MUTOH Viper TX Softsign User manual

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Table of contents
Chapter 1 Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.1 Compliance with the following regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.2 Handling inks and waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.3 Warnings, cautions and notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.4 Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.5 Safety labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 2 Product overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.1 Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.2 Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.3 Emergency stops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.4 Winding system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Front section ............................................ 27
Rear section............................................. 28
2.5 Operation panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Keys ................................................... 29
LCD and LEDs .......................................... 30
2.6 Installation environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Installation environment requirements ....................... 31
End location requirements ................................. 32
Air purification ........................................... 33
Network requirements .................................... 35
Compressed air requirements .............................. 35

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Chapter 3 Printer handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.1 Printing workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.2 Switching the Power ON / OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Switching the power ON................................... 41
Switching the power OFF.................................. 43
Restart the machine after an emergency stop ................ 44
3.3 Perfect fabric handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ink gutter................................................ 45
Fabric retainers .......................................... 46
Ink absorbents ........................................... 47
Head tactile sensor ....................................... 48
3.4 Handy menu features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Adjustable head height.................................... 49
Capskip................................................. 49
Continue feed for fixing ................................... 50
Equal heating up of the heat fixation unit .................... 51
3.5 Handling and loading fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Cautions on handling fabrics ............................... 53
Cautions on storing fabrics ................................ 53
Loading fabric ........................................... 54
3.6 Features to improve print quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Nozzlecheck............................................. 70
Head cleaning ........................................... 72
Fabric feed compensation (step) ........................... 73
Pause option ............................................ 77
3.7 Set ideal heat fixation unit temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Testing condition ......................................... 78
Overview tables .......................................... 79
Artefacts ................................................ 81
Determining my softsign settings for my fabric ................ 84
Blank tables ............................................. 87

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3.8 Replacing the ink cassettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
3.9 Replacing the waste bottle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
3.10 Relocating or transporting the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Relocating the printer ..................................... 90
Transporting the printer ................................... 90
Chapter 4 Periodical maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
4.1 Done by the end user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Overview................................................ 94
Maintenance kits and cleaning ............................. 95
Daily maintenance at shutdown ............................ 96
Weekly maintenance .................................... 101
Other maintenance ...................................... 106
4.2 Done by an authorized Mutoh technician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Overview............................................... 111
Partnumbers of the maintenance kits....................... 111
Chapter 5 Printer menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
5.1 How to work in the menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Main screen ............................................ 116
Menu screen ........................................... 117
Changing between the screens............................ 118
5.2 Operation panel in standby mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
[F1] - Feeding fabric and Step Adjust....................... 119
[F2] - Cleaning the heads................................. 120
[F3] - cancel ............................................ 121
[F4] - Fabric load ........................................ 121
[ENTER] - Print mode check .............................. 122

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5.3 Operating panel during printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Printing 1/5 ............................................. 123
Printing 2/5 and 3/5...................................... 125
Printing 4/5 ............................................. 125
Printing 5/5 ............................................. 126
5.4 Menu overview (1/7 - 7/7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
5.5 Setup menu 1/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
InkStatus............................................... 128
OriginSet............................................... 129
TestPrint ............................................... 130
FabricSet .............................................. 131
5.6 Setup menu 2/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
PrintMode .............................................. 134
Command.............................................. 142
Layout ................................................. 143
Function ............................................... 144
5.7 Setup menu 3/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
RollSetup .............................................. 145
Centronics ............................................. 145
Network................................................ 146
5.8 Setup menu 4/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Utility .................................................. 148
Initialization ............................................ 154
5.9 Setup menu 5/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
DataDump ............................................. 155
InkManager ............................................ 155
5.10 Setup menu 6/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Head Unlock ........................................... 161
WiperClean ............................................ 162
TankChange ........................................... 162
TubingFlush ............................................ 162

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5.11 Setup menu 7/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
VersionCheck .......................................... 163
Area................................................... 163
Chapter 6 Fixation unit control panel overview . . . . . . . . . . 165
6.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
6.2 Start-up screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
6.3 Mainscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Manual ................................................ 168
Automatic .............................................. 169
Settings................................................ 170
Heating settings......................................... 172
Machine parameters ..................................... 173
Plotter leds off .......................................... 175
Chapter 7 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
7.1 Introductions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
7.2 Failures and malfunctions of the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
7.3 Error messages printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Status messages........................................ 186
Message type error and solutions.......................... 187
Data errors ............................................. 188
Command errors ........................................ 188
Errors requiring a restart ................................. 188
7.4 Error messages fixation unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

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