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Flora Digital Printing System

Model LJ320P

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Chapter 4 Working System of Flora LJ3208P

The Flora LJ3208P large format printer is using raster image technology to process photos stored in computer.

It is one of the most innovative products, which combines photo digital technology with high precision engine

driver. It produces super wide printouts for business use.

It is a high-technology equipment with a user friendly operating system with simple operational and

maintenance procedures. Though simple, it is composed of several precise systems. In this chapter, we will

introduce the system components and operator guide

4.1 System Block Diagram

Fire signal

HPP Board

USB_IF

Board

Control Signal

C d

Level, Pressure Signal

Monitor &
Keyboard

Mouse

Host Computer

USB2.

Servo Card

Ink Pumps

(24Vdc)(CMYK)

- Buzzer

- Flush Pump

- Air/Vac Pump

Home
Left LS
Right

Switches

& Signal:

- Flush

- Prime

Printing Control

Board

Level

Sensors

IPT

Level

Sensor

NP
Sensor

Raster
Encoder

Optical fiber

Image Data,

Clock, DC

Supply & Heater

Control signals

PHd T

emp.

Sensor Signal

Power

Supply

36Vdc

+36Vdc Supply

Power Supply

+24Vdc

220Vac

Supply

Temp.

Controller

Solid State

Relay

Heaters

- Printing Platform

- Drying Platform

Sensor

Media

Take-Up

PCB

Media

Feeding

PCB

Media

Sensor

Media

Sensor

Y-axis motion

X-axis motion

Dir/Step

signal

36Vdc

Power

X-axis

Servo

Driver

Servo

Motor

(X-axis

Encoder

Dir/Step

signal

36Vdc

Power

Y-axis

Servo

Driver

Servo

Motor

(Y-axis

Encoder

Summary of Contents for LJ3208P

Page 1: ...tal Printing System Model LJ320P Copyright 2011 Shenzhen Runtianzhi Image Technology Co Ltd By Victor Xu 1 Flora LJ3208P USER GUIDE 2011 7 18 Shenzhen Runtianzhi Image Technology Co Ltd www floradigit...

Page 2: ...ion 8 1 2 4 Proper Ventilation and Exhaust System 8 1 2 5 Ink and Solvent spillage a potential risk of Fire and explosion 8 1 2 6 High voltage may shock people or trigger a fire 8 1 2 7 Printing media...

Page 3: ...1 X axis Movement Carriage Motion System 25 4 4 2 Y axis Movement Media Feeding System 26 4 5 Ink Supply Negative Pressure System 28 4 5 1 Ink Supply System 28 4 5 2 Lack of Ink Warning Function 28 4...

Page 4: ...Tag 55 6 4 3 Work Flow Tag 56 6 4 4 Color Management Tag 56 6 4 5 Print Option Tag 57 6 5 Shut off procedure 62 6 5 1 Over night protection 62 6 5 2 Long term protection 62 CHAPTER 7 SERVICE AND MAINT...

Page 5: ...of the media and loading of ink The following items should be read before proceeding to Section 1 Contents of the package Safety precautions Handling precautions Notion Notice Read these items to use...

Page 6: ...an output any size of images with tile feature in the software Table 1 General Features Item No Description Specification 1 Printing Method Drop on demand Piezo electric 2 No of colors 4 CMYK 3 Ink So...

Page 7: ...ng environment 220VAC 50 60Hz Single Phase Distortion 0 5 Heating 3000W System 3500W 12 Room temperature 23 33 C 13 Humidity 40 70 14 Dimensions 4 83 m x 1 37m x 1 38m 15 Weight 700 Kg Table 3 Flora L...

Page 8: ...No portable spark producing equipment static electrical or Mechanical within 5m distance from any edge of the printer 1 2 3 Anti ultraviolet Radiation Wear solvent protection glasses and gloves when o...

Page 9: ...er through the same power line as for other noise generating devices such as motors Use a power supply matched with the printer specification Connect the power cable directly to an electrical outlet D...

Page 10: ...Avoid spilling ink into your skin or clothes Wash any ink off immediately with soapy water z Check the waste ink container everyday so as not to permit waste ink to leak from you printer z If the was...

