Specifications

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Appendix E
Printhead Life Extension
Matching stock and ink widths
If you’re running multiple media and multiple widths on your AVERY DENNISON machine, Great! You are
taking advantage of one the most compelling features of our printers: multimedia capability. Our printers can
also reduce the width of the ink to only that area being printed. However, we run into printhead problems
when customers combine both these features.
The edge of the narrower stock not covered by the ink will gouge the printhead and cause dots to be
out.
Here, the customer will have
much shorter printhead life
because of the edge of the
narrower, uncovered stock.
WRONG!
The solution is to make sure
that the narrower stocks have
at least 1/8” of ink coverage
over the edge.
RIGHT!
This edge which is
not covered by ink
will erode the
printhead.
Will have missing dots from
the eroded printhead when
this prints out.
Printhead
Must have 1/8" inch
overlap to protect the
printhead from the
stock edges