3D Sublimation Solutions 3D SMARTone Phone CaseDecoration System Operating instructions

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3DSMARTonePhoneCaseDecorationSystem
InstallationandOperationGuide
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ProcessinaNutshell:
TheSMARToneisusedtodecorateawiderangeofphonecasemodels.
AsheetofA5filmisprintedintheWP‐4015printer....anyimagecanbeprinted.
AblankphonecaseandasheetofA5filmareloadedintotheSMARTone.
TheSMARToneprocesstransferstheimagefromtheprintedsheetintothephonecover.
Afterjustashorttimetocoolthecaseisreadyforuse.
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Contents:
SMARToneSET‐UPANDOPERATION
Section1 Page3 Safetyinstructions
Section2 Page4  Specifications
Section3 Page5  InstallingtheSMARTone
Section4 Page5 PreparingtheSMARTonefordecoration
Section5 Page7 TheControlPanelandpoweringon
Section6 Page8 Decoratingapart
Section7 Page12 Troubleshooting
EPSONWP‐4015PRINTERSET‐UPANDOPERATION
Section8 Page14  InstallingtheEpsonWP‐4015Printer
Section9 Page15 Printerpreparationandsettings
Section10 Page19 FilmHandlingandmakingaprint
Section11 Page21 PrintingfromAdobePhotoshop
Appendix1Page25 Computerspecifications
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2. Specifications
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SMARTone
DescriptionSelf‐containedvacuum/heatpressfor3Ddyesublimation.
SizeWidth:375mm,Height:400mm,Depth:475mm
Weight36Kg
Packeddimensions Width:470mm,Height:560mm,Depth:633mm
Weight:42Kg
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Voltage220‐240V50Hz
110‐120V60Hz
Current(max)8A@220‐230V
15A@110V‐120V
Power(max)2kW
VacuumPumpBuilt‐in
JigsQuickswap,fixedpositionjigstomatchcases
Decorationtime<5min
Timetofirsttransfer <15min
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PRINTEREpsonWorkforceProWP‐4015‐DN
SizeWidth:460mm
Height:380mm
Depth:425mm
Weight11Kg
Voltage110‐240V50/60Hz
Current(max)0.5A
Power(max)22W
Packeddimensions Width:620mm,Height:480mm,Depth:520mm,
Weight:15Kg
Interface USB2.0
DriverWindowsXP,Windows7
Inkset4Colourcartridge
Printresolution(max)4800x1200dpi
Printspeed1min/A5sheet(approx)
InkcartridgecapacityBlack=49ml;Yellow,Magenta,Cyan29ml
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CONSUMABLES
Transferfilm“SMARTone3DFilm”.Fastdryingthermo‐formableinkjetfilm.
A5sheetformat
CasesWiderangeof“SMARTonePCCases”
Packsize 48unitsperpack
Ink“SMARToneDSink”
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TemperatureandHumidityoperational
specification
15⁰C‐30⁰C
<50%RH
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3. InstallingtheSMARTone
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•RemoveallpackingfromtheSMARTone
•LocatetheSMARToneonastableflatsurface
•LocatetheSMARToneinawellventilatedarea
•LocatetheSMARToneawayfromsourcesofdust
•RetaintheSMARTonepackagingtoallowsafetransportation
•Connectpowercordtoelectricaloutlet
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4. PreparingtheSMARTone
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Beforepoweringon,youshouldfixtherequiredsupportjigintotheSMARTonedrawer.
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SamsungGalaxyS3Jig
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•Ajigisavailableforeachblankpartmodel.
•Thejigprovidessupportforthephonecoverduring
decoration
•Italsoensuresthecorrectpositionoftheimageonthecase
•Thecorrectjigmustbeusedfortheparttobedecorated
egyoumustuseaSamsungGalaxyS3jigtodecorate
SamsungGalaxyS3parts.Noothermodelwillfitcorrectly.
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•Thelockingsystemensuresjigscanonlybefittedoneway
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m
•
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m
lyintoplace
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k
w
apoutthejig
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ickgloves,dis
f
itthenewjigi
n
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lremainhotf
o
h
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n
w
illgoaround
–
k

