HP Latex 310 Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks

HP Latex 310 Manual

Get HP Latex 310 PDF manuals and user guides View all HP Latex 310 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

HP Latex 310 manual content summary:

  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 1
    Medium Support Area: Wallcovering applications with Latex Confidentiality: Public Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks SCOPE OF THIS DOCUMENT This document is designed to help you to successfully print wallcovering products with the following HP Latex printers: • HP Latex 310/330/360/370 printers
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 2
    Of This Document ...1 1 TIPS FOR PRINTING WALLCOVERINGS WITH HP LATEX 300 Series PRINTERS 3 1.1 Application Process and Control Variables 3 2 JOB -up reel 8 4 PRINTER CALIBRATIONS AND SETTINGS 9 4.1 Printer Firmware Considerations 9 4.2 Calibrations ...10 4.3 Printer Settings...12 5 PRINTING
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 3
    1 TIPS FOR PRINTING WALLCOVERINGS WITH HP LATEX 300 SERIES PRINTERS 1.1 APPLICATION PROCESS AND CONTROL VARIABLES In order to ensure a proper workflow when printing wallcoverings with the HP Latex 300 Printer series, users should follow the following process. Each of these steps is described in
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 4
    allows you to choose any width for your image. 1. Create tiles for your file. 2. Set the tiling option for all the jobs, go to Configure Printer. LFP Customer Assurance 4 HP
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 5
    jobs. Rotate the tiles The diagrams below show the appearance of the two printed tiles, with the color shift greatly exaggerated to better illustrate the problem. 1 2 Solution: Rotate the tiles so you do not see the color difference anymore. 1 3 5 4 2 LFP Customer Assurance
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 6
    click OK. Print Spit bars Use Spit bars at the sides of each tile. They help with startup problems by preparing the printheads for printing a job. It should be noted that the Spit bars available within some width of the spit bars is 3.5 cm (approximately 1.4"). LFP Customer Assurance 6 HP
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 7
    and allows for higher printing speeds. NOTE: The 76 mm (3 in) diameter spindle is supplied with the HP Latex 360 printer and is available as an accessory for the HP Latex 330 printer. 3.3 SKEW ACCEPTANCE During the substrate loading process, the available values for skew acceptance are between 1 and
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 8
    of the Counterweight Kit can reduce the length deformation to 1 mm per meter. Other applications and substrates will work better without this Service Kit (e.g. Banners, textiles ...). Please contact your reseller in order to purchase this kit. Kit reference: B4H70-67145 Dancer Counterweight 64 SERV
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 9
    SETTINGS 4.1 PRINTER FIRMWARE CONSIDERATIONS Please ensure your HP Latex 300 Series printer (310/330/360/370) always has the latest firmware version. You can download the latest firmware from HP's Web site or from the HP Latex 300 Series printer's control panel: • Web Go to: http://www8.hp.com/us
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 10
    4.2 CALIBRATIONS Color consistency with HP Latex printer is very accurate for jobs printer, and to determine whether any printheads are experiencing clogging or other problems. How to print the printhead status plot To print this plot, go to the front panel and press , then Image-quality maintenance
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 11
    jam, if you have used a custom substrate, or if you are experiencing problems with color accuracy or grain; you might need to align the printheads. To HP Latex 360 and 370 printers only Calibrate the substrate advance sensor for optimal print quality. At the front panel, press quality maintenance
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 12
    select , then Image quality maintenance > Color calibration > Calibrate. Color calibration for HP Latex 310 and 330 printers 1. Start color calibration preset in the printer or with the embedded ICC profiling capabilities of the HP Latex 360/370 printer. With the HP Latex 360/370 printers, it is
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 13
    ink fired per time unit is larger and the ink needed for the latex to coalesce, creating printer was calibrated at the factory to ensure that it advances the substrate accurately when using supported polymerized, so that the ink smears when rubbed. The banding or ink smears at -advance problems may
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 14
    , there can be an excess of ink and some problems related to poor drying and curing. TIP: Select High-ink level for backlit and some textile applications When the substrate allows ink to pass through to the platen. Clean the sensor after using the substrate. • When you are instructed to do so by
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 15
    problems, it is important to make sure that the substrate type that you select on the front panel, and in your RIP software, is the same as the substrate type that is loaded in the printer to reconsider other printer settings like: • Decreasing ink density. • Decreasing printer heating and 15 HP
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 16
    To solve the tiling problem and improve the repeatability of the printed size, you are recommended to ensure that the OMAS sensor is enabled in the substrate preset, as this will improve the stability of the prints over time: • Go to the printer's front panel. • Select the Substrate library option.
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 17
    Two main cutting techniques can be considered to remove the white space on the left and right side of each tile printed with your HP Latex 300 Series printer. These two methods can be used to yield a perfect seam between each tile. 6.1 TILE-CUTTING TECHNIQUE #1: DOUBLE-CUT TECHNIQUE For a close to
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 18
    tab and then the Marks tab. Enable Trimmers and then click Edit. In the new window, select Cutter tab. Select XLD170. LFP Customer Assurance 18 HP
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 19
    cutter. Please check and set the Double mark and Single mark as follows: Press Apply in order to confirm the selections. LFP Customer Assurance 19 HP
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 20
    disable the "Proportion" option. + 4 mm, both width and height Select the number of columns. For this example, we set four columns. LFP Customer Assurance 20 HP
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 21
    Select all tiles except for the side ones and select an overlap of 2 mm for both the right and the left side. Select the left tile and set a right overlap of 2 mm. The left overlap is set to 0 mm. LFP Customer Assurance 21 HP
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 22
    Select the right tile and set a left overlap of 2 mm. The right overlap is set to 0. NOTE: Every other overlap different from 2 mm must be set to 0 mm. Enable "same print size for all tiles." If requested, answer Yes in the window that appears. LFP Customer Assurance 22 HP
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 23
    Check that all the tiles now have the same printing width. For this example, they are all 1004 mm (1000 mm + 4 mm overlap cut-out). To proceed, click Create Poster. LFP Customer Assurance 23 HP
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 24
    for Fotoba XLD170WP cutting (Onyx RIP software) • Open the RIP Queue. • Select Fotoba marks in Placement settings and adjust the settings accordingly. • Select your printer and then select Placement. You can adjust the printing position in the General tab. This might be different depending on your
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 25
    Set up your tiles for Fotoba XLD170WP cutting (Onyx RIP software) Open a new job in the Job Editor and select enable Tiling. Now go to the Preview and Size tab and insert the desired overall wall dimension (in this case 4000 x 2250 mm). LFP Customer Assurance 25 HP
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 26
    enable the Enable Image Bleed option. Select a 2-mm bleed for each side. For Bleed type, we suggest using the Mirror option. LFP Customer Assurance 26 HP
  • HP Latex 310 | Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks - Page 27
    any problems with handling the weight of the cut material. Depending on the media, the ink coverage and the type of printer, the printed tiles might be printed unsquarely. This means the width is different along the tile. This will, of course, create problems
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
LFP Customer Assurance
1
HP
Wallcovering Printing Tips and Tricks
S
COPE
O
F
T
HIS
D
OCUMENT
This document is designed to help you to successfully print wallcovering products with the following HP Latex
printers:
•
HP Latex 310/330/360/370 printers
It is intended for use by customers that have received HP training on these products. This document is subject
to change as and when new information is available.
Date
:
September
2016
Region
: WW
Audience
: Support
HP Latex 300 Series Printers
TECHNICAL NEWSLETTERS FROM CUSTOMER ASSURANCE
Impact/Severity
: Medium
Support Area
: Wallcovering applications with Latex
Confidentiality:
Public