Wide Format Solvent Inkjet Printer
IP-7900-20/21
IP-7700-20/21
Read this User’s Guide carefully before use of this printer and handle it properly.After reading, keep it for later use.
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Page 1: ...Solvent Inkjet Printer IP 7900 20 21 IP 7700 20 21 Read this User s Guide carefully before use of this printer and handle it properly After reading keep it for later use U00125350703 IP 7700 20 21 IP...
Page 2: ...provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not in...
Page 3: ...g operation Adjustment procedures For the information below required to start operating the Printer refer to the Basic Operation Guide Basic information required for the operation Basic operations to...
Page 4: ...basic handling and daily operation of media printing and maintenance To print on other media To perform double sided printing To perform the Printer s maintenance To replace the Printer s ink pack To...
Page 5: ...d adjustment to maximize the Printer s performance To clear banding white lines and bleeding To operate the Printer with fine settings To print on cut sheet media To change heater temperature while pr...
Page 6: ...49 Turn the audio warning beep off 49 Update the system firmware 49 Cleaning options 50 Perform cleaning only for the specified print head 50 Manage the media advance compensation 52 Change media adva...
Page 7: ...oints of caution for avoiding serious personal injury CAUTION Boxes marked with a CAUTION describe points of caution for avoiding injury to yourself or damage to the Printer TIP This mark offers you t...
Page 8: ...fail This will mean a print head replacement So if the Printer must be turned off follow the guide below For a short period Clean the print head and the ink flow path with the storage liquid and leave...
Page 9: ...uid set IP7 137 Storage liquid pack Dummy subcartridge Before the operation check that the items below are prepared Use the eight storage liquid packs completely in a single service cleaning To facili...
Page 10: ...screws on the subcartridge cover and open the subcartridge cover OPEN SUBCARTRIDGE COVER 8 Subcartridges to be removed Remove the eight subcartridges REMOVE Y1 SUBCARTRIDGE 9 Dummy subcartridges Set t...
Page 11: ...oved Remove the eight ink trays REMOVE Y1 INK PACK 13 Ink box cover Close the ink box cover CLOSE INK COVER 14 START PURGI NG BOTTLE OK PURGING PLEASE WAIT 12 Press the key Ink is purged from the ink...
Page 12: ...ING SL PLEASE WAI T 12 Press the key 19 Knob Ink box cover Open the ink box cover OPEN INK COVER 20 Ink trays to be removed Remove the ink trays with cleaning liquid packs REMOVE Y1 SL PACK 21 Ink box...
Page 13: ...ver Open the ink box cover OPEN INK COVER 24 Ink trays to be set Insert the ink trays with storage liquid packs into the slots of the ink box LOAD Y1 SL PACK 25 Ink box cover Close the ink box cover C...
Page 14: ...COVER Cleaning liquid pack Dummy subcartridge Use the eight cleaning liquid packs completely in a single head wash To facilitate this work set the cleaning liquid packs to the optional ink trays in a...
Page 15: ...b screws Open the subcartridge cover Loosen the two knob screws on the subcartridge cover and open the subcartridge cover OPEN SUBCARTRIDGE COVER 9 Subcartridges to be removed Remove the eight subcart...
Page 16: ...N INK COVER 13 Ink trays to be removed Remove the eight ink trays REMOVE Y1 SL PACK 14 Ink box cover Close the ink box cover CLOSE INK COVER 15 START PURGI NG BOTTLE OK PURGING PLEASE WAI T 12 Press t...
Page 17: ...leaning liquid packs into the slots of the ink box LOAD Y1 CL PACK 18 Ink box cover Close the ink box cover CLOSE INK COVER 19 START CL CHARGING BOTTLE OK CHARGI NG CL PLEASE WAIT 12 Press the key 20...
Page 18: ...URGING PLEASE WAI T 12 Press the key Ink is purged from the ink system 24 Repeat the steps 16 to 19 to perform the cleaning again 25 Knob Ink box cover Open the ink box cover OPEN INK COVER 26 Ink tra...
Page 19: ...system after head wash 1 Clear out the waste ink bottle 2 INK MEDIA REG MEDIA M ADV M E N U Set the Printer to offline state and press the M E N U key 3 REWIND FORM FEED PH REC PH MAI N Press the key...
