previous wizard takes one step backwards Next her Migrate wizard step four Ready to start The wizard takes one step backwards Next The wizard takes one step further 3 Databases 4 True Type Fonts Any user instal The The wizard takes one step furt 1 1 Previous 186 ...

Page 187: ... r authorized to perform the operation sword Migrate wizard step five Migration in progress Signature require 1 2 3 1 Action The name of the 2 Usernam Type in the username of a use 3 Pas Type in the password for the user 4 Sign Signing the operation takes the user one step further 4 2 1 2786 ...

Page 188: ... step six Migration verification on the screen Shut down the system to remove the memory card Migrate wizard step seven Migration completion 1 Cancel Indicates to the system that the migration has failed and all data must be retained 2 Ok The Ok button is hidden un Migrate wizard 1 Migrate Verification Follow instructions 1 1 188 ...

Page 189: ...MAINTENANCE FAULT FINDING Ok Indicates to the system that the migrated data is safely stored on permanent storage and therefore may be purged from the system 27864 Issue 1January 2008 189 ...

Page 190: ...d on the screen that mark the field and allow upgrading to new software ttings defaults You will not damage anything by entering the menu Default Settings ARE Before up to upgrade The next time you restart the Control Box with a new flash card with the n versions the program will be changed and a 1 Allow next time you restart Then press Ok 2 Default Se Shows a menu that allows you to reset the sys...

Page 191: ...s button must be used if the firmware has been updated and the printer is equipped with the stepper motor PK265 Resets ALL run settings to factory defaults This is an alternative to re 2 Load Settings for Large Motor Enables the controller to use the stepper motor PK2 Use this button if you have physically m 3 Load Settings for Small Motor Enables the controller to u 27864 Issue 1January 2008 191 ...

Page 192: ...See 4 Migrate Use the migrate wizard to move data from the system to either the external memory card or the network Use the migrate function to free up space on the internal memory card 1 Explore Use this butto the external memory card See page 80 for more info about using the exp Use the backu card or the network See page 175 3 Resto Use the restore wizard to restore previously backed up data to ...

Page 193: ...ses the media selected allowing easy selection of the correct path 4 Next Verifies the destination media and path If accepted the wizard takes one step further 1 2 3 4 1 Destination Use the drop down menu to select the destination media You can choose LAN Local Area Network or the external memory card To use th To use the external memory card you must first 2 Type in the p A blank path indicates t...

Page 194: ...nts The wizard takes one step backwards Next The wizard takes one step further Backup wizard step tw 1 1 System Settin Includes all normal settings E g network serial IO etc 2 Printer Settings Printer run settings includes Quality settings Economy settings etc 3 Network short Information about any network shortcuts that have been created Both active and non active 4 User Information 5 Log Files 6 ...

Page 195: ...stored on the internal memory card Any user installed true type font The wizard takes one step backwards Next The wizard takes one step further Backup wizard step th 1 1 Designs Label design stored on the inte 2 Recalle Old designs that are no longe 3 Graphics Graphics used within the designs 4 Databases 5 True Type Fonts 6 Previous 4 5 2 3 6 2786 ...

Page 196: ...ious kwards The wizard takes one step further Signature required 1 Action The name of the operation that requires a signature 2 Username Type in the username of a user authorised to perform the operation Backup wizard step fo 1 1 The wizard takes one step bac Next 3 1 2 4 196 ...

Page 197: ...7 Type in the password for the user Signs the operation and hence takes you one step further rd step five Backup in progress atus 2 Ok The Ok button is hidden until the wizard has completed the operation 4 Sign Backup wiza 1 St Shows the progress so far 2 1 2786 ...

Page 198: ... memory card Browses the media selected allowing the user to select the correct path 4 Next Verifies the source file If accepted the wizard takes one step further 1 1 Source Use the drop down menu to select the source media choose LAN Local Area Network or the external memory card To use th To use the external memory card ensure one is in 2 Type in the n A blank path indicates the root folder only...

Page 199: ... stores information about all the important events The wizard takes one step backwards Next The wizard takes one step further 1 1 System Settin Includes all normal settings E g network serial IO etc 2 Printer Settings Printer run settings includes Quality settings Economy settings etc 3 Network short Information about any network shortcuts that have been created active 4 User Information 5 Log Fil...

