Linx 10 - Page 53

Page 48 of 88 TP1A072–3 English
Aug 2017
Linx 10 Operating Manual —
Line and message settings
Linx 10
2 On the Line Settings screen, touch the Advanced button and select the Calculate Encoder
Pitch option from the Advanced Line Settings screen. The printer displays the Calculate
Encoder Pitch screen.
Figure 41. Calculate Encoder Pitch: Start Calibration screen
3 Stop the production line.
4 Put a sheet of paper or sample product on the production line. Touch the Start Calibration
button to begin to measure the encoder pitch.
NOTE: You may need to adjust the position of the printhead if you do not print on a sample
product.
If the printer is in the ‘Idle’ state, the printer enters the ‘Jet Starting’ state, and then the ‘Jet
Running’ state. When the printer is in the ‘Printing’ state, the Print Calibration Message
button is enabled. The current encoder pitch is shown in the “Encoder Pitch Information”
box.
Figure 42. Calculate Encoder Pitch: Print Calibration Message screen
5 Start the production line. When the paper or product moves under the printhead, touch the
Print Calibration Message button. The Enter Measured Calibration Length button is
enabled and the printer prints a calibration message.
NOTE: You may have to create a minimum of three calibration messages to calculate an
accurate encoder pitch. The number at the end of the calibration message shows the
number of messages printed.
6 Measure the length of the printed calibration message. This value is the distance between the
outer edges of the end arrows, shown by the red dots in Figure 41 on page 48. For reference,
when the length of the calibration message is 100 mm (plus or minus 1 mm), the encoder
pitch is accurate.
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