Page 20: ...ays LOAD Y1 INK PACK Y 1 Lm2 C 3 Gy4 Lg8 M 7 Lc6 K 5 Ink tray Y 1 M 2 C 3 K 4 Y 8 M 7 C 6 K 5 Ink tray 8 color mode 4 color mode 11 Ink box cover Close the ink box cover CLOSE INK COVER 12 START INK C...
Page 21: ...idges LOAD SUBCARTRIDGE Y 1 Lm 2 C 3 Gy 4 K 5 Lc 6 M 7 Lg 8 Subcartridge Y 1 M 2 C 3 K 4 K 5 C 6 M 7 Y 8 Subcartridge 8 color mode 4 color mode 16 Subcartridge cover Close the subcartridge cover and t...
Page 22: ...seconds later Press the M E N U key to switch from one ink data to the other ink data Displayed at intervals of 3 seconds When the CANCEL or key is pressed the display returns to offline state menu mo...
Page 23: ...T FACE BACK NEST Media type REMAINING MEDI A 50m Remaining media Check at printing in online 1 PRINTING NORMAL L ND BI M E N U 6 REMAINI NG MEDIA 50m Press the M E N U key six times Print reports on t...
Page 24: ...ter to offline state and press the M E N U key twice 2 PRINTER SETUP ADJUST HEATER Press the key 3 LANGUAGE ENGLISH With the key scroll to USB ADDRESS 4 USB ADDRESS 001 000 is NG The LCD displays the...
Page 25: ...s the M E N U key twice 2 INK MEDIA REG MEDIA M ADV Press the key 3 LANGUAGE ENGLISH With the key scroll to PRITER FW VER PRINTER FW VER X XX_YY The LCD displays your Printer s firmware version Check...
Page 26: ...23 MEDIA ADV VALUE 13 PREHEATER INIT 14 COLOR STRIPE 15 PH HEIGHT ADJ 16 PH CLEANING 17 ROLL END DETECTION 12 PRINTHEATER INIT 26 BIDIR VALUE2 27 BIDIR VALUE3 28 BIDIR VALUE4 29 SET REMAINING MEDIA 30...
Page 27: ...K ON ON ON ON ON MEDIA ADV MODE FWD ONLY FWD ONLY FWD ONLY FWD ONLY FWD ONLY MEDIA BACK MODE BACK FWD BACK FWD BACK FWD BACK FWD BACK FWD SUCTION FAN LEVEL NORMAL NORMAL NORMAL LOW LOW AFTERHEATER INI...
Page 28: ...mark is displayed Press the key 3 SELECT MEDIA 01 PAPER Press the key Select your preferred preset media 4 SELECT MEDIA 02 Glossy Press the key SELECT MEDIA 02 Glossy Minimize the right and left marg...
Page 29: ...GUARD 01 NO Press the key USE EDGE GUARD 01 NO Deactivate the color stripe bar 1 INK MEDIA REG MEDIA M ADV Set the Printer to offline state and press the key 2 SELECT MEDIA 01 PAPER With the key scro...
Page 30: ...lso effective when your media is so flexible and easily wrinkled 1 INK MEDIA REG MEDIA M ADV Set the Printer to offline state and press the key 2 SELECT MEDIA 01 PAPER With the key scroll to SUCTION F...
Page 31: ...r If five minutes have elapsed after the end of the last printing the Printer feeds 30 cm of media before starting to print FWD WRINKLEFREE Solve media lifting up problem The vacuum pressure applied t...
Page 32: ...y to avoid the print head touching the media The print head scratched by media causes the poor ink ejection and degrades the print quality On the other hand a too high print head position also degrade...
Page 33: ...inting In this mode the cleaning may start with the current print band interrupted This mode is recommended when printing on the media less subjected to the heater temperature for example on Banner Af...
Page 34: ...de The following describes the procedure to print with smart pass density and print direction settings made on the Pinter s side instead of the RIP settings Set print mode preference to front panel 1...
Page 35: ...state and press the key 2 SELECT MEDIA 01 PAPER With the key scroll to SMART PASS 3 SMART PASS 01 LOW Press the key 4 SMART PASS 01 LOW x2 Press the key twice 5 SMART PASS 01 HIGH Press the key 6 SMAR...
