Epson SureColor S30600, S50600 and S70600 - Printer settings

Access the printer settings by clicking the wrench icon in the Print Module.

Printer tab

S30600	S50600 and S70600

• Limit head movement: the print time is shortened. Image quality may be worse by drying time, since pass interval differs depending on data width.
• Banner mode: this option is not used by Caldera.
• Print vertical line: it prints a vertical line alongside the job.
• Use color information from printer: only works for Epson HTM mode (with a network connection), it modifies the data sent to the printer by calculating differences from a reference in order to minimize deltaE between printers from the same range.
• Check media on printer: check if the media loaded matches with the job that is about to be printed
• Check media settings overwrite: warn the user if the media settings from the Media tab (slot not set at 0) would overwrite settings on the printer
• (Only on S50600 and S70600) Top/Normal/Under layers: see the multilayer printing article.

Advanced parameters

• Dot Size: if not Automatic, the drop size is forced to use only Small, Medium or Large drops.
• EpsonHTM threads: used to do parallel calculation when EpsonHTM mode is chosen. If you set too many threads, the printing process may slow down.

Media #1 tab

S30600	S50600
S70600

• Information: at the top of the window, you are able to see information about your media. There you have access to two actions:
  • Save: when you click on this button, the current media settings are saved to the selected media profile (printer, media, resolution, mode) so there will be applied for any new job using the same print configuration. If you don't save, the changes you made are only applied to the current job.
  • Reload: will revert back to default as set during profiling or the last saved changes.
• Horizontal compensation (%): we recommend not to modify this. Any deviation is likely to be mechanical on the printer's side.
• Vertical compensation (%): this can be useful if you detect an increase or decrease in the length due to heating or media tension which is common when printing on vinyl or textiles for example. To calculate the compensation, click Compute and follow the software’s instructions.

• Heating system: Set the heating system temperature in Celsius Degrees:
  • Pre heater: The range is from 31° to .50°. You can turn it off by taking the temperature below 31° to Off.
  • Print heater: The range is from 31° to .50°. You can turn it off by taking the temperature below 31° to Off.
  • Post heater: The range is from 31° to .55°. You can turn it off by taking the temperature below 31° to Off.
  • Dryer: You can turn it On or Off.
  • Feeding direction: it shows you the feeding direction of the printer and the chronology of the heaters.
• Custom media number: choose the slot number that contains the adjustments for your media.
• Custom media parameters: choose if the selected slot will be:
  • Select by RIP: the media settings used are those contained in the selected slot
  • Set and select by RIP: the RIP save its driver settings in the selected slot
  • Panel only: uses only the printer panel settings

• Feed adjustment (%): this setting can be used in case of banding issues (horizontal striped lines or uneven colors) because of media strech. You can enter values from -1 to 1.53%

    Warning

  We strongly advise you to set this directly on the printer using the dedicated wizard.

• Feed fine tune: this setting is complementary to Feed adjustment.

    Warning

  We strongly advise you to set this directly on the printer using the dedicated wizard.

• Feed maximal speed: choose the maximal speed between: Default (uses the custom media parameter), Standard and Low.
• Feed after print: move the media forward to be dry by the Post-heater. If On with backfeed is selected, after the dry, the printer will rewind the media to reduce the space between the jobs.
• Vacuum level: you can choose the power of the vacuum in percentage.
• Drying time (s): indicate the time in seconds allowed for the page to dry (max 3600 seconds)
• Platen gap: set the gap between the head and the media
• Media thickness: enter the media thickness.
• Tension check: by default, the printer checks the media tension: every 5 meters (Periodic) or at the end of the job (Every Page). It slows the print a little bit but maintain a good media feed.
• Tension setting: select the media tension
• Print side: set the roll-out side of the media. Outside is the default setting.
• Multi-strike: apply multiple strike on the print: the job will be printed between 2 and 9 times on the same spot accordingly to your setup

• (Only on S30600 and S50600): Dot distribution: this option allows you to choose the drop limitation. "Default" uses the general limitation whereas "Optimized" reduces the use of the small and medium drops.

    Warning

  Be careful to select the same parameter that has been use when creating the profile to avoid artifacts.

Advanced parameters

• Interval between passes (ms): select the time the print head pauses to allow drying after each pass. Depending on the paper type, the ink may take a while to dry. If the ink blurs on the paper, set a longer time for drying the ink. Increasing the drying time increases the time needed to print.
• Vardot level (%): set the vardot level in percentage
• (Only on S50600 and S70600): Vardot level White (%): set the White vardot level in percentage

Media #2 tab

S30600	S50600
S70600

• Media material: Select it between Standard , Transparent (only for the S70600) or Banner.

Epson HTM

These modes allow you to adjust ink usage within the HTM2 module by modifying ink densities. Example: Increasing the Cyan value to 110% will result in increased Cyan ink usage and a 10% density increase.

Recommended use

It is generally recommended that these density adjustments remain at their default values. Epson has optimized ink usage based on desired print quality and resolution.

This tool is beneficial for expanding the color gamut. To achieve this, follow these steps:

1. Create your project in EasyMedia as usual.
2. Perform linearization with ink adjustments set to 100%.

3. During the ink limit stage, incrementally increase maximum ink values in 5% steps until maximum color variation is achieved.

     Warning

   Be cautious of potential over-inking when increasing ink density. Exercise caution and select the lowest value that provides a satisfactory result.

4. Complete profile creation as usual.

Comments tab

On this tab you can see comments coming from the EasyMedia module. It can include comments from the global media window and from the profile project window.

Status tab

S50600	S70600

• Status: global state of the printer:
  • Ready
  • Not available
  • Printing

All data is coming from the printer, if it is not available, nothing can be displayed.

• Inks: information about the ink configuration and the inks levels in %.

• Heaters: temperature level of the Preheater, the Printheater and the Postheater.

• Media: information about the media loaded on the printer.

• Misc: complementary info about the printer (model, serial number, firmware version).

• Refresh: button to refresh the tab.