scs30600 - Tech Manual

Epson En
ngineering
g Europe
Tec
chnic
cal Guide for
Eps
son SC
C-S3
3060
00/6
610
0

Introduction

The
e aim of th
his guide iss to assist you with successfu ully setting
g up the SuureColor SS30600 &
S30
0610 to get all best aadvantage e on usingg this printter and geet the bestt print quaality

th
EEE-TP-T
TG-12-019 RevA – 12
2 July 20 12

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Table of content

1. What SC‐S30600/610 can do ?
A. Print resolution and application............................................................................. page 3
B. What can I expect with these print modes ............................................................ page 4
2. Media loading
A. Prepare to load media ........................................................................................... page 5
B. Choosing side in or side out ................................................................................... page 5
C. Loading media, recommended media loading method ........................................ page 6
3. Media setup
A. Media selection ..................................................................................................... page 8
A1 Media selection ........................................................................................ page 8
A2 What to use : Rip settings or Customer paper xx ? ................................... page 8
B. Customizing (Rip settings) ..................................................................................... page 8
B1 Platen gap ................................................................................................. page 8
B2 Head alignment ......................................................................................... page 9
B3 Roll type(Side in –Side out) ..................................................................... page 10
B4 Tension Measurement ............................................................................ page 11
B5 Media tension ......................................................................................... page 11
C. Customize (Media xx) .......................................................................................... page 12
C1 Feed adjustment ..................................................................................... page 12
C2 Heaters temperature ............................................................................... page 13
C3 Drying time per pass ................................................................................ page 13
C4 Additional Dryer ...................................................................................... page 14
C5 After heater feed ..................................................................................... page 14
C6 Media suction .......................................................................................... page 14
C7 Head movement ...................................................................................... page 15
C8 Multi‐strike printing ................................................................................. page 15
C9 Feed speed ............................................................................................... page 15
4. Troubleshooting ‐ Quick guide ......................................................................................... page 16
A. Head alignment .................................................................................................... page 16
B. Quality banding .................................................................................................... page 16
C. Paper feed banding .............................................................................................. page 17
D. Head rubbing ........................................................................................................ page 17
E. Color consistency ................................................................................................ page 19
F. Ink drips on media ............................................................................................... page 19
5. Maintenance .................................................................................................................... page 20
A. Daily maintenance ............................................................................................... page 20
B. Weekly maintenance ........................................................................................... page 21
C. Regular maintenance ........................................................................................... page 22
6. Using good Profile ........................................................................................................... page 24
A. What is a good profile ......................................................................................... page 24
B. How to judge a profile ......................................................................................... page 24
C. Difference between GS1 and GS2 inks ................................................................. page 24
D. Tips to create profiles with GS2 inks ................................................................... page 25
D1 Select the right ink limit ........................................................................... page 25
D2 Reduce banding effet by reducing ink limit ............................................. page 25
7. Annexes ............................................................................................................................ page 25
A. Control panel ......................................................................................................... page26
B. Maintenance chart ............................................................................................... page 26

Epson Engineering Europe SC‐S30600/610 Technical Guide P a g e | 2
1. WHAT SC‐S30600/610 CAN DO ?
A) Print Resolution & Applications : different print resolution will be used according the Signage application :

* PRINT RESOLUTION
RANGE 720x720 720 x 1440 APPLICATION EXAMPLE
APPRECIATION 2 4 6 8
pass pass pass pass
High end POS,
high end vehicle wraps
0 to 2m
posters, backlit
small decals
Poster
2‐5m basic indoor signage
bus stop posters
Billboards, soft
5m signage
posters
Billboard banners
5 ‐ 10m wall cover
window graphic
Building wraps
>10m
billboards

* Max resolution = 1440x1440. Check your software solution (RIP) to access others printer resolution.


B) W
What can I eexpect with these printt modes ?

The Epson SureC Color SC‐S306 600 and SC‐SS30610 havee been design ned to offer tthe highest qquality at 8 p

pass mode and
thereefore you can use this prrint mode wiith the expecctation of higgh quality results such ass smooth gra adients, unifo
orm
solid
d colors and ssharp halfton
nes.
Whe en printing att 2 pass mod 29.4 m2per h our, it should be possible

de, offering 2 e to observee banding between each pass
of th
he print headd.
Whe en printing 4 pass and 6 p pass modes, a gradual immprovement will be observed. There sshould be an n unevennesss in

tone which will deppend on the actual image
e on close insspection, thee extent of w e itself. For eexample largge expanses o
of
solid
d color will sh
how more im mperfections then a busyy halftone image.
The ddegree of un nevenness caan be minimised or accenntuated by the dynamicss. Choice of ssubstrate, se
etup of the
printter, quality o
of the color p
profile, setup
p of the RIP ssoftware.

