Correct The Ink Drop Position For Bidirectional Printing - MIMAKI JFX500-2131 Operation Manual

Correct the ink drop position for bidirectional printing

When the condition for printing (media thickness/head height/etc.) has been changed, perform the following
operation to correct the ink drop position for bidirectional (Bi) printing and obtain the proper printing result.
Example of a Drop Position correct Printed Pattern
Output
direction
1
Set a media on the machine and set a printing origin. (
2
Press the
3
Press the
4
Press
• Setting value: Y300dpi / Y600dpi / Y900dpi / Y1200dpi
• Perform correction for all resolutions.
5
Press the
6
Press the
• Test pattern is printed. (The printed patterns are called Pattern 1,
Pattern 2, Pattern 3... in the order of printing.)
7
Press
Pattern 1~.
• Corrected feeding rate: -40.0 to 40.0
• Check the test patterns. The position where an outward feeding line and a return feeding line become
one straight line is the correction value.
• When the correction value in not between -40.0 and 40.0, adjust the height of the printing heads and
then perform the operations in Step 2 and later.
3-10
key twice in LOCAL.
key.
to select the resolution.
key.
key to start pattern printing.
to correct the dot position of
The dots at the fourth position counted from the zero
position in the positive direction form a straight line.
In this case, the dot position correction value is 4.0.
P.2-5)
DROP . POS c o r r e c t
DROP . POS c o r r e c t
: Y 3 0 0 d p i
DROP . POS c o r r e c t
: Y 6 0 0 d p i
DROP . POS c o r r e c t
PR I N T
* * PR I N T I NG * *
P A T T ERN 1
=
[ ENT ]
[ ENT ]
P L E A SE WA I T
0 . 0