Page 36: ...ADV Set the Printer to offline state and press the key 2 SELECT MEDIA 01 PAPER With the key scroll to PRINT DIRECTION 3 PRINT DIRECTI ON 01 BIDIR Press the key 4 PRINT DIRECTI ON 01 BIDIR x2 Press th...
Page 37: ...already exist are displayed By pressing the CANCEL key the operation returns to the step 3 5 COPY MEDIA 13 Press the key By pressing the CANCEL key the operation returns to the step 3 6 COPY MEDIA 13...
Page 38: ...YYmm With the key scroll to SELECT MEDIA 3 SELECT MEDIA 01 TYPE01 Press the key 4 SELECT MEDIA 01 TYPE01 Press the key several times to select the desired media 5 SELECT MEDIA 04 Banner Press the key...
Page 39: ...d hold the or key To feed media press the key To rewind media press the key A cut sheet media if installed into the Printer is discharged from the Printer 3 The key is pressed FEEDING MEDI A The key i...
Page 40: ...ejection failure In such a case perform a cleaning 1 REWINDING MEDIA Rewind the media See Feed or rewind media on the page 38 CAUTION Rewind the media after the printed image completely dries If the...
Page 41: ...bottom end This remaining margin can also be used for printing Print quality may be affected when printing near the media bottom end Use this function only if you can afford this loss in print quality...
Page 42: ...during printing online mode printing stops temporarily and the following screen is displayed ROLL END DETECTED PRINT CANCEL Procedure to continue printing Peel roller Tension bar 1 Remove the tension...
Page 43: ...he new media Print on a cut sheet media 1 Front cover Protection bar Remove the protection bar and open the front cover 2 Wiping unit side Capping unit side With pressing the media edge guard s your s...
Page 44: ...ard s your side part move each media edge guard Align each media edge guard s notch with the media edge 1 2 Notch Set the media edge guards 1 With pressing the media edge guard s your side part move e...
Page 45: ...EDI A MEDIA Banner Select the type of media and then press the key Select a preset media with the or key Here explains the procedure taking banner for example 11 SET MEDI A OK PREPARI NG MEDIA PLEASE...
Page 46: ...nting If the edge guards are accidentally removed or particles adhere to the media advance path during printing put the Printer into pause mode to be able to open and close the front cover 1 PRINTING...
Page 47: ...AX QUA L ND UNI O N L I N E Press the O N L I N E key during the preheating time before printing 2 PRINTER PAUSED ROLL 1626 PAPER Release the grip The Printer enters pause mode Release the grip CAUTIO...
Page 48: ...ia on the Printer For the procedure see the Basic Operation Guide To take up media in LOOSE winding mode 4 Place the tension bar with gear on the closed tension bar guide Place the tension bar careful...
Page 49: ...the print operation With the procedure below the audio warning beep is turned off 1 INK MEDIA REG MEDIA M ADV M E N U 2 Set the Printer to offline state and press the M E N U key twice 2 PRINTER SETUP...
Page 50: ...or key scroll to STRONG 5 PH RECOVERY NORMAL Press the key 6 PH RECOVERY NORMAL 87654321 Select your preferred print head for cleaning With the and keys select the print head number Then with the or...
Page 51: ...ottle is not full PH REC 8 5 EXECUTING 12 This value is counted down every 10 seconds Cleaning is started Print head cleaning takes several minutes When the cleaning starts the required time is displa...
Page 52: ...e range 97 00 to 106 00 With the or key change the media advance compensation When the value is changed it is reflected in printing immediately The value displayed at the start of printing does not ch...
Page 53: ...media advance compensation again page 85 Set PRINT MODE Set the print resolution Reduce the resolution to maximize productivity Increase the resolution for high definition printout with no visible gr...
Page 54: ...Print speed with HIGH setting is approximately 25 slower than with MEDIUM setting High density printing was performed with smart pass always set to HIGH High density printing is always performed with...
