1614 or similar question about print head going back to start?

[LenXIII]

I noticed while printing images on media as small as 24" centered in the printer that when it prints it will go to the edge of the image and return the carriage all the way to the start. Is there a way for it to only hover over the area that is being printed? It is traveling almost three times the distance it needs to!!!

 

[randya]

I dont believe so, it needs to go back 'home' to spit in the spitton, to insure clean nozzles.

 

[LenXIII]

Well Mutoh says to center the media in the printer, wouldn't it save time to place the material towards the head start area instead?

 

[Compilla]

Set CR Movement to 'Data' to have the carriage move only as far as the image.

I would not suggest you that, it may cause Banding, but it can be done...

 

[randya]

Well Mutoh says to center the media in the printer, wouldn't it save time to place the material towards the head start area instead?

The sensor is in the middle of the machine.
So with narrow media you have that limitation.

In general, you center the media to evenly offset any skewing from improperly loaded media.


In reality, you only need to cover the sensor.
The sensor can be seen from the back of the machine with no media loaded.
It is a circular or eliptical cut out in the rear platen.