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CJ-500

CJ-400

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USER'S MANUAL

* This User'sManual is intended for CJ-500 and CJ-400.

Summary of Contents for CammJet CJ-400

Page 1: ...product are subject to change without notice The operation manual and the product have been prepared and tested as much as possible If you find any misprint or error please inform us Roland DG Corp a...

Page 2: ...nding plugs and 3 pole receptacles that accept the tool s plug Repair or replace damaged or worn out cord immediately For Canada CLASS A NOTICE This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of...

Page 3: ...terial 29 2 Installing a Blade 33 3 Test Cutting 34 Setup for Printing and Cutting 36 Downloading Printing Cutting Data 37 Remove the Material 39 Remove the Material from the machine 39 Cut the materi...

Page 4: ...symbol at left means the power cord plug must be unplugged from the outlet Do not disassemble repair or modify Doing so may lead to fire or abnormal operation resulting in injury Ground the unit with...

Page 5: ...y two or more persons Failure to do so may result in falling of the unit leading to injury Use the joining screws to secure the unit to the stand Failure to do so may result in falling of the unit lea...

Page 6: ...th water Store ink cartridges out of the reach of children Do not dismantle the cartridge Keep out of reach of children Do not store the cartridge in high or freezing temperatures About the Labels Aff...

Page 7: ...ensure correct use Indicates a handy tip or advice regarding use In addition to the and symbols the symbols shown below are also used NOTICE Do not place hands within the space to the front of the un...

Page 8: ...l bruit inhabituel etc Le non respect de cette consigne pourrait provoquer un incendie ou des d charges lectriques Couper imm diatement l alimentation secondaire et ensuite l alimentation principale...

Page 9: ...nt tre effectu s par deux personnes ou plus Le non respect de cette consigne pourrait causer des d fauts dans l appareil entra nant des blessures Utiliser les vis fournies pour bien fixer l appareil s...

Page 10: ...l extr mit de la lame avec vos doigts Une n gligence ce niveau pourrait provoquer des blessures S assurer que l appareil est hors tension avant d essayer de remplacer la lame s paratrice Une n gligen...

Page 11: ...nts Ne pas emmagasiner das temp ratures hautes ou basses la cartouche d encre Ouvrir la plaque avant pendant l impression provoque un arr t d urgence Appuyer sur PAUSE si pour toute autre raison qu un...

Page 12: ...10 MEMO...

Page 13: ...Power cord 1 Drain bottle 1 Drain bottle cap 1 Screws 2 Roland COLORCHOICE 1 User s manual 1 Replacement blade for separating knife 1 Blade 1 Blade holder 1 Cleaning kit 1 What to Do upon Opening the...

Page 14: ...install the unit in any of the following situations as it could result in breakdown or faulty operation Places where the installation surface is unstable or not level Places with excessive electrical...

Page 15: ...t be unplugged and cause failure during operation Doing so may lead to faulty operation or breakdown Arrange the power cord and interface connection cable to prevent tripping when moving around the un...

Page 16: ...protruding from the bottom surface of the right hand side of the unit Drain bottle 3 Remove the cap for the drain bottle and attach the drain bottle to the unit by screwing it on in the direction of...

Page 17: ...he machine follow the steps below to discard the ink Press the POWER key to switch off the power 1 Remove the drain bottle and attach the tube plug to the tube tips instead 2 Tube plug Drain bottle 4...

Page 18: ...with a new one NOTICE Do not attempt to disassemble an ink cartridge Unused ink cartridges should be stored unopened at a temperature of 20 C 4 F to 40 C 104 F If an ink cartridge is dropped the shoc...

Page 19: ...T Magenta PIGMENT Light cyan PIGMENT Light magenta PIGMENT Yellow PIGMENT CMYKOrGr Pigment ink cyan magenta yellow black orange and green PIGMENT Black PIGMENT Cyan PIGMENT Magenta PIGMENT Orange PIGM...

Page 20: ...e the main power switch on and turn the power off and on in daily use with the sub power switch Press the POWER key on the operation panel 3 Roland CJ 500 Ver 1 00 Roland CJ 500 UNKNOWN INK TYPE SELEC...

Page 21: ...R key to reset the power The carriage moves and the printing head is capped Front View Sheet Loading Lever Front cover If the cover is opened while the printing or cutting it will execute an emergency...

Page 22: ...or Main power switch Rear View Power Connector Pinch roller Grit roller Platen Printing carriage When not printing this stays inside the cover Platen Grit roller Cutter protector Cutting carriage The...

Page 23: ...and messages BUSY LED This flashes while data is being received from the host computer ENTER key BASE POINT key BASE POINT LED ALIGN POINT LED ALIGN POINT key SETUP LED SETUP key PAUSE LED PAUSE key...

