wolke m600 basic User manual

Wolke m600
Universal
Operator Manual
P/N WLK462430-01
Revision: AB, February 2014

Copyright February 2014, Wolke Inks & Printers GmbH (herein referred to as Wolke). All rights
reserved.
This document is the property of Wolke Inks & Printers GmbH and contains confidential and
proprietary information owned by Wolke. Any unauthorized copying, use or disclosure of it
without the prior written permission of Wolke is strictly prohibited. CLARiTY®, CLARiSOFT®and
CLARiNET®are registered trademarks.
Wolke Inks & Printers GmbH
Ostbahnstraße 116
D-91217 Hersbruck
www.wolke.com
Phone : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
Offices - Germany

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Compliance Information
For Customers in the U.S.A.
Safety: The equipment complies to UL 60950-1. NRTL accredited
certification.
Emissions: The equipment complies with USA Part 15 of the FCC Rules,
subpart B, Class A. Operation of the equipment is subject to the following
two conditions:
1) This equipment may not cause harmful interference, and
2) This equipment must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
Warning
PERSONAL INJURY. Changes or modifications to this unit not
expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could
void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
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, subpart B.
These limits are designed to provide responsible protection against
harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a industrial
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 such cases, the users will be required to
correct the interference at their own expense.
Shielded cables must be used with this unit to ensure compliance with
Class A FCC limits.
The user may find the following booklet prepared by the Federal
Communications Commission helpful: How to Identify and Resolve
Radio-TV Interference Problems. This booklet is available from the U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, Stock No.
004-00-00345-4.
This equipment has been tested and certified for compliance with U.S.
regulations regarding safety by TÜV SÜD America.

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For Customers in Canada
Emissions: The equipment complies with the Canada ICES-003 04,
Class A.
Safety: The equipment complies with Canadian standard C22.2 No.
60950-1.
This equipment has been tested and certified for compliance with
Canadian regulations regarding safety by TÜV SÜD America.
For Customers in the European Union
This equipment displays the CE mark to indicate conformance to the
following legislation:
EU Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 2004/108/EC
EN 55022 (Class A) Radio disturbance characteristics: Limits and
methods of measurement for IT equipment.
EN 55024 Immunity characteristics: Limits and methods of
measurement for IT equipment.
EN 61000-6-2 Generic immunity standard, industrial environment.
EN 61000-4-2 Electrostatic discharge requirements
EN 61000-4-3 Radiated, radio frequency, electromagnetic field
burst test
EN 61000-4-4 Electrical fast transient/burst immunity test
EN 61000-4-5 Surge immunity test
EN 61000-4-6 Immunity to conducted disturbances, induced by
radio frequency fields
EN 61000-4-11 Voltage dips, short interruptions and voltage
variations immunity tests
EN 61000-3-2 Limits for harmonic current emissions (equipment
input current up to and including 16A per phase).
EN 61000-3-3 Limitations of voltage fluctuation and flicker in low
voltage supply systems for equipment and rated
currents up to and including 16A per phase.

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EC Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC
Essential health and safety requirements relating to electrical equipment designed for use
within certain voltage limits.
EN 60950-1
Safety requirements for information technology equipment including electrical business
equipment.
EN 60529
Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code (IP65)).

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Contact Information
If you have any questions or need assistance, contact Wolke Inks &
Printers GmbH at [phone]. Outside Germany, customers
should contact their Wolke Inks & Printers GmbH distributor or
subsidiary for assistance.
Wolke Inks & Printers GmbH
Ostbahnstraße 116, D-91217 Hersbruck
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Web: www.wolke.com
Customer Training
If you wish to perform your own service and maintenance on the printer,
Wolke Inks & Printers GmbH highly recommends you complete a
Customer Training Course on the printer.
Note: The manuals are intended to be supplements to (and not replacements for)
Wolke Inks & Printers GmbH Customer Training.
For more information on Wolke Inks & Printers GmbH Customer Training
Courses, call [phone]. Outside Germany, customer should
contact a Wolke subsidiary office or their local Wolke distributor for more
information.
Fluids
The printer is designed to operate with certain Wolke Inks & Printers
GmbH fluids. To order more fluids please contact Wolke Inks & Printers
GmbH at [phone]. Outside Germany, customers must contact
their Wolke Inks & Printers GmbH distributor or subsidiary for assistance.

