Section |
Page |
Introduction |
7 |
How to use this manual |
7 |
Welcome to your printer |
7 |
Documentation |
8 |
Safety precautions |
8 |
General safety guidelines |
9 |
Electrical shock hazard |
9 |
Heat hazard |
10 |
Fire hazard |
10 |
Mechanical hazard |
11 |
Light radiation hazard |
11 |
Chemical hazard |
12 |
Ventilation |
12 |
Air conditioning |
12 |
Sound pressure level |
12 |
Heavy substrate hazard |
12 |
Ink and condensation handling |
12 |
Use of tools and keys |
13 |
Warnings and cautions |
13 |
Warning labels |
14 |
Emergency stop buttons |
16 |
Main components |
16 |
Front view HP Latex 3000 Printer |
17 |
Front view HP Latex 3100/3200/3500/3600 Printer |
18 |
Rear view HP Latex 3000 Printer |
19 |
Rear view HP Latex 3100/3200/3500/3600 Printer |
20 |
Carriage view |
21 |
Printer software |
21 |
Turn on the printer for the first time |
22 |
Turn the printer on and off |
22 |
Move the printer |
23 |
Printer Status Beacon |
24 |
Output platen light (HP Latex 3200/3600 only) |
25 |
HP Internal Print Server |
26 |
Start the Internal Print Server |
26 |
Change the language of the Internal Print Server |
27 |
Change the units of measurement in the Internal Print Server |
27 |
Set the Internal Print Server preferences |
27 |
General tab |
28 |
Queue Rules tab |
28 |
Additional Settings tab |
29 |
Remote Assistance tab |
30 |
Internal Print Server menus |
30 |
Printer status and alerts |
31 |
Update the firmware and the Internal Print Server |
32 |
Update the firmware |
32 |
Update the Internal Print Server and HP IPS Services |
32 |
Maintain the Internal Print Server |
34 |
Printing workflows integration |
35 |
Introduction to JDF |
35 |
What is JDF? |
35 |
Benefits of working with JDF for file submission |
35 |
Working with JDF |
35 |
Creating JDF job tickets |
35 |
What information is captured by the HP latex 3000 printer series and what can be communicated by JMF ... |
35 |
Guidelines for Integration |
36 |
How to integrate the HP Latex 3000 printer series into CALDERA RIP |
36 |
How to integrate the HP Latex 3000 printer series into ONYX RIP |
37 |
Job submission methods |
38 |
How to integrate the HP Latex 3000 printer series into an MIS system or production control software |
39 |
Handle the substrate |
41 |
Supported substrate types |
41 |
Check the porosity of your substrate |
42 |
Supported HP substrates |
43 |
Substrate tips |
45 |
Maintain the substrates |
45 |
General tips |
46 |
Color consistency |
47 |
Substrate configurations |
47 |
Prepare to print |
49 |
The substrate edge holders |
49 |
Substrate edge holders for HP Latex 3000, 3100 and 3500 |
50 |
Install an edge holder on the HP Latex 3000, 3100 and 3500 |
50 |
Replace an edge holder strip |
52 |
Substrate edge holders for HP Latex 3200, 3600 and 3000/3100/3500 with Double-sided Day Night Kit |
52 |
The ink collector kit |
54 |
Kit components |
55 |
Install the kit |
55 |
Uninstall the kit |
61 |
Load a roll onto the spindle |
65 |
Single-roll printing |
65 |
HP Latex 3000/3100/3200 dual roll |
67 |
HP Latex 3500/3600 dual-roll split spindles center support |
69 |
Load a roll into the printer |
71 |
Load a roll (roll-to-roll configuration) |
73 |
Load a roll (dual roll-to-roll configuration) |
83 |
Load a roll (roll-to-free-fall configuration) |
87 |
Load a roll (roll-to-collector configuration) |
90 |
Skew check option |
91 |
Additional notes |
92 |
Double-sided printing |
93 |
Side A: Load and print |
94 |
Side A: Unload |
95 |
Side B: Load and print |
96 |
Print a double-sided job with dual-roll |
97 |
View information about the loaded substrate |
98 |
Unload a roll |
98 |
HP Latex Double-sided Day and Night Kit |
100 |
Substrate saver |
100 |
In-line slitters |
105 |
LED proofing lights |
107 |
Substrate presets |
108 |
