MUTOH Viper TX 100 User manual

User’s Guide
Viper TX 100
For Maintenance Kits, Spares,
Service and Support
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Ta bleof contents
C h a pter1 Sa fetyinstructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.1 C om plia ncew ith th efollow ing reg ula tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.2 H a ndling inksa ndw a ste. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.3 W a rning s, ca utionsa ndnotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.4 Sa fetyinstructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.5 W a rning la bels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
C h a pter2 P roductov erv iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.1 P a rtna m esa ndfunctions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Front....................................................20
Rear ....................................................21
Heater system............................................22
Operation panel ..........................................23
Winding system ..........................................25
Ch apter3 B asics .................................... 27
3.1 Sw itch ing th epow erO N / O F F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Switching the power ON ...................................29
Switching the power OFF ..................................30
Switching ON-OFF the power of the winding system ...........31
3.2 P erfectm edia h a ndling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Unwinder / winder 100.....................................32
Switchable print platform...................................33
Pressure rollers disabler tool ...............................36
Media Retainers ..........................................38
Ink absorbents ...........................................41

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Adjustable head height ....................................41
Extra fans ...............................................42
Extra Tensioning Tool (ETT) ...............................42
Media core braces ........................................42
3.3 H a ndling a ndloa ding m edia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Overview ................................................44
Cautions on handling media ................................45
Precaution on storing media................................45
Loading media ...........................................46
3.4 F ea turesto im prov eth eprintqua lity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 0
Nozzlecheck .............................................60
Head cleaning............................................61
Media feed compensation (step) ............................62
3.5 Refilling th eink ca ssettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6
3.6 Sw itch ing betw een ink config ura tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7
3.7 Sw itch ing ink types(D ispersedye Directdisperse) . . . . . 6 9
3.8 Repla cing th ew a stebottle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
Replacement Procedures ..................................71
3.9 Reloca ting a ndtra nsporting th eprinter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3
Relocating the printer......................................73
Transporting the printer ....................................74
C h a pter4 P eriodica lm a intena nce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7
4.1 Donebyth eenduser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8
Overview ................................................79
User and good shape kit ...................................80
Daily Maintenance ........................................81
Weekly maintenance ......................................87
Monthly maintenance......................................89
Six monthly maintenance ..................................91

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4.2 Donebya n a uth orizedM utoh tech nicia n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3
Overview ................................................93
Part numbers of the maintenance kits........................93
C h a pter5 P rinterm enu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5
5.1 H ow to w ork in th em enu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9
Main screen..............................................99
Menu screen ............................................100
Changing between the screens ............................101
5.2 O pera tion pa nelin sta ndbym ode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
[F1] - Feeding and Step Adjust ............................102
[F2] - Cleaning the heads .................................103
[F3] - Controlling the heater elements.......................103
[F4] - Operating the pressure rollers ........................105
[ENTER] - Print mode check ..............................106
5.3 O pera ting pa nelduring printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Printing menu ...........................................107
Printing menu ...........................................109
Printing menu ...........................................109
5.4 M enu ov erv iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
5.5 Setup m enu 1/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Ink config ...............................................111
Origin set menu .........................................112
Test print menu..........................................113
Media set menu .........................................114
5.6 Setup m enu 2/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Print mode ..............................................124
Command setup menu ...................................132
Layout setup menu ......................................134
Function setup menu .....................................135
5.7 Setup m enu 3/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

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Roll setup menu .........................................136
Centronics menu ........................................137
Network setting menu ....................................137
5.8 Setup m enu 4/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Utility menu .............................................140
Initialize setup menu .....................................150
5.9 Setup M enu 5/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Data dump menu ........................................155
Ink Manager menu .......................................155
5.10 Setup m enu 6 /7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Manual Maintenance menu ...............................158
Tubing Flush menu ......................................159
Head Unlock menu ......................................159
Tankchange menu .......................................159
5.11 Setup m enu 7 /7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 0
Version Check menu .....................................160
Area ...................................................161
C h a pter6 Troublesh ooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3
6 .1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 5
6 .2 F a iluresa ndm a lfunctionsof th eprinter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 6
6 .3 Errorm essa g es. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3
Status messages ........................................173
Message type error display and solutions ...................174
Data error display and solutions............................175
Command error display and solutions.......................175
Error requiring a restart ...................................176
External errors ..........................................177
6 .4 W h en m edia ja m soccur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8
How to remove a piece of media ...........................178

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C hapter1 S afety instructions
C om plia ncew ith th efollow ing reg ula tions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
H a ndling inksa ndw a ste. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
W a rning s, ca utionsa ndnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Sa fety instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
W a rning la bels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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