How to adjust offset for the Evolis Zenius 1 or Primacy 1

Adjusting the offset for the Evolis Zenius 1 or Primacy 1 allows reducing the white margin on the right, left, or bottom when printing a plastic card. Zenius 1 and Primacy 1 are DTC printers. Remember that you will always see small white lines around the edges. For a true over-the-edge printer, please consider Avansia a retransfer technology direct-to-card printer for very high-quality card delivery.

1. How to Print a Technical test card to get the offset default values:

   In the Evolis Print Center \ Properties \ System details \ Testing cards, click the Technical test card button to get the card below.

   

   X offset value - Y offset value - Vertical printed lines - Horizontal printed lines

   Tips: The Inserted cards number shows you how many cards you have printed so far. Ex. 294


 


2. Offset reading commands:

   To read the offset values, you can use these commands from the Evolis Print Center \ Properties \ Maintenance \ Printer commands prompting:

   

   Type one of the codes below in Command: and press enter to get the value.

   Rx (X offset value)
   Ry (Y offset value)
   Rnl (vertical printed lines)
   Rnw (Horizontal printed lines)


 


3. Offset adjustment commands:

   From the Evolis Print Center \ Properties \ Maintenance \ Printer commands prompting, you can send these commands to set the image size and positioning:

   (Vertical printing positioning - Increase this value to move the printing area to the right side of the card)
   Px;=;Value
   Px;+;Value
   Px;-;Value

   (Horizontal printing positioning - Increase this value to move the printing area to the bottom of the card)
   Py;=;Value
   Py;+;Value
   Py;-;Value

   (Increase this value to increase the number of vertical printed lines on the right side of the card)
   Pnl;=;Value
   Pnl;+;Value
   Pnl;-;Value

   (Increase this value to increase the number of horizontal printed lines on the top of the card)
   Pnw;Value


 


4. Tips

   • Adjust the X offset before the Pnl value.
   • To reduce the margin on the right side, increase the Pnl value one by one. Please do not set it directly to the maximum value (1016).
   • If you increase or decrease too much the Y offset value or the number of horizontally printed lines, you will see wrinkles along the edges of the design.
   • If you reduce too much the X offset value, the printer will cut the ribbon, or nothing will print on the card (because the print head starts to print before the card)
   • The values are in dots (12 dots = ~ 1mm), so adjust them one by one.
   • Send the Sc (sequence copy) to print the last design saved in the printer memory

 


5. Sample of adjustment:

   Sample 1:

   
   A white margin can be observed on the left of the card.

   Solution:
   Reduce the X offset to move the printing area to the left of the card (12 dots = ~1mm).

   Commands:
   Px;=;Value
   Px;+;Value
   Px;-;Value

   Sample2:

   
   A white margin can be observed on the right of the card.

   Solution:
   Increase this value to increase the number of vertical printed lines on the right side of the card (12 dots = ~ 1mm). Make sure the X offset value has been correctly set before modifying the Pnl value.

   Commands:
   Pnl;=;Value
   Pnl;+;Value
   Pnl;-;Value

   Sample3:

   
   A white margin can be observed on the bottom of the card or/and wrinkles are on the top of the card.

   Solution:
   Increase the Y offset to move the printing area to the bottom of the card (12 dots = ~ 1mm).

   Commands:
   Py;=;Value
   Py;+;Value
   Py;-;Value

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