Procedures

These procedures are to adjust or align existing assemblies.

For installation procedures, see the Installation Page.
For maintenance procedures and information on ordering consumables, see the Maintenance Page.
For upgrade procedures, see the Upgrades Page.

Adjustment/alignment | Disassembly | Other procedures

Adjustment/alignment

Air Supply

• Installing the Rx Air Pressure Sensor
• On-Site Compressed Air Qualification for Creo Output Devices 73-3624

Carriage

• Replacing and adjusting the carriage drive belt
• Lubricating the Carriage Tracks and Leadscrew
• Adjusting the nut car eccentric bushing
• VLF Engine Carriage Replacement
• Service Note: Use of the Ball Screw Alignment Jig

Casters

• Removing Installation Casters

Debris Removal System

• 72-3248A, VLF Platesetter/Trendsetter UDRC-B Installation/Upgrade, 40W, V-head
• 72-3619A, Trendsetter VLF / VLF Platesetter 20 Watt Thermal Head Debris Removal Installation, Particulate Ablative Media

Door Interlocks

• Isolating the faulty door sensor
• Adjusting the panel reed switches

EMI Filter

• Trendsetter VLF EMI Filter Relocation
• EMI Filter Relocation Kit

Encoder

• Optical Encoder Alignment Procedure
• Checking the optical encoder
• Optical encoder cleaning procedure
• Checking the PLL lights on the MPE
• General VLF drum drive, encoder, and PLL troubleshooting
• Plate pusher assembly drawing

Engine/Drum

Backbones | Balance weights | Drum and drum drive | Leadscrew | Sensors

Backbones

• Trailing edge backbone pneumatic adjustments
• Trailing edge backbone mechanical adjustments
• Adjusting the TEC park position (tecpark
• Strain Relieving and Cable Bundling for TEC Backbone
• Roller backbone mechanical adjustments
• Adjusting the leading edge clamp position (lecpos)
• Engine pressure regulation
• Engine actuation timing
• Adjusting the backbone plungers
• Adjusting the backbone reed switches
• LEC Hinge Repair Procedure

Balance weights

• Adjusting the balance actuation assemblies
• Adjusting the drum balance ring eccentric bushing

Drum and drum drive

• Adjusting the drum drive motor belt
• Cleaning the drum
• Cleaning the drum and carriage drive pulley
• Replacing the drum drive motor belt
• Drum torque test
• VLF Non Conductive Registration Block Alignment
• General VLF drum drive, encoder, and PLL troubleshooting

Leadscrew

• Lubricating the leadscrew hanger bearing

Sensors

• Adjusting the backbone reed switches
• Hall sensor wiring and adjustment
• Trendsetter VLF Laser Plate Fly-off Detector Installation
• Adjusting an infrared Plate Flyoff Sensor
• Plate Flyoff Sensor Alignment Procedure 

Fan Box

• Accessing the fan box

Labels

• Plate Alignment Label Placement

Plate Door

• Trendsetter VLF Plate Door Adjustment
• Trendsetter VLF Plate Door Replacement

Plate Flyoff Detector

• Trendsetter VLF Laser Plate Fly-off Detector Installation

Plates/Media

• Setup for 59" Kodak plates
• Platesetter/Trendsetter Edge Register Precision

Power Box

• Checking GENINE board installation
• Keyswitch upgrade procedure
• 24V-48V Laser Power Supply Retrofit
• Exposure Head Wiring - Sheet 2 of Trendsetter VLF Mainframe Power Wiring Diagram
• Accessing the power box
• Accessing the card cage
• Accessing the backplane
• Replacing air intake filters
  • Accessing the fan box
  • Trendsetter VLF Operator Manual(03-4054B) procedures and part numbers

Table

• VLF Table Extension Stiffener Installation Procedure
• Aligning the load/unload table
• Table wedge upgrade procedure, 73-3258A
• Alignment kit 05-2043 (replaces 05-0077)
• Trendsetter VLF table upgrade procedure
• Table airjet replacement procedure

Disassembly

• Returning Trendsetter VLFs for Refurbishing
• 73-3699A,VLF Trendsetter Disassembly Checklist
• See Parts-Tools Page for Disassembly kit

Other procedures

• Stiffness Measurements on the Trendsetter VLF
• Firmware Upgrades: Backing up and restoring MCE, MPE, PDB, LIONEL, and GENINE boards
• Matching registration between 2 machines (using igrid test files)