Correct The Ink Drop Position For Bidirectional Printing; Correct The Ink Drop Position For Bidirectional; Printing - MIMAKI TS500P-3200 Operation Manual

Correct the ink drop posi-
tion for bidirectional

printing

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.
• When using leaf media, set a media of more than
210mm put horizontally. If a media with narrow
width is set, printing will only be conducted to
midway.
Example of a Printed Pattern
Output
direction
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.
1
Set a media on the machine and set a
printing origin. (
2
Press the
(ADJUST) in LOCAL.
• Adjust menu appears.
3
Press to select "DROP.
POScorrect"." and press the
4
Press the
• Printing of the Drop position correct printed
pattern will start.
• Multiple test patterns are printed. (The printed
patterns are called Pattern 1, Pattern 2 in the
order of printing.)
5
Press to enter a correction value
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.
6
In the same way as in Step 5, enter a
correction value of Pattern 2 to 5 and press
the key.
P.2-4)
key, and press the
key.
key.
key.
7
Press the
end the setting.
• You can select "DROP.POScorrect" by using the
[FUNC1](MENU) in the Local without pressing the
[FUNC2] (ADJUST) key. (
key several times to
P.3-7)
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