Cycjet ALT382 User manual

ALT382
HANDHELD INKJET
PRINTER
MANUAL
SHANGHAI YUCHANG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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Table of contents
Declare
Safety Instruction
2
3
Packing List
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Technical Data
5
Environment/Electrical Requirement
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Install & Test
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Switch On/Off
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Operation
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<The main screen> description
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<The switch of modes> description
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<system>
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1 “Printhead management”
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2. “Authority”
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3 “disk”
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4 “Inklook”
5 “Calibrate”
6 “System Information”
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2.1.6 “date time’
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2.1.7 “calibrate”
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2.1.8 “idle jet”
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2.1.9 “counter continue”
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2.2 <Parameter>
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2.3 <Print>
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2.4 <Browse>
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2.5 <Edit>
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Image file
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Create “bar code”
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Create “date/time/serial No./ shift group
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Text&Text Feature
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Module operation
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Eliminate Troubles
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Daily Maintenance
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Declare
Please read the manual seriously before running machine. Any mistake or damage caused by user’s
incorrect operation shall be not on our responsibility.
In any circumstances, the ink-jet printer shall uses the accessories and consumables (include inks &
cleaner) approved by our company. Disassemble machine without our agreement is strictly prohibit.
The machine we produced which includes appearance, structure, hardware and software, has already
got patent. Any piracy shall bear the legal liability.
Our company reserves the right of final interpretation. If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact us.
Our company reserves the right of update at any moment, and unnecessary to notify the users.
Copyright reserved by CYCJET.Any unauthorized reproduction, articles picked or other non-approved
usages shall bear the legal liability. *
NOTE:
After 5 minutes non-use, it’ll turn on blank screen saver automatically.
Please click or slide the screen with your figure to access.

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Safety Instructions
Personal Safety
Some inks & cleaners are harmful, please installing & running machine in well ventilated conditions.
Some inks& cleaners are flammable, keep away from all sources of heat and ignition.
Fire-extinguisher shall be equipped with nearby the machine.
Wear safety glasses, gloves and masks when using inks & cleaners.
In the condition of inhalation and eye contact, please flush thoroughly with water and seek medical aid
immediately.
Turn the power off before maintenance.
Forbid to disassemble machine without our technician’s instruction. The ink-jet printer must be
properly grounded. When connecting electricity, the cabinet is powered with high voltage to risk life.
Only trained technicians are authorized to carry out installation, maintenance or repair.
Machine Safety
Loading Requirement
1、Ink-jet printer shall be packaged in standard container which filled with anti-vibration materials.
2、Purge the inside and outside of printhead and plug up the ink inlet. The printhead shall be covered by
cap and packed by anti-vibration film to prevent from scratch.
3、Just left an empty cartridge in Ink system before loading.
The warranty claims will not be accepted in the following situations:.
1、Printhead or inks system damages caused by using unauthorized inks and cleaners.
2、Printhead or inks system damages caused by replacing different types of consumable randomly. Such
as replaced oil-base inks into solvent-base inks, the two types of ink will cause chemical reaction to
damage machine.
3、Damages caused by running in unsuitable environments or electrical requirements.
4、Damages caused by non-approved disassembling and assembling.
5、The permanent damages caused by not performing schedules maintenance, or printhead scratching.
6、Damages caused by incorrect operation of non-approved people .
7、Damages caused by the Force Majeure.
Environmental Protection
Dispose of the waste inks & cleaners shall be in accordance with Local Authority Regulation. The wastes
are not allowed into the sewer system.

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Packing List
Name
Quantity
Handheld ink-Jet Printer
1 PC
Intellectual Charger
1 PC
Touch pen
1 PC
Manual
1 Copy

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Technical Data
System: 32-bit high-speed processor
Printhead: 382 height, 50mm of hole diameter, 185dpi in vertical.
Printhead number: 1
Print height from 0.8 mm to 54mm by one printhead
Print Lines capability: Multi-lines(up to character height)
Line speed capability: Max.33mt/min（200 dpi in lateral）.
Print Information: Date, Time, Character, Photo, Shift group, Serial number and bar code.
Storage: 1000 text messages together with one 256*126 bitmap.
Operation: Color touch screen with photo menu
Edit in screen
English input
Basic drawing function
Graphical function
Module design
Independence Printing Parameter
Display:7inch color touch screen
Inks: Porous ink, Non-porous ink, UV anti-counterfeit inks, food grade ink, invisible ink etc.
Inks color: red, yellow, blue, green, black, white etc.
Through USB interface to import single color bitmap. It can be operated by mouse.

