Basic Orientation to Designjet 650

650C Designjet – Size E/0A Plotter

• Load driver for your operating system – Use USB Drive or download
• Plug it in and leave it ON
• Under the hood:
  • Carriage –
    • You can move via belt ONLY when turned OFF
    • The light on side of carriage reads paper and encoder mark
    • Ink cartridges – Put in while machine is ON
  • Carriage Garage on Left
  • Cutter Garage on Right
  • Silver Encoder Strip – Clean ONLY with water & lint free fabric or soft paper towel
  • Slider Rods – 3 drops of oil every three months
    • (Mineral Oil, Baby Oil or 3 in 1 Oil)
• Network Card – Use your network guy to figure it out – Use Configuration Plot
• Control Panel
  • LED
    • Will tell you what you need to do/know
  • Buttons
    • Menu (Up, Down, Previous, Enter)
    • Printed Menu
    • Color/Mono
    • Form Feed/Cut
    • Cancel
• Loading Paper
  • Single Sheet
  • Roll
    • Orientation of Roll: Like toilet paper up and over…see the diagram on roll cover.
    • Pull out an arm’s length
    • Align – To align pull paper straight down and match right side of top paper to paper underneath.
    • Type of paper…you can trick a misbehaving machine with choosing thinner or thicker paper.
• Cartridges
  • Install while machine is on and press ACCESS CARTRIDGES button
    • As you snap each into place it will show on the display on the LED window.
    • After installation the machine will run a cartridge alignment
    • If it doesn’t recognize cartridge, try licking the front of the cartridge on the contact strip. Sounds dumb, but it often works!
  • Resuscitating Misbehaving Cartridges
    • Soak in hot water for 15 minutes then do the “Whip Snap” Shake into a sink now turn the cartridge upside down and look for two lines of ink
    • Wipe it – Hot Water – Soak
    • Paper Plate and Folded Wet Paper Towels – Press down & release slowly – look for two solid parallel lines. If there’s a break in the lines, there is a blockage on the jets.
• HELP?
  • Call Susan Lapakko at 651-247-3022, text, or send email to susanlapakko@gmail.com
  • User Guide
  • Service Manual
  • Google It!