5-2
Temperature Control
The following are the three states of heater control:
(1) Maintaining a preset temperature
Function:
To heat the media for reduction of ink drying time,
improvement of ink fixing, and media winkle
prevention.
Status:
Each heater temperature is maintained at the pre-
set temperature on the heater control panel.
Conditions:
(1)
The heater ON/OFF setting on the heater
control panel is set to ON and a print start
command is received.
(2)
Under condition (1) above, the specified de-
lay time has elapsed after the print end com-
mand was received.
(2) Maintaining the heater at standby temperature
Function:
To shorten the time to reach the preset temperature
at print start.
Status:
The heater temperature is maintained at the speci-
fied standby temperature (35
°
C) for all heaters.
When the preset temperature is lower than the
specified standby temperature (35
°
C), the printer
maintains the preset temperature.
Condition:
The specified standby time has elapsed after
completion of the preset temperature maintaining
condition.
