2 Correct the misalignment of printing and cutting.

  1. Press MENU.
  2. Press ▲ once, and then press ▶ twice to display the screen shown below.


  3. Press ENTER.
    The test pattern (P&C1) is printed and cut. The test pattern is printed at each edge of the media.
    MEMO:

    If the media is tilted, the positions at the edges will be misaligned. You can also adjust for misalignments due to the media being tilted by printing the test pattern at each edge.

  4. Check the test pattern (P&C1).
    Check whether the printing position (shaded part) and the cutting position (outer frame) are aligned. An example of the printing position and the cutting position being misaligned is shown in the following figure.

    "F" indicates the feed direction of the media (the feed direction) and "S" indicates the direction of print head movement (the scan direction).



    If the printing position and the cutting position are aligned, no corrections are necessary.

    If the printing position and the cutting position are not aligned, proceed to the next

    procedure.
  5. Press ▼ twice to display the screen shown below.


  6. Press ENTER.
    The test pattern (P&C2) is printed and cut.
  7. Press ▲ to display the screen shown below.


  8. Check the correction values from the test pattern (P&C2) condition.

    The point where the cutting line () intersects the correction-value scale () is the correction value. In the following figure, the correction value is "−0.3."

    Check the media feed direction (the feed direction) and the direction of print head movement (the scan direction).



  9. Press ▶.
  10. Set the correction values for the feed direction "F" and the scan direction "S."
    1. Press ▲ or ▼ to set the correction value for the feed direction (F).


    2. Press ◀ or ▶ to set the correction value for the scan direction (S).


    3. When you have finished setting the correction values, press ENTER.
  11. Press MENU, then ▲ to display the screen shown below.


  12. Press ENTER.
    The test pattern (P&C1) is printed and cut. If the printing and cutting lines are aligned, adjustment is complete. If further adjustment is needed, press ▼, then ▶ to go back to step 10 and fine-tune the adjustment.
    MEMO:

    Default settings

    • F (correction value of the media feed direction): 0.00 mm
    • S (correction value of the cutting carriage movement direction): 0.00 mm