5-1. Basic printing process flow ..................................................................................................................................................... 143

5-2. Tasks to be performed before starting print operation ........................................................................................................... 144

5-2-1. Confirmation of Water Supply Tank ............................................................................................................................ 144

5-3. Pretreating process for print medium ..................................................................................................................................... 145

5-3-1. Provisions for pretreatment ........................................................................................................................................ 145

5-3-2. Dilution of pretreatment .............................................................................................................................................. 147

5-3-3. Application of pretreatment ........................................................................................................................................ 149

5-3-4. Fixation of pretreatment .............................................................................................................................................. 152

5-4. Platen adjustment ................................................................................................................................................................... 154

5-4-1. Replacing the currently used platen with another one .............................................................................................. 154

5-4-2. Platen height adjustment ............................................................................................................................................ 156

5-5. Placing print medium in position............................................................................................................................................. 157

5-6. Sending/Loading Print Data ................................................................................................................................................... 160

5-6-1. Sending print data from ARX6E/ARX6 file preview ................................................................................................... 160

5-6-2. Sending print data from applications .......................................................................................................................... 164

5-6-3. Loading print data (ARX6E/ARX6 file) from USB flash memory .............................................................................. 167

5-7. Executing a printing job .......................................................................................................................................................... 169

5-7-1. Executing a print job once for a single print medium ................................................................................................. 169

5-7-2. Executing a print job several times for multiple print media ...................................................................................... 170

5-7-3. Performing the printing from receiving history ........................................................................................................... 171

5-8. Scheduling a print ................................................................................................................................................................... 172

5-8-1. When you can schedule printing ................................................................................................................................ 172

5-8-2. When a scheduled print begins .................................................................................................................................. 172

5-8-3. When printing does not begin .................................................................................................................................... 172

5-8-4. Canceling scheduled printing ..................................................................................................................................... 172

5-9. Removing printed matter from platen..................................................................................................................................... 173

5-10. Fixation of ink ........................................................................................................................................................................ 174

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