Avery Dennison AP7.t Instruction manual

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Technical Data
Device Types, Application .............................2
AP7.t ......................................................... 2
Options ...................................................... 2
Technical Specifications ............................... 3
Dimensions ............................................... 3
Performance Data ..................................... 3
Labelling Material ...................................... 6
Thermotransfer Ribbon ............................. 7
Connections, Interfaces ............................ 7
Electronic Configuration ............................ 8
Environmental Conditions ......................... 8
Index ............................................................. 9

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Device Types, Application
AP7.t
•Intended purpose: Monotone printing of textile labelling materials for thermal
and thermotransfer processes
•Processing roll material
•Resolution: the AP7.t is optionally available with 203 or 300dpi resolution
•Print speed up to 200mm/sec (8”/s) with the AP7.t (203dpi) or
up to 150mm/s (6“/s) with the AP7.t (300dpi).
•Print width up to 104mm with the AP7.t (203dpi) or
105mm with the AP7.t (300dpi).
•Interfaces: RS-232, USBCentronics, Ethernet
Options
Internal Options …should be factory-fitted or installed by a service engineer:
•ReflexSensorKit: Light barrierfittingthatapart fromthetransmissionsensor,
also contains a reflex sensor.
•I/O board: RS-422/485 interface, signal interface
External
Options …do not require any special alterations to the printer:
•Cutter
•TCS (Textile Cutter-Stacker)
•(External) rewinder for material rolls with 38mm (1.5”), 75mm (3”) or 100mm
(4”) cores
•Keyboard for standalone operation

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Technical Specifications
Dimensions
[1] Overall dimensions of the AP7.t (H=Hight, W=Width, D=Depth).
H: 313mm
W: 325mm
D: 492mm
Weight 21kg
Performance Data
Print
Technology Thermodirect and thermotransfer printing
Printer Head
Type •“Flat Head” type (ceramic thin film flat head)
•8.0dot/mm (203dpi): Kyocera KPA 104
•11.8dot/mm (300dpi): Kyocera KPA 106
Printhead
characteristics
B/W
H
T/D
Z0125.cdr
Characteristic AP7.t (203dpi) AP7.t (300dpi)
Resolution (dot/mm) 8.0 11.8
Print speed. (mm/s) 50-200 50-150
Print speed (Inch/s) 2-8 2-6
Max. print width (mm) 104 105
[Tab. 1] Important printhead characteristics.

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Punch sensor Transmission sensor, detects punches or gaps in the label material; adjusta-
ble from the left side about half of the material width (Tab. 2).
Reflex sensor •Optional available
•Detects reflex marks on the label material (normally dark marks on light
background)
•Adjustable from the left side about half of the material width.
[2] Measures and setting range of the punch / reflex mark (c = setting range, b = punch
length, a = punch width).
Fonts •19 Fixsize fonts , including OCR-A and OCR-B, including 2 fonts with textile
symbols
•3 scalable fonts (Speedo fonts)
•Truetype fonts are supported
•Optionally can Truetype, Speedo and Fixsize fonts be stored on a CF-card
Modifying Fonts •Up to factor 8 scaling in x/y direction
•Rotation by 0, 90, 180 and 270 degrees
Measure Transmission Reflex
Setting range c Material zero line up to
60mm (Material zero line + 6mm) up to 66mm
Punch length b 0.8–14mm 4mm (recommended)
Punch width a min. 4mm 12mm (recommended)
[Tab. 2] Recommended punch dimensions.
a
b
c
Z0211.cdr
Punch / Reflex markPunch sensor Label webMaterial zero line

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Impression
accuracy
[3] The impression accuracy depends on the print position on the label: the further away the
printing is from the punch, the less accurate is the impression.
Image formats BMP, PCX, JPEG, TIFF, GIF, Easy Plug logos
Bar codes
All bar codes scalable in 30 different width and in the height.
2-dimensional
bar codes
+0,5
+1,0
+1,5
+2,0
mm
+3,0
Max. misalignment of the printing position
- 0,5
-1,0
-1,5
-2,0
-2,5
-3,0
50 100 150 200 mm 300 Distance
punch - printing position
Punch position
Printing
direction
0
Printing position 1 Printing position 2
Max. misalignment at
printing position 1
= 1,0 mm
Max. misalignment at
printing position 2
= 2,5 mm
Label
+1%
-1%
Punch
Z00521E.cdr
Bar codes Bar codes
Codabar Code EAN 128
Code 128 Code ITF
Code 2/5 Code MSI
Code 2/5 1 EAN 13 mit Add-On 2
Code 2/5 5 EAN 13 mit Add-On 5
Code 2/5 Interleaved Ratio 1:3 EAN 8
Code 2/5 Matrix Ratio 1:2,5 Postcode (guide and identity code)
Code 2/5 Matrix Ratio 1:3 UPC-A
Code 39 UPC-E
Code 39 Ratio 2,5:1 UPS-Code 128
Code 39 Ratio 3:1
[Tab. 3] Machine internal bar codes
2-dimensional bar codes
Data Matrix Code (code according to ECC200)
Maxi Code
PDF 417
Codablock F
Code 49
[Tab. 4] Machine internal 2-dimensional bar codes