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Table of Contents
Compliance Information
For Customers in the U.S.A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
For Customers in Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
For Customers in the European Union. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Support and Training
Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Customer Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Fluids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Chapter 1 — Introduction
Wolke m600 Universal Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
About the Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
Related Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
Language Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
Content Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
Positional References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
Units of Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
Abbreviations and Acronyms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
Chapters in the Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5
Chapter 2 — Safety
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Equipment Safety Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Comply with Electrical Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Electrical Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
Do Not Remove Warning Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
Grounding and Bonding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
Printhead and Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
Fluid Safety Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
Other Important Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
Medical Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
Emergencies Involving Printer Fluids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
Chapter 3 — Main Parts
Equipment Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1
CLARiTY Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1

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Printhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–4
Ink Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–6
Connector Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–6
Product Sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–7
Optical Fibre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–7
Other Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–8
Shaft Encoder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–8
Measuring Wheel for Shaft Encoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–9
Resilient Shaft Encoder Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–9
Shaft Encoder Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–9
Warning Beacon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–10
Serial Interface Cable and Ethernet Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–10
USB Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–11
Mounting System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–11
Floor Mount System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–13
Parallelogram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–13
Chapter 4 — CLARiTY Operating System
Getting started with the CLARiTY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–1
Using the Home Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–2
Using the Tools Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–4
Working with Setup Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–5
Working with Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–10
Working with Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–23
Password Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–24
Chapter 5 — Printer Operation
How to Insert the Cartridge into the Printhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–2
Priming the Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–2
Inserting the Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–5
How to Turn ON the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–5
How to Set the Screen Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–8
Setting up the Printer using System Configuration Wizard. . . . . . . .5–9
Language, Region/Country, Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–10
Printhead Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–10
How to Setup the Printhead Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–14
How to Enable/Disable the Printheads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–14
How to Adjust Registration Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–15
How to Change Product Direction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–16
How to Change Print Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–17
How to Adjust Print Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–17
How to Change Print Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–19

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How to Create a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–19
Inserting Barcodes and 2D Codes into a Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–20
How to Download a Job File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–21
Download Job File using TCP/IP or Serial Connection . . . . . . 5–21
Download a Job File using USB Memory Stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–23
Connecting the USB Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–26
How to Load a Job for Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–29
How to Start the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–30
How to Stop the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–32
Print Screen Saver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–32
Chapter 6 — Additional Printer Operations
Viewing the Current Job or Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–2
Selecting a New Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3
User Editable Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4
How to Change the Text and Date Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4
Touch To Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7
Quick Position Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9
How to Delete a Job from the Jobs Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–11
Line Select Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–13
How to Replace the Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–16
Remove the Old Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–16
Insert the New Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–17
Adjust the Ink Level Manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–18
Production Audit Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–19
How to Update Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–21
Updating by USB Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–22
Updating by CLARiTY Configuration Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–22
Chapter 7 — Maintenance
Information on Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1
Maintaining the Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2
Storage of Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2
Cleaning the Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2
Maintaining the Controller and the Printhead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–3
Chapter 8 — Troubleshooting
Fault Messages and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–1
Reading a Fault Message or Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–2
Clearing a Fault Message or Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–3
CLARiTY Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–4

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Printing Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8–22
Printhead LED Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8–25
Controller Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8–25
Printhead Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8–27
Other Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8–28
Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8–29
Chapter 9 — Specifications
Technical Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–2
Printhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–2
Product Sensor with Installation Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–3
CLARiTY Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–4
Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–4
System Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–5
Networking and External Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–5
Terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–6
Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–6
Glossary