Polyprint TEXJET4260 User manual

TEXJET4260/GJET/SUPERJET
Digital Textile Garment Printer
Operation Manual
ENGLISH

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No part of this publication may be reproduced mechanically or electronically or in any form without the
prior written permission of Polyprint S.A. The information in this manual is for informational use only,
is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Polyprint S.A.
Polyprint S.A. assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in
this document. Polyprint is a trademark or trade name of Polyprint S.A., Thessaloniki, Greece.
Federal copyright laws permit you to make a backup of software included with TexJet for archival
purposes only. Any other duplication of this software, including copies offered through sale, loan,
rental or gift is a violation of law, and subject to both criminal and civil penalties.
POLYPRINT SA
Digital Textile Printing Solutions
Agiou Dimitriou 190, 54638
Thessaloniki, Greece
Tel. [phone]
Fax [phone]
E-mail : [e-mail]
www.polyprint.gr
Technical Support
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Operation manual version 4 English

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Table of contents
1. Introduction to TexJet
2. Safety Instructions
3. Hardware
3.1.Introduction to equipment
3.2.Unpacking, assembling and setting up the printer
3.3.User handling of the printer
3.4.The preparation of the black textile
3.5.Fixation of the Textile
3.6.Maintenance, Daily, Weekly, Monthly
3.7.Transporting the printer
3.8.Guidelines for Storage and Handling of the Inks
3.9.How to change the platen on the Tray
4. Software
4.1.Computer requirements and prerequisites
4.2.Driver Installation
4.3.Software Installation Version12
4.4.Software Installation Version13
4.4.1. User handling of the Software
4.4.2. Choosing the right printenvironment
4.4.3. Spotting images
4.5.Printjob cancellation
4.6.Color Management
5. Troubleshooting
6. Printer Specification
7. Declaration of Conformity
8. Warranty Terms and Conditions

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1. Introduction to TexJet
The TexJet is an inkjet printer that has been made to print on almost any type of
garment or fabric material as cottons, polyester, wool, leather etc, depending on
the inks that are used (Pigment, Disperse, Acid, and Reactive). The TexJet normally
uses pigment inks, which are more convenient to work with the most types of
garment.
TexJet can use up to 8 colors (2xCMYK, CMYK+4xWhite or other combinations).
The system is based on a standard inkjet technology (the Epson 4800 printer is the
heart of the system). The printer has been modified to work with the PolyPrintRIP
software which is included with your TexJet. The printer could work with other RIP
software’s, but only with special settings and under special conditions. Polyprint
cannot guarantee a 100% compatibility with other software’s.
PolyPrintRIP is used to print the white underbase (under the colors) and for
highlight (to boost the white). PolyPrintRIP is only a PC/Windows based program. If
you are a MAC user, you can create the image on a Macintosh and then use a PC as
a workstation to print from.You can create the images in your favorite program
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, or Corel Draw and then simply import them
into PolyPrintRIP to print to shirts.
TexJet prints on 100% cotton with the best results. It will print also on 50%
cotton/50% polyester blends, and many other natural and synthetic materials.

