User`s manual

The SprinterB User's Manual i
Table of Contents
1 GETTING STARTED........................................................................................... 1-1
CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL......................................................................................1-2
NOTATIONS IN THIS MANUAL ..................................................................................................1-2
IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................................................1-3
2 OVERVIEW........................................................................................................ 2-1
THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING TECHNOLOGY............................................................................2-1
DIRECT THERMAL PRINTING...................................................................................................2-1
THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING ...............................................................................................2-1
YMCK ...............................................................................................................................2-1
3 GENERAL DESCRIPTION ................................................................................... 3-1
ABOUT THE SPRINTERB PRINTER ............................................................................................3-1
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................3-2
THE POWER INLET CONNECTION..............................................................................................3-3
POWER SUPPLY UNITS............................................................................................................3-3
THE THERMAL PRINT HEAD (TPH)...........................................................................................3-4
TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM (LCS)...................................................................................3-4
THE RIBBON SYSTEM.............................................................................................................3-5
THE SUBSTRATE SYSTEM .......................................................................................................3-8
THE PULLING SYSTEM............................................................................................................3-9
THE SUBSTRATE PULLING CYLINDER AND PRESSING ARM ...........................................................3-9
THE SUBSTRATE COLLECTING SYSTEM...................................................................................3-10
THE PRESSURE ROLLERS PISTONS.........................................................................................3-10
THE PRESSURE ROLLERS SYSTEM .........................................................................................3-10
THE OPTIC SENSOR .............................................................................................................3-11
THE SCRAPER AND IONIZOR ..................................................................................................3-12
THE SPRINTERB PC CONTROL STATION .................................................................................3-12
THE EMERGENCY STOP BUTTONS ..........................................................................................3-13
THE SAFETY MICRO SWITCHES .............................................................................................3-13