CONTA-CLIP CONTA-Sign 4.3 - Manual (Page 18)

6. Starting the Print Job with the EMS-2
Once all the data for printing the job are entered the tags can be plotted.
In the upper left corner of the screen you will find the
information.
In order to start printing, the plotter needs to be switched on
and connected with the respective data cable.
Click on the printer icon in the main menu bar. Prior
to starting, the software verifies if the plotter runs in the
plotting mode. If you are using the engraving option for
this plotter also, the plotter could be in the engraving
mode. If that is the case, you will find some instructions
on the screen how to switch the plotter into the plotting
mode. After confirming the message the
status will be re-checked.
Now the software verifies if the selected
support plates are identical with the ones
placed on the plotter, if not, a warning message comes up on the screen you need to
confirm.
Following new information are displayed and adjustments could be selected from:
In the top part of the window the selected
plotter and interface are indicated.
The next click box you can
check to activate or deactivate priming the
plotter pen on one of the fields left or right of
the Pen Station.
The next field of the window indicates the
recognized support plates, placed on the
plotter. Are those different from the ones
chosen for this project, the necessary support
plate for this job is indicated in red.
The right side of the window is used to show the different plotter pens to be used for
this job, also with a color indication according to the standard color coding of the
EK-TEAM Plotter Pens.
If the tip of the pen used is larger than .5 mm a message comes up, telling that the
standard pen sizes (.18 mm to .5 mm) for
this job will be different.
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