HS Automatic HSAjet-CU User manual

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HSAjetCU
MANUAL
A guide to operating and managing the HSAjet CU print controller
Last update September 29, 2005

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Introduction
Congratulations on the purchase of an HSAjet CU unit. You have a powerful stand-alone controller
with features compareable to PC-solutions. With full remote control, on-line editing of content,
security features and simple operation, this unit is suitable for many different applications.
For proper care of your unit, you should observe the following guidelines :
Observe the power requirements of the CU power supply. This is written on a sticker on the
back of the unit.
Never connect different power to it.
Do not unplug any cables while the unit is turned on
Do not take out the compact flash card while the unit is on
Do not take out cartridges (HP) while the unit is on
Preferably you should shut down unit properly before turning off power. This will correctly
close any open files on the compact flash card
Copyright and Trademark Information
Microsoft, and Windows are US registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
HP is a registered trademark of the Hewlett-Packard Corporation
This and other litterature on HSAjet products is © HS Automatic ApS 2005. You may freely use this instruction and translate it, as
long as you do not change the content.

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Features of the CU
Print using normal printers, xaar-or HP based.
Messages stored on standard Compact Flash cards.
Uses 80x compact flash cards for improved read speed
Very simple to use
Variable text, date, clock, counter and barcode
Prompt input of variables
Print height 140 mm (Xaar) / 50,8 mm (HP)
Separates message design and use
16 different fonts for variable objects, selectable among all windows fonts
Input of all Latin-1 character set directly from unit
Security features available to avoid unwanted editing of messages
Ethernet connection / serial connection, allowing full remote control of unit

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The CU keyboard
Used to start print activity
Enter the setup menu
Enter the previous menu or go
to main menu.
Stop print
Arrow keys, use with enter to
select message navigate in
menus
Enter activates edit mode or
accepts a choice
Object keys that allow
editing of the 6
different object types

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Designing CU pictures
The CU pictures are designed using the OBJ INKdraw software. Please see OBJ INKdraw manual
for help on installing.
Concept of CU objects vs background
In a CU image, you have both fixed and variable content. The fixed content has no limitation, which
means that you can design using any font size and have all the barcodes available.
On top of the fixed content, you place the variable content (CU objects). You have some limitations
on the number of variable objects, and also in the content and fonts of these. Please see below.
As long as you are designing your picture in OBJ INKdraw, you can change both the background
and variable content. Once you compile the CU file (save it to compact flash drive as a CU file),
you can only edit the variable objects, on the CU unit itself.
Start a CU picture
To start a CU picture, choose File->New on the menu, or click the "New File" icon. You will be
presented with a menu where you select the file type.
qSelect "Head type".
Notice that you can not mix HP, Xaar
128, and Xaar 500 heads. Also notice
that your unit is designed for one
specific head type.
qCheck the "CU" option.
qAdd the heads as necessary with the
buttons below. With XaarJet500 you
will only have 1 size to choose from.
You are only allowed to add as many
heads as the CU can handle.
qSelect the message length. You can
change the unit between
mm/inch/pixel/point.
qClick OK

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Once you have clicked OK, you are presented with the edit screen for CU files. Most of the screen
is identical to normal OBJ INKdraw pictures, but there are some differences.
Most importantly, you see that there are 6 different CU objects available, and that these are placed
on the canvas by anchors (please see below).You will also see the "CU Mode active" indicator
right above the object panel.

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Working with font types / anchors
The variable CU objects, except the logos and barcodes, display textual information. Because of
it's resources, the CU is not able to place and scale fonts freely. That is why the font anchors were
made.
For every CU message you can choose up to 16 different fonts, each linked to an anchor with a
different color. Within each of the 16 fonts, you can choose between font type (Arial, Courier, and
every other installed true type font), a font size, bold -you can even stretch the font freely.
Within each anchor, you can change the font offset from top to bottom.
An anchor is defined as 1/4 of the XJ128 head, equal to 32 pixels. You can place the anchor freely
in the print direction (left/right), and in 32 pixels increments in the vertical direction.
Some illustrations will show the point of anchors:
Here is a purple and yellow anchor, with the
same font but different offsets from the
anchor.
You can see that the same anchor always
displays the same font. If you change an
anchor font definition, it will affect all variables
with that anchor color.
To smaller make text lines closer together,
use two anchors. The anchor itself is only
visible in design mode. They are not printed.
It is not a problem to define a font that is
larger than the anchor itself.

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To edit the anchor definitions, click the "A" button next to the anchor selector.
This will open the font
editor. Select the anchor
you wish to edit, and
change the font as needed.
You can leave the default
name (Name size (offset))
or make your own like "my
big font"
Click "Close" when done.
CU file sizes and fonts
The most space-demanding part of the CU files are the font files.
If you do not change any font settings, the CU files will occupy about 1-2 Mb on the CF card,
depending on the head type.
Notice that larger fonts increase the CU memory use. For example, a 70mm high font will increase
the font file to about 12 Mb. It is recommended to use smaller fonts.

