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4 User's Reference

Clean, attractive printing is impossible

If drop-out occurs with printed images.

Clean the printing heads (see "3-3 Cleaning the Printing Heads").

Is the surface of the platen dirty or scratched?

Clean the platen (see “3-6 Cleaning”).

Is the material dirty?

Remove superficial soiling, then load the material.

Is the material damaged?

Clean, attractive printing is not possible if the material is damaged or warped.
Use care to keep materials from being damaged while in storage.

During printing, was the front cover opened (executing an emergency stop) or the [PAUSE] key pressed?

If operation is stopped or paused while printing is in progress, the quality of the image before and after the interruption may differ. It is a
good idea to avoid pausing operation while printing is in progress whenever possible.

Is thick material in use, or does the surface of the material rub against the printing heads?

If material feed is not smooth because the material catches on the head, then adjust the height of the printing heads (see "4-2 Adjusting
the Height of the Printing Head").
When the height of the printing head has been adjusted, it is necessary to perform bidirectional correction (only when the printing
direction for [PRINT QUALITY] has been set to [BI-DIRECTION]). For more information about bidirectional correction, see "2-6
Performing Printing - Making Corrections for Printing - Bidirectional Correction."

If the type of material was changed, was feed correction performed?

Correcting the amount of feed improves the dot-positioning accuracy in the feed direction, which can help enhance image quality.
If the type of material was changed, refer to "2-6 Printing - Making Corrections for Printing - Feed Correction" and perform correction
for feed.

Printing goes beyond the loaded material

Is [SHEET TYPE] set to [CLEAR]?

When [SHEET TYPE] has been set to [CLEAR], no detection of the material width is performed when material is loaded (printable
width set to maximum).
If transparent material has been loaded, specify a printing area that matches the actual material width (see "2-6 Performing Printing --
Performing Printing at the Desired Location -- Setting the printing area in the left-right direction (the direction of carriage movement)").
If opaque material has been loaded, set [SHEET TYPE] to [OPAQUE].

Is the reflective tape dirty?

If the reflective tape becomes soiled, the width of the material cannot be detected correctly.
If the tape becomes dirty, wipe gently with a cloth moistened with water or ethyl alcohol.

Has the material been loaded at an angle?

If the loaded material is not straight, it may extend outside the printing area.
Refer to "2-5 Loading the Material" and load the material correctly.

Has the printing area been set to fill the material entirely?

When setting the printing area in the left-right direction (the direction of carriage movement) at the [PRINT AREA] menu, leave a
margin on either side. If the printing area is set to extend all the way to the left right and right edges, a small amount of misalignment
may result in printing beyond the edge of the material.