If The Positions Of Dots Shift - MIMAKI TS500P-3200 Operation Manual

6
Check the correction pattern and enter a
correction value.
• A screen for entering the correction value
appears.
• Enter a correction value in "+":
The boundary between the two bands is widened.
• Enter a correction value in "-":
The boundary between the two bands is
narrowed.
• When you change the correction value by "25",
the width of the boundary changes by about 0.1
mm.
7
Press the
• Print a correction pattern again and check it.
• When media correction is needed, perform the
operation in Step 6 to make correction.
8
Press the
end the setting.
Correcting Media-feeding during
Printing
A media-feeding rate can be corrected even in the remote
mode or when image data is printed.
1
Press the
2
Press to enter a corrected
feeding rate.
• Corrected feeding rate: -9999 to 9999
• The value entered here is reflected in the
corrected feeding rate soon.
3
Press the
• key. The changed value is registered.
key.
key several times to
(ADJUST) in the Remote.
key.

If the Positions of Dots Shift...

When the condition for printing (Distance of the platen and
the head /media thickness/media 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
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. (
• In order to print a pattern, a media that is 500 mm
wide at least is necessary.
2
Press the
Local.
3
Press to select SETUP 1 to 4, and
press the
• Setup menu appears.
4
Press to select "DropPos.Correct" ,
and press the
5
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.)
6
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.
7
In the same way as in Step 6, enter a
correction value of Pattern 2 to 5, and
press the
8
Press the
end the setting.
Chapter 3 Setup
P.2-4)
key in
(MENU)
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key.
key.
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key several times to
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