MANUAL FOR ADL-3050A

CONTENTS

1 Note

2 Symbol

3 Machine Introduction

3.1 Function

3.2Appearance

3.3 Opening Package

3.4 Power and Lan Cable

4 Main Components

4.1 Power

4.2 Indicator and Button

4.3 Foil Device

5 Installation of Foil

6 Installation of Driver

6.1 Key-driver Installation

6.2 Pirnter setup

7 Printing

7.1 Ready to Start

7.2 Setup of Print Jobs

7.3 edit and print8 PreventiveMaintenance

9 Model ParametersManual Introduce

We suggest you read the entire contents of this manual to get a secure and efficient use of the printer, please keep the manual for reference in any place at any time. Before operating the machines, please understand the basic system, warning, the points of attention and hints.

Chapter 1 Note

Safety Conditions:

Please note all the warnings and attention to avoid personal injuries and damage of the equipment. According to the damage caused, with hints, notice and warned, the manual is to guide the operator.

Hints: Means what should understand during the operating.

Notice: Tell operator the system may be damaged if do not do the normal programs.

Warning: Tell operator may cause body injury if do not step the normal programs.Tips:1.Only qualified and trained staff to do printer maintenance.

2.The electronic components on the control board of the printer are very sensitive to electrostatic, easy to damage.

3.The internal voltage of this equipment have a risk of electric shock.

4.Both hands and clothes should be keep a safety distance from the moving parts of the model.

5.During the working, operater must not touch the printhead.

6.Properly arrange the power line, avoid tripping danger.

7.If cut off power supply, should hold the power plug, shall not pull the power cord.

8.If change, should use the same electrical parts in the same

specifications, only use this printer and match the power cable.

9.Do not put and store any items in the printer, meanwhile, and keep the machine far away from any liquid and pollutants.

10.The equipment can be produced, use, and can launch radio frequency energy, such as, if not follow the instructions for installation and operation, may cause harmful interference, for residential use, the user must remove interference at one's own expenses

Chapter 2 Symbols

ON Turn on the power, the power is connected

OFF Turn off the power, the power is disconnect.Product Label

This label shows the specs of this model, located at the behind of the machine.Chapter 3 Machine Introduction

3.1 Function

Audley digital hot stamping machine is a small portable desktop

machine, processes gold and silver stamping without making zinc plate, the computer typesetting, namely that do many desirable jobs, special software control, eliminate the problem of complex design, can print media: copper paper, paper, stickers, plastic design, cloth, ribbons, etc. pocket diary book covers, advertising, professional project, and new programs, etc.

It saves the costly setting time, and eliminates the mould, mesh, printing ink and organic solvents that use with the tranditional printing method, which greatly reduces the direct and indirect cost. If the machine is used in a family environment, it may produce radio interference, in this case, may require the user to take proper measures of protection

3.2 Appearance

3.3 Opening Package

1. please check if there is damage on package or appearance, kindly contact with us if finding any abnormal, then we can solve the problem immediately.

2. Please check your parts list, including:

Audley digital hot stamping machine

power line

CD driver

Lan cable

quality assurance manual

cotton swab(for cleaning the head)

foil

printing sample.

the foil list against different media

Notice:

Package size: 69X63X49cm

It should be placed on the plate that at least withstand 2 times of the weight of the machine.

Do not touch the head directly with hands.

Please keep well of packing materials for furture use.

3.4 Connect Power and Lan Cable

Notice: Random for power and network cable adaptation of the rated power products and data transmission, if use different normal socket, please check the power is suitable for the machine.

Check the power switch located at 0 that means power off.

1. The power line should be firmly plugged in machine outlet.

2.The power line should be plugged in a grounding line socket.

3.The network cable should be firmly plugged in the machine port.

4.The other end of the network cable can be directly inserted into a

computer's network port or insert in LAN switches.

5. Please turn on the power after plugging the Lan cable.

6. Please use the network cable that length not extending 2 meters.

7. The machine is by the LAN, which can make a computer control

many sets of equipment, and can realize the wireless network controlling, but do not suggest the same computer network connection to install many machines.Chapter 4 Main Components

4.1 Power

Notice:If not the qualified or trained professionals, pls do not open outside electronic devices.

4.2 Indicator and Button

Power The indicator light is on when the power is connected.

Ready When printing is ready, the indicator light is on.

Limit When Limit light is on, the working table and the printhead are in a reset condition.

Print When the machine is to receive printing tasks, press this button,the machine begins the printing job.

Reset When the machine is working, if press it, the working table and printhead will be in the original place, the printing task stops, so please use this button with caution.

4.3 Foil Device

Feeding dish Used for installation of foil.

Receiving dish Used for gathering the used foil, and provide

appropriate tension, prevent foil to fold.

Guide bar Used to direct the foil transmission, prevent foil to fold.

Printhead Used in foil heating pressure and foil imaging.

Working table Printing media on the table.

Note: the printhead may be rubbed or electrostatic to cause permanent damage. For the details , refer to the chapter 6 "the print head maintenance".Chapter 5 Installation of Foil

The machine is with part of the foil sample

In order to avoid damage of the printhead, must not print without the foil. 1. Put the foil in feeding dish gently, must launch it in a clockwise

direction. The foil(around the bottom of the side) is under the printhead.

2. Insert the foil tube on the receiving dish, recycle the used foil. Make sure that one end of the foil tube is strong adsorption on the receiving dish.