The illustration b
below is intended as a gu
uide to expeccted results.
2 P
Pass Mode 4 Paass Mode 6 Passs Mode 8 Passs Mode
29.4 m2/hr 14.7 m2/hr 9.9 m2/hr 7.3 m2/hr

Wha
at Can I do to
o Optimise m
my SureColor SC‐S30600 and SC‐S306
610?
The SSureColor SC
C‐S30600/SC C‐S306010 Usser Guide offfers a great ddeal of usefu
ul tips and teechniques forr setting up tthe
ediate effect on overall pprint quality. These settin
printter. Howeverr, there are ssome settinggs that will haave an imme ngs
and advantage foor each of thhem are desccribed in thiss document aafter this secction.

Epson Engineeringg Europe SC‐S306600/610 Technical Guide P a g e | 4

2. MEDIA LOA
M ADING
To o
obtain the beest print quaality, it’s imp
portant to faamiliarize yourself with aall Media Setttings and th he media loaading
process to avoid media issuees. All the media settingss will not be e entirely desscribed as thhe User Guid de is done fo
or this
purp
pose. Most im
mportant setttings will be e detailed to help you to increase the quality for aall your printts.
STEP
P A Prep
pare to load
d the media
a
Befo
ore loading th
he new media Roll, it’s im
mportant to release the H
Handle Shaftt pressure ass shown :
STEP
P B Choo
osing Side In or Side Out ? Choosee first beforre loading m
media
By default, the R
Roll Type Opttion is “Printtable Side O ut”. When yyou need to p
print on a m edia with prrint surface in, it’s
impoortant to sett “Roll Type > Printable Surface In” before load
ding and low
wering the Paaper pressurre Lever. You u can
chan
nge this setting in “Rip Se
ettings” or m
modifying a c ustom Paper [Paper xx].
If you try loadingg a media witth Printable surface In a nd you lowe
er the paper pressure levver, an overlo
oad Substrate
systeem motor wiill happen caausing to resttart the printter.



STEP
P C Load
ding Media, recommen
nded mediaa loading method
It’s im
mportant to load the meedia accordin ng to the Set up Guide or User Guide. Don’t disreggard any of tthe
recommendation n, otherwise you may facce paper loadd error / papper skew.
st
1 paay attention to the left m
margins of media edge fr om the Subsstrate system
m and the pree‐heater
Align
n the left haand edge of the substraate within thhe scale neaar the roll su
upport. Wheen the media roll is pro
operly
loaded and inserted, don’t forget
f to tight the handdle shaft locaated to the right media flange. The best pressuure to
applyy with this shaft is sho
own in the next picturee. Don’t ove erload the pressure,
p othherwise somme part from m the
Subsstrate Unit w will be deform med :
Inserrt the media over the preessure rollers and lower the media lo oading lever to hold the mmedia in place.

his point it’s ggood to conffirm that the
At th e left edge off the media passes over the centre oof the square e label on thee pre‐
heatter. If you disscover the left edge of th
he media is nnot in the ran
nge of the lab
bel indicatorr, repeat the loading proccess.

Lowe holding platees at either side of the media.
er the mediaa loading leveer to hold the media in pplace. Attach the media h

he edges of the media aree in the centtres of the ro
Posittion the plates so that th ound holes. TThen slide th
he plates unttil the
white line is visib
ble in the squ
uare windoww and push tthe plates do own to lock tthem in plac e. Close the front cover, your
media is now loaaded.
At th
his stage, thee printer willl automatica
ally ask the operator to confirm the
e media settiing via the ccontrol paneel. RIP
Settings or Select Custom meedia is descriibed at the nnext point.

3. MEDIA SETUP
When the media is loaded, you have 2 choices: using [RIP Settings] or [Custom Media xx]. The quality and reliability
depend on the settings you’ll use and customize. Below, you’ll find a summarized step by step sequence after the
media has been loaded.
Note : the order of this sequence is different than the menu in the Control Panel. Proceed as described below
I manage the media settings from the RIP :
select the Media Selection, [RIP Settings] & customize the settings
a) Choose the printable surface (In or OUT) before loading the media ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ page 09
b) Set the platen Gap according your media thickness ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ page 08
c) Proceed to print head alignment (auto or Manual) ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ page 08
d) Set the tension measurement and value ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ page 10

I manage the media settings from the printer :‐
select [Custom Media xx] and customize the settings
a) Choose the printable surface (In or OU) before loading the media ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ page 09
b) Set the platen gap according your media thickness ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ page 08
c) Proceed to print head alignment (auto or Manual) ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ page 08
d) Proceed to paper feed adjustment (auto or manual) ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ page 11
e) Set the Heating & Drying settings beware about media wrinkles with high temp ° ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ page 12
f) Set the Media suction (according the media type, see section) ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ page 13
g) Define the head movement Data Width or Full width ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ page 14
h) Choose the multi‐strike printing value (0 to 8) ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ page 14
i) Set the tension measurement and value ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ page 10
j) Finalize with the Feed Speed ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ page 14