Page 200: ...Designs r used Any dBase file the user has stored on the internal memory card Any user installed true type font The wizard takes one step backwards Next The wizard takes one step further 1 1 Designs Label design stored on the inte 2 Recalle Old designs that are no longe 3 Graphics Graphics used within the designs 4 Databases 5 True Type Fonts 6 Previous 4 5 2 3 6 200 ...

Page 201: ... The wizard takes one step further Signature required 1 Action The name of the operation that requires a signature 2 Username Type in the username of a user authorised to perform the operation Restore wizard step fo 1 Pre The wizard takes one step bac Next 3 1 2 4 27864 Issue ...

Page 202: ...e user takes you one step further rd step five Restore in progress atus The Ok button is hidden until the wizard has completed the operation Migrate Migrate wizard step one Select destination 4 Sign Signs the operation and hence Restore wiza 1 St Shows the progress so far 2 Ok 1 3 2 4 2 1 202 ...

Page 203: ...p further Migrate wizard step two Select items for migration Not all items may be migrated log files stores information about all the important events 2 Previous The wizard takes one step backwards Next The wizard takes one step further n Use the drop down menu to select the destin Local Area Network or the external memory card To use the LAN there must be a working network shortcut 2 Path Type in...

Page 204: ...nternal memory card Any user installed true type font The wizard takes one step backwards Next The wizard takes one step further Migrate wizard step thr 1 Recalle Old designs that are no longe 2 Graphics Graphics used within the designs 3 Databases Any dBase file the user has s 4 True Type Fonts 5 Previous 3 4 1 2 5 204 ...

Page 205: ...ous kwards The wizard takes one step further Signature required 1 Action The name of the operation that requires a signature 2 Username Type in the username of a user authorized to perform the operation Migrate wizard step fo 1 The wizard takes one step bac Next 3 2 1 4 1 2786 ...

Page 206: ...r the user takes you one step further d step five Migration in progress atus The Ok button is hidden until the wizard has completed the operation Migrate wizard step six Migration verification 4 Sign Signs the operation and hence Migrate wizar 1 St Shows the progress so far 2 Ok 1 2 1 206 ...

Page 207: ...ined Ok Indicates to the system that the migrated data is safely stored on permanent storage and therefore may be purged from the system 1 Migrate Verificatio Follow instructions on the screen You are forced to shut down the Migrate wizard 1 1 Indicates to the system that the migration has failed and all data must be reta 2786 ...

Page 208: ... and allow upgrading to new software at allows the resetting of the system to factory defaults Entering the menu will not cause any damage Default Settings Before the internal software can be upgraded to other versions allow this to happen Next time the Control Box is restarted with a new flash card with the new the progra 1 Allow on the next restart Then press Ok Default Settings Displays a menu ...

Page 209: ...firmware has been updated AND the printer is equipped with the stepper motor PK265 Resets ALL run settings to factory defaults You have the alternative to reset just a single run setting 2 Load Settings for Large Motor Enables the controller to use the stepper motor PK266 This button is only required if the printe 3 Load Settings for Small Motor Enables the controller 27864 Issue 1January 2008 209...

Page 210: ...e of paper between the transmitter and receiver Sensor test Sometimes it is required to test the sensors of the p To do so go to the Sensor Test menu of the controller The Sens 1 Settings 2 Hardware 3 Diagnostics 4 Sens Activate the appropriate sensor and observe that the display switche and Off Use the images on the next few pages to locate the sensors Sensors may vary dependent on the actual pri...

Page 211: ...Cassette open If this sensor fails the printer may report Printer Open Check the sensor by opening and closing the cassette When this sensor is engaged If this sensor fails the ribbon will not be wound onto the used rib As the winder motor Winder sensor is reached If this sensor fails the winder motor will cont and eventually time out 3 Ribbon Alarm If the ribbon breaks a dancer arm will activate ...

Page 212: ...rints where X is 2 6 prints pen opening and closing the cassette 4 Home sensor If this sensor fails the printer cannot locate the home position for the print head carrier and will report Error 1 If the ribbon breaks a d sensor results in a ribbon break not being detected immediately 2 Ribbon Warning If this sensor fails you determined by the actual message printed Usually 3 Cassette o If this sens...

