Printer Control Software (PCS)

Printer Control Software (PCS) installed on a Host PC is designed for scanning inkjet printing. It offers a user-friendly interface to interactively control the printer, monitor printer status, and set printer options, such as the amplitude and pulse width of jetting waveforms as well as the voltage and temperature for each print head.

Amica’s PCS processes incoming RIP data and provides a software interface allowing RIP software to print jobs to the printer directly. The control interface features include print head cleaning, print head calibration, motor speed settings, and print head settings, etc.

Printer Control Software Workflow

User-friendly Interface

• Displays job queue and previews
• Easy to monitor/ control printer and job status with instant feedback

Print Parameter Settings

• Supports multiple print mode management
• Sets origin position, media width and multi-roll media
• Sets pass number/ quality level, speed, direction and job spacing
• Sets spraying on/ off, timing, spraying frequency/ interval
• Sets print orders of CMYK, White, Varnish and Primer ink
• Saves, exports and imports settings

Job Management Workflow

• Accepts .prt, .tif and .vdf files
• Directly adds job to printer and sets job properties
• Directly prints from ColorPRINT RIP

Print Head Alignment Workflow

• Precise compensation algorithm for print head physical position error
• Alignment solution for single group, multiple group or angle-positioned print head
• Nozzle block calibration

Remote Printer Control

• Controls multiple printers at the same time
• Controls the movement of media and printer carriage
• Measures media width
• Checks nozzle status, controls print head cleaning
• Sends job control commands to print, abort, pause, delete and copy
  
• Displays real-time status information of printer and job
• Displays statistical information of printer, such as total print time, total moving distance/ times of printer carriage, total PWC times, etc.

More Functions

• UV lamp setting
• Platen vacuum/ blow setting
• Z-axis control to adapt to different media
• Print head maintenance module for automatic purging, wiping and capping
• Support the third party RIP software
• Skip white function to enhance productivity
• Multi-platen printing setting
• User authority management

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