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Introduction

This manual contains instructions on the operation and maintenance of this machine. To

get the maximum versatility from this machine all operators should carefully read and fol-

low the instructions in this manual. Keep this manual in a handy place near the machine.
Please read the Safety Information before using this machine. It contains information re-

lated to USER SAFETY and PREVENTING EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS.

How to read this manual

Notation conventions

Whenever necessary, the following points for attention are indicated in this manual.

WARNING:

Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if instructions are not followed, could

result in death or serious injury.

CAUTION:

Indicates a potentiality hazardous situation which, if instructions are not followed, may

result in minor or moderate injury or damage to machine or property.

Note

This sign refers to:
• Remarks for making the operation much easier. You get practical hints or knowledge to

assist you in the machine operation such as:

• Preparations required before operating

• How to prevent papers from being misfed or damaged

• Precautions required or actions to take after misoperation

• Limitations like numerical limits, functions that cannot be used together or conditions,

under which a particular function cannot be used or obtained.

• Information.
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Keys that appear on the machine’s display panel.

It is certified that the system complies with all applicable Directives of the

European Union.

For a formal Declaration of Conformity please contact Compliance Engineering. Contact

information is given in the front of this guide or on a separate document supplied with your

system.

Note

The domestic environment is an environment where the use of broadcast radio and televi-

sion receivers may be expected within a distance of 10 m of the apparatus concerned.

WARNING:

• Electromagnetic compliance:

• This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio

interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.

• The product (System) which is connected to this machine will be class A.

Summary of Contents for F65A

Page 1: ...Feeder Loader F65A B Operator Guide English Version ...

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Page 3: ...s or knowledge to assist you in the machine operation such as Preparations required before operating How to prevent papers from being misfed or damaged Precautions required or actions to take after misoperation Limitations like numerical limits functions that cannot be used together or conditions under which a particular function cannot be used or obtained Information Keys that appear on the machi...

Page 4: ...rts or materials while the machine is in use Keep hands loose clothing jewellery and long hair away from all moving parts Do not remove covers or defeat safety interlock switches Covers enclose hazardous parts that should only be accessed by properly trained service personnel Immediately report to service any damaged or non functioning components that renders the unit unsafe Place the unit in an a...

Page 5: ...er any vent openings Operation of this equipment without periodic maintenance will inhibit optimum operat ing performance and could cause the equipment to malfunction Contact your machine supplier for required service schedule Read all instructions before attempting to operate the equipment Use this equipment only for its intended purpose Always follow the specific occupational safety and health s...

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Page 7: ...ty loader setup 21 Transport material to feeder 21 Setting the loader side guides 22 2 Main menu Job Handling 23 New non scanning job 23 Program name 23 Choice of material 24 Number of sheets in one batch 24 New scanning job 25 OMR job example 25 Program name 25 Choice of material 25 Version scan method example OMR Plockmatic 25 OMR location scanner postion 26 Scan line increment 26 Scan line incr...

Page 8: ... HFl 35 Hand Feed First HFf 35 DiVert Finished DVF 36 DiVert to Deck DVD 36 STop ST 36 4 Trouble shooting Clearing paper jam 37 Paper feeding 38 Stream feed 38 Double feed 38 Low performance 38 5 General Remarks Do s And Don ts 39 6 Specifications Machine Specifications 41 F65A B Feeder incl High capacity loader 41 OMR 42 Application functionality 42 Physical specification 42 OMR reading area 43 T...

Page 9: ... Feeder Loader F651 Inserter F657 Folder and F653 Mailfeeder form a direct mail inserting system The F651 is the inserting and sealing unit of the system F657 is a multi function folder that can do half C Z and double fold of 1 10 sheets F653 is the feeding unit of the system and can feed from up to eight individual sources The single or rightmost F653 Mailfeeder is equipped with at least one of t...

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Page 11: ... and the material edge could be affected In case of a jam the feeder head lock can be released and material removed Separation Adjustment User Interface Feeder Belt Ramp Dump Motor Feeder Head Locking Ramp Material Sensor Dump Exit Sensor O ring Motor Accumulator Side Guide Adjustment Double Feed Sensor Eject Motor Retard Roller Motor Material Height Sensor Side Guides Adjustment Accumulator Side ...