Page 213: ...FAULT FINDING Sensor test on a V400 4 Issue 1January 2008 213 1 1 1 Magnetic sensors Detect if the cover is removed The magnetic sensors are connected in series so it is difficult to verify which one is faulty 2786 ...

Page 214: ...n X is 3 Home sensor If this sensor fails the printer cannot locate the home position for the print head carrier and reports Error 1 3 1 2 If the ribbon breaks a d sensor results in a ribbon break not being detected immediately 2 Ribbon Warning If this sensor fails a ribbon error will be presented for every X prints where determined by the actual message printed Usually 2 6 prints 214 27864 Issue ...

Page 215: ...nform print unit A poorly may cause this erro printing fast Try lowering the prin 5 ace not done s the ead stmode P H interf The print speed exceed limitations of the print h Try lowering the print speed or enable Fa 6 Y offset han the supported Y offset or Label too long The total print length label is longer t print length Use a lower shorten the label 7 Still ready after eoc Communication error...

Page 216: ...larm can a by the ribbon warning ribbon alarm comes in like every 5 prints the warning sensor m Use diagnostics to check rib warning and ribbon alarm Check remaining ribbon 20 Init print head voltage measures the voltage ltage is too or comes up eck for short cuts in the cable that f YTHING qualified A security system to the print head If the vo high or to low this err Ch end in the print head its...

Page 217: ...t Step com Communication erro controller and p 105 No response Communication erro controller and print u r between nit 106 Printer Not Attached hed etween nit tached press roller ON There is no printer attac Communication error b controller and print u Hardware failure If there is no printer at Ignore to operate the cont without the print unit DO NOT ATTACH A PRINTER WHILE THE POWER IS 107 aying S...

Page 218: ... the printer unit was e to an error or re the Versions screen lled The upgrading o abandoned du Possible causes Print unit is not attached Communication err Damaged firmwa Check 1005 Main FPGA not Started e firmware in the started ed firmware the Versions screen A part of th controller was not Possible causes Failed upgrade Damag Check 1006 Main FPGA still not loade ware in the tarted pgrade ed fi...

Page 219: ...n Error Reserved 1043 Design Pointer Not Set Reserved 1044 imeout eserved Design Delete T R 1045 o Big el is too large Edit the design el size Label Size T The lab and reduce the lab 1046 No Text Defined Yet Reserved 1047 Upgrade Failed pgrade failed U Check the Versions screen 1048 Special Action Not Found he error Error in firmware Contact distributor and supply info on how t occurred 1049 CRC E...

Page 220: ...or Writing File or while writing a file to disk Err Check for free space 1063 Low Space on System Dis The system disk is running low on sferred to ler can consume a lot of e file system i e to power loss also be the case function Select or ile and ld s e to the tem elete Migrate old user data or contact your distributor if you suspect st fragments k free space Databases and images tran the control...

Page 221: ...sub dir could not the log is located on the L acces 1078 etwork cessed if LAN check cess rights Unable to access N file log The log file could not be ac the log is located on the ac 1079 Recursive log write log disabled distributor the error Error in firmware Contact and supply info on how occurred 1080 Image not found be found Check ved on asyDesign check the he filename is generated by a The ima...

Page 222: ... range spec variable Type in a number wit or modify the design to a another range 1102 Invalid Value not be The typed in value could interpreted 1103 rs e characters ariable ters or modify e characters Too many characte The user has typed in mor than specified by the v Type in fewer charac the design to accept mor 1104 Only numeric characters allowed haracters are allowed dify the ard text Only nu...

Page 223: ... 1112 Expected during the syntax A was expected check of the macro 1113 Illegal compare ther unrecognized g compare or A variable is compared to an variable using an compare operator Use one of the followin operators 1114 Label Missing mand nd was found but the not found Check the goto com A goto comma label to jump to where 1115 t p like Test then statement eZero Error in if Statemen Check the if...

