HSAJET MICRON MICRODRAW USER MANUAL
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1. NG Page 10 of 33 MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA SYSTEMS Transparency By default the text is transparent Uncheck the box Transparent in the object panel to make the background white in the text field 8 A 1 22 SE Arte WA ESR Transparent off Transparent on Page 11 of 33 MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA SYSTEMS Add a Fixed Object Add a text b add ar gd BEE 10 To create a text object select the text object button in the toolbar 1 Place the cursor on the canvas left click and drag 2 Change text object settings in the menu on the left 3 Edit text Select a font from the ad down menu and adjust font style if necessary Font name Font name Size Aral Unico AUE Gize Style Style Text tg Content Transparent Next enter a text string in the content box You can enter any character or glyph supported by the font IEEE Page 12 of 33 Add a barcode Ee MICRODRAW USER MANUAL iia HSA SYSTEMS To create a barcode object select the barcode object button in the toolbar 1 Place the cursor on the canvas left click and drag 2 Change text object settings in the menu on the left 3 1a oS A SIE jun D Q B 2 Mn WU I Ze Symbology type Select a barcode symbology from the drop down menu MicroDraw allows you to use almost every type of barcode symbology Barcode oT TET BI MI EH 123456789 Deko kiama reih GE Text WPS Carters Se2. 24 Minute 60 Invalid dates will not be shown If month offset results in invalid dates such as 31 Feb the next valid date will be shown Edit Variable HSA systems MICRODRAW USER MANUAL Fonts To change font properties click the font button in the toolbar 1 select a font in the window to the right 2 and change the settings in the font menu 3 The illustrations below show the use of a different script for digits Other scripts as illustrated are only available if you have fonts with Unicode support Typically Arial Unicode MS will have the characters required If you don t have the proper font selecting other languages will display squares instead of digits You can get license free Unicode fonts at qnu org softw are freefont l i E a NE ee 2 6 VYVEOTVA Ze E Select a font from the drop down menu 1 Next select a language 2 Characters will be shown if the language is supported by the selected font 3 Adjust font style if needed Select Upside down 1 to display the font upside down 2 Page 23 of 33 HSA systems MICRODRAW USER MANUAL Offset Hoemontal stretch Cutting flop Enter a distance mm in the offset box to adjust the vertical position of the font or simply place the cursor on the font hold down the left mouse button and drag ni e gt Al KI ia AL 0 5 _ D _ ha e Crop the fonts by adjusting the two blue dotted lin
3. Burst size The number of rows to fire at every spit interval Sensor spit active Automatically shoot a row on all nozzles when the sensor is activated Sensor spit distance If sensor spit is ON how long time after sensor is spit actually activated In distance by either fixed speed or encoder w MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA systems Spit delay How long distance to keep the spit active Start block distance The distance from start sensor in which no further start signals can be received This will prevent unwanted sensor signals End block distance Distance after print in which no further start signals can be received Layout Filename Enter a layout name This is the default layout name that will be used when you select the save button Length The length of your layout Maximum length depends on the size of variable fonts and resolution As a rule of thumb you have in 300 dpi approx 20 cm print length in 600 dpi approx 10 cm print length You can see the memory meter display how much you use of the resources available Smaller fonts means more print length The maximum avialable length is 2400 pixel or around 8 inches Resolution Horizontal Select a horizontal resolution from the drop down menu 75x300 dpi 150x300 dpi 300x300 dpi 600x300 dpi The possible resolution is not limited to the 3 options above To enter a different resolution enter a number between 50 and 600 The maximum speed is affected by
4. w HSA SYSTEMS HSAJET MICRON M ICRODRAW USER MANUAL EEEE EEE w 285 41 12 10 2011 SA SYSTEMS 12345 okt 12 201 Design window Camas Version 25 Mar 2012 By Torben Dam Jensen For MicroDraw version 1 07 w HSA SYSTEMS CONTENT Jg Oe lr DT 3 Main Program de UNI 4 Basic Functions Quick Overview sssssssssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnan 5 Working with Fixed ONE CN 8 Add FIXED ODJECE TTT 11 Eeer 11 eege EE EE EE E 12 Pa ao EE tt EN ME E 14 Working with Variable Objects rrrrrrrrrnnnnvvvrrrrrnnnnnnnvnnnvvrnrersnnnnnnevvvrnensnnnnnnnnnnvrrrrerns 15 Add V nabl ODJECE OTT 17 OGERE TIN E aA E et eieateceisnaneetarsagasuncaater ane teenienaenane raat acer earacneueces 17 enn El E E E E E E E T E E E E 19 Edit Variable e Vu CTT 22 Prom Se le onaran 24 Layout SENIN S ririri ar rarr anaana 28 Cost CalCUlatiOn iriiria E i 31 A LO HE TR 32 Page 3 of 33 MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA SYSTEMS Introduction Welcome to MicroDraw MicroDraw is the design softw are for the Micron printer Important features Multiple Language support Fully Unicode compatible and support for non Western characters Variable Resolution Setting from 50 dpi to 600 dpi Cost calculation feature included Both linear and 2D barcodes supported Please also refer to the following documents Micron Quick Guide Technician s guide to setting up this product Micro