atanytime.
lodgethejigb
y
n
toplace.
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reduntiltheji
g
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rsometime
n
s
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u
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5. TheControlPanelandpoweringon
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•FlicktheredpowerswitchtostarttheSMARTone
•TheSMARTonewillnowbegina‘warmingup’cycletobringthedrawerandjiguptooperatingtemperature.
•Initialwarm‐upwilltakearound15minutes.
•TheSMARTonewillnotrunadecorationcycleunlessitisatoperatingcondition.
•OnceatoperatingconditiontheSMARTonewillmaintainthissothatitisreadytouse,evenifyouleaveitidlingforanextended
periodoftime.
Toensurethatthepressisalwaysreadykeepthedrawerclosedwhennotinuse.
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6. Decoratingapart
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•Whenyouarereadytodecorateapart,open
thedrawer.
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•Hereisalookatthedrawerindetail.
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•Theplatenandjigwillbecomehotduringthe
process.
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•Thisistheframe.Thisisusedtoclampthe
filmintoplace.
•Raiseittoloadfilm.
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•Whentheframeisdown,itrestsagainsta
siliconfoamseal.
•Takecarenottocausedamagetotheseal–
replacementscanbefittedeasilyifnecessary.
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•Cliptheblankphonecaseontothejig.
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•Thetopofthepartshouldalwaysgotothe
lefthandside(cameraholesarenormally
locatedatthetop).
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•Extracareshouldbetakentoensurethatthe
caseisclippedoninthisway.
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•Thecaseshouldfittightlyontothejig.

•Pressallaroundtheedgestomakesurethe
partissecurelyinplace.

•Donotleavethepartinthepressformore
than20secsbeforeaddingthefilmand
startingthecycletopreventpossiblepart
distortion.
 
•Loadthefilm
‐printsidedownand
‐topoftheprinttotheleft.
‐Printtemplatessuppliedwiththe
SMARTonesystemwillfeatureareddotin
thetopleftcorneroftheprint,sothat
orientationcanbeeasilyidentifiedonthe
printedsheetoffilm.
Thisalsodenotesthecornerofthefilmthatis
tobeusedforregistrationasshowninthe
illustrationtotheleft.

Itisrecommendedthatasimilarmarkisused
ifyouaremakingyourowntemplates.


•Closetheframe

•Pushthedrawerfirmlyclosed


Assoonasthefilmisloadedclosethedrawer.
Thefilmmaydistortifthisprocedureisnotdonequickly

 
•PresstheCycleStartbutton.

•TheSMARTonewillnowtakecareof
everything.

Caution–becarefulnottorunacyclewithprintedfilm
butnopart,asthedyewillbetransferredontothe
surfaceofthejigandthenwillbetransferredtothe
insideofthenextpartsyourun.
Ifthishappensremovethejigfromthedrawerand
allowittocool.Thejigcanbegentlycleanedwithwater
andascouringpad(eg3MScotch‐Britegreen)
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•Thescreenwillshowtheprocesstimer
countingdown
•Thedialwillshowthevacuumlevel.


NB:thevacuumlevelwillpulseintheinitialstagesof
thecycle

•Whencomplete,abuzzerwillsoundandthe
drawercanbeopened.



•Removethefilmandunclipthepart.
•SMARTonepartremovaltoolisrecommended




•Thepartwillcoolquicklyandcanthenbe
used/packagedforsalestraightaway.

•TheSMARToneisreadyforitsnextcycle.

•Eitherloadthenextpartorclosethedrawer
tokeepwarm.Thekeepwarmcyclestarts2
minutesafterthedrawerisclosedifthestart
buttonhasnotbeenpressed.


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Ifyouneedtochangebetweencycleprograms:

Press‘ProgSelect’onthescreen.TheProgramSelectionmenuwillappear.Usethearrowstochoosetheprogramyourequire,thenpress
‘Process’toreturntothemainscreen.Youcannowcontinueasnormalusingtheprogramyouhaveselected.
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7. Troubleshooting
•Thepartisdifficulttoremovefromthejig
Itiseasiesttoremovethepartfromthejigwhilstitisstillhotastheplasticwilltightenasitcools.Ensurethatapartisnotallowedtogo
coolonthejigasitwillbecomedifficulttoremove.Ifthishappens,simplyclosethedrawerandstartacycle,allowaround15seconds
thenabortthecyclebypressingthestopbuttonandthenthepartcanberemoved.Byprisinggentlyatthecornersofthefrontedgethe
partwillunclipeasily.
•Therearewhitespotsonthefinishedpart
TheSMARToneprocessreliesongoodcontactbeingmadebetweentheprintedfilmandthesurfaceofthepartduringthecycle.
Smallwhitedotsorfinelinesonthefinishedpartpointtosomedustorotherparticlesobstructingthiscontact.
Solution:Ensurethatfilmisprintedonlyasrequiredorsufficientlyprotectedsothatdustcannotgatheronthesurface.Wipetheblank
partbeforeusewithaclean,lint‐freecloth.Asthepartiswhite,contaminationwillbevisibleoncloseinspection,soshouldbecleaned
offadequately.

•Thedecorationlooksweakerthanexpectedand/orappearsblotchy
Theinkonthefilmisnotdry.EachprintwillrequiresomedryingandthereisahandydryingframeontopoftheSMARToneforthis
purpose.Filmshouldbeplacedinthisdryingframeprintsideupwiththelongedgeofthefilmfacingawayfromtheoperatori.e.thefilm
isclippedintothetraybowingupwardstoallowaircirculation.Aminimumof2minutesissufficienttodrymostprintedsheet.Fordarker
imagesthathavearelativelyhighinkload3minutesisrecommended.

•Thevacuumdropssuddenlyduringacycle
Allowthecycletofinish–donotabortasthequalityoftransfermaynotbeaffecteddependingonhowwellvacuumheldinitially.
•Ensurefilmisproperlyclampedbytheframe
•Ensuresealisnotdamaged–replaceifrequired
•Ensurejigisproperlyclippedintoplaceandisnotdamaged
Ifthejighasbeensignificantlydamagedandcannotbethoroughlyrepairedthenareplacementshouldbepurchasedtoavoid
furtherwastageoffilmandparts.


8.Maintenance

TheSMARToneisdesignedtorequireminimummaintenanceifoperatedaccordingtotheinstructions.
Ifyounoticeapersistentdecreaseinvacuumlevelorreductionindecorationquality,contactyoursupplierforadvice.
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ningonthe
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s
ettings
p
rinterforfir
s
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ttime:
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penfrontcov
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N
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losethecover
nkloadingwill
N
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tedattopofcartr
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andallowthe
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soncover
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m
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p
rocess 
theinks.
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utasheetof
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,loadpapera
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3) Allthesegmentsoftestlinesshouldbepresent
Asshownonleft




Ifsegmentsaremissingtheprintnozzlesneedcleaning.
Presstheappropriatenozzlecleanbutton:
ieifmagenta,yelloworcyanareaffectedpressthecolour
nozzlebutton,ifblackisaffectedpresstheblacknozzle
button


NBNozzlechecksandcleaningcanalsoberunfromdriver
software
Oncetheprinterissetuploadthedriversoftwarefollowingthe
instructionsintheEpsondocuments.

USEUSBCONNECTION

Acceptthedefaultsettings.

Note:declineanyrequestsforregistrationorupdatesfrom
Epson.
WindowsXP


Windows7
Oncethedriverisinstalleditmustbeconfigured.



Rightclickonprinterandselect‘PrintingPreferences’

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ConfigureMainpagelikethis:

1PaperSource=RearMPTray
2DocumentSize=A5
3Orientation=Portrait
4Papertype=plainpaper
5Quality=Quality

Othersettingsshouldbedefault
ConfigureMoreOptionspagelikethis:

1Highspeed=unchecked
2MirrorImage=checked
3EdgeSmoothing=checked

4ColorCorrection=Custom
Thenclick‘Advanced.....’

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NBThismethodisforprintingviaPhotoshop

InColorCorrectionselectNoColorAdjustment.

ThenclickOKtoclosecolorcorrection




Finally,clickOKtoclosethepreferencesdialogue.

Thesesettingswillnowbeactivewhenprintingfroman
application.

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Note:itispossibletoprintnozzlechecksandrunnozzlecleaning
fromtheMaintenancepage.
ToinstalltheICCprofile:

Rightclickonfileandclick‘InstallProfile’frommenu.

Theprofileisthencopiedintotheoperatingsystem.
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