Page 224: ...d two num con Subt Mu Divi Logic AND bers string catenation ract two numbers ltiply two numbers sion Logic OR Logic XOR Modulo 1123 uring the macro then Expected A then was expected d syntax check of the 1124 Illegal operator for strings Operator does not support strings 1125 Illegal operator for float t does not t values An operator was used tha support floating poin 1126 Illegal compare for stri...

Page 225: ...ndless loops If any of the statements in the macro is a result is not yet achie is considered to have ent deadlock 1129 Variable Not Found A reference is made to another variable variable using the Variable Name syntax Check that the referenced exists 1130 output Expected rs The keyword output was expected Check for syntax erro 1131 Variable or Const Expecte riable or a constant number or expected...

Page 226: ...here may be a programming error that causes this error 1140 Unreferenced Macro Out variable inserted t field but onsistency utput ds a macro o calculate its value put A macro output variable is into a field example a tex is not updated by a macro variable Check the macro and the macro output variable for any inc You can t have a macro o variable on its own It nee t 1141 alread an only be o is erro...

Page 227: ... for a filename A search in th particular row failed Check and integrity of database Verify the search key 1176 se lication cannot it could not find the n computer ODBC Server not licen d The ODBC server app supply data as license Check license o 1177 ODBC Server not initializ started C server ed The ODBC server is not Check ODB 1178 Server not available Could not connect to the ODBC eck ODBC sett...

Page 228: ...m The item could not be crea 1221 Error Creating Variable e variable could not be created Th 1222 ype info about n Check Unknown Barcode T The barcode item contains a type currently not know the design 1223 Version ld not be read be damaged Check design Bad Label Design The design version cou correctly Design could 1224 Error Reading Design The design could not be loaded Design could be damage des...

Page 229: ...id Not Fit Label is typed in to fit the Tex Too much text label Check the field 1245 Xpos Greater Than Label The x position is set outside the label Width border Check the field 1246 Ypos Greater Than Label is set outside the label The y position Height border Check the field 1261 Access to network denied r name password of the the r Check use network shortcut Consult network administrato 1262 Alr...

Page 230: ... container ot point to General network error 1279 A network error occurred error General network 1280 1281 Shortcut has files open o requests pending r n cannot be closed The connectio because a file is not closed yet Close all files and try again 1282 128 d network e ork error 3 An unexpecte occurred rror General netw 1284 Network connection Timeout The network connection timed out Try again 1290...

Page 231: ...s not accep Check cable 1410 Invalid Handle The internal handle used for the r another cking the port transmission is invalid Either the port was not opened properly o device is blo 1411 Error Creating send block t in blocks One such block could not be created Any transmission is sen Check transmission 1412 Error Reading String A string was supposedly sent but the ize the r the baud andshake recei...

Page 232: ...d transmission is invalid E was not o d 1424 l is too old external Client protoco Check versions Upgrade device if required 1425 The socket is already in use Try later 1426 Invalid host address No unit with the specified name or address could be found Check name nnection and network co 1427 new sock oot unit Unable to create et Try again Reb 1428 ket gain Reboot unit Unable to connect soc Try a 14...

Page 233: ...C capabilities of used version Upgrade i required or mo 1440 t to store ss rights Failed to save command o file Check data Check file acce 1441 f Check file access rights Failed to read command file rom Check data to read 1442 e ile file operation try again Socket may not be conn wh cted Close any connections and 1443 Error receiving format spe server error was detected in the data that osed to go...

Page 234: ... ER There may r supply of the Controller Che inserted into the mains con the switch Check that the mains fuse selector is ok The fuse is 3 15AT for 6 30AT for 115VAC Check the mai SERIES CONTROLL be another fuse installed to protect the Mains Cable at source 8 A fuse defect on powe The Controller is functioning but there is no print reaction Incorrect printer selection Go to settings in the menu c...

Page 235: ...t be providing the correct speed information The print head may be faulty If the printer appears to be o correc the following Is a valid layout selected Check the print spe values are at appropriate thermal ribbon and substra Is the print contact with the print plate across its full width Is the correct ribbon loaded with the inked surface away and is it driving correctly Check the air supply is a...

