Adjusting The Position Of The Head; Adjusting The Position In The X Direction (Horizontal Space) Of The Head Of The Same Color - GRAPHTEC JS500 Rip Manual

8 Adjusting the position of the head
* Perform printing after setting the Print Mode to the Test Mode.
* Make an adjustment under the same conditions where the actual printing is performed.
Items to be checked: EF Value, PH Heater, Print Speed, Feed Speed, height of the head and thickness
of media (type).
* Perform printing without using the Wave Form.
8.1 Adjusting the position in the X direction (Horizontal Space) of the head of the same color.
1. Make an adjustment of Head-1 and Head-2 first.
Open the file "1_H_Space1-2_12HEAD.group" and start printing.
* For 8-head model printers, open "1_H_Space1-2_8HEAD.group".
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2. Check the results of printing, select where the lines printed by Head- and Head-2 are aligned most closely
as one line, and input the compensation value indicated with the line in the column for the Head-2 of each
color.
* If an adjusted value has already been inputted, add the above value to the existing value.
3. Perform printing again to confirm that the printing of lines of each color is aligned almost as one line where
±0 is indicated.
* For the 8-head model printer, adjustment is complete. Proceed to "5.6.) Adjust the space between other
colors (Horizontal Space)".
4. Make an adjustment of Head-3. Open the file "2_H_Space12-3_12HEAD.group" and start printing.
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5. Check the result of printing, select where the lines printed by Head-, Head-2 and Head-3 are aligned most
closely as one line, and input the compensation value indicated with the line in the column for the Head-3
of each color.
* If an adjusted value has already been inputted, add the above value to the existing value.
6. Perform printing again to confirm that the printing of lines of each color is aligned in one line where ±0 is
indicated.
If the adjusted condition is not what is intended, repeat steps from  to 6.
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Compensation
value
Printing with Head-2
Printing with Head-1
Printing with Head-3
Printing with Head-2
Printing with Head-1