Avery Dennison AP4.4 User manual

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Setup
Winding Diagrams ......................................... 2
AP4.4/AP5.4 Standard ............................. 2
AP5.4 with Internal Rewinder ................... 3
AP5.4 Dispenser ....................................... 4
Selecting Consumables ................................ 5
Label Stock ............................................... 5
Thermotransfer Ribbon ............................. 5
Inserting Label Stock ....................................6
AP4.4/AP5.4 Standard ............................. 6
AP5.4 Internal Rewinder ........................... 9
AP5.4 Dispenser ..................................... 10
Inserting Ribbon ..........................................11
If the roll is used up .....................................13
Material Stock End ...................................13
Ribbon End ..............................................13
Setting Printhead Support ...........................14
Parameter Settings ......................................15
Setting the Label Stock Parameters ........15
Index ............................................................16

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Winding Diagrams
The diagrams show the material and ribbon path through the AP4.4/AP5.4
under the following preconditions:
•Label stock is wound with the labels facing outwards
•Thermotransfer ribbon is wound with the colour side facing inwards.
¯CAUTION!-Inserting/Changingofribbonorlabel stock mayonly be done
by specially trained personnel!
AP4.4/AP5.4 Standard
Fig. 1: Material and Ribbon path in AP4.4/AP5.4.
No. Description
1 Ribbon rewinding mandrel
2Ribbon unwinding mandrel
3 Material strain relief
4Guide disk
5 Material roll
6Material guide
7 Light barrier fitting
8Print roller
9 Adjusting wheel for printhead support
10 Pressure lever
11 Ribbon deflection axis
Tab. 1:Operating parts of the AP4.4/AP5.4.
Bild_3/Z0194.cdr
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2
3
4
5
60
12
3
4
5
6
7
8
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AP5.4 with Internal Rewinder
Fig. 2: Material and ribbon path through AP5.4 with internal rewinder.
No. Description
1 Ribbon rewinding mandrel
2Ribbon unwinding mandrel
3 Material strain relief
4Guide disk
5 Material roll
6Clip
7Rewinder
8Deflection tube
9 Material guide
10 Light barrier fitting
11 Deflection plate
12 Print roller
13 Adjusting wheel for printhead support
14 Pressure lever
15 Ribbon deflection axis
Tab. 2: Operating parts of the „AP5.4 Internal Rewinder“.
Bild_3/Z0194.cdr
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2
3
4
5
60
3
4
5
6
8
91011
12
12
13
14
15
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AP5.4 Dispenser
Fig. 3: Material and ribbon path through „AP5.4 Dispenser“.
No. Description
1 Ribbon rewinding mandrel
2Ribbon unwinding mandrel
3 Material strain relief
4Guide disk
5 Material roll
6Clip
7Rewinder
8Deflection tube
9 Material guide
10 Light barrier fitting
11 Deflection plate
12 Dispensing edge
13 Adjusting wheel for printhead support
14 Pressure lever
15 Ribbon deflection axis
Tab. 3: Operating parts of the „AP5.4 Dispenser“.
Bild_3/Z0194.cdr
1
2
3
4
5
60
3
4
5
6
7
8
910
11
12
12
13
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Selecting Consumables
Label Stock
You need to pay attention to three factors when selecting a material:
– The abrasive wear behaviour of the material surface.
– The properties of the chemical reaction for colour transfer printing.
– The temperature necessary for colour transfer.
Abrasive
behaviour If the material is very abrasive, then the printhead will be abraded more quickly than usual. This criterion is especially important in thermoprinting.
This is not so critical for thermotransfer printing, because here you can select
a ribbon that is wider than the material. This means that the printhead is pro-
tected over the entire width of the material.
Printhead
temperature Similar behaviour is found with high printhead temperatures. The material and ribbon require longer to cool down, the print quality is more critical and
the printhead wears out more quickly.
Papers with a grammage greater than 240g may require corrections to the
application pressure and the position of the printhead.
Thermotransfer Ribbon
The following recommendation is made for ribbons:
– The reverse of the ribbon must have an antistatic and friction-reducing coa-
ting (backcoating).
– The ribbons must be specified as suitable for use with ‘flat head type’ prin-
theads.
– The ribbons should also be designed for speeds up to 8inch/sec
(200mm/s).
