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Caring for your media
Store media in its original packaging in a cool, dry area until you are ready to use it. The
environment should be stable; i.e., no extremes of heat and cold, and non-condensing
humidity. If conditions are outside the operating ranges recommended for the printer,
allow the media to acclimate in the operating environment for at least 48 hours before
using it.
If you remove a roll of media from the printer, be sure to store it in a manner which keeps
it clean and dust-free. Ideally, you should return it to its original packaging for storage.
Print on the correct side! Roll media is wound with the coated side out. Cut sheet media
has an ink-receptive and a non-ink-receptive side. The sheets are notched to help you
orient them correctly. To assure that you print on the correct side, be sure that the notch is
in the upper right corner when you feed the sheet into the printer.
Handle with care! Handle your media carefully to avoid creases, scrapes, and tears.
Avoid crushing or damaging roll media edges.
Wear cotton gloves! Film-based and photographic paper-based media are suscep-
tible to absorbing skin oils. Fingerprints on the media prior to printing may result
in visible fingerprints after ink is applied.
Choose the correct printing mode
By choosing from a variety of color, quality, and resolution modes, you can make
tradeoffs between drawing quality, colors, and speed. When printing heavier renderings,
maps, or art graphics, choose one of the enhanced printing modes (Normal or Best).
Use the right software
The quality of the software driver or the RIP can be very important, especially when
printing continuous tone images or 3D renderings. Error diffusion or stochastic screening
algorithms can yield photo-like images, even when these images are scaled to full size.
Software without advanced imaging features may produce images which are grainy when
enlarged.
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