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Replacing an ink pouch when the reservoir is empty ...................................................................37
Preparing the material...........................................................................................................................38
Choosing a material type...................................................................................................................38
Normalizing material .........................................................................................................................39
Cleaning the material .........................................................................................................................39
Loading the Flat Bed..............................................................................................................................42
Printer/graphic orientation...............................................................................................................42
Adjusting the UV shield for rigid material .....................................................................................44
Uniform Print Gap & Elimination of Gap Between Prints............................................................45
Understanding Flat Bed printing margins ......................................................................................47
Loading roll material in the Roll-to-Roll configuration....................................................................48
Using material hold-down devices for roll material......................................................................48
Using the material roller ....................................................................................................................49
Loading roll material into the printer ..............................................................................................50
Using the winding unit ......................................................................................................................52
Removing material from the winding unit and printer ................................................................53
Understanding Roll-to-Roll printing margins ................................................................................54
Chapter 5: Printing Jobs on the Gerber CAT | UV .............................................................. 55
Using RIP software and profiles ..........................................................................................................55
Print mode options ................................................................................................................................55
Printing a job – Instructional overview...............................................................................................56
Canceling a job .......................................................................................................................................57
Flat Bed Printing ....................................................................................................................................58
Printing on the Flat Bed .....................................................................................................................58
Printing a full bleed Flat Bed job ......................................................................................................59
Printing double-sided, full-bleed......................................................................................................60
Roll-to-Roll Printing ..............................................................................................................................63
Choosing a print mode for Roll-to-Roll printing............................................................................63
Printing a single Roll-to-Roll job.......................................................................................................64
Printing multiple Roll-to-Roll jobs in Continuous mode ..............................................................65
Automatic printer operations...............................................................................................................67
UV lamp warm-up..............................................................................................................................67
Sleep/Idle mode .................................................................................................................................67
Automatic spitting to clear the nozzles ...........................................................................................67
User-selectable modes ...........................................................................................................................68
UV lamp automatic shut-off or Continuous mode ........................................................................68
Lamp Delay mode ..............................................................................................................................68
Lamp Spec mode.................................................................................................................................69
Large Field mode ................................................................................................................................70
Step Blending mode ...........................................................................................................................71
Chapter 6: Printer Maintenance........................................................................................... 72
Required maintenance supplies...........................................................................................................72
Gerber CAT | UV Regular Preventive Maintenance........................................................................74
Daily maintenance .................................................................................................................................76
Tips for Clean Heads procedure.......................................................................................................76
1) What is the purpose of the Clean Heads procedure? ................................................................76
2) How hard do I press the Anticon wipe-covered swab against the surface of the printhead nozzle
plate?.....................................................................................................................................................76
3) How can I be sure my clean was effective?.................................................................................76
4) Why do I lose nozzles? ..................................................................................................................76
Clean Heads Procedure......................................................................................................................78
