There is a red alarm LED on top of the print-head. It starts blinking when the level of
ink is too low in the reservoir, which means that the bottle of ink is empty. Replace it by
following the steps described in
After a configured number of prints, if the ink level is still low in the reservoir, the
controller stops the printing (to avoid defective printings). See the controller manual for
information on configuring the number of prints after the ink-low signal.
When the ink low is detected, the print-head sends an alarm signal to the controller,
which can transfer it to an external device such as a PLC. See controller manual for
details.
2 Start Up
2.1
On line installation
2.1.1
Defining the position of the system
After unpacking the printer and checking that the contents correspond to your order
and to the delivery note, the first operation will be to set the position of the print-head
on the conveyor. The correct print-head position can be determined using Codex and
its 3D capabilities (Fig. 7). Please refer to the Codex manual for details.
You must know that the system must be adjusted so that the surfaces to be printed
don't touch the print-head, and are at a maximum distance of 3mm (Fig. 8).
TC series print-heads Operator Manual
Design • Print • Trace
3.1.Ink bottle replacement
Fig. 7: CodeX 3D view with a TC72
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