Page 55: ...Smart pass 3 LOW MEDIUM HIGH MAX SPEED 50 0 m2 h 35 1 m2 h 25 7 m2 h 100 0 m2 h 70 9 m2 h 53 0 m2 h HIGH SPEED 35 0 m2 h 23 0 m2 h 16 8 m2 h 71 0 m2 h 46 9 m2 h 35 0 m2 h NORMAL 26 4 m2 h 16 6 m2 h 12...
Page 56: ...de the specification of the Printer Raise the ambient temperature to 15 C or more 20 to 25 C recommended to warm the Printer adequately l Media is not selected properly Check the media selection Basic...
Page 57: ...dia was installed properly with the conditions below The installed media is properly parallel to the Printer and the flange The operation panel shows the media type correctly The supply side tension b...
Page 58: ...the media The media winding mode is optimal to the installed media If the media is curled or wrinkled see the description on the problem The media is curled or wrinkled 2 Adjust the pressure on the m...
Page 59: ...ree heaters by 5 C 1 Before starting the print ensure that the heater temperature was decreased to the target temperature With some media the heater temperature increased would be effective 2 Set smar...
Page 60: ...he CHARGE CAP CL 6 With the print sheet mount cleaning Basic Operation Guide page 96 clean the print head surface Symptom B l At bidirectional printing the ejected ink s color order in rightward print...
Page 61: ...e heater temperature was decreased to the target temperature 2 Set smart pass to a higher setting 1 2 3 Change the print mode to be slower 1 2 4 Print in unidirectional mode 5 Use the proven media 6 W...
Page 62: ...nt head height 3 Do not decrease the value excessively as the lowered print head may cause media jams more frequently Symptom B l The ink is drooling 1 Use the Printer within the operating temperature...
Page 63: ...urled or wrinkled see the description on the problem The media is curled or wrinkled 2 Check the obstructions such as media lint or ink clot in the nozzle surface path including the platen surface and...
Page 64: ...decreasing the ejected ink amount Symptom B l The print head position is misaligned l The bidirectional print position is misaligned 1 Adjust the print head position page 96 2 Adjust the bidirectional...
Page 65: ...platen the contacting point of a media edge and the media edge guard is near the platen s vacuum hole the Printer may suck the ejected ink partially between the media and the media edge guard As a res...
Page 66: ...elow The installed media is properly parallel to the Printer and the flange The operation panel shows the media type correctly The supply side tension bar length is proper and it is placed on the cent...
Page 67: ...fter the normal cleaning To clear the nozzle clogging fill the cap with ink and moisten the print head nozzle surface with ink After this operation hold the Printer for 1 to 2 hours To clear the nozzl...
Page 68: ...rted Print head cleaning takes several minutes When the cleaning starts the required time is displayed and the time is counted down every 10 seconds 8 PH RECOVERY NORMAL Press the key The display retu...
Page 69: ...eld for 1 to 2 hours perform the normal cleaning Fill the cap with wiper cleaning liquid 1 INK MEDIA REG MEDIA M ADV M E N U Set the Printer to offline state and press the M E N U key 2 REWIND FORM FE...
Page 70: ...ss the key 8 Open the front cover and then open the cap cover 9 Add the wiper cleaning liquid to the cap 10 Close the capping cover and the front cover The carriage returns automatically to the home p...
Page 71: ...witch operation Ink slots assignment Install each ink pack s tray and subcartridge at its predetermined position Subcartridges after the mode switch operation The OKI Data Infotech s color replacement...
Page 72: ...URGING BOTTLE OK START C L CHARGING BOTT L E OK CLEANING BOTTLE OK 8 color 4 color 8 color 4 color 4 color 8 color 8 color 4 color 8 color 4 color 4 color 8 color 4 color 8 color 4 color 8 color Step2...
Page 73: ...NG With the key scroll to COLOR CHANGE 4 COLOR CHANGE 8 4 COLOR CHANGE 4 8 With the or key select the color mode switch menu and press the key 5 Subcartridge cover Knob screws Open the subcartridge c...
Page 74: ...bcartridge cover Close the subcartridge cover and tighten the two knob screws CLOSE SUBCARTRIDGE COVER STEP 3 Remove the four ink trays and perform the cleaning twice 1 Knob Ink box cover Open the ink...
