Chapter 4 Adjustments
Table of Contents
Platen Gap (PG) Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Destination Data Writing Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Head Data Writing Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Black Head Angle Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Color Head Angle Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Uni-D (Unidirectional Printing) Alignment Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Bi-D (Bidirectional Printing) Alignment Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Black - Color Head Vertical Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Head Gap Adjustment (Black and Color Head) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Initial Ink Charge Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
List of Figures
Figure 4-1. Pushing the Sliding Cam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Figure 4-2. Thickness Gauge Setting Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Figure 4-3. Platen Gap Adjustment Flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Figure 4-4. Printhead Voltage Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Figure 4-5. Black Head Angle Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Figure 4-6. Black Head Angle Adjustment Pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Figure 4-7. Black Head Angle Adjustment Flowchart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Figure 4-8. Color Head Angle Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Figure 4-9. Color Head Angle Adjustment Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Figure 4-10. Color Head Angle Adjustment Flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Figure 4-11. Uni-D Adjustment Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Figure 4-12. Bi-D Adjustment Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Figure 4-13. Bi-D Adjustment Flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Figure 4-14. Black - Color Head Vertical Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Figure 4-15. Black - Color Head Vertical Adjustment Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Figure 4-16. Black - Color Head Vertical Adjustment Flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Figure 4-17. Head Gap Adjustment Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Figure 4-18. Head Gap Adjustment Flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
List of Tables
Table 4-1. Required Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Table 4-2. Gap and Adjustment Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Table 4-3. Customer Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
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