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quick start guide

Switch off the power to the PC-12

Press the front-cover eject

button, and after the

inside lock has been

released, catch the

front cover with

your hand and open

it gently.

The tool carriage is located to the right of the ink-ribbon

cartridge carriage. Turn the tool-carriage screw

counterclockwise to loosen it.

Insert the blade holder into the hole in the carriage.

For more information on installing or replacing the blade, please

see the Installing & Adjusting the Blade section in the user manual.

Insert until the collar of the blade holder lies flush

against the top of the hole.

Turn the tool-carriage screw clockwise to secure in place.

Installing the Blade Holder

Loading Roll Media

Printing Tests and

Cutting Tests

Clean The Print Head

Orient the roll media as shown in the figure, place it in the

media base, and bring it flush against the right stopper.

To prevent foreign particles from coming in contact

with the print head, we recommend cleaning most

media types with a lint-free cloth and denatured

alcohol. Simply apply alcohol to cloth and clean the area you

intend to print. Be sure to wipe in one direction to remove hard

particles.

If the leading edge of the roll

media is not straight, use a

commercially available cutter

knife or the like to cut it straight.

As shown in the figure at right,

hold down the roll media with

your hand and cut the media

using the cutter knife, inserting the

blade of the cutter knife into the

knife-guide groove and letting the

groove guide the cutter knife.

Insert the media in the machine’s feed unit. Insert the media

until it makes contact.

Press the [ready/insert] button once. The machine feeds the

media to the position where printing can be performed.

Mount the included media cover on the machine’s media base.

Perform demo printing to make sure printing can be

carried out correctly.

• Demo printing uses resin-compatible media and resin CMYK

ink-ribbon cartridges.

You can’t use wax compatible media and wax ribbon cartridges.

• The required media size is 6 in. (152 mm) or more wide by 6 in.

(152 mm) or more in length.

• If the power is switched off while demo printing is in progress,

then the next time you switch on the power, the machine cuts off

the media and goes into data standby.

Make sure that resin-compatible media is loaded on the PC-12

and the resin CMYK ink-ribbon cartridges are installed. If the

PC-12 is turned on, press the [power] button to switch it off.

While holding down the [ready/insert] button, press and hold

the [power] button. The three lights illuminate.

Continue to hold down the [ready/insert] button and release

just the [power] button. All the lights go dark.

Wait five seconds, the release the [ready/insert] button. The

three lights flash in sequence, then the [power] light flashes

and demo printing starts.

When demo printing ends normally, the PC-12 automatically

restarts, cuts off the media, and goes into data standby.

Output Results of the Printing Test

1. Four-color printing (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black)

2. Cutting of a rectangle around four-color printing

3. Printing-head dot drop-out test pattern

4. Printer information

Stopper

Bring flush against the right stopper.

Media guide

Cutter guide

Media cover

Mount so that this area fits into the

groove in the knife guide.

Fit it into this space.

Only the right-hand leading edge of the printhead needs to be

cleaned. The cleaning pen should be used after each print job.

Hard particles tend to solidify or harden to the print head if

head temperature cools down to ambient levels. See your

operating manual for detailed usage instructions.

Before Printing & Cutting

Before printing and cutting with the PC-12, you will need to

install the Roland ColorCAMM Driver CD and the

ColorChoice® software CD that are included with your

machine. Please refer to the Roland ColorChoice® for the

PC-12 User’s Manual for information on proper installation

and operation for your Mac or PC.

WINDOWS USERS: Do not install the ColorChoice

software until you have installed the Roland

ColorCAMM Driver.

Technical Support

For the latest firmware, drivers, technical information, along with

tips and techniques for your Roland product go to

www.rolanddga.com/support.

For technical assistance, send an email to [email protected].

We’ll make every attempt to answer email support inquiries within

60 minutes during normal business hours

(Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM)

Technical Support phone assistance 800-542-2307 x300.

Front-cover eject

button

Tool carriage

Blade holder

Not OK OK

Cyan Magenta Yellow Black

Note

Caution

Note

Example of Output Results

1, 2

If there are any missing dots or other

evidence of a drop in printing quality,

clean the head.

For more information about head

cleaning, see 6-1 in the User’s Manual:

“Cleaning the Printing Heads.”

RDGA-QSG-PC12

01/20/02

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