User`s guide

Rockhopper 38 – User’s Guide
Page 37 AP-75038, Rev. 1.0. – 27/05/04
4.4. LOADING MEDIA
4.4.1. General recommendations with regard to printer media
¾ For best quality output and printing results on your Mutoh Rockhopper 38 Eco-Solvent Plus printer, it is
recommended to use MUTOH media.
¾ For printing onto uncoated media, the temperature that can be reached on top of the media is important
to obtain the right output quality and ink fixation. Note that the temperature reached on top of the media
depends on the heater settings, the heat capacity of the media which is used and the exposure time (=
time the media is exposed to heat), which is influenced by the output mode, printing width and ink set-
up.
¾ Lower cost self-adhesive PVC media are produced with a normal clay coated paper backing. This
backing paper tends to dry out because of the heating and may start to cockle. This phenomenon can
be overcome by reducing the heating temperature or by selecting a media with a PE-coated backing
paper.
¾ It is strongly recommended to acclimatize your media before printing on it. Ideally, bring the media rolls
in the neighbourhood of the printer 24 hours on beforehand. Bringing in cold media and printing on it
usually results in inferior output quality because of the big temperature gap that needs to be overcome.
We recommend a working environment with a temperature between 22° C and 30° C and a humidity
between 40% - 60% (without condensation).
¾ We recommend you to wear cotton gloves to avoid fingerprints on the media.
¾ Always make sure that you are printing on the correct side (printable side) of the media.
4.4.2. Loading cut sheet media
Step 1:
Open the cover and verify that the hold lever is in the UP position.
Step 2: Selecting the media
Press the Media-key to select media loading sequence with roll
take-up system (Both LEDs ON).
By pressing the key you will see the LEDs alternate between three
choices (sheet, roll and take-up). Now select roll take-up loading
sequence (both LEDs ON).
Now select sheet
Note:
When making the wrong media selection choice by selecting roll when a cut-sheet is
being loaded, the printer will give the roll media end warning when the end of the cut-
sheet is reached, and printing will not be finished normally.
Step 3: Installing the media
Insert the media, which has already been acclimatized, between the pressure roller system and the drive
roller.