Using The Curing Lamps - EFI Vutek QS2000 Operator's Manual

7. After you have printed a few of the squares with different
8. Take the step size from the best-looking square, and enter
9. Repeat the process, making smaller adjustments to the
10. Lay these prints out and choose the step that looks best.
11. Enter this step size into the VUI and click Save as

Using the curing lamps

Your QS Series printer uses UV light to cure the ink to the
substrate during each carriage pass. There are two lamps,
one on each side of the carriage, that apply UV energy. These
lamps can be adjusted for optimal ink curing for the
substrate you are printing on.
The printer's carriage speed affects the duration of light
exposure, and therefore the dosage applied to any portion of
the image. Different media may require adjusting the shutter
mode and the lamp power setting.
Lamp shutter mode settings
The shutter mode setting can be set at single cure, post cure,
or double cure.
1. From the VUTEk User Interface, click on the image.
2. In the Print Options dialog box, chose the shutter mode
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step sizes, lay them on the floor and choose the one that
looks the best.
it in as your step.
step.
For example, if your best-looking step value was 2.603,
you should print the square with step values of 2.6031,
2.6032, 2.6033, 2.6034, and so on.
Continue printing until you reach 2.6039.
This is your step size.
Because you are not using smoothing, the print
will not be perfect! Choose the print that looks
the best (has the most even and consistent step
with the least noticeable dark or light lines).
Default ( ).
Do not change this step size setting unless you
repeat all the steps in this procedure.
that you want to use.
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