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Environment/Electrical Requirement
Electrical requirement：AC100-240V±10% 50/60Hz,connect the ground cord.
Max Power：30W (average﹤15W)
Temperature：5-40℃
Humidity：10-90%(non-condensing)
Electromagnetic interference: far away from electromagnetic radiation zone

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Install & Test
Only trained technicians are authorized to carry out installation.
Before install, confirm the machine was stay in a solid & smooth place without electromagnetic radiation.
Installed as stipulated in manufacturer’s specification, do not change the relative position of ink system and
print head.Any special requirements, please consult the manufacturer and supplier directly.
Ink-jet Printer Installation & Testing
Photo1
1、Unpacking: open the package and move out printhead, host machine, suspension pad etc.
2、Suspension Pad Installation: 1) fix pads into triangle stands in the same height. 2) Adjust the three pads
so as to keep the triangle stand in vertically. 3) Fasten the three screw nuts by spanner.
3、Host Machine Installation: 1) Put small steel pipes into large ones and put large steel pipes into triangle
stands, after adjusted the height, fasten the star-shape holders. 2) Put the host machine onto the
adjusted stands and collimate each other. 3) Fasten the host machine to the stands by screws.
4、Ink-container Stand Installation: (only effective in independence ink-system): 1) Put small steel pipes
into large ones and put large steel pipes into triangle stands, after adjusted the height, fasten the
star-shape holders. 2) Penetrate the large/small aluminum block into circle pipe, and then fastened in
suitable height.
5、Printhead Installation: 1) put the aluminum stick into the two-hole aluminum stand, and fastened by
starlike screw. 2) Screw the printhead on aluminum stick. 3) Connect one side of ink tube to filter and
the other side to ink inlet.

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Install & Test
6、Photoelectric Sensor Installation: 1. Screw the photoelectric clip on the printhead stand. 2. Screw the
photoelectric sensor on the clip or other position as request, or use different types of sensor. When
using solvent-base inks, the sensor shall be fixed in front of printhead.
7、Power connection: 1. Check the machine is grounded. 2. Link the power cord to the socket behind
the host machine in 110v AC power. 3. After indicator lighted up, please wait for 15 seconds to access
the system.
8、Printing Test: 1. Put the ink cartridge into the ink system in correct position. 2. Remove the cap of the
printhead, and squeeze the ink cartridge to drain out the air and cleaner until no bubbles. 3. Clean
up the surface by blotting-paper. 4. Tested by blank papers (with more details see page 26).
9、Product moving position: the speed of production line shall be slower than the speed of printing.Aguide
plate can be installed to receive the exactly position of product which has passed the printhead. In
principal, the distance between product and print head more closely, the printing result will be
better.
10、Production Line adjustment: more details see page10.

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Switch on/off
Switch on：
Checked up the power connection status before switch on. After switch on, it will enter into the operation
system within 15 seconds. Remove the printhead cap and press PRINT key to start printing when using
oil-based inks.
When using solvent-base inks, please purged printhead and drained out the dry-inks by blotting-paper.
After that, test the printing result by a blank paper. (More details see page24)
The procedure for using solvent-base inks: purge-squeeze-clean-test.
Switch off：
Press the power button off and cover up the print head cap.
Note: Before switch off, ensured the printhead in normal condition. Forbid to purge printhead gap
before/after switch off! Just sealed by cap!

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Operation
1. <The main screen>
At switching on the printer, it will show <The main screen> as Photo2.
Photo 2
<The main screen> contains the following zones:
Zone of display printing content (the blank space showed in photo 2)
The counter of printer (NO 1 and No 2 showed in photo 2)
Filename of current printing content (Text showed in photo 2)
System date/time (2011-9-24 showed in photo)
The number of print head
The switch of modes
●Zone of display printing content is located in the middle part of screen.
128 dots height *20000 dots width with graduated scale.
The content shows here is what will be printed out.
●The counter of printer is located in the bottom part of the screen. It can count the printing number
of times. It is kept at correct deenergizing the printer.
●Filename of current printing content is in a left bottom corner of the screen.
●System date/time is in a middle bottom corner of the screen. Shows the current system time/date.
●The number of print head is in a right bottom corner of the screen. It shows the current chosen
printhead. If in multi-head system, it can also shows No.2 No.3….
●The switch of modes is located in the top part of the screen and contains 5 buttons.
<System> - The basic management in printer
<Param> - Management in parameters of current printing content;
<Print> - Carry on printing task
<Browse> - select the saved printing files
<Edit> - Edit printing content

