Mutoh VJ-1638X / VJ-1638WX / VJ-1938X / VJ-1938WX / VJ-2638WX / VJ-2638X Help

September 14, 2018

Important Notes:

Remember that color reproduction is controlled by ICC color profiles, and not by Wasatch software.
We have not been able to get this printer into our lab, and therefore have not been able create any color profiles for them.
You should contact your dealer for further support with ICC color profiles, or arrange to produce your own.
Because of lack of access to this printer, Wasatch's service department cannot provide the same level of support that we provide for most other printers.
Please rely on your dealer for support of this device.
A firmware revision of v3.10 or later is needed to support the I-Weave wave effects.

Print Mode:

Pressing the Properties button next to the Printer Model window on the Imaging Configurations screen will launch the control panel for this printer.

Print Mode: Choose resolution for printing.
Inkset Type: Select the desired inkset to use.
Head: Choose to print with Head 1, Head 2, or select 'Off' for printing with both heads.
Pass Count: Select pass count. Will vary depending on Print Mode selected.
Quality Mode: Select the quality mode to use for printing. Some of the print modes only offer one quality mode.
Dot Set: Choose to print with the Small, Medium, or Large dot set.
Dot Size: Select the size of the dot to print with, when using the above selected dot set.
Speed: Set the speed that the head travels at during printing.
Wave Effect: Select the wave pattern to print with.
Scan Width: Choose if the print head should travel the width of the image, the width of the media, or the width of the printer.
Print Direction: Print in Unidirection (one direction) or Bidirection (both directions).
Overprint: Choose the number of times each area is printed over. A setting of 2 would double the amount of ink that is printed.
Media Cut: The sheet cutting option can be set to Off, or to use the front panel settings, or to perform a single cut or double cut. See below.

If the cut is set to double cut, after the cut operation is executed once, the cutting blade returns to the same position and execute the cut again.
If the cut is set to 2 steps, the cut will be completed in two motions.
If the cut is set to 3 steps, the cut will be completed in three motions.
If the cut is set to the high pressure, the cut operation will be executed with high pressure.
If the cut is set to the low pressure, the cut operation will be executed with low pressure.

Time Between Passes (sec): Allows you to specify the minimum time that a printhead pass will take. This may be necessary to slow down the printhead when there are excessive drying problems, or when printing separations onto film.

Media:

When you click on Media, the following properties page will be displayed:

Send Paper Feed Calibration (-5.00% to 5.00%): Enter calibration value for adjusting the paper feed.

Print a line that is 1000 mm long in the paper feed direction
Measure the actual printed distance
Enter the difference in millimeters. For example, enter -5 if a measurement of the print is a value of 995 mm

Set Drying Time After Print: Additional drying time, in seconds, can be set after the print is completed.
Set Front Panel Media Settings: Allows one of the printers predefined front panel Media Settings to be selected, without having to switch the front panel over to this media setting.
Set Media Thickness: Set the appropriate media thickness in microns. The conversion of microns to millimeters is: 80 microns = 0.08 mm
Set Media Stiffness: Select the stiffness of the media so the vacuum can be adjusted accordingly.

Heater:

When you click on Heater, the following properties page will be displayed:

The Heater page allows you to adjust the heater settings. Only available on VJ-1638X model.

Checking 'Use Front Panel Heater Settings' disables driver heater controls and uses the printer's front panel settings instead.
Check boxes for each heater allows the turning of each heater on or off.
Adjust heater temperature in degrees centigrade. Temperature in Fahrenheit is displayed to the right of the control.

Color Separations:

When you click on Color Separations, the following properties page will be displayed:

The Color Separations controls are only available if a monochrome mode has been selected on the Print Mode tab.

Make Separations on RIP: This will cause the RIP to separate the image into CMYK plates.
Make Negative: This inverts monochrome images when printed.
KCMY: This allows you to print monochrome images directly to any one of the printheads. This is especially useful to eliminate overuse of a single printhead when printing only monochrome.

Auto-Generation Options:

The Auto-Generation tabs are available when an appropriate inkset has been set.

No Auto-Generation: Unmanaged channel is not printed unless specified through spot color replacement or as an Alpha/Spot channel.
Auto-Generate inks from traced areas: The unmanaged channel will be applied only to the traced areas that have been set using the Trace tab in the main Softrip interface.
Auto-Generate the entire page: Prints the unmanaged channel behind the entire page.
Auto-Generate where other inks are used: Prints the unmanged channel on all non-zero pixels (marked areas). In addition, a "choke" or "spread" may be selected.

Note

Ink Density: Controls the density percentage for the unmanaged channel.