Unclean Media; Printable Area - Epson TM-C7500 series Technical Reference Manual

Unclean media

State
The media gets
dirty.

Printable area

State
The print position is
not correct.
The label size and
print area are
different.
The print and cut
positions are not
correct.
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Cause
The "Media type" The media used and "Media type" setting of an Epson
setting is different from printer driver may be different.
the actual media.
Check the media used and the "Media type" setting of
the driver.
For details, refer to
A head cleaning is Media may get dirty if foreign objects are attached to
necessary. the head. Perform a manual head cleaning.
Cause
Set "Media Layout" When the "Media Layout" settings of the Epson printer
correctly. and the media are different, printing may not be
performed on the correct positions.
For details, refer to
This is the specification When using an Epson printer driver and "Borderless
of the product. printing" is not enabled in "User defined media layout"
and "Media Layout":
The area where 1.5 mm margins on the top, bottom,
right and left are excluded from the label size is the
printable area.
When making the whole label size as the printable area,
enable "Borderless printing".
When "Borderless printing" is enabled, printing on full-
page may occur; therefore, ensure 1.5 mm margins on
the top, bottom, right and left in the print data.
For details, refer to
Must be justified. Depending on a difference in media, the print position
may become shifted.
Push the "Printer settings" button under the "Printer utility"
tab of an Epson printer driver and perform "Cut position
adjustment", "Print start position adjustment (Vertical
direction)" and "Print start position adjustment (Horizontal
direction)" using "Justify" under "Position adjustment".
For details, refer to
Recovery method
"Paper settings" on page 69
Recovery method
"Paper settings" on page 69
"Paper settings" on page 69
"Position adjustment" on page 93