Brother GT-%$!, GT541 instruction manual

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GT-541

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GARMENT PRINTER

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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Main GT-541 INSTRUCTION MANUAL GARMENT PRINTER Note based on California law (USA) on the use and handling of Perchlorate See http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION [1] Safety indications and their meanings Indications Installation Printing Maintenance Environmental requirements Installation Printing Maintenance Page Table of Contents Page Page 1. Read This First 1-1. Precautions Page 1-2. Unpacking Your Printer 1-3. Required Condition 1-3-1. Environment 1-3-2. Electrical Requirements 1-3-3. Software Information 1-3-4. Other Requirements 1-3-5. Consumable Requirements 2. Identifying Your Printers Parts 2-1. Front 2-2. Left 2-3. Right 2-4. Rear 2-5. Inside of the Front Cover 2-6. Under the Platen 2-7. Control Panel 2-7-1. Indication Lamps 2-7-2. Display 3. Getting Started Before using your printer, it needs to be correctly setup as described in this chapter. 3-1. Placing Your Printer 3-2. Turning On/Off Your Printer 3-2-1. Turning On Your Printer 3-2-2. Turning Off Your Printer When you have finished using your printer, follow the instructions below to turn it off. 3-3. Preparing Your PC 3-3-1. PC preparation: For Windows XP / 2000 (32 bit) 3-3-2. Connection with USB 2.0 Cable: for Windows XP Page Page 3-3-3. Connection with USB 2.0 Cable: for Windows 2000 3-3-4. Opening the installed manuals 3-3-5. Installing Useful Tools 3-3-6 Installation of PC for Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32 bit / 64 bit) Page Page 3-4. Setting Up Your Printer Adjust the display contrast and the speaker volume as required. 3-4-1. Adjusting the Display Contrast 3-4-2. Adjusting the Speaker Volume Page 4. Printing Directly from Applications 4-1. Basic Printing Procedure 30 4-2. Setting the Applications Print Condition 4-2-1. Common Notice for All Applications Color Mode / Color Space: Print Layout: Print Cancel: 4-2-2. Settings for CorelDRAW 10/11/12/X3 CorelDRAW 10/11/12 CorelDRAW X3 32 Print Area (CorelDRAW 10/11/12/X3) : Color Palette in Install CD (CorelDRAW 10/11/12/X3): Print: (CorelDRAW 10/11/12/X3): Click "Properties" to do Printer Driver settings. 33 Convert to Bitmap: 4-2-3. Settings for Adobe Photoshop 6/7/CS/CS2 35 Print: 36 Color Palette (Swatch) in Install CD: 4-2-4. Settings for Adobe Illustrator 10/CS/CS2 Page Page Page 41 4-2-5. Settings for Adobe Photoshop Elements Color settings: Printing Color Palette (swatch) in install CD: 4-2-6. Setting Paint Shop Pro Print Condition Color settings: Printing 4-2-7. Printing From Other Applications 4-3. Setting the Printer Driver Condition Set the printer driver condition following the procedure below. Page 4-3-6. Selecting the Ink Volume 4-3-7. Setting Yellow / Black Printing 4-3-8. Printing Color Chart Page 4-4. Uninstalling / Installing the Platen 4-4-1. Uninstalling the Platen 4-4-2. Installing the Platen 4-5. Placing the T-shirt on the Platen T-shir t Tray Print Side Obstruction Sensor 4-6. Printing 4-6-1. Making One Print 4-6-2. Printing More than One Print Using the Same Print Data 4-7. Removing the T-shirt From the Platen 4-8. Fixing the Ink onto the T-shirt 5. Printing ARP Files 5-1. Making Print Data in ARP Format Page 5-2. Reading ARP Files Saved in a CompactFlash 5-3. Sending ARP Files from GT File Viewer to your Printer 6. Maintenance DANGER WARNING CAUTION 6-1. Replacing Consumables 6-1-1. Replacing the Ink Cartridge 6-1-2. Replacing the Wiper Cleaner Inside the Wiper Cleaner Cassette Page Page Page 6-1-3. Replacing the Waste Ink Cartridge Page 6-1-4. Replacing the Platen Sheet 6-1-5. Required Maintenance for the Long Storage Page 7. Troubleshooting 7-1. Solving Printer Problems Use the table below to help solve printer problems. Page 7-2. Solving Print Quality Problems Use the table below to solve print quality p roblems. 7-2-1. Procedure for Solving the Print Quality Problems Follow the procedure (Step 1 to 7) below until the print quality problem is solved. How to Check: Wiper Cleaner Wiper Blade Page 7-2-2. Cleaning the Print Heads 7-2-3. Checking Print Quality with Nozzle Check Pattern You can identify which Print Head has the problem by using the Nozzle Check Pattern. 7-2-4. Changing the Print Direction 7-2-5. Changing the Auto Head Cleaning Setting 7-2-6. Cleaning the Print Head Nozzles Page Page 7-2-7. Replacing the Print Head Page Page Lever Page Page Page 7-2-8. Adjustment after the Print Head has been replaced. 7-2-9. Cleaning the Carriage Shafts 7-2-10. Replacing the Wiper Blade Page Operation Page Page Page 7-3. Solving Application Problems See 4-2-4. Setting Adobe Illustrator Upgrade CorelDRAW to X3(13). The setting in the Properties of the 7-4. Error Messages Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Error Messages of Maintenance Unit 8. Specifications 8-1. Mechanical Specification 8-2. Software Specification