1. Output Quality Problems
Printed Results Are Coarse or Contain Horizontal Stripes.................................................................. 273
Do the print heads cause dot drop-out?................................................................................... 273
Is the print head height appropriate?....................................................................................... 273
Have you carried out feed correcon? ..................................................................................... 273
Have you carried out correcon of the ink landing posion (MEDIA GAP ADJ.)?..................... 273
Is the printer installed in a level and stable locaon? .............................................................. 273
Is the media heang system at a suitable temperature?.......................................................... 273
Is the temperature of the room too low?................................................................................. 274
Is the print mode suitable?....................................................................................................... 274
Is the media loaded correctly? ................................................................................................. 274
Are the sengs for the [PRESET] menu item appropriate?...................................................... 274
The Media Becomes Soiled When Printed......................................................................................... 275
Do the print heads come into contact with the media? ........................................................... 275
Are the print heads dirty?......................................................................................................... 275
Are the pinch rollers or the media clamps dirty? ..................................................................... 275
Colors Are Unstable or Uneven.......................................................................................................... 276
Have you tried mixing the ink by shaking the pouch trays? ..................................................... 276
Is the media wrinkled? ............................................................................................................. 276
Was prinng paused partway through? ................................................................................... 276
Is the printer installed in a level and stable locaon? .............................................................. 276
Is the media loaded correctly? ................................................................................................. 276
Are the operang parameters set to appropriate values?........................................................ 276
Are the sengs for the [PRESET] menu item appropriate?...................................................... 277
Cung Is Misaligned or Skewed ........................................................................................................ 278
Is the media loaded correctly? ................................................................................................. 278
Are the sengs for the cung condions appropriate?.......................................................... 278
Is the length of output too long?.............................................................................................. 278
Are you using media that exhibits large expansion and contracon? ...................................... 278
Is the seng for the [CALIBRATION] menu item (under [CUTTING MENU]) correct? .............. 278
Are the pinch rollers placed on the proper locaons? ............................................................. 278
Prinng and Cung Are Misaligned .................................................................................................. 279
Have you corrected the misalignment of prinng and cung? ............................................... 279
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1. Output Quality Problems