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Operation
2. <The switch of modes>
2.1 <system>-click the button<system> opens a screen as photo3. And shows the following buttons:
“Authority” “InkLook”“PrintHead”“Apperance”“Disk”“DateTime”“Remote”and“Calibrate”.
Photo 3
2.1.1 “Authority”- click the button<Authority> opens a screen as photo4.
Photo 4 photo 5
Click<OK> button of photo4, to open screen as photo5.
In photo5 besides“Disable”, there are two levels protection options“Low”& “High”
“Disable”means no limit of authority (every people can edit and operate the printer).
“Low”- the frist level protection –at activation of the restrained function, without password, the
<Edit> mode will be locked.
“High”- the second level protection –at activation of the admin function, without password, just
can operate<Print> mode.
Final value should be confirmed with button “OK”or the reference value is returned by button
“Cancel”.

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Operation
2.1.2 “ Disk ” –it can only load .a bmp format -single color files from storage disk through USB interface.
Insert a storage disk into USB interface and click the button<Disk> opens a screen as
photo 6.
photo6
touch the file you need in the top zone of screen and click< arrow to right> button in the middle part,
when file shows in download zone, it means download successful.
2.1.3 “ InkLook ” - click the button<Inklook>, it shows information as follow:
<Current ink> - The dot numbers which consist of the current printing content.
<Residual Frames> - Shows can print How many times of current printing content with one liter
ink.
2.1.4 “Date Time”–click the button<Date Time> to open screen as photo7
Photo 7
Adjust Date Time by <Year,Month,Day,Hour,Minute,Second >.
Perform Idle-Jet
Final value should be confirmed with button “Adjust”or returned by button “Close”

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Operation
2.1.5 “Calibrate”- If the keypad is misalignment, click “CALIBRATION”for adjustment.
Click the button<Calibrate> to open screen as photo8
Photo8
Use nib to click the center of the cross shows in photo10. when target moving above the screen,
please repeat it. After the first click, the latest calibration will be settled. If the second click is correct,
please back to system interface and click OK to finish.
If the two times calibration are different, it means failed. Please click again for a new calibration.
2.1.6 “Idle-Jet”- see photo3. By setting the parameter of Idle Jet Gap (interval of time) and Idle-Jet
Column, the printer will spray out ink automatically at regular intervals
Perform Idle-jet when using solvent-base inks (non-porous ink).
It can prevent from illegible printing result caused by dry-ink of printhead if the printer keeps not
running for a long time.
The Idle-Jet interval and Idle-Jet lines are depended on ink types, temperature, humidity and the
speed of air flow. Under normal situation, the suggested Idle-Jet interval is 10 seconds and the
Idle-Jet lines shall be in 10.
When using oil base ink, it is unnecessary to perform Idle-Jet, however, in dusty environment, perform
idle-jet can protect the printhead.
When start Idle-Jet Printing, please keep sensor in non-reaction status.
2.1.7 “ Counter Continue ” - see photo3.
When printing serial number, it can be changed along with printing times. No matter the printer is
switch off or printing other documents at the moment, the serial number will be continuing.

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Operation
2.2. <Param>- click of the button<param> opens a screen as photo9.
Photo 9
There are 7 buttons: “speed” “Delay”‘Direction’“Frames”“Span”“Shaft encoder”“Bold”.
2.2.1 “Speed”–The value shall be on the contrary of production line speed.(micro second)
(When the number bigger, the font will widen, the number smaller, the font will narrow down)
2.2.2 “Delay”–start print within the settled value (millisecond) after object passes the sensor.
(It control location of text, the number bigger, text will move to left, when number smaller, text will move to right)
2.2.3 “Reverse & Updown”–Set the direction of printing content.
2.2.4 “Frames”–after object passes the sensor, the number of times for content will be printed.
2.2.5 “Interval”–the interval of time between each of the contents (millisecond).
2.2.6 “BNC(Shaft encoder)”–activates this button when using encoder. Encoder could prevents from
irregular printing result which caused by inconstant speed of production line.
2.2.7.“Bold”-Increase ink volume for printing content
2.2.8.“FilelLink”-For read database
2.3. <Print>- click of the button<print>, when it turns red means start printing
2.4. <Browse>- click of the button<Browse> opens a screen as photo10.
Photo 10
It is a storage disk to store the files of jet format only. It allows replace printing files quickly by click related
filename. Select filename on your request and click the OK key to complete files replacement.
Delete useless files to enlarge the storage space.
If you do not want to replace printing files, please click the Cancel key to exit system.
Note：The deleted files are unrecoverable, please be cautious before delete files.

