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USER'S MANUAL
Thank you very much for purchasing this machine.
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To ensure correct and safe usage with a full understanding of this product's perfor-
mance, please be sure to read through this manual completely and store it in a safe
location.
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  • Page 1 If you find any misprint or error, please inform us. • Roland DG Corp. assumes no responsibility for any direct or indirect loss or damage which may occur through use of this product, regardless of any failure to perform on the part of this product.

  • Page 2: For Canada

    AVIS Cet appareil numérique de la classe A respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada. ROLAND DG CORPORATION 1-6-4 Shinmiyakoda, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken, JAPAN 431-2103 MODEL NAME : See the MODEL given on the rating plate.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ............ 87 When Operations Are Finished ....43 Error Messages ..........92 Specifications ............. 94 SOLJET™ and SOL INK™ are trademarks of Roland DG Corporation. COLORCHOICE ® is a registered in the U.S. Patent Office. ® ® Windows is a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

  • Page 4: To Ensure Safe Use

    Use only with the power cord from the electrical outlet, and contact your included with this product. authorized Roland DG Corp. dealer or Use with other than the included power cord service center. may lead to fire or electrocution.
  • Page 5 Do not operate in a location exposed Do not store ink cartridges, cleaning to open flame, sparking, or static liquid, or discharged ink in locations electricity, or in a location exposed such as the following. to high temperatures, such as in the •...
  • Page 6 Do not use with a damaged power Do not attempt to unplug the power cord or plug, or with a loose cord with wet hands. electrical outlet. Doing so may result in electrical Use with any other shock. power supply may lead to fire or electrocution.

  • Page 7: About The Labels Affixed To The Unit

    Roll material must be placed at a Do not place hands within the space predetermined shaft position. to the front of the unit while in Failure to do so may operation. result in falling of the Doing so may result in injury. roll, leading to injury.
  • Page 8 Ink and discharged ink are Ink and discharged ink are toxic. Avoid contact with the flammable. Keep away body. Use only in a well- from open flame. ventilated area. Do not place hands within the space to the front of the unit while in operation.

  • Page 9: Pour Utiliser En Toute Sécurité

    Débranchez le fil électrique et contacter votre revendeur ou votre centre produit. de service de la société Roland DG L’utilisation avec un autre cordon autorisé. d’alimentation que celui fourni pourrait entrainer un risque d’incendie ou...
  • Page 10 Ne pas utiliser près d'une flamme nue, Ne pas entreposer les cartouches dans un endroit où se produisent des d'encre, le liquide nettoyant ou l'encre étincelles ou de l'électricité statique, usée dans les endroits suivants : ni dans un endroit où les températures •...
  • Page 11 Ne pas utiliser avec une fiche ou un Ne pas essayer de débrancher le fil fil électrique endommagé ou avec avec des mains mouillées. une prise mal fixée. Une négligence à ce niveau pourrait Une négligence à provoquer des ce niveau pourrait décharges provoquer un électriques.

  • Page 12: À Propos Des Étiquettes Collées Sur L'appareil

    Le rouleau doit être placé quand la Ne pas mettre les mains dans barre est en position adéquate. l'espace du devant quand l'appareil Une négligence à ce est en marche. niveau pourrait Une négligence à ce niveau pourrait provoquer la chute du provoquer des blessures.
  • Page 13 L'encre et l'encre usée sont L'encre et l'encre usée sont toxiques. Éviter tout contact avec inflammables. Les garder loin le corps. Utiliser uniquement dans de toute flamme nue. un endroit bien aéré. Utiliser uniquement l'encre SOL INK. Ne pas utiliser d'autres types de cartouches d'encre. Ne pas mettre les mains dans l'espace devant l'élément...
  • Page 14 MEMO...

  • Page 15: What To Do Upon Opening The Carton

    Check the following to make sure that you received all the items that were shipped along with the unit. Power cord: 1 Drain bottle: 2 Drain-bottle cap: 1 Screws: 2 Blade: 1 Blade holder : 1 Replacement blade for Cleaning kit: 1 separating knife: 1 Roland COLORCHOICE ® User’s manual: 1...