5. 3S Al S Ratkje BO EOE Soe cna sate i Hale fs Behn EE SAs SENE To create a logo object select the logo object button in the toolbar 1 Place the cursor on the canvas left click and drag 2 Change text object settings in the menu on the left 3 sn The micron can print 300 dpi in the vertical direction This means that a picture should be exactly 150 pixel in the height to fit within the printhead using no resize Maximum image size approx 150 x 2400 pixel Select logo file 1 Select a graphic file from your harddrive omp ico emf vmf HSA systems logo is default 2 Select stretch to resize the logo If Stretch is unchecked the original size will be kept 3 Select mirror to mirror the image horizontally File 1 C SMicrojet Grap eB 1 Stretch 2 fv Mirror 3 EN KG Page 15 of 33 MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA systems Working with Variable Objects Variable objects are able to change with every print depending on settings There are two different kinds of variable objects o Counters which change every time you release the photo cell o Date time which change depending on the time of day A date time can be displayed in different formats Font There are three types of fonts you can use for the variable objects Top font exists in the upper part of the layout Bottom font exists in the low er part of the layout Full font exists anywhere
6. es Minimum Minimum counter value Must be less than or equal to max Maximum Maximum counter value Must be more than or equal to min Digits Number of digits Maximum 9 Number of times the same value is Repeat repeated 0 255 Step How much counter increments after 0 65535 each sensor signal Count Direction min max UP or Reset on start Lead in zeros max min DOWN This option will reset counter when print mode is activated If off the controller will continue until max min reset is performed Lead in will be displayed as zeros Otherwise spaces Page 19 of 33 Add a date time Kat MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA SYSTEMS GE AH Mengel E H IE BM TO TE Le SC gt 04 08 2010 gg eee To create a date stamp select the date button 1 and click on the canvas 2 Change text object settings in the menu on the left 3 Properties To setup your date stamp please adjust the follow ing settings Variable Name Left Font Clear background Datestime ormat ear offset onth offset our offset inute offset MicroDraw Select a format Please refer to below table for available format codes Anything apart from these codes and anything in quotes Is output literally Example MHD 7 yy mm dd print MHD 13 02 15 Without quotes MHD is interpreted hour equal to 13 MHD yy mm dd print 21315 13 02 15 MICRODRAW USER MANUAL F
7. in the layout and does not have to be full height To change font properties please refer to the chapter edit fixed fonts The variable font sizes are set to default on new layouts you create but you can change them for each layout You can also save change font sizes as new default To pick a font for variable objects select a font from the drop down menu Page 16 of 33 NG MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA SYSTEMS Deg Repeal Shep Drechon Reset om siml Lend pence 3 4 0 5 z ke Position You can position the variable horizontally in two ways 1 Change the values in the box Left 2 Place cursor on the object hold down left mouse button and drag Variable m 0 10 20 30 40 ad Nan Cane e Left me Font Full font e Clear background Iv Counter 10 By default the object is transparent Uncheck the box Transparent to remove the background in the text field Ka Page 17 of 33 MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA SYSTEMS Add a Variable Object Add a Counter To create a counter select the counter button 1 and click on the canvas 2 Change counter object settings in the menu on the left 3 The size of the counter is determined by the font type and the number of digits Properties MicroDraw Welcome to MicroDraw Page 18 of 33 MICRODRAW USER MANUAL H SA SYSTEMS What it does Must be in range Current Current counter value Men