STEP A MEDIA SELECTION
Note : this section will give detailed explanation for each settings with important effect on quality
A1 Media Selection
Just after lowered the Paper Pressure Lever, the printer will display the settings you can use for the media previously
loaded. If you have already created a custom Media and want to use it, then select [Change Settings] to select the
correct media or select [RIP Settings].
! Information Select Media :
Remaining Setup : ON ● RIP Se ngs
Select Media ● Media 1
0 RIP Settings ● Media 2
● Keep Se ngs Above ● Media 3
● Change Se ngs ● etc up to 30
[OK] Proceed [OK] Proceed

A2 What to use : RIP Settings or Custom Paper xx ?
Each time you load a media Roll, the printer will prompt a message to select the media Type. You have 2 possibilities:
choosing RIP settings or .select a Custom Paper xx.
● By choosing RIP settings, you decide to manage all media settings and quality settings FROM the RIP. The image
and media settings previously set in the RIP software will be sent to the printer.
● By choosing a Custom Paper xx, you decide that the printer manages all media settings. The RIP will send only
the print job and the resolution chosen in the RIP software.
STEP B Customizing [RIP Settings]

Note : [RIP Settings] will apply all the following settings for any type of media loaded and used

B1. Platen Gap

RIP Settings :
● Platen Gap (1,5, 2, 2,5)
● Head Alignment
● Roll Type (Side In, Side Out)
● Tension Measurement
● Media Tension

The platen gap is the gap between the print head surface and the media and not the Media and the print head.
Depending on the media thickness, set the correct platen gap to avoid head strike. On SC‐S30600/610, you can set
the gap from 1.5 (std value) to 2.5. For all media, the platen gap will have an important effect on print quality.

Tips : If you wish to optimise the output quality, try to use other platen gap settings.


Tiips : it’s nott an approprriate counterrmeasure too increase thhe platen gaap when youu face recurrrent head sttrikes.
Moree you increa ase the plateen gap, morre you decre ase the prin
nt quality. Trry first to reeduce the tem
mperature of
o the
heatters, increasee the media a suction to max and if needed, cheeck the thickkness of youur media. Seee pictures below
b
showwing the med dia wrinklingg caused by too high tempperature:

Given as examplee and not strrict rule, see below plateen gap & Media thicknesss :

THICCKNESS (mm
m) GAP TYP
PE
0,1 >> 0,3 1,500 vinyl, polyyester
0,31
1 > 0,75 2,000 banner, caanvas
0,76
6 > 1 2,500 others

B2. Head Alignment
RIP Settings :
● Pllaten Gap (11,5, 2, 2,5)
● Heead Alignment
● Rooll Type (Sid
de In, Side OOut)
● Te
ension Meassurement
● M
Media Tensio on
The head alignm ment is a settting with a high impact oon the print q quality. The goal of the hhead alignment is to place all

printted dot in th
he best areaa dependingg on the meedia texture and thickne
ess with Unii‐Directional or Bi‐directtional
printting.
Two possibilities to run this aadjustment: automatic o r manual.
Tip
ps : performing automattic adjustmen
nt is easy bu t takes moree time than m
manual.
Whe en you selectt “Head Align
nment”, you must insert the thicknesss value on the control ppanel. As exp plained abovve,
the p
platen gap haas an importtant impact o
on print qua lity. That’s w
why it’s important to set tthe correct m
media thickn
ness.
E.g 0
0.2mm
Heaad Alignmennt
Heaad Alignmen
nt ● Auto (Uni‐D)
● Auto (Bi‐D)
0.2 mm ● M
Manual (Uni‐‐D)
● M
Manual (Bi‐DD)
inpu
ut Thicknesss.
Range: 0.1‐1.0 mmm K] Proceed [↖] Back
[OK
Input the correctt value (preccise measurement of the media) and jump to the alignment m
method :: auttomatic or
Manual.
Using Automaticc method, the printer will print and reead different pattern to perform auttomatic align
nment. From this
stage
e, you don’t have anything to do.


Wheen selecting tthe manual m method, the printer will pprint pattern
n using all co
olors row. It’ss important tto know how
w to
read it and selectt the best vaalue.
Note : the Print Head align
nment in [RIP Settings] M
Menu will afffect only media used in [ RIP Settings]] selection. FFor
[Custom MMedia xx], pe
erform Head alignment separately for all customiized media.
The printer will p
print a seriess of 7 differe
ent patterns : C1, M1, Y11, BK1, M2, YY2, BK2 for UUni‐Directional and 8 paattern
for B
Bi‐Directional. Read careffully all patteerns and sel ect the patte ern where yoou have lesss shadow effect (the lesss gaps
betwween solid co olor and ligh
hter color). Inn the followwing example e, the best pattern to seelect is n°3 fo
or C1 and n°°4 for
M1. To select thee pattern, usse the contro ol panel to innput the valu
ues.