Page 12: ... is selected and then started or a CONFIRMATION of an error is required e g no material Jobs are also programmed with this device and all the required settings have to be defined for an initial setup of the system Start Exit Job Interrupt Job or Clear Deck depending on the mode displayed function Display 2 x 20 Character Ramp Motor Transport Motor Transport Belt Side Guides Side Guides Adjustment ...

Page 13: ...is chapter we show the basic settings to run an already programmed job First of all the power switch has to be in the ON position Power Up Make sure all covers are closed Turn the main Power Switch ON The User Interface will momentarily display the current software version number and then proceed to a listing of available programs The Exit blue indicator will be lit The User Interface momentarily ...

Page 14: ...dy been carried out or if this is a current job press Red If you skip the pre run adjustment you go straight to Start the Job below Loading orientation The four possible loading orientations are shown upon program selection The first check asks you to make sure the material orientation is correct The four possible loading orientations are 1 Face up bottom first 2 Face up top first 3 Face down bott...

Page 15: ...t the bottom of the stack and sheets might get damaged 2 Feeder side guide adjustment GREEN CONFIRM BLUE EXIT Rotate the feeder Side Guide adjustment wheel anticlockwise until the side guides give ap proximately 3mm of clearance between the material and the side guides Press GREEN to go to the next step If you have a non scanning job the next step will be Feeder Head adjustment otherwise for the s...

Page 16: ...MR Scanner GREEN CONFIRM BLUE EXIT Place a test sheet of paper on the feeder and adjust the position Use the Material Guide Fingers see below to facilitate reading of OMR code on curled paper OMR Light indicates effective reading position Side to side adjustment of OMR scanners The OMR scanners can be mounted on either side of the separation head and also from the bottom of the feeder for bottom u...

Page 17: ...nt of the separation head and can be positioned with out any tools Be aware that the scanner needs a minimum distance to the code Setting material guide fingers If the paper is curled you can use the material guide fingers Always use two guide fingers and place them above the curled material ...

Page 18: ...der head adjustment GREEN CONFIRM BLUE EXIT Lower the separator by adjusting knob B clockwise until only one piece of material fits beneath it without leaving space for a second The single piece should fit without any force under the separation Close the gap until you cannot move the paper easily then turn 3 to 5 clicks backwards The second piece should still not be able to get under the separatio...

Page 19: ...port material to Accumulator GREEN Transport BLUE EXIT Setting the accumulator side guides With the paper in the accumulator you can adjust the side guides and leave gap of 2 3 mm on each side The display shows 5 Accumulator side guide adjustment GREEN CONFIRM BLUE EXIT Rotate the Accumulator Side Guide adjustment wheel clockwise to set the Accumulator Side Guides The correct setting allows approx...

Page 20: ...llow mark should be visible if a piece of material is in the accumulator By using the select button you can change the speed of the system down to 25 in 5 steps To start the system press GREEN for more than 2 seconds if you press it for less time just one piece will be fed If an error occurs a confirmation is expected by pressing the GREEN button If you need to use the outermost position of the Ac...

Page 21: ... Adjust the loader transport belt assembly lengthwise to the feeder by sliding it into the cor rect position Recommended adjustment is when the sheet held in the feed direction fits between the slope on the transport belt assembly and the separation housing as illustrated ...

Page 22: ... 1 Operation Setting the loader side guides Adjust the loader side guides by turning the adjustment wheel until the side guides give approximately 3mm of clearance between the material and the side guides ...

Page 23: ... SERVICE MENU New non scanning job Non scanning jobs have just three different settings to be defined Program name Choice of Material Number of sheets in one batch Program name This section covers programming a job where scanning is not required When you program the Feeder for a particular non scanning job assign the job a name the number is auto matically given by the next free job number 001 Nam...

