PrinterManager User Manual

PrinterManager

User Manual

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目 录
Chapter 1. Installation .........................................................................................................................5
1.1. System Requirement .......................................................................................................5
1.2. Installation Environment.................................................................................................5
1.3. Software Installation .......................................................................................................5
1.4. Uninstallation ..................................................................................................................8
Chapter2 Additional Software ............................................................................................................9
2.1. FactoryWrite ...................................................................................................................9
2.2. ClearEnv ..........................................................................................................................9
Chapter 3 Main UI Introduction ........................................................................................................10
3.1. Main UI ..........................................................................................................................10
3.2. Title Bar .........................................................................................................................10
3.3. Tool Bar .........................................................................................................................11
3.4. Preview Panel ................................................................................................................13
3.5. Task Panel ......................................................................................................................14
3.6. Status Panel...................................................................................................................14
3.7. Preference .....................................................................................................................15
3.8. Main Menu....................................................................................................................17
3.8.1 Help ...................................................................................................................17
3.8.2 Tools ..................................................................................................................18
3.8.3 Setting ...............................................................................................................19
3.8.4 Setting Menu.....................................................................................................19
Chapter 4 What should I Do..............................................................................................................27
4.1. Add Job Files .................................................................................................................27

4.2. Edit Job Settings（Quality，PASS，Uni/Bi Directional Printing） .............................29

4.2.1 Set Print Origin ..................................................................................................29

4.2.2 Pass....................................................................................................................29
4.2.3 Print Direction ...................................................................................................30
4.2.4 Print Speed........................................................................................................30
4.2.5 Clip Job ..............................................................................................................30
4.2.6 Tile Job ..............................................................................................................31
4.2.7 Foot Note ..........................................................................................................33
4.2.8 Copies................................................................................................................33
4.3. Color Bar Setting ...........................................................................................................33
4.4. Auto Skip White Setting ................................................................................................35
4.5. Feather Setting ..............................................................................................................35
4.6. Spray Setting .................................................................................................................36
4.7. Check Print Heads Status ..............................................................................................37
4.8. Clean Print Heads..........................................................................................................37
4.9. Calibration .....................................................................................................................37

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4.10. Moving Test ...............................................................................................................38

4.11. Set auto measure Z axis position ..............................................................................39
4.12. Set media width measure .........................................................................................39
4.13. Set print head voltage...............................................................................................39
4.14. Set Grayscale .............................................................................................................40
4.15. Set Password .............................................................................................................40
4.16. Save/Load Settings ....................................................................................................41
4.17. Debug UV shutter......................................................................................................41
4.18. Set ink pump action when time out .........................................................................43
Chapter 5 How should I Do ...............................................................................................................43
5.1. Select an Appropriate Print Accuracy ...........................................................................43
5.2. Get version information ................................................................................................44
5.3. Update Firmware and software ....................................................................................44
5.3.1 Update firmware ...............................................................................................44
5.3.2 Updating software ............................................................................................44
5.4. Virtual Printing Test.......................................................................................................44
5.5. UV Curing Printing.........................................................................................................45
5.5.1 Continuously Printing in Y-direction .................................................................45
5.5.2 Reverse Printing ................................................................................................45
5.5.3 Forward and Backward Printing .......................................................................46
5.5.4 Multi times Printing ..........................................................................................46
5.5.5 White (Varnish) Printing ...................................................................................46
5.5.6 Multi-Layer Printing ..........................................................................................48
5.5.7 Emboss Effect Printing ......................................................................................48
5.5.8 Multiple Ink Printing .........................................................................................48
5.5.9 Mirror Print .......................................................................................................49
5.5.10 Feather Print .....................................................................................................49

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Chapter 1. Installation

1.1. System Requirement

The system requirements depend on the workload and the output size of the print.
Below are the minimum requirements for your computer to run Printer Manager.
CPU: At least Intel i5 Quad-core processor; Intel i7 six core will be faster.
Memory: 4G
Hard Disk: At least 500G, more are recommended
Operating System: Windows 7
32bit/64bit
Professional/Ultimate Version

1.2. Installation Environment

Printer Manager Software installation environment: Microsoft.NET Framework 4.