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CU Objects
The CU has 6 different variable objects. All of them are editable directly on the unit itself by
pressing the corresponding object type key.
Dates
You can have a total of 10 different date objects, each with a user-defineable format
and individual offset.
The format follows the standard codes such as "dd", "mm" and "yyyy", although the
number of codes available are limited. You can choose from a pre-defined format, or
type in your own string.
Month names are available, and changeable in the language file. Use mmm, Mmm and
MMM for month names.
Counters
A total of 10 counters is available, each with a user-defineable start-and step value
Time
Allows 10 different clockes, each with a different time offset.
The clock is in 24-hour format, 12-hour format is currently not available.
Text
Up to 10 different text lines
Logo
10 different logos are possible. These can be placed anywhere, and are not limited to
the position of an anchor.
Barcode
10 different barcodes are possible. At the moment, human-readable text is not
supported, but will be added later.
The barcodes can contain variable information in the shape of either text, counter, date
or time. It is not possible to have a barcode with multiple variable objects.
Notice that barcodes count against the 10 object limit in the respective object types. So,
if you have 5 counter barcodes, you can only have 5 normal counters.

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Compiling / saving files (to CF)
When you are done editing your image, you need to compile the ink file to use it in the CU.
As this is a one-way process (i.e. you can not edit CU files later in OBJ INKdraw) it is a good idea
to save the .ink file along with the CU files.
The CU files are made of 2 individual files that are both required: A CU file with object data, and a
FNT file with the font data.
NOTICE : On the CU, you only need to change parameters for HP resolution while editing your
message. All other parameters are set on the CU unit itself.
You can however store a file on the CF card called "CUPARMS" containing parameters from your
current message -then upload to the CU. Do this in the "Advanced mode" below.
qClick the "Save to CF" icon. This will open
the Save dialog box.
qSelect the compact flash in the disc
dropdown. You can also choose to save on
the harddrive, and copy the files later.
(not recommended)
qEnter a filename. It is a good idea to save
the ink file along with the CU file, since you
can't edit CU files from OBJ INKdraw.
qIt is a good idea to check "Auto-eject CF" if
you are not going to save more layouts on
the card. Otherwise, the file system on the
card may be destroyed.

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Using the CU
The idea of the CU is a unit that will allow the user to select messages and print them using the
standard HS Automatic printers –xaar or HP.
The messages are stored on the compact flash, and can be recalled by simply selecting the
filename from the main menu and pressing enter to load.
In each message, there can be both static and variable content. All variable fields can be edited by
pressing the corresponding object type key.
Basics
You have two different ”cursor modes” in the machine: editing and moving. When you enter a
menu, the cursor is in move mode. From here, you use the arrow keys to move between menus,
commands and fields.
If you press enter on a field, you will activate edit mode
Edit mode
•Enter activates your selection or starts edit mode.
•Esc cancels the editing
•Insert toggles between insert / overwrite
•Delete removes the character under the cursor
•Arrow up / arrow down chooses the values just above / below the current.
•Alt/Space with some letters will type european characters (Latin-1), such as á, ø, ú…
Navigation
At any point it is possible to jump directly to other sections by using the object keys. If you are in
edit mode, this is considered as ESC. For example, you could have finished editing a text object,
then it is possible to jump directly to date editing by pressing the ”Date object” key.
Password protection
It is possible to change setup values (print parameters) from the unit, but this menu can be
protected by a password.

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Print function
Activate the print function with the key. The red LED in the key will turn on if the print
mode is active. Use ESC to stop print mode.
During print you can adjust the start distance with the arrow keys
Printing 00000
(ESC) 000.00mm
00000 Number of prints with this picture. Is reset when a new picture is loaded.
000.00 Start delay. You can adjust with arrows left / right or arrows up/down (decimals)
mm Units for start delay (mm / inch)
Prompts
When the print mode is actived, there can be prompts set on one or more objects. Prompts is a
way to ask the user to enter information that will be a part of the print, typically a best-before date
or batch number.
Prompts are shown with the object name and room for editing. It is possible to activate prompts for
the following objects:
qText (string). Max 80 characters.
qDate (input format chosen in OBJ INKdraw preferences)
qTime
qCounter (start value)
qBarcode (variable object inside).
Tekst 1
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxj_
Date 1
11-05-2005_
Editing is cancelled with ESC, which deletes what is written. ESC again will cancel print start.
Navigation in prompts is done with the arrow keys. Use up/ down to jump a full screen if the text is
longer than 16 characters.