  • Page 16: Setting Up And Connection

    What to Do upon Opening the Carton 2 Setting Up and Connection Setting Up Unpacking, installation, and moving Install in a level and stable location. must be carried out by two or more Otherwise the unit may tip over and cause injury.
  • Page 17 What to Do upon Opening the Carton Connection Use only with a power supply of the Ground the unit with the ground same rating as indicated on the unit. wire. Use with any other power supply may lead Failure to do so may result in risk of to fire or electrocution.

  • Page 18: Attach The Drain Bottle

    For Macintosh Connection to a Macintosh requires optional items such as special cable. For more information on the required optional items and connection settings, contact a Roland dealer. 3 Attach the Drain Bottle *The tube cap and the cap for the drain bottle are required when moving the machine, so do not discard them.

  • Page 19: Disposal Of Discharged Ink

    What to Do upon Opening the Carton Disposal of Discharged Ink When the ink is about to exceed the “Upper Limit” line on the drain bottle, or when moving the machine, follow the steps below to discard the ink. When storing discharged ink temporarily, place in the included drain bottle or a durable sealed container such as a metal can and...

  • Page 20: Installing Ink Cartridges

    What to Do upon Opening the Carton 4 Installing Ink Cartridges Do not operate in a location exposed Do not store ink cartridges, cleaning to open flame, sparking, or static liquid, or discharged ink in locations electricity, or in a location exposed such as the following.
  • Page 21 What to Do upon Opening the Carton Installing ink cartridges for the first time after purchase requires three SOL INK cleaning cartridges. This is also the case when you are draining ink in preparation for transport, then reinstalling the ink cartridges. NOTICE Use only SOL INK.
  • Page 22 What to Do upon Opening the Carton When washing ends, the following message appears on the display. SET CARTRIDGE Firmly insert the SOL INK cartridges for each of the colors as far as [KCMcmY] they will go. Ink cartridge ports SOL INK When inserting the cartridge, make sure that it is inserted into the correct slot for that color.

  • Page 23: Part Names

    Part Names Part Names Front View NOTICE If you will leave the printing head being uncapped for a long time (for example, open the front cover while printing is made on the middle of platen), printing heads may get clogging and, in some case it results unrecov- erable damage to the printing head.

  • Page 24: Rear View

    Part Names Rear View Main power switch Power Connector Parallel Connector Inside the Front Cover Cutting carriage Printing carriage The cutting carriage is where When not printing, this stays inside the cover. the cutter is mounted. Rail Cutter protector Platen Grit roller Grit roller Pinch roller...

  • Page 25: Operation Panel

    Part Names Operation Panel For more information about the keys, take a look at "Description of Keys". BUSY LED [MENU] key This flashes while data is being received from the host computer. Display [CUT CONFIG] key [TEST PRINT] key This show the various setting menus, and messages.

  • Page 26: Five Modes

    Five Modes Five Modes This machine has the following five modes (operating states). [POWER] key (Sub power switch) Use this switch to turn power on and off in daily operation. Main power switch (Rear) When power is turned on the system will enter It is generally left on.

  • Page 27: Setup For Printing

    Setup for Printing Setup for Printing 1 Loading the Material Acceptable material widths Roll material must be placed at a predetermined shaft position. Failure to do so may 131 to 1371 mm (5-3/16 to 54 in.) result in falling of the roll, leading to injury.
  • Page 28 Setup for Printing Set the two shafts in place and apply the brake. Place the rolled material on the shaft. Pass the end of the material between the pinch rollers and the grit rollers so that it extends from the front of the unit.
  • Page 29 Setup for Printing Align the left- and right-hand stoppers with the width Rear of the material and tighten the screws to secure in place. Media flange Roll material Stopper Screw From the front of the unit, pull the center of material straight out toward the front.
  • Page 30 Setup for Printing Loading Flat Material Pass the material between the pinch rollers and the grit Refer to steps 5 and 6 in "Loading Roll Material," and rollers as shown in the figure. position the material and the pinch rollers correctly. Pass the material Move the sheet loading lever toward LOAD.

  • Page 31: Test Printing

    Setup for Printing 2 Test Printing Printing quality is greatly affected by the state of the printing heads. Before starting to print, you can carry out a printing test to check the state of the printing heads. If the printing heads are in a poor state and problems such as dot drop-out occur, printing quality drops. If the test results show a problem, carry out head cleaning to restore the head to its normal state.

  • Page 32: Setting The Printing Mode And Printing Direction

    Setup for Printing 3 Setting the Printing Mode and Printing Direction Before start to print, set the printing mode and printing direction. On the control panel, press the [PRINT CONFIG] key and specify the printing mode and direction of printing. •...

