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Chapter 3 Setup
If the Positions of Dots Shift...
When the condition for printing (media thickness/ink type/
etc.) has been changed, perform the following operation
to correct the ink drop position for bidirectional (Bi)
printing and obtain the proper printing result.
Example of a Printed Pattern
1
Set a media on the machine. ( P.2-4)
• In order to print a pattern, a media that is 500 mm
wide at least is necessary.
2
Press
(MENU)
in LOCAL.
3
Press to select SETUP 1 to 4,
and press the key.
• SETUP MENU will be displayed.
4
Press to select “DROP.POS
correct”, and press the key.
5
Press the key.
• Start the pattern printing.
• Multiple test patterns are printed. (The printed
patterns are called Pattern 1, Pattern 2, Pattern
3... in the order of printing.)
6
Press to enter a correction value
of Pattern 1, and press the key.
• Corrected feeding rate: -40 to 40
• Check the test patterns. The position where an
outward feeding line and a return feeding line
become one straight line is the correction value.
• When the correction value in not between -40 and
40, adjust the height of the printing heads and
then perform the operations in Step 2 and later.
7
In the same way as in Step 4, enter a
correction value of Pattern 2 and later, and
press the key.
8
Press the key several times to
end the setting.
Setting the HEATER
Post-heater 1and Post-heater 2 are equipped on the
platen.
Here, in addition to the temperature setting of each
heater, the time from the print completion until the heater
to be OFF can be set up.
1
Press
(MENU)
in LOCAL.
2
Press to select SETUP 1 to 4,
and press the key.
• SETUP MENU will be displayed.
3
Press to select “HEATER”, and
press the key.
4
Set each heater temperature by pressing
.
• Heater selecting : Select by [][] and
press the [ENTER] key
• Temperature setting : Set by by [][]
• Temperature setting of each heater
POST 1:20～ 50°C
POST 2:20～ 60°C
5
Press to serect “OFFTIME” , and
press the key.
6
Press , set the time until the
heater to be OFF after printing, and press
the key.
• Set value: NONE/ 0 to 90 min
7
Press the key several times to
end the setting.
The dots at the fourth position counted
from the zero position in the positive
direction form a straight line.
In this case, the dot position correction
value is 4.0.
Output
direction
Type of HEATER Function
POST1
Dries ink after printing.
POST2
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