Digital color + white transfer media printer (24 pages)
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iColor® 600 A3 / Tabloid Digital Color + White Transfer Media Printer User Manual ...
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Page 24 iColor® 600 Printer Specifications Page 25 ® Refer to the included Flash Drive or CD with your printer for in depth instructions. iColor TransferRIP license code will also be provided on drive or CD. January 2017 Edition – A newer version of this manual may be available at www.icolorprint.com/support 2 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com ...
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Tabloid Digital Color + White Transfer Media Printer The iColor® 600 printer has been developed to produce high‐quality color prints with the added functionality of printing in white as a spot color, underprint or overprint in one pass with the included iColor® Transfer RIP Software. Please follow the enclosed quick setup guide to get started. The standard user manual (provided on CD enclosed) will provide detailed instructions for full printer functionality. The iColor® 600 comes complete with 4 toner cartridges for full color with white printing (CMYW), as well as a true black printing kit (toner and drum combination). Just quickly swap the white for black when true black is needed. With the white cartridge installed, black is produced using composite black (made from CMY). You will also have the option to add our full fluorescent kit which comes complete with 3 [CMY] toner cartridges and matching drum units. This system requires no additional software or expertise to print conventional CMYK images in vivid fluorescent color that glow under black (UV) light. In addition, add exclusive iColor® security and clear toner options at any time. Please note that vector and line art images, including text, are likely to produce the best results. For exciting design ideas and suggestions for using the iColor® 600 for maximum effect, please visit our website at www.icolorprint.com. iColor® Premium Transfer media has been optimized to provide quality results when used with the printer, enabling the user to produce eye‐catching designs which may be applied to a variety of textiles and surfaces. 3 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com ...
Installing Consumables 4 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com ...
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Just remove the protective covering - it is not necessary to move the blue handle. It is also necessary to remove the fuser lock. 7 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com ...
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2. Locate the installation file on the USB drive or CD that was shipped with your printer and double click to launch the setup program. 3. Click continue to install the iColor® 600 driver. 9 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com ...
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5. Chose ‘Easy Installation (Local) for USB Setup. 10 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com ...
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7. Click finish to complete the installation, or simply allow the screen to close automatically. 11 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com ...
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3. Click continue to install the iColor® 600 driver. 12 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com ...
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5. Chose ‘Easy Installation (Network) for Network Setup. 13 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com ...
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5. The software will search and detect the printer on your network (identified as C831). Highlight the printer, click next, and the software will be installed. 6. Click ‘finish’ to complete the installation, or simply allow the screen to close automatically. 14 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com ...
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Enhance the brilliance of any graphic with fluorescent white behind color. Create unique items ‐ The possibilities are endless! Print and Transfer onto: T‐shirts and sweatshirts Natural and synthetic fabrics Aprons Dark and light fabrics Dark restaurant menus with fluorescent white print Beer, wine and juice bottles Corporate logo shirts White, colored or clear labels Mouse pads Leather Sports apparel Dark and light paper stock Jackets Foils Tote bags Transparencies with fluorescent white as a Signs with colored, white or fluorescent toner background color 15 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com ...
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The iColor® TransferRIP is the magic behind one pass printing with white as an underprint or an overprint. The most important point of the iColor® TransferRIP software is that it allows colors to be put down in layers. Regular printer drivers only concern themselves with what the eye sees on the top layer, the RIP allows you to separately control each layer, thus giving you the ability to control not only what you see, but what is behind that top layer (typically the white layer). The iColor® TransferRIP gives you the unique ability to use one machine to print images with white as an underprint or an overprint. You can now print vibrant colors on clear or dark media regardless of the background to which it is applied, where the white is put down first and the colors afterwards. The iColor® TransferRIP ‘Color Mapping’ feature also allows for ‘Reverse Printing’ when printing and transferring to garments where white is put down last. This is the only way to achieve white underprint and overprint in one pass, and you will not find another machine on the market today that can do all of this. The software also allows for color manipulation and removal, cost calculation, rasterization and advanced layout tools. It comes standard with the iColor® 600 and as an add‐on with the iColor® 500. To accomplish these two features, UniNet has created two configurations to suit any printing project: ‘A’ Configuration is for right side printing and allows for printing white as an underprint in one pass (typically used for transparencies, clear labels, dark media or Aqua Clear paper). The black and white cartridges can be swapped within the first slot depending on your needs. This configuration is for printing standard CMYK images when the black is installed or CMYW images when white is installed. When the white is installed in the black slot, this is configured for ‘Right Side Printing’ where the white is printed first, as an underprint, all in one pass. In this situation, the RIP converts pure K colors to CMY composite black, and puts in white not only as a background color but also in the image where white or page white is specified. ‘B’ Configuration allows for printing white as an overprint in one pass for reverse printing (typically used for transfer printing). This configuration calls for a special second set of white and cyan toner and drum cartridges. For the ‘B’ Configuration, the white cartridge is placed in the last slot (cyan station) and the cyan cartridge is placed in the first slot (black station) of the printer. The Color Mapping feature explained in this manual overrides the basic driver of the printer and automatically sends the proper color to the proper channel. This configuration is for garment printing where white is needed as an overprint, applied on top of all the other colors. When the image is pressed to the garment, the transfer sheet is flipped over and the white becomes the underprint. This is especially important where images have half tones and 100% transfer of the image is an issue or when there is white in the image that needs to show through for dark colored garments. Visit www.icolorprint.com/support for full written and video instructions on the iColor ® TransferRIP software 16 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com...