Please install Microsoft.NET Frameworks manually before running printer manager.
Click this link to download:
http://www.microsoft.com/zh-cn/download/details.aspx?id=17718
Please refer to Microsoft for specific installation steps.

1.3. Software Installation

Step1: Double click on setup.exe, the following dialog shows up:

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Step2: Click “NEXT” button to continue:

Step3:
Click “Browse” button to select the program directory where the software will be installed, or
accept the default folder.
Click “Disk Cost” to view the partition of hard disk;

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“Just me” is recommended as User Option;

Click “Next” button. The software will start to install.

Please wait for about a half minute.

Note:
Windows Security Warning dialog will pop up during installation, please select “Install this driver
software anyway” :

Step4:
After the installation is done, the following dialog pops up. Click “Close” button.

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1.4. Uninstallation

There are two ways to remove the software from your system:

1. From the Windows Control Panel:

1) Exit the software.
2) In the Windows Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs.
3) Select “Printer Manager” and click the Remove button.
4) Select “Yes” and the software will be uninstalled from your computer.

2. From the Windows Start button:

From the Windows Start button, select folder with the name Printer Manager from “All
Programs” and click “Uninstall” in the folder.

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Note: Delete the folder where software was installed.

Chapter2 Additional Software

2.1. FactoryWrite

Double click on in software installed directory（X:\PrinterManager）to

launch Factory settings configuration dialog:

To configure print head type, quantity, color and etc. in the system, the specific methods please
refer to “Quick Start Manual”.

2.2. ClearEnv

Double click on in software installed directory（X:\PrinterManager）to reset

all settings:

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Click “Enter” when shows up to quit the window.

Note: It’s a “reset” function to restore factory settings.

Chapter 3 Main UI Introduction

3.1. Main UI

The following picture is the main UI of Printer Manager. Refer to the following chapters for more
information on each part.

Title Bar

Tool Bar

Preview Panel

Task Panel

Menu Status Bar

3.2. Title Bar

Title Information is customized supported.

Find Vender.xml in the installation directory, using notepad to open the file:
<Name>BYHX CMYK</Name>
Input customized information to replace the highlighted part, save and restart Printer Manager.

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3.3. Tool Bar

There’re two parts of tool bar: Tools Button/Quick Setting.

Tools Button:

Print Control Maintenance Moving Control MISC

Print Control:

：Add ripped job file into job list, supported files: .prn，.prt.

：Delete selected job files in job list.

：Start to print selected job files.

：Pause current printing.

：Cancel current printing.

Maintenance

：Print check nozzle pattern to check print head status.

：Auto Clean

：Auto Spray

：Clean individual color channel

Moving Control

：Move the Carriage leftwards

：Moving Carriage Rightwards

：Set current position as X print origin

：Moving platen (or gantry) Backwards

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：Moving platen (or gantry) forwards

：Set current position as Y print origin

：Moving carriage (or platen) downwards

：Moving carriage (or platen) upwards

MISC:

：Move Carriage to X-axis Origin

：Move Carriage (or gantry) to Y-axis Origin

：Move carriage (or platen) to Z-axis Origin

：Measure Media Thickness Button

：Click to call Menu dialog.

Quick Setting:

➢ Auto Center Print: Auto align image in the center of media width, only take effect with media
sensor installed.
➢ Origin X: Define X Print Origin.
➢ Steps: Adjust step distance during printing. Click “Enter” to confirm changes, the change will
take effect in next pass printing.
Add “steps” if there’s overlap between Minus “steps” if there’s space between
adjacent passes adjacent passes

➢ PASS: Define passes during printing.

➢ Speed: Define carriage moving speed during printing. Optional: High/Medium/Low Speed.

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➢ Bidirection: Define printing direction during printing.

 Uncheck: The media will be printed only when the carriage moves from X-Origin to X-End.
 Check: The media will be printed in both of the carriage movement direction.
➢ Use File Setting: Use “Pass, Uni/Bi Directional Printing, Print Speed, Print Quality” in job file
instead of that in Printer Manager to Print.

3.4. Preview Panel

There are three parts of preview panel: System Status, Job Information, Job Preview:

System Status: Display current status of system.

Job Information: Display the following job information:
 Job Size;
 Job Resolution;
 Job Quality;
 Pass;
 Print Direction;
 Job Path;
 Job Name.
Job Preview: Display the preview of selected job file.