Page 75: ...e set Insert the ink trays with cleaning liquid packs into the slots of the ink box To switch 8 color mode to 4 color mode Set the ink trays for Lm2 Gy4 Lc6 and Lg8 LOA D Lm2 CL PA CK To switch 4 colo...
Page 76: ...or mode Remove the ink trays for Lm2 Gy4 Lc6 and Lg8 REMOVE Lm2 CL PACK To switch 4 color mode to 8 color mode Remove the ink trays for M2 K4 C6 and Y8 REMOVE M2 CL PACK 11 Ink box cover Close the ink...
Page 77: ...Press the key Charge the ink system with ink STEP 5 Replace the four dummy subcartridges with the four subcartridges 1 Subcartridge cover Knob screws Open the subcartridge cover Loosen the two knob s...
Page 78: ...for M2 K4 C6 and Y8 LOAD M2 SUBCARTRIDGE To switch 4 color mode to 8 color mode Set the subcartridges for Lm2 Gy4 Lc6 and Lg8 LOAD Lm2 SUBCARTRIDGE 4 Subcartridge cover Close the subcartridge cover an...
Page 79: ...ith this procedure When a media type is selected at installing media initial temperature values of each heater for the selected media type are displayed on the menu When the heater temperature is set...
Page 80: ...rol menu and keys Select the heater whose temperature is to be set and keys Set the heater temperature M E N U key Turns the heater ON or OFF key When this key is pressed for 1 5 seconds while the hea...
Page 81: ...media is improved however media wrinkle or mat print mahy be caused Adjust heater temperature according to the media type and environmental temperature When the printheater temperature is set to high...
Page 82: ...re after printing 1 INK MEDIA REG MEDIA M ADV M E N U 2 Set the Printer to offline state and press the M E N U key twice 2 PRINTER SETUP ADJUST HEATER Press the key 3 HEATER DELAY TIME 30 min Press th...
Page 83: ...incorrect media advance The bands gap shows a white banding The bands gap shows a white banding The bands overlap shows a black banding The bands overlap shows a black banding Black banding at incorre...
Page 84: ...a heater to ON to warm up the Printer for 30 minutes or more Start the adjustment only after confirming that the Printer is warmed up sufficiently The adjustment may not be performed correctly when th...
Page 85: ...If a misalignment is found Select a rough media advance compensation from the print result Enter the media advance compensation Print the media advance adjustment pattern Enter the media advance comp...
Page 86: ...T PASS LOW Select EXECUTE with the key 7 MULTI ADV 100 00 EXECUTE Press the key 8 MULTI ADV 100 00 ADJ VALUE 100 00 Set the media advance compensation with the key when the value is displayed 9 MULTI...
Page 87: ...o high CAUTION If the correct media advance compensation differs with each print head each color set the average value However if a color is predominant in the printed image set the compensation for t...
Page 88: ...rn is set to auto This function adjusts each print head s bidirectional print position Enter the adjustment value based on print results of AUTO BIDIR ADJUST STEP 1 Print AUTO BIDIR adjustment pattern...
Page 89: ...head is adjusted as an example 3 AUTO BI DIR ADJUST ADJ M7 00 Select the digit with the or key and set the value with the or key M 11 M 2 Enter the value of the adjustment pattern where each print he...
Page 90: ...UAL BIDIR ADJUST with the key 3 MANUAL BIDI R ADJUST EXECUTE Press the key 4 MANUAL BIDI R ADJUST EXECUTE Select PATTERN with the key 5 MANUAL BIDI R ADJUST PATTERN ADJUST 1 Press to change the print...
Page 91: ...pattern is printed Print sample 15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 13 14 15 Media advance direction STEP 2 Enter the adjustment value 1 MANUAL BIDI R ADJUST EXECUTE Select ADJ L or ADJ R with the key 2 MA...
Page 92: ...int heads with the same procedure Adjust the print linkage before or after automatic cleaning In the DURING PRINT automatic cleaning is performed even while the Printer is printing In such a case afte...
Page 93: ...ess the key 6 BACK ADJ PRINT PRINT MODE MAX SPEED Select the print pattern with the key Press the key to confirm 7 BACK ADJ PRINT PRINT MODE MAX SPEED Set smart pass with the same procedure Select EXE...