3. Install the foil guide stem from A and the printhead and guide bar

under the B.

4. be fixed to one end of the foil receiving plate to fasten the top,

labeled recovery a piece of adhesive tape.

5. Clockwise empty recycle carton, tight the foil, and check whether

level of the foil line, without twisted or folded.

Note: It is very important for the foil correct installation, if it is in

folding, it will cause printing defects. The foil quality also directly influences the printing quality and the printhead life. The brand Audley foil is a carefully prepared and strict testing for the machine, it can meet the demand of the machine. If using the foil without approval, it can cause damage to the machine, it is with no warranty, and the cost will be provided to repair the machine.Chapter 6 Installation of Driver

Before using this printer, install the driver which is already in the CD. Choose your printer base in different computer system, if your computer is 32 bit systerm, you can open file " fi", if your computer is 64 bit system, you can open file"fi_64".

1. Key-driver Installation

This is the soft dog(the key), this is useful for the foil control center. You must setup the key-driver first, and then must insert the sfot dog in the computer, then you can run the foil control center.

Open the file "USB-key Driver" and click " "

Click "Next"

Click "Finish"

The USB-key driver is installed

2. Pirnter setup

Please extract the file audleysetup,if your computer is 32 bit systerm, you can open file " fi", if your computer is 64 bit system, you can open file"fi_64".

There are two steps to install the driver. First, click" Click "uninsall.exe" to add AudleyPort. Second, click "PrinterSetup.exe", input the printer name, like"3050A", choose "AudleyXpress", and then the pirnter is installed.

Chapter 7 Printing

7.1 Ready to start

Before operating the machine, please check all of following items completed:

The machine has already connected with computer.

The foil was ready.

Printer & computer are in power.

The medium has already put on the working table.

Keep the machine away from the surrounding objects, prevent to meet obstacles when working table is moving and damage the machine.

7.2 Setup of Print Jobs

To choose a suitable application programs suitable to Windows system, such as Corel Draw, Microsoft Word etc.

Choose the system, like Word, Coreldraw

Setup the page size

Input the images & texts

Set print properties

Put the media on the working table

Send the printing jobs to the printer

7.3 edit and print Printers in the design to suit Windows compatible applications,

1. Edit in coreldraw

Open coreldraw, set the page size "57*150mm". Input your image and text in the coreldraw, after finished the editing, click pirnt, and then pop up a frame like following: Choose the printer 3050A, then click properties, and pop up the following....frame: Choose Landscape, and click the "advanced" on the down corner. Then pop up the following frame: The page size choose 2.24x6 inch, then click ok, ok, then reback the following frame, Click "apply", and "print", then will pop up the foil control center, like following picuter:

Then click the modify job, setting the printhead force is "15-25" (this means the printhead pressure when printing, if this parameter too big, mabe it will damage the printerhead). The cold dot energy is "13-25" (this means the printhead tempreture when printing, if this parameter is too big, maybe it will cut the foil) . The edge energy is 0, the pirnthead warmup is 0, the speed down is 0. Keep all the other parameter default. Then save job, yes, yes, and you can click the "print" in the foil control center. The machine began to work, and print out the file.

2. Edit in word:

Open word, set the page size "5.7*15cm".

page margins set 0, orientation choose the "Landscape", as following picture:

Then click ok, Input the Images and texts what you want, as the following picture:

Please click print when you finished your input. The following setp is same as in the coreldraw.

INote:

1. Delete job if you don't want the job in the foil control center, you can choose the job, and click " delete job" to delete it.

2. Import if your file save on your computer, you can click "import" to import the file in the foil control centor.

3. Move plate and printhead you can click this, choose "Move Mode" then can move the plate to right and left , forward and backward, by your hand.

4. This option play when appropriate, and computer and this product in the current situation, the equipment will be attached to the network. This option not when appropriate, need to manually click the "connected", the equipment can be attached to the network.

5. This option play when appropriate, when finished the print job will be deleted automaticly.Parameter is set

IP address elected to be automatic get IP. Note: in your face equipment operation panel, you need to print materials positioned in the top left-hand corner of the print platform.

Chapter 8 PreventiveMaintenance

The printhead is a precise and sensitive electronics device. As it may early damaged by hardware or static.So in the work situation, for lowing down the risk and adding the service life of it, please keep enough humidy.

The surface of printhead is made up of a kind of thin hardness of high silica protective film,but it may also be broken by hardwre.So please operate it as below:

1. Do not directly touch the hot area of the printhead.

2. To keep the level of print media, without hard partcles and droplet.

3. Do not touch the surface of the printhead with metalware.

4. To keep the workplace clean and tidy as far as possible.

5. If can guarantee the printing quality, try to minimize print pressure as possible as you can.

Clean the Printhead

After printing tasks 500 times, please clean the printhead as follow:

1.Disconnect the power equipment, and pull out the network cable.

2.Take off the gold foil.

3.Use a swab with alcohol to wipe the printhead heating element gently.

4. After cleaning out the surface, dry up the volatile alcohol with no

alcohol swab.

5.Load on the foil, then continue to print.Chapter 9 Model Parameters

Operating system windows XP/windows 7

Packing size 69X63X49cm

Resolution 300dpi

Printing size 15CM*5.7CM

Software Compatibility

Apply to most of the WINDOWS applications

Input port \output port Network

Power supply 110V-220V 50-60HZ 150W