InkStream Pro-CP2 User manual
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InkStream Pro-CP2 Installation Manual
Bulk Ink System for Seiko Colorpainter and Oce CS 6060
Revised 11 April 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Package Contents ..................................................................................................2
Before You Begin...................................................................................................2
Transferring the Ink Chips ......................................................................................3
Installing the Electronic Control Devices ...................................................................3
Installing the 12-Volt Power Cable ...........................................................................6
Installing the Trays................................................................................................9
Installing the Cartridges ....................................................................................... 10
Installing the Magnetic Latches.............................................................................. 11
Setting Up the Electronic Control Devices................................................................ 11
Loading the Inks ................................................................................................. 12
Troubleshooting .................................................................................................. 13
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Package Contents
Item Quantity Note
Tray for bottles 2 Each tray holds 4 bottles: 3 are used for inks and
1 for the Flushing Solution (solvent).
Bottles 8
1-liter bottles that will hold the ink.
Cartridge 7
6 cartridges are required for installation and 1
will remain spare. These are permanent
cartridges that are designed for long-term
operation without removing from printer.
Electronic control device 2 Devices are to be connected to a printer and
installed on both sides of it.
12-Volt cable 1 This cable provides power for the pumps. It
connects to a connector at a heater control
boards and distributes the 12VDC to both
electronic boxes.
M4 screw 2 These screws are used to attach the nylon ties to
the printer.
Nylon tie 2 The ties will be used to organize the ink lines
coming from the cartridges.
Magnetic latch 2 You will use these latches in order for the printer
to be able to work without the ink covers.
4-way adapter 2 This adapter is used to connect all ink lines from
cartridges to the bottle with the Flush.
Installation of this bulk system must
be carried out by a technician or a
technically capable person.
Before You Begin
1. Turn on your Seiko printer. Make sure the original cartridges are installed on it.
Printer should be able to boot up and go online.
2. Set your printer offline.
3. Press CANCEL, SHIFT, CANCEL, CANCEL.
4. It will show MAINTENANCE MODE PASSWORD? Press SHIFT, up arrow, down
arrow, right arrow.
5. Using the SHIFT key, scroll through screens until you see SYSTEM. Press left arrow
to go into this menu.
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6. Using the down arrow, scroll until you see SAVE NVRAM.
7. Press ENTER and ENTER again to confirm.
8. Set printer online.
9. Power OFF your printer.
Transferring the Ink Chips
Remove original cartridges from your printer.
Open the cartridges of the Bulk System.
Transfer the Ink Chips from your original cartridges to the cartridges of this bulk system.
If the bulk system’s cartridges do not have any color tabs removed, you should do so
when you have transferred chips. Each chip must be valid, with at least 20% of ink level
left on it. Lower level may cause RIP software to show warning messages of low ink.
Installing the Electronic Control Devices
Each of the two electronic devices
supplied with Pro-CP2 bulk system
has a wide ribbon cable terminated
with 4 boards and one 2-pin
connector for the 12-volt power.
Two of the boards are shrink-
wrapped – they go to the pumps
compartment. The other two
boards will be connected to the ink
level sensors of the secondary
tanks (ink bags).
Remove the covers from the
printer:
- covers over the secondary
tanks on both sides;
- covers over ink pumps on
both sides;
- covers with holes for air exhaust.
Route the ribbon cable ends designated for ink level sensor connection, into the ink level
sensor area. The other ends must go into the area of the ink pumps.
The square boards for ink level sensor connections have 9-pin and 10-pin receptacles (at
the bottom, not visible on the picture above).
Connect these receptacles to the panel-mounted white headers. Connect the Seiko
receptacles to the white connectors on top of the boards. You cannot mistake because the
left connector is 10-pin and the right one is 9-pin.
You may need to cut the nylon tie around the ink tubing if it interferes with the
installation of the right board.
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The ribbon cable ends with shrink-wrapped boards must be connected to the connectors
from the ink pumps and ink pump revolution sensors. See pictures for details.
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Installing the 12-Volt Power Cable
Pro-CP2 system is using 12 volts to power the ink pumps. Pumps will operate quieter
because normally they are driven by 24 volts by Seiko.
Remove the 6-pin connector at the heater control panel (see picture).
Insert the 12V Power Cable supplied with the bulk system, between the panel and the 6-
pin connector:
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Run the 12V Power Cable into the compartment with the ink pumps and connect one of its
2-pin connectors to the 2-pin connector of the Electronic Control Device.
Run the Power Cable to the other side of the printer and use the SCSI cable holders:
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Finally, connect the 2-pin connector at the end of this cable, to the 2-pin connector of the
Electronic Device.
Now you can close all covers and
mount the Electronic Control Devices
on the sides of the covers as shown
on this picture. You may want to
mount it higher or lower to your
preference.
Use Velcro strips on the back of the
device. Arrange the ribbon cable like
shown on this picture. You may want
to use pieces of double-sided
adhesive tape to organize it.
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Installing the Trays
Remove all cartridges from the printer.
Remove the Left and the Right ink covers
(the plastic covers over the cartridge
area). Each cover is held by 2 brackets.
It is enough to remove one of the
brackets to be able to take the covers
off. We won’t use them unless you decide
to switch back to one-time cartridges.
Trays are equipped with hooks that allow
them to be hung on the side of the
Colorpainter.
Hang the trays on both sides of your
printer.
Orient the bottles so that the fitting
would be turned towards the printer wall.
This way the ink lines won’t be on your
way when filling the bottles with ink.