Page 236: ...em replace the print head The quality are A dirty print head Clea using the Domino Cleanin Wipes and try again Take ca damage the print head du Always allow the print head to cool prior to cleaning A dirty worn or badly m print to establish the quali print The ribbon is not driving correctly Clean the ribbon rollers and the ribbon is loaded correctly Excessive vibration of the p machine Impr delay...

Page 237: ... sure that the air i the back side of the printer b Check that the air pressure set to the required pressure 2 4 ba inch printers The regulator setting requ upon the print head gap th between the print head in it s position and the print platen roller Exceeding the stat overstress the print head Th the air pressure is critical to performance of the print hea little pressure will result in p or no ...

Page 238: ...d Print contrast lev relation to the print speed For example if the print spee the print contrast m to achieve good print quali If the print speed is lowered contrast should be reduce As a general rule contrast le be kept as low as the line spe print quality requirements w This will ensure that the will be used to its optim levels that are too high may contribute to poor print quality or ribbon br...

Page 239: ... and storage conditio ribbon can also affect the print quality The print head should be using Domi never be to material or metallic ob Recommendat Clean the p Increase the contrast Reduce the print speed Reduce print ratio Review ribbon Faded on one side ue to a misalignment own to will hit one pad first Recommendations Check that the print head not loose especially if it has just been replaced Al...

Page 240: ...ample a wax re similar to the actual ribbo case then trying another ribbon grade is the best recommendation A local Domino distributor fo advises Ribbon Creasing ue to the ack across the n causes Bent ribbon guide pins This may occur ible to bend a pin back into e the guide ff roller Remove and nment can creasing as ribbon across the print head Ribbon creasing is generally d ribbon attempting to t...

Page 241: ... ribbon correctly Check that there is no interference betw accumu other part of the printer bod that the waste ribbon spool is the core firmly Missing front edge of the print out Increase run s included rt that the Y Head down time is too short the head down time step by step in settings until the front edge i Should the controller repo offset is to short please increase its value The reaction len...

Page 242: ...o scratches It pressure platen or roller o it You have one or more defe dots Try and move the de position x to an area where the defect dot is not being used If not p please change the print head Printout is periodically missing and th printer creates a flopping sound while printing ir ced It is r pressure ead is out of contact with the counter pressure platen roller as this can result in a more r...

Page 243: ...il a satisfying quality ha achieved Always try and obtain a satisfying print quality using contrast as possible Incorrect ribbon on packagin This is a common err other ribbon than Domino r Incorrect typing of print head on change o changing the print head to type in a new resistanc by going to settings click choose The print head cab installed after changing of th head Ensure all power is cont The...

Page 244: ...se the Motor stop off set step by step until a satisfying result is obtained t part in run settings until the rea clean Display shows print head interface not done tmode Please do this by run settings The print speed is above 1000 mm sec and it is necessary to activate the fas Quality The ribbon is breaking erful and the air r oo powerful after ibbon economy whilst This is d ontrast is too high Th...

Page 245: ...e packaging machine ady The packaging machine is sign start before the pr start pulse offset to positi Test from the diagnostic men SERIES CONTROLLER The packaging machine is signalling manual Display shows Printer open LLER e is not ch inside the the t ensure is inserted g lever is The V SERIES CONTRO detects if the ribbon cassett locked A microswit printer checks the position of locking bar To c...

Page 246: ... pri thermistor is faulty or that the fault with the print head cab the connectors It will also print head heater is activat heater is defective The CONTROLLER w system to work before th temperature has been reached Display shows ribbon warning LLER unning low ill come up when the value in remaining ribbon has been reached This does not stop the normal operation The V SERIES CONTRO detects when th...

Page 247: ...Control settings Ensure h Ch UPGRADING Problem Action No system upgrade from the CFC card The allow upgrade has been deactivated Re set in Admin setting upgrade Control contents of CFC PRINTER Problem Action Printer constantly shows ribbon erro tightening 400 Not Ribbon core has incorrect specs Ensure that you use original Domino ribbon Ribbon warning sensor may be defect Verify the sensors using ...

Page 248: ...spin l debris y and shaft change the roller If the peel roller is much worn and running loose on the se If the peel off roller is diffic due to a build up of materia between the inner roller bod shaft change the roller Ensure that all ribbon guide pins are square to the ba plate Print head does not move out tion is driven nd check ents rotate in Check the solenoid wiring Replace the solenoid and o...

