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Consumables
Precautions for preparing media
Avoid a change of temperature and humidity after opening package. Load media
after leaving media in the operation environment for 3 hours or more. Be cautions of a
change of humidity by turning ON/OFF the air conditioner.
In terms of media characteristics, curl of paper in low humidity and wrinkles of
media in high humidity occur easily. Use paper in normal temperature and humidity
environment (around 23°C, 73°F and 50% RH).
Do not use scratched, wrinkled, curled, or dust-stained part of media. Especially, both
edges of roll affect media feeding. Also, do not drop or wet the media. Doing so may
adversely affect print quality and may cause a printer's malfunction.
Hold edges of the media so as not to touch the print surface. Adhesion of sebaceous
matter or sweat may degrade print quality.
Correct distortion of roll media before loading.
Precautions for handling prints
Do not touch the print surface before the ink dries (within 24 hours after printing in
particular). Handle by edges of the media.
Rubbing print surface causes color fading or color transfer. Do not contact print
surfaces to prevent color transfer.
Do not put printed matters on printouts from copier or laser printer. They may adhere
to each other due to ink or toner. Also, do not place the printed media directry on the
wax-coated floor. This may damage the prints.
Do not rub, scratch or fold the printed surface of media. If done so, the print on the
surface may come off.
Do not rub or leave wet prints to prevent blurring or loss of print.
Other precautions of media
Media causes color fading and a change in quality in getting old.
Paper dust generated when cutting media may cause laminate peeling-off.
When self-adhesive media is used, the adhesive may adhere to the platen or other
parts. This may cause a media jam. Wipe it off referring to [Section 2 Basic operation].
