EBS-1500
Series Printers User's Manual
Paragraph 2 - Installing the Printer
EBS
Ink Jet Systems
16
20060920#3.1
Connecting the shaft-encoder
Connect the shaft-encoder, that is a conveyor speed indicator, to female connector
No 5
-
SHAFT
(an option for variable-speed conveyors) - see
Fig. 2.3.4.1
.
Connecting external data transfer devices
An external device for transferring data (a PC, automatic scales, bar-code reader or other
automatic equipment) should be connected to socked
No. 3
.
Connecting the Ink Monitor System - IMS
Plug in the (8-pin) male connector of the ink monitor system interface cable carefully into
female connector
No 1
on the controller and tighten up the tapped ring (for electromagnetic
print heads only).
Connecting the head to the ink and compressed air systems
The ink system for an electromagnetic head is built of the following components (see
Fig. 2.3.4.3.
):
•
A container for a bottle of ink
and grips to fix the container up
.
•
An Ink Monitoring System
.
•
A compressed air pressure regulator
with a manometer
.
•
Pressure tubes of polyethylene for supplying ink and compressed air (the direction in
which the medium flows inside the tubes is marked with arrows):
- a
tube,
, to supply air under pressure from a compressor system,
- a
tube,
, to supply air at a regulator-stabilised pressure,
- a
tube,
, to supply ink under pressure from a bottle to the head.
•
A bottle of ink
¡
.
•
A plug to be screwed on the bottle
¢
. It contains:
- a tube with an ink filter at one end (inside the ink bottle),
- pipe
connectors,
- retaining nuts to secure tubes on the connectors.
In order to connect the ink system to the compressed air system and head to the ink system,
follow the steps below:
a). Supply compressed air out of an external compressor system via a polyethylene tube to
the supply air connection at the pressure regulator (marked with an arrow and a letter
P
),
as shown in the following picture:
•
slide the retaining nut over the pipe,
•
slide the pipe over the connector,
•
tighten up the retaining nut.