We're running manuals on our Ricoh C7110. Each manual has 10 tabs (2 banks of 5). There is a 7 second delay in printing every time the machine prints one of the tabs. You can see how this slows down the process. Here are some details about the project, and what we've tried so far.
8 1/2" x 11" sheets, duplex print, paper weight set to 5. Majority of pages print in black only, but black was assigned in the file, not at the rip. One color page prints immediately after every tab page.
Tabs - have been set up and tested several ways.
Art set in the file and running as part of the job, so that when it gets to a tab, the machine switches trays and pulls a 9" x 11" sheet from a different tray, printing on face of tab only, single sided, then goes back to the primary paper tray and continues. Paper weight set to 5, single sided for the tab stock.
Tabs assigned at the RIP, so that it pulls a tab sheet after designated pages, prints on face of tab only, then goes back to the main file. Still 7 second delay after printing the tab.
Tabs pre-printed and pulled in as a blank sheet only, where needed, then goes back to the main tray. Still a 7 second delay after pulling the pre-printed sheet.
In summary, the machine runs at speed until it gets to a "Mixed Media" sheet. It prints or pulls the sheet with no delay. Then there is a 7 second lull while the machine, recovers or processes before the machine goes back to running from the main tray. Heat settings are identical for both trays, so that fusing temperature does not need to adjust. We've run tests completely in grayscale, with the same delay, so know that its not caused by the machine switching from black mode to color mode.
We thought it might be the difference in sheet size, however when actually setting the tabs up in CWS, the Ricoh defines the sheet size as8 1/2" x 11", but with a tab shift.
Has anyone run up against this issue before? We've looked through all the Advanced Operator settings for an adjustment that we could make to reduce the delay. Our service tech has brought the attention to Ricoh, but I'm looking for quicker answers as we have several thousand of these manuals to run.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks.
-C
8 1/2" x 11" sheets, duplex print, paper weight set to 5. Majority of pages print in black only, but black was assigned in the file, not at the rip. One color page prints immediately after every tab page.
Tabs - have been set up and tested several ways.
Art set in the file and running as part of the job, so that when it gets to a tab, the machine switches trays and pulls a 9" x 11" sheet from a different tray, printing on face of tab only, single sided, then goes back to the primary paper tray and continues. Paper weight set to 5, single sided for the tab stock.
Tabs assigned at the RIP, so that it pulls a tab sheet after designated pages, prints on face of tab only, then goes back to the main file. Still 7 second delay after printing the tab.
Tabs pre-printed and pulled in as a blank sheet only, where needed, then goes back to the main tray. Still a 7 second delay after pulling the pre-printed sheet.
In summary, the machine runs at speed until it gets to a "Mixed Media" sheet. It prints or pulls the sheet with no delay. Then there is a 7 second lull while the machine, recovers or processes before the machine goes back to running from the main tray. Heat settings are identical for both trays, so that fusing temperature does not need to adjust. We've run tests completely in grayscale, with the same delay, so know that its not caused by the machine switching from black mode to color mode.
We thought it might be the difference in sheet size, however when actually setting the tabs up in CWS, the Ricoh defines the sheet size as8 1/2" x 11", but with a tab shift.
Has anyone run up against this issue before? We've looked through all the Advanced Operator settings for an adjustment that we could make to reduce the delay. Our service tech has brought the attention to Ricoh, but I'm looking for quicker answers as we have several thousand of these manuals to run.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks.
-C