Colorjet PoloTurbo User manual

POLO TURBO
Foreword
This user manual is briefly describing the operational aspects of the POLO TURBO machine. In this
document, the step-wise instructions for handling various aspects of the machine with visual screens are
provided for easy and better understanding. It also describes the error messages encountered while
working with the machine with appropriate remedial actions required to be taken by the user.
This manual serves as the reference tool, which guides their customers how to use or operate the POLO
TURBO machine without anyone else assistance. The information provided in this document ensures its
uniqueness and language quality. For safe and proper use of the product, please read this manual carefully
and follow all the instructions.
Disclaimer
The information and instructions provided in this user manual have been checked for accuracy,
uniqueness, and reliability. ColorJet group reserves all the rights to modify and revise this manual as per
the company requirements without any prior notice.
“No part of this document shall be reproduced or used by externals without prior permission of the
ColorJet group”.
The reference table is shown in the below table:
Doc Type
Doc Code
Version
Machine Name
Date of Issue
User Manual
GXX11XXX01
1.1
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June 2019

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Table of Contents
1. About Document......................................................................................................................................... 3
Purpose ........................................................................................................................................................ 3
Intended Audience....................................................................................................................................... 3
2. Printer Accessories...................................................................................................................................... 3
3. Printer Overview.......................................................................................................................................... 4
Back View of the Printer .............................................................................................................................. 5
Control Panel Details.................................................................................................................................... 6
4. Getting Familiar with Printer Manager Interface ........................................................................................ 7
5. Main Menu Options..................................................................................................................................... 8
Setting Menu................................................................................................................................................ 8
Tools Menu ................................................................................................................................................ 11
Help Menu ................................................................................................................................................. 12
6. Getting Ready for Printing ......................................................................................................................... 13
Switch ON Procedure................................................................................................................................. 13
Loading Media............................................................................................................................................ 13
Ink Filling .................................................................................................................................................... 17
7. Printing....................................................................................................................................................... 18
Nozzle Testing............................................................................................................................................ 18
Print Head Calibration................................................................................................................................ 19
Calibration Wizard ................................................................................................................................. 19
Horizontal Calibration............................................................................................................................ 21
Step Calibration...................................................................................................................................... 23
Setting Print Origin..................................................................................................................................... 24
Setting Print Parameters............................................................................................................................ 25
Adding Jobs ................................................................................................................................................ 25
Editing Job.................................................................................................................................................. 27
Ripping and Printing................................................................................................................................... 28
Pausing and Canceling Printing.................................................................................................................. 29
8. Head Cleaning ............................................................................................................................................ 30
Head Blotting ............................................................................................................................................. 30

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Head Purging.............................................................................................................................................. 31
Head Spraying ............................................................................................................................................ 32
9. Shutdown & Capping the Print Head......................................................................................................... 33
10. Maintenance............................................................................................................................................ 34
Print Head Maintenance............................................................................................................................ 34
Daily maintenance ..................................................................................................................................... 34
11. Troubleshooting....................................................................................................................................... 35
12. Error Code Specifications......................................................................................................................... 37

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1. About Document
Purpose
The purpose of this document is to guide and educate the targeted audience about the Printer and its
Printer Manager software so that they can easily and effectively handle as well as use it as per their
requirements. Additionally, this document also provides step-wise instructions for handling various
aspects of the printer and its related software with the help of graphical screens for easy and better
understanding. Moreover, the document also describes commonly encountered problems while working
with the printer and Printer Manager software with appropriate remedial actions.
Intended Audience
This document is meant for all the users who want to use the Printer for their printing business.
Sometimes, the targeted audience has little knowledge about the printer but in most of the cases,
targeted audience is much familiar with the terminologies of printer and printing business. Thus, this
document is designed to facilitate both types of users.
2. Printer Accessories
Please make sure that all the items listed below are available with the printer. If anything is missing, kindly
report the same to the dealer. The following items are included with the printer as given below:
1. USB Cable
2. Door Key
3. Zinc coated Screws LN 4x16 for fixing head
4. Computer Power cable (6A)
5. Zinc coated Screws LN 4x20 for fixing display
6. Media Clips
7. Air locking pipes with leurs and its cap
8. HIB Cable 55 cm
9. Tissue papers
10. Software & driver CD
11. Syringe 50ml
12. Rip software-ONYX
13. Keyboard
14. HIB connector
15. Mouse
16. INKS (CYMK)
17. Display with Power Cable
18. 1-FUSE 6A
19. Gloves
20. 2-FUSE 10A
* The list can be varied as per the company norms and standard.

