MIMAKI DM3-1810S User manual

MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
TKB Gotenyama Building, 5-9-41, Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0001, Japan
Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone]
URL: http: // www.mimaki. co. jp /
E-mail: [email protected] D201258
OPERATION MANUAL
• Our customer engineer or the dealers install the plotter for
you.
• Be sure to setup the appropriate air-moving system as the
specified ink used of this plotter contains noxious agent.
When using the maintenance cleaning the ink, be sure to
wear the supplied goggle and glove.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
THIS LIMITED WARRANTY OF MIMAKI SHALL BE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE
WARRANTY AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IM-
PLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS, AND MIMAKI NEITHER ASSUMES NOR AU-
THORIZES DEALER TO ASSUME FOR IT ANY OTHER OBLIGATION OR LIABIL-
ITY OR MAKE ANY OTHER WARRANTY OR MAKE ANY OTHER WARRANTY IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY PRODUCT WITHOUT MIMAKIÅfS PRIOR WRITTEN
CONSENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL MIMAKI BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, INCIDEN-
TAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR FOR LOSS OF PROFITS OF DEALER
OR CUSTOMERS OF ANY PRODUCT.
Requests
•This Manual has been carefully prepared for your easy understanding, how-
ever, please do not hesitate to contact a distributor in your district if you have
any inquiry.
•Description contained in this Manual are subject to change without notice for
improvement.
•Generally, names and designations referred to in this Manual are trade marks
or registered trade marks of the manufacturers or suppliers.
Reproduction of this manual is strictly prohibited.
Copyright © 2005 MIMAKI ENGINEERING Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

INTERFERENCE TO TELEVISIONS AND RADIOS
The product covered by this Instruction Manual produces low radio waves while it is in
operation. The product can interfere with radios and televisions if set up or commissioned
under improper conditions. The product is not guaranteed against any damage to specific-
purpose radio and televisions.
The product’s interference with your radio or television will be checked by turning on/off
the power switch of the product.
In the event that the product is the cause of interference, try to eliminate it by taking one of
the following corrective measures or taking some of them in combination.
•Change the direction of the receiving antenna or the feeder of your
radio/television.
•Change the installing direction of the product.
•Move the receiver away from the product.
•Use a power line for the receiver that is not shared with the prod-
uct.
LASER SAFETY
This Model is certified as a Class I laser product under the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services Radiation Performance standard according to the Radiation Control for
Health and Safety Act of 1968. This means that this Model does not produce hazardous
laser radiation.
CDRH REGULATION
The Center for Devices and Radiological Health for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Implement regulations for laser products. The Label shown below indicates compliance
with the CDRH regulations and is labeled on the product when marketed in the United
States. This Model is equivalent to Class I laser device according to CDRH Regulation.
FCC Statement (USA)
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reason-
able protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commer-
cial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy
and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in
which cause the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
•In the case where MIMAKI-recommended cable is not used for
connection of this device, limits provided by FCC rules can
be exceeded. To prevent this, use of MIMAKI-recommended
cable is essential for the connection of this device.
This product complies with 21 CFR chapter I and subchapter J.

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Foreword
Congratulations on your purchase of the Color Inkjet Plotter “DM3-1810S”.
DM3-1810S is the color ink jet plotter, flat type, with high speed drawing by four kinds of solvent
inks.
Read this Operation Manual carefully and make the most effective use of your plotter.
•[DM3-1810S] shifts by a high-speed head. To avoid danger of injury or
damage, be sure to read this Operation Manual carefully before start-
ing to operate it.
On This Operation Manual
•This Operation Manual describes the operation and maintenance of the Color Inkjet
Plotter DM3-1810S (hereinafter referred to as the machine).
•Please read and fully understand this Operation Manual before putting the machine into
service. It is also necessary to keep this Operation Manual on hand.
•Make arrangements to deliver this Operation Manual to the person in charge of the
operation of this machine.
•This Operation Manual has been carefully prepared for your easy understanding, how-
ever, please do not hesitate to contact a distributor in your district or our office if you
have any inquiry.
•Description contained in this Operation Manual are subject to change without notice for
improvement.
•In the case where this Operation Manual should be illegible due to destruction by fire or
breakage, purchase another copy of the Operation Manual from our office.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword ................................................................................................................ i
On This Operation Manual ............................................................................................. i
Features ................................................................................................................vi
Safety precautions during installation ................................................................. viii
Safety symbols used in manual .................................................................................. viii
Example of pictorials within the manual ..................................................................... viii
Precautions in handling the ink cartridge...................................................................... ix
Never do the following ................................................................................................... x
Precautions in use ........................................................................................................ xi
Precautions in installation ........................................................................................... xiii
How to read this operation manual ..................................................................... xiv
Display on the LCD and Indication of the Keys .......................................................... xiv
Structure of this Operation Manual .............................................................................. xv
CHAPTER 1 Before Use
Where to install the machine.............................................................................. 1.2
Moving the machine ........................................................................................... 1.3
Configuration and function ................................................................................. 1.4
The Front ................................................................................................................... 1.4
The Rear.................................................................................................................... 1.5
Operation Panel......................................................................................................... 1.6
Capping station.......................................................................................................... 1.8
Ink cartridge and Ink station ............................................................................... 1.9
Precautions in handling the ink cartridge................................................................... 1.9
The prevention of organic solvent poisoning ............................................................1.10
Ink station ................................................................................................................. 1.11
Types of work that can be used ....................................................................... 1.12
Sizes of work that can be used.................................................................................1.12
Precautions in handling the work............................................................................. 1.12
MENU mode .................................................................................................... 1.13
CHAPTER 2 Basic Operations
Operation ........................................................................................................... 2.2
Switching on the power supply .......................................................................... 2.3
Turning the power on ................................................................................................. 2.3
Turning on the blower for the absorption table .......................................................... 2.4
Station cover ...................................................................................................... 2.5
Opening/closing the station cover ............................................................................. 2.5
Adjusting the head height .................................................................................. 2.6