Page 11: ...Consumables 2 2 Operating Conditions This section describes the operating conditions for the printer 2 2 1 Installation Space There must be sufficient space around the printer for the replacement of f...

Page 12: ...3G RAM z 250G Hard disk z DVD ROM z USB 2 0 port at least 2 Notice This is only for reference which is used to test in our company Recommend to use Brand Computer 2 4 Power Specification System Power...

Page 13: ...6 081 HPP Board 1pcs 312 0015 233 Ink Pump 9pcs 141 0487 000 Ink Pump Filter 9pcs 141 0428 006 Disc Filter 16pcs 116 0340 020 Raster Reader 1pcs 141 0134 004 Raster Strip 1pcs 2 6 Available Media Type...

Page 14: ...alone control like the roll media feeding and take up control board that has no communication and no interlock with the other controller board it needs only the power supply from the machine The mech...

Page 15: ...ck to station All the maintenance performance should be done here 3 3 Carriage Beam Assembly The print head carriage assembly houses the print heads secondary ink tanks print head control board raster...

Page 16: ...in steel frame 3 6 Drying System Because of speciality of the ink one drying system is necessary for output job This system is fixed in front of the machine including Hot drying and Cold drying syste...

Page 17: ...hind the machine on the right side On this panel there is one inlet used for main power input three built in outlets two of which are used for computer and monitor All the power breakers are also buil...

Page 18: ...ents and operator guide 4 1 System Block Diagram Fire signal HPP Board USB_IF Board Control Signal C d Level Pressure Signal Monitor Keyboard Mouse Host Computer USB2 0 Servo Card Ink Pumps 24Vdc CMYK...

Page 19: ...40 F Simplified field repair with no special tools required Supports UV curable solvent and aqueous based inks Technology Specification Table Parameter Polaris PQ 512 35AAAPrint head Number of address...

Page 20: ...ine level signal negative signal raster signal etc then change them into optical signal and send them to USB Board Supplying power clock to print head to drive it work Detecting automatically detectin...

Page 21: ...7 011 The board is an interface between computer and printer including functions as follow Apply data of image from computer and save it into the buffer waiting the data request from the printing cont...

Page 22: ...icator Y motor moving on D7 Servo Card indicator Communication on D8 X axis indicator Y motor moving on D10 TX indicator Transmitting data on D20 RX indicator Receiving data on Dial Switch D0 off D1 o...

Page 23: ...d to suck ink out from the tank syringe before start the machine Number 3 means the movement system has problem First check the servo driver report the error or not if there is a error shut down the p...

Page 24: ...er indicator normal on D2 high voltage pulse indicator bright periodically normal on 4 3 6 RTZ 16UV Media Board V1 3 116 0030 041 Taking up or feeding media automatically 4 4 Mechanical Movement Syste...

Page 25: ...141 0134 004 Raster reader is a optical reader raster strip is a rasterized transparent plastic They work together generate fire signal that will be send to Printing control Board The raster reader i...

Page 26: ...The step and direction signal is mainly controlled from the USB Board and this signal is amplified by the Servo Driver to drive the Servomotor 4 4 2 1 Servo Driver Motor This machine used ACS806 Servo...

Page 27: ...ped with a set of heaters and can be heated up by turning on the heater controller with the desired temperature level Servomotor 150W PN 141 0509 000 Fig 4 4 2 1 1 Servo Driver Motor Servo Driver DCS8...

Page 28: ...n open or close contact signal to the Print head control board and Ink control board to control the operation of the pumps An optional micro filter is added to enhance the filtering of ink before it f...

Page 29: ...be from one side bubble will be pushed out from the other side Exhaust when there is some bubble in the tube Note Whatever prime flush or purge perform it one color at one time Turn off the other ink...

Page 30: ...appropriate output OUT1 or OUT2 to further trigger the part component to protect the negative pressure system The parameter setting is set by the sensor panel keypad this parameter is used to program...

Page 31: ...nt heads A solvent pump is provided to pump the solvent from the solvent bottle to ink tank manifold then it is distributed through the ink tank manifold The manifold valve can be turned individually...