Page 24: ...a specified time When in the SLEEP mode the POWER LED flashes once per 2 seconds Any action of following cancels SLEEP mode Touch any key on the control panel Send data from the computer Open the fron...

Page 25: ...Pass the stoppers onto both ends of the shaft The shafts 2 pieces stoppers 2 pieces and screws 2 pieces are included with the stand When passing the shaft through the stopper be sure to loosen the sc...

Page 26: ...e left hand and right hand pinch rollers so that they are above the grit rollers Position the middle pinch roller over the grit roller that lies between the left and right hand pinch rollers 6 The whi...

Page 27: ...oller the massage shown at below appears when you press the SETUP key SETUP SHEET ROLL EDGE PIECE PINCHROLL ERROR INVALID LEFTPOS or RIGHT Setup for Printing Check the positioning of the pinch rollers...

Page 28: ...ed the warped portion to the front and perform setup again Performing printing with a warped piece of material may cause head smudging or jamming of the material If the printing heads become damaged o...

Page 29: ...aning the Printing Heads 2 Test Printing Printing quality is greatly affected by the state of the printing heads Before starting to print you can carry out a printing test to check the state of the pr...

Page 30: ...left Printing quality is better than with BI DIRECTION BI DIRECTION factory default Bidirectional printing Printing is performed as the carriage moves from right to left and also as it returns from l...

Page 31: ...pper first 1 Loading Roll Material Align the media flange with the roll sheet edges matching the roll sheet center ID The media flange is included with the stand 2 1 Loading the Material Stopper Shaft...

Page 32: ...he left hand and right hand pinch rollers so that they are above the grit rollers Position the middle pinch roller over the grit roller that lies between the left and right hand pinch rollers 6 Rear P...

Page 33: ...no grit roller the massage shown at below appears when you press the SETUP key SETUP SHEET ROLL EDGE PIECE PINCHROLL ERROR INVALID LEFTPOS or RIGHT Check the positioning of the pinch rollers and make...

Page 34: ...o the front and perform setup again Press the SETUP key This detects the width and length of the material and shows the printable width and length on the display 5 If a pinch roller is positioned over...

Page 35: ...rriage 2 Support the tool securing screw from below and install the blade holder Insert the blade holder until the collar is flush with the carriage 3 Tighten the tool securing screw until the blade h...

Page 36: ...t the cutting tests and adjustment of the cutting conditions until you obtain good cutting results for the material Setup for Cutting 1 Peel off the round section marked by When it can be peeled by it...

Page 37: ...y adhere to itself immediately when cut This means that even though the material has actually been cut it may appear as if it has not been cut and blade force may mistakenly be set too high If a cutti...

Page 38: ...he blade correctly 3 Test Printing Refer to Setup for Printing 2 Printing Test and check the state of the heads 4 Setting the Printing Mode and Printing Direction Refer to Setup for Printing 3 Selecti...

Page 39: ...cutting doesn t start even when data is sent from the computer Conditions for starting printing or cutting The material must be already set up with the SETUP LED lighted and the display must show the...

Page 40: ...nting Cutting Data Hold down the SETUP key for one second or longer Any remaining data is cleared 3 The SETUP LED goes out Clearing the data may take some time About the EMPTY MODE When replacement of...

Page 41: ...terial Press the SETUP key Hold down for about 1 second 1 The SETUP LED goes out Move the sheet loading lever toward the back of the unit The pinch rollers rise to release the material 2 Sheet loading...

Page 42: ...ENABLE The material separating location during continuous output Start of the next output End of output When the material cutting command has not been set to enabled at the computer automatic separati...

Page 43: ...ng lever toward the back of the unit and remove the material 2 Sheet loading lever The POWER LED goes out 5 Press the POWER key to switch off the power The carriage moves to the standby position and t...

Page 44: ...d ink cartridges should be stored unopened at a temperature of 20 C 4 F to 40 C 104 F If an ink cartridge is dropped the shock due to the fall may damage the ink cartridge and make it unusable If any...

Page 45: ...ink cartridges other than the filled type or color are installed printing with the correct color blending will not be performed To change the type of ink you must use an optionally available cleaning...

Page 46: ...C Cyan M Magenta c Light Cyan O Orange m Light Magenta G Green Y Yellow Remaining ink Much Little No marker Check how much ink remains Cleaning the Printing Heads Switching on the sub power automatica...

Page 47: ...HEAD CLEANING HEAD CLEANING MEDIUM When head cleaning finishes hold down the TEST PRINT key for 1 second or longer to perform a printing test see Setup for Printing Test Printing 3 Check the printing...

Page 48: ...w the messages on the display to carry out the procedure 7 When the display shown in the figure appears insert the ink cartridge to be newly used 8 When the display shown in the figure appears ink rep...