B3. Roll Typee (Side In – Side Out)
Note
e : This settin
ngs must be set BEFORE E you load thhe media and d lower the Paper Pressuure Lever. If
f you load Fa
ace In
Med
dia with inapp propriate setttings, the Su
ubstrate systtem will havee overload fa
ailure.
RIP Settings :
● Pllaten Gap (11,5, 2, 2,5)
● Heead Alignment
● Rooll Type (Sid
de In, Side OOut) Roll TType
● Te
ension Meassurement Printable Surfface In
● M
Media Tensio on Printable Surfface Out
[OK] Proceed [↖] Back [OK] Done [↖] B
Back
This setting shou

uld have beeen set beforre you load the media. After having g loaded thee media, the
e control panel is
askin
ng for mediaa settings vaalidation or modificationn. In the case you use [P ption, choose the
Printable Suurface In] op
ect media seelection with Printable Su
corre urface IN sellected.



B4. Tension Measurement
Tension Measurement
Periodically
Every Page
Off
[OK] Done [↖] Back
Note : uncorrect tension will modify the quality of the print. Each kind of media has different tension value. This
setting is also linked to [Media Tension]

Depending on the substrate loaded in the printer, you can activate or deactivate the tension for [RIP Settings]
selected. Periodically is recommended for most circumstances and is performed every 5m. The measurement value
will be done according the [Media Tension] setting. If the Tension Measurement is turned to Off, the substrate
system will roll more media than needed to avoid tension. This will result of a long length above the length feed.

B5. Media Tension
Media Tension
Lv 15
Range : Lv 0‐40
Current: Lv 15
Note : This setting is linked to Tension Measurement]

According to Tension Measurement, the sequence will check [Periodically], [Every Page] or [Off] the tension value
selected in this section. You can choose from 0 (no tension) to 40 (high tension). Depending on the media type, we
suggest you to use these tension chart values :
Media Type TENSION
Thin Film 5‐10
Polyester, Vinyl 15‐20
Banner, Canvas 25‐35

In the case you don’t really know what is the best tension settings, please refer to this generic rule :
‐ For thin media = low tension
‐ for medium media = medium tension
‐ thick and heavy media = high tension

Reminder : each time [RIP Settings] is selected, all media loaded with this selection will use the settings described
above. For more options, please refer to your RIP software to apply additional media settings.



STEP
P C Custo
omize [Med
dia xx]
In the case you d
decide to manage the me
edia settings from the printer, then choose [Meddia xx] and cu
ustomize all
available settingss

[01] 3M IJ 40
□ Se
etting Name e
□ Fe
eed Adjustmment
□ Pllaten Gap Desccribed in Sectiion STEP B Customizing [RIP Settingss]
□ Heead Alignmeent Desccribed in Sectiion STEP B Customizing [RIP Settingss]
□ Heeating & Dryying
□ M
Media Suctioon
□ Heead Movem ment
□ M
Multi‐Strike P
Printing
□ Rooll Type
□ Te
ension Meassurement Desccribed in Sectiion STEP B Customizing [RIP Settingss]
□ M
Media Tensioon Desccribed in Sectiion STEP B Customizing [RIP Settingss]
□ Fe
eed Speed
[OK] Proceed [↖] Back

C1. Feed Adjjustment
Feed
d Adjustment
□ Auto
□ M
Manual
[OK] Proceed [↖] Back Note Beffore the Feedd Adjustmennt, perform p

previous adjuustments in p
proper orderr :
1. Platten Gap 2. Head Alignment 3. FFeed Adjustmment
You can use Auto
omatic meth 10mn) or Maanual. From Automatic m
hod (takes ~1 method, you don’t have aanything to d
do.

Mannual Adjustm
ment :
By se
electing Man
nual, the con
ntrol panel w
will display thhe possible sccale (100‐250‐500mm) aand print con
nfirmation

Mannual Primary
□ Prrimary □ 100mm Paattern Primaryy
□ Se
econdary □ 250mm Paattern [OK] Print
□ 500mm Paattern [↖] Cancel
[OK]] Proceed [↖] Back [OK] Proceeed [↖] Backk
Afterr pressing [O
OK] button, in
nput the measurement vvalue (picturee above) usin
ng the controol panel :
100m
mm Pattern
100.0 mm
Input Distance.
Rangge: 50.0‐150.0 mm
[OK] Done [↖] Baack


Noww, run the Seccondary meaasurement. T The printed ppattern is a 6
6 lines x 13 rows of Light Grey / dark grey square
serie
es. From your own appreeciation, inpuut the lightesst pattern using the paneel below. In oour example,, the lightestt
patte
ern (top & boottom squarre) is the n°2.