Page 32: ...e optical sensor is blocked This automatic action is kept on cycling as the printing process is on progress On the other hand when the roll media at the front side becomes loosed and the Front Optical...

Page 33: ...nology Co Ltd By Victor Xu 33 Feeding Roller depends upon the printing side orientation of the media Fig 4 8 4 Take up Roller Assembly Fig 4 8 5 Feeding Roller Auto Off Manual Fig 4 8 2 Feeding and Ta...

Page 34: ...Container should be available for ink and flushing liquid waste as well as ink solvent contaminated cloth inside the Printing area z Waste disposal should be in accordance with your local laws govern...

Page 35: ...eties Windows will come out Activate the account by un tick the check box as below 6 click Apply and OK then finished 5 3 1 Install PhotoPRINT Server Flora Edition 6 1v2 7 Turn on the Main Power to gi...

Page 36: ...ill get a window for License Agreement please choose I accept the terms of the license agreement 11 Click Next then Select Features and the Select Program Folder screen window will show up 12 Then you...

Page 37: ...will appear Click Next 16 Click Next software files will now start to install 17 Click Finish after completing the successful installation 5 3 2 Install Flora Driver 1 Insert the Flora Driver From the...

Page 38: ...n Select Model window will appear Choose the particular model of the machine you are about to install then click Next 4 The software will now start to detect the specified destination folder if it is...

Page 39: ...pop Hardware Update Wizard windows as below 3 Browse the installation folder click USB install package Then you will get the Cypress USB Generic Driver 3 4 4 000 under Universal Serial Bus Controller...

Page 40: ...rint head a Open the package and then take out the anti plastic bag b Open the anti static plastic bag check the SN of print head with label on the box Note The head is pre loaded with ink analog to p...

Page 41: ...rdingly Note The back fixation screws must be tightened to fasten fixing tabletting meanwhile the front fixation screw must be tightened properly before doing Y align Take note of proper print head or...

Page 42: ...tions or loose connections on the data cables Power on the machine and check for any functional abnormalities on the carriage Install print heads you must take notice as below z Switch off the power b...

Page 43: ...TZ Driver software move the Print head Carriage from left to right then back to home position Check if the X axis and Y axis Servo Motor are working by clicking the appropriate arrow head below 5 5 2...

Page 44: ...1 Change the voltage temperature in the textbox 2 Click Write Button 3 Check the value click Read Button Notice Every ink manufacturer has its own recommended temperature and voltage settings The rec...

Page 45: ...s Print head installation must ensure the print head is perpendicular to Y axis and in parallel with X axis 1 Highlight Y Align from test drop list and send to print by click send print icon 2 Y Align...

Page 46: ...will take several prints and adjustments before you are able to get perfect alignments b Align C M and Y print heads refer to K print head The line of C M or Y should overlap the K line perfectly If...

Page 47: ...eads are aligned perfectly referring to below figure Or you can align the print heads through it also Just keep C M or Y lines are overlap the K lines perfectly 5 5 4 Vertical Alignment 5 5 5 Internal...

Page 48: ...ke K for example 2 The 0 position of the top K22 must be aligned with 0 position of down K22 In illustration Fig K22 meets at 3 position in green circle and the default value of K22 is 0 So the K22 sh...

Page 49: ...e of opposite direction the inkjet position from bi direction is different that is why bi direction alignment is in need 1 The procedure for Internal Left Align is the same with Internal Right Align p...

Page 50: ...he print heads will take K1 as basic The 0 position of K1 print heads must be aligned with 0 position of all the other print heads Because of the space problem I take M print head as example K1 meets...

Page 51: ...nt is very necessary for Bi direction print mode If this alignment is not good the output image will be rough and fuzzy because of dislocation output coming from double directions X alignment is simil...

Page 52: ...han exact value so we need to increase by trial and error method you can get the correct value Figure 2 shows the motor step value when the test was sent is lower than exact value so we need to decrea...

Page 53: ...Shenzhen Runtianzhi Image Technology Co Ltd By Victor Xu 53 If any factor temperature voltage and highness of the carriage which will affect viscosity or firing speed has changed you must check Inter...

