Adjusting Print Head Height to Match Media Thickness

This adjusts the print head height to prevent media that is wrinkled or comes loose from the platen from contacting the print heads.

For media with a general thickness, select the print head height from "LOW" or "HIGH". Normally move the height-adjustment lever to "LOW". For media that is wrinkled or comes loose from the platen during printing, move the height-adjustment lever to "HIGH". The printing quality degrades as the distance between the media and the print heads increases. Do not move the height-adjustment lever to "HIGH" needlessly.

Use "SpLOW" when printing on extremely thin media with a thickness of 0.2 mm (0.008 in.) or less. When doing so, be sure to remove the media clamps.

Procedure
  1. Press [MENU].
  2. Press [▼] several times to display the following screen.


  3. Press [▶]. After "NOW PROCESSING.." is displayed, the screen shown below appears.


  4. Open the front cover.
  5. Move the height-adjustment lever to adjust the head height.
    When you change the position of the height-adjustment lever, the display screen changes and the buzzer sounds at the same time.


    Position Display screen
    "HIGH"


    "LOW"


    "SpLOW"


    IMPORTANT When you have moved the height-adjustment lever to "SpLOW", remove the media clamps.
    MEMO

    • Normally move the height-adjustment lever to "LOW". For media that is wrinkled or comes loose from the platen during printing, move the height-adjustment lever to "HIGH".

    • The printing quality degrades as the distance between the media and the print heads increases. Do not move the height-adjustment lever to "HIGH" needlessly.

  6. Close the front cover.
  7. Press [MENU] to return to the original screen.
    MEMO

    • Default setting: "LOW"

    • If degradation of printing quality occurs after raising the print head height, refer to the following page and try optimizing the quality.