User`s manual

Replacing and Adjusting the Print Heads Adjusting the Print Heads
Sprinter User's Manual 9-7
Figure 9-6: The Configuration Dialog Box
2. From the CONFIG drop-down menu, click NO DELAY.
3. Print the 50_black file and stop after 10 seconds.
Before each experiment of “50 Black” printing, make sure to set the energy
level to 20 for vinyl and 8 for paper as well as warm the heads to 35°C, in
order to get similar results.
The printing should be equal all along the P
RINT HEAD’S length. If it is
not, move both sides of the P
RINT HEAD equally forwards or backwards,
print a sample and adjust the P
RINT HEAD again until you obtain the
optimal printing results. The movement of the P
RINT HEAD should be
carried out in steps of quarter turn of the A
DJUSTMENT SCREW.
If the quality is worse than it was before you started moving it, return
the heads to their previous position and move the head in the opposite
direction.
4. In the C
ONFIGURATION box check all PRINT HEADS and choose a substrate
to set delays.
5. Make sure that the momentum of each ribbon is set to between 4 and
5.
6. Print either the longline or parallel file.
7. After printing, look at the middle of the printed material and fix the
registration in the software by adjusting the delay in the C
ONFIGURATION
window.
8. Mark on the S
UBSTRATE the direction of print as well as the left and
right side of the printed area.
L R
9. Cut out the second print of the file, and check it on a clean table.
10. Fold the printed material at the center of the printed area and pierce
holes with a pin from your toolbox along the printed lines, of each
color, in three different places along the print.