Page 54: ...oor z Check if the Waste Ink Bottle is already full and replace if necessary z Check if there is enough ink for printing and flush solution for cleaning the print head z Check and ensure that the prin...

Page 55: ...the ripping process and those ready to be sent for printing Job queue shows the list of all jobs that have been printed aborted ripped and new added jobs waiting to be sent for editing or ripping Add...

Page 56: ...folder after printing is completed z Archive the image will be sent in archive folder after printing is completed Notice Click OK button after you select from the option 6 4 4 Color Management Tag Fig...

Page 57: ...nt the nozzles to be firing on a definite order From the FloraPrint driver window select Test Print head the drop down list click on the Align colors button 1 3 5 2 4 6 Spot white must un tick this bo...

Page 58: ...rint ribbon on the left side of the image Width set the width of the ribbon Right Tick this check box the machine will print ribbon on the right side of the image Space with image Define the space bet...

Page 59: ...e drop size of the micro drop Ink Supply Control ink supply check box If tick this box the pump will supply ink until the sub tank is full or the pump will stop working within 25 seconds Other Center...

Page 60: ...eding motor start speed Acceler ation Carriage acceleration at both sides Acceleration Feeding acceleration Acc Length Acc length for speed up Printing Mode CMYK Choose Direction Choose Speed Temperat...

Page 61: ...Extract extract dots from original design and print more passes with the same ink limited This will control the print head to jet ink dots on the media more averagely which will be helpful to improve...

Page 62: ...rriage z Shut off the negative pressure valves z Shut off the power for machine and PC z Close the machine covers z Do housekeeping if necessary 6 5 2 Long term protection z Flush the print head until...

Page 63: ...2 Prime Print head z After performing a flush procedure set the Ink Tank Valve to Ink Prime Position z Press Ink Prime Button Switch on the Control Panel The ink will go out from the print head nozzle...

Page 64: ...pump stops pumping the ink when the secondary tank is full of ink The level sensor will energize the LED on the Print head Control Board when the secondary ink tank is full If the level LED doesn t li...

Page 65: ...if necessary z Check the screws on moving parts assemblies and those that fix the carriage bumper on the rail Tighten them if necessary 7 5 Adjust Timing Belt Tension Carriage timing belt can be adjus...

Page 66: ...load at the middle of the rail with a distance of 60 70mm should be 1000g using a pull test gage and a steel ruler Upper tension adjusting bolt Lower tension adjusting bolt Left View Lock nut The belt...

Page 67: ...nt head Voltage Ink Starvation o Insufficient Negative Pressure value o Print head nozzles are not working well o Insufficient ink flowing from the Disc Filter to the Print head because of clogged dis...

Page 68: ...r Re program the Servo Driver replace if defective Replace worn out Timing Belt Replace Motion Control Board Media is not moving backward and forward stroke o Defective DC Servo Motor o Defective Move...

Page 69: ...nergy chain assembly Replace the Raster Strip Fix loosed Print head Cable Data lines Fix replace the energy chain Re setup and cabling on the energy chain Carriage suddenly stops during operation X al...

Page 70: ...Press MODE button and hold for 2 seconds to display Press MODE button 1X then press arrow UP DOWN until it display Press MODE button 1X then press arrow UP DOWN until it display Press MODE button 1X...

Page 71: ...y Co Ltd By Victor Xu 71 HOW TO SET NEGATIVE PRESSURE PARAMETERS Press MODE button 1X to exit Press arrow UP DOWN button to set the parameter Press MODE button 1x to display the encircled below Press...

Page 72: ...yellow magenta black The subtractive primaries or process colors used in color printing Black K is usually added to enhance color and to print a true black Color Bar Strips of color used as a tool to...

Page 73: ...computer use Its resolution is usually very low 72 dpi or that of your computer screen making it undesirable for printing purposes Gradient Color in shades from one starting point to another graduall...

Page 74: ...for a fixed amount of time at the air interface to the ink reservoir attached to the print head jetting assembly to force ink along with air bubbles and debris if present out the jets through the noz...

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