Page 249: ...pper motor c correct Check the condition of the the Print head free to mo slide If Cassette rollers alignment te the n the ibbon that visually note g to one bably the tte rollers that are out of alignment If alignment is only slightly out you may be able to gently knock the roller back into alignment Otherwise the cassette roller will need to be replaced This is better done at DOMINO repair depart...

Page 250: ...eventually bre to adjust the break under the specific printer p 167 ONLY CM IM V400 Check that the encoder substrate speed correctly o ribbo is matching the therwise the n may be dragged out of the reak ONLY s stationary IM5 V400 Check that the energy to the print head is not too high printer and eventually b CM V200 Check that the Domino printer is printing whilst the substrate i ONLY 250 27864 I...

Page 251: ...Y9514 11 or 18 9510 1 1x 4A VEY9514 115V or 9510 230V 2x 8A VEY9518 2x 8A VEY95 1x 2 5A VEY951 1 1x 2 5A VEY 1x 5V 1x 2A VEY9510 230V 1x 2A VEY Operating Temp celsius 5 45 5 45 Storage Internal 64 MB Compact Flash Card Shared with B free External Compact Flash Card up to 512MB system approx 30M Serial Interface RS232 up to 115000 Baud with Hardware handshake Network Interface Ethernet 10 100 base ...

Page 252: ...d Air 6 Bar Bar 6 Bar 6 Inlet Max Compressed Air 6 Bar 2 3 Bar 2 3 Bar Inlet Normal Compressed Air regulated Bar 3 Ba 2 3 Bar 2 3 2 r Compressed Air ate 10 litres minute 10 litres minute 10 litres minute Flow r Operating 5 45 5 45 5 45 Temperature Celsius Print speed normal mode mm s 50 800 50 600 50 600 Print speed fast mode mm s 500 1400 50 600 50 800 Max Ribbon length 1400 m 450 m 650 m 252 278...

Page 253: ...arrow Comic S Courier New Gautami Georgia Gulim Impact Kino MT Latha M Logo MS Gothic MS PGothic Mangal Raavi Shruti SimSun Symbol Tahoma Roman Trebuchet MS Tunga Veranda W Windings The fonts MRV OCRA I M MRV OCRA IV MRV OCRB I MRV OCR OCRB IV OCR A and OCR B are distribu licensing agreement with Morovia Softw Barcodes trix DUN 14 n Interleaved 14 ITF SCC 14 GS1 DATABAR GS1 DATABAR Truncated GS1 D...

Page 254: ...PENDIX A TECHNICAL REFERENCE 254 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 ION Encoder connection for STD controller 005 Encoder adaptor for troller VEY1197 FHE SIGNAL BOX ADAPTOR 0V 5V ENCODER CONNECT VAS6 FHE con V200 ...

Page 255: ...APPENDIX A TECHNICAL REFERENCE 27864 Issue 1January 2008 255 CE Serial cable for STD controller VEY1191 SERIAL INTERFA Printer 9 Pole D Female PC 9 Pole D Female ...

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Page 257: ...AP INSTALLATION Uninstalling EasyDesign Upgrading EasyDesign USING EASYDESIGN Creating a New Design Opening a Design Saving a Design Printing Setting up a Printer Driver Setting up the Serial Ports EDITING A DESIGN Editing Label Attributes Editing a Design Item Editing Variables View Only Show Approved DESIGN ITEMS General Settings for Design Items Rotation Anchor Point Inserting a Barcode Item In...

Page 258: ...tting up Users and Passwords 290 Version Information 290 Database Database Field Macro Macro Output Serial Database Machine ID Prompted Sequential Shift Code Time Date User ID Selecting Multiple Items Aligning Items Rotating Items Centre Items Size Items Space Items MISCELLANEOUS Changing Language Validate Changing Options 258 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 ...

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Page 261: ...e menu structure The menu map changes depending on the actual situation MENU MAP It is advised to familiarise oneself with the fo MAIN MENU no label loaded Help Help About EasyDesign Tools Languages SRAM Card Manager Options Users and passwords View Toolbar Status bar Queues File New Open Print setup COM setup Resent Files Exit ...

