Avery Dennison AP5.4 Troubleshooting guide

04/10 Rev. 5.05-00 USER / SERVICE MANUAL

AP5.4 – AP5.6

Technical Data

Application, Device Types .............................2

Application ................................................. 2

Device types .............................................. 2

Options ...................................................... 3

Technical Specifications ............................... 4

Dimensions ............................................... 4

Performance Data ..................................... 5

Label Stock ............................................... 9

Thermotransfer Ribbon ........................... 10

Connections, device data ........................10

Interfaces .................................................10

Electronic Configuration ...........................11

Specifications only for

AP5.4/5.6 dispenser ................................11

Environmental Conditions ........................11

Test Marks, certificates ............................12

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AP5.4 – AP5.6

Application, Device Types

Application

•Monotone printing of label stock for thermal and thermotransfer processes

•Printing on different materials, e.g. cardboard or self-adhesive labels,

which are suitable for thermal- or thermotransfer printing

•Processing roll and fan-folded material

•Resolution: 8.0 or 11.8Dot/mm (203 or 300dpi)

•Print speed up to 200mm/sec (8”/s)

•Print width:

– AP5.6: up to 168mm

– AP5.4: up to 105mm

•Interfaces: RS-232, USB,, Ethernet, and connection for foot switch

Device types

AP5.4 and AP5.6 are available in 4 versions:

Basic AP5.4/5.6 equipped with serial, USB and Ethernet interface and SD-card slot.

Possible upgrade to „peripheral“ version.

The following options can be integrated:

•Reflex sensor (top and/or bottom)

•I/O board (signal interface and additional serial interface)

Peripheral Like the AP5.4/5.6 basic, but with capability to add the following options:

•External rewinder (for AP5.4 only)

•Cutter

„Basic dispenser“ or

„peripheral dispenser“ AP5.4/5.6 with additional built-in internal rewinder. In connection with an op-

tional dispensing edge, this printer can also be used as a dispenser. If the dis-

pensing edge is replaced by a deflection plate, the printed labels are not

dispensed, but rewound together with the backing paper.

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AP5.4 – AP5.6

Options

Internal Options …should be factory-fitted or installed by a service engineer:

•Reflex Sensor Kit: Light barrier fitting that apart from the transmission sen-

sor, also contains a reflex sensor.

•Label sensor for short labels. Recommended for label length < 30mm.

•Internal rewinder kit: To retrofit the internal rewinder; contains the rewinder

as well as the driver board and material guide

•I/O board: RS-422/485 interface, signal interface

External Options …do not require any special alterations to the printer:

•Cutter (required printer: AP5.4/5.6 peripheral)

•AP5.4 only: (External) rewinder for material rolls with 38mm (1.5”), 75mm

(3”) or 100mm (4”) cores (required printer: AP5.4 peripheral)

•Keyboard for standalone operation

•Foot switch for foot-operated label dispensing

•Dispensing edge (required printer: AP5.4/5.6 „basic“ or „peripheral“ with

internal rewinder)

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AP5.4 – AP5.6

Technical Specifications

Dimensions

Measures

[1] Dimensions of the AP5.6 and AP5.4 (H=Height, W=Width, D=Depth).

Weight

Printer Measures (H x W x D)

AP5.4 272 x 260 x 462mm

AP5.6 272 x 337 x 462mm

[Tab. 1] Measures

B/W

T/D

Printer Weight

AP5.4/5.6 14kg

AP5.4 basic / peripheral 14kg

AP5.4 dispenser / internal rewinder 16kg

[Tab. 2] Printer weight

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AP5.4 – AP5.6

Performance Data

Print Technology Thermodirect and thermotransfer printing

Printer Head Type •“Flat Head” type (ceramic thin film flat head)

•8.0dot/mm (203dpi)

•11.8dot/mm (300dpi)

Printhead

Characteristics

Label sensor

¯The dark/light change at the reflex sensor is taken as the label beginning

(= end of the reflex mark)

[2] Measures and setting range of the punch / reflex mark.

Printer Resolution

(Dot/mm) Resolution

(dpi)

Print-

speed

(mm/s)

Print-

speed

(Inch/s)

Max. printwidth

(mm)

AP5.4 8.0

11.8

203

300

50-200

50-150

2-8

2-6

104

105.7

AP5.6 8.0

11.8

203

300

50-200

50-150

2-8

2-6 168

[Tab. 3] Important printhead data.

Sensor type Settingrange

(Size c) Punch length

(Size b) Punch width

(Size a)

Transmission sensor

(Standard) 0–60mm 0.8–14mm min. 4mm

Reflex-sensor

(optional) 6–66mm 4mm

(recommended) 12mm

(recommended)

[Tab. 4] Required punch measures.

Z0211.cdr

Punch / Reflex markPunch sensor Label web

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AP5.4 – AP5.6

Max. print length The maximum print length depends on the following:

•Printer type

•Printer resolution

•Firmware version

•Parameter settings regarding memory allocation (e.g. SYSTEM

PARAMETERS > Free store size)

Zero line Offset of the material zero line to the print zero line: 1mm (what means that a

stripe of 1mm width at the inner label margin is unprintable)

Fonts •17 Fixsize fonts , including OCR-A and OCR-B

•3 scalable fonts (Speedo fonts)

•Truetype fonts are supported

•Optionally can Truetype, Speedo and Fixsize fonts be stored on SD-card

Modifying Fonts •Up to factor 8 scaling in x/y direction

•Rotation by 0, 90, 180 and 270 degrees

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AP5.4 – AP5.6

Impression accuracy

[3] The impression accuracy depends on the print position on the label: the longer the distance to the gap

is, the lower is the impression accuracy. The maximum impression accuracy is at the gap position with

+/- 1mm.

