QuickLabel LF-100 User manual

LF-100/LF-200 Desktop Label
Finishing System
User Guide
Part Number 22834703-EN-E
Revision 1.0
4/2021
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Contents
Chapter 1: Installation and Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Install the Cutting Plotter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 2: Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Load and Operate the Lamination Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Clutch Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Load the Laminated Media Into the Plotter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Run the Cut Test and Start a Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Load the Matrix Remover Core Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Load the Rewinder Core Holder and Set the Slitter Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Add or Remove a Blade Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Metal Guides Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Remove Unwanted Waste from the Edge of the Roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Black-Mark Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cutting File Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Black-Mark Position in the Cutting File and Printed Artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Black-Mark Position in the Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Cut Blank Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Update Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Restore Plotter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Reduce Plotter Feeding Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Media Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Tension Arm Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Module Speed Rotation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 3: Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Graphtech Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Replace the Knife. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Replace the Slitter Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Replace the Cutting Mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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Chapter 4: Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Yellow and Green LED’s Simultaneously on Lamination Control Board . . . . . . . . . 35
Media Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Lamination Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Media Not Aligned Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Plotter Error “E01017 Hardware X Position Alarm Power off then on” . . . . . . . . . . 37
Plotter is Not Cutting or Plotter Cutting Through the Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Plotter Error “E01019 Hardware Y Position Alarm Power off then on” . . . . . . . . . . 38
Plotter Error “E05004 Hardware Realign Push Rollers Confirm” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Cutting Manager Error “Black-mark not found” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
The Media or Lamination roll might be finished, please check it. Proceed
with cutting? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Error: Load the Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Dongle not found . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Can’t load sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Error: plotter not found . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Last job not found. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Please forward the media to the next black-mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Please forward the media to reach a positive Y value shown on the
plotter’s display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Error after opening a .pdf file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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1
Installation and Setup
Install the Cutting Plotter
1. Click on “SetupVirgoCM...” and follow the step-by-step instructions to complete the
installation.
Note: Please DO NOT connect the Virgo USB to your PC before the installation is
complete.
2. Click Next.

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3. Click Next.
4. Click Next.

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5. Click Next.
6. In process.

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7. Click Next.
8. Click Finish.
9. Click OK.