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3. Printer Overview
Front View of the Printer
The Front View of the printer is shown as below:
Fig 1: Displaying the Front View
Table 1: Different Parts of the Printer
1. Front Glass Door
2. LCD Monitor
3. Emergency Button
4. Power ON/OFF Button
5. Switch Panel
6. Keyboard Tray
7. CPU Panel
8. PID Controller
9. Take-up Regulator
10. IR Heater
11. Dryer Fans
12. Take-up Bracket
13. Front Door
14. Emergency Button
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Back View of the Printer
The Back View of the printer is shown as below:
Fig 2: Displaying the Back View
Table 2: Different Parts of the Printer
15. Waste Bottle Tank
16. Main Ink Tank
17. Pre Heater
18. Pinching Roller / Vinyl Supply Roller
19. Supply Roller
20. Media Roller
21. Machine and Heater Power Cords
22. Machine Power MCB
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Control Panel Details
The Control Panel Screen is shown as below:
Fig 3: Displaying the Control Panel
The description of different parts of the machine is given as below:
•Emergency Switch: Enable to Switch OFF the printer in any emergency situation.
•Switch ON/OFF: Switch ON/OFF the printer.
•IR Heater Auto/Manual: Enable to set the IR heater controlling modes viz. Auto or Manual.
•Supply Auto/Manual: Enable to set the Supply controlling modes viz. Auto or Manual.
•Supply Rev/Fwd: Control the power and direction of the Supply motor.
•Take Up Rev/Fwd: Control the power and direction of the Take-up motor.
•Pre Heater: Display and control the pre heater temperature.
•Post Heater: Display and control the post heater temperature.
•IR Heater: Control the IR heater (Print Dryer).
•Bed Vacuum: Control the bed vacuum blower speed to hold media firmly over the printing bed.
•Take-Up Regulator: Control the take-up system.
•Take-Up ON/OFF: Enable to ON/OFF the Take-up.
Emergency Switch
Power ON/OFF Buttons
LCD Monitor
IR Heater Auto/Manual
Supply Auto/Manual
Supply Rev/Fwd
Take-up Rev/Fwd
Pre Heater
Lever
IR Heater
Bed Vacuum
Keyboard
Take-up Regulator
Take-up ON/OFF
Computer System Slot
Post Heater

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4. Getting Familiar with Printer Manager Interface
The User Interface of the Printer Manager software is shown as below:
Fig 4: Displaying the User Manual of Printer Manager
The description of the Printer Manager window is given as below:
•Window Control: Use to minimize, resize or close the Printer Manager window.
•Main Menu: Consist of several sub menu options viz. Settings, Tools, and also provide variety of
functions in well organize manner.
•Quick Access Toolbar: Display frequently performed actions like Add Job, Delete Job, Print Job,
Pause or resume, Abort job, Check nozzle, Auto clean, Move left, Move right, Set print origin,
Move forward, Move backward, Move carriage to origin, and Edit job are available as buttons on
the Quick access toolbar.
•Job Information: Display the properties of the selected job like file name and path, Status, Print
Size, Print Area, DPI, Pass, and more.
•Job Preview: Show the job preview as well as print progress in this area.
•Job List: Displays the thumbnail preview of added jobs.
•Error message: Displays the system generated error messages.
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Job List
Error Information
Main Menu
Quick Access Toolbar
Print Parameters
System Status
Job Information
Job Preview
Window Controls

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5. Main Menu Options
The Main Menu options are shown in the image below:
Fig 5: The Main Menu Options
Setting Menu
The Setting menu options are shown in the image below:
Fig 6: The Setting Menu Options
•Save: Using this option, you can save the default settings of the machine. When you save the
settings, an xml file will be created for further references.
•Load: Using this option, you can load the previous saved machine’s settings.
•Save To Printer: When you click on this option, all the current settings get saved in the Main
Board of the machine.
•Load From Printer: When you click on this option, the printer settings get saved from Main Board
to Printer Manager software.
•Edit: Using this option, you can edit the previously made settings of Printer. On clicking the Edit
option, the Setting window with Printer, Move, Preference, and Calibration tabs appears on the
screen.

