GT-782 Basic Operation Manual GARMENT PRINTER Please read this manual before using the printer. Please keep this manual within easy reach for quick reference. GT-782 US support homepage http://www.brother-usa.
Note based on California law (USA) on the use and handling of Perchlorate This product contains a CR Coin Lithium Battery which contains Perchlorate Material – special handling may apply. See http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate.
Thank you very much for buying a BROTHER printer. Before using your new printer, please read the safety instructions below and the explanations given in the instruction manual. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS [1] Safety indications and their meanings This instruction manual and the indications and symbols that are used on the printer itself are provided in order to ensure safe operation of this printer and to prevent accidents and injury to yourself or other people.
WARNING Installation Do not set up the printer in a dusty environment. If dust collects inside the printer, it may cause fire or electric shocks or problems with correct operation. Do not bend the cords excessively or fasten them too hard with staples or anything similar to secure cords, otherwise there is the danger that fire or electric shocks could occur. Be sure to connect the ground.
CAUTION Installation Setting up and moving of the printer should only be carried out by a qualified technician. The printer machine weighs approximately 230 kg (507 lb). Transporting and setting up of the printer should be held in proper way. The machine may fall down and cause injury. The printer must be used on a suitable stable surface, otherwise it may tip over or fall down and cause injury. Furthermore, the table that supports the printer should be at least 180 cm (70.9 inch) in width and 90 cm (35.
[3] Warning labels The following warning labels appear on the printer. Please follow the instructions on the labels at all times when using the printer. If the labels have been removed or are difficult to read, please contact your nearest Brother dealer. 1 2 Watch your fingers, or you may be injured.
Ink Cartridge Maintenance Solution Pretreatment Wash Liquid 4321M GT-782 v
GT-782
Table of Contents 1. Read This First ..............................................................................................................................................................1 1-1. Precautions............................................................................................................................................................1 1-2. Unpacking Your Printer .................................................................................................................
1. Read This First １. Read This First １-１. Precautions Please observe the following precautions before using your printer. Please advise the following to customers. Printed colors may transfer when a printed surface rubs on a white or light-colored synthetic leather made of PVC (polyvinyl chloride). When printing CMYK-only garments, the CMYK ink may transfer to the White-only printed garment when they rub against each other.
1. Read This First Tubes and Print Heads for White must be cleaned with Maintenance Solution once a week by the menu Tube Cleaning. The Warning "Clean Tube W*" is indicated on the display of the right Control Panel after a week passes since the last Tube Cleaning. If the printer is unused for a period of time there is a possibility that Print Heads may become blocked as ink dries.
1. Read This First １-２. Unpacking Your Printer Your printer must be unpacked by a Brother representative or a Brother authorized shipping company. After unpacking, check that the following parts are included. Contact Brother Customer Service Hot Line if any of these is missing.
1. Read This First 1-3-3. Software Information Supported OS: Latest Windows XP (32 bit), Windows Vista (32 bit / 64 bit), Windows 7 (32 bit / 64 bit) Supported Interface: USB 1.1/ 2.0 Minimum System Requirements: 256 MB RAM (512 MB or more is recommended), 128 MB free disk space (256 MB or more is recommended), 1 GHz CPU (2 GHz or more is recommended.
1. Read This First 1-3-5. Consumable Requirements For ordering new or replacement items please use the codes below.
2. Identifying Your Printer’s Parts ２. Identifying Your Printer’s Parts ２-１. Front 4322M No. Name Description 1 Platen Holds the T-shirt to be printed. 2 Platen Sheet Prevents a T-shirt from slipping so that an image is printed on your desired position. 3 T-shirt Tray Keeps parts of T-shirt hanging from the Platen (e.g. sleeves) on this T-shirt Tray. 4 Front Cover Open this to work on the inside of your printer. Open it after you turn OFF the printer.
2. Identifying Your Printer’s Parts ２-２. Left 4323M No. Name Description 1 Ink Cartridge Slot Load the Ink Cartridges of the appropriate color Black (1), Magenta (2), Cyan (3), Yellow (4). 5 Ink Cartridge Storage Store the new Ink Cartridges. 6 CompactFlash slot Inserts CompactFlash. 7 USB port Inserts USB cable to PC. 2 3 4 ２-３. Right 4324M No. Name Description 1 White Ink Cartridge Slot W1 is the front side and W4 is the back side.