Seco
ondary A
Inpu
ut Number
Range: 51‐13
[OK] Done

C2. Heaters ttemperaturre
Heaater Temperrature
| 40°C | 40°C | 45°C
Currrent: 40, 40,, 45° C
[OK] Done [↖]] Back
The heaters settiings have an important influence on the chromattic sensation
n and more im
mportant, on
n the print
quality. If you sett wrong heatters settings, you may faace :
a) co
olor consisten
ncy issues
b) M
Media bucklinng head ru ubbing / head strikes

To se
et the best h
heater settinggs, please ch
heck on the M
Media Vendo
or Web Site. You’ll find inn the annexe
es a list of maain
Media Vendors.
Tip
ps : If you wish to optimise the printing q
quality, try to use different heaters settin
ngs to reach thhe best print o
output

C3. Drying Time per Passs
Dryiing Time Pe
er Pass
0.0 sec
Range : 0.0‐10. sec
Currrent: L0.0 se
ec
[OK] Done [↖]] Back
This setting will d
drastically exxtend the priinting time. IIf you set 0.5
5sec, the carriage will stoop the set value between
n
h print pass. Use this settting only if ne
each eeded for sppecific application.


C4. Additional Dryer
Additional Dryer
On
Off
If you use the external drying, you may turn it ON by this menu.

C5. After Heater Feed
After Heater Feed
Mode 1
Mode 2
Off


If you need to feed the media to the after heater, you can set 2 modes (otherwise use [OFF])
Mode 1 : the portion of Media fed to the after heater will not be rewound before the next job starts.
Mode 2: the portion of Media fed to the after heater will be rewound before the next job starts, eliminating waste
margin of media. This option is set for multiple jobs.

C6. Media Suction
Media Suction
Lv 4
Range : Lv 0‐10
Current: Lv 4
The suction is an important setting to keep the stability of the media during the prints. For most media type, use a
value range between 5 to 10. For very thin media (according printer Specs), use low suction (1 to 4).



C7. Head Movement (see section 3. TROUBLE SHOOT QUICK GUIDE) for example
Head Movement
Data Width
Printer Full Width
The head movement will limit the carriage pass to the image size (Data Width) or to the Printer Width (Printer Full
Width).
Tips : If you wish to optimise the printing quality, better use [Full Width] settings instead of [Data Width]
C8. Multi‐Strike Printing (used for transparent media)
Multi‐Strike Printing
OFF
Range : OFF, 2‐8
Current: OFF
The multi‐strike printing (or multiple layers) settings will allow to add ink density, especially for transparent media, e.g
backlit film, where you need to increase the ink density. Input the desired value from 2 to 8.
Tips : the multi‐strike printing will reduce the printing speed. More you use multiple layers, more you increase the printing time

C9. Feed Speed
Feed Speed
Lv 1
Range : Lv 1‐2
Current: Lv 1
There are two Feed Speed settings 1 or 2. Use a slower feed speed in case of Media wrinkles, sticks pages effect
during printing or torn effect. The lower is the value, the slower is the print speed.


4. TROUBLE SH
T HOOT QUIC
CK GUIDE
A. H
Head Alignm
ment
Mostt of graininess quality ph
henomenon is coming froom wrong he ead alignmennt.
The head Alignm ment can be ddone for 2 m
media selectioon: [RIP Settings] or (Media xx]
Head A
Alignment
RIP Se
ettings : Head A
Alignment ● Auto
o (Uni‐D)
● Platten Gap (1,5, 2, 2,5) ● Auto
o (Bi‐D)
● Heaad Alignment 0.2 mm ● Manual (Uni‐D)
● Roll Type (Side In, SSide Out) ● Manual (Bi‐D)
● Ten
nsion Measurement input TThickness.
● Media Tension Range: 0.1‐1.0 mm [OK] P roceed [↖] Backk
Media thickness is askedd in RIP Settings use auto or manual

Fo
or head Align
nment detail, please refe
er to sectionn STEP B Customize Settiings > B2. Heead Alignme
ent

Befo
ore head align
nment after hea
ad alignmentt

B. Q
Quality Band
ding
Depeending on thhe heater tem
mperature an nd media reaaction with e
environmentt, some mediia can buckle e more or lesss
and causing head d gap reducttion with the
e media H ead strikes. Head strikes can cause innk scratch on
n the media or
worsse : CR blocked with meddia Jam

Coun ntermeasuree to reduce q quality banding :
1) 1st of all, checkk missing nozzles perfform light, mmedium or he eavy cleaningg (maintenannce menu)
2) make sure thee head alignm ment and paper feed hass been performed with th he media loaaded
3) Usse the best m media profilee and Ink Lim
mit accordingg media capabilities
4) usse the correcct print resolution capabiility regardinng your signaage applicatio
on (Banners,, billboard, e
etc)
5) Usse correct heeater temp settings : too high tempe rature decre eases quality
6) re
educe the inkk duty too o much ink w will increase m
media buckliing
7) Heead movemeent data width or Full wid dth ? dependding on signaage applicatiion, choose tthe correct ssetting

