Chapter 4 Cutting Function
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Maintenance Function
This section gathers together the functions for checking/
adjusting the cutting accuracy when cutting does not go
normally.
Maintenance of Mark Sensor
If cutting does not go normally, check the items below.
In register mark sensor maintenance, you can carry out
maintenance of the following items.
Check the sensor for the register mark
detection
Prepare the media on which the register mark is printed.
1
Press the
(MENU) (>>)
key.
• The cutting MENU will be displayed.
2
Press
(>>)
.
3
Press to select
"MAINTENANCE", and press the
key.
4
Press to select "MARK
SENSOR", and press the key.
5
Press to select "SENSOR
CHECK", and press the key.
6
Press to move LED
pointer to register mark detection position
• Perform register mark detection at a position 1mm
or more away from the register mark.
7
Select the length of the register mark and
shape of the register mark detection.
• For details on setting the [SIZE] and [FORM],
refer to the ”Settings for Detecting register
marks”. ( P.4-5)
8
Press the to perform register
mark detection.
( "Detect operation")
Function name Description
MARK sensor
(P.4-17)
This is for adjusting the register mark
sensor.
SAMPLE CUT
(P.4-19)
In case that normal data cutting
cannot be performed etc., perform
cutting with the sample stored in this
machine to find out the cause of
cutting error.
AUTO MEDIA CUT
(P.4-19)
Cutting a medium into multiple pieces
with a certain length.
PC ORIGIN OFFSET
(P.4-20)
Adjust the misalignment between the
print origin and the cutting origin.
SCALE ADJUST
(P.4-20)
When printing and cutting without
register marks, adjustment is
performed if the misalignment in the
scanning direction occurs between the
left and right edges of the media.
Item Description
SENSOR CHECK
(P.4-17)
checking the sensor for the register
mark detection.
POINTER OFFSET
(P.4-18)
If the cutter unit fails to recognize any
register mark properly, the possible
cause is an error in the positional
relationship between the mark sensor
and the light pointer. In this case,
correct the position of the light pointer.
• If you move the head and sheet manually, you
cannot perform the right response check. Be sure
to perform it via the following operations.
• For conditions of already printed register marks,
refer to "Precautions for inputting data with register
marks" ( P.4-2).
• The setting values are kept in memory even when
the power is turned off.
• The settings performed here for shape of the
register mark and length of the register mark are
reflected in the settings of “MARK DETECT”.
( P.4-5)
• The detection speed selected here will be used in
the register mark detection operations that are
executed from here on.
• The pointer offset value selected by this operation
is not initialized by SETUP RESET operation.
1mm or more
Mark detection
position
Mark shape
: Type 1
Mark shape
: Type 2