During substrate loading the printer may ask the user two interactions:
1. To rewind manually the substrate: The printer automatically checks the direction of the loaded
substrate (printed face outwards or printed face inwards). If the ’curve’ of substrate is too large the
printer cannot detect it and the printer asks the user to rewind manually. Once the substrate is rewound
the printer can detect automatically
2. To align the substrate in order to avoid skew: the printer measures skew. If the skew is too large the
printer will ask the user to lift the pinchwheels (big blue lever on right hand side), and align the
substrate. The substrate must be aligned against itself (substrate edge must be aligned with input roll
edge).
Components
Spindle
The aluminum spindle of the 360 printer can load 3-inch core rolls. The 2-inch spindle of the 310 and 330
printers has an adaptor for 3-inch cores.
The spindle holds the core of the roll when its rubber bands are nipped between the core of the roll and the
aluminum extrusion.
On the 3-inch spindle, the hub on the left side has two possible fixed positions: the end position allows
loading maximum width rolls, but there is a second position at 2.6 inches (65 mm) from the end that can be
selected.
The right hub can be set along any length of the spindle so any length of roll can be loaded.
The right end of the spindle contains a gear which is used to transmit the movement from the rewinder to the
roll.
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