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2. Safety Instructions
Read these instructions carefully
before operating the equipment.
Follow the instructions given in this
manual or directly on the machine and
the accessories, to prevent damage to
the equipment or your health.
Warning, Cautions, and Notes
Warnings must be followed carefully
to avoid bodily injury.
Cautions must be observed to avoid
damage to your equipment
Notes contain important information
and useful tips on the operation of
your printer.
When choosing a place for this product
oPlace this product on a flat, stable
surface that extends around the
product. The surface should be at
least 85x130cm.
oThis product will not operate
properly if it is tilted or at an angle.
oThe printer must only be used
indoor
oAvoid places subject to rapid
changes in temperature and
humidity. Also keep this product
away from direct sunlight, strong
light, or heat sources.
oAvoid places subject to shocks and
vibrations.
oKeep this product away from dusty
areas.
oPlace this product near a wall
outlet where the plug can be easily
unplugged.
oIf you use a stand, the stand must
be able to support at least 125Kg
(275lb).
oAlways put the printer into a place
where the lighting is sufficient.
oOperate the machine in an
environment with a temperature
range of 10-30 degrees Celsius.
The humidity must be between 20-
80% none condensing.
oThe printer is not made for kids,
but only for professionals
When setting up this product
oUse the type of power source
indicated on this products label.
oDo not use a damaged or frayed
power cord.
oConnect all equipment to grounded
outlets. Do not use the same outlet
for any other system such as a
copy machine or an air control unit
that turn on and off.
oDo not let the power cord be
damaged.
oIf you are using an extension cord
make sure the power ampere rate
does not exceed the cord ampere
rate of the product.
oKeep electromagnetic devices and
other potential sources with
magnetic fields away from your
product.
oCaution: Do not unplug the printer
to shut is off. Use the power button
instead. Do not unplug the printer
until the power light is off.
oDo not block any of the printer
vents or insert anything foreign in
its slots.
When using this product
oObserve all relevant local, National
and International regulations in
connection with safety and this
machine. This includes electrical,
mechanical and environmental
issues.
oFollow the advised schedule for
maintenance to guarantee smooth
operation of the equipment.
oDo not insert object through the
slots. Take care not to spill liquid
on this product.
oAlways make sure that the print
head has a sufficient distance from
material you print on. A direct
contact between the print head and
the printing media may destroy the
print head.

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oWhenever performing maintenance
or service make sure to switch off
the machine and to disconnect the
power cord.
oAlways keep ink cartridges out of
the reach of children
oWhen handling inks make sure to
wear gloves and protective
goggles.
oAvoid skin and eye contact with
inks. If ink does get on your skin
wash it thoroughly with soap and
water. If it gets on your eyes flush
them out immediately with water.
oStore the ink and ink cartridges in
a cool dark place.
oWear safety glasses, coverall
chemical splash goggles and face
shield when splashing or spraying
the pre-treatment on the material
oIf you store the cartridge in a cold
environment and are ready to use
them, set them at room
temperature before you use them.
oDo not dismantle the ink
cartridges. This could damage the
printhead.
oDo not touch the IC chip on the
cartridges. Do not spill liquid on it.
This will effect the normal printing
operations.
oIf you remove the ink cartridges,
make sure to place them in a bag
individually to keep them away
from dust, dirt and debris.
oDo not attempt to service this
product your self.
oDo not modify the machine without
prior consent of POLYPRINT SA.
oContact your local dealer in case
you need help.
oThe printer should not be disposed
into the normal household waste
stream.
oDo not discard the inks into any
sewers, into any body of water, or
on the ground.
We decline all responsibility of damages resulting by inadequate, neglectful or
improper installation of the equipment as well as by improper utilization or non-
compliance with the operational instructions.
We repute that by the time of issuing the present instructions manual, the contents
are correct.
We reserve the right to modify without any notice, the specifications and
performances of the product and the present manual.

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3. Hardware
3.1. Introduction to equipment
Work Space and Computer system requirements
Working Space:
Place the printer on a flat horizontal stable table that can carry at least 125kg and
offers sufficient space for operation.
The dimensions of the printer are: 850x1300x450 (WxLxH)
The Computer is not included in the equipment, but necessary to work with this
product.
The System Requirements are:
Windows XP, Windows 2000
Pentium IV, 2GHz min,
512 MB RAM min
40 GB disc space recommended
USB2 interface
2 USB ports free (for dongle and printer)
The system requirements are for using the Polyprint Rip software
Power cable:
Use the type of power source indicated on this products label
Connect the power cable to a standard 220V or either to 110V (for U.S.A.)
Data cable:
Use the USB cable to connect the machine to the computer.
To connect the printer to a USB port, you need a standard shielded USB cable. To
print at full speed it is necessary to use an USB2 interface.
Note: If you use an inappropriate cable or connect peripheral devices between the
printer and the computer, the connection may become unstable.
Computer Graphics DVDs
One of the hardest things to learn for the computer novice is computer graphics. There are number of
excellent CDs or DVDs about computer graphics and how to use Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator and
Adobe Photoshop. Most of these CDs or DVDs are focused on the screen printing process, but again,
they have excellent sections on how to create designs, how to deal with poor quality original artwork
and more.