Note
e : for qualityy banding specification, p
please refer to section [1
1. What SC‐S
S30600/610 CCAN DO]

C. Pa
aper Feed B
Banding
To avvoid paper feeed bandingg, perform pa
aper feed adjjustment forr each type o
of media use d to print :

High Paper feed value = whitte bands low paper feed vvalue = dark bands

Paperr Feed Adjustment Feed A
Adjustment
□ Auto
o
‐0.50% □ Manual
Rangee: ‐5% ‐ +5%
[OK] D
Done [OK] P roceed [↖] Bacck
[RIP Settings] Paper feed while printing Paper feed p re‐set
[Media xx] P

D. H
Head Rubbin
ng / head Strikes
Depe
ending on th
he heater tem
mperature an nd media reaaction with e
environmentt, some mediia can buckle
e more or lesss
and causing head
d gap reducttion with thee media H ead rubbing.
Head
d rubbing can cause ink sscratch on th
he media or wworse : CR blocked with media Jam

Coun ntermeasuree to avoid head Strikes :
1) ch
heck paper thhickness and
d platen Gap settings acc ording Topicc STEP F / a.
2) ch
heck correct parallelism wwith Roll andd Reel unit (rrefer to Setup
p Guide)
3) Reeduce pre‐heeater and plaaten heater ttemperaturee
4) re
educe the inkk duty too
o much ink w will increase mmedia buckliing
5) increase the m
media suction n to higher vvalue (e.g 7‐110)

Given as examplee and not strrict rule, see below plateen Gap & Me edia thicknesss :

THIC CKNESS (mm
m) GAP TYP PE
0,1 >> 0,3 0 vinyl, polyyester
1,50
0,31
1 > 0,75 2,00
0 banner, caanvas
0,76
6 > 1 2,50
0 others
E. Color consistency

Exaggerated examples of Color Consistency

Depending on your media settings, some color consistency issue may happen. The main causes are :
1) wrong head movements settings
2) wrong heaters settings
3) ink Sedimentation (very low usage of the printer)

Head Movement :
Head Movement
Data Width
Printer Full Width

The head movement setting changes the range in which the print head moves during printing : [data width] or [Full
width].
a) [Data Width] will restrict the print head movement within the image range (quicker mode)
b) [Full width] the print head will move to the full width independently of the image size (longer mode)
To have regular color quality, it’s suggested to use [Full Width]. For quicker printing and large wall paper application,
use the [Data Width].

Heaters Settings
Heater Temperature
| 40°C | 40°C | 45°C
Current: 40, 40, 45°C

Please, use the Media vendor heater settings according your media. You can check on the Media Vendor web site.
Otherwise, you may face average printing quality. If you’re using a media without heaters settings data, you may test
the following temperatures settings according the example chart :
TEMPERATURE RANGE SETTINGS IN °C MEDIA
Pre‐Heater Platen‐Heater After‐Heater TYPE
30‐35 35‐45 40‐50 Adhesive Vynil Chloride
30‐35 35‐40 45‐50 Vinyl Chloride Banner
Backlit Film
Canvas
PET
Paper
Polyester
F. In
nk Drips on media

Exxaggerated exxamples of inkk Drips

Depe ending on yo our printing eenvironmentt and duty, s ome regularr maintenancce should bee performed at higher
frequuency than m mentioned in n the User Guide, otherwwise random ink drips willl appear on the media. T To avoid Ink
dripss, it’s necessary to perforrm the maintenance beloow more frequently :

1) re
emove staineed ink on thee wiper
2) W
Wipe exterior of caps
3) wipe stained ink around p ozzles and su rface (be verry careful to not touch thhe nozzle plate)
print head no

Put tthe head in mmaintenancee using the coontrol Panel and proceedd to the maintenance deescribed abovve.

Head d Maintenan nce :
Maintenance
□ N ozzle Check
□ Cleaning
□ Heead Washing
□ Heead Maintenance
□ W
Waste Ink Counter
[OK] Proceed [↖] Back

Fo
or maintenannce detail, p
please refer tto section 5. MAINTENA
ANCE FOR SC‐S30600/6100


5. MAINTENA
M NCE

To m
maintain the best quality printing, it’s important tto perform th
he maintenance with thee SC‐S30600//610, especiaally
when the printerr is running u
under wind o or dust envirronment.
For b nance operaation / print duty, pleasee refer to the
best mainten e Maintenan
nce chart in tthe Annexess section.
For details rregarding ma
aintenance, refer to the u
user guide, M
Maintenancee section (p.5
50)

