MIMAKI DS-1600, Operation Manual

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Precautions in handling the fabric
Carefully observe the following when handling the fabric.
• Use pre-processed fabrics recommended by MIMAKI.
• When setting the fabric used, be sure to adjust the head height. Otherwise,
the fabric and/or the head can be damaged.
• Store fabric in a bag. Wiping off dust, waste paper and flocks accumulated
on a fabric will adversely affect the fabric due to static electricity.
• Do not use ink-adhered fabric with high elasticity.
Use of such a fabrics may cause contact with the print head nozzle, dis-
placed printing, or other trouble.
• Do not use fabric with curled edges.
Use of such a fabric may cause contact with the print head nozzle, resulting
in inferior ink discharge. If fabric that is likely tightly curl, flatten first the fabric
before using it for plotting. Heavily-curled fabric affect the plotted picture quality.
• Do not use fabrics with extremely coarse fixture.
The plotter may not detect the fabric properly.
Limited media
With the following media, correction from the plotter is difficult.
When using any of the following media, perform test printing to determine whether it can be
used or not.
• When using a media other then the following, be sure to perform test printing
to confirm the plot result and then determine whether it can be used or not.
• Hight stretch fabric (Stretch materials, vertically extendable knit,etc.)
• Materials which become largely extendable when getting wet by printing.
• Materials with large width variations.
• Materials which present partial wrinkles of slacks when being spread on a
flat surface or materials which are totally curved.
• Materials with large take-up shift at the ends of media when rolled.
• Roll media with a paper tube whose strength is insufficient and which
bends when attached to a feeding unit.