  • Page 33: Setup For Cutting

    Setup for Cutting Setup for Cutting 1 Loading the Material Acceptable material widths Roll material must be placed at a predetermined shaft position. Failure to do so may 131 to 1371 mm (5-3/16 to 54 in.) result in falling of the roll, leading to injury.
  • Page 34 Setup for Cutting Set the two shafts in place and apply the brake. Place the rolled material on the shaft. Pass the end of the material between the pinch rollers and the grit rollers so that it extends from the front of the unit.
  • Page 35 Setup for Cutting Align the left- and right-hand stoppers with the width Rear of the material and tighten the screws to secure in place. Media flange Roll material Stopper Screw From the front of the unit, pull the center of material straight out toward the front.
  • Page 36 Setup for Cutting Loading Flat Material Pass the material between the pinch rollers and the grit Refer to steps 5 and 6 in "Loading Roll Material," and rollers as shown in the figure. position the material and the pinch rollers correctly. Pass the material Move the sheet loading lever toward LOAD.

  • Page 37: Installing A Blade

    Setup for Cutting 2 Installing a Blade Do not touch the tip of the blade with your fingers. Doing so may result in injury, and the cutting performance of the blade will be impaired. NOTICE Be sure to support the tool mounting screw from below when installing the blade holder. Cutting quality may become poor if installed without supporting the screw in this way.

  • Page 38: Test Cutting

    Setup for Cutting 3 Test Cutting Cutting quality is affected by the blade and material being used, and by the cutting conditions. There are four cutting conditions: “cutting speed,” “blade force,” “blade offset,” and “amount of blade extension.” For high-quality cutting, it is necessary to set the appropriate cutting conditions for the blade and material in actual use.
  • Page 39 Setup for Cutting Incorrect cutting conditions may cause symptoms such as those described below. For Materials with a Strong Adhesive Layer If you are using a material with a strong adhesive layer, the adhesive layer may adhere to itself immediately when cut. This means that even though the material has actually been cut, it may appear as if it has not been cut, and blade force may mistakenly be set too high.

  • Page 40: Setup For Printing And Cutting

    Setup for Printing and Cutting Setup for Printing and Cutting Before performing printing and cutting, set up the machine as follows. 1 Loading the Material Refer to “Setup for Printing -- 1 Loading the Material” and load the material correctly. 2 Installing a Blade Refer to “Setup for Cutting -- 2 Installing the Blade”...

  • Page 41: Downloading Printing/Cutting Data

    Downloading Printing/Cutting Data Downloading Printing/Cutting Data NOTICE Opening the front cover while printing is in progress causes an emergency stop. This means that printing may not be carried out correctly even if operation is resumed, due to drop-out or misalignment of the image. To pause printing for any other reason than an emergency stop, press the [PAUSE] key.

  • Page 42: Stopping Printing Or Cutting Operations

    Downloading Printing/Cutting Data Stopping Printing or Cutting Operations Press the [PAUSE] key. Halt transmission of print or cutting instructions from the computer. The PAUSE LED lights up Hold down the [SETUP] key for one second or longer. Any remaining data is cleared. The SETUP LED goes out * Clearing the data may take some...

  • Page 43: Remove The Material

    Remove the Material Remove the Material Remove the Material from the machine Press the [SETUP] key. Hold down for about 1 Move the sheet loading lever toward the back of the second. unit. The pinch rollers rise to release the material. The SETUP LED goes out Sheet loading lever Open the front cover.
  • Page 44 Remove the Material When sending a material-cutting command from the computer to separate the material automatically * When the material-cutting command has not been set to "enabled" at the computer, automatic separation of the material is not performed, even when the following setting is made. Press the [MENU] key and [ ] key to make the following screen appear on the display.

  • Page 45: When Operations Are Finished

    When Operations Are Finished When Operations Are Finished NOTICE Even when not in use, keep the machine in an environment where the temperature is 5 to 40 ˚C (41 to 104 ˚F) and the humidity is 20 to 80 % (no condensation). In particular, be careful to make sure not to expose the machine to high temperatures of 40 ˚C (104 ˚F) or more.