8. ayout select open in the tool bar 1 Select a layout from the list 2 A preview will be shown on the canvas 3 Press accept to load the layout 4 Only one layout can be edited at any time daga aS AW tomes OOS 2 3 PREVIEW Save a Layout To save the layout select the red disc button in the toolbar The layout will be saved under the default filename in the layout menu For more information please refer to the chapter Layout settings Layout i Filename Length Resoultion Newfie To save the layout under a different name select save as in the tool bar 1 Enter a name for your layout 2 and press accept to save the layout 3 If your Files directory contains subdirectories these will be listed in brackets like subdir Jala Bo AW d mpe D AE 2 Saroa Suter ok D Kat Page 7 of 33 MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA SYSTEMS Transfer to USB for Micron use Select the USB button to transfer the layout to a USB key It is only possible to store ONE layout on the USB key which is used for temporary data transport to the Micron Before you can save you must have selected the drive letter for the USB key Insert the USB key and use Windows File Explorer to leam drive letter This is done in settings menu To save date and time to a USB select the USB clock icon The date time is written as an absolute timestamp 5 minutes by default to give you time to u
9. ble panels When Resizable panels is enabled panel width can be adjusted Place the cursor on the panel border hold down the left mouse button and drag Setup Language Engh EE Ern Bi Lira Resizable panels rim Click and ee Fast drag kW Auto help ad d Log level Mona el minn Cumency E Le D USB dive FF ooo USB tine offset Ben Conlemators E Fast drag With fast drag enabled you can relocate an object on the canvas without highlighting it first Just left click on the object and drag Auto help Check Autohelp to display help messages in the bottom window If unchecked the last help message will be displayed Page 26 of 33 MICRODRAW USER MANUAL PT j e RR E eer ST HSA ya m S EMS Log level Select a log level to save program events to a log file Currency Please select the currency sign to be displayed in the cost menu KREE CR A T 7 Custom character set Please enter the characters to be used when you select custom language in the font menu The first 10 characters are used to replace 0 1 2 9 in that order ABC will replace 0 gt A 1 gt B etc Only first 10 positions will be used Page 27 of 33 Kat MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA SYSTEMS Log bevel Cunenep Custom character tel USE dive USE time oita Confmation USB drive Select USB key drive letter MicroDraw will save the layout at this lo
10. cation when save to usb is selected in the main toolbar USB time offset Enter a number of minutes to offset time information saved to USB This is intended to get a more accurate time on the Micron when the unit and the pc are not in close proximity Confirmations Turn confirmation messages on or off Ex ox re you sure you want to create a new layout 2 Are you sure you want to close J Page 28 of 33 MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA SYSTEMS Layout settings LK MicroDraw v1 05 c 2010 HSA Systems Print direction Left to right Upside down i Sensor distance 0 00 ap GE B THERES EG a pda de de ls Sensor edge Positive v aa 0 OE CDT 1 Ze SR ON Ink Versatile Black v Pen voltage 11 2 Yy I W He F IAT Firepulse width 2250 ns wale har RINT Print mode Encoder 7 i L Encoder resolution 0 04000 mm pulse elocity m min Spit interval 0 ms Burst size 0 Sensor spit active E Sensor spit distance 10 00 Spit delay 0 Ving Start block distance 0 00 End block distance 0 00 Layout Filename NewFile Lenath 99 99 Resolution 300 e DPI 300 ertikal opl sning Layout settings determine HOW your print will look and must be corresponding to the physical installation of the controller It is not always necessary to change all settings w MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA SYSTEMS Unit Print direction Print direction i
11. es There is one line at the bottom and one at the top of the character field Place the cursor on the line hold down the left mouse button and drag Font ap 10 15 30 a None Tore J7 EA R l Size 24 pts Se trrc AV IVAC Langusga Eaten Arab Ed ig j z Ka S KE Ditze 1 3 Them a d Honzortal eich 100 E Cutting bottom PS Upaide dowen D 4 Or adjust the distance in the boxes Cutting top and Cutting bottom The cutting is adjusted proportionally when the font size is changed to reveal same portion of the font You can now go back to edit the layout If you wish to have the variable font changes be used with next layout you create click the Save font button lower right in screen bottom of list panel Otherwise the font changes are for this file only Ka Page 24 of 33 MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA SYSTEMS Program Settings Select the tool button 1 to change program settings 2 In this menu the follow ing settings can be changed Language Change the settings menu language If your language is not included with MicroDraw you can make a translation of your own Please refer to the chapter Make new language file Help language Translate the messages displayed in the help window Unit Select the unit of measure to be displayed on the canvas and in the object settings menus KG MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA SYSTEMS Resiza