2. Identifying Your Printer’s Parts ２-４. Inside of the Front Cover Cancel any operation, restore the Platens and turn off your printer before opening the Front Cover. Open the Front Cover with both hands after unlocking the cover locks and slide the Latch to fix the Front Cover. If you open the Front Cover while operating, the power automatically turns off. 4325M 4326M No. Name Description 1 Print Heads (Left) Jets the Color Ink to the platen. From the left black, magenta, cyan, and yellow.
2. Identifying Your Printer’s Parts ２-５. Under the Platen 4327M No. Name Description 1 Platen Height Adjustment Lever Adjusts the Platen height. Leftmost "A" is the normal T-shirt position. Check the exact height with Platen Button on Control Panel when you print on thicker material. 2 Platen Fixing Lever Fixes the Platen. Tighten/Loosen this lever to install/uninstall the Platen and to adjust the Platen height. 3 Bush Platen Shaft Fixes and holds the Platen.
2. Identifying Your Printer’s Parts ２-６. Control Panel Control Panel (Left) Control Panel (Right) 4328M No. Name Description 1 Error Lamp Indicates errors or warnings. See “2-6-1. Indication Lamps” for the details. 2 Platen Button Loads / Ejects the Platen. 3 Head Cleaning Button Cleans the Print Heads. See “7-2-2. Cleaning the Print Heads” in the Instruction Manual for the details. 4 Stop Button Cancels printing or Print Head cleaning. Returns to Standby mode.
2. Identifying Your Printer’s Parts 2-6-1. Indication Lamps The lamps on the control panel indicate the status of your printer as shown below. Lamp Printer Status Off: No print data has been received. Print Button Flashing: Receiving a print data. On: Printing data has been received. Off: No error is detected. Error Lamp On: One or more errors have been detected (See “7-4. Error Messages” in the Instruction Manual for the details).
2. Identifying Your Printer’s Parts 2-6-2. Display Menu Display: This display is used to select an operation for maintenance or setting up. Left Menu Right Menu Job/ Status Display: When your printer has received a print data, it shows the Job/ Status Display: it displays the information needed for printing operations. 4329M No. Item Shown Description 1 Job Comment Shows the last 17 characters of a received data.
2. Identifying Your Printer’s Parts 2-6-3. Menu List There are some differences in Left/Right menu. White Ink menus are in the right and CompactFlash and general menus are in the left control panels Left Menu Content Head Cleaning Executes Head Cleaning by one or all four Print Heads. Refer to "7-2-2. Cleaning the Print Heads" in the Instruction Manual. Normal： normal mis-firing Powerful：After cleaning the Print Head nozzles, when normal head cleaning does not work.
2. Identifying Your Printer’s Parts Right Menu Content Head Cleaning Executes Head Cleaning by one or all four Print Heads. Test Print Prints to check mis-firing and print quality. White Retrieval After printing, retrieves White Ink and loads Maintenance Solutions. "5-1-3. Loading / Retrieving White Ink" Load White Loads White Ink into the tubes and Print Heads. "5-1-3. Loading / Retrieving White Ink" Total Print Goes into the maintenance submenu. Tube Cleaning： "5-1-3.
3. Getting Started ３. Getting Started Before using your printer, it needs to be correctly setup as described in this chapter. WARNING Do not handle the power cord with wet hands, otherwise it may cause electric shocks. Do not set up the printer in a dusty environment. If dust collects inside the printer, it may cause fire or electric shocks or problems with correct operation. Be sure to connect the ground.
3. Getting Started ３-１. Placing Your Printer Locate your printer taking the following into account Environmental conditions are suitable. Avoid direct sunlight, dust and extremes of humidity. Never use an extension cable. A working space must be left around the printer. Minimum space of 80 cm (31.5 inch) on the front, 5 cm (1.97 inch) on the rear, 50 cm (19.7 inch) on the both side. Body size is about 267 cm (105.1 inch) x 115 cm (45.3 inch) x 83 cm (32.7 inch). See the figure below.