Page 24: ...ouble Feed detector which can cause false detection By increasing the value these false double detection can be eliminated Selection of material on the menu 001 Material Paper DF SELECT Green CONF Blue EXIT Red EDIT If Paper DF is chosen there is another input required 001 Material Paper DF Value 18 SELECT Green CONF Blue EXIT Red EDIT Change the Value to a higher one by using the select button th...

Page 25: ...JOB SELECT Green CONF Blue EXIT Red GO ON To change the text use the select buttons to add another character use the GREEN button With RED the name of your Program is defined Choice of material The choice of Material is important to the appliance of the Double Feed detection there are three different settings available 001 Material Paper DF SELECT Green CONF Blue EXIT Red GO ON For our example we ...

Page 26: ...ilable The following examples show the first two scan line definitions BM is permanently 1 and cannot be modified The second scan line position far right 2 is defined as DVF divert finished in this example The scan function i e DVF can be changed by scrolling through the available scan functions BMC1 1 SELECT Green CONFIRM DVF 2 SELECT Green CONF Blue END Red IGNORE DVF 2 i SELECT Green CONF Blue ...

Page 27: ...d in full The code below will be used as a template In this example there are nine scan line positions defined while the last four remain unas signed The bench mark control BM is set permanently to scan line position 1 Press GREEN to confirm DVF 2 SELECT Green CONF Blue END Red IGNORE EOC 2 SELECT Green CONF Blue END Red IGNORE The display shows the above Scroll through the scan functions and sele...

Page 28: ...ST 9 SELECT Green CONF Blue END Red IGNORE Press End to finish the OMR Code definition 001 Bypass advanced settings Green YES Blue EXIT Red NO Press GREEN to Bypass the advanced settings The distance from the leading edge to the benchmark has to be defined Dist Lead edge to bench mark 045 mm Green YES Blue EXIT Red NO Upon scanning the display shows the below ___ Green CONFIRM If the leading edge ...

Page 29: ... Feed detection there are three different settings available Paper NO Double Feed detection not recommended Paper DF Standard Double Feed detection Paper DF Advanced Double Feed detection 001 Material Paper DF SELECT Green CONF Blue EXIT Red GO ON For our example we choose Paper DF Version scan method example BCR 1D Plockmatic In this section you can select the appropriate scanner method according...

Page 30: ...or the next group 6 10 we select as well No Optional functions This is not in use in the current SW but is available as custom made SW Bypass advanced settings There are two settings available Set Integrity Random YES means SI Set Integrity does not follow a pattern Page counter direction count up or count down 001 Bypass advanced settings Green YES Blue EXIT Red NO We select YES in our example Ve...

Page 31: ... SELECT Green CONF Blue EXIT Red GO ON We select 2 in our example Select feed Depending on your job there is the possibility to add after the feeder material from the se lect feed tower This Information will be sent to the MF 4000 001 Select feed 1 5 NO SELECT Green CONF Blue EXIT Red GO ON We select NO in our example 001 Select feed 6 10 NO SELECT Green CONF Blue EXIT Red GO ON For the next group...

Page 32: ...ke place immediately and there is no second confirmation re quired To modify a job parameter either scroll through the given choices using the arrow buttons some settings can be altered by pressing RED to edit an entry Press BLUE to exit at any time Delete job Scroll through the programmed jobs until the job to be deleted has been found The job selected on the home screen will automatically be sel...

Page 33: ...ound Sequence WAS This is a counter that checks that certain defined marks on each sheet follows in the right order within a sequence The counter starts and stops at a value of your choice but increases by 1 one for every sheet fed After reaching the end value the counter starts all over again This continues throughout the whole feeding sequence no matter how many sets are pro cessed Counting is b...

Page 34: ...ot important see example below Set Sheet SI value 1 1 111 1 2 111 1 3 111 2 4 000 3 5 100 3 6 100 Set SeQuence SSQ This is a counter that checks that certain defined marks on each sheet follows in the right order within the set The difference compared to WAS is that the SSQ starts over for each set The counter starts and stops at a value of your choice but increases by 1 one for every sheet fed Af...

Page 35: ...be present on the first sheet of the new set Hand Feed Last HFl Hand feed last means that the actual set shall have some material manually added on top of the set before it is inserted When this mark is detected the actual set will be paused on the infeed deck on the inserter Infeed deck interlock will be disabled Open the infeed deck cover add material manually and press the pedal to complete the...

