If The Positions Of Dots Shift - MIMAKI TS55-1800 Operation Manual

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
(ADJUST)
Remote.
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.
• When you press the [ENTER] key instead of the
[END] key, the value entered here will be valid
temporarily. (When you perform media detection
again or turn the power OFF, the correction value
is cleared.)
Feed Comp by print condition
Conditions such as feed speed differ depending on the
print mode.
By providing the correction value according to each mode,
it is possible to reduce the work of changing correction
values when outputting different print modes within the
same setting.
1
Set the media. (
2
Press
(MENU)
3
Press to select settings 1 to 4,
and press the
• The setting menu is displayed.
4
Press to select "Feed Comp.",
and press the
5
Press (MENU) on the screen waiting
for "Print Start" to switch ON / OFF.
• When ON:
You can correct for each condition and enter the
correction value.
Each correction value is applied according to the
printing conditions.
(1) 480x600 1, 2 pass (1 pass is 4 color set only)
(2) 600x600 1, 2 pass (1 pass is 4 color set only)
(3) Others
The print mode except for (1) and (2) is
720x600, 600x1200 all pass.
• When OFF:
One correction value is applied to all modes.
• You can check all correction values by pressing
[FUNC3].
• If the advanced setting is set to "ON", perform
adjustment in all modes used.
in the
key twice.
P.2-4)
in LOCAL.
key.
key.

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
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. (
• In order to print a pattern, a media that is 500 mm
wide at least is necessary.
2
Press
(MENU)
3
Press to select SETUP 1 to 4,
and press the
• SETUP MENU will be displayed.
4
Press to select "DROP.POS
correct", and press the
5
Press the
• 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.)
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 4, enter a
correction value of Pattern 2 and later, and
press the
8
Press the
end the setting.
Chapter 3 Setup
P.2-4)
in LOCAL.
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key several times to
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