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Updated on 2025-04-14

Tips for improving the print quality of needle punching

1. Add an empty line before the body of the print document
The first line of text in a document printed with a needle often occurs in dislocation and distortion, and it seems to be shorter in height than other lines of text with the same font. In fact, this is mainly due to the slack belt of the driving chariot, and the printer has a gap between the motor shaft and the roller shaft that drives the roller before printing the first line of text, resulting in the roller not rotating at the same angle synchronously when the motor shaft rotates. On old printers, due to wear of the roll shaft. This gap will be larger, so these phenomena are more likely to occur. We only need to add an empty line before the text to eliminate this gap in advance when printing the text, thereby avoiding the above problems. Of course, we can also gently rotate the roll at a small angle in the direction of the roll rotation to pre-eliminate this gap.
2. Set the printer's printing method to one-way printing
Because one-way printing can effectively eliminate the empty space of the print head, so that the front and back of the printer can be accurately in the same horizontal position, which can effectively avoid the phenomenon of misalignment of printed text or the vertical lines of the table. The best way is to use the one-way printing function provided by Yu Processing Software.
3. Use printer to cut needles without repair software
After the print head of a needle printer is worn, the printing effect will be greatly reduced, but usually the printing needle with the middle needle size is always worse. Therefore, we can first use some relatively small wear needles, such as 1-8 needles and 17-24 needles to print, and set other needles to the "breaking needle" state, so that the printed font will be very clear. Some printer needle breaking software can also provide "imitation laser printing" function. If it can be fully utilized, the printed font will be more beautiful.
4. Use better quality ribbons
The high-quality ribbon has smooth feel, uniform ink and does not stick to the hands, while the inferior ribbon has rough feel and high friction. When printing in reverse, the print head moves relative to the ribbon, and the printing needle is easily pinned by the rough belt surface, which makes the print head not in place correctly. At the same time, the ribbon should not be used too long, and do not use it again after the surface is bleed.
5. Regularly clean the printhead and add instrument oil to the guide rod
Due to long-term use of the print head, some oil stains are stuck near the pinhole of the print head, affecting the pinout of the print head. Therefore, the print head should be cleaned regularly. At the same time, the printhead running rails should also be lubricated. Otherwise, the printhead running speed cannot keep up, which is also one of the reasons for text distortion and inconsistency.
6. Adjust the distance between the print head and the reel
It is very important to adjust the distance between the print head and the roll. Usually, newly purchased printers can adjust the position of the lever according to the requirements in the instructions. When the printing needle is worn, since the printing needle is relatively shorter, the adjustment rod can be adjusted forward in a position so that the distance between the print head and the roll is relatively close. However, it should be noted that the distance between the print head and the roll roller should not be too small. Otherwise, due to the excessive impact of the printing needle, the printing needle will wear too quickly or the printing needle will be bent. Too large will also cause the needle to be broken or the ribbon will be hanged due to the ribbon hanging of the needle. Usually, newly purchased ribbons can be used as the test standard. When the printed handwriting is clear enough, the maximum distance between the print head and the roll roller will be used.
By combining the above methods, printing out the manuscript will definitely be very beautiful.