Export multiple presets |
108 |
Use a new substrate |
109 |
Optimize for tiling |
110 |
Prepare the printer for a new substrate |
113 |
Create a new substrate preset with the Add New Substrate wizard |
114 |
Material |
114 |
Application |
114 |
Optimized for |
114 |
Test print |
115 |
Edit a substrate preset |
116 |
Printing masks |
118 |
On-the-fly adjustments |
119 |
Optimize the preset for higher print speed |
120 |
Action |
120 |
Possible risks and compensations |
120 |
Optimize for best print quality and/or widest gamut |
120 |
Actions |
120 |
Considerations |
120 |
Optimize for ink consumption |
121 |
Actions |
121 |
Considerations |
121 |
Recommended print modes for each substrate type |
121 |
Adjust the printing workflow for optimum color performance |
122 |
Remove a substrate preset |
122 |
Online substrate manager |
123 |
Sorting |
123 |
Structured Search |
123 |
Free Text Search |
123 |
Install new substrate |
124 |
Update existing substrate |
125 |
Substrate synchronization |
125 |
Set the carriage beam position |
129 |
Create and manage print jobs |
131 |
Add a new print job |
131 |
Dual-roll printing |
135 |
Dual-roll layout preview |
136 |
Rotate a print job |
137 |
Manage the print queue |
138 |
Delete a print job |
139 |
Image composition |
140 |
Tiling |
140 |
Double-sided |
141 |
Create a job |
141 |
Multijobs on double side block out |
148 |
Nesting |
150 |
The Choose Image File window |
150 |
The Job Properties window |
151 |
The Advanced Nesting Arrangement window |
152 |
Restart and Print |
153 |
Handle the ink system |
154 |
Ink system components |
154 |
Ink cartridges |
154 |
Printheads |
154 |
Printhead cleaning roll |
155 |
Aerosol filters and drying filters |
155 |
Left spittoon |
155 |
Condensation collector bottle |
156 |
Ink deposits |
156 |
How to work with ink system components |
156 |
Ink cartridges |
156 |
Remove an ink cartridge |
156 |
Insert an ink cartridge |
157 |
Maintain the ink cartridges |
158 |
Check the status of the ink cartridges |
158 |
Misuse of ink cartridges |
159 |
Consequences of using non-HP ink |
159 |
Printheads |
160 |
Remove a printhead |
160 |
Insert a printhead |
163 |
Maintain the printheads |
166 |
Check and clean the printheads |
166 |
Safe mode |
167 |
Replace the printhead cleaning roll, filters, and spittoon |
167 |
Replace the aerosol filters |
168 |
Replace the drying filters |
170 |
Replace the left spittoon |
172 |
Replace the printhead cleaning roll |
173 |
Printer calibration |
178 |
Align the printheads |
178 |
Alignment procedure |
178 |
Aligning the optimizer printhead |
180 |
Possible difficulties with printhead alignment |
180 |
The optimizer ink is invisible or hardly visible |
180 |
The optimizer printhead is still misaligned in the substrate axis after alignment |
181 |
A pattern shows more than one good correction |
181 |
Printhead alignment diagnostics plot |
181 |
Zone 1: Printhead Row0 alignment check (closer to the substrate output) |
182 |
Zone 2: Printhead to printhead Row1 (versus Row0) alignment check |
183 |
Zone 3: Optimizer printhead alignment check |
183 |
Zone 4: Scan-axis bidirectional alignment check |
184 |
Color calibration |
184 |
Color consistency between different HP Latex 3000 printers |
186 |
Color profiles |
186 |
Substrate-advance compensation |
187 |
Manual substrate-advance compensation |
187 |
Substrate-advance test print |
188 |
Calibrations specific to one substrate preset |
189 |
Recommended calibrations after particular events |
190 |
HP Print Care |
191 |
Print Care diagnostics |
192 |
Update the Print Care software |
194 |
Reinstall the Print Care software |
194 |
Hardware maintenance |
195 |
Safety precautions |
195 |
User maintenance kits |
195 |
HP Latex 3x00 Printer Series maintenance kits and tools |