  • Page 46: Maintenance

    Maintenance Maintenance Replacing the Ink Cartridges Do not operate in a location exposed Do not store ink cartridges, cleaning to open flame, sparking, or static liquid, or discharged ink in locations electricity, or in a location exposed such as the following. to high temperatures, such as in the •...
  • Page 47 Maintenance NOTICE Use only SOL INK. Do not insert any other type of ink cartridge. Remove the ink cartridge from the ink-cartridge port. Insert new ink cartridge. SOL INK Ink cartridge ports...

  • Page 48: Check How Much Ink Remains

    Maintenance Check how much ink remains You can use [INK LEFT] on the display menu to check how much ink is left after the ink cartridges have been installed. Use this information as a guide for replacing the ink cartridges. If a partially used ink cartridge is removed and reinstalled, or if a partially used ink cartridge is installed, the cartridge is taken to be unused, and the displaced amount of remaining ink is not true.
  • Page 49 For information on how to use the cleaning kit, refer to the documentation included with the kit. If cleaning with the cleaning kit does not correct image drop-out, consult your authorized Roland DG Corp. dealer or service center.

  • Page 50: Replacing The Cutter Blade

    Maintenance Replacing the Cutter Blade Do not touch the tip of the blade with your fingers. Doing so may result in injury, and the cutting performance of the blade will be impaired. Remove the old blade. Remove the blade holder from the cutting carriage. (2) Remove the blade holder Press the push-pin Blade holder...

  • Page 51: How To Replace The Separating Knife

    Maintenance How to Replace the Separating Knife Do not touch the tip of the blade Make sure the power to the unit is with your fingers. off before attempting to replace the Doing so may result in injury, and the separating knife.

  • Page 52: When The Product Needs Cleaning

    Maintenance When the Product Needs Cleaning NOTICE When performing cleaning, turn off the main power switch. * Before turning off the main power, press the [POWER] key to switch off the sub power. Never lubricate the mechanisms. Do not clean with solvents (such as benzine or thinners). Periodically clean the platen.

  • Page 53: When Not In Use For A Prolonged Period

    Maintenance When Not in Use for a Prolonged Period... NOTICE Even when not in use, keep the machine in an environment where the temperature is 5 to 40 ˚C (41 to 104 ˚F) and the humidity is 20 to 80 % (no condensation). In particular, be careful to make sure not to expose the machine to high temperatures of 40 ˚C (104 ˚F) or more.

  • Page 54: When Moving The Unit

    Maintenance When Moving the Unit... NOTICE When moving the unit, first carry out head washing, then secure the carriage in place. Head cleaning requires three SOL INK cleaning cartridges, which are optionally available. Be sure to use SOL INK cleaning cartridges. Use of any other type may result in breakdown. If there is material loaded, hold down the [SETUP] Press the [MENU] key and [ ] key to make the...
  • Page 55 Maintenance Detach the power cord and the cable connecting the Remove the drain bottle. unit to the computer. Drain bottle Remove the drain-bottle cap. Attach the tube plug to the tube tips instead. Tube Drain-bottle cap Tube plug Referring to "Unpacking and Repacking" on the packing carton, secure the carriage in place and pack the unit in the carton.
  • Page 56 Maintenance MEMO...

  • Page 57: User's Reference

    User's Reference User's Reference Environment Matching Printing length in the direction of carriage movement may be affected by changes in the operating environment (temperature and humidity). This may result in misalignment of the printing or cutting location in the carriage-movement direction. If this happens, then follow the steps below to perform automatic adjustment and optimize it to the operating environment.

  • Page 58: Performing Cutting Or Printing At The Desired Location

    User's Reference Performing Cutting or Printing at the Desired Location Set the print or cutting start position (base point) to the desired location. Load material and install a blade, then press the Use the arrow keys to align the blade with the new [SETUP] key.

  • Page 59: Adjusting The Printing And Cutting Positions

    User's Reference Adjusting the Printing and Cutting Positions When printing is followed by cutting, the cutting line may be displaced from the printing. If this happens, use the display menu’s [PRINT-CUT ADJ.] function to align the printing and cutting positions. Read the correction value from the test pattern printed and cut on the material.
  • Page 60 User's Reference Press the [ ] key to make the following screen Use the [ ] key to choose [FEED ADJUST] or appear on the display. [SCAN ADJUST]. FEED ADJUST PRINT-CUT ADJ. 0.2 mm 0.2 mm FEED ADJUST Enter the correction value read in step 5. Select the correction value with the [ ] key, and press the [ENTER] key.

