User's Manual
Ink Jet Colour Printer
Artjet 12
Page 1: ...User s Manual Ink Jet Colour Printer Artjet 12...
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Page 3: ...elp guide for the print driver 10 Accessing the Troubleshooting on line help guide 12 The Print Head 13 Replacing the Print Head 14 Completing Print Head Installation 16 Print Head Alignment 17 Print...
Page 4: ...Transparent Paper 28 Printing on Coated Paper 29 Printing on Glossy Paper 30 Printing on Tee Shirt Transfers 31 Printing Envelopes 32 Printing Cards 33 Printing on Customised Paper Sizes 34 Printing o...
Page 5: ...t parts of the printer A Paper support it supports the paper and any other materials loaded into the automatic sheet feeder B Side paper guide aligns sheets according to their width C Automatic feeder...
Page 6: ...ction and dialogue with the computer parallel interface K USB communication port allows connection and dialogue with the computer Universal Serial Bus interface Switching on and off of the Printer The...
Page 7: ...n after being inactive for four minutes STATUS Description Indicator LED Standby The printer is on but the FW has not been loaded yet On Ready The printer is free and ready to receive data to print ou...
Page 8: ...he print head carriage to the print head replacement position Pressing the button the second time returns the print head carriage to its rest position 2 Data Receiving mode The button is inactive 3 Er...
Page 9: ...ation folder the following applications are available on the computer Printer Monitor Printer Properties Spool Manager for Windows 3 1x The following guides are also available Operator Manual This doc...
Page 10: ...indicates any error conditions If an error is signalled click on the Troubleshooting button of the Status tab to open the page of the context driven help which will help to solve the problem The Prin...
Page 11: ...Printer Monitor In Windows 3 1 3 11 Double click on the Printer Monitor icon in the Printer_Name Program group Printer Properties The Settings card in the Printer Properties dialogue box allows to de...
Page 12: ...values as needed Opening from Windows Printer Properties can be opened directly from Windows In this case the changed settings are applied to the print processes of all applications unless they are ch...
Page 13: ...ows 3 1 3 11 the printer s software installs a specific Spool Manager which improves the performance of the standard Windows 3 1 3 11 Print Manager and allows to Cancel or interrupt print processes Di...
Page 14: ...guide for the print driver 2 Troubleshooting Accessing the on line help guide for the print driver Direct access in Windows 95 98 2000 NT 1 Click on 2 Select Programs and then Printer_Name 3 Click on...
Page 15: ...the parameter of the tab to be varied and click with the right button of the mouse or Windows 95 98 2000 NT only select the parameter of the tab to be varied click on the at the top right of the tab d...
Page 16: ...ter_Name Program group 2 Double click on the Troubleshooting icon Context driven Access from the Printer Monitor 1 Open the Printer Monitor see Opening the Printer Monitor 2 Click on the Troubleshooti...
Page 17: ...describes the following procedures Replacing the print head Aligning the print head Print head preservation Cleaning nozzles automatically Cleaning nozzles and print head contacts automatically Clean...
Page 18: ...head instead of the colour print head or vice versa you need to remove it from the printer To remove the print head from the printer 1 Open the printer monitor Printer Care tab see Opening the Printer...
Page 19: ...7 Gently remove the protective sticker from the print head nozzles and electrical contacts Take care not to touch the electrical contacts gold plate or the printing nozzles and do not set the print h...
Page 20: ...installing a new print head you always need to notify the printer s software to obtain the best possible print quality and an actual representation of ink level in the Printer Monitor Printer Care ta...
Page 21: ...ee Opening the Printer Monitor 2 Load at least two sheets of paper into the printer see Paper Loading 5 A confirmation message is displayed Click on OK and follow the instructions displayed on the tab...
Page 22: ...ead s nozzles unclogged to guarantee proper ink flow The automatic nozzle cleaning operation may fail to assure a satisfactory print quality and the two following cases may occur 1 missing dots or who...