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Operation
Edit
“Edit”including：Text、Special symbol ；Image file ；Bar Code ；Date、Time、serial
number、shift group、BMP generation etc.
Pic 15
1、Image file
If you want to print with a picture, please click "Image File" firstly. Then choose an image file
which is saved in the printer from the dialog box. Then click OK.
Pic 16
Note: Image file can only be single color BMP file.

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2. Bar code
There are two kinds of Bar code, one is the fixed bar code another is the variable bar code
Pic 17
If you need the fixed bar code, please click , and then choose the type of the bar code you
want to print, you can preview the bar code you choose in the bottom of the dialog box.After choosing
the bar code you want, click OK.
Bar code content: Various bar code values can be imputed.
Bar Code Type：Code EAN 8、Code EAN 13、Code ISBN 10、Code ISBN 13、Code UPC-A 、
Code UPC-E 、Code 128、Code 128 GS1/UCC、Code 2/5 Interl、Code 2/5 Standard、Code 39 、
Code bar、Data matrix 、PDF 417.
Data of Bar Code display：you can choose whether to display the data of the bar code according to
your need.
Bar Code height: The quantity of dots consists of the height of the bar code.
Bar code width: The quantity of dots consists of the width of the bar code.
Left and right margin: quantity of the dots between bar code and the left or right edge.
(if there is data in the bottom, the margin should be large enough or the data can not be displayed
completely）
Up and down margin: quantity of the dots between bar code and the top or bottom edge
Note: verification code of the bar code value is automatically generated by system.
Pic 18
If you need to generate a variable bar code, please click to open a bar code dialogue box.
Please select the bar code type and input content; otherwise it will select CODE128 automatically.
Input spaces respectively:Prefix,variable values 1;infix,variable values 2,suffix.The remaining parameters
setting mode like with the fixed bar code

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3、Date&Time
If you want to generate a new date&Time,click ,then choose "date" in the dialog box。
图19
Click Set up to set date, then select the date format in the "date setting" dialog box. You can preview
The date what you have edited in the preview area at the bottom of the dialog box, then click OK.
Pic 20
After setting the date format, come back to the "date property" dialog box (Pic 21), then choose Font ,
change the character type and size in the "font" dialog box. finally come back to "Date" dialog box. click
OK for certain.
Pic 21
Date, time format:Many different forms.
Date&Time offset：Date&Time offset is available date as your requirement such as period of validity 1，
period of validity 2.
4. Serial No
If you want to generate a Serial No, click ，choose serial No in the dialog box. Then click ，
select format of Serial No in the dialog box, click OK for certain.
Click ,choose font in the dialog box, then you can edit the font of the serial no.

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Pic 23
5. Shift group
Pic 24
Click if you want to generate shift group, then choose shift group in the dialog box.
Click to set shift group，set the name and duration of the shift group in the "shift group" dialog box.
Preview the shift group that you have edited in the preview area at the bottom of the dialog box. click OK
and back to "Serial No" interface，click Font and then select the font of shift group.
Start time: set start time for the shift group.
Add shift group: Set the shift group name.
Delete shift group: Delete wrong shift group name or cancel this shift group.
6. Text
Pic 25
If you need to generate a text, please click icon ,then a dialogue box of property will shown up.
Click the edit box to input the content that you want to print with the keyboard.

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Text feature
After you finish text editing, you can change the parameter of the text. Choose "Font" and then you
can adjust the font type& font size, this function is used for character print. If you want to print with dot
matrix, please select "dot" and then set the dot width and dot height, horizontal distance of dots,
vertical distance of dots, dot matrix size and round dot. Preview what you have edited in the preview
area at the bottom of the screen. Then click OK. If you want to generate an inverse printing result,
click "invert" button and then click OK
Pic 27
If you what you want to create a print performance like printing, please close the "dot matrix" firstly, then
choose the "character" and set the character that you want to print.
Note: The "Text" setting can form various texts, which enable you to print with perfect printing
quality and achieve anti-counterfeiting purpose.
If you need to create a negative print result, please click “revert” icon and confirm with button “OK”.
Pic 28
Module operation
Module operation can work together with "Edit" to work out with perfect printing result.
5 main items：Select 、location adjustment 、 、 、 、Setting 、
delete 。