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The Setting window with the Printer tab is shown in the below image:
Fig 7: Displaying the Setting Window
Describing the different sections of the Setting window, as given below:
•Print setting
oAuto skip white: Enable to auto skip the white space in the image during printing.
oStep Time: Set time interval of the feed motor during printing.
oJob Space: Set space between multiple jobs.
oFeather: Select the type of feather effect and intensity percentage of the feather.
oMultiple Ink: Enable to select the color depth of an image according to the passes. The
available options are Default, Double, and More.
•Color Bar
oSpace: Specify the distance of the color bar from the image.
oWidth: Set width of the color bar.
oPlacement: Enable or disable the color bar and its placement viz. left, right, or both.
oHeight same with image: If enabled, the height of the color bar is same as the image
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•Spray setting
•Auto Spray: Set the duration (number of passes) for auto spraying.
•Spray Period: Define the duration for spraying (set as 180). If the duration increased,
spray frequency gets decreased.
•Print Pre-spray Time: This is the duration of spray before start of print.
•Idle Spray: Spray during carriage at home position. This option must be enabled.
•Spray Before Print: This option enables spray before start of print.
This option works when the Spray Before Print option is enabled.
The Move tab is shown in the image below:
Fig 8: Displaying the Move Tab
The Preference Tab is shown in the image below:
Fig 9: Displaying the Preference Tab

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The Calibration tab is shown in the image below:
Fig 10: Displaying the Calibration Wizard
Tools Menu
The Tools menu options are shown in the image below:
Fig 11: The Tools Menu Option
•Update: This option enables to apply latest changes and updates in the machine. This option
supports .dat file format.
•Password: This option enables to feed the time and language passwords of the printer.
•DemoPage: This option displays the bi-direction check output to improve the bi-direction printing
capability.
•Calibration Wizard: Using this option, you can perform different types of calibration viz. Angle
Check, Vertical Check, Nozzle Check, and more. For more details, please read the “Calibration
Wizard”section carefully.
•HW Setting: This option enables to select the encoder type of the printer as per the compatibility
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•Real Setting: This option enables to check and reset the temperature as well as voltage of each
Print Head.
•Wave Form Setting: This option helps in controlling and setting the wave form of the printer with
respect to ink, Print Head type, and speed.
•Auto stop pump ink when time out: Enable or disable the pump automatically when time out
occurs.
Help Menu
The Help menu option is shown in the image below:
Fig 12: The Help Menu Option
•About: Enable to view the details about Printer Manager software viz. software version and
copyrights.

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6. Getting Ready for Printing
Switch ON Procedure
Follow these steps to switch ON the printer:
Step 1: Check the Waste Bottle.
Step 2: Check Ink Level.
Step 3: Maintain the room temperature.
Step 4: Move the carriage manually away from the home position.
Step 5: Switch ON the printer from the main power or board.
Step 6: Load the media.
Step 7: Perform purging and then, nozzle test.
Now, the printer is ready for printing.
Loading Media
Follow these steps to load the media:
Step 1: Lift up the Media Lever, as shown below:
Fig 13: Displaying the Media Lever
Step 2: Unwind the media roll to reach near the platen and hold it.
Step 3: Insert the taken-out media between the platform and the pinch roller.

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Step 4: Pull the media out in front of the machine.
Step 5: Holding the media firmly and push down the Media Lever.
Step 6: Turn on the Supply Auto/Supply switch in auto mode and carefully observe the direction of media
either reverse or forward.
Step 7: Install the media clamps from both ends, as shown below:
Fig 14: Installing the Media Clamp
Step 8: Pull the enough media so that it reaches to the Take Up roller (or let the media down by issuing
the Print command).
Step 9: Paste the front edge of the media on the Core.

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Step 10: Turn on the Take Up System and observe the media direction (either reverse or forward), as
shown below:
Fig 15: Enabling the Take-Up System
Step 11: Move the media forward so that it rolls easily over the Core.
Now, the media gets loaded.
Note: Before issuing the Print command, verify the following things:
•Check the Waste Bottle and empty it, if required.
•Check the ink level in main tanks and refill it, if required.

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The media loading path of the machine is shown with help of line diagram:
Fig 16: Displaying the Media Loading Path

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Ink Filling
Please use the recommended ink in the printer for high printing quality and long life of print and Print
Head.
Follow these steps to fill ink in the printer
Step 1: Open the left door of the printer to find out main tanks.
Step 2: Fill recommended ink in main ink tank (as per the color sticker) as per the requirement, as shown
below:
Fig 17: Displaying the Ink Tank
Ink gets filled in the Sub tanks shown below:
Fig 18: Displaying the Ink Sub Tank

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7. Printing
Nozzle Testing
Before starting with calibration tests, the Print Heads should be checked for blockage. Each Print Head has
multiple tiny nozzles through which ink drops emerge and get deposited onto the print medium. Any
nozzle blockage can compromise the print quality by forming discolored horizontal streaks or bands.
The good and bad nozzle test results are shown in the image below:
Fig 19: Good and Bad Nozzle Test Result
To check the nozzle, click on the Check Nozzle icon available on the Quick Access Toolbar, as shown
below:
Fig 20: Clicking the Check Nozzle Icon
In case of blockages, refer to the Head Cleaning section to perform head cleaning before proceeding to
other calibration steps.