CHAPTER 4
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Loading Inks and Materials
4/29/10 Rev G
Loading roll material into the printer
When loading the roll material the hold-down devices keep the edges of the material from
curling or interfering with carriage motion. The following procedure applies to both sheet and
roll-fed material.
Note: The Gerber Solara ion does not detect material size (length or width). Material size must
be set in the RIP and the user must be careful to load the correct size material to accommodate
the job. The smallest acceptable roll material width is 24"(61cm).
Note: You cannot slew the material in the reverse direction (down) when roll-to-roll printing.
To load roll material into the printer
1 The sliding UV shield is not required for roll-to-roll printing. Grasp the handle and
slide the shield all the way to the right to its home position.
2 Press the ROLL-TO-ROLL key on the control panel. The Roll-to-Roll Single LED lights,
the system beeps three times, and the gantry moves into the loading position
approximately 12" (30.5cm) from the roll-to-roll assembly. The
Printer Ready screen
displays when the movement is complete.
3 Open the pinch wheels by pushing down on the material load lever to open the pinch
wheels.
4 For rolled material, feed the material around the dancer bar and over the roll-to-roll
platen. Feed the leading edge of the material between the pinch wheels and the grit
wheels.
5 Align the material to the material guidelines on the roll-to-roll platen.
6 Close the pinch wheels by pulling up on the material load lever.
7 Press the LOAD/UNLOAD key on the control panel to prepare the printer for
printing. The vacuums are turned on or off depending on their current state. If the roll-
to-roll vacuum is turned off, you can enable it after the job is received at the printer.
See "Printing a single Roll-to-Roll or Flat Bed job” on page 69.
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