Kodak 750 manual

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    No vaJet 750 Printer T T r r a a i i n n i i n n g g G G u u i i d d e e Ink I nstallati on Printe r Ca libra tio ns Routine Mai ntenance Preventi ve Main tenance Cartridge Checklist A dvanced Troubleshoot ing Pri nt Server Networkin g[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 2 Installed ne ed le ass em bly Do not br eak c onnect ion w hen installing new car tr i dge 25 m l inside - prep rim ed A . Ink I nstall ation 1. ‘Plu g and Play Car tridge’ char acteristi cs 2. I nstallin g ink into r eserv oirs It is suggest ed to fill reservoi rs o ver a tabl e to prev ent spills on printer; fill to a[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 3 a) Pri me lin e using the short need l es (p urpl e in color); attach sho rt needle to each of the 4 valves. Connect sept um need le to EasyPri me by in sertin g into femal e receiver. Depress an d hol d EasyPri me ac tiv atio n butt on t o prov ide a soli d bu rst, w ait 20 second s, or un til in k line is f ull. b) Lift v[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 4 down a soli d band of c olor wit h 33% i nk load. Co lor Te s t Fa ilure s : - Examp le A abo v e depi cts com plet e i nk starv ation i n m agenta. Thi s probl em m ay be correc ted by using t he EasyPrim e and establ ishi ng t he requi red pr ess ure insi de the c artridge. Replace septum connec tor /needl e if repeat ed [...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 5[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 6 Jet i s bad; jet re- addres sed autom atica lly Jet i s clogged ( Jet elec tronics ar e good tho ugh) Jet manual ly bypasse d, jet good Jet m anually bypassed, jet c logged Prime Color Cali b Menu Access Cartrid ge Display Set tings Service M enu Pr in t Sett ings Calibratio n Menu Exit Utility Menu Use C alib X/Y Paper Axi[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 7 33.00 inches Distanc e betw een the two “T’s” sh ould be 33.00” +/ - 0.05” ( inch es) B. Pr inter C alib rations A. Pa p e r Ax i s T e s t Prio r to runnin g a Paper A xis T est en sure a minim um of 36 inc h me dia is l oade d. To acti vate th e Paper Axis Test select Ut ility Menu - Ca libr at ion M e nu - Pa p[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 8 D. Color Calibration To acti vate t he Color cali bration select Utility M enu - Colo r Calib. Menu – Calib T est (NJ850: Bo th Vert Calib Test and Horiz. Cali b. Test. ) Se ve n hor izo ntal pa tter ns fo llowed by seven vertical pattern s will print. The color cal ibrat ion pat tern should be p erformed whenever a cartr[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 9 2. Adv ance the m edia though t he print er about 1 f oot, using the F eed Media Menu/F orward butt on. 3. Put t he pri nter medi a f eed in “Sheet ” m ode (S et-up Menu/Paper Opti on Menu/ Supply Ty pe/Sheet ). Usi ng the m edia “Forward” butt on, drive the media f orward until it is pulled ti ght . 4. Change the m[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 10 C. Rout ine Maintena nce 1. Perf o rm ro ut ine mai nt ena nce a t recomm ended p lot tim e hour s and in accordance wi th prescr ibed docu men tation. NOT E: The NovaJet p rint er must be clean ed and se rv ice d routine ly or pri nt o utput a noma lies or pri nt er failures may o ccur during normal oper at ions . It is s[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 11 INT ERVAL COMPONE NT CLEANING AGENT 10-20 Hours Cartri dge Jet Ar ea No v aKlean on li nt-f ree Towel 50-75 Hours Encoder Stri p Nov aKlean on c otton swab, f oll owed by Isopropyl A lcohol on cott on sw ab ( perf orm every 25 plot hours f or GO ink pri nting) INT ERVAL COMPONE NT CLEANING AGENT 50-75 Hours Tr ailing Cabl [...