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Width Detection

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Troubleshooting Phenomenon Cause Corrective Action The surface of the paper is dirty The Paper Retainer is soiled. Clean the Paper Retainer. (→ , If Paper is Soiled) You are using a paper that does not dry easily. In the Control Panel menu, set Roll DryingTime to at least 1 min. (→ , Menu Map) When paper that does not dry easily is used for printing, it may curl during printing and touch the output tray. In this case, in the Control Panel menu, set Scan Wait Time to an option other than Off. However, note that printing will now take longer. (→ , Menu Map) The back side of the paper is dirty The Platen has become dirty after borderless printing or printing on small paper. Open the Top Cover and clean the Platen. (→ , If Paper is Soiled) In the Control Panel menu, set CarriageScanWdth to Fixed. (→ , Menu Map) The Platen has become soiled because you have set Width Detection to Off in the Control Panel menu. Set Width Detection to On in the Control Panel menu, and then open the Top Cover and clean the Platen. (→ , If Paper is Soiled) Open the Top Cover and clean the Platen. After this, manually advance the roll onto the Platen before printing. (→ , If Paper is Soiled) (→"Feeding Roll Paper Manually," User's Guide) The Platen suction is too strong. In the Control Panel menu, reduce the level of VacuumStrength. (→"Adjusting the Vacuum Strength (VacuumStrngth)," User's Guide) Immediately after borderless printing, the trailing edge margin is soiled during regular printing Depending on your printing environment, after borderless printing in which the leading and trailing edge of the roll is cut automatically, any ink adhering to the cutter unit may rub off on the next printed document. Follow these steps to change the Between Pages setting of Drying Time to a value between about 30 seconds and 3 minutes before trying borderless printing again. 1. On the Main sheet of the printer driver, click Advanced Settings in Media Type. 2. Select an ink drying time in the list for the Between Pages setting of Drying Time. 9

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9
Troubleshooting
Phenomenon
Cause
Corrective Action
In the
Control Panel
menu, set
CarriageScanWdth
to
Fixed
.
The back side of the paper is dirty
The
Platen
has become dirty after
borderless printing or printing on
small paper.
Open the
Top Cover
and clean the
Platen
.
(
→
, If Paper is Soiled)
The surface of the paper is dirty
Clean the
Paper Retainer
.
In the
Control Panel
menu, set
Roll DryingTime
to
at least
1 min.
The
Paper Retainer
is soiled.
You are using a paper that does
not dry easily.
(
→
, If Paper is Soiled)
(
→
, Menu Map)
When paper that does not dry easily is used for
printing, it may curl during printing and touch the
output tray.
(
→
, Menu Map)
In this case, in the
Control Panel
menu, set
Scan
Wait Time
to an option other than
Off
.
However, note that printing will now take longer.
Open the
Top Cover
and clean the
Platen
. After this,
manually advance the roll onto the
Platen
before
printing.
(
→
, If Paper is Soiled)
(
→
"Feeding Roll Paper Manually," User's Guide)
(
→
, Menu Map)
The
Platen
has become soiled
because you have set
Width
Detection
to
Off
in the
Control
Panel
menu.
Set
Width Detection
to
On
in the
Control Panel
menu, and then open the
Top Cover
and clean the
Platen
.
(
→
, If Paper is Soiled)
The
Platen
suction is too strong.
In the
Control Panel
menu, reduce the level of
VacuumStrength
.
(
→
"Adjusting the Vacuum Strength (VacuumStrngth),"
User's Guide)
Immediately after borderless
printing, the trailing edge margin is
soiled during regular printing
Depending on your printing
environment, after borderless
printing in which the leading and
trailing edge of the roll is cut
automatically, any ink adhering to
the cutter unit may rub off on the
next printed document.
Follow these steps to change the
Between Pages
setting of
Drying Time
to a value between about
30 seconds and 3 minutes before trying borderless
printing again.
1.
2.
On the
Main
sheet of the printer driver, click
Advanced Settings
in
Media Type
.
Select an ink drying time in the list for the
Between
Pages
setting of
Drying Time
.