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3.5. Task Panel

There are two parts of task panel: Task Buttons, Task Selection Menu.

: Task Buttons:
: Select Work folder: all supported jobs in work folder will be added into job list;
: Refresh work folder to update job list;
: Select all jobs in job list.

Task Selection Menus: Right click on task panel to call task selection menu:
 Add Job: add supported job files into job list;
 Delete Job: Delete selected jobs from job list;
 Edit Job: Edit selected job;
 Print Job: Print selected jobs;
 Abort Job: Abort printing, enabled only in job printing status.

3.6. Status Panel

All system status will be displayed in status panel.

Eg: Error Report, Warning Message, State Switching.

：Click to expand a tab including all errors/warnings have happened.

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3.7. Preference

To improve software usability and user orientation for different client base, we add “preference”
tab in Menu.
Click in tool bar to enter setting menu:
1. Select “Preference” Tab to set:

2. Printer Manager provides three view modes:

Normal

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Wide Screen

Old View

Note: “Normal” is set as default setting.

Wide Screen
Wide Screen: “Wide Screen” adds “Job Queue” on right of job preview part, job information/job
preview/task panel could be dragged to adjust panel size.
In “Wide Screen” mode, “right-click” menu in task panel is removed,
“Add to list” button is added in task control bar.
 Click it to add selected jobs in job list to “Job Queue”;
 Dragging action is also supported.
Old View: “Old View” alters style and ground color of software:

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3.8. Main Menu

Click “Main Menu” to call submenu: Setting, Tools, Help, Debug:

3.8.1 Help

Click Main Menu/Help/About to enter “About” dialog.

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All system related information displays in the dialog.

3.8.2 Tools

Click Main Menu/Tools to enter submenu:

➢ Update: Click to update firmware;

➢ Password: Click to set time limit password, language password, ink consumption password;
➢ Calibration Wizard: Click to start to calibrate, you could calibrate printer via following the
wizard;
➢ HW Setting: Click to set hardware related settings;

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➢ Real Setting: Print Head Voltage Setting;

➢ UV Setting: Set UV Lamp Setting;
➢ Auto Stop pump ink when timeout: Click to set whether stop pumping ink when timeout or
not.

3.8.3 Setting

Click Main Menu/Tools to enter submenu: Save/Load/Save to Printer/Load from Printer/Edit:

➢ Save: Save settings to a .xml file;

➢ Load: Load settings from a previous stored .xml file;

➢ Save to Printer: Save settings to printer;
➢ Load from Printer: Load settings from printer;
➢ Edit: Click to enter “Setting” menu, the function is same with click “Setting” button in tool bar.

3.8.4 Setting Menu

Click in tool bar or Main menu/Setting/Edit to enter setting menu:

There’re printer, move, preference, calibration, white ink and service tabs.

Printers Tab:

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➢ Auto Skip White: Skip empty area to enhance productivity

X direction: the carriage only moves in the area to be sprayed with ink;
Y direction, the carriage wait until the media is fed to the area need to be printed.
➢ Step Time: Define time duration for skipping white;

➢ Job Space: Define distance between adjacent jobs in Y direction, platen model printer only;

➢ Feather & Multiple Ink:

Feather Settings: Define feather parameters to decrease bandings, increase print quality.
Multiple Ink: Define ink consumption level, mainly used in UV printing.

➢ X: Define X print origin;

➢ Width: Define media width;
➢ Margin: Define media margin.

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➢ Auto Clean: Define auto clean interval during printing, unit: pass.
➢ CleanTimes: Define clean times when auto clean is trigger;
➢ PauseTimeAfterClean: Define time space between clean finished and continue to printing;
➢ CleanPosCorrect: To correct start position for cleaning;
➢ CleanLenCorrect: To correct stroke length for cleaning.

➢ Space: Define distance between image and color Bar. You

could set unit in “Preference” tab.
➢ Width: Define width of color bar.
➢ Placement: Define the position of color bar.

Both None

Left Right

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➢ Normal:
Print color bar and image together, color bar might be printed outside of image height on
account of pass printing:
➢ Color Mixed:
All colors will be printed on the same place;
➢ Height same with image:
Print color bar and image together, color bar will be printed aligned with image height.

