Foxjet Marksman MATRIX Manuale utente

Marksman

MATRIX & ELITE

High Resolution Printing

for the Real World

2465-623

Revision E

User

Manual

1 Missouri Research Park Drive • St. Charles, MO 63304

Tel: 800-369-5384 • Fax: 636-300-2188

www.foxjet.com Marksman

MATRIX & ELITE

Ink Jet System

User Manual

2465-623

The information contained in this manual

is correct and accurate at the time of its

publication. ITW reserves the right to

change or alter any information or

technical specifications at any time and

without notice.

Warranty:

The Marksman© Matrix & Elite Ink Jet system, including all components unless other

wise specified, carries a limited warranty.

The inks and conditioners used with the Marksman© Matrix & Elite Ink Jet system

carry a limited warranty.

For all warranty terms and conditions, contact the Distributor for a complete copy of the

Limited Warranty Statement.

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Section 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Section 2: Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Section 3: System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Integrated Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Bracketry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Photosensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Encoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Inks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Waste Bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Section 4: Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Materials Required for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

System Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installing Bracketry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Mounting the Print System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Setting Up the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Mounting the Photosensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Ship Caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

The Encoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Electrical Cable Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Priming the Print Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Section 5: Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Counts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

User Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Configure, Print Head: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Configure, System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Delays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Section 6: BoxWriter© Matrix & Elite Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Define . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

ToolBar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Section 7: Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

APS - Automatic Priming System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Shutdown Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Ink Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Section 8: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Troubleshooting Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Troubleshooting Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Print Quality Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

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Appendix A: Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Matrix Controller Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Elite Controller Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Print Head Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Appendix B: Theory of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

The Marksman© Matrix & Elite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Print Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Photosensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Encoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Matrix Wiring Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Elite Wiring Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Appendix C: Parts and Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Matrix Spare Parts Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Elite Spare Parts Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

384e and 768e Print System Service Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Appendix D: Testing the Electrical Outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Electrical Line Transients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Appendix E: Database Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Database Start Task Routine Flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Database Lookup Definition - Global Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Database Start Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Serial Port Modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Printer Report Modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Appendix F: Hand Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Scan and Shoot Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Appendix G: Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Font List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Font Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Appendix H: Standard Operating Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

FJSOP1 - Removal of FoxJet High Resolution Printheads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

FJSOP2 - Daily Maintenance for AMS/APS Printheads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

FJSOP4 - Installation of FoxJet High Resolution AMS/APS Printheads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Section 1: Introduction

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Section 1: Introduction

The Marksman© Matrix & Elite are advanced high-resolution ink jet controllers that runs on

a Microsoft Windows 7® platform. It includes a built-in keypad with a TFT display with

touch-screen control. The Marksman© Matrix & Elite can control up to 4 Pro Series high-

resolution print heads for printing industry compliant barcodes, graphics or alphanumeric

text on porous materials and cases.

This manual covers the operation of the Marksman© Matrix & Elite Ink Jet Printing System,

Marksman© Matrix & Elite Controller and Print Heads.

Section 2: Safety

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Section 2: Safety

Following is a list of safety symbols and their meanings, which will be found throughout this

manual. Pay attention to these symbols where they appear in the manual.

Wear safety goggles when performing the procedure described!

Caution or Warning! Denotes possible personal injury and/or damage to the equip-

ment.

Caution or Warning! Denotes possible personal injury and/or equipment damage

due to electrical hazard.

NOTE: (Will be followed by a brief comment or explanation.)

Only trained personnel should operate and service the equipment.

NOTE: It is extremely important to:

• Clean up all ink spills with the appropriate conditioners immediately and dispose of all

waste according to local and state regulations.

• Wear safety glasses and protective clothing, including gloves, when handling all inks

and conditioners.

• Store inks and conditioners under the recommended conditions found on the MSDS

(Material Safety Data Sheet).

PRODUCT COMPLIANCE DISCLAIMER NOTE:

This product meets the requirements of CAN/CSA-22.2 NO.60950-00 * UL 60950 using

FoxJet an ITW Company approved items. Units are only tested and qualified with FoxJet

an ITW Company approved inks, parts and accessories. Use of other inks, parts or acces-

sories may introduce potential risks that FoxJet an ITW Company can assume no liability

for.

Section 3: System Components

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Section 3: System Components

1 Controller, Matrix or Elite

2 Proseries Print Head

3 Conveyor

4 Product

5 Print System Bracketry

6 Encoder

7 Ink Supply

8 Photo Sensor

9 Vacuum Waste Collector Bottle

10 Encoder Cable

11 Alarm Beacon (Strobe)

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The Marksman© Ink Jet System is available with the following components, options and

service kits:

Part Number Description

Print Head

2464076 ProSeries 384e

2464076F ProSeries 384e, Flushed

2464078 ProSeries 384e, 90°

2464078F ProSeries 384e, 90°, Flushed

2464079 ProSeries 384e, Modular

2464079F ProSeries 384e, Modular, Flushed

2464082 ProSeries 768e

2464082F ProSeries 768e, Flushed

2464083 ProSeries 768e, Modular

2464083F ProSeries 768e, Modular, Flushed

2464084 ProSeries 768e, 90 Degree

2464084F ProSeries 768e, 90 Degree, Flushed

Matrix Controller Assembly

2465006D2 Controller Assembly, Marksman© Matrix, 2 Head, Domestic

2465006E2 Controller Assembly, Marksman© Matrix, 2 Head, European

2465006D4 Controller Assembly, Marksman© Matrix, 4 Head, Domestic

2465006E4 Controller Assembly, Marksman© Matrix, 4 Head, European

Elite Controller Assembly

2465004D2 Controller Assembly, Marksman© Elite, 2 Head, Domestic

2465004E2 Controller Assembly, Marksman© Elite, 2 Head, European

Remote PHC Board & Elite board kit

2465321 Assembly, Marksman remote PHC Board

2465246 Elite PHC Board Kit

Print Head/Controller Bracketry

2464550 Print Head Conveyor Mount Bracket

2464553 Print Head Pivot Bracket

2464561 X-Y Axis Linear Adjustment, Tool-Less Bracket

2464562 Conveyor Mount/Roller Bracket for 768 Print Head

2464563 Print Head Floor Mount Bracket Kit

2464564 Conveyor Mount/Roller Bracket for 384/352 Print Head

2464565 Conveyor Mounting Bracket with Integrated Guide Rails for 384/768 Print Head

2465243 Kit, T-Stand, Matrix & Elite

2465244 Kit, Conveyor Mounting, Matrix & Elite

2465254 Kit, Pivot Bracket, Matrix & Elite

Encoder, Photosensor, Alarm Beacon

2465224 Photosensor, ProSeries

2465253 Alarm Beacon (Strobe), 3-Color

2465525 Photosensor, Auxiliary, APS Controller

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Integrated Print Head

Cabling

2464182-010 Cable, Straight Thru, DB9, 10 Ft.

2464182-025 Cable, Straight Thru, DB9, 25Ft.

2464182-050 Cable, Straight Thru, DB9, 50 Ft.

2465155-002 Cable Kit, Print Head, DB25, 2 Ft.

2465155-010 Cable Kit, Print Head, DB25, 10 Ft.

2465155-025 Cable Kit, Print Head, DB25, 25 Ft.

2464312 Cable, APS Photocell Network ("Y" Cable for sharing Auxiliary Photocell)

INK SYSTEM

WASTE BOTTLE

PRINT HEAD

INK BOTTLE

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