12. l give an alarm on the hardware output You can set this level freely and you can continue production after the alarm Adjust to your needs depending on how soon you can change ink versus your production intensity Ka Page 32 of 33 MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA SYSTEMS Create new language If your language Is not included with MicroDraw you can make a language file of your own The language files are stored in the subdirectory language of the program directory normally found at c program files M icroDraw Language Make a copy of the file English rename it and open it with a text editor Every line in a section is made up by two parts separated by an equal sign Translate the content on the right hand side example Start posit Lopes HEITE Start position Start position Save the file when translation is complete Load the new language file from the program settings see page 24 Ka Page 33 of 33 MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA systems Support For product support please contact HSA SYSTEMS Customer Service department HSA systems HSA SYSTEMS CUSTOM ER SERVICE Phone 45 66103401 Email techsupport hsasystems com
13. lect human readable to show numbers below the barcode Select a font from the drop down menu and adjust font style if necessary Human readable Iv OU LI 23000000 Adjust width of side frame and top bottom frame if necessary Sade frame wath ji ontana 123456789 With some barcode types composite mode is possible which allows a 2D barcode to be printed on a linear barcode Page 13 of 33 HSA systems MICRODRAW USER MANUAL Select a composite mode and enter content of the 2D barcode in the box composite text Composite made ee a Composite text 171410003025 Composite mode must be set to A for EAN8 EAN13 UPCA UPCE or GS1 DataBar barcodes Composite mode must be set to C for EAN UCC 128 barcodes Notice that in some cases you can use special codes in the barcode content Known as ESCAPE CODES these typically are x where x is a character Example for GS1 structured DataM atrix code To create a GS1 structured DataM atrix code enter identifiers and data directly after each other and put the special escape code F first and after each variable length data except the last last Thus the string F011234567890123717110507 Will encode 01 12345678901237 17 110517 Finally also make sure that you have selected GS1 under Structure as GS1 isn t the only way to encode DataM atrix Page 14 of 33 Add a Logo Kat MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA SYSTEMS 2 Jada al
14. n User manual Printer user manual Ko Page 4 of 33 MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA systems Main Program Window HSA syster P 1 Main toolbar Access commands and submenu s here 2 Layout window Place your content here 3 Settings menu Change object settings and program settings here Settings menu changes according to what you are working on 4 Help window Help texts are displayed here The help window is context sensitive 5 Layout panel Load Save layouts here When not in load save mode the object list is shown here KG Page 5 of 33 MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA systems Basic Functions Quick Overview Create a new Layout To create a new layout select new layout in the upper left corner You will be asked to save if you have modified the layout Unit m Print direction Oo Upsidedown Sensor distance Use external sensor Sensor edge Ink Pen voltage Firepulse width Print mode The Micron memory can contain a layout of approx 2500 pixel in print direction This is equal to around 20cm in 300 dpi or 10 cm in 600 dpi If the following message is displayed the layout is too wide Maximum length depends on variable font size and resolution At all times a memory bar shows in percentage the load on the Micron Microdra ee Too much data to Fit into Microdet memory Reduce Font size or layout length b i MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA SYSTEMS Load a Layout To load a l
