AGFA 1 manual Negativepressuresetting

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5.5.Negativepressuresetting

Inksupplybymeansofnegativepressure:

Bymeansofnegativepressure,theinkiskeptinth eprintheads. Atoohighsettingwillcausemissingnozzles,ornoin kfiringatall. Whenthepressureistoolow,theinkwillleakoutof theheads.

TheNeg.Pressureshouldbesetto.0.36 Duringtheday,thenegativepressureindicationcan raise alittlebitwhentheenginebecomeshot.Thisisan ormal behaviourandasuseryoudon’thavetocorrecttheval ue atthatmoment;

Whenyouhavetoraisetheunderpressuretoahigher thennormalvaluetoavoid inkdrippingoutoftheheads(pooling),thenthiscan beanindicationthatsomeair gotintotheinksupplylines;Inthiscasereferto themaintenancesectiontodoa largepurgeandgetridofairinthenozzlesbyleak ingtheheadswithlowunder pressure.Ifthisisnotsufficient,aircanbepre sentintheinkfilterbecauseink levelswentlowinthemaintank;Inthatcase,you havetobleedtheairoutofthe inkfilters,alsoexplainedinthemaintenancesecti on.

WhenusingWhiteink:

ItispossiblethattheNeg.Pressureneedstobetun edtowards“.038”,to getastablenozzlebehaviorfortheWhiteheads. Withthewhiteink,ahighertemperaturewillresul tinalowerviscosity (moreliquidstate),whichcanleadtoink“Pooling”un derneaththeprint head.

“Pooling”:inkbuildupunderneaththeprinthead, causingnozzlefailure. Astheheadneedstofiredrops,thefireddropsaren otgettingthroughthepoolof inkunderneaththehead.AnincreaseofNeg.Pressur e,(.038)willbringtheink moreupwardsintothemeniscusoftheprinthead,thus preventingthepooling.

Howtomakechanges:

Unlocktheblackknobbypushing the“A”switchtotheleft. Youcannowturntheblackknobto makechangesinthepressure. Pushthe“A”switchbacktosecuretheknob.

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