wolke m600 basic User manual

Wolke m600
touch
Operator Manual
P/N WLK462324-01
Revision: AB, March 2013

Copyright March 2013, 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.
Wolke Inks & Printers GmbH
Ostbahnstraße 116 Phone:[phone] Offices -Germany
D-91217 Hersbruck Fax:[phone]
www.wolke.com

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Compliance Information
For Customers in the U.S.A.
Safety: The equipment complies to UL 60950-1:2007. 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, Class A.
Safety: The equipment complies with Canadian standard C22.2 No.
60950-1:2007.
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 61000-6-2 Generic immunity standard, industrial environment.
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 61000-3-2 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.
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.

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Support and Training
Contact Information
If you have any questions or need assistance, contact Wolke Inks &
Printers GmbH at [phone] (for all customers within the United
States). Outside Germany, customers must 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] (within the United States only). Outside
the U.S., 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] (for all customers within the United States). 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Customer Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Fluids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1 — Introduction
Wolke m600 touch Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
Equipment Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
About the Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
Related Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
Language Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
Content Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
Positional References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
Units of Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5
Abbreviations and Acronyms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6
Chapters in the Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6
Chapter 2 — Safety
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Equipment Safety Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Comply with Electrical Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Do Not Remove Warning Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Placement of the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
Printhead Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
Ink Safety Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
Safety Warnings for Wolke m600 touch Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
Grounding and Bonding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
Electrical Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
Other Important Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
Medical Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
Emergencies Involving Printer Ink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7

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Chapter 3 — Installation
Integral Parts and Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–1
Delivery of Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–1
Main Parts and Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–2
Installation of Printhead and Ink Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–10
Special Version Printheads for Printing Different Types of
Print Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–11
Positioning of Printhead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–12
Printhead Arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–13
Installing the Printheads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–14
Selection of a Suitable Installation Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–14
Photoelectric Cell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–15
How to detect a Measuring Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–21
Shaft Encoder (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–23
Installation of the Mounting System (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–25
Installation of the Parallelogram (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–27
Mounting of Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–31
CLARiTY® Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–31
How to Connect the Printer Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–31
Chapter 4 — CLARiTY® Operating System
Getting started with the CLARiTY® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–1
Using the Home Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–2
Using the Tools Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–3
Working with Setup Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–4
Working with Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–8
Working with Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–19
Password Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–20
Chapter 5 — Commissioning
How to Insert the Cartridge into the Printhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–1
How to Turn ON the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–3
How to Set the Screen Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–6
Setting up the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–7
Language, Region/Country, Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–7
Printhead Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–8
How to Start the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–12
How to Monitor the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–12
How to Stop the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–14
How to Select and Print the Test Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–14
How to Setup the Printhead Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–15
How to Adjust Print Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–16

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How to Purge Printhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–16
How to Adjust Print Resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–17
How to Change Product Direction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–17
How to Change Product Orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–17
How to Enable/Disable the Printheads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–18
How to Configure the Job Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–18
Size & Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–18
How to Set the System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–21
Chapter 6 — Printer Operation
Viewing the Current Job or Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1
How to Download a Job File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3
Download Job File from the Personal Computer to the Printer 6–3
Download a Job from the PC to USB Memory Stick . . . . . . . . . . 6–5
Connecting the USB Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–10
Selecting a New Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–12
User Editable Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–12
How to Change the Text and Date Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–13
Touch To Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–15
Quick Position Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–18
How to Delete a Job from the Jobs Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–20
How to Set up Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–22
Time field/Shift code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–23
Line Select Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–24
Reverse Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–27
Input Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–27
How to Replace the Ink Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–28
Production Audit Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–32
Chapter 7 — Maintenance
Information on Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1
Maintaining the Ink Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2
Storage of Ink Cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2
Cleaning the Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2
Maintaining the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–3
Replacing the Mains Fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–3
Recovering Nozzles/Purge Nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4
To purge the printheads when not in production . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4
Maintaining The Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–5
Spare Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–5
Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7

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Chapter 8 — Troubleshooting
Fault Messages and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8–1
Reading a Fault Message or Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8–1
Clearing a Fault Message or Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8–2
Printing Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8–4
Job Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8–8
Purging Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8–8
Cartridge Faults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8–8
Line Selection Faults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8–9
CLARiTY® Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8–9
Other Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8–12
Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8–13
Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8–14
Chapter 9 — Specifications
Technical Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–1
Printhead, Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–1
Printhead, Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–2
Printhead, Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–3
Printhead, Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–3
Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–4
Sensor with Installation Mount. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–5
Adapter Plate for Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–6
Spacer Plate for Sensor, for use with a Locating Wheel . . . . . . .9–6
CLARiTY® Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–7
Parallelogram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–8
Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–8
System Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–9
Networking and External Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–10
Terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–11
Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–11
Shaft Encoder Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–11
Shaft Encoder Extension Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–14
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Introduction
Wolke m600 touch Printer
The Wolke m600 touch printer uses thermal ink jet printer technology. The
key benefits of thermal ink jet printing are high speed, high quality, ease
of use, reliability, flexibility and cost effectiveness.
Equipment Description
The main parts of Wolke m600 touch printer are described as follows:
•CLARiTY
®Controller: Houses the power supply unit and touch
screen. You can access jobs, setup jobs, set the various print
parameters using the touch screen.
• Printhead: Houses the ink cartridges and head plates and allows the
incorporation of accessories (sensor, optical fiber, protective caps and
adapter/spacer plate etc.).
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1. CLARiTY®Controller
2. CLARiTY®Controller Bracket
Figure 1-1: CLARiTY®Controller
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