Cutting Is Misaligned Or Skewed - Roland LEC-300A User Manual

Perform cleaning periodically.
 P. 66, "Cleaning"

Cutting Is Misaligned or Skewed

Is the media loaded and set up correctly?
If the media is not loaded and set up correctly, or
media feed is not smooth, cutting may be adversely
affected. Make sure the media is loaded and set up
correctly.
 P. 156, "Media Wrinkles or Shrinks, or Feed Is Unstable"
Are the settings for the cutting conditions
appropriate?
Misalignment or skewing may occur if the cutting
speed is too fast or the blade force is too high. Try
changing the cutting conditions. With media having
a strong adhesive layer, the adhesive layer reattaches
to itself immediately after cutting. However, if a cut-
ting test shows that the peeling of the media and
the blade traces on the backing paper are optimal,
then the media is being cut properly. Be careful not
to make the blade force too high.
Is the length of printing too long?
For printing followed immediately by cutting in par-
ticular, the longer the page length (that is, the longer
the distance the media is returned after printing), the
greater is the chance of misalignment occurring. It is
a good idea to keep the size of each single page to
the minimum necessary.
Are you using media that exhibits large
expansion and contraction?
When you're performing printing followed immedi-
ately by cutting, misalignment occurs if the media
expands or contracts. If this happens, try perform-
ing printing with crop marks, then setting the base
point and one or more align points and performing
cutting. This corrects for expansion and contraction
of the media.
Is [AUTO ENV. MATCH] set to the "DISABLE"
setting?
The printing and cutting positions may become
misaligned due to ambient temperature or humidity.
6-2 Attractive Printing Is Impossible
Setting [AUTO ENV. MATCH] to "ENABLE" performs
matching to the environment to correct for mis-
alignment.
 P. 102, "Executing Environment Matching Automati-
cally"
Are the settings for the [CALIBRATION]
menu item (in the [CUTTING MENU] menu
item) correct?
When you're performing printing followed immedi-
ately by cutting, go to [CUTTING MENU] and set the
[CALIBRATION] value to "0.00."
 P. 113, "Performing Distance Correction During Cut-
ting"
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