  • Page 61: Remove The Printed Material, Then Reload The Material And Perform Cutting

    User's Reference Remove the Printed Material, then Reload the Material and Perform Cutting This feature is for performing position alignment in cases where printing is performed, after which the material removed from the machine for further processing (such as laminating), then again loaded for cutting. Printable and Cuttable Size and Position Crop marks are used to align material that has been removed, but when you are printing with crop marks, the area where you can perform printing and cutting is smaller than the area bounded by the crop marks.
  • Page 62 User's Reference When you are printing with crop marks, then when printing data that exceeds the size CAN'T PRINT CROP where output is possible is received, the following message appears and the system CONTINUE? goes into standby. Stop the output of data from the computer, then press the [SETUP] key to stop printing. Pressing the [ENTER] key starts printing, but the portion that exceeds the size where output is possible is truncated and crop marks are not printed.

  • Page 63: Printing With Crop Marks

    User's Reference Printing with Crop Marks Press the [ ] key to make the following screen Press the [MENU] key and [ ] key to make the appear on the display. following screen appear on the display. MENU CROP MARK CROP MARK DISABLE DISABLE Send the printing data from the computer.
  • Page 64 User's Reference Reloading and Aligning Material Follow steps 1 to 4 on the previous page to perform printing with crop marks. When printing is finished press the [SET UP] key, remove the material and carry out lamination (or whatever further processing needs to be done).
  • Page 65 User's Reference You cannot set an align point when a line connecting the left and right crop marks is slanted by 5 degrees or more Within 5 degrees, or within 20 mm (13/16 in.) or when the left and right crop marks are misaligned front in the sheet-feed direction to back by 20 mm or more.

  • Page 66: Making Corrections For Printing

    User's Reference Making Corrections for Printing Feed Correction This corrects for errors in the amount of feed of the grit rollers due the type of material. Be sure to make this setting when you have replaced the material with a different type. Correcting the amount of feed improves the dot-positioning accuracy in the feed direction, which can help enhance image quality.

  • Page 67: Bidirectional Correction

    User's Reference Bidirectional Correction * Only when the printing direction at the [PRINT MODE] menu has been set to [BI-DIRECTION] (bidirectional) This adjusts slippage when performing bidirectional printing. Make this adjustment when you have replaced the material with a different type or adjusted the head height. Press the [ ] key to make the following screen Press the [MENU] key and [...

  • Page 68: Aligning The Printing Length And Cutting Length

    User's Reference Aligning the Printing Length and Cutting Length There is normally no need to adjust this. When there is no effect due to expansion or contraction of the material, use with the calibration value always set at “0.” However, when printing is followed by cutting, the cutting length may be displaced from the printing length. This is because the material may absorb moisture from the ink or the air, making it expand or contract.

  • Page 69: Performing Overprinting

    User's Reference Press the [ ] key to make the following screen Use the [ ] key to choose [FEED ADJUST] or appear on the display. [SCAN ADJUST]. CUTTING ADJ. CUTTING ADJ. SCAN ADJUST FEED ADJUST Input the correction value calculated in step (2). Press the [ ] key to make the following screen appear on the display.

  • Page 70: Setting The Page Margins

    User's Reference Setting the Page Margins This makes the setting for the margin between pages. When outputting a number of pages continuously, you can establish a margin between the pages. You can set this in a range of 0 mm to 100 mm (in 10 mm steps). This is set at 20 mm when shipped from the factory.

  • Page 71: About The Prefeed ([Prefeed]) Function

    User's Reference About the Prefeed ([PREFEED]) Function When using roll material, you can check in advance whether there is enough material available for the amount of printing or cutting data, or whether the material can be gripped correctly. When data is sent from the computer, the amount of material equal to the length of the data is automatically pulled out, and then printing or cutting begins.

  • Page 72: To Perform Long Printing/Cutting

    User's Reference To Perform Long Printing/Cutting When performing printing or cutting over a length of 1.5 m (60 in.) or more, first feed out the required length of material. Then follow the steps below to load the material. Pull out the material from the roll and pass it through Position the left- and right-hand pinch rollers at the the unit.