Page 49: ...l securing screw 2 Remove the blade holder Press the push pin Blade holder Old blade Push pin Blade holder New blade Replace with a new blade 3 Loosen Tool securing screw Tighten Cutting carriage 1 Lo...

Page 50: ...on and slowly pull it out in the direction of the arrow Do not pull back while doing this 3 Replace with a new knife 4 Install the separating knife 1 Grasp the screw portion and slowly insert it into...

Page 51: ...ung well and wipe gently to clean Cleaning the front cover Use a cloth moistened with water then wrung well and wipe gently to clean Cleaning the blade holder cap If material debris is adhering to the...

Page 52: ...ished turn off the main power switch 1 Do not switch off the main power with the printing head in an uncapped state i e while the carriage is on the platen If you leave the carriage uncapped for a lon...

Page 53: ...while discharged ink remains may cause discharged ink to overflow from the bottle 5 Mount the drain bottle and press the ENTER key to display the screen shown in the figure 6 When all ink cartridges...

Page 54: ...uter 10 Remove the drain bottle 11 Remove the drain bottle cap 12 Drain bottle cap Attach the tube plug to the tube tips instead 13 Referring to Unpacking and Repacking on the packing carton secure th...

Page 55: ...ptimize it to the operating environment Press the MENU key and key to make the following screen appear on the display 1 Press the ENTER key When material is loaded the message shown in the figure appe...

Page 56: ...h the new printing or cutting start location base point 2 Press the BASE POINT key 3 To release the starting location that has been set Set a new starting location in a different location Press the SE...

Page 57: ...6 When the following message appears automatic adjustment is finished Depending on the type of material the crop mark may not be read accurately If you re using dye based inks automatic adjustment is...

Page 58: ...hoose FEED ADJUST or SCAN ADJUST 7 Press the key to make the following screen appear on the display PRINT CUT ADJ TEST PRINT 8 Enter the correction value read in step 5 Select the correction value wit...

Page 59: ...ght appears To ignore this message and continue output press the ENTER key Note that the portion outside the printing cutting area is not outputted To stop printing stop sending data from the computer...

Page 60: ...r the left and right crop marks are displaced by 20mm 13 16in or more in the sheet feed direction 2 The each center of crop marks is not placed within a square of 100mm from the pinch roller on both s...

Page 61: ...continue automatic detection press the PAUSE key 2 TO CANCEL PRESS SETUP KEY To continue automatic detection press the ENTER key To quit partway through hold down the SETUP key for one second or long...

Page 62: ...key 4 Set the align point Use the arrow keys to align the center of the blade at the place on the lower left or upper right crop mark shown in the figure then press the ALIGN POINT key When an upper r...

Page 63: ...ent or the left and right crop marks are displaced by 20mm 13 16in or more in the sheet feed direction 2 The each center of crop marks is not placed within a square of 100mm from the pinch roller on b...

Page 64: ...y in the feed direction which can help enhance image quality Feed Correction Press the MENU key and key to make the following screen appear on the display 1 Press the key to make the following screen...

Page 65: ...he following screen appear on the display 2 Press the ENTER key to start printing a test pattern 3 Check the test pattern and choose a value with no displacement 4 MENU BIDIRECTION BIDIRECTION TEST PR...

Page 66: ...sts the length for printing and cutting At this time the correction value in this section is ignored For more information take a look at User s Reference Removing Printed Material Then Reloading and C...

Page 67: ...PRINT NONE NONE Use the and keys to choose the number of passes two or three then press the ENTER key 3 OVER PRINT NONE 2 When you use the program to set the number of passes for overprinting the pro...

Page 68: ...ar on the display 1 Press the key to make the following screen appear on the display 2 Use the and keys to set a margin then press the ENTER key 3 MENU PAGE MARGIN PAGE MARGIN 20mm 20mm 0 to 100 mm In...

Page 69: ...ulled out and then printing or cutting begins If material equal to the amount of data is not available operation pauses and the following message appears on the display SHEET TOO SHORT CONTINUE Press...

Page 70: ...t SELECT SHEET choose ROLL or EDGE then press the SETUP key 4 Press the MENU key and key to make the following screen appear on the display 5 Press the key to make the following screen appear on the d...

Page 71: ...nting results in jamming of the material the material catching on a printing head or other problems that indicate that material feed cannot be accomplished smoothly then position the lever at 2 or 3 W...

Page 72: ...ncluding base paper peeled off paper Printing only 1 0 mm 0 039 in When performing cutting 0 4 mm 0 0157 in C Maximum diameter for roll material 180 mm 7 1 16 in surface to be printed or cut must face...

Page 73: ...left and right pinch rollers are positioned above the grit rollers CJ 500 90 to 1371 mm 3 9 16 to 54 in However when loading material with a width of 90 to 430 mm 3 9 16 to 17 in set the EDGE SENSE m...