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Printer and accessories
TEXJET printer
Short USB cable Chip Resetter 2
Power cables
RIP software CD, profiles and drivers USB Dongle Epson driver CD
8 Cartridges with accessories

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Extra necessary equipment and consumables which are not in the
shipment
Equipment for printing*
•Windows Based Computer. The Computer is not included in the
equipment, but necessary to work with this product.
The System Requirements are:
Windows XP, Windows 2000
Pentium IV, 2GHz min,
512 MB RAM min
40 GB disc space recommended
USB2 interface
2 USB ports free (for dongle and printer)
The system requirements are for using the Polyprint Rip software.
Inks for printing*
•for light colored shirts printing
oInk set P100 includes P101Cyan, P102 Magenta, P103Yellow, P104
Black, 105Cleaner
•for light colored and dark colored shirts printing
oInk Set PD200 includes PD201 Cyan, PD202 Magenta, PD203 Yellow,
PD204 Black, PD205 White, PD206 Precoating, PD207 Cleaner
Equipment for shirt printing and:
•T-Shirt Polo plate 42x50cm
•T-Shirt Mini plate 32x28cm
•T-Shirt plates at many sizes to order. Please ask your dealer for the sizes you
want.
•Collante spray for T-Shirt plates
Equipment for fixing*
•T-Shirt press
•Heater
Equipment for dark shirt printing: **
•Liquid spray gun (airbrush, air pump sprayer, fine mist power sprayer), the
spray gun should be a high volume low pressure model.
•Protection paper, package 500 sheets dimension 40Χ60cm.
Software for spotting images:
•Photoshop to spot images

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*Necessary to work with this product.
**Necessary to work with this product only if the ink set is PD200
Limited warranty parts and Consumables
Consider that the printer has consumables which need to be exchanged if
necessary. The exchange time depends of the productivity of the printer,
the installed ink and the proper maintenance which is made. We ask you
to perform the maintenance task according to the intervals given in the
description. Following these steps will increase productivity and keep your
service costs low.
Parts with Limited warranty:
•Printhead No Warranty
•All other parts 12 Months
Excluded from the warranty are consumable parts as
Consumables:
•Pump
•Wiper
•Damper
•Cap
•Flushing box
•Waste tank

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Name and location of the components
1. TEXJET operation panel
2. Epson operation panel
3. T-Shirt plate
4. Waste tank
5. Top cover
6. Back cover
7. Cartridge Slot
8. Ink lever
9. Plate guide

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Operating panels
Epson Operating Panel
TEXJET Operating panel
10. Power On/Off
11. Pause button
12. Left arrow
13. Down arrow
14. Up arrow
15. Right arrow / Menu button
16. On LED
17. Function Button
18. Copies and Function LED
19. Move plate up
20. Move plate down
21. Automatic plate height adjustment
22. Plate height limit LED
23. Manual Plate Eject Button
24. Manual Plate Insert Button
25. Eject Button
26. Start Button
27. Green Start Button

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3.2. Unpacking the printer
•Open the top cover of the box.
•Remove the items that fix the printer to the box.
Warning: 2 strong persons are needed to lift the product out of the box due
to heavy weight (80kg).
•Take the printer out of the box carefully and place it on a flat horizontal
stable table at least 85x155 cm.
Caution: The printer must be placed on the table in a way that when the
printer’s T-Shirt plate comes out, doesn’t exceed the size of the table where
the printer is placed.
•Make sure that the table is level and can support the weight of the
printer.

