Detecting Material Width; Manually Setting The Material Width - Gerber SOLARA UV2 Owner's Manual

CHAPTER 4
Loading Inks and Materials
18 Press F4 to select RIGID material type.
Note: The Rigid Bleed material type sets the printer to print jobs larger than the sign blank
that will bleed off one or more edges. See "Printing full bleed on rigid materials" on page 86 for
detailed instructions.
19 The GERBER SOLARA UV2 will automatically home the carriage and scan the
material to determine its width.
CAUTION: Do not leave the pinch wheels engaged over soft rigid material when
not printing. The pressure from the wheels may indent the material causing the
height adjustment to be inaccurate.

Detecting material width

The GERBER SOLARA UV2 automatically determines material width available for printing by
scanning the material loaded in the printer. After loading the material, you must engage the
pinch wheels, position the UV shields, and close the cover to initiate material scanning. The
carriage scans the material from left to right detecting the edges of the material and the UV
shields to determine the width available for printing.

Manually setting the material width

If you are using clear materials, the material width sensor will not be able to detect the material
edges. You must set the material width manually.
To manually set the material width
1 Load the material in the printer. See "Loading the material" on page 42.
2 From the MAIN MENU press F4, Operate to open the OPERATION menu.
F1
3 Press F1, Material to open the MATERIAL menu.
4 Press F4, Set Width to open the SET MATERIAL WIDTH menu.
5 Press F3 or F4 to change the material width measurement and press the Enter key to
accept the width setting.
OPERATION
Material
Ink
ENTER for Main Menu
MATERIAL
Width Info.
Reload
ENTER for Main Menu
SET MATERIAL WIDTH
Set Width
60
ENTER Key to Accept
Lamps
Job
Set Width F4
+ F3
- F4
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