Page 23: ...n The printer runs the print head cleaning cycle you will hear the sound of the print head carriage moving 4 If you want to at this point you can run the Print Test see related section to check whethe...
Page 24: ...epeat the operation several times in different places on the tissue to clean the nozzles To loosen any ink clots keep the moist tissue in contact with the nozzle area for a few seconds Then dry by tap...
Page 25: ...head carriage 1 Following the procedure described in Replacing the Print Head unlatch and extract the print head from the carriage 2 Disconnect the printer s power cord 3 Clean the print head carriage...
Page 26: ...can run the Cleaning Print Head Nozzles procedure see related section 2 Click on the Printer Care tab 3 Click on the Print test button The printer feeds a sheet of paper and prints the nozzle test gra...
Page 27: ...he automatic feeder Loading the Paper in the Automatic Feeder 1 Pull the paper support fully rightward and rotate it to the vertical position The paper support is optimised for standard A4 and Letter...
Page 28: ...er move it closer to the left edge of the sheets without blocking them 2 Check the values of the set parameters If you are colour printing on A4 size paper the optimal parameter values are the default...
Page 29: ...l feeder for a single sheet when Automatic feeding is set simply run the print job after loading the sheet following the procedure described above Select Manual feeding Click on the OK button 2 Start...
Page 30: ...on glossy paper to obtain prints with vivid brilliant and clearly distinguished colours of photographic quality Printing on coated paper to obtain high quality colour images computer art Printing tra...
Page 31: ...ic paper parameters are selected in the Settings tab of the printer driver Open Printer properties following the instructions of the Opening Printer Properties section 3 Start printing your document R...
Page 32: ...parent paper parameters are set in Settings tab of the printer driver Open Printer properties following the instructions of the Opening Printer Properties section Select Transparent Paper Type Click o...
Page 33: ...d paper parameters are set in the Settings tab of the printer driver Open Printer properties following the instructions in the Opening Printer Properties section Select Coated Paper Type Click on the...
Page 34: ...ossy paper parameters are set in the Settings tab of the printer driver Open Printer properties following the instructions of the Opening Printer Properties section Select Glossy Paper Type Click on t...
Page 35: ...Printer properties following the instructions of the Opening Printer Properties section 1 Load a transfer into the manual feeder Ensure that the transfer is perfectly aligned in between the side guide...
Page 36: ...be oriented down and to the left 2 Ensure that envelope parameters are selected in the Settings tab of the printer driver Open Printer properties following the instructions of the Opening Printer Prop...
Page 37: ...th the longer side against the fixed guide 2 Ensure that card parameters are selected in the Settings tab of the printer driver Open Printer properties following the instructions of the Opening Printe...
Page 38: ...ttings tab of the printer driver select the parameters for the customised paper size Open Printer properties following the instructions of the Opening Printer Properties section 3 Click on the OK butt...
Page 39: ...ngs tab of the printer driver and specifically Open Printer properties following the instructions of the Opening Printer Properties section 2 Ready the continuous feed paper to be inserted into the pr...
Page 40: ...tly aligned between the side guide and against the driving rollers Push it all the way in until it is caught by the printer Il nome file non valido The side of the banner to be printed is the one faci...
Page 41: ...s Type Part number XP11 black single block print head normal capacity XP01 black siingle block print head high capacity XP13 4 colour single block print head normal capacity XP03 4 colour single block...
Page 42: ...up to 10 cards with 100 g m2 weight 1 sheet with weight 90 g m2 up to 5 sheets of glossy paper up to 5 transparent sheets up to 5 sheets of photographic paper up to 5 envelopes with 80 g m2 weight Pap...
Page 43: ...V 6 10 50 60 Hz Sheet width automatic feeder 216 mm max manual feeder 218 mm max Graphic density High quality up to 1200 x 1200 dpi Quality Speed 600 x 600 dpi Speed Savings 300 x 600 dpi Interface Pa...