How to Print With Dual Origins

Introduction

With the large table size and the single vacuum zone of the Arizona 61x0 XTS with High Flow Vacuum, printing in an alternating 2-up arrangement using Print Origin A and Origin B for placement of the image is possible.

The lack of multiple vacuum zones in the system, does not restrict printing of the same image on media loaded in both Print zones. However, the limitations in a single zone vacuum system mean that:

Media for both zones must be loaded and unloaded at the same time
Both images will be printed in one pass of the gantry.

In order to minimize unproductive printer motion time, the gantry will fast-slew between the images in Print Zone B and Zone A printing continuously. The key advantage of printing a multi-copy job in 2-up Dual Origin Mode versus printing in a single zone is that it allows the operator to walk away from the printer for the amount of time it takes to print two boards versus one.

Purpose

Dual Origin is used to print more than one copy of a specific print job on media not larger than 1.25 x 2.5 meters (4 x 8 feet). This allows greater productivity when printing multiple panels.

Note Attention Caution

If the dimensions of your image are not greater than 1.25 x 2.5 meters (4 x 8 feet), the Dual Origin option is available from the Job parameters menu.

NOTE

It is also possible to select Dual Origin in the ONYX workflow application. In Layout preview, the Preferred Origin field can be selected from a pull-down menu with the choices Origin A, Origin B, or Dual Origin Mode. If you don't select Dual Origin it can still be made active after the job is sent to the print job queue, as explained below.

Procedure

Add your image to the active print job queue and then select it.
Enter 2 or more copies in the Job Parameters Copies field.
Click on the Origin pull-down menu and select Dual Origin to make it active.
NOTE
When Dual Origin is selected, a scaled view of the image appears on the screen preview in Zone A and a bounding box that represents the image appears in Zone B. Both images are displayed at their respective origin points. If you move the primary image in Zone A to a new origin (enter new offsets), both images will then print from that changed relative origin point.

Place media in Print Zone A and in Print Zone B.
Mask off any unused areas, and turn On the vacuum.
NOTE
The printer will not print if the vacuum is not On.
Press the Start button to begin the print in Zones A and B.
If additional copies of the print were indicated in Step 2, then repeat Steps 4to 6 for the total number of prints required.

Results