The Basics ................................................................................................ 5
Basic Information ...................................................................................................... 6
Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 7
Part Names .................................................................................................................... 7
Roland BN-20A System Configuration...................................................................................... 9
How to Open the BN-20 Driver's Printing Preferences Screen...............................................................10
How to Open the Utility Window / Exit the Utility ...........................................................................11
How to Open the Utility Window..........................................................................................11
Starting from the Windows start menu ..................................................................................11
How to Exit the Utility......................................................................................................11
How to Start the VersaWorks.....................................................................................................12
How to Open the BN-20 Driver / VersaWorks Help ...........................................................................13
BN-20 driver ..................................................................................................................13
VersaWorks ...................................................................................................................13
About the Media Used.............................................................................................................15
Types of Media ...............................................................................................................15
Usable Media .................................................................................................................15
Four Different Output Methods ..................................................................................................16
Important Points During Use ...............................................................................................16
Basic Operations....................................................................................................... 17
Switching Power On and Off .....................................................................................................18
Precautions When Operating the Power Supply.........................................................................18
Switching the Power On ....................................................................................................18
Switching the Power Off (Sub-power Off) ...............................................................................19
About Sleep Mode (Power-Saving Mode) .................................................................................19
Printing ..............................................................................................................................20
Step 1: Loading Media .....................................................................................................20
Step 2: Bidirectional Adjustment ........................................................................................27
Step 3: Printing Tests and Normal Cleaning ............................................................................29
Step 4: Calibrate Sheet Feeding Amount ...............................................................................31
Step 5: Starting Print Output .............................................................................................32
About the Output-Start Location ................................................................................................33
Stopping Print Output .............................................................................................................34
To stop output on the printer side........................................................................................34
Canceling Output from the Computer....................................................................................34
Fully Utilizing the Machine.......................................................................... 36
Optimizing the Output Quality ...................................................................................... 37
Cutting / Printing and Cutting ...................................................................................................38
Adjusting cutting ............................................................................................................38
Accurately Adjusting the Cutting-in Amount............................................................................40
Adjusting printing and cutting.............................................................................................41
Creating Data for Cutting / Printing and Cutting .......................................................................42
Cautionary note on making output with cutting........................................................................45
Performing Printing and Cutting Separately ...................................................................................46
To Perform Printing and Cutting Separately.............................................................................46
Media Sizes Allowing Automatic Crop Mark Detection .................................................................46
Printing with Crop Marks ...................................................................................................47
Aligning Automatically and Cutting.......................................................................................49
Crop Cut Adjustment .......................................................................................................51
Utility : Other Function...........................................................................................................52
Performing Various Adjustments Through a Sequence of Operations ...............................................52
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