Page 74: ...h times position the pinch rollers away from above the grit rollers Grit roller Pinch roller left Pinch roller right Pinch roller middle Make sure the left and right pinch rollers are positioned above...

Page 75: ...not cut through completely even when the tool force is increased by 50 to 60 gf more than the tool force values shown below it means that the useful life of the blade has ended Replace with a new bla...

Page 76: ...r right Printing cutting area Material Max 24998 mm 984 1 8 in 10 mm 3 8 in Approx 1 5 mm about 0 06 in 60 mm about 2 1 8 in When PIECE is selected Pinch roller left Approx 19 2 mm about 13 16 in 35 m...

Page 77: ...quality and unidirec tional or bidirectional printing Settings cannot be made while printing is in progress To exit the PRINT MODE menu screen press the MENU key or the CLEANING key or the SETUP key F...

Page 78: ...ely 54 mm x 18 mm 2 13 in x 0 71 in Before starting to print you can carry out a test printing to check the printing quality For more information see Setup for Printing Test Printing If there is a pro...

Page 79: ...This menu is for verifying the adjustment ADJUST This sets the correction value For more information see User s Reference Making Corrections for Printing Bidirectional Correction TEST PRINT ADJUST 15...

Page 80: ...or more information see Maintenance When Moving the Unit CHANGE INK SET Performs the HEAD WASH and FILL INK operations This is used when switching the ink type Before running this choose the type of i...

Page 81: ...ce per second To release the SLEEP mode Touch any key on the control panel Send data from the computer Open the front cover Move the sheet loading lever toward the back of the unit NONE 15 min to 120...

Page 82: ...y be performed when absolutely necessary Performing cleaning from the POWERFUL menu in particular subjects the head to early wear and used up large amounts of ink MEDIUM This is used when performing c...

Page 83: ...s not displayed when ROLL or EDGE has been selected Printing cutting area of the loaded material width W1000mm L1230mm FINE BI DIR The settings for PRINT MODE Print Direction display only in the case...

Page 84: ...reen Moves the carriage when specifying the printing cutting location Move to the previous menu screen Moves the carriage when specifying the printing cutting location Executes the menu Locks in the v...

Page 85: ...KLcLm NONE 15 to 120 min In steps of 15 min MENU SLEEP SLEEP 15min 15min ENABLE DISABLE MENU AUTO SHEET CUT AUTO SHEET CUT ENABLE ENABLE 0 to 100 mm In steps of 10 mm MENU PAGE MARGIN PAGE MARGIN 20mm...

Page 86: ...mm 1 to 60 cm s In steps of 1 cm s UP SPEED 60cm s 60cm s 0 to 1 500 mm In steps of 0 025 mm Press the key Press the ENTER key to enable the setting Use or to select PRINT MODE FINE PHOTO SUPER FINE F...

Page 87: ...the computer to the CJ 500 400 and printing or cutting is stopped Is the top menu displayed If the top menu isn t displayed printing doesn t start even when data is sent from the computer Conditions...

Page 88: ...the platen see Maintenance When the Product Needs Cleaning Is the material dirty Remove superficial soiling then load the material Is the material damaged Clean attractive printing is not possible if...

Page 89: ...User s Reference Making Corrections for Printing Bidirectional Correction Does a piece of flat material touch the shaft or roll material at the back of the machine When loading flat material if the m...

Page 90: ...aking the SETUP LED go dark 4 Press the POWER key to switch off the sub power 5 Remove the jammed material Cut off any creased or torn portions 6 Correct whatever caused the material to jam For exampl...

Page 91: ...terial is not loaded correctly the material meanders as it is fed and the printing and cutting positions become misaligned In Setup for Printing or Setup for Cutting refer to the section 1 Loading the...

Page 92: ...ch on the power Do not leave the unit with the carriage not in standby position Recovery from this problem is impossible Use the POWER key to switch the power off First raise the temperature of the ar...

Page 93: ...ing test outside the printing or cutting area The main power switch was turned off without first turning off the sub power with the POWER key Action Load the material at the correct position and perfo...

Page 94: ...M 1 series 10 600 mm s 10 to 300 mm s in the material feed direction 30 to 200 gf 0 000 to 1 500 mm 0 to 0 0591 in 0 025 mm step 0 00984 in step Error of less than 0 4 of distance traveled or 0 3 mm w...

Page 95: ...oll material must be loaded on the shaft Side margins 25 mm 1 in or more for both the left and right margins Front margin 35 mm 1 1 8 in or more After loading the material when the material type to ED...

Page 96: ...ace Specifications Parallel Connector in compliance with specifications of Centronics Signal number Signal number Terminal number Pin Connection 1 19 18 36 3 3K 5V 3 9K 5V Standard Bidirectional paral...

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