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RSS & CC
bar codes Reduced Space Symbology (RSS) und Composite Component (CC) bar codes:
Printer
interpreter Easy-Plug
Labelling Material
Material type Textile ribbons, suitable for printing with the thermal or thermotransfer
process (e.g. Avery Dennison 6860, 9505, 6880, 9660).
Label roll Winding direction: Printable side facing inward or outward.
Label width
Label length 12 up to „max. print length“, where „max. print length“ depends on the
memory assignment of the printer - 1000mm count as standard.
RSS, CC bar codes RSS, CC bar codes
RSS-14 UPC-A + CC-A/CC-B
RSS-14 truncated UPC-E + CC-A/CC-B
RSS-14 stacked EAN 13 + CC-A/CC-B
RSS-14 stacked omnidirectional EAN 8 + CC-A/CC-B
RSS limited UCC/EAN 128 + CC-A/CC-B
RSS expanded UCC/EAN 128 + CC-C
[Tab. 5] Machine internal RSS & CC bar codes
Measure Textile
Max. external Ø 250mm
Core (inside) Ø 38.1/50.8/76.2/
101.6mm
Materialbreite 12a/15a/19/25/30/
35/38/50/102mm
a) Preceding tests are strongly
recommended.
[Tab. 6] Label roll specification.

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Thermotransfer Ribbon
Ribbon Roll •Winding Direction: Colour-side facing inward or outward.
•Roll dimensions:
•Recommended foil types: Avery Dennison 2670 and 8909.
Connections, Interfaces
Mains Voltage 100-240V (AC)
Mains Freq. 50-60Hz
Power
Consumption •Max. 250W
•In standby mode depending on the equipment 30-40W
Current Cons. max. 3.2 A
Interfaces •Host interface:
–RS-232: Baud: 1200-115200 / 8 bit; suitable connection cord: 1:1 D-Sub 9
extension lead (connector-jack)
–Centronics: Bi-directional; conforms with IEEE 1284; nibble mode;
connector at the printer: type C
–USB slave V1.1: Transmission rate 12MBit/s. If the printer is connected to
a host running under Windows, the hosts OS will search for a matching
printer driver.
–Ethernet: 10/100 Base T with TCP/IP, LPD, RawIP printing, DHCP,
HTTPD, FTPD, SNMP
•Standalone mode:
– CompactFlash card
– PS/2 keyboard
•Peripheraldevices.D-Sub 15 jackatthefront side oftheprinter-can beused
for:
–Cutter
– TCS (Textile Cutter-Stacker)
– External Rewinder
•I/O-board (optional)
– D-Sub 9 jack for RS-232/422/485; Baud: 1200-115200 / 8bit; galvanic
separated
– D-Sub 15 jack providing I/O signals similar to the USI
External Ø max. 80mm
Core Ø 25.4mm (1”)
Width 25-105mm
Lengtha
a) The indicated foil length is a typical value; given
this length, most of the common foil rolls stay
below the max. admissible outer diameter.
max. 540m
[Tab. 7] Dimensions of the ribbon roll.

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PFor information about pin-assignments of the interfaces, refer to the Service
Manual, topic section Service Electronics paragraph “CPU Boards”, “Plug
Connectors”.
Electronic Configuration
Environmental Conditions
Operating temp. 4 to 38°C
Storage Temp. -4 to 60°C
Relative
Humidity 30- to 85% (non-condensing)
Noise <70dB(A) (also with TCS)
Protection
Class IP21 (Protected against solid objects over 1.0mm; Protection against verti- cally falling drops of water).
Characteristic Details
Processor 32-bit IDT with 32-bit data bus
SDRAM 16MB
ROM 4MB Flash
Plug-in Cards Slot for CompactFlash cards of type T1 with up to 64MB
storage capacity
Real-time Clock Present; printout of date and time possible
Control Panel 4 buttons; LCD graphics display with 122x32 pixels; typi-
cally used to display two text lines with 16 characters
each.
[Tab. 8] Electronic Configuration

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Index
BBarcodes 5
CCC 6
Colour side 7
CompactFlash card 8
Control Panel 8
Cutter 2
DDisplay 8
EEAN•UCC 6
Environmental Conditions 8
FFoil roll 7
Fonts 4
II/O board 2
Image formats 5
Interfaces 7
KKeyboard 2
NNoise 8
OOperating Temperature 8
Options 2
PPlug-in cards 8
Power Consumption 7
Printer head type 3
Processor 8
Protection Class 8
Punch sensor 4
RReal-time Clock 8
Reflex sensor 2
Relative Humidity 8
ROM 8
RSS 6
SSDRAM 8
Standby mode, power consumption 7
TTextile symbols 4
Thermotransfer Ribbon 7
UUSB 7
WWinder 2
Winding direction label roll 6