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 12 INT ERVAL COMPONE NT CLEANING AGENT 50-75 Hours Fl ex Driver Cables Nov aKlean on li nt-f ree Towel E nsure cabl es are dry. INT ERVAL COMPONE NT CLEANING AGENT 20-30 Hours Carri age Bushi ngs Nov aKl ean on cott on sw a b 50-75 Hours Cutt er Groov e T oothpi c k or s m all wooden tool INT ERVAL COMPONE NT CLEANING AGENT 2[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 13 INT ERVAL COMPONE NT CLEANING AGENT As Requir ed P aper Sensor I sopropyl Alc ohol on cotton swab The Pape r Se nsor i s locat ed directl y behind t he Right Carriage m agenta cart ri dge appr oximat ely 4 mm. Spin cott on s wab at an upwar d angl e of 30 degr ees.[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 14 D. P reventive Main tenance Per form pr eventiv e mainten a nce at r ecom men ded plot time hou rs and in accordance wi th prescribe d docu men tation (a ut ho riz e d serv ice p rov iders only! ). At 2000 pl ot hours repl ac e both Car riage Bushi ngs, Tr aili ng Cable, Servic e St ation and thor ough perf orm cl eani ng [...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 15 E. Cartridge Checkl ist (for warranty repl acement) 1. Elec trically bad je ts (100% fil led b loc k) in t h e P r ime p attern (10 nozzle f ai lu res fo r 20 Je t (red-to p) cartridges an d <5 00 ml t hr oug hput (see UTILITY M ENU – S ERVICE MENU – CAR TRIDGE INF O) w arr ants a cart r idge r eplace ment. Ma nuall[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 16 F. A d vanced Troubleshoot ing 1. S kew i ng of the output im age is norm al ly a d irty or defec ti ve enco der strip/senso r. Clean encoder str i p thor oughly t o p and bottom using W index or NovaK l ean soluti on. Clean encoder sens or by spray i ng W index di rect l y onto sensor; b l ow dry w i th canned a ir – re[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 17 4. Fa i nt cut lines or heavy lines whic h angle s lightly on one end are caus ed by the carr i age head hitting the m edia surface . Media u p to a 20 m il thickness can p ass through t he printer. Ensure m edia has not been ex posed to hum i di ty for l ong pe riods as th i s will cause m edia to becom e stiff. Check w i[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 18 7. Larger than norm al ink drop l ets (0.5- 2 mm ) o n the m edi a are cause d by ex cessive pressure in the ca rtridge. E nsure t he cartridge o nl y has 20 m l of ink inside and the ink reservo irs do not hav e m ore than 400 m l of ink inside. P rinter s tand surface or floor a rea must be l evel and f l at. 8. M i crob[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 19 Ensure the diagonal lin es in the pr i m e pattern are sol id and ex hibit consistency. Up t o 20 jets m ay be co m pensated in each c artridge w hile m ai ntai ning photo pass quality printin g. 9. H ori z ontal bands a l ong the right edge of the m edia are typical ly caused by a dirty se rvice stat ion or ca rtridge. C [...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 20 10. Ink over spray ca n be caused by c om pressi on utilit i es. E l ectrostat i c discharge f rom fil m media has als o been kno wn to ex ceed the printer specificat i ons and cause inconsistent oversp ray. Ver i fy the s trike-plate brushes are i n good co ndition before resumin g print operat ions. Do not use 3-prong t [...