Page 36: ...irst sheet of the new set DiVert to Deck DVD When this mark is detected the actual set will be transported to the outsort bin on the folder The next set will be processed as programmed unless a new DVD mark is detected Note The DVD mark must be present on the first sheet of the new set STop ST When this mark is detected the system will stop after the actual set has been processed Note The ST mark ...

Page 37: ...B Unlock the Lever of Feeder Head C Carefully remove the prefed sheet under separator assembly D Lock the Feeder Head Lever C Close Top Cover A Reload sheets at the Feeder Deck B Press run to confirm GREEN to restart operation Accumulator Area Open the Top Cover A Remove paper in the Accumulator Area E Take care not to dislocate any of the O Rings from their correct position Close the Top Cover A ...

Page 38: ...ouble Feed could be reported but it is not In this case a different setting of the material might be the solution Paper DF there you can increase the value of how many times the value has to be out off range until an error is evoked If a job is started the double feed sensor measures the paper thickness therefore make sure that only one paper is fed If there is no paper available the HMI shows the...

Page 39: ...ipment if you notice unusual noises or odours Disconnect the power cord from the power source and call your authorized technician to correct the problem WARNING This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Note The domestic environment is an environment where the use of broadcast radio...

Page 40: ...40 5 General Remarks ...

Page 41: ...gsm Max 200 gsm Loading capacity 4000 sheets Jam detection Yes Double sheet Max input paper skew 5 mm 0 19 Max input paper curl 8 mm 0 31 radius 70 mm 2 75 measured on a flat surface Operational temp range 10 32 C 50 90 F Operational humidity 20 85 RH Dimensions Height 1000 mm 39 4 Length 1900 mm 74 8 Depth 630 mm 24 8 Weight 121 kg 266 lb Voltage 100 240 V AC 6 10 50 60 Hz Input current 2 2 4 4 A...

Page 42: ... Stop It is up to end user to specify from the user interface on SF4000 how many optical marks current code have and also what functionality each optical mark has It is possible to run with up to 32 OMR marks Physical specification Mark thickness Min 0 25 mm Max Less than distance between marks Distance between marks Min 2 mm Max 6 mm Mark width Min distance between marks Max NA mm Code length Min...

Page 43: ...43 6 Specifications OMR reading area Top reading Lead edge No OMR marks in shaded areas 45 mm 1 77 30 mm 1 18 55 mm 2 16 10 mm 0 39 10 mm 0 39 105 mm 4 13 65 mm 2 56 40 mm 1 57 30 mm 1 18 ...

Page 44: ...44 6 Specifications Lead edge No OMR marks in shaded areas 45 mm 1 77 30 mm 1 18 10 mm 0 39 10 mm 0 39 130 mm 5 17 65 mm 2 56 65 mm 2 56 30 mm 1 18 30 mm 1 18 OMR reading area continues Bottom reading ...

Page 45: ...45 6 Specifications Lead edge No OMR marks in shaded areas 15 mm 0 79 65 mm 2 56 10 mm 0 39 10 mm 0 39 OMR reading area continues Custom top and bottom with a camera like scanner ...

Page 46: ...r and Set Total Number Selective feed 1 10 Customer specific functionality can be implemented at request 2D application functionality Machine can run 2D code standards DataMatrix ECC 200 Job ID Customer ID Set page counter and Set Total Number Selective feed 1 12 Customer specific functionality can be implemented at request ...

Page 47: ...47 6 Specifications Barcode reading area Top and bottom loading Lead edge No OMR marks in shaded areas 10 mm 0 39 10 mm 0 39 10 mm 0 39 10 mm 0 39 10 mm 0 39 10 mm 0 39 ...

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Page 50: ...B Form SDC991B 9 22 Pitney Bowes Limited 2022 We have made every reasonable effort to assure the accuracy and usefulness of this guide however we cannot assume responsibility for errors or omissions or liability for the misuse or misapplication of our products SDC991B ...

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