Normal Color Mixed Height same with image

Spray Setting:

➢ AutoSpray: Define auto spray interval during printing, unit: pass;

➢ SprayPeriod: Define auto spray interval during idle status, unit: ms;
Recommend setting: 10-100 for aqueous ink; 100-200 for oil ink; 1000-2000 for UV ink;

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➢ Print Pre-spray Time: Define spray duration before printing;

Recommend setting: 1-3 sec;
➢ Idle Spray: Check to enable spray during idle;
➢ Spray before Printing: Check to enable spray before printing.
➢
Z Measure:

➢ Head to paper: Define distance between print head and media;

➢ Detector length: Define Detector(Sensor) length.
➢ Print Direction:

➢
➢
Normal Print Mirror Print

Print Mode:

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Select print mode to get appropriate print quality.

Move Tab:

Move tab used for movement accuracy check.

Preference Tab

➢ Language: Select language of user interface, Simplified Chines, Traditional Chinese, English are
supported.
➢ Unit: Select unit of user interface, inch, foot, millimeter, centimeter, meter are supported.
➢ Delete Job after Print: Delete job file from job list after printing automatically.

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➢ Beep before print: Warning beep before start to print.

➢ Hot Folder: Share the same directory with RIP software could accomplish RIP and print
simultaneously.
➢ Printed Area Log: Auto log printed job area for workload statistic.

Calibration Tab:

Calibration contains two parts: mechanical calibration and software calibration. For calibrating the
print system, more specific steps please refer to calibration manual.

Multilayer Printer Tab:

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Used for Multiple Layer printing, for example: white ink printing.

Service Tab:

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Used for service setting, available engineers only.

Chapter 4 What should I Do

4.1. Add Job Files

There are five ways to add job files, here’re the specific steps:

1. “Add” Button

Click to add selected job files to job list. Single or multiple files are supported.

2. Right click on task panel to add jobs

3. Choose work folder

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Click “Work Folder” on task panel to select a work folder, all supported jobs in the folder will be
added to job list automatically.
Click “Refresh” to refresh job list in case any changes in the work folder (file deleted, file added,
and etc.)

4. Hot Folder

Click button in tool bar or button in main

menu/Setting/Edit to open “setting” dialog, then switch to “Preference” tab to configure Hot
Folder setting:

Check “Hot Folder” to enable Hot Folder function: Printer Manager keeps monitoring the hot folder
path, any supported file in the Hot Folder will queue in the job list automatically.

5. RIP and print simultaneously

BYHX provides interface development document for RIP company to create a data channel for
printing.
Via this channel, you could select jobs in RIP software to RIP and print simultaneously.

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4.2. Edit Job Settings（Quality，PASS，Uni/Bi Directional

Printing）

4.2.1 Set Print Origin

Input value in ，click “Enter” to confirm the setting:

4.2.2 Pass

Click “Pass” dropdown list on tool bar to select pass number in printing.
Please make sure the pass number could meet print quality requirement before printing.

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4.2.3 Print Direction

Click to switch Uni/Bi Directional printing.

Uni Directional Printing:
 The media will be printed only when the carriage moves from X-Origin to X-End.
Bi Directional Printing:
 The media will be printed in both of the carriage movement direction.

4.2.4 Print Speed

Click to select print speed (Carriage moving speed) in printing, optional selection: High Speed/
Medium Speed/ Low Speed.

4.2.5 Clip Job

Select a job in task panel, right click on to call context-menu:

Click on “Edit Job” , the following dialog pops up:

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Check “Clip”, a border of the image preview shows up:

You could:
(1) Drag the anchor point on the red frame to complete clip;
(2) Input corresponding values in X/Y/Width/Height to complete clip.

4.2.6 Tile Job

Select a job in task panel, right click on to call context-menu:

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Click on “Edit Job” , the following dialog pops up:

Check “Tile”, input corresponding values in X Cnt/Y Cnt/X Dis/Y Dis to complete tile.
X Cnt: Define copies in X-direction;
Y Cnt: Define copies in Y-direction;
X Dis: Define the distance between adjacent copies in X-direction;
Y Dis: Define the distance between adjacent copies in Y-direction;

Original Image After Tiling

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4.2.7 Foot Note

➢ Note Dis: Define the distance between image and footnote.

