ARTJET UV Printer Application 33 _ ARTJET Setting Sequence
ARTJET UV Printer has been sold in Korea for 4 years, and we are organizing the printer problems we have encountered so far, their causes, and their solutions.
We have compiled 10 different print head problems and 17 ink supply problems, and you can find detailed information at the site below.
ARTJET UV Printer troubleshooting sum up
From last time, we are explaining not only UV printer problems and solutions, but also what products are produced with UV printers.
In the first session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 1 braille printing
In the second session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 2 Flip the material and align it
In the third session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 3 2.5D UV print
In the fourth session, Sai rip [Color Adjustment] tab. ARTJET UV Printer Application 4 Sai rip color graph
In the fifth session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 5 Sai rip print size compensation
In the sixth session, we talked about the acrylic bonding equipment that those who have UV printers and laser cutting equipment are looking for.
Hereuner is only Korean since only Korea is hot on this machine. ARTJET UV Printer Application 6 _아크릴 본딩 장비
In the seventh session ARTJET UV Printer Application 7 _ Ink Consumption Calculation
In the Eighth session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 8 _ I phone 14 print limitation
About K print, Korea Signage Label & special printing exhibition, ARTJET UV Printer Market research 1 _ K Print 2024 Korea printing exhibition
In the ninth session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 9 _ Mask printing not recommend
In the tenth session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 10 _ Leather Cigarette Case UV Printing
In the eleventh session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 11 _ Round soccer strategy board UV printing
In the twelve session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 12 _ What is ICC profile & menu board UV Printing
In the thirteen session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 13 _ Primer performance & limitation
In the fourteen session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 14 _ UV Print & Laser crop mark cutting
In the fifteen session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 15 _ Mobil case UV print profit
In the sixteen session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 16 _ Screen vs Digital Comparison and UV Printing on Hand Sanitizer Cases
In the seventeen session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 17 _ bottle print
In the eighteen session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 18 _ Canvas UV Printing
In the nineteen session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 19 _ Applying epoxy effect with varnish
In the twenty session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 20 _ Making a light frame with a printer+laser cutter
In the twenty one session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 21 _ UV Printer+Laser Cutting Equipment Button Name Tag Making
In the twenty two session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 21 _ UV Printer+Laser Cutting Making a Cell Phone Grip Tok
In the twenty three session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 23 _ UV Printer+Laser cutting Making an Acrylic Keychain
In the twenty four session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 24 _ UV Print with Zig
In the twenty five session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 25 _ How to make RD WORKS CCD camera cutting Video manual
In the twenty six session, ARTJET UV Printer Application 26 _ Acrylic bonding equipment
In the twenty seven session ARTJET UV Printer Application 27 _ All the steps to create UVDTF
In the twenty eight session ARTJET UV Printer Application 28 _ Simple troubleshooting & Captop replacement time
In the twenty nine session ARTJET UV Printer Application 29 _ UVDTF TEST Result
In the thirty session ARTJET UV Printer Application 30 _ Print head Anti crash system
In the thirty one session ARTJET UV Printer Application 31 _ Offset fine tune
In the thirty two session ARTJET UV Printer Application 32 _ ARTJET Delivery Preparation
Today, I will share with you the internal setting sequence before delivery of the ARTJET UV Printer.
I. “What do you set before delivery?”
1. ARTJET UV Printer Printing Schematic
Image files created with Photoshop and Illustrator cannot be directly printed with a UV Printer.
They must be converted to a file format that can be printed using a program called Rip Software. In addition, there is a color adjustment function, and this function must be applied to ensure proper color expression.
You can load the image file converted from Rip through UV Printer software and proceed with printing.
In order to proceed with proper printing, the UV Printer must also be set up properly.
In this way, in order to create the final printed product with a UV Printer,
the process goes as follows: Photoshop and Illustrator => Rip Software => UV Printer software => UV Printer printing.
2. Internal work before shipping ARTJET UV Printer
When the equipment arrives at the office,
“You can send the PC.”
In the past, customer gave me a very old laptop and I set it up, but I had a hard time because the software wouldn’t connect.
Fortunately, it worked right away with another laptop,,,
Since then, I’ve been receiving a PC to use in advance and setting it up on that PC.
I install Rip Software and UV Printer software directly on the customer’s PC, and I set up the UV Printer internally through that PC.
I will explain the details of each process.
II. UV Printer Mechanical Settings
1. Overall level of the printer & flatbed flatness
Check the overall printer flatness with a leveler.
After installing ARTJET SW, raise the head carraige height and install the dial gauge.
After installing the dial gauge, turn off all power of UV Printer and scan the overall height deviation while manually moving the carriage and flatbed.
The four adjustment sections in all directions can raise or lower the flatbed, and the two sections in the middle can only be raised.
