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Load Media: Alternate Method

This alternate method to load media requires a little more time and effort but it usually provides better alignment and therefore less chance of banding in the image. When roll media is not properly aligned, the result is overstepping on one side and under-stepping on the other side of the media so that the band in the printed image is dark on one side and light on the other. The alternate method is recommended for long print jobs where skewing of the media can become progressively more pronounced or when using media that has some flexibility and therefore proper alignment is hard to achieve with the standard method.

Procedure

  1. Load the roll on the media shaft and begin the load procedure as described in steps 1 to 5 in the standard method, to the point where you have advanced the media over the platen until it lies over the bottom media feed roll.
  2. Align the edges of the hanging media to the supply roll edges.
  3. Once you have aligned the media edges to the supply roll, without moving the media any further, tape the media to the platen.
    Tape the media edges to the platen
  4. Pull the hanging media edge taut and cut the media off from each edge at an angle to result in a point just below the take-up core as shown here.
    Cut the media at an angle
  5. Tape the pointed end of the media to the take-up core as shown below.
    Tape media to core
  6. Remove the tape you used to hold the media to the platen.
    Remove Tape
  7. Select the "Initialize" icon from the Roll Media Manager to prepare the RMO for printing.
  8. After initialization has completed, advance the media until the cut area is wound onto the core across the width of the roll and verify with the ruler that the supply and take-up edges are at the same location.
  9. NOTE

    Important: Use the supplied ruler to check that the edge of the take-up roll is aligned within 1mm of the feed roll.

    Start an RMO print job and verify image quality and that there are no wrinkles or banding.
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Load Media
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