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Main menu
You reach the main menu from any menu by pressing ESC.
The main menu is where you select the message to print.
Orangesxxxxxx
Choose file.
or, if the current file is the active:
Test1
File selected
To load a file
It is simple to load a file. Use the arrow keys to browse the available files stored on the CF card, or
start typing the file name. Predictive type-ahead will find the best match for you.
When you have reached the correct file name, press enter to load it. You will see the text below the
file name change to ”File selected.”.
If you try to load a file that is not made for your unit, you will see a warning that you can't use this
file.
XJ128 files are
invalid on XJ500
Shutting down the machine
When you wish to shut down the CU, you should exit properly to minimize the risk of file
damage on the Compact Flash card.
Press ESC from the main menu, and you are asked
Do you want to
shut down? Y/N
Press Y to shut down the CU unit or N to continue.
Shortly after you see
Its now safe to
turn off the CU
.. and you can turn the unit off on the power supply.
XJ500 files are invalid on XJ128
HP files are invalid on XJ128
HP files are invalid on XJ500
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Editing object / message content
With the CU, there is a separation between content and design. While it is possible to change the
size and position of objects in the design phase, this is not possible on the CU unit itself. Only the
following can be changed.
qContent -except for logos.
qVisibility (on/off)
You edit the object by pressing the corresponding object button. This can be done at any time,
even in print mode. (Notice though that there is a buffer of 2 prints, changes in print mode do not
happen instantly).
When you press an object button, you are presented with a list of objects of that type. If none are
found, you receive a notice about this:
Counter:
No objects (ESC)
If objects in the category exist, you will see a list of objects, arranged by their order of appearance
in INKdraw. Choose object with Ýand Þ.
Whan an object is selected, you see it's value and on/off setting. Use cursor Üto move down from
object name to edit field, and press Enter to edit value.
Counter 1 On
00000045
Notice: If the object name has (Bar) written next to it, it is contained inside a barcode. You can
then only see it's content, and need to edit it through the barcode menu. Please see below.
What you see will depend on the object type.
Date 2 On
20-12-2006
Prod.time On
13:44
Text 1 On x
The quick brown>
Ûand Üwill move 1 character
Shift Û/Üwill move 1 screen
As you can see from the example to the left, the
text
The quick brown|fox jumps ove|r the lazy dog
is longer than one screen. You can scroll longer
messages by using arrows up/down.
Selecting "X" deletes the entire line content.

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Text 1 On x
< fox jumps ove>
Text 1 On x
<r the lazy dog
After a change, you are informed about the change.
Value accepted
(ENTER)
Enter returns you to the object list.
Special case: Barcodes
If you choose a barcode, the format of the content will depend on the content type (Text / Counter/
date / time).
When you select the barcode, you can choose between the available barcodes with arrows
up/down. Then move the cursor with arrow right and press enter on "Edit content".
Barcode 1 On
Edit content
You will now see the edit screen for the content of the barcode
Counter1 (Bar)
0000002
Once you are done editing the content, press ESC to exit to the barcode screen, or one of the
other object type keys.

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Preventing object editing
Sometimes it is necessary to prevent objects in the CU from being edited. This is possible by
locking the object in OBJ INKdraw before you compile the CU file.
To lock objects, right-click the object in the object list and select "Locked". Now you can no longer
select the object in OBJ INKdraw canvas, and you can not edit in the CU.
One exception is when the password to protect parameter menu has been set. Then you can use
the same password to edit locked objects. Unlocked objects can always be edited.
Input pictures for object types
Text String, max 80 characters
Scroll using up/down. Input of special characters possible.
Date Numbers, from an input mask.
The input mask is selected in OBJ INKdraw.
You do not need to enter separation characters.
Ex: 14-04-2005
Counter Current value, entered as a decimal value. The number of digits can not be
changed.
Ex: 0000000
Barcode Depending on the variable content.
Logo Only visibility on/ off is possible

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Input of special characters
To enter special characters like 'ä' and 'ü' you hold down the space key (Labelled "Alt") and press
the key where the character is printed.
Similar characters are grouped on the same key, like on a cell phone, so that for example repeated
pressing of
and
will toggle through the following
áÁäÄåÅàÀâÂãÃ
The CU is able to print almost all extended characters in the ISO Latin 1 character set. ISO Latin 2
(Eastern Europe) is currently not supported in variable characters, but may be later.

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Keyboard layout, extended characters
1! ¿ ¡ 2"3#
4,5.6&
7/8<9>
0=
AáÁäÄæÆåÅàÀâÂãÃ
B\{}[]|
Cç Ç
DðÐ
EéÉèÈëË
F*÷×
G:
H;
IíÍìÌïÏ
NñÑ
OóÓöÖøØòÒôÔõÕ
Sß
TÞþ
UúÚüÜùÙûÛ
YýÝÿ
Notice that due to display restrictions, your character may be displayed as a different character, but
will print as expected.

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Setup menu
Press the setup button to change settings that affect mainly the current file.
In setup you have a series of menus that can be navigated with the arrow keys. At any point, press
ESC to return to the main menu.
Setup menu 1 (purge / Prime / spit /
message length / ….)
Setup menu 2 (encoder / velocity).
Setup menu 3 (Date / Time setting)
Setup menu 4: System info, test I/O.
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