Brother Gt 3 Users Manual

2015-01-25

• COVER
• SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
• CONTENTS
• 1. Read This First
  • 1-1. Precautions
  • 1-2. Unpacking Your Printer
  • 1-3. Required Condition
    • 1-3-1. Environment
    • 1-3-2. Electrical Requirements
    • 1-3-3. Software Information
    • 1-3-4. Other RequirementsWhen purchasing optional tools and devices, choose one that meets the following requirements.
    • 1-3-5. Consumable Requirements and OptionsFor ordering new or replacement items please use the codes below.
• 2. Identifying Your Printer’s Parts
  • 2-1. Front
  • 2-2. Right
  • 2-3. Rear
  • 2-4. Inside of the Front Cover
  • 2-5. Upper part of the Maintenance Unit
  • 2-6. Under the Platen
  • 2-7. Control Panel
    • 2-7-1. Display
    • 2-7-2. Menu List
• 3. Getting Started
  • 3-1. Placing Your Printer
  • 3-2. Turning On/Off Your Printer
    • 3-2-1. Turning On Your Printer
    • 3-2-2. Turning Off Your Printer
  • 3-3. Preparing Your PC
    • 3-3-1. When you already have GT-541/GT-782
    • 3-3-2. PC preparation: For Windows XP (32 bit)
    • 3-3-3. Connection with USB 2.0 Cable: for Windows XP
    • 3-3-4. Installation of PC for Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32 bit / 64 bit)
    • 3-3-5. Connection with USB 2.0 Cable: for Windows Vista / Windows 7
    • 3-3-6. Opening the installed manuals
    • 3-3-7. Opening the Useful Tools
    • 3-3-8. How to use Firmware Update Tools
  • 3-4. Setting Up Your Printer
    • 3-4-1. Adjusting the Display Contrast
    • 3-4-2. Adjusting the Speaker Volume
    • 3-4-3. Temperature
    • 3-4-4. Language
• 4. Printing Directly from Applications
  • 4-1. Basic Printing Procedure
  • 4-2. Setting the Applications’ Print Condition
    • 4-2-1. Common Notice for All Applications
    • 4-2-2. Settings for CorelDRAW
    • 4-2-3. Settings for Adobe Photoshop
    • 4-2-4. Settings for Adobe Illustrator
    • 4-2-5. Settings for Adobe Photoshop Elements
    • 4-2-6. Settings for Paint Shop Photo Pro
    • 4-2-7. Printing From Other Applications
  • 4-3. Setting the Printer Driver Condition
    • 4-3-1. Selecting Machine Mode
    • 4-3-2. Entering the Job Comment
    • 4-3-3. Selecting the Platen Size
    • 4-3-4. Setting the Ink
    • 4-3-5. Setting the Resolution
    • 4-3-6. White Settings
    • 4-3-7. Print with Black Ink on black garment
    • 4-3-8. Making Gray with CMY Inks
    • 4-3-9. Color Multiple Pass Printing
    • 4-3-10. Settings for Color Inks
    • 4-3-11. Settings for White Ink
    • 4-3-12. Selecting the Color Processing for increasing the Vividness
    • 4-3-13. Printing the image file on Transparent Layer
    • 4-3-14. Setting Print Direction as Uni-Directional
    • 4-3-15. Printing Color Chart
  • 4-4. Uninstalling / Installing the Platen
    • 4-4-1. Uninstalling the Platen
    • 4-4-2. Installing the Platen
    • 4-4-3. Lowering the Platen height
  • 4-5. Placing the T-shirt on the Platen
  • 4-6. Printing
    • 4-6-1. Applying the Pretreatment
    • 4-6-2. Making One Print
    • 4-6-3. Printing More than One Print Using the Same Print Data
  • 4-7. Removing the T-shirt from the Platen
  • 4-8. Curing the Ink onto the T-shirt
• 5. Printing AR3 Files
  • 5-1. Making Print Data in AR3 File
  • 5-2. Reading AR3 Files Saved in a USB flash drive
  • 5-3. Sending AR3 Files from GT-3 File Viewer to your Printer
• 6. Maintenance
  • 6-1. Replacing Consumables
    • 6-1-1. Replacing the Ink Cartridge
    • 6-1-2. Replacing the Wiper Cleaner and Cleaning the Caps / Wipers
    • 6-1-3. Replacing Flushing Plate Sponge and Flushing Plate Felt
    • 6-1-4. Replacing the Fan Filter
    • 6-1-5. Replacing the Roller Felts
    • 6-1-6. Cleaning the inside of the printer and restart
    • 6-1-7. Cleaning the Encoder Strip
  • 6-2. Regular Maintenance
    • 6-2-1. Daily Cleaning White for replacing dull White Ink (Once a day, before printing)
    • 6-2-2. White Tube Cleaning (once a week)
    • 6-2-3. Waste Ink Disposal
    • 6-2-4. Replacing the Platen Sheet
    • 6-2-5. Required Maintenance for the Long Storage
• 7. Troubleshooting
  • 7-1. Solving Printer Problems
  • 7-2. Solving Print Quality Problems
    • 7-2-1. Procedure for Solving the Print Quality Problems
    • 7-2-2. Cleaning the Print Heads
    • 7-2-3. Checking Print Quality with Nozzle Check Pattern
    • 7-2-4. Changing the Print Direction
    • 7-2-5. Changing the Auto Cleaning Setting
    • 7-2-6. Cleaning the Print Head Nozzles
    • 7-2-7. Replacing the Print Head
    • 7-2-8. Adjustment after the Print Head has been replaced
    • 7-2-9. Adjusting the CR Speed
    • 7-2-10. Adjusting the Flushing Interval
    • 7-2-11. Adjusting the Flushing Volume
    • 7-2-12. Adjusting the amount of White Ink in Daily Cleaning White
    • 7-2-13. Copy Log file to USB flash drive
  • 7-3. Solving Application Problems
  • 7-4. Error Messages
• 8. Specifications
  • 8-1. Mechanical Specification
  • 8-2. Software Specification
• BACK COVER