3. Getting Started ３-２. Turning On/Off Your Printer Before you connect the power cord, make sure: The Ink Cartridges and Wiper Cleaner Cassette are installed. Waste ink tubes are properly set the waste ink tanks. Keep the front space inside the Guard Bar as the Platen slides out approximately 30 cm (12 inches) when operating. 3-2-1. Turning On Your Printer (1) Shake the White Ink Cartridges beforehand (30 seconds to 1 minute for each).
3. Getting Started ３-３. Preparing Your PC This section describes how to install the GT-782 Printer Driver (FileOutput), manuals (Basic Operation Manual/ Instruction Manual), Brother GT File Viewer, and other tools. Make sure the steps because there are some different dialogs shown between Windows XP and Vista / Windows 7. After those installations are over, install GT-782 Printer Driver (USB) by connecting USB 2.0 cable. 3-3-1.
3. Getting Started 3-3-2. PC preparation: For Windows XP (32 bit) Do not connect the printer to the PC at this stage. You must be logged on with Administrator rights on the PC. (1) Turn on your PC. (2) Close all open applications (3) Insert the Install CD (included) to your PC. Open the CD-ROM drive, move to [ 32bit_OS ] and double-click "Setup.exe". (4) The Installer starts installation. Follow the indications of the dialogs.
3. Getting Started 3-3-3. Connection with USB 2.0 Cable: for Windows XP (1) Connect the USB 2.0 cable to your printer (power OFF). We do not recommend connection via a USB hub to the printer. (2) Connect the other end of the USB 2.0 Cable to your PC. (3) Turn on your GT-782 printer. The following window appears. Select "No, not this time”, and then click “Next”. (4) Insert the Install CD. The following window appears.
3. Getting Started (5) Select “Install the software automatically (Recommended)”, and the click “Next”. The installation starts. When "Hardware installation" dialog (not passed Windows Logo testing, see 3-3-2. (5)) appears during installation, Click "Continue Anyway". The installation continues. If you connect the USB 2.0 cable anyway, the dialog to insert the install CD appears. Confirm that the Install CD is inserted properly, and then click “OK”.
3. Getting Started 3-3-4. Opening the installed manuals (1) Click “All Programs” on “Start” menu. (2) Select "Manuals“ in "Brother GT-782 Tools”. (3) Click the manual you want to open. The language is the same that is selected in installation. Only manuals with selected language are installed to your PC. Others PDF files are in the folder "Manual" on Install CD.
3. Getting Started 3-3-5. Opening the Useful Tools Useful Tools are installed in "Useful Tools“ in "Brother GT-782 Tools”. Color Palettes for Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and CorelDRAW Color Palettes "GT_Colors_T.aco" for Adobe Photoshop, "GT_Colors_T.ai" for Illustrator, "GT_Colors.cpl" and "GT_Tshirts.cpl" for CorelDRAW are available. The colors are the same in GT Color Chart "ColorChart.
3. Getting Started 3-3-6. Installation of PC for Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32 bit / 64 bit) Refer first to "3-3-3. Connection with USB 2.0 Cable: for Windows XP" first and confirm the procedures and notes. In brief, like for Windows XP and Windows 2000, GT-782 FileOutput Printer Driver, tools and manuals are installed first from Install CD, and PC must be restarted. Then PC is connected to USB 2.0 cable, the printer turned ON, and USB 2.0 cable connected to the printer.
3. Getting Started (5) The Installer starts installation. Follow the indications of the dialogs. (6) During the installation, the following warning appears. Click "Install this driver software anyway" and continue. (7) After installation, your PC will need to restart. Remove your Install CD and restart your PC. If you are going to use your printer without connecting it to your PC, this will be the end of PC preparation. 3-3-7. Connection with USB 2.
3. Getting Started ３-４. Setting Up Your Printer Adjust the display contrast and the speaker volume as required. 3-4-1. Adjusting the Display Contrast (1) Press the OK Button on your printer’s Control Panel. (2) Use the Up/Down Button to highlight “LCD Contrast”, and then press the OK Button. The following display appears. (3) Use the Up/Down Button to select your desired contrast from 0 to 7, and then press the OK Button. 3-4-2.
4. Printing Directly from Applications ４. Printing Directly from Applications WARNING If a foreign object gets inside the printer, immediately turn off the power switch and disconnect the power cord, and arrange for a service call to resolve. If you continue to use the printer while there is a foreign object inside, it may result in fire or electric shocks or problems with correct operation.