196 |
HP Latex 3x00 Printer Cleaning Kit contents |
196 |
HP Latex 3x00 Printer Maintenance Kit contents |
197 |
Maintenance tools recommended but not provided |
198 |
How to perform maintenance operations |
198 |
Perform maintenance with Print Care wizards |
198 |
Perform maintenance without Print Care wizards |
199 |
How to turn the printer off and on for maintenance operations |
201 |
Turn the printer off |
201 |
Turn the printer on |
202 |
Summary of maintenance operations |
204 |
Mandatory |
208 |
Weekly |
208 |
Introduction |
208 |
Clean the print zone |
208 |
Clean the substrate-advance sensor |
210 |
Clean the aerosol filters |
212 |
Clean the pinchwheels and drive roller |
215 |
Clean the output platen |
217 |
Empty the condensation collector bottle |
219 |
Every 125 liters of ink |
222 |
Introduction |
222 |
Clean the carriage rails and replace the oiler foams |
222 |
Empty the oil collector caps |
235 |
Clean the bottom of the carriage, the drying glasses, and the line and crash sensors |
244 |
Clean the drop-detector ink deposits |
248 |
Clean the e-cabinet fan filters |
251 |
Clean the e-box fan filter |
253 |
Clean substrate input/output gears and spindle metal debris |
256 |
Every 500 liters of ink |
258 |
Introduction |
258 |
Replace the rubber blade |
258 |
Every 1500 liters of ink |
262 |
Introduction |
262 |
Replace the e-cabinet fan filters |
262 |
Replace e-box fan filter |
264 |
Clean the impinging plate |
267 |
Clean the vapor removal external filter |
269 |
Clean the rear scan-axis beam |
270 |
Clean and grease the substrate drive transmission gears and rods |
273 |
Grease the carriage beam screws |
274 |
Clean and grease the service station transmission and rods |
276 |
Empty the drop detector ink vessel |
277 |
Grease the printhead primers |
279 |
When required |
282 |
Introduction |
282 |
Check the printer for dust and aerosol |
283 |
Replace a pinchwheel submodule |
284 |
Replace a primer |
286 |
Replace the aerosol fan module |
292 |
Replace the drying fans array |
296 |
Replace the drying lamps |
301 |
Clean the drying module quartz glass and air outlet |
311 |
Replace the drying quartz glass |
317 |
Replace a curing fan and resistor module |
321 |
Replace a service station cap |
325 |
Replace an intermediate tank |
328 |
Replace an e-cabinet fuse |
330 |
Clean the printhead contacts |
332 |
Replace a spindle valve |
337 |
Clean the roll-to-free-fall roller and pinchwheels |
339 |
Clean the carriage rails manually |
340 |
Pinch clamp replacement |
342 |
Replace the rocker pads |
343 |
Clean the scan axis encoder |
344 |
Replace the curing module side rubber |
345 |
Clean the service station caps |
346 |
Empty the printhead cleaning waste bottle |
348 |
Clean the perforated plate |
349 |
Ink collector 3 liter/daily maintenance |
353 |
Introduction |
353 |
Wipe the protector |
353 |
Wipe the ribs of the ink collector modules |
354 |
Ink collector: after uninstalling the ink collector kit maintenance |
355 |
Introduction |
355 |
Wipe the protector |
355 |
Wipe the ink collector modules |
355 |
Clean the curing module and airlet plates |
356 |
Ink collector 40 liter maintenance |
359 |
Introduction |
359 |
Replace the ink collector foams |
359 |
Ink collector 500 liter maintenance |
361 |
Introduction |
361 |
Clean the curing fan grid and internal foam |
361 |
Replace protector and textile substrate edge holder |
364 |
Troubleshoot substrate issues |
365 |
Loading issues |
365 |
The substrate cannot be loaded successfully |
365 |
The substrate has jammed |
365 |
The substrate is not attached to the core and/or spindle |
366 |
The substrate is not flat |
366 |
Printing issues |
367 |
A spindle latch suddenly opens during printer operation |
367 |
The substrate advances with a loud continuous sound of vibration |
