User`s guide

Rockhopper II series printers – User’s Guide

AP-75095, Rev. 2.1, 18/08/2005

2.3.3.2. Rockhopper II 4 heater printers

Heater element Temperature Function

Pre-heater (Heater A) 20 – 50°C

→ Open the pores to make the media more receptive

for eco-solvent plus ink.

Fixer (Heater B) 20 – 70°C

→ To establish optimum fixation onto the media

(coated and uncoated).

→ Optimizes the dot gain control.

Post-Fixer (Heater C) 20 – 70°C

→ The post-fixer finalizes the fixation process and

helps to make the prints touch-dry.

Dryer (Heater D) 20 – 50°C

→ The dryer completes the drying for compatibility

with the take-up in combination with higher output

speeds.

→ Stickiness of printed banner materials is improved.

There have been a number of requests from the field, asking the heaters to be on by default for a few user

settings. This has now been implemented as follows:

1) For user 1 and user 8 default settings are as follows:

a. Pre heater A: 50°C

b. Fixer B: 55°C

c. Post Fixer C: 50°C

d. Dryer D: 50°C

2) For users 2 Î 7, by default the heaters are still OFF.

Notes :

• Please note some RIP software do not allow selection of the user from software

side. In some cases, however, they do automatically activate user 8