  • Page 73: Adjusting The Height Of The Printing Head

    User's Reference Adjusting the Height of the Printing Head When using material that is thick or susceptible to warping, material feed may not proceed smoothly, or the material may jam. When such material is loaded, you can adjust the height of the printing head. You can adjust the head height by moving the lever in the figure any of the positions from 1 to 3, where it clicks into place.

  • Page 74: Materials

    User's Reference Materials Conditions for Usable Materials A) Cuttable material thickness : 0.08 to 0.22 mm (0.00315 in. to 0.00866 in.) (depending on material composition) B) Maximum material thickness, including : Printing only 1.0 mm (0.039 in.) base paper (peeled-off paper) : When performing cutting 0.4 mm (0.0157 in.) C) Maximum diameter for roll material : 180 mm (7-1/16 in.) (surface to be printed or cut must face outward)

  • Page 75: Acceptable Material Widths

    User's Reference Acceptable material widths 131 to 1371 mm (5-3/16 to 54 in.) * However, when loading material with a width of 131 to 430 mm (5-3/16 to 17 in.), set the [EDGE SENSE] menu item to [DISABLE]. Approx. 430 mm (16-15/16 in.) Material Approx.

  • Page 76: About Blade Life

    User's Reference About Blade Life Cutting conditions and blade life vary according to the hardness of the material and the usage environment. Making the settings for the conditions described below does not automatically guarantee attractive cutting results in all situations. Before performing actual cutting, be sure to carry out a cutting test and make any necessary adjustments (see "Setup for Cutting -- Test Cutting").

  • Page 77: About The Printing/Cutting Area

    User's Reference About the Printing/Cutting Area The printing/cutting area along the horizontal plane (the direction in which the carriage moves) is determined by the position of the pinch rollers. The workable area spans the length between the two rollers, minus a margin of about 1.5 mm (about 0.06 in.) on both sides. If [PIECE] has been selected and material length (the distance in the X direction as shown in the figure) is 2,000 mm, the area is the same as when [EDGE] has been chosen.
  • Page 78 User's Reference MEMO...

  • Page 79: Description Of Keys

    Description of Keys Description of Keys Setting Default Submenu Function menu range value — — This switches on and off the sub power . When the — — power is switched on, the POWER LED lights up. — — This detects the presence of material, and its dimensions, —...
  • Page 80 Description of Keys Setting Default Submenu Function menu range value — — This cuts off the material at the present location of the — — blade tip. Press this to cut off the portion already printed or cut from the roll. You cannot sever a piece of material while printing or cutting is in progress.

  • Page 81: Description Of Menu Items

    Description of Menu Items Description of Menu Items Description of Menus When you use the program to make the setting for the corresponding item, the program’s setting takes priority. To give priority to the setting made on the machine, turn Pressing the [MENU] key enters the menu mode.
  • Page 82 Description of Menu Items Setting Default Submenu Function menu range value When a certain amount of time passes with no data sent from the TIME OUT — NONE/ NONE computer, the current output is considered to be finished. 10 to 990 sec. "TIME OUT"...
  • Page 83 Description of Menu Items Setting Default Submenu Function menu range value This makes the setting for the margin between pages. — PAGE 0 to 100 mm 20 mm When outputting a number of pages continuously, you can establish a (In steps of 10 mm) MARGIN margin between the pages.
  • Page 84 Description of Menu Items Setting Default Submenu Function menu range value HEAD You can use the [TEST PRINT] key to perform a printing test and — — check the printing quality before starting to print. This also cleans the CLEANING printing heads if there is a problem in the printing test.

