A few steps in the right direction
Hi, I'm here again wishing someone have a clue for me..
I have pretty descent print with my SP-300V but when I look closer, I have little lines in the print (I read on forum and some people call it banding, it is it?
I have this in all color but more in the black. I check at the calibration and it look like the T shape don't overlap. My test print look descent too
My temperature is set to 35 for both heater and dryer.
I used avery 2903 vinyl and the profile for 2900 (because i can't 2903. But it is almost the same vinyl)
Do anyone have a clue for me?
Thank you very much!
Okay, First just make sure your using Roland Ink and your using a good quality material.
Make sure you are letting your heater heat to the proper temperature for the material. Not too low and not too high
!Follow all the steps below before trying to print again! !Don't print after every step because it will be a waste of ink unless you want to know exactly what is causing your problem!
1.)Do a test print to check for any clogged nozzles, clogged nozzles could cause banding like patterns to appear in your prints (If you can please include a picture following the the steps below)
A.)If there are clogged nozzles do cleanings and other regular procedures to free them.
B.)If there is only 1-2 Clogged nozzles on each color it still shouldn't be enough to cause noticeable problems but i would suggest more advanced cleaning to clear them or get another print head.
2.)Adjust all of your calibrations (primarily Feed, sometimes listed just as "calibration")
A.)Adjust each calibration and make them as accurate as possible, your feed is most important because it is what tells your printer how much to roll the media forward after each pass of the print heads. Whether it is too far or to close(overlapping) banding can occur
B.)If you are unfamiliar with calibrations look in your user manual to learn more about them but they are all pretty straightforward
C.)For all your calibrations except feed you want the lines to appear as one.
D.) The feed calibration or just "calibration" will print one set of rectangles and than print blocks above them, as the blocks move left they are farther apart, the blocks to the right will be closer and eventually overlap. you want the blocks to just touch, not be separate and not overlap.
3.)After following the previous two steps you can try the print again and see how it looks.
4.)Include pictures so we can see how things turn out and if the above solved your problem, if not let us know where you had difficulty and we will help.