¯CAUTION!-Ribbonwithout thesepropertiescanreduce theperformance
of the printer and the print quality and also damage the printhead!

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Inserting Label Stock
The AP4.4/AP5.4 can process both roll
and fan-folded material. Below is a descrip-
tion of how to insert material into the prin-
ter.
When using „AP5.4 Internal Rewinder“ or
„AP5.4 Dispenser“, the label web, respec-
tively the backing paper, must be threaded
back to the rewinder.
AP4.4/AP5.4 Standard
Inserting Roll Material
PYou can find the dimensions for suitable
material rolls listed in topic section “Speci-
fications” in paragraph “Technical Specif-
ications” / “Label Material”.
1. Open the front cover.
2. Release the printhead pressure lever (1) .
3. Pull off the external guide plate (2) from
the material roller.
4. Push the material roll onto the correctly
sized adapter disc (3) on the dispensing
roller. Push the guide plate back on.
¯The material roll must turn anti-clock-
wise when unwinding!
PContinued overleaf
WARNING!
Rotating shafts! – these can trap
and tear hair, clothes, and
jewellery.
«Keep long hair, loose clothing,
jewellery etc. away from the
machine!
«Close printer cover bevore printing.
During operation, the printhead
can become hot!
«Care should be taken when tou-
ching the printhead.
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5. Insert the material as shown (fig. 2).
¯Besuretoroutethematerialaroundthe
material stain relief (4) as well!
6. Push the material guide (5) up to the edge
of the material, without pinching the
material (fig. 3).
7. Slide the light barrier fitting using the grip
(6) until the pointer (7) is located above the
material perforations (fig. 4).
¯The optional reflex sensor is located
5mm to the right of the pointer below the
material!
8. Thermodirect printing: Close the pressure
lever. Thermotransfer printing: Insert rib-
bon next.
PSee the Abschnitt Inserting Ribbon auf
Seite 11.
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Inserting Fan-folded Material
As an alternative to roll material, you can
use fan-folded material:
1. Open the front cover.
2. Release the printhead pressure lever (1).
3. Position the fan-folded material behind the
printer (fig. 1).
4. Guide the material over the material
unwinder roller. Push the material guideup
to the edge of the material, without pin-
ching the material.
5. Continue by following steps 6 to 8 as des-
cribed above in section Inserting Roll
Material on page 6.
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AP5.4 Internal Rewinder
1. Insert the label web, as described further
above (section Inserting Roll Material on
page 6).
2. Thread the end of the label web to the
rewinder (1) as illustrated and fix it with the
clip (2) (fig. 1).
3. Choose the rotation direction of the rewin-
der (face inside or outside): Select para-
meter REWINDER PARA > Rewind
direction.
After switching the printer on, the rewinder
rotatesslowlyintothesetrotationdirection,
until the label web is pulled tight.
Possibly, the status message
appears, before the web is pulled tight.
«If this happens, press the online button to
acknowledge the message (if necessary
several times).
Status 5004
Rewinder mat. tear
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AP5.4 Dispenser
1. Insert the label web, as described further
above (section Inserting Roll Material on
page 6).
2. Pull the labels off the backing paper over a
stretch of 30cm from the end of the web
(fig. 1).
3. Press the red button (1) at the dispensing
edge to release the dispensing roll (fig. 1).
4. Take off the dispensing roll, feed the label
web through as illustrated (fig. 1) and
press the roll back between its bearings.
5. Thread the backing paper backwards to
the rewinder (2) as illustrated (fig. 2).
6. Fix the end of the backing paper web using
the clip (3).
7. Turn the rewinder counter clockwise, until
the backing paper is pulled tight.
After switching the printer on, the rewinder
rotates slowly, until the material web is pul-
led tight (fig. 3).
Possibly, the status message
appears, before the web is pulled tight.
«If this happens, press the online button to
acknowledge the message (if necessary
several times).
Status 5004
Rewinder mat. tear
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Inserting Ribbon
¯Inserting ribbon is only required for the
thermotransfer process.
1. Open the front cover.
2. Release the printhead pressure lever (1) .
3. Push the ribbon roll onto the ribbon unwin-
ding mandrel (2) as far as it will go. Push
an empty ribbon sleeve onto the rewinding
mandrel (3).
