Hacking the Xaar 128 printhead

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Restani
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Re: Hacking the Xaar 128 printhead

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Sorry I did something wrong in the previous post
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davidk
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Re: Hacking the Xaar 128 printhead

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It looks like either you have a faulty SPI pin , it's shorted or you did not configured it as output from Arduino.
Restani
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Re: Hacking the Xaar 128 printhead

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Hi,

I have bad connector!
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Upper: MOSI
Lower: SCK (131,5 KHz and 4,4V)
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isaac
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Re: Hacking the Xaar 128 printhead

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Hello to all
Those who can set up the xaar 128 printer header would be very grateful if you could send a detailed schematic and detailed details of the project.
Especially men wonko, ivan
aengel
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Re: Hacking the Xaar 128 printhead

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Hello Isaac :

Here is a draft of the Xaar 128 project.

I invite you and all readers of this Forum to critique and flame our activities for errors. Your criticisms and flames are very valuable to us and we appreciate your feedback.

I will post the revised drawings and spreadsheet after I have received reviews.

Thank you.
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aengel
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Re: Hacking the Xaar 128 printhead

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https://americas.sartomer.com/litdetail.aspx?prid=30101

https://americas.sartomer.com/litdetail.aspx?prid=30110
davidk
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Re: Hacking the Xaar 128 printhead

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Vpph and vppl can be switched by the same relay. After that relay, you may filter again the 35V for VPPL.
On my chineese head flat cable adapter all grounds are tied together. So I have the same ground everywhere and my heads are working properly with isopropanol, which by the way is very well tolerated by these heads as I saw.
I also used a dc/dc booster from 12...18V supply to 35V. Ground is common for all voltages despite Xaar recommendation. I suppose they suggested separate supplies to comply to long ribbon cables in large format printers. On my setup I have only 500mm cables so I have no issues.
I run the head with Arduino Due but I have a buffer (74HCT573) between Arduino and the head. The buffer is powered from 5V. I suggest you use it too!

Later edit: just found this: http://support.udprinter.com/Maintenanc ... Printhead/

So they say the voltage should be 30...33.5V and you should run test prints to see the optimum voltage.
What do you think?
aengel
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Re: Hacking the Xaar 128 printhead

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Here is a photo of a connector for a Xaaar that I bought from a big internet auction site.
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aengel
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Re: Hacking the Xaar 128 printhead

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Here is a first draft of a simple line schematic to excite the Xaar inkjet printhead.
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aengel
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Re: Hacking the Xaar 128 printhead

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Here is a schedule.
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