Print Head Check before Printing

Performing a Printing Test

Before you carry out actual printing, perform a printing test to ensure no dot drop-out or dot displacement occurs. If dot drop-out or dot displacement occurs, perform cleaning of the print heads (normal cleaning).
MEMO When performing printing tests successively, you can select Feed (vertical printing) or Scan (horizontal printing) as the printing position for the second and later tests in comparison to the first test.

Performing Printing Tests Arranged Horizontally

Procedure
  1. Set up the media.
  2. Tap Panel_Icon_TestPrint Nozzle Drop-out Test on the home screen.
  3. Tap Printing Test - Execute.
    Printing of the test pattern starts.
    MEMO To change the start position for the printing test, configure the following settings.
    1. Tap Output Start Location - Change.
    2. Tap Panel_Icon_LeftArrow.

      The cutting carriage moves to the current base point.

    3. Tap Panel_Icon_UpArrow Panel_Icon_DownArrow Panel_Icon_LeftArrow Panel_Icon_RightArrow and move the cutter center to the position where you want to start cutting.

      Tap Panel_Icon_UpArrow or Panel_Icon_DownArrow to move the media in the feed direction (forward-back). Tap Panel_Icon_LeftArrow or Panel_Icon_RightArrow to move the cutting carriage in the scan direction (left-right).


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      • : Printing area
      • : Base point (right edge of the printing area)
    4. Once the position has been decided, tap Set Base Point Here to confirm it.

      The base point position is updated.

  4. Check whether there is dot drop-out or dot displacement in the test pattern.
    Missing blocks indicate dot drop-out. Collapsed or inclined blocks indicate dot displacement.


  5. If you have opened the front cover, close it.
    If no dot drop-out or dot displacement occurs, preparations for output are finished.
  6. Tap Panel_Icon_Home to return to the home screen.