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Assembling and setting up the printer
Removing transport fixtures
•Before starting the printer first remove the protective materials
oOne is placed for the plate
movement. After removing
this yellow brake, place the 2
screws back to the plate
guide cover again.
oThe second brake is placed for
the head movement. Remove
screws and metal part.
Ink configuration
•You have to install the Cartridges on the printer. The Cartridges should be
filled with the following order.
CARTRIDGE INK FILLED
PHOTO BLACK BLACK INK P104, PD204
CYAN CYAN INK P101, PD201
MAGENTA MAGENTA INK P102, PD202
YELLOW YELLOW INK P103, PD203
LIGHT BLACK BLACK INK P104 WHITE INK PD205
LIGHT CYAN CYAN INK P101 WHITE INK PD205
LIGHT MAGENTA MAGENTA INK P102 WHITE INK PD205
LIGHT LIGHT BLACK YELLOW INK P103 WHITE INK PD205

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Resetting ink chips and installing ink cartridges
•Before starting the ink filling procedure, reset all the refillable cartridges.
Each time you receive a message that one cartridge is empty, repeat the
resetting. Do the same to the Waste Ink Tank (4).
•To reset the cartridges, place the Chip Resetter towards the Cartridge’s
chip, and hold it until the green light comes out. It takes about 3 sec.
•Put the appropriate cartridge to the printer cartridge slot 7with the lever
up, according to the stickers on the cartridges and the slots.
Cable connections
•Note: Do not connect the printer with the USB cable to the computer,
before installing the Epson 4800 printer driver
.
•Before connecting the power cable, move the plate to the front position
manually as shown in the picture. Make sure that the plate guide 9is
clear
•Connect the power cable and switch on the printer by pressing the button
10 on the Epson panel.

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Start-up and loading ink
•The start up procedure will take about 30 seconds. Wait until the
message in the display shows “Ready”.
•Now you have to press the start button 27 and the LED 22, 18 will switch
off.
•On the Epson panel, press the Menu button (15) and by moving ↑(13) or
↓(14) go to “Maintenance”. Press button 15 to enter the maintenance
mode and go to “Powerful cleaning”. Press button 15 to enter and
perform the “Powerful cleaning”. Follow the instructions on the Epson
display, by moving the ink levers (8) up and down when requested.
Nozzle Check on paper or transparent polyester
•After the Powerful Cleaning is performed, move the plate to the front
position by pressing button (25) and place a piece of paper on the plate.
•Adjust the plate height by pressing Automatic plate height adjustment
button (21) and wait until it stops with the plate at the front. Press the
start 26 or 27 button to send the plate back.
•If the Epson Panel is not on “ready” and the height limitation LED 22 is
lightning, move the plate down, by pressing the “Go down” button (20)
until the Limit LED 22 switches off and press the Start button 26 or 27
again. Do these steps until you get “ready” on the Epson Panel display.
•Place a piece of paper or clear inkjet film (transparent polyester in case of
white ink) on the media plate.
•Press the menu button (10) and go to “Test print” and perform “Nozzle
check”. The printer will print the pattern shown in the picture that
indicates if all the colors have been filled up correctly.
•If the colors do not look like the picture, and you notice that some of
them are missing, perform the “Powerful Cleaning” one more time.
Nozzle Check

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3.3. User handling of the printer
Printing with TexJet
Start-up
•Switch the printer on by pressing the button 10 on the Epson panel.
•The start up procedure will take around 1Min. Wait until the message in
the display is “Ready”. If you get any other message refer to the
Troubleshooting chapter.
•Now you have to press the start button 27 and the LED 22, 18 will
switches off.
Note: Every time after switching the Printer ON and the start up procedure,
until the message in the display is “Ready”, press the Start button. Although
the message in the Epson display is “Ready” the printer is not ready until
you press the start button ant the LED 22, 18 switch off.
Preparing a shirt and adjusting plate height
•Move the plate to the front position by pressing Eject button (25) and
place a Shirt. You can use spray adhesive on the plate to make it slightly
sticky. This ensures the Shirt lays flat on the media plate.
•Adjust the plate height by pressing Automatic plate height adjustment
button (21) and wait until the machine stops with the plate at the front.
Press the start 26 or 27 button to send the plate back.
•If the Epson Panel is not on “ready” and the height limitation LED 22 is
lightning, move the plate down, by pressing the “Go down” button (20)
until the Limit LED 22 switches off and press the Start button 26 or 27
again. Do these steps until you get “ready” on the Epson Panel display.
•Once the plate height is defined for a kind of T-shirt a readjustment is not
necessary until the T-shirt type changes.

