HP Latex 110 Users Guide - Page 102
The dimensions of the print are wrong, Tiling issues
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This may be just a temporary problem: try reprinting, and perhaps slightly reduce the ink limits. It may be worth adjusting the print queue so that the first job is not difficult to cure (uses a lot of ink). ● When the symptoms can be seen only in certain parts of the print that use a lot of ink Increase the curing temperature, decrease the overall ink quantity, increase the number of passes, and/or modify the inter-path delay offset (in the RIP or front panel) to allow better drying on consecutive passes. ● When the symptoms appear after reducing the number of passes Increase the curing temperature, decrease the overall ink quantity, and/or modify the inter-path delay offset (in the RIP or front panel) to allow better drying on consecutive passes. ● When the oily finish appears minutes or hours after printing Store the print face-up and uncovered; the effect normally disappears after a while. NOTE: If you decrease the overall ink quantity, you may notice less color saturation. The dimensions of the print are wrong As the substrate is heated during the curing process, some substrates will shrink (and some may expand) after the image has been printed. This may be inconvenient if the print has to be framed or if several prints are to be to be tiled one next to the other. See The substrate has shrunk or expanded on page 67. Tiling issues The most common problems when printing tiles are as follows. ● Color variation tile-to-tile In some cases, contiguous tiles with the same background solid color may show differences in color between the right side of the first tile and the left side of the second tile. This is a common issue of inkjet printers (both thermal inkjet and piezo inkjet), where there are slight color variations as the swath advances. To improve color consistency side-to-side and tile-to-tile, try adding color bars at the side of the print. These can be set from the RIP. Since the biggest color differences are between the left edge and the right edge, the effect may sometimes be seen when putting two tiles together. This issue can easily be overcome by inverting alternate tiles, which has the effect of placing the right side of the first tile next to the right side of the second tile and the left side of the second tile next to the left side of the third, so all contiguous areas have been printed in the same point of the swath and, hence, have the same color. This is a feature that all RIPs have available. ● Dimensional variations from tile to tile Some specific banner substrates may not have uniform dimensional stability when printing very long tiles. The result is that the length of the tile may be different between the left and the right side (for instance, a 9-meter-long tile may be about 1 cm longer on the right than on the left side). While this is not noticeable with individual plots, it affects the alignment between panels in tiling applications. Substrate types that show this behavior tend to show it constantly along the roll. So, when present, this issue can easily be overcome by inverting alternate tiles as described above. ● In bidirectional printing, minor differences in tone may be noticed on close inspection This happens because the drying times are not the same across the scan axis. Adding a small inter-path delay offset of about 0.5-1 second may give better results. 96 Chapter 5 Troubleshoot print-quality issues ENWW