15. ormat string yyyy yyy yy y mm m dd d hh h nn n Format string W W J Meaning Year 4 digits Year 3 digits Year 2 digits Year 1 digit Month 2 digits Month 1 digit Day 2 digits Day 1 digit Hour 2 digits Hour 1 digit Minute 2 digits Minute 1 digit Meaning Week 0 lead in Week space lead in Day No 0 lead in Day No space lead in H SA SYSTEMS Example 2009 009 09 9 05 5 09 9 03 3 02 2 Example 02 for week 02 _2 for week 02 001 for first day __ 1 for first day The format codes shown below will display month and weekday However unlike the format codes shown above weekdays and month names will only update when the layout is loaded in MicroDraw and will not update on Micron controller automatically To update weekdays and months on the unit upload the layout again Special cases ddd dddd ddddd mmm mmmm mmmmm Day name Month name Sa Sat Saturday Ma May May w MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA SYSTEMS Offsets on dates Enter a number in the appropriate box to offset each element in your time date stamp Chew backgroud be Date fiame Format Gen Y Tear offset af 7 lt Morth olltel 2 les T T S CC Heme offset Mende r izet 8 MicroDraw J Haleame to MicroDrawa The following values are allow ed Offset allow ed Year 125 Month 12 Day 30000 Hour
16. pdate Insert the USB in the Micron printer to update date and time on the unit Please refer to Micron user manual Exit the program Select the exit button to terminate program al Ko MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA SYSTEMS Working with Fixed Objects Fixed objects are used to create the static part of your message o Not changing with every print o Placeable anywhere e Can be stretched and rotated freely Resize Rotate Position You can resize the object in two ways 1 Change the width and height in the menu 2 Select a snap point hold down the left mouse button and drag se Enter text You can rotate the object in two ways 1 Enter an angle in the rotation box 2 Place the cursor over the center snap point hold down left mouse button and turn TEXT objects rotate freely Other fixed objects rotate in 90 degrees steps Fintatioei D You can position the text object in two ways 1 Change the values in the boxes Left and Top 2 Place the cursor on the object hold down left mouse button and drag NG Page 9 of 33 MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA SYSTEMS owe Enter text Left is the distance from the left border of the canvas to the object Top is the distance from the top border of canvas to the object Delete Object To delete an object highlight the object and select the delete button or press DEL on the keyboard abe Ii ESS 124 G 15 10 HSA Systems
17. s the travel direction of your media Upside Down Select this if your printer is mounted in a 180 degree rotation or to print all layout rotated 180 degrees Sensor distance An important part of setting up your system is to measure the distance betw een the start sensor and the head This is to ensure the product is printed at the right spot Remember the value must correspond to the physical setup Sensor edge Set the sensor settings to positive or negative edge depending on the type of sensor you are using Refer to installation manual and wiring diagram Ink A dropdown with selection of ink types These are taken from the text file settings inks dat and help to pre select drop size voltage and supply size Pen Voltage and Fire pulse width These settings can greatly influence the quality of your printout Please refer to the documentation for your ink Print mode Select encoder if an encoder is installed on your system or velocity if you want to enter the printing speed manually Velocity Please enter your printing speed if print mode is set to velocity Encoder resolution Encoder resolution must be set if encoder has been selected under print mode Resolution is calculated by dividing the circumference of the measuring wheel by the number of pulses per revolution generated from the encoder Spit Interval Automatically shoot a row on all nozzles every nn miliseconds If this value is set to 0 then function is disabled
18. selection of horizontal resolution since the frequency of the printhead remains the same 75 dpi Max302 m min to 600 dpi Max 38 m min Resolution Vertical The vertical resolution is created by removing lines from the printed image in order to save ink costs Available options are 300 225 200 and 150 DPI 0 25 33 50 ink reduction Notice that because of print height being just 1 2 the number of active dots are 150 to 75 Kat MICRODRAW USER MANUAL HSA SYSTEMS Cost calculation ost 1000 printe nk supply lifetime Select the cost button to enter the cost calculation menu The default supply size and drop size are already filled in these are taken from the ink type in unit settings You should enter the cost for each supply in your currency The result will be in the same currency By default cost is set to arbitrary value of 100 per unit MicroDraw will calculate 1 Coverage based on 300 x 300 dpi canvas 2 Cost 1000 prints 3 Ink supply lifetime Although the calculations are often close to the actual costs notice that Even the slightest change in font size can greatly influence the consumption of ink It is rarely possible to empty an ink cartridge 100 Please also notice that the coverage Is the same regardless of resolution The cost of printing Is what is changing with resolution Ink warning level Notice setting for Ink Warning Level This is the level on which Micron wil
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