Relative position: Footnote will be print after image in Y-direction.
➢ Job Size: Add “Job Size” information in footnote;
➢ Resolution: Add “Resolution” information in footnote;
➢ Pass Num: Add “Pass Num” information in footnote;
➢ Direction: Add “Direction” information in footnote;
➢ File Path: Add “File Path” information in footnote;
➢ Font: Define the font of footnote.
➢ Customize Footnote: Input customized information to be added in footnote.

4.2.8 Copies

Set Copies to complete print copies setting.

The distance between adjacent copies in Y-Direction is determined by “Job Space” in Setting Menu.

4.3. Color Bar Setting

Click on tool bar or click Menu/Setting/Printer to set color bar.

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➢ Space: Define distance between image and color Bar. You

could set unit in “Preference” tab.
➢ Width: Define width of color bar.
➢ Placement: Define the position of color bar.

Both None

Left Right

➢ Normal:
Print color bar and image together, color bar might be printed outside of image height on
account of pass printing:
➢ Color Mixed:
All colors will be printed on the same place;
➢ Height same with image:
Print color bar and image together, color bar will be printed aligned with image height.

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Normal Color Mixed Height same with image

4.4. Auto Skip White Setting

Click on tool bar or click Menu/Setting/Printer/Print setting to set auto skip white:

➢ Auto Skip White: Skip empty area to enhance productivity

X direction: the carriage only moves in the area to be sprayed with ink;
Y direction, the carriage wait until the media is fed to the area need to be printed.
➢ Step Time: Define time duration for skipping white;
➢ Job Space: Define distance between adjacent jobs in Y direction, platen model printer only;
➢ Feather Setting:
Define feather parameters to decrease bandings.

4.5. Feather Setting

Click on tool bar or click Menu/Setting/Printer/Print setting to set feather setting:

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Gradient: Every pass data density fade in and fade out inside one pass;
Feather: Recommendation: For step compensation: 1-20; For compensation different shades of
stripes: 100 and integer multiples of 100: 200,300, and etc.
Uniform: Feather every pass data density fade in and fade out inside one pass uniformly to solve
different shades of stripes problem;
Feather: 100 and integer multiples of 100: 200,300, and etc.

Wave: Fade in and fade out following a wave line, to solve banding and different shades of stripes
problem;
Feather: 0.99 is the wavelength, used for adjust wave length and size. Feather setting is the same
with that in gradient.
Advance: A mixed algorithm of feathering, used for eliminating UV banding;
Feather: Recommend testing values: 100, 100;
UV: Multiple feather, used for eliminating UV banding;
Feather: Recommend testing values: 100, 100;
Max: Set feather value to maximum, check to enable. It’ll strongly decrease printing speed, only
used in special environment.

4.6. Spray Setting

Click on tool bar or click Menu/Setting/Printer/Spray setting:

Spray Setting:

➢ AutoSpray: Define auto spray interval during printing, unit: pass;

➢ SprayPeriod: Define auto spray interval during idle status, unit: ms;
Recommend setting: 10-100 for aqueous ink; 100-200 for oil ink; 1000-2000 for UV ink;
➢ Print Pre-spray Time: Define spray duration before printing;
Recommend setting: 1-3 sec;
➢ Idle Spray: Check to enable spray during idle;
➢ Spray before Printing: Check to enable spray before printing.

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4.7. Check Print Heads Status

Click on tool bar to check print head status, for more specific information about how to check

it based on check nozzle pattern, please refer to calibration manual.

4.8. Clean Print Heads

There’re three ways to clean heads: Auto Clean/ Spray/ Manually Clean Individual Channel

Click to execute clean automatically: purge ink->Wipe surface of print heads->Spray;

Click to spray once;

Click to selecte individual color channel to purge ink;

4.9. Calibration

Click on tool bar or click Menu/Setting/Calibration:

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Calibration contains two parts: mechanical calibration and software calibration. For calibrating the
print system, more specific steps please refer to calibration manual.

4.10. Moving Test

Click on tool bar or click Menu/Setting/Move:

For movement accuracy testing.