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 21 13. Vertical banding thro ugh an i m age can be caused by m ottling of the i nk on low saturat i on m edia li ke bond , the carr iage b ushings are w orn out causing ‘car riage chatter’, or the lower ro ll er is ex tending too h igh through the platen . Vert ical band i ng can a l so be caus ed by a defect ive trai lin[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 22 15. For init ialization fa ilures first ensure the m emory m odul e is proper l y seated at the Main P W A (rem ove 5 screw s to access) and ver i fy the prop er LED states (NJ80 0 series on l y): D1 – Normall y flashes; DSP i s not ac tiv e. Steady duri ng print operat i ons. D9 – Normall y flashes; Po wer PC proces s[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 23 17. For NJ750 and 800 ser i es dryer system fail ur es ensure the l ogic cab l e and pow er cable are proper l y secured. Ch eck sensor status for erro r m essages. Cycl e pow er to verify ope ration. From t he top-level menu of t he pri nter, check the dryer sen sor st a t us (NJ800 onl y ). Utility M enu Ser vice M e nu [...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 24 Rece ived IP Addre ss 192. 16 8. 00 2. 010 Ok G. Pri nt Server Networki ng (SEH I ntercon print s erver ) A. T h e 1 00bas eTX par all el pri nt dev ic e all ows co nnec tio n betw een a 100 bas eTX networ k envir onm ent and t he Nov aJet 7 50. T he SEH prin t serv er dr aws power dir ectly from the prin ter’ s paral le[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 25 Co nf igu rat io n f or Window s 20 00/XP Pri nter N etwork i ng is a basi call y a 3- st ep Pr ocess : 1. Assi gn T CP/I P ad dress of h ost c omp uter/ server 2. Assi gn T CP/I P ad dress to pr int serv er (m ay al so n eed t o ins tall wi ndow s pri nter port d uring this proc ess) 3. Assi gn T CP/I P ad dress to R I P [...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 26 NO T E : Be fore y ou ca n con f i gure a W ind ows pr in t queu e, you must fir st c onfigur e an I P addr ess on both your PC an d the SEH prin t serv er . 1. PC PROTOCOL SET UP 1. I f yo u hav e not alre ady d one s o, ins tall t he T CP/I P prot ocol on yo ur PC . This i s d one by first R IGH T-CLI CKIN G on th e M y [...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 27 A lternate DNS Server- 192. 168. 254.1 90 L eave t he Ga tew ay blank . Se e Fig ure Bel ow. NO T E : To con f igure the SEH print server you will ha ve to load the InterCo n Net Tool. Inse rt the InterCon CD in to you r CD driv e o r obtain fro m: http://w ww .seh.de/ 2. PRI NT SERVER PROTOCO L SET U P Run t he CD .E XE f[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 28 2. T o as sign your IP a ddres s a nd S ubnet M ask, c hoose TC P/I P fr om the c onfi gur atio n tree on the l eft. Assi gn 19 2. 168.2 54.2 00 f or the I P ad dress . Assi gn 255. 255. 255.0 for th e Subnet Mask. Leave the Gateway blank or ze r os, and de-se lect DHCP at the bo ttom. See fig ure bel ow.[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 29 3. Clo se the InterCon -Net Tool. Yo ur se ttings will be saved in the print server. You a re now r ead y to se tup t he Wi ndow s Pri nter Port. 3. WI ND OWS PRINTER PORT SETUP NO T E : If R I P softw are ha s bee n pr evious ly l oad ed t hen a hot fol der w ith an as sign ed po rt will have ‘norma lly’ alread y been[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 30 5. Under “ Printer N ame or IP Addr ess” ent er 19 2. 168 .25 4. 20 0 . The “Port Na me” will se lf ge ne r at e . Cli ck Ne x t. Se e fi gu re be lo w.[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 31 6. Under “D evice T y pe” sele ct “Ne twork Pr int S erver (1 Port) ” t he fir st one i n the l ist. Cl ick N e xt, then F i nish. S ee figur e bel ow. 7. You will now be prompted for the Manuf actu re and Printe r Type. Sele ct “Generic” and “ Generi c/ Tex t Onl y”. Cl ick Ne xt, Nex t ag ain, an d Next a[...]

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    NJ750 T rainin g Guide 32 4. RASTER IMAGE PROCESSOR (RIP) TCP/I P ASSIGNME NT 1. T he l ast ste p of t he n etworki ng s etup i s to ass i gn an I P ad dress i n the R IP s oftwar e (thi s TC P/I P ad dress is th e s ame addr ess as si gne d to t he SEH Int erco n pr int s erver ). The l ocati on o f the ‘ devic e’ or ‘T CP /IP set up’ i s [...]