smaller media in sc-500 (12", 15", etc.....)

[lodcomm]

Hello folks,

is there a "proper" method for loading smaller width media in the pinch rollers on the cj500?

I have been cutting 12" oracal in my 500, by using the first and second pinch roller on the long grit roller, but it leaves a good 5-6" of the oracal extending out to the left (facing the machine) and "unpinched"...


Is there a proper way to load & print and cut these shorter width materials? Or is the machine not really designed to handle these widths?


-thanks!

-t

 

[sfr table hockey]

I have covered my front and rear media sensors since almost day one using the printer. Just make sure to never set up the printer on anything other than roll or it will try to search for the size of the media first. If you do it will feed out your media for a very long time till you can uncover those two sensors.

With those covered I can move the media anywhere on the rollers and as long as your right side roller is on the long one, the other two can be anywhere on the others. Some are 8 or so inches and the other 9 and 12. Set your 12 inch media in the middle of the platten and then just make sure when you start your job to print or cut, you move the carriage over to the start of the media and hit base point. The job will start cutting or printing in that spot and you have media under rollers. Just don't start the job without setting the base point.

Cutting is not as bad to have your media over hang your rollers but printing can be an issue with head strikes if the media lifts on the overhang side.