HP Designjet L25500 Printer Series - Add New Substrate and Image Quality Troubleshooting procedures

HP Designjet L25500 printer series Add New Substrate and Image Quality Troubleshooting
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8. SUMMARY OF COMMON SUBSTRATE PROBLEMS
Here is the table of common problems and the RIP parameters that can be changed in order to solve the
problem. There is also a potential side effect that you may see in some cases.
Problem Parameter Increase/
Decrease
Potential side effect
Durability problems,
ink smudges or oily
finish
Curing
temperature
Increase Substrate jam, ink smears, damaged
substrate
Number of passes Increase Reduction in printing speed
Substrate jam, ink
smears, damaged
substrate
Curing
temperature
Decrease Durability loss (smudge) or oily finish
Vacuum change
and Disable cutter
Increase Substrate skew
Top and/or bottom
margins
Increase Substrate waste
Drying
temperature
Decrease Image quality: more coalescence
and/or banding
Durability loss (smudge) or oily finish
Horizontal and/or thin
vertical banding in
highly saturated area
fills
Drying
temperature
Increase Substrate jam, ink smears, damaged
substrate
Ink limits Decrease
(depends on
RIP)
Color gamut loss
Number of passes Increase Reduction in printing speed
Modify color
separations and
black and dark
color generation
resources
Graininess, color mis-
registration or lack of
sharpness
Printhead
alignment
Substrate
advance
calibration
troubleshooting
process