367 |
There is skew or telescoping on the output spindle |
368 |
There are wrinkles and ink smears on the substrate |
369 |
There are ink marks on the substrate |
372 |
The substrate sticks to the platen |
372 |
There are physical marks on the substrate |
373 |
There are drops of ink on the substrate |
374 |
Dual roll printing issues |
375 |
Check center support alignment to solve this issue |
375 |
Calibrate the dual-roll center support |
376 |
Periodic noise on the center support latch when the substrate is moving |
379 |
Print length issues |
380 |
The print is shorter than expected |
380 |
How to achieve better consistency between jobs of the same length |
380 |
Collector issues |
381 |
The collector stops winding |
381 |
The collector occasionally fails to work correctly |
382 |
The collector winds in the wrong direction |
382 |
The substrate is detached or winds around the collector in the wrong direction |
382 |
There is skew or telescoping on the collector |
382 |
The substrate has jammed on the collector |
382 |
Slitter poor cutting quality |
382 |
Troubleshoot print-quality issues |
384 |
General advice |
384 |
Image quality inspection plot |
386 |
Basic and advanced troubleshooting |
388 |
Basic print-quality troubleshooting |
388 |
Printhead check and clean |
389 |
Substrate-advance sensor check |
389 |
Printhead alignment |
390 |
Advanced print-quality troubleshooting |
390 |
Print-quality artifacts troubleshooting |
390 |
Horizontal banding |
390 |
Thin dark lines |
390 |
Thin white lines |
391 |
Bands of light and dark zones |
393 |
Gloss banding |
394 |
Aeroworms |
395 |
Vertical banding |
395 |
Microbanding |
395 |
Wide bands 2 cm apart |
396 |
Wide bands at least 4 cm apart |
396 |
Color misalignment |
397 |
Bleed, halo, wicking |
398 |
Low gloss, haze |
398 |
Color accuracy |
399 |
Local color variations |
399 |
Color variations when tiling |
399 |
Edge roughness, text quality |
400 |
Graininess |
402 |
Physical deformation marks |
404 |
Poor curing |
404 |
Troubleshoot ink cartridge and printhead issues |
406 |
Ink cartridges |
406 |
Cannot insert an ink cartridge |
406 |
The Internal Print Server does not recognize an ink cartridge |
406 |
The Internal Print Server recommends replacing or reseating an ink cartridge |
406 |
Bent ink cartridge connector |
406 |
Printheads |
407 |
Cannot insert a printhead |
407 |
The Internal Print Server recommends replacing or reseating a printhead |
407 |
General recommendations |
407 |
Problem due to overheating |
407 |
Problem due to the primer system |
407 |
Printhead health troubleshooting |
409 |
Printhead status plot |
409 |
Drop detector diagnostics |
410 |
Decision table |
410 |
Hard clean |
410 |
New printhead is rejected |
411 |
Printhead cleaning roll errors |
411 |
Troubleshoot other issues |
412 |
The printer does not start |
412 |
The printer does not print |
412 |
The printer cannot be restarted from the Internal Print Server |
412 |
The printer seems slow |
412 |
Request to reinitialize the carriage |
413 |
The Internal Print Server cannot detect the printer |
413 |
Print Care spontaneously restarts |
413 |
Color calibration fails |
413 |
When you need help |
414 |
HP Proactive Support |
414 |
HP Customer Care |
415 |
HP Customer Care Centers |
415 |
Service information |
415 |
Printer specifications |
417 |
Functional specifications HP Latex 3100/3200/3500/3600 |
417 |
Physical specifications |
418 |
Memory specifications |
419 |
Power specifications |
419 |
Air supply requirements (pneumatic spindle) |
419 |
Air pressure supply |
419 |
Pneumatic connector |
419 |
Ecological specifications |
420 |
Environmental specifications |
420 |
Acoustic specifications |
420 |
Printer messages |
421 |
Glossary |
424 |