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3.4. The preparation of the black textile
Pretreatment on dark and pastel colored textiles
It’s very important how to pre-treat the garment!
Printing to white fabric requires no pre-treatment, however printing to
coloured and black fabrics will require the use of the white ink. The pre-
treatment is designed to provide a suitable coating to take the printed inks.
Before pre-treating the fabric it should flatten is out under a heat press.
Then the pre-treatment should be applied with a suitable spray gun (we
recommend Wagner W550). One thorough coat applied to the relevant area
of the fabric is enough, (remember to thoroughly clean your spray gun when
you are finished using it). Use a mohair blend roller to flatten the coating
over your textile. This is helping for a better application of the coating. Dry
it for 25 seconds under a heat press without pressure at 150ºC with heat
resistant paper over it (we recommend TexJet Sheets). It will also press the
fabric fibres flat to give a good printing surface. Make sure the textile is
completely dry before printing.
The printer is also equipped with the function for
automatic movement for the T-Shirt tray back after
printing the white underbase.
To activate this function, press F and the number 1.
To cancel this function press Fand 4.
When activated, the yellow led is flashing.
The buttons must be pressed for 1sec.

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3.5. Fixation of the Textile
The good washability of the garment depends of the proper fixation, also of
the quality of the garments and the proper function of the equipments.
Naturally, the desired end result is that the inks react correctly with the pre-
treatment to produce a superb print. Ask your supplier if your shirts have
any silicones or softeners on it. These chemicals may reduce the washability,
because the ink cannot react correctly with the fibers. Ask them to provide
you with ready to print shirts. We recommend performing tests before
starting the production.
Caution: The pre-treated fabric must not touch the printer head, as the
ink and pre-treatment will react upon the head surface, potentially blocking
nozzles. In your daily operation of your printer, observe the correct
procedures for the loading of material onto your printer.
Ink fixation for dark textiles: Time / Temperature
The dark printed fabric should get heated or heat pressed (without
pressure), for at least 2,5min at 170ºC or 3,5min at 150 ºC, with heat
resistant paper (we recommend TexJet Sheets) over the fabric.
Ink fixation for white and pastel colored textiles: Time /
Temperature
The white and pastel colored fabric should get heated or head pressed
(without pressure) for at least 2,5min at 170ºC or 3,5min at 150 ºC.

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3.6. Maintenace and Utilities
The customer needs to perform maintenance to keep the machine running
reliably. The most technical problems appear on machines that have not
been maintained properly. The garment printer is not a normal ink jet
printer, while printing on to garments, the printer must print a lot more ink
than when printing on paper. This can cause excess ink to get to other parts
of the machine. Also the inks for garments may dry up more easily than the
inks for paper, because of their different chemical structure.
When printing dark garments with white ink, the pre-treatment is sticky. If
it’s sprayed near a machine it can get on the inside parts. White ink and pre-
treatment make a hard material which is very hard. This can cause many
problems to the printhead. Ink jet printers in general do not like hot dry
room conditions or to be a dirty dusty shop.
Without performing the maintenance there may be errors trough the start up
or in the printing quality or even damage some spare parts. Consider that
the printer has consumables and part of the maintenance is to exchange
them if necessary. We ask you to perform the maintenance task according to
the intervals given in the description. Following these steps will increase
productivity and keep your service costs low. This is an expensive
investment and in order to get the most out of it please take time to learn
about simple steps that will keep your garment printer reliable and
productive.