When you are going to pull one of the bottles
out of the tray, you must hold down the other
bottle(s) or otherwise you may lift the whole
tray and the hooks may slide off the printer
causing the tray to fall.
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Installing the Cartridges
You have received 7 cartridges with your bulk system. 6 are required for installation and
one remains spare. When needed, you can set it up to work in the color of your choice.
Just clip off one of the 6 tabs on the side of it.
Insert the 6 bulk system cartridges fully into the printer.
The cartridges shown on these pictures are from Pro-CP system. You will have no cut-outs
on your cartridges.
Use a nylon tie and an M4 screw to organize the ink lines as shown here. You will have to
remove an original screw and replace it with ours.
Connect the fittings on the ink lines to the bottles.
Always make sure that the fittings on the ink lines are
firmly connected to the fittings on the ink bottles. This is
crucial for system operation. A loose connection may
cause the air sucking in the ink lines with many
unwanted consequences.
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Installing the Magnetic Latches
Install the magnetic latches so that they push on the cover switches (see picture).
Note that during the normal operation the
printer will attempt to read cartridges when
you push on the switches. The printer will
see it as closing of the cartridge door.
If the display on the printer says CLOSE L
INKCOVER or CLOSE R INKCOVER, it means
that one of the sensors is not pushed.
Because the location of the switches may
differ from printer to printer, we may put a
piece of soft tubing on the part of the
magnetic latch that pushes on the switch. If
it’s too long, you can always trim it to a
required length.
When both of the magnetic latches are mounted, the printer will immediately read and
recognize the cartridges.
If the printer does not recognize one of the ink Chips, try to pull out the magnetic latch
on the respective side of it and re-inserting it. If printer continues saying CHECK Xx INK,
it could be a problem with the ink Chip.
Setting Up the Electronic Control Devices
Turn the printer power on. Immediately
observe if the LCD displays of the Control
Devices: are they showing anything? If
not, please turn the power of your Seiko
off and double-check the connections of
the electronic control device to the
printer. Use the Select and Enter buttons
to scroll through the menus of the
system. First thing to set up, is the side
on which the control device is installed:
Right side with Cyan, Magenta and Yellow
inks, or the left side, with Light Cyan,
Light Magenta and Black.
Press Select button several times until
you see SETUP. Press Enter and scroll to
SIDE: LEFT or SIDE: RIGHT. Choose the
correct side and press Enter. You can
always get to the top-level menu by
selecting MAIN MENU.
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Now in the Main Menu you should see SYSTEM ON and SYSTEM OFF. Select SYSTEM ON.
Is the Greed LED light on and the Red one off? If it is, the device is working well so far. If
you see a Red light, it means there was a disconnection or other problem.
Now we can test if the connections to the pumps, their sensors, and 12 volts, are OK. On
the control device, go to FUNCTIONS – TEST PUMPS. Select it. Now the pumps will rotate
one or two revolutions. If everything is connected well, you will get a positive test result
meaning that the electronic box is operational.
Loading the Inks
You will have to wear the chemical goggles in order to proceed
with installation. Protect your eyes from solvents!
If the inks you’re going to use, are not
mixable with your previous ink on your
Colorpainter, you will have to flush the ink
lines and the heads.
Disconnect the ink lines from the bottles and
put all 3 of them on each side of a printer
into an empty container. On the Control
Device, select FUNCTIONS – EMPTY INK
BAG. Select all colors and press Select. Now
the pumps will drain almost all the ink from
the secondary tanks (the ink bags) into the
empty container. When they’re done,
connect all 3 hoses to the 4-way fitting like
shown on picture.
Activate FILL INK BAG. This will pump your
Flushing Solution into the ink bags (as we
call them). If a timeout occurs, just keep re-
trying to pump a couple of times.
On a Seiko, activate STRONG CLEANING at
least 5 times, to make sure the Flush fills the
print heads.
Pour some ink into the bottles. Do not top
them off any higher than the fitting on them.
Make sure to put correct colors in bottles.
Left side has Black, Light Magenta and Light
Cyan, while the right side has the Yellow,
Magenta and Cyan.
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The printer is now ready for operation.
Normally the electronic control modules should be in a SYSTEM
ON state. Make sure the Green LEDs are lit on both modules:
this indicates the SYSTEM ON condition and absence of
problems.
Troubleshooting
Problem Solutions
Printer does not recognize
the ink Chip by showing
“Check XX ink”
1. Cycle the switch pushed by the magnetic latch. If the
problem does not go away, proceed to step 2.
2. Remove the cartridge and transfer the ink chip into
another spare cartridge. Insert it and cycle the magnetic
latch. If problem goes away, it was a defective cartridge. If
problem stays, it’s a bad ink Chip. It must be replaced with a
new one.
Printer shows “X inkcover
is open. Close X
inkcover”.
Is the magnetic latch installed? If yes, then most likely it
does not reach to the switch. There must be a piece of tubing
on the end of the latch. If it’s too short, it won’t be able to
push the switch. Slide the tubing off about 2..3 mm in order
to increase the length of the piece. Reinstall the magnetic
latch on a printer.
Printer shows “Set XX
ink”.
If all cartridges are installed and you still see this message on
the Seiko display after setting the magnetic latch, try
unplugging the problematic cartridge and re-inserting it.
Cycle the door switch again.
If the problem persists, it must be a problem with the
cartridge. Replace the cartridge but use the same ink Chip. If
problem continues, you will have to get a new ink Chip.
With your technical questions please contact your dealer or us at:
Telephone: +1 905 820 8833
Fax: +1 905 820 8768
Email: [email protected]
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