Through several try & error processes, adjust the flatbed to have the lowest flatness deviation possible.
When adjusting the flatness, if you adjust only one side, the height of that section will not change, and it will affect the overall flatbed height.
Depending on the worker’s ability, the accuracy and work time of this task will differ considerably.
At my previous workplace, a friend of mine was the AS manager, but he couldn’t get the flatness of a 2500 x 1200mm flatbed to work.
2. Head carriage zero height
After adjusting the entire printer level and flatbed flatness, the next step is to set the Z-axis zero point.
Before setting the Z-axis zero point, you must check that the bottom of the head carriage is level.
To set the Z-axis zero point, you must link it with the ARTJET SW again.
Adjust the Z-axis sensor position to match the 1.2mm standoff (the gap between the print head and the printing material).
Someone said this,,,
“There is a laser sensor that detects the Z-axis height, so why do we need to set the zero point separately?”
There are many people who set the head carriage height by looking at the head carraige height and pressing the button, but
All UV printers that those who use it like that have laser sensors. There must be a reason to set the height manually.
The Japanese Mimaki UV Printer also has a function that automatically sets the height by touching the material on all sides instead of the laser sensor.
There must be a reason why the Mimaki UV Printer, which has been verified and sold for such a long time, uses the time-consuming four-way touch method instead of the simple laser sensor.
III. UV Printer Printing Condition Setting
1. Head Mounting and Damper Connection
FA1080-a1 print head communicates with the electronic board via the DATA flat cable.
The DATA flat cable connection must be secure for both the print head and the electronic board.
For this reason, separate the printer cover, remove the print head connection electronic board,
and connect the DATA flat cable to the exact location of the print head and the electronic board.
After installing the print head in this way, insert the damper in the correct order.
2. Ink supply and nozzle test
Before installing the print head, the capping station and the print head carriage X-axis zero point must be checked and the print head must be installed.
When the print head is installed, the position of the captop cannot be seen, so this must be done first.
Before supplying ink to the main ink bottle, apply the previous config file of ARTJET SW to set the basic settings.
Check if the ink is properly drained into the waste ink bottle through Inkload!!
If the captop and print head positions are not aligned properly, ink loading may not occur properly, and this task may take 4 hours or even a day depending on the operator’s skills.
Print head cleaning and nozzle TEST
If the ink load is good, the cleaning function will also work well in most cases.
If the cleaning function works well but the nozzle test is not good, the data cable is not properly connected to the electronic board or the print head.
In some cases, this happens, you have to remove all the dampers filled with ink and check the cable condition again, which is a bit tricky.
That’s why I removed the print head connection board and connected the data cable.
3. ARTJET TEST Image Output and Offset Alignment
Check if the print head is mechanically right angle through the Test image,
and if there is no problem (almost all of them are), print the ARTJET Test image with the value applied to the ARTJET config file.
The ARTJET TEST image can be used without installing the Rip software because it uses the image ripped from another rip SW. This is to check if there is no problem with the entire printing through the ARTJET TEST image printing.
If the printing is normal, set several setting values from the printing start point and proceed with the Offset operation.
You can refer to the link below for the Offset operation. It is a task that takes more time than you think.
ARTJET UV Printer Application 31 _ Offset fine tune
IV. Rip SW Installation and Installation File Collection
1. Install Rip SW
Rip SW requires each copy’s license to be registered on the Internet.
“Can I install Rip SW here and also on other printers?”
Of course, it is impossible, and in order to install it on another PC, you can remove the Rip license from the PC where it is currently installed and then install it on another PC.
Once Rip SW is installed,
* UV Printer driver settings
* ICC profile settings
* Save basic settings
After the basic settings, load the ARTJET TEST image, rip it, and check if it prints without any problems on the UV Printer.
At this point, the settings for Rip SW, ARTJET SW, and ARTJET UV Printer are complete.
2. File Collection
Once all the settings are complete, create an ARTJET folder on your PC, add the following files, and finish.
Rip SW activate code photo
Rip license file
Rip ICC profile
ARTJET SW installation file
ARTJET UV Printer manual
ARTJET setting value file (config file, a file that returns to QC conditions later)
ARTJET Test image file (This image contains a lot of meaning. If a problem occurs with the equipment, you can roughly predict what the problem is by looking at the printed image.)
With just these files, a new installation is possible, and I just copy these files from my USB.
V. Representative’s equipment prepared like that!!
This is the equipment that will be installed a week later, next Tuesday.
We will set it up in advance, print a test image once every morning, and check for any equipment abnormalities before delivery.
It is a fact and an objective fact that it was set up without any problems,
but I felt better after confirming that there were no problems for a week and delivering it, so we set it up early.
That’s it for today.