Step1: Mark on current position a;
Step2: Input “length”: A;

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Step3: Click corresponding move button as you want;

Step4: Wait until moving complete;
Step5: Mark on current position b;
Step6: Measure distance between current position and start position(B=b-a);
Step7: Check the error between A and B to confirm movement accuracy.

4.11. Set auto measure Z axis position

Enter factory setting (How to enter factory setting please refer to chapter 2). Select support Z axis

measure to enable Z axis measure button .

4.12. Set media width measure

Enter factory setting (How to enter factory setting please refer to chapter 2). Check media measure

to enable media width measure button .

4.13. Set print head voltage

Click Main Menu/Tools/Real setting to enter print head voltage setting:

➢ Head: Represent print head position;

➢ Set Temperature: Set target temperature of print head;
➢ Nozzle Temp: Current temperature of print head;

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➢ Voltage Adjust: Adjust voltage based on base voltage;

➢ Current Base Voltage: Current voltage of print head. Current working voltage of print head
equals “Current Base Voltage” add “Voltage Adjust”;
➢ Base Voltage: Base voltage marked on print head.

4.14. Set Grayscale

Copy “factory.usr” file to Printer Manager installation directory, restart Printer Manager to enter
Engineering mode menu.
Click Main Menu/Debug/Color Deep Tab：

The left dropdown list represents grayscale level: 1: Binary Mode; 2: 4 level;
The right dropdown list represents mapping relation of ink drop size: 0: none; 1: small drop; 2:
medium drop; 3: large drop.

4.15. Set Password

Click Main Menu/Tools/Password to enter password setting dialog:

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Time Password: Used for time limit, counting according to used time of board. Each time piece is
240 hours available, 24 pieces at most.
Language Password: Used for language limit, optional language: Simplified Chinese; Traditional
Chinese; English;
Ink Password: Used for ink consumption limit.

4.16. Save/Load Settings

There’re two ways to backup settings: save settings to main board or computer.
1. Save to board: Since there’s some memory in main board, we could save settings (including
calibration settings) to main board, and restore the settings back as needed. However, the memory
is limited, there’s only one package of settings could be saved in main board, that is to say, save
settings to main board will replace current settings in it.
Click Main Menu/Setting/Save to printer to save settings to main board, and click “load from
printer” to restore settings;
2.Save to computer：
Click Main Menu/Setting/save to save settings to a .xml file. Since there’s no limit in this case, we
could backup multiple files in order to markup in different time stamp. Recommend name rules:
time stamp to avoid confusing when restore settings from multiple backup files.

4.17. Debug UV shutter

1. Set UV shutter timing

➢ Light-left ON/Light-right ON: used to turn on shutter of light-left and light-right. Check and
click “OK” to confirm setting.
➢ Print to left/Print to right: used to control shutter switch during each print direction.
➢ Range first nozzle: define the distance between the middle of lamp and the first print head;
➢ Initial lead of shutter: shutter controlled by air cylinder might lead some delay. Input the delay
time could help to correct it.

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2. Set UV curing duration

If UV curing end before image being printed, we could change acc/dcc distance to correct it.

3. Set UV lamp power

Set corresponding UV power level according to different printer status(Idle, Printing) to save energy
and protect environment. Optional level: Off/60%/10%.

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4.18. Set ink pump action when time out

Ink pump might be keep pumping all the time when there’s malfunction.
We provide two solutions:
1. Buzzer on board sound a warning without intervene in pumping;
2. Buzzer on board sound a warning and forced to stop pumping when pumping ink time out.
Click Main Menu/Tools/Auto stop pump ink when time out to enable it.

Chapter 5 How should I Do

5.1. Select an Appropriate Print Accuracy

Related Factors:
1. Print resolution: for example: 360*1440, the more the better. But the print head resolution, fire
frequency, drop size are all need to be considered. For smaller fire frequency, high print resolution
will lead to lower print speed. For smaller print head resolution, high print resolution needs more
passes to cover. For larger drop size, high print resolution may cause accumulation which affect
print overall effect.
2. Pass Number: In the case of the same print resolution, cover with more passes could get higher print
accuracy. But the print speed is inversely proportional to pass number which need to be considered.
3. Feather: used for compensate pass banding and different shades of strips, and doesn’t affect
print speed as much as increasing pass number.
4. Stable color order: compensate different shades of stripes without decreasing print speed.
5. High Precision and high speed: High precision makes better contribution to compensate
different shades of stripes; High speed leads higher printer speed.