¯The ribbon must turn anti-clockwise
when unwinding! (given the roll is wound
up with the colour inside)
4. Insert the ribbon as shown into the printer
(figs. 1 and 2). Fix the ribbon end to the
empty ribbon sleeve.
5. Turn the rewinding mandrel anti-clockwise
through a couple of rotations, until the rib-
bon runs crease-free.
If the ribbon roll is used up:
1. Open the printhead pressure lever.
2. Pull the wound-up ribbon roll off the rewin-
ding mandrel.
3. Pull the empty ribbon core off the unwin-
ding mandrel and hang it onto the rewin-
der.
4. Insert a new ribbon roll following the des-
cription above.
WARNING!
Rotating shafts! – these can trap
and tear hair, clothes, and
jewellery.
«Keep long hair, loose clothing,
jewellery etc. away from the
machine!
«Close printer cover bevore printing.
During operation, the printhead
can become hot!
«Care should be taken when tou-
ching the printhead.
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Quick ribbon exchange
For using alternately several ribbon types,
you don´t need to cut off, insert and fix the
ribbonto therewindmandrel each timeyou
change the ribbon.
The much easier way is to:
1. Open the pressure lever (fig. 1).
2. Pull both ribbon rolls off the ribbon man-
drels. Remove the ribbon laterally from
underneath the printhead (fig. 2).
¯Depositoftenneededribbonasapairofrolls
(fig. 3)!
Insert the next ribbon as follows:
1. Push the ribbon, which is between the
rolls, under the printhead (fig. 2).
2. Push both ribbon rolls onto the ribbon
mandrels as illustrated (fig. 1).
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If the roll is used up
Material Stock End
When the end of the material roll has passed the perforation sensor, the fol-
lowing message appears:
«Release the pressure lever and pull the end of the material forwards out of the
printer.
Ribbon End
The following message appears when the ribbon roll is completely
unwound – that is, the unwinder roll mandrel ceases to turn.
«Follow the instructions given in Abschnitt Inserting Ribbon auf Seite 11.
¯Ribbon end recognition can be switched off if required, e.g. for theromo-
direct printing.
«To do this, set the parameter SYSTEM PARAMETERS > Ribbon autoecon.
to Thermal printing.
PFor more information on how to set parameters see the topic section “Info-
Printouts and Parameters”.
Status 5002
Material end
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Setting Printhead Support
When printing small labels, the printhead can come directly into contact with
the printer roller in the region where there is no material. This can lead to pre-
mature wear of the printhead and to different print intensity between the two
edges of the label.
¯For this reason, activate the printhead support when using small labels!
Small = material width < printhead width.
The position of the printhead support can be seen from the position of the ad-
justing wheel (1) . Position 0 is recommended for wide labels.
Fig. 1: The adjusting wheel for the printhead support.
1. For small labels, turn the adjusting wheel clockwise until the pointer indica-
tes 1 on the dial. This causes the printhead to be raised at the outside.
2. Carry out a test print and check for an even print quality. If the print quality is
still uneven, turn the adjusting wheel a little further.
3. Repeat steps 1 to 3 until the print quality is the same across the entire width
of the label.
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Parameter Settings
Setting the Label Stock Parameters
Using the following threeparameters, you tell the printer the properties of the
label material that you want to work with:
PYou can find information on how to set parameters in the topic section “Info-
Printouts and Parameters” in the paragraph on “Operating the Parameter
Menu”.
Parameter Function
PRINT PARAMETERS/
Material type Sets material type (perforated or endless)
PRINT PARAMETERS/
Material length Sets material length
PRINT PARAMETERS/
Material width Sets material width
SYSTEM PARAMETERS/
Light sens. type Sensor type (reflex or transmission) set ac- cording to the material (marks or perforati-
ons)
Tab. 1:Important parameters for setting the material properties.

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Index
DDispenser version
- Take-up winder full, error message 13
FFoil End 13
IInserting fan-folded material 8
Inserting roll material 6
LLabel material 5
MMaterial end 13
Material parameters 15
Materialverlauf, schematisch 2
QQuick ribbon exchange 12
RRibbon exchange done quickly 12
SSetting label material parameters 15
Setting printhead support 14
TThermoprint foil 5
Thermotransfer foil 5