CONTINUOUS INK JET PRINTERS

Linx 7900

Reduce code errors and increase Lowest running costs • RS232 connectivity for line integration
your productivity, with a range of • Intelligent ink system enables up to 9000 • Connectivity for two product detectors and
hours* between scheduled service intervals shaft encoder, for easy installation with
automatic setup features.
conveyors and other equipment
• 18 month warranty on printer from
*

The Linx 7900 range of printers offer installation at no extra cost • Low fluid consumption with a range of
advanced additional features as standard, versatile inks, to reduce running costs and
providing value for money with no hidden • Mistake-free message editing is provided by
customisable on-screen prompts, to reduce emissions.
costs.
coding errors.
Quick and simple code setup
Increased production uptime QuickSwitch Plus
• QuickSwitch® Plus software allows simple
and accurate code changes using a barcode • FullFlush® system automatically cleans • Automated code set up using a barcode
and dries the printhead and conduit at scanner, or data from a PC or PLC
scanner
every shutdown • Automatically selects a message,
• PrintSync automatic print format
®

• SureFill enables fast, mistake-free refills, eve-

® edits message content and sets print
selection – assigns the best message type
rytime. parameters such as print orientation,
for optimum print quality
height and width, and position on pack
• Linx Insight enables remote monitoring from
® Additional standard features
• Sets date offset
a smart phone, plus message download and • Ethernet port for easy connectivity to the web
control from a PC or factory systems • Reduce your coding errors and speed up
product changeovers.
• Print History log records which messages have • Prints up to 3 lines of text, logos, barcodes and
been printed and when, plus frequency. 2D Data Matrix codes, with 5 line
*Excludes Spectrum/FG variants
upgrade available
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Linx 7900
Dimensions (mm) Print speeds and printhead options
Printhead Micro Mini Ultima* Midi* Midi EC Ultima plus Midi plus
Lines of print supported 1,2,3 or 4 1 or 2 1,2 or 3 1,2,3,4 or 5 1, 2 or 3 1,2 or 3 1,2,3,4 or 5
Top Elevation Character height range 1.1 to 8.0 mm 1.4 to 6.7 mm 1.8 to 7.8 mm 1.8 to 12 mm 1.8 to 10.5 mm 2.1 to 9.5 mm 2.1 to 13.8 mm
Maximum speed: single line print, wide 8.41 m/s 6.83 m/s 6.25 m/s 6.28 m/s 6.28 m/s 7.28 m/s 2.10 m/s
pitch, High Performance print option
Maximum number of characters per second 2222 2667 2222 1905 1905 2133 821
High Performance (HP) print option
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Linx 7900 •
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Linx 7900 Spectrum (for pigmented inks) • °
Linx 7900 Solver (for lowest solvent consumption) •
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Linx 7900 Swift (for high speed lines) •
Linx 7900FG (for Food Grade inks)
600

•
Linx 7900BC (for wet bottle coding) • °

* For certain inks, Ultima A and Midi A printheads replace Ultima and Midi printheads, to provide reliable performance. Print speeds are unchanged.

General features
• Single button startup and shutdown • Automatic diagnostics
• Simple menu-driven WYSIWYG message creation and editing • Multiple operator languages (user selectable)
• SureFill mistake-proof refill system and on-screen fluid level indicators • Dynamically adjusted service interval up to 9000 hours
®

• Integral QWERTY keyboard (full size) and /4 VGA back-lit • (not available with Spectrum, FG)
1

• colour display, printer status indicators (4 LEDs) • Password-protected functions

• USB port for copy and back up of message and printer settings • Dynamic message and logo storage capacity
490 • FullFlush automatic printhead and conduit flush
®
• Prompted fields
• Saving remote field data over a power cycle • QuickSwitch Plus automated code setup software
• Linx Insight remote printer control and status view • PrintSync print format selection software
®

Front Elevation • Auto power-off • Print History log

Programming and printing facilities
• Fixed and variable text • Remote communications interface
• Upper and lower case characters • Real-time clock functions
• Graphics/logo printing • Automatic date forward function
240

• Logo creation and editing, on-screen • Batch coding and counting

• QuickSwitch message selection and editing using bar code scanner • Sequential numbering and messages
®

• Bar codes EAN 8, EAN 13, 2 of 5, ITF, Code 39, Code 128, • Dynamic reverse and invert printing for traversing lines
• UPC-A, GS1 128 linear barcode • Rotated character (‘tower’) printing
• Data Matrix 2D codes • Message creation/editing whilst printing
490 • Bold factor (up to 10 times) • Timed-message function
• Height, width and delay functions for easy code sizing and positioning • Flexible print trigger options
• Standard and user-definable formats for shift coding °
LogoJet PC-based message and logo creation software
Side Elevation • 7900FG: Egg coder configuration matches service interval to flock • 7900 Swift: narrow fonts for coding onto small print areas
• life, and provides reliable operation in barn environments • 7900 Spectrum: programmable pre-set ink mix times
• 7900 Spectrum: Inverse Image barcodes and text e.g. white on black
Printhead options
240

• 2m conduit °
Cutaway printhead cover tube
4m conduit (not available with Solver or FG printers) Magnetic shielded cover tube
° °
90° printhead configuration Midi Short Reach Right Angled (SRRA) printhead
° °
Positive air purge to printhead (for 7900, Solver), length 130mm
° °
663 Ink range Linx 7900 Linx 7900 Spectrum Linx 7900 Solver Linx 7900 Swift Linx 7900BC Linx 7900FG
(Including clearance at back of printer) Linx MEK base (dye-based/soft pigmented) • •
(soft pigmented) • (1240,• •
1405) (1058)
Linx mixed base • •
Linx ethanol base •
Printhead Linx MEK base High Opacity pigmented inks •
42 diameter
Linx Food Grade inks •
Connections/interfacing for
• Shaft encoder °
External multi-stage alarm output
• Primary and secondary product detectors °
Parallel I/O
218 • External single stage alarm output °
Multiple printer triggering from single product
• USB °
detector/shaft encoder
• RS232 °
Volt-free contact alarm connection
Midi SRRA Printhead • Ethernet °
(e.g. for use with external mains-driven alarm)
143 Physical characteristics
Base and enclosure Stainless steel
IP55 environmental protection rating** • (not available with 7900 Spectrum)
IP65 environmental protection rating** (standard for 7900 Spectrum, not available with 7900FG printers)
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Mounting options Bench or console
130

Operating temperature range 5 – 45°C (FG: 0 – 40°C)

Humidity range (r.h., non-condensing) 90% max
Power supply 100-230V, 50/60Hz
Power consumption 60W (typical when printing, excluding FG and Spectrum)
Power rating 200W
42 diameter
Weight 21kg (Spectrum and FG, 24kg)
Regulatory approvals

• GS • CE • EAC • UL • CAN/CSA • FCC

Key • standard option ** Independently verified – certificates available on request
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