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5.2. Get version information

Click Main Menu/Help/About to get version information.

SW: software version;
FW: firmware version;
MB: MB version;
MT: MT version;
HB: HB version;
ID: Board ID.

5.3. Update Firmware and software

5.3.1 Update firmware

For bug fixed and new functions supported, we need to update firmware.
Click Main Menu/Tools/Update to update firmware.
Please keep monitoring the updating process. If there’s any failure during the process, please note
the process percentage to report to our technical support.

5.3.2 Updating software

For bug fixed and new functions supported, we need to update software Printer Manager.
Step1: Please uninstall Printer Manager first;
Step2: Delete the installation directory;
Step3: Install the new install package;
Step4: Configure factory setting (factory writer).

5.4. Virtual Printing Test

To simplify printer aging test, Printer Manager provides virtual printing test function.

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Add “factory.usr” file in Printer Manger installation directory, restart Printer Manager:
Main Menu/Setting/Debug/VPrint Tab

Click “Start Print” to start and click “Stop Print” to stop.

Pre-Setting for virtual printing:
Quit Printer Manager and launch Factorywriter, click “extend setting” tab.
1.Input print resolution. For example: KM1024 42PL, input 180, represents virtual printing test in
180 mode.
2.Input print width for virtual printing test.

5.5. UV Curing Printing

5.5.1 Continuously Printing in Y-direction

Continually printing in Y-direction:

Auto update Y print origin automatically to ensure continuously printing jobs.
Platen model printer only.

Job2

Job1

Y Print Origin

5.5.2 Reverse Printing

Reverse Printing: Reverse step direction during printing, platen model printer only.

Image The 1st pass of normal printing The 1st pass of reverse printing

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5.5.3 Forward and Backward Printing

Platen model printer only.

For Y-axis movement direction during printing:
1st job: from back to front;
2nd job: from front to back;
And etc.
Print back and forth automatically without manual intervention.
Input copies if you need multiple times forward and backward printing.

5.5.4 Multi times Printing

To compared with the last “forward and backward printing”, we could also print multi times
in the Y direction: Forward only or backward only.
Uncheck “forward and backward printing” and “Y continues printing”.

5.5.5 White (Varnish) Printing

There’re two ways to install white print head: staggered and aligned. We could layer it for
printing.

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Staggered Aligned

Aligned:
White Ink used for under based or covered.
Under based: Optional: All/local.
All: Select “all” in White setting, input appropriate ink density;
And input “2” in “Layer Num”, select “White” for Layer1,
“Color” for Layer2.
Local: input appropriate in density;
(1) Print white under image:
(2) Print white under color: select color in dropdown list.

Staggered:

We used white ink for under based or covered in this

case. There’s no need to layer print head.

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5.5.6 Multi-Layer Printing

Multi-layer printing is widely used in UV printing. For example: print white+white+color+varnish.

5.5.7 Emboss Effect Printing

For emboss effect printing, there’re some parts need to be embossed.

1. Create embossed parts as spot color in PS or AI;
2. RIP the image file to prt or prn;
3. Printer Manager: set white ink setting: select “RIP”;
4. Set white ink as multiple layers as needed. For example: white ink: 10 layers, color ink: 1 layer.

5.5.8 Multiple Ink Printing

In UV printing, higher color saturation is needed. We could use multiple ink to improve ink density.
1. Print resolution needs to be higher than corresponding pass. For example: print 360*1440 in 8
pass using KM1024_MH print head, 2 times ink printing is available; for 360*720 in 8 pass, 4 times
ink printing is available. Because print head resolution is 360, using 4 pass will cover 1440 printing,
if switch to 8 pass, it could be printing with 2 times ink.
2. Select 2 or 3 means corresponding ink density times, select multiple ink for maximum multiple.

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5.5.9 Mirror Print

Horizontal mirror the image

Used for transparent media printing (print image on one side, look from the other side)

5.5.10 Feather Print

Recommendation: 8 pass+200% or more, gradient feather for UV printing; If there’s more

glossary banding difficult to eliminate, please try advance and UV feather.

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