A. Da
aily Mainten
nance
a) cleann the platen
use aa soft cloth w
with fresh wa
ater (clean w
water) to rem
move dust fro
om the plateen

b) Pressure Rollers & Paper Pla ate Holders
Using a soft‐bristtled brush to
o remove papper dust / fib
bres from the
e pressure roollers

c) Misssing Nozzles
Use the Mainteenance Men nu to perforrm light, me
edium or he
eavy cleaninng dependingg on the no
ozzles
situaation. In casee of unrecovverable missiing nozzles, u
use cleaning Cartridges tto perform H
Head Washing

For Contro
ol Panel detaiil, please refe
fer to the secction [6. ANN
NEXES : The CControl Pane
el]

About 3500ml Cleaning g Cartridge:
A ffresh new 35
50ml cleaningg cartridge ccan perform 2 2 head washhing
The Cleaning cartridgges used for the first Initiial Ink chargee can perform
m 1 more coomplete head
d washing


B. W
Weekly Mainttenance

/!\ B
Before perforrming regulaar cleanings, please wear protective ggloves
and use gla
asses to proteect your eyess from ink prrojection. /!\

In orrder to perforrm regular m
maintenance,, check you hhave :
‐ A ma aintenance kkit supplied wwith the printter or a new one
‐ Ink C Cleaner (optiional)
‐ A no on –woven clo oth (fibre freee)

To perform main ntenance, use the control Panel (detaailed in Anneexe) Maintenance Buttonn to proceed in 4 steps :

step 1 step 2 step 3
3 step 4
Headd Maintenan
nce
[OK]] Move Head
d Head M Maintenance e 1/2 Head Mainttenance 2/2
[↖] Cancel See do
ocumentatio on and Clean wiperr rail.
clean ccaps, wiper aand After cleaniing, close
around print head d. maintenancce covers and d
Press [[OK] after cle
eaning. Press [OK] aafter cleaning.

a) Checck and clean around the head
use aa large swab n the maintennance kit) to
b (included in o wipe the he
ead edges

b) Checck and clean the exteriorr of the capss
use a large swab (inccluded in the pe the exterior side of thee 4 caps
e maintenancce kit) to wip

c) Checck and clean the wiper
use a large swab (inccluded in the
e maintenancce kit) to rem
move stained
d ink of the w
wiper, the atttachment po
oint.

C. Re
egular Mainttenance

/!\ th
he replaceme
ent of the .fo
ollowing parrts depends on how andd where the pprinter is used /!\
/!\ for regular Maintenance, always wear proteective glovess and glassess to preventt from ink projection. /!\\

In orrder to perforrm regular mmaintenance,, check you hhave :
‐ A ma aintenance kkit supplied wwith the printter or a new one
‐ Ink C Cleaner (optiional)
‐ A no on –woven clo oth (fibre freee)

a) Repllace the Wip per
Use tthe Mainten nance Menu > Head Mainntenance (seee Annexe section Controol Panel detail)
Lift tthe wiper out by pressingg the latch annd put a new w wiper backk to position :


b) Repllace the Wip per cleaner
Use the Maintenancee Menu > He ead Mainten ance (see An nnexe section
n Control Pannel detail)
wiper cleaner by pressingg the latch annd put a new
Lift the w w wiper clean
ner back to tthe attachme ent

c) Replace the flu
ushing pad
Use the Maintenancee Menu > He ead Mainten ance (see An nnexe section
n Control Pannel detail)
g pad back too the hooks
Lift the fflushing pad by lifting outt of the lockeer and put a new flushing


6. USING GOO
U OD PROFILES
Usin
ng the prop per media profiles is the key too optimal printing.
p This includes proper he eat settingss, ink
restrictions, lin
nearization, total ink liimits and ICCC profiles. A media profile is oonly relevan
nt for a speecific
com
mbination off printer/meedia/print m mode/resol ution, if one of these parameterss has to be changed, a new
meddia profile has to be creeated.

A. What is a “g
W good” profiile?
A “good” pr
A rofile should
d match thee following requiremen nts:
• Prin ntout has to
o be comple etely dried bbefore being wrapped,,
• No bleeding, co ockling, ove
er‐inking sh ould be visiible,
• Graadients has tto be as mu uch linear ass they could
d be
• Greey balance sshould be ne eutral

If yo
our profile d
doesn’t mattch the miniimum requiirements ab
bove, please
e contact yoour profile p
provider.

B. How to judg
H ge a profile
e?
It’s aa hard and llong job to fully check the quality of a profile
e, but follow
wing the bel ow advices should be a
good d start. The best way iss to create yyour own teest chart wiith differentt kind of picctures (CMYYK and RVB))
matching your ttype of usual jobs and that you arre used to see and prin nt, concentrric and lineaar gradientss,
CMYYK and RVB solid colorss, greyscale pictures, bbleeding pattterns and d different sizze of fonts.

