User`s manual

vi The SprinterB User's
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List of Figures
Figure 2-1: Thermal Transfer Printing.............................................................................................................2-1
Figure 3-1: General View of the Front and Left Side of the Printer ................................................................3-2
Figure 3-2: General View of the Rear & Right Side of the Printer..................................................................3-2
Figure 3-3: The Main Power Connector..........................................................................................................3-3
Figure 3-4: Power Supply Units ......................................................................................................................3-3
Figure 3-5: The Liquid Cooling Control Box..................................................................................................3-4
Figure 3-6: Liquid Coolant pumped to the Aluminum Profiles.......................................................................3-5
Figure 3-7: The Ribbon and Substrate flow.....................................................................................................3-5
Figure 3-8: The Ribbon flow on a single Print Head.......................................................................................3-6
Figure 3-9: The four Ribbon Brakes................................................................................................................3-6
Figure 3-10: Adjusting the Ribbon Brake........................................................................................................3-7
Figure 3-11: The Anti-static Brush and Strip...................................................................................................3-7
Figure 3-12: The Substrate flow ......................................................................................................................3-8
Figure 3-13: The Substrate Roll Holder...........................................................................................................3-9
Figure 3-14: The Substrate Collecting System ..............................................................................................3-10
Figure 3-15: The Optic Sensor.......................................................................................................................3-11
Figure 3-16: The Substrate Absent Window..................................................................................................3-11
Figure 3-17: The Scraper and Ionizer............................................................................................................3-12
Figure 3-18 The Open Cover Warning Window............................................................................................3-13
Figure 3-19: Location of the five Safety Micro Switches..............................................................................3-14
Figure 6-1: The SprinterB Main Screen...........................................................................................................6-1
Figure 6-2: The Import File Dialog Box..........................................................................................................6-5
Figure 6-3: The Edit Dialog Box .....................................................................................................................6-6
Figure 6-4: The Gray Level Dialog Box..........................................................................................................6-8
Figure 6-5: The Printing Window....................................................................................................................6-8
Figure 6-6: The Enqueue Dialog Box..............................................................................................................6-9
Figure 6-7: The Serial Number Font Dialog Box ..........................................................................................6-10
Figure 6-8: The Configuration Dialog Box....................................................................................................6-11
Figure 6-9: The Control Dialog Box..............................................................................................................6-13
Figure 6-10: The Preferences dialog box.......................................................................................................6-15
Figure 7-1: The Update User Service dialog box ............................................................................................7-1
Figure 7-2: A typical User Log File.................................................................................................................7-3
Figure 8-1: The Power Socket and Air Inlet....................................................................................................8-1
Figure 8-2: The Main Screen...........................................................................................................................8-2
Figure 8-3: The Cooling Channel and Thermal Print Head.............................................................................8-3
Figure 8-4: The Control Panel Dialog Box......................................................................................................8-3
Figure 8-5: The Substrate Roll Assembly........................................................................................................8-4
Figure 8-6: Substrate Roll................................................................................................................................8-5
Figure 8-7: The Substrate and Ribbon Path.....................................................................................................8-5
Figure 8-8: Joining the New substrate to the Existing Piece............................................................................8-7
Figure 8-9: Cleaning the take-up Roller from the used Ribbon.......................................................................8-8
Figure 8-10: Placing the Ribbons into the system ...........................................................................................8-9
Figure 8-11: Feeding the Ribbon under the Print Head...................................................................................8-9
Figure 8-12: The Substrate Collecting System ..............................................................................................8-11
Figure 8-13: The Substrate Collecting Mechanism .......................................................................................8-11
Figure 8-14: The Warm Up Dialog Box........................................................................................................8-13
Figure 8-15: The Cool Down Dialog Box .....................................................................................................8-14
Figure 8-16: The Configuration Dialog Box..................................................................................................8-14
Figure 8-17: The Add Config Dialog Box.....................................................................................................8-15
Figure 8-18: The Delete Config Window ......................................................................................................8-16
Figure 8-19: The Edit Dialog Box .................................................................................................................8-20
Figure 8-20: The Control Dialog Box............................................................................................................8-24
Figure 8-21: The Preferences dialog box.......................................................................................................8-28
Figure 8-22: The Import File Dialog Box......................................................................................................8-31
Figure 8-23: The Rename Image dialog box .................................................................................................8-32
Figure 8-24: The Delete Prompt ....................................................................................................................8-32
Figure 8-25: The Delete 'Done' Prompt.........................................................................................................8-33
Figure 8-26: The Enqueue Dialog Box..........................................................................................................8-33
Figure 8-28: The Printing Dialog Box...........................................................................................................8-34
Figure 9-1: Wiring between the Head Card and the Print Head ......................................................................9-1
Figure 9-2: Wiring Between the Head Card and the Print Head (Universal)...................................................9-2