ADVANCED FUNCTIONS AND OPERATIONS: AXIS ALIGNMENT Settings
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4Press the AXIS/R.M.S. key. The following menu appears.
5Use the POSITION keys to move the pen carriage to Axis Point 1. The
displayed X- and Y-coordinate values represent the current pen carriage
position as X- and Y-axis offsets from the current origin.
6Press the ENTER key to register the setting. The following menu appears.
7Use the POSITION keys to move the pen carriage to Axis Point 2.
8Press the ENTER key to register the setting. The following menu appears.
9Use the POSITION keys to move the pen carriage to the Axis Origin Point.
10 Press the ENTER key to register your setting.
11 The plotter returns to Ready status, and the axis alignment operation is
completed.
• After the axes are aligned, the settings will be reset if any of the following is
performed.
- Specification of a new origin
- Loading of a new medium
- ROTATE and/or MIRROR settings are made (make these settings before
performing axis alignment)
• If the axis is slanted too much between points 1 and 2, the “AXIS SETTING
ERROR SET AGAIN” error message is displayed. Reload the media to reduce
the axis slant.
• If points 1 and 2 are specified as the same point, the axis alignment settings
are cleared.
CAUTION: If the media is loaded at an angle, make sure that it does not come loose from
the pinch rollers while it is being moved.
3-POINT METHOD
AXIS POINT 1
X= 0 mm
Y= 0 mm
AXIS POINT 2
X= 0 mm
Y= 0 mm
AXIS ORIGIN POINT
X= 0 mm
Y= 0 mm
1st point or origin point
2nd point
3rd point