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Course number U8505S
Length 10 days
Delivery method Instructor-led training (ILT)
Onsite dedicated training (OST)
Price USD $9,930
CAD $11,916

Course overview

The HP Indigo press w3250 operation course focuses on the concepts, procedures, and practices required operating the digital printing press safely and effectively. This 10-day class builds confidence in new operators who will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the HP Indigo press w3250. Topics covered include operator routines, safety precautions, care and preventive maintenance, paper transport, handling of consumables, control of color, maintenance of the press, and troubleshooting common operator level printing problems.


Prerequisites


Audience

Training is structured specifically for those individuals who are new to the HP Indigo family of digital offset printing presses and will be assigned to operate the HP w3250.


Ways to save

  • Onsite dedicated training course (OST) at your location

Next Steps

  • Three to six months practical production experience running the press
  • HP Indigo press w3250 maintenance for partners program (HF316S)

Course Objectives

By the end of this training you will be able to:

  • Understand the safety and disposal procedures
  • Identify the parts and function of the HP Indigo press w3250
  • Perform daily and weekly maintenance routines
  • Perform consumable replacement successfully
  • Utilize the press software to print files
  • Understand how color is controlled within the HP Indigo press w3250
  • Successfully print on multiple substrates

Benefits to you

Trained HP Indigo press operators will positively influence press reliability in the following areas

  • Machine stability and dependability by performing routine maintenance, on schedule and according to prescribed procedures
  • Productivity while minimizing waste and maximizing consumable life by monitoring the printing process, recognizing output problems, and implementing the appropriate corrective actions
  • Achieving optimum print quality by understanding the machines capabilities

Course outline

Demonstrations

  • Safety & disposal procedures
  • Interlock overview
  • Inch safe method
  • Electro photography
  • On-line help
  • Press options
  • Internal RIP overview
  • Job editor overview
  • Online ordering

Removal and replacement

  • ITM hood
  • Cleaning station wiper holder
  • Cleaning station
  • Scorotrons (3)
  • BID units
  • Oil filters
  • Ink pumps

Handling consumables

  • Ink can replacement
  • Imaging oil add
  • Consumable logging
  • PIP replacement
  • Blanket replacement
  • 1st pressure adjustment
  • Imaging agent add

Daily routines

  • Start of day routines
  • Pre-lube cleaning station blade
  • Clean scorotrons
  • Run print cleaner
  • Perform color adjust
  • End of day routines
  • Print cleaner wizard
  • Drain blower cabinet
  • Drain solid add air compressor
  • Dry BID units
  • Clean the cleaning station blade
  • Open printing service door
  • System shutdown procedures
  • Clean rubber nip rollers

Substrates

  • Substrate treatment
  • Substrate certification
  • Paper properties
  • Paper handling
  • Environmental controls
  • HP substrates
  • 2nd transfer

Web fed paper setup

  • Define substrate
  • Control panel overview
  • Unwinder overview
  • Vacuum box overview
  • Print engine overview
  • Turnbar overview
  • Rewinder overview
  • Press threading routine
  • Image placement
  • Scaling substrates
  • Eye-mark calibration
  • Repeat length setup

Weekly maintenance

  • Perform end of day routines
  • Calibrate densitometer
  • Check chiller for leakage
  • Clean PTE protective cover
  • Back up configuration files
  • Clean scorotron (bobbin cvr. and dampers)
  • Check imaging agent level
  • Clean ink pumps
  • Clean rollers
  • Clean ITM shoulders (4)
  • Clean IR sensors
  • Drain solid add air compressor
  • Clean imaging oil sensor
  • Clean vacuum box sensors/reflectors
  • Clean laser writing window
  • Lubricate the press
  • Machine configuration backup
  • Success/error folder maintenance
  • Delete unreferenced elements
  • Shut down the press

Color control

  • Auto bias
  • Densitometer calibration
  • Auto color adjustment
  • Manual color adjustment
  • Color LUT tab (Look Up Table)
  • Color match tab (density & dot size)
  • Color order & screening tab (HDI)
  • Color mapping
  • Multiple hits of color

Advanced topics

  • Corona wire re-threading
  • Imaging oil flow rate
  • BID pressure adjustment
  • BID engage/disengage
  • Ink replacement- cleaning cycle
  • Imaging agent add bleed
  • Separation shift
  • Chiller operation/maintenance
  • Soft sub replacement

Practical application

  • Matching color proofs
  • Printing on multiple substrates
  • Job editor - step and repeat
  • White ink usage
  • Operator MMI
  • Troubleshooting


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