Engineer Training Ink Insertion TJ8300 / TJ8500 Ink Insertion

Engineer Training Ink Insertion TJ8300 / TJ8500 Confidential 2 General  Ink is first inserted after the TJ8300 has been fully assembled and all the electrical and mechanical components have been tested (for example: motor movement checking, bridge heating, etc).  The insertion is performed at the customer site, after flushing the solvent (highly recommended).  By default, the TJ8300 is flushed with solvent.

Engineer Training Ink Insertion TJ8300 / TJ8500 Confidential 3 Gentle Flushing of the Ink System 1.Fill all of the six 5-liter containers with solvent. 2.From the RtRun application, select Tools > Color box > Prime > I/O; the Color Box I/O dialog box appears. 3.Select sensors of all colors.

Engineer Training Ink Insertion TJ8300 / TJ8500 Confidential 4 Gentle Flushing of the Ink System (Cont.) 4.Open the ink bar valves to allow the solvent to flow into the waste bath. 5.Wait until you see a clear solvent flow and the hose becomes more transparent. 6.Close the ink bar valves. 7.From the RtRun application, select Tools > Color box > Prime > I/O; the Color Box I/O dialog box appears. 8.Select B valves of all colors.

Engineer Training Ink Insertion TJ8300 / TJ8500 Confidential 5 Gentle Flushing of the Ink System (Cont.) 9.Press PA of all colors for 1-2 minutes until all manifolds are flushed and verify that the solvent is coming out of the heads. 10.Repeat the above step a few times.  From the main tank drain the Air equalizer tube (from ink bars) from solvent. Air equalizer tube

Engineer Training Ink Insertion TJ8300 / TJ8500 Confidential 6 Inserting the Ink 1.Open all ink bars to drain all solvent leftovers. 2.Fill all of the six 5-liter containers with ink. 3.From the RtRun application, select Tools > Color box > Prime > I/O; the Color Box I/O dialog box appears. 4.Select sensors of all colors. 5.Wait until the A-tank is filled with ink and verify by checking the ink level.

Engineer Training Ink Insertion TJ8300 / TJ8500 Confidential 7 Inserting the Ink (Cont.) 6.Open the ink bar valves to allow the solvent and ink to flow into the waste bath. 7.Wait until you see pure ink flowing out. 8.Close the ink bar valves. 9.From the RtRun application, select Tools > Color box > Prime > I/O; the Color Box I/O dialog box appears. 10.Select B valves of all colors.

Engineer Training Ink Insertion TJ8300 / TJ8500 Confidential 8 Inserting the Ink (Cont.) 11.Open the lower draining pipes of the manifolds to allow the ink to flow in and fill them. 12.Drain ink from the lower drainage tube until ink flows without any air bubbles. 13.Perform the LPAP procedure, several times, until there is a clean flow of ink without any air bubbles. Lower Drainage Tubes

Engineer Training Ink Insertion TJ8300 / TJ8500 Confidential 9 Preparing a New Inkjet Head Before mounting a new inkjet head on the system:  Check the IJ head on the cleaning station, electrically and mechanically.  Verify that all nozzles are open.  Verify that all nozzles are shooting straight (at least 1" from the orifice plate).

Engineer Training Ink Insertion TJ8300 / TJ8500 Confidential 10 Preparing a New Inkjet Head (Cont.) Inkjet head in the cleaning unit bracket When inkjet head is clogged, it is cleaned using the cleaning unit.

Engineer Training Ink Insertion TJ8300 / TJ8500 Confidential 11 Mounting an Inkjet Head Mounting an inkjet head is performed when replacing an existing inkjet head with a new one or when the inkjet head needs to be cleaned. Head’s O-ring I.J Heads

Engineer Training Ink Insertion TJ8300 / TJ8500 Confidential 12 Removing an Inkjet Head Removing an inkjet head is performed when replacing an existing inkjet head with a new one, or when the inkjet head needs to be cleaned.