6-7 PRINT DOES NOT MATCH WITH CUT (WHEN NOT USING THE CROP-MARK FUNCTION)
NO
CHECKING POINT
ACTION
REFERENCE
OUTLINE
1
Shifting of Printing and
Cutting Position is within
tolerance
Explain to User
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Shifting of Printing and Cutting Position /-0.5% of distance
traveled, or +/-3mm whichever is greater in tolerance. Repetition
between printing and cutting is +/-0.5mm or less. When the heater is
used, the media may experience subtle deformation due to thermal
expansion or contraction. For this reason, explain to user no assurance
is made about the following points.
- Distance accuracy (when cutting)
- Repletion accuracy (when cutting)
- Repletion between printing and cutting
- Alignment accuracy for printing and cutting when reloading media
2
Media expansion and
contraction
Explain to User
Use the crop-mark
function
Media will expand or shrink depending on the temperature and humidity
in the operation environment. Therefore, if the elastic rate of media
differs between when printing and when cutting, Printing and Cutting
Positions will be shifted. By prefeeding the amount of media you use, it
could make the difference of elasticity smaller. Using the crop-mark
feature could make the affection of elasticity minimum also.
3
The media is not set
correctly
Set the media correctly
Feed is not smooth when the media is not tilted or tensioned unevenly
on the left and right. Reload and set up the media correctly.
4
The settings for the cutting
is not correct
Adjust the suitable
setting for cutting
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If the cutting speed is too fast or the blade force is too strong,
misalignment or skewing may occur.
5
The settings for the
Bidirectional Printing is not
correct
Adjust misalignment in
Bidirectional Printing
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If this adjustment is not performed correctly, printing and cutting
positions will be shifted.
6
The length in the feed
direction of printing data is
too long
Set the length in the
feed direction of printing
data to the minimum
necessary
The longer length in the feed direction is set in the printing data (the
longer length which the machine pulls back after printing is), the more
frequency the Shifting of Printing and Cutting Position occurs. Set the
length in feed direction of printing data to the minimum necessary.
7
Offset value of [CUTTING
ADJ.] is not zero (0)
Set the Offset value to
zero (0)
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When you are performing print and cut, set the [CALIBRATION] of the
[CUTTING MENU] to 0. This setting needs to be used when the
machine is used for cutting only. When "0" is not set, the Shifting of
Printing and Cutting Position occurs the calibration is only applied to
the cutting.
8
[AUTO ENV. MATCH] is
set to the [DISABLE]
Set [AUTO ENV.
MATCH] to the
[ENABLE]
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Cutting position in the carriage moving direction is detected by the
Motor Encoder while the printing position is detected by the Encoder
Scale. The Encoder Scale expands and contracts depending on the
environment (temperature & humidity), and it causes the Print/Cut
shifting problem in the carriage moving direction. (The shifting amount
becomes bigger as it is far from the carriage standby position.) This
function automatically adjusts the machine to optimize its state to the
environment where it is used. This function is the same adjustment as
[LINEAR CALIB.] in Service menu.
Refer to P.84 "Matching the Printer to the Operating Environments" in
the User's Manual.
9
Print / Cut Position
Adjustment is not correct
Print / Cut Position
Adjustment
[4-10 PRINT / CUT
POSITION
ADJUSTMENT]
Print / Cut Position Adjustment is to calibrate the error in the relative
positions of Head and Tool Carriage due to the manufacturing
tolerance and correct an error in printing and cutting positions.
Therefore, if this adjustment is not performed correctly, printing and
cutting positions will be shifted.
10 Belt Tension is not correct Belt Tension Ajustment
[4-15 BELT
TENSION
AJUSTMENT]
If the belt tension is not correct, the cutting is misaligned or distorted.
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