Page 262: ...gn Item Zoom In Zoom Auto Zoom Out Refresh F5 File New Open Close Save Save As Print Print setup COM setup Resent Files Exit Tools Languages Validate SRAM Card Manager Options Align 1mm boundary Pharmaceutical label approval Users and passwords Help Help About EasyDesign Insert Edit Barcode Undo Box Line Cut Picture Copy TTF Paste Text Delete Select All Edit Label Attributes Edit Design Item Edit ...

Page 263: ...Status bar Queues MAIN MENU Print Queue View Help Help About EasyDesign File New Open Print setup COM setup Resent Files Exit Queue Start Stop Delete Queue Entry Edit Queue Entry Window New Window Cascade Tile Arrange Icons Opened Windows 27833 Issue 1January 2007 263 ...

Page 264: ...tup exe indicated by the following icon INSTALLATION To install Ea EasyDesign Setup program To handle the licence of EasyDesign a separate program WIBU KEY is also installed The WIBU KEY is accessible in the control panel Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation WIBU KEY Icon ...

Page 265: ...ams Select the EasyDesign icon Press Edit Remove Select Remove in the uninstaller EasyDesign Icon Uninstalling EasyDesign will not remove the following items W B s Upgrading EasyDesign To upgrade EasyDesign uninstall the old version first Once this has been uninstalled the newer version can be installed I U KEY User generated Designs User generated Template User installed printer drivers 27833 Iss...

Page 266: ...utton to save the changes If the design has not yet been assigned a name use the Save As function instead When wishing to save the design using another name use the File Save As EasyDesign will prompt for a file name and path for the new design To open a previously saved design press the File Open button EasyD open an Explorer window to locate the desired design Saving a Design When changes have b...

Page 267: ...d current design is created for If the design is made for a V100 and you hav V200 on a c queues to river the e installed a om port and a V100 on a com port only the V200 queue will appear in l transfer the Use the Export function if you plan to store the design on a Compact Flash Card the list The normal procedure is to Print to printer on specified port This wil design to the printer and initiate...

Page 268: ...s any new design use the selected queue as the target driver rom the system ith the selected queue The Add button adds a new queue to the system After pressing the Add button select the driver that matches your printer The The Delete removes the selected queue f The Edit button allows the changing of any setting associated w Press the Next button and select the port on which the printer is attache...

Page 269: ...of the printer alternatively you ed to it EasyDesign will suggest a name for the queue Modify as required and complete with the Done button can use the Host name of the printer if one is assign Setting up the Serial Ports To make sure the serial port settings match the settings of the printer you may need to verify the settings in the File V200 setup menu 27833 Issue 1January 2007 269 ...

Page 270: ...use osed it can be opened by double clicking the item or by ayout of the Edit window depends on the actual item type bles menu creation and editing of variables is possible in the design Design includes Time Date variables counter variables and user prompted variables etc Insert a variable into a design item when the information to print is not determined at the time the label is created If an ite...

Page 271: ...e approving functions are not used and the function is therefore not relevant for some users The View Only option is set if you do Show Approved A design can but is not required to contai be modified When editing the design modification of the non approved design takes p required to print the approved design is printed The View Approved function allows the inspection of the approved des ting 27833...

Page 272: ...hor point determines where the x and y coordinate touches this rectangle The anchor point is also used as the point of rotation The default is Top Left DESIGN ITEMS General Settings for Design Items Certain settings are common for most design item explained before getting to the individual Design Items Rotation A design item can be rotated to 0 90 180 and 270 degrees Directions a North South East ...

Page 273: ...ge the encoding type of the Code EAN 128 barcode If none is selected EasyDesign will select the encoding that generates the shortest code Pipe Used to separate primary and secondary data for an GS1 DATABAR barcode F1 Insert a F1 for Function 1 This A F1 must also be used to separate a variable length AI with the Example The AI 10 is variable length F1 1599121210LOT F1 0112345678901231 27833 Issue ...