Reading examples:

A: Print positioin 1 is located 50mm behind the gap position. The maximum

possible deflection from the theoretical print position is +/- 1.5mm.

B: Print positioin 1 is located 250mm behind the gap position. The maximum

possible deflection from the theoretical print position is +/- 3.5mm.

¯Thosevaluesare empiricalfortypicalapplicationswithcommon label stock

/ foil combinations. Since the deflection of the print position strongly depends

ontheappliedlabelstock /foilcombination,itcanturnouthigherifunfavorable

combinations are used.

Image formats BMP, PCX, JPEG, TIFF, GIF, Easy Plug logos

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AP5.4 – AP5.6

Bar codes

All bar codes scalable in 30 different width and in the height.

2-dimensional

bar codes

GS1 Databar & CC

bar codes Reduced Space Symbology (GS1 Databar) und Composite Component (CC)

bar codes:

Printer emulation Easy-Plug

Codabar Code 128 A, B, C

Code 128 Code 128 UPS

Code 128 pharmacy ITF

Code 2/5 matrix MSI

Code 2/5 interleaved EAN 8

Code 2/5 5-line EAN 13 add-on 2

Code 2/5 interleaved ratio 1:3 EAN 13 add-on 5

Code 2/5 matrix ratio 1:2,5 EAN 128

Code 2/5 matrix ratio 1:3 Postcode (guide and identity code)

Code 39 UPC A

Code 39 extended UPC E

Code 39 ratio 2,5:1 Code 93

Code 39 ratio 3:1

Data Matrix Code (code according to ECC200)

Maxi Code

PDF 417

Codablock F

Code 49

QR matrix code

GS1 Databar-14 UPC-A + CC-A/CC-B

GS1 Databar-14 truncated UPC-E + CC-A/CC-B

GS1 Databar-14 stacked EAN 13 + CC-A/CC-B

GS1 Databar-14 stacked omnidirectional EAN 8 + CC-A/CC-B

GS1 Databar limited UCC/EAN 128 + CC-A/CC-B

GS1 Databar expanded UCC/EAN 128 + CC-C

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AP5.4 – AP5.6

Label Stock

Material Types Thermodirect material, thermotransfer material, synthetic ribbons: PE, PP,

PVC, PA in rolls or fan-folded.

Material Thickness •Self-adhesive labels: 60- 160g/m2

•Cardboard labels:

– AP5.4: max. 240g/m2

– AP5.6: max. 190g/m2

Material Width

Label Length

Gap size Gap size between the labels on the backing material:

•min.: 1.0mm

•max.: Label length-15mm

Label Roll •Winding Direction: Labels facing inward or outward, internal rewinder: la-

bels facing outwards

•Roll diameter:

•Corediameter:38.1mm (1.5“),76.2mm(3“)oder101.6mm(4“);coreswith

76.2 (3“) or 101.6mm (4“) can be applied with the core adapter supplied

with the printer.

Printer type Min. width Max. width Passage width

AP5.4 15mm 115mm 120mm

AP5.4 dispenser 30mm 105mm 110mm a)

a) The material passage width is limited by the dispensing sensor, which is mounted at the side. If a dis-

pensing edge without a sensor is applied (foot switch operation), the passage width is as large as at

the standard printer.

AP5.6 50mm 180mm 185mm

AP5.6 dispenser 50mm 170mm 175mm a)

[Tab. 5] Overview material width.

Printer Min. length Max. length

AP5.4 5mm max. print width a)

a) See Max. print length on page 6.

AP5.4 dispenser 30mm 200mm

AP5.4 dispenser b)

b) With optional label sensor for short labels.

5mm 200mm

AP5.6 5mm max. print width a)

AP5.6 dispenser 30mm 200mm

[Tab. 6] Overview label length.

Roll / Conditions Roll Ø

Label roll for normal printing operation max. 210mm

Label roll for dispensing operation (with 100mm core-Ø) max. 190mm

Take-up roll for winding/dispenser operation max. 120mm

[Tab. 7] Diameter of material and winding roll

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AP5.4 – AP5.6

Thermotransfer Ribbon

Ribbon Roll •Winding Direction: Colour-side rolled inwards or outwards

•Roll measurements:

Connections, device data

Protection class „I“

Mains Voltage 100-240V (AC)

Mains Frequency 50-60Hz

Power Consumption •Max. 320W

•In standby mode depending on the equipment 30-40W

Current Consumption max. 3.2A

Interfaces

Detailed information on the interfaces can be found in the Service Manual, top-

ic section Service Electronics , chapter “CPU boards”, “Interfaces”.

External Ø max. 80mm

Core Ø 25mm (1”)

Width a)

a) Generally counts: The thermal transfer ribbon

must overlap the label 2mm on each side.

For labels wider than 168mm counts: Foil

width = 172mm (max. ribbon width).

AP5.4: 25-114mm

AP5.6: 50-172mm

Length max. 500m

Interface Details

RS-232 Baud: 1200-115200, 8- bit; suitable connection cord: 1:1

D-Sub 9 extension lead (connector-jack)

RS-422/485 On optional I/O board, D-Sub 15, Baud: 1200-115200,

8-bit

Ethernet 10/100 Base T with TCP/IP, LPD, RawIP printing, DHCP,

HTTPD, FTPD, SNMP

USB (V1.1) USB-A host port, USB-B device port, Transmission rate

12Mbps

Signal interface On optional I/O board, D-Sub 15

[Tab. 8] Data interfaces at AP5.4/5.6

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