Roland DPX-3700A User Manual page 24

Multi-lead Pencil
Features
Provides high-speed plotting
Can be mixed with other pen types
Pen force differs with lead thickness
Up to 20 leads can be loaded into one pencil (always use
recommended 60 mm long replacement leads)
Multi-lead pencil tips are consumed parts (lasting for approximately 300,000 runs). The tip should be changed
if lead does not feed out even after cleaning.
Only leads from Roland DG Corp. should be used. Use of other leads may shorten the useful life expectancy
of the multi-lead pencil tip as well as impeding correct lead feed.
Ejected Lead Stocker
When plotting with pencils, and pencil leads become short and
do not feed out smoothly, these unneeded leads are ejected to
the ejected lead stocker located on the upper part of the pen
stock. When the ejected lead stocker becomes full, remove it
from the DPX and dispose of the leads.
[PencilKnock] Setting
Using the [PencilKnock] menu of the display menu, set the
timing of lead advancing and lead feed. The interval between
the first advance and the next is set by using plotting distance.
Even when the plotting distance is the same, however,
differences in paper and pen force may effect lead consump-
tion. Shorten the advancing interval if lines become discon-
nected during plotting.
Automatic Pencil Grouping Function (supported
only when using pencils)
* Because the settings for this function are made automati-
cally, there is no need to make the settings on the display.
When pencils are installed in the pen stock, this function automatically detects lead diameter and treats all pencils
with the same lead diameter as one group. If a lead breaks during plotting, this function enables the DPX to
automatically exchange that pencil with the next pencil stock number having the same lead diameter, and thereby
continue plotting. By loading many pencils of the same type in the pen stock, plotting can be continued for
prolonged periods.
If the same type of pencil is not installed in the pen stock, the pencil with the broken lead is returned to the pen
stock and the following message is generated on the display.
<Example>
Pen cap rubber
orientation
Pen speed (maximum value)
Pen force
(maximum value)
Top menu
Use
Press
14
Remove the pen cap rubber.
80 cm/sec (in 45° direction)
0.20 mm: 200 gf
0.30 mm: 350 gf
0.40 mm: 450 gf
0.50 mm: 450 gf
Ejected lead stocker
and to select.
to enable the settings.