User manual

AP 230 USER MANUAL 6
1 - DESCRIPTION OF THE MACHINE
The AP 230 system is a device used for overprinting of adhesive labels and for their
immediate air-jet application on stable or on moving objects.
Once inserted into either a packaging or product transport line, the AP system can
print and apply labels in a wide range with bar-codes and diverse texts.
The AP 230 contains the same printing group
of the ST 230 Thermal Transfer Printer, from
which it has inherited all the features.
The system is able to print texts, bar-codes,
symbols and graphic images using Direct
Thermal or Thermal Transfer technology, with
a resolution of 6-8 dots/mm, on a wide range
of both paper and plastic materials.
Thanks to its solid construction, ribbon
economizer device, reloadable ribbon
cartridge, printhead energy control circuit and
extreme flexibility, the AP 230 is particularly
suitable to most industrial applications.
The AP 230 systems can be easily connected to Personal Computers and other
electronic equipment via serial interface in order to create and print labels containing
either fixed or variable data.
In addition, an optoisolated interface is available for synchronization and alarm
signals, allowing easy integration of the AP 230 system into complex industrial
automation systems.
The pneumatic assembly allows the label to be applied with “no contact” on moving
objects by using the air-jet technique, therefore eliminating the need to stop the
transport line.
Once the label has been printed and detached from the support paper, it is held
on the application plate by suction and then pushed towards the object by the
movement of the transport piston.
When the passing object is detected, the label is blown onto the the object with high
precision and the piston then returns to the initial postion, ready for a new cycle.
PICTURE 1 - AP 230