Loading The Media - Alternate Method - Oce arizona 1240 GT User Manual

Loading the Media - Alternate Method

This alternate method to load media requires a little more time and effort but it usually provides
better alignment and therefore less chance of banding in the image. When roll media is not
properly aligned, the result is overstepping on one side and under-stepping on the other side of
the media so that the band in the printed image is dark on one side and light on the other. The
alternate method is recommended for long print jobs where skewing of the media can become
progressively more pronounced or when using media that has some flexibility and therefore
proper alignment is hard to achieve with the standard method.
Procedure
1. Load the roll on the media shaft and begin the load procedure as described in steps 1 to 5 in the
standard method, to the point where you have advanced the media over the platen until it lies
over the bottom media feed roll.
2. Align the edges of the hanging media to the supply roll edges.
3. Once you have aligned the media edges to the supply roll, without moving the media any further,
tape the media to the platen.
[51] Tape the media edges to the platen
4. Pull the hanging media edge taut and cut the media off from each edge at an angle to result in a
point just below the take-up core as shown here.
[52] Cut the media at an angle
Océ Arizona 1200 Series
Loading the Media - Alternate Method
Chapter 7 - Roll Media Option 97