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Setting the work on the machine........................................................................ 2.7
Fixing the work holder ............................................................................................... 2.8
Establishing the origin and the print area........................................................... 2.9
Initial value................................................................................................................. 2.9
Changing the origin and the print area .................................................................... 2.10
Covering in absorption holes located off the work ........................................... 2.11
Checking and solving nozzle clogging ............................................................. 2.12
Correcting the work feed rate........................................................................... 2.15
Correcting the media feed rate during plotting ................................................. 2.17
Plotting an image from source data ................................................................. 2.18
Starting the plotting operation.................................................................................. 2.18
Interrupting the plotting operation ............................................................................ 2.19
Displaying machine information ....................................................................... 2.20
To replenish ink, set a new ink cartridge in the ink station ............................... 2.21
Turning the power off ....................................................................................... 2.22
Turning off the blower for the absorption table ........................................................ 2.22
CHAPTER 3 Daily Care
Routine maintenance ......................................................................................... 3.2
Precautions during cleaning ...................................................................................... 3.2
Cleaning fluid for maintenance .................................................................................. 3.3
Maintenance for frame components .......................................................................... 3.3
Cleaning the ink at the bottom of the slider ............................................................... 3.3
Cleaning the wiper and ink caps ........................................................................ 3.4
Cleaning the nozzle [Nozzle Cleaning] .............................................................. 3.7
Cleaning or replacing the mist filter.................................................................. 3.10
Replacing the flushing tray ink absorber .......................................................... 3.11
When the waste ink tank becomes full............................................................. 3.13
Ink discharge way cleaning [Drain Wash] ........................................................ 3.14
When not in use the machine over the long term [Storage Wash] ................... 3.16

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CHAPTER 4 How to Set Functions
Basic operations of menus................................................................................. 4.2
Registering a type .............................................................................................. 4.4
Changing the type ..................................................................................................... 4.4
Setup functions .................................................................................................. 4.5
Change the display language [DISPLAY] ........................................................ 4.10
CHAPTER 5 Maintenance
Maintenance of the machine .............................................................................. 5.2
Setting the maintenance function .............................................................................. 5.2
Maintenance setup functions ..................................................................................... 5.3
Plotting setup conditions [LIST] ......................................................................... 5.4
Plotting HEX CODE [DATA DUMP] .................................................................... 5.5
When medium thickness is changed [Print Adjust] ............................................ 5.6
Cleaning the station interior [Station]-[Carriage Out] ......................................... 5.8
When the message [Replace Wiper] is displayed [Station]-[Wiper Exchng] ...... 5.9
Fill up the ink [Ink Filling]................................................................................. 5.11
Wiper Life warning [Wiper Level] ..................................................................... 5.12
Displaying the firmware version [INFORMATION] ........................................... 5.13
Specifying the plot head line [Use Head] ......................................................... 5.14
Execute the flushing and cleaning regularly [Routine Control] ........................ 5.15
CHAPTER 6 When Abnormal Conditions Are Encountered
Abnormal conditions where no error massage appears .................................... 6.2
The machine cannot be energized ............................................................................ 6.2
The machine cannot perform plotting ........................................................................ 6.2
If image quality declines..................................................................................... 6.3
While lines/thin spots are obvious or dark stripes occur
(In the direction of travel of the head) ........................................................................ 6.3
Characters fluctuate doubly or triply into paper feed ................................................. 6.3
Displacement is observed between outward and inward plotting
/The respective color ink injected by the respective color heads
do not properly overlap .............................................................................................. 6.3
Large ink drop on medium ..........................................................................................6.3
Become lighter during the printing and then plotting without ink ............................... 6.3
Some strip streaks occur on the image with narrow plot width.................................. 6.3

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Problems where error messages are given on the LCD .................................... 6.4
Errors accompanied by warnings .............................................................................. 6.4
Error messages ......................................................................................................... 6.7
APPENDIX
Basic specifications............................................................................................ A.2
Ink specification ................................................................................................. A.4
Consumable items ............................................................................................. A.5
Location of safety labels .................................................................................... A.6
Function flowchart .............................................................................................. A.8

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Features
The features of the machine are described below. Together with the method of operation of the
machine explained in this manual, they help you understand how to use the machine properly.
Newly developed high-reliability and high-coloring solvent ink
The newly developed solvent ink provides printing directly on the resin face without ink layers. This
ink has a water resistance and a weather resistance.
High-Speed plotting
Eight stylish new model piezo heads stagger-arranged four rows back and forth enable high-resolu-
tion and high-speed 4 color plotting.
High-precision plotting and high-quality images
The machine is capable of plotting high-quality images with a maximum resolution of 720 dpi.
Head height adjustable to 50mm maximum
This machine can print on thick work such as board, tile, and siding.
Prints on extra wide work of 1870mm maximum
Up to 1870mm wide work can be set for printing over up to a1860mm wide area.
Indication of the INK Remains
Since the amount of ink that remains can be checked even during operation of the machine, you can
use the ink and medium without waste.
High-speed interface
The "IEEE-1394" interface allows for high-speed data reception from the computer.
Easy “origin”setting
The cross-shaped LED pointer allows easy visual setting.