1. RVB pictu
1 ures
2. Greyscale
2 e picture
3. CMYK pic
3 ctures
4. Linear CM
4 MYK and RV VB gradientts
5. Concentr
5 ric CMYK grradients
6. Different
6 sizes of fonnts
7. Bleeding
7 patterns

est chart
Example of te
E

C. Differences
D s between G GS1 and GS2 inks
In order to dryy faster, to be more brrilliant, to eextend the gamut and to improvee the light fastness, Epson
madde changes in GS2 inkss compared to GS1 inkks (SP GS600 00 inks). If yyou have a lready mad de some pro ofiles
on the
t SP GS66000, you could
c be disappointedd when creating profiles with thee new Sure
eColor S Seeries,
espeecially regarrding the ink limit.

Printer M
Media Print Mode
e Ink Limit Caaldera Ink Limit Onyxx
SP GS6000 Heavyy Banner 5440x720dpi – Sp
peed 250%
% 330%
SC‐S306x0 Heavyy Banner 720x720ddpi 4‐pass ‐ Prroduction 1 140%
% 210%
SP GS6000 Polymeric A
Adhesive Vinyyl 7200x720dpi ‐ Qu
uality 170%
% 280%
SC‐S306x0 Polymeric A
Adhesive Vinyyl 720x11440 8‐pass ‐ Quality 80% 195%
Exxample of ink limit in Caldeera and Onyx

D. Tips when
T n creatingg profile w
with GS2 in
nks

D1 ‐ Seleect the rightt ink limit
70% 880% 90
0% 100
0% 110%
% 120% 130%
Bleeding When sellecting the ink limit, you
y can
notice thhat bleeding can occcur at
different percentagge. Here bleeding
b
Bleeding occurs at 100% for Red and Blue area
but occurrs at 90% for Green.. If you
continue with 100% as global in nk limit,
Bleeding you ma y see bleeding in n final
printouts..
Exxample of inkk limit from 6‐‐pass mode w
with Caldera

Iff your purpo
ose is to creeate the best quality p rofile, becaause end customer will see printouts from a sshort
distance, youu should select 80% ass ink limit.
ose is to creeate a profiile that givees the best and biggestt gamut of ccolors possible, you sh
Iff your purpo hould
seelect 100% or 110% keeeping in m mind that bl eeding cou n printouts, phenomen
uld occur on na that could be
overlooked i
o if printouts are viewedd from a far distance.

To
T summarize, a “good” profile is a comprromise between quality and collors and th hat match your
expectations/needs.

mit too high)
Exxample of bleeeding (ink lim

D2 ‐ Reduce bandin
ng effect by reducing in
nk limit

We
W noticed that reduccing the glo
obal ink lim
mit could re
educe the banding efffect with all
a print mo odes,
especially w
with high‐speeed mode ((2‐pass modde). In this example, w we can see that bandin ng is less viisible
with 90% tha
w an with 1400%. Keep in mind that rreducing the ink limit w will also redduce slightlyy the gamutt.

Less bandingg / smaller gamut More bandding / highe er gamut
70%% 80% 90% 10 00% 110% % 120% 1130% 140% 150% 160% 1770% 180% 190% 200 2
%

Exam mit from 2‐passs mode with Caldera
mple of ink lim

7. AANNEXES FOOR SC‐S306000/610
A) Th
he control paanel
Alert Lamp Media Feeding
‐ OFF : Normal Opeeration ‐ adjusst media feedinng during print.
‐ ON
N (Orange/Flashhing) : An
error has occurred
Mainttenance
Med
dia Set‐up
‐ Nozzzle Check
‐ Select Media .
‐ Clean
ning
‐ Cusstomize Settingg.
‐ Head
d Washing
edia Remaining.
‐ Me
‐ Head
d Maintenancce
‐ Prin
nt media list.
‐ Wastte Ink Counte r
Heating
g & Drying
‐ Heater Temperature
‐ Additional Dryer Settting

B) M
Maintenance Chart
Freq
quence detail
D=dail y ‐ 2D= everry 2 days, 3D….. 4D
W=weeekly
M=moonthly ‐ 2M= every 2 months, 3M….. 4M
AC
CTION DETAIL
CHECK‐IN
NSPECT
CLEAN ‐ WIPE
REPLACE
REPAIR ‐ R


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The Epson SureC Color SC‐S306 600 and SC‐SS30610 havee been design ned to offer tthe highest qquality at 8 p

Whe en printing att 2 pass mod 29.4 m2per h our, it should be possible

Whe en printing 4 pass and 6 p pass modes, a gradual immprovement will be observed. There sshould be an n unevennesss in

29.4 m2/hr 14.7 m2/hr 9.9 m2/hr 7.3 m2/hr

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Inserrt the media over the preessure rollers and lower the media lo oading lever to hold the mmedia in place.

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The head alignm ment is a settting with a high impact oon the print q quality. The goal of the hhead alignment is to place all

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This setting shou

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