If The Positions Of Dots Shift; Setting The Heater - MIMAKI TS300P-1800 Operation Manual

Chapter 3 Setup

If the Positions of Dots Shift...

When the condition for printing (media thickness/ink type/
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 Printed Pattern
Output
direction
Set a media on the machine. (
1
• In order to print a pattern, a media that is 500 mm
wide at least is necessary.
Press
2
Press
3
and press the
• SETUP MENU will be displayed.
Press
4
correct", and press the
Press the
5
• Start the pattern printing.
• Multiple test patterns are printed. (The printed
patterns are called Pattern 1, Pattern 2, Pattern
3... in the order of printing.)
Press
6
of Pattern 1, and press the
• Corrected feeding rate: -40 to 40
• 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 and
40, adjust the height of the printing heads and
then perform the operations in Step 2 and later.
In the same way as in Step 4, enter a
7
correction value of Pattern 2 and later, and
press the
Press the
8
end the setting.
3-6
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.2-4)
in LOCAL.
(MENU)
to select SETUP 1 to 4,
key.
to select "DROP.POS
key.
key.
to enter a correction value
key.
key.
key several times to

Setting the HEATER

Post-heater 1and Post-heater 2 are equipped on the
platen.
Type of HEATER
POST1
Dries ink after printing.
POST2
Here, in addition to the temperature setting of each
heater, the time from the print completion until the heater
to be OFF can be set up.
Press
(MENU)
1
Press to select SETUP 1 to 4,
2
and press the
• SETUP MENU will be displayed.
Press to select "HEATER", and
3
press the
Set each heater temperature by pressing
4
.
• Heater selecting
• Temperature setting : Set by by [][]
• Temperature setting of each heater
POST 1 : 20 ～ 50°C
POST 2 : 20 ～ 60°C
Press to serect "OFFTIME" , and
5
press the
Press , set the time until the
6
heater to be OFF after printing, and press
the key.
• Set value: NONE/ 0 to 90 min
Press the
7
end the setting.
Function
in LOCAL.
key.
key.
: Select by [][] and
press the [ENTER] key
key.
key several times to