Substrate tips .......................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Substrate congurations ...................................................................................................................................................... 41
Prepare to print ...................................................................................................................................................................... 42
The substrate edge holders ................................................................................................................................................. 43
Load a roll onto the spindle .................................................................................................................................................. 45
Load a roll into the printer .................................................................................................................................................... 47
View information about the loaded substrate .................................................................................................................. 51
Unload a roll ............................................................................................................................................................................ 51
Output platen light ................................................................................................................................................................. 52
Substrate presets ................................................................................................................................................................... 53
Export multiple presets ........................................................................................................................................................ 53
Use a new substrate .............................................................................................................................................................. 55
Create a new substrate preset ............................................................................................................................................. 55
Edit a substrate preset .......................................................................................................................................................... 56
Remove a substrate preset .................................................................................................................................................. 60
Online substrate manager .................................................................................................................................................... 60
Set the carriage beam position ............................................................................................................................................ 63
6 Create and manage print jobs .............................................................................................................................................................. 64
Add a new print job ................................................................................................................................................................ 65
Rotate a print job .................................................................................................................................................................... 69
Manage the print queue ........................................................................................................................................................ 69
Delete a print job .................................................................................................................................................................... 70
Image composition ................................................................................................................................................................ 71
7 Handle the ink system ........................................................................................................................................................................... 75
Ink system components ........................................................................................................................................................ 76
How to work with ink system components ....................................................................................................................... 78
8 Printer calibration ................................................................................................................................................................................... 96
Align the printheads ............................................................................................................................................................... 97
Possible diculties with printhead alignment ................................................................................................................... 99
Color calibration ................................................................................................................................................................... 101
Color consistency between dierent HP Stitch printers ................................................................................................ 103
Color emulation of other printer models ......................................................................................................................... 103
Color proles ......................................................................................................................................................................... 105
Substrate-advance calibration .......................................................................................................................................... 107
Calibrations specic to one substrate preset .................................................................................................................. 109
Recommended calibrations after particular events ...................................................................................................... 109
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