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Media
Usable media sizes and notes for handling are described.
Usable sizes of media
Model
Type of
Recommended
Preprocessed polyester material
media
Maximum
3300 mm (129.9 in)
Minimum
297 mm (11.7 in)
Max. printing width
3290 mm (129.5 in)
Thickness
1.0 mm or less (0.039 in or less)
Roll outside
Φ300 mm or less (Φ11.8 in or less)
diameter
When using feeding unit:
*1
Roll weight
130 kg or less(286.6 lb or less)
Roll inside
When using take-up unit and feeding
diameter
unit 3 inches
Printing surface
Either face in or face out
The roll end is gently fixed to the core
Roll end treatment
with weak-adhesive tape or weak glue
for easy removal.
*1. When holding the right and left side of roll media and when there is
no deflection on the roll
Tx500P-3200DS
Caution in handling of medias
Pay attention to the followings for handling of medias.
• When handling media, wear the gloves.
If you touch the media with your bare hand, the
media may be stained due to fingerprints or oil of
your finger. Be careful about it.
• Do not leave the media with the heater ON for a
long time.
Waviness may occur on the media and it may
cause media clogging.
• Use the recommended media.
Use media recommended by MIMAKI to ensure
reliable, high-quality printing.
• Set the heater temperature to meet the
characteristics of the media.
Automatic temperature setting can be made on the
operation panel by setting the profile on the
dedicated RIP. For setting on the RIP, refer to the
instruction manual for your RIP.
• Pay attention to the expansion and contraction
of the media.
Do not use media immediately after unpacking.
The media can be affected by the room
temperature and humidity, and thus it may expand
and contract. The media have to be left in the
atmosphere in which they are to be used for 1 day
or more after unpacked.
• Do not use curled media.
This may result in paper jamming. If a regular-
sized coated sheet of media is rolled and stored,
the coated side has to face outside.
• Be careful to dusts on the edge face of the
medium.
Some rolls have dusts contained in the package
gathered on the edge surface of the roll. If you use
as it is, the drawing quality may be degraded due
to nozzle missing or ink drops. Be sure to set the
roll after removing dusts adhering on the edge
face of the roll.
• Please pay attention to the humidity of the
media storage location.
Due to the nature of the media, such as the
sticking of the media may occur by the humidity of
the place that stores the media. Please follow the
contents specified in recommended environment
in "Machine specifications" on P.6-2 for the usage
environment of this machine and the media
storage environment.
• When setting fabric, make sure you adjust the
height of the heads according to the thickness of
the fabric. Otherwise, the print fabric or heads
could be damaged.
Restrictions on Using Media
It is hard to correct the following media on the printer side.
When using any of the following media, we recommend
performing a test print to check if the quality is acceptable.
• Large, elasticated material (material that stretches,
knitted fabric that expands or contracts, etc.)
• Material that expands or contracts to a large degree when
it gets wet during printing
• Material with a large unevenness in the width
• Material that wrinkles or becomes slack when it is
stretched out flat, or that tends to becomes wavy
• Material that becomes skewed to a large extent when
winding on the roll
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