4. Printing Directly from Applications ４-１. Basic Printing Procedure (1) Set the proper color settings and print conditions of the application. For precise editing and output, applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, CorelDRAW, Paint Shop Pro are recommended. See “4-2. Setting the Applications’ Print Condition” in the Instruction Manual for further details. (2) Create the artwork using a suitable graphic application. Use RGB=254 (=254, 254, 254) white for white color.
5. Maintenance ５. Maintenance For optimum product performance regular maintenance is required. DANGER Wait at least 5 minutes after turning off the power switch and disconnecting the power cord from the wall outlet before opening the cover of the control unit. Do not touch as high voltage can result in severe injury. WARNING Do not put your hands in the ink cartridge slot, otherwise the needle inside the slot may cause injury.
5. Maintenance ５-１. Replacing Consumables This section describes how to replace the consumables and the maintenance of the printer. 5-1-1. Replacing the Ink Cartridge The ink indicator on the Display flashes when the Ink Cartridge is getting low. Prepare the new Ink Cartridge, and replace it when “Empty XXXX (color)” is displayed. Use the Ink Cartridges described in “1-3-5. Consumable Requirements”. Be careful not to get ink on your hands or clothing. Wash with soap if stained with ink.
5. Maintenance Confirm the color of the ink cartridge. Loading a wrong color causes serious damage to print quality, and could damage to the Print Heads. If you have installed a wrong color, immediately contact Brother or your dealer for a service call. (4) When you have replaced the Black Ink Cartridge, refer to “5-1-2. Replacing the Wiper Cleaner” and replace the attached Wiper Cleaner and clean the surroundings. This is really important to keep your printer in good condition.
5. Maintenance (6) If the ink inside of the Wiper Cleaner Cassette is soiled with ink: Wear gloves and remove the ink with a dry cloth, and then clean with a moist cloth. Inside the Wiper Cleaner Cassette (7) Push both sides of the Wiper Cleaner Cassette to open it. (8) Carefully drop off the used Wiper Cleaner and dispose of in accordance with local regulations. Wiper Cleaner Dispose the used Wiper Cleaner in compliance with your local regulations.
5. Maintenance (10) Close the Wiper Cleaner Cassette. Make sure that the bottom of the Wiper Cleaner is set within the two projections on the Wiper Cleaner Cassette. Push in the Wiper Cleaner after closing. (11) Open the Wiper Cleaning Kit which comes with the new Black Ink Cartridge. The following items are included. (12) Wear the gloves, and wet both sides of a Clean Applicator with the Wash Liquid.
5. Maintenance (14) Use the other side of the wet Clean Applicator to clean the rear of the Wiper Blade. (15) Wet other two Clean Applicators and use them to remove ink or dust from the Print Head Caps. Use one side of the Clean Applicator to clean one Print Head Cap. Do not use dry Clean Applicator; it cannot clean ink or dust. It may damage the Print Head Caps. Wipe off the dirty ink of Clean Applicator with soft cloth if it is too dirty and wet with Wash Liquid.
5. Maintenance 5-1-3. Loading / Retrieving White Ink Do not leave the White ink inside the printer. White pigment precipitates and may cause serious damage to your printer. Before you start your job, retrieve the White Ink, shake the cartridges for 30 seconds to 1 minutes, and the load the White Ink again to start your printing. Clean the tubes once a week with Maintenance Solution. Load the white ink again when you start the print job.
5. Maintenance 5-1-4. Waste Ink Disposal Use a polyethylene tank for additional Waste Ink Tank. The amount of the Waste Ink in the White Ink side (White Ink plus Maintenance Solution) is huge rather than the one in the Color Ink side. Confirm in advance the amount of the Waste Ink when you do the maintenance. Deal with care because it is heavy. (1) (2) (3) (4) Prepare a new polyethylene tank. Pull off the Waste Ink Tube carefully and insert it to the new Waste Ink Tank.
Basic Operation Manual http://www.brother.com/ 1-5, Kitajizoyama, Noda-cho, Kariya 448-0803, Japan. Phone: 81-566-95-0088 © 2009 Brother Industries, Ltd. All Rights Reserved. GT-782 SB0303-101 E 2009.11.