Page 94: ...EXECUTE Select ADJ VALUE with the key 2 BACK ADJ PRI NT ADJ VALUE 0000P Press the key 3 BACK ADJ PRI NT ADJ VALUE 0000P Select the digit with the key set the value with the key and press the key 4 BA...
Page 95: ...lap on the print pattern 1 Perform STEP 1 and STEP 2 until the horizontal lines on the print pattern overlap Validate the media back feed adjustment pattern Determine the adjustment value so that the...
Page 96: ...HEAD ADJUST print result Procedure STEP 1 Print PRINT HEAD ADJUST adjustment pattern 1 INK MEDIA REG MEDIA M ADV M E N U 2 Set the Printer to offline state and press the M E N U key twice to display...
Page 97: ...int head is adjusted as an example 3 PRINT HEAD ADJUST POS A DJ Lc6 00 Select the digit with the or key and set the value with the or key PH TO PH VAL Lc6 02 Enter the value of the adjustment pattern...
Page 98: ...digit with the or key and set the value with the or key Input the value of the test pattern where each print head s two lines overlap with the least misalignment For example on the right test patterns...
Page 99: ...nce and specify the parameter 1 INK MEDIA REG MEDIA M ADV M E N U 2 Set the Printer to offline state and press the M E N U key twice 2 PRINTER SETUP ADJUST HEATER Press the key 3 SING ADV EXECUTE Sele...
Page 100: ...the value To obtain the correction value Obtain the adjustment value by measuring the margin setting the reference value to 15 mm Example The margin is 14 mm The adjustment value is 1 0 mm The margin...
Page 101: ...101 To assist your Printer in operating effectively Index Menu tree Adjust and calibrate the Printer...
Page 102: ...IGH DENSITY 01 LOW 01 MEDIUM 01 HIGH 01 BIDIR 01 UNIDIR SELECT MEDIA 01 PAPER RENAME MEDIA 01 PAPER SMART PASS 01 LOW PRINT DIRECTION 01 BIDIR DENSITY 01 NORMAL INK MENU MEDIA MENU MEDIA REG MENU XXX...
Page 103: ...31 F 0 3 to 1 0 Unit 0 1 mm 01 ON 01 OFF ADVANCE PREF 01 SOFTWARE 01 SOFTWARE 01 FRONT PANEL ROLL END DETECTION 01 DETECT ONLY 01 DETECT ONLY 02 ACTION SELECT PH CLEANING 01 START END 01 START END 01...
Page 104: ...00 15 to 15 BIDIR ADJ3 R PAPER 01 00 15 to 15 BIDIR ADJ4 L PAPER 01 00 15 to 15 BIDIR ADJ4 R PAPER 01 00 15 to 15 REMAINING MEDIA 01 YYYm DELETE MEDIA 02 TYPE02 OK COPY MEDIA 01 PASTE MEDIA 01 02 0 t...
Page 105: ...N MENU RE WI N D FORM FEED P H RE C PH M AIN REWINDING MEDIA REWIND MENU PH RECOVERY NORMAL PH REC MENU FEEDING MEDIA FORM FEED MENU M E N U NORMAL STRONG SPITTOON CASE UNIT DUST FILTER EXHAUST FAN FI...
Page 106: ...ANESE STORE INK SYS CLEAN INK SYS INITIAL CHARGE CHARGE INKPACK CHARGE CAP CL 12 to 12 P RI N TE R SETUP A DJUS T HEATER PRINTER MENU ERROR LOG PRINT CONFIG PRINT COLOR CHANGE 8 4 INK SYSTEM OPT RESEA...
Page 107: ...BEEP INK ERROR ON BEEP TUR TIMEOUT ON BEEP UNCAP CARRI ON TEMPERATURE UNITS CENTIGRADE LENGTH UNITS MILLIMETER USB SPEED HIGH SPEED USB ADDRESS XXX FACTORY DEFAULT PRINTER FW UPGRADE JAM SENSITIVITY H...
Page 108: ...winding mode 47 M margin minimizing right and left 28 media cut sheet media 43 feed or rewind 38 lifting up off the platen 30 remaining 23 rewind 38 sticking to platen 30 thick media 31 media advance...
Page 109: ...109 To assist your Printer in operating effectively Index Menu tree Adjust and calibrate the Printer...