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Page 275: ...L Inserting a Box Item When this function is selected a box is inserted into the design Inserting a Line Item When this function is selected a line horizontal or vertical is inserted into the design 27833 Issue 1January 2007 275 ...

Page 276: ...ure with the current scaling as well The snapshot is stored inter the Design file f the currently nally in Doing so has a few benefits There are fewer files after a print to a printer is completed You can easily copy the design afterwards as you do not need to worry about links to pictures Modifications are easy to see in EasyDesign before the image is ready to be printed 276 27864 Issue 1 January...

Page 277: ...ght of the TTF items increase automatically when required Normal The height and width of the field is fixed esired text h ch the text is displayed Size to fit The font size is adjusted to fit th Pt Auto Expand The wi If for some reason there is not enough space in the field to display the d then the field is show in red color TTF item have furthermore the option of adjusting the distance in pixels...

Page 278: ...Item An ABC Text item uses the printers built in fonts The appropriate font Bitmap or Vector is selectable in the dialog Note that V Series based thermal coders uses True Type fonts and does not have any specific built in fonts and ABC Text items is therefore not supported by V series coders 278 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 ...

Page 279: ...e the database handling The Ask for Valu s required e at Printer determines whether the V Series Controller or together with the design Uncheck this one if the V Series Controller has access to the database file either over the network or because the database is already located on the V Series Controller If needing to print all the entries in the database select the Run sequential checkmark When t...

Page 280: ...SIGN MANUAL ld Database Fie The Database field is used for quick and easy printing of additional columns of a database This variable requires that a regular V200 Database is created first 280 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 ...

Page 281: ...an be used to calculate specific checksums convert from one kind of input to another more desired format to print After typing in the macro you can test the macro by pressing the test button The macro is now checked for correct syntax and the macro is evaluated Note that if the macro depends on other variables these are not evaluated first 27833 Issue 1January 2007 281 ...

Page 282: ...ariable type Macro Output If a macro to pro In the macro definition enter Output The result Serial Macro Use a serial variable when the V Series Controller is connected to external equipment such as a scale that transmits print data to the V Series Controller during a job 282 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 ...

Page 283: ... the actual variable before the design is transmitted t time updatable information cannot be used with this variable Any ODBC database can be used Machine ID with this variable is printed th This means tha All V Series Controllers can be assigned a Machine ID When a design with a Machine ID is printed the printers machine ID is used 27833 Issue 1January 2007 283 ...

Page 284: ... information to be printed This can be done either in EasyDesign just before the design is transmitted or directly on the controller every time the job is started The check box Ask for value at printer determines whether EasyDesign or the printer should prompt for the info 284 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 ...

Page 285: ...ANUAL Sequential The sequential variable is used as a counter The Rollover section determines the interval in which the variable counts The Start Value section determines the counters start value 27833 Issue 1January 2007 285 ...

Page 286: ...UAL Shift Code In the shift code variable a set of time slots is defined During printing the V Series Controller selects the Shift Text that matches the current time slot and then prints that text 286 27864 Issue 1 January 2008 ...

Page 287: ...t expiry dates Type in the desired format or use the Insert format button age is only used with certain formats such as short day In the Update Type select when the variable is updated Realtime On Job start Use PC Clock or At specified time User ID The langu 27833 Issue 1January 2007 287 ...

Page 288: ... Text item is the master element aster element left click on the item or press the TAB key Select the items to be aligned riate function from the menu or press the corresponding icon Aligning Items Either select the approp in the toolbar Left aligns all elements Centre all elements horizontally Right aligns all elements Top aligns all elements Centre all elements vertically Bottom aligns all eleme...

Page 289: ... the corresponding icon Size Items Select the it in the toolbar Makes all selected items the same width as the master element Makes all selected item the same height as the master element Makes all selected items have the same size as the master element tems Select the items to be spaced the menu or press the corresponding icon Space I Either select the appropriate function from in the toolbar Eve...

Page 290: ...nt designs Version Information In the Help About menu it can be seen which version of EasyDesign is installed MISCELLANEOUS A series of miscellaneous items is located in the tools menu This include Changing Language In the Tools Language menu yo EasyDesign The validate function run hanging Options he Tools Options menu is divided into several categories Label Defaults allows the setting of default...

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