3-1 Introduction
Before You Start Printing
Remove just the white and metallic silver ink cartridges, shake them gently, then reinsert
them.
Shaking each time is unnecessary for the ink cartridges other than the white and metallic
silver ones. However, when installing new ink cartridges, be sure to shake them.
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.
Medias
You can select media that meet your need from dierent types of paper. Before selecting media, be sure to
perform trial printing to check whether satisfactory output quality is obtained.
Metallic texture available with metallic silver ink changes according to used media. Before printing, check
texture on the test print.
Print Modes
When you're printing on media in this machine, you need to set print mode based on the type of ink, printing
method (single-pass, metallic only, white only), and the side from which printed image is seen (image seen
from printed surface, image seen from opposite side of printed surface). This section gives a brief overview
of each type of print mode.
Equipped with White&Silver
Print mode Overview Page
CMYKLcLm (v) CMYKLcLm only -
MetallicSilver(v) Metallic Silver only P. 24
CMYKLcLmMt(v) Blend print (Metallic Silver+CMYKLcLm) P. 26
Mt -> CMYKLcLm(v)
Layered print (Metallic SilverCMYKLcLm)
P. 28
CMYKLcLm -> Mt(v)
Layered print (CMYKLcLmMetallic Silver)
P. 30
White(v) White only P. 32
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