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It is highly recommended that you use the fluorescent cartridges in “A” configuration with the black cartridge installed for best results. Fluorescent toners, by their nature, are very bright and cannot create accurate composite black. If white is needed anywhere on the image, it is suggested that you run the graphic through as a 2 pass to ensure accurate colors. If operating in “B” configuration for one pass printing, check your image to ensure there is no black in the image at all (No 100%K, or any composite black colors). When in the “B” configuration, the TransferRIP software will take any black color and automatically make a specific composite black color using the C, M, & Y colors which will produce undesirable results. Most fluorescent images will be placed on a black or dark colored garment, so black would not be suggested in these cases anyway. Ask your dealer about upgrading to security and clear toner options as well! Use Geniune UniNet iColor® Consumables Only use genuine UniNet iColor® consumables. The use of incompatible supplies (toner, drums, transfer belts, fusers) will cause damage to your printer not covered by your warranty. 17 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com...
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Replace with: Black/White/Clear (check which cartridge is installed) (Back of Printer) Cyan low/out/empty Magenta low/out/empty Magenta Yellow low/out/empty Yellow Black low/out/empty Cyan (Front of Printer) 18 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com ...
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Setting the Multipurpose tray to work with specific sized papers iColor® transfer papers come in a variety of sizes, so it is recommended that you set the MPT tray to the size of the paper that you most commonly use. If the MPT tray identifies a paper that is not within its set parameters, the iColor® 600 printer will prompt you to press the online button after each print. Adjusting the settings will avoid this for the specific size you set. The following instructions are for printers that have been set up within a network, using an IP address. Use your web browser to change the default settings: 1) From your web browser, go to 192.168.X.X (the specific IP address assigned to your printer) 2) Navigate to the admin menu and enter the username (root) and password (aaaaaa) (six lowercase letter a’s) 3) Change all settings to match the following for Printer Menu > Tray Configuration: 19 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com ...
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5) When using the iColor® TransferRIP, you should not check the ‘Force Manual Tray’ box and the input tray should be set to ‘Printer Default’. If you are not networking your printer, the following instructions are for printers that have been set up via direct connection using the USB port: 1) Press the ‘Menu’ button and scroll down to ‘Menus’ and press enter 20 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com ...
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2) Select ‘Tray Configuration’ and press enter 3) Select ’MPTray’ and press enter 4) Select ‘Paper Size’ and press enter 21 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com ...
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5) Select ‘Letter’ and press enter (you may also select A4 if using Premium Paper most often) 6) Press back, select ‘Media Type’ and press enter 7) Select ‘Glossy’ and press enter (you may also choose another setting if desired) 22 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com ...
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8) Press back, select ‘Media Weight’, press enter and select ‘Heavy’ 9) Press back, select ‘Tray Usage’, press enter and select ‘When Mismatching 10) Press the online button to return to the main screen. You are now ready to print on your preferred media through the MPTray without pressing online! 23 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com ...
Type of garment: Cotton, Polyester, and Spandex material all respond differently to heat. All instructions are based on cotton garments Toner Coverage: Halftones in image may cause undesired results. Toner coverage should not be less than 60%, otherwise there will be issues with transferring the adhesive to the transfer sheet. Halftones can be corrected when using the white overprint feature in the RIP. This will help with toner coverage and proper adherence to the garment. Consult the iColor® knowledge base for specific instructions on a variety of transfer paper offered at: http://www.icolorprint.com/support Technical Support Email: support@icolorprint.com Technical Support Phone: 631‐590‐1040, Option 2 24 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com ...
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iColor® 600 System Specifications Print Speed: Print Speed: Letter/A4 – up to 35 ppm Color and Monochrome; Tabloid/A3 – up to 20 ppm (Transparency setting speeds may vary) Processor: 800 MHz Duty Cycle: Up to 75,000 pg/mo. Duplex: Optional Memory: Standard 256 MB; maximum 768 MB Resolution: 1200 x 600 Emulation: PCL® 6, PCL 5c; PostScript® 3™ Operating Systems: Microsoft® Windows® 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista®, Windows XP, Windows Server 2008, Server 2008 R2 x64, Server 2003; Mac® OS X 10.5 and higher Interfaces: 10/100‐TX Ethernet, High Speed USB v2.0 Multipurpose Tray: Standard 100‐sheet; handles transfer media, card and mailing label stock Paper Cassette: 400‐sheet Legal/Letter/Universal Paper Sizes (Min./Max.): A3, Tabloid, A4 (LEF), A4 (SEF), Letter (LEF), Letter (SEF), A5, Legal 13/13.5/14, Executive and banners up to 52” long Paper Weight: Main Tray 17 lb. bond – 54 lb. bond/ 80 lb. cover (64 – 220 gsm); 2nd and 3rd Trays 17 lb. – 47 lb. bond (64 – 176 gsm); Multi‐purpose Tray 17 lb. bond – 140 lb. index (64 – 256 gsm); Duplex 17 lb. – 54 lb. bond/80 lb. cover (64 – 220 gsm) Size: (WxDxH): 17.6" x 21.7" x 14.2" (449 mm x 552 mm x 360 mm) Weight: 81.6 lb. (37 kg) Power: 120v or 230v 25 UniNet 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, California 90250 | sales@icolorprint.com www.icolorprint.com ...