  • Page 85: Display Menus Flowchart

    Display Menus Flowchart For details about each of the menus, see the "Description of Display Menus." Press the * Selecting the language for screen messages MENU LANGUAGE Roland SC-500 ENGLISH to select. Ver.*.** Press the [ENTER] key to enable the setting.
  • Page 86 Description of Menu Items Press the MENU DEMO DEMO PRINT & CUT PRINT & CUT/PRINT/CUT MENU CALIBRATION PRINTING ADJ. CALIBRATION PRINTING ADJ. TEST PRINT PRINTING ADJ. ADJUST ADJUST +0.25% +0.30% CALIBRATION CUTTING ADJ. FEED ADJUST CUTTING ADJ. FEED ADJUST +0.00% +0.00% CUTTING ADJ.
  • Page 87 Description of Menu Items MENU INK CONTROL EMPTY MODE INK CONTROL EMPTY MODE LATER PROMPT LATER/PROMPT INK CONTROL FILL INK INK CONTROL PUMP UP INK CONTROL HEAD WASH MENU SYSTEM REPORT MENU MENU UNIT MENU UNIT mm/INCH MENU PAGE MARGIN PAGE MARGIN 20mm 20mm...
  • Page 88 Description of Menu Items Press the PRINT MODE DIRECTION FINE UNI-DIRECTION PHOTO/SUPER/ UNI-DIRECTION/ FINE/FINE2/NORMAL/ BI-DIRECTION FAST/DRAFT to select. Press the [ENTER] key to enable the setting. Press the FORCE SPEED OFFSET UP-SPEED 50gf 50gf 50cm/s 50cm/s 0.250mm 0.250mm 60cm/s 60cm/s 30 to 200 gf 1 to 60 cm/s 0 to 1.500 mm...

  • Page 89: What To Do If

    What to Do If... What to Do If... If the machine doesn't run... Is the power cord connected correctly? Connect the power cord to the unit, and plug the other end securely into an electrical outlet. (See “What to Do upon Opening the Carton - - 2 Setting Up and Connection”...
  • Page 90 What to Do If... The message “SHEET TOO SHORT CONTINUE?” appears when data is sent from the computer The size of the data is larger than the printing/cutting area of the loaded material. To continue performing output without correcting this, press the [ENTER] key. When you do this, portions that extend beyond the printing/cutting area are not output.
  • Page 91 What to Do If... Printing goes beyond the loaded material Has the material been loaded at an angle? If the loaded material is not straight, it may extend outside the printing area. In “Setup for Printing” or “Setup for Cutting,” refer to “1 Loading the Material” and load the material correctly. The Material is not cut properly Are the blade and blade holder installed correctly and securely? Install these so that there is no looseness (see “Setup for Cutting -- Installing the Cutter”).
  • Page 92 What to Do If... The material becomes jammed If [MOTOR ERROR : TURN OFF POWER] appears and operation stops (1) Press the [POWER] key to switch off the sub power. (2) Remove the jammed material. Cut off any creased or torn portions. (3) Correct whatever caused the material to jam.
  • Page 93 What to Do If... The material cannot be separated Is a blade installed in the separating knife? If no blade is installed, then install one (see "Maintenance -- How to Replace the Separating Knife"). Is the blade dull or broken? If the blade has become dull or broken, replace it with the replacement blade included with the unit (see "Maintenance -- How to Replace the Separating Knife").

  • Page 94: Error Messages

    Error Messages Error Messages Error messages Meaning Action A motor error occurred. Recovery from this problem is impossible. MOTOR ERROR Use the POWER key to switch the power off and TURN OFF POWER back on again. After rectifying the cause of the error (a material jam or the like), switch on the power.
  • Page 95 Error Messages Error messages Meaning Action An attempt was made to perform a printing or cut- Perform the printing or cutting test inside the print- CURSOR POS. ERROR ting test outside the printing or cutting area. ing or cutting area. OUT OF AREA The main power switch was turned off without first Press the [POWER] key to turn off the sub power,...

  • Page 96: Specifications

    1440 dpi x 720 dpi / 720 dpi x 720 dpi / 540 dpi x 540 dpi / 360 dpi x 720 dpi / 180 dpi x 720 dpi Error of less than 0.3% of distance traveled, or 0.3 mm, whichever is greater Distance accuracy (When printing) (at Roland PET-film, print travel: 1 m (39-3/8 in.) Acceptable tool Cutter (blade and blade holder): Special blade for CAMM-1 series...
  • Page 97 Power cord: 1, Drain bottle: 2, Drain-bottle cap: 1, Screws: 2, Blade: 1, Blade Holder: 1, ® Replacement blade for separating knife: 1, Cleaning kit: 1, Roland COLORCHOICE : 1, User’s manual: 1 (*) The following conditions must be satisfied: •...

  • Page 98: Interface Specifications

    Specifications Interface Specifications Standard Bidirectional parallel interface (compliant with IEEE 1284: nibble mode) Input signals STROBE (1BIT), DATA (8BITS), SLCT IN, AUTO FEED, INIT Output signals BUSY (1BIT), ACK (1BIT), FAULT, SLCT, PERROR Level of input output signals TTL level Transmission method Asynchronous Parallel Connector...
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