Setup guide
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Chapter 1 Getting Started
Chapter 1 Getting Started
1-2 Before Starting Operations
Important: Characteristics of Inks and Important Notes
The usage and handling of white ink and metallic silver ink involve some important considerations that do
not apply to ink of other colors. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the characteristics of the inks before you
use them.
White ink and metallic silver ink precipitate.
If they are allowed to stand, the precipitates in them may solidify and cause clogging of the print heads
or other malfunction. Be sure to observe the cautions in this manual.
Maintenance must be performed.
Always keep the main power switched on. If the main power is switched o, the automatic maintenance
function stops working, and it may result in malfunction.
We recommend that you operate the printer at least once a week.
If the printer is left unused for a long period of time, ink precipitation may occur, causing unstable ink
discharge, which may result in dot drop-out, etc. In such cases, the precipitated and solidied ink needs
to be cleared.
P. 56, "When Dot Drop-out etc. cannot be corrected"
Drying inks
After output, allow the ink to dry suciently. Note that white ink and metallic silver ink in particular require
printing at a high density, and so are more dicult to dry than CMYKLcLm inks.
We recommend to use an optional dryer.
P. 7, "Precautions when using an optional dryer"
We strongly recommend lamination.
Depending on conditions, the weatherability of metallic silver ink and white ink may be inferior to that of
CMYKLcLm inks. Therefore, laminating is strongly recommended.
Before Starting the Day's Work
Remove just the white and metallic silver ink cartridges, shake them gently, then reinsert
them.
You do not have to shake the cyan, magenta, yellow, black, light-cyan, and light-magenta ink
cartridges every day, but be sure to shake them when you install new cartridges for these
colors.
The ingredients in white and metallic silver inks tend to settle. Each day, before starting the day's operations,
be sure to carry out the above steps. Allowing the ink to stand without carrying out these steps can cause the
settled material to harden, resulting in malfunction or other problems.