Profiles
Training Day
Training Day covers the operator mistakes, repeat questions and workflow gaps that become obvious once the team starts running live jobs.
How Training Day works during operator training week
Training Day is about the operator habits that decide whether profiles hold up on live jobs. We cover repeat mistakes, queue setup, media loading and routine checks that affect output on South African large-format floors.
Training Day starts with the stock being loaded, the RIP queue selected, and the default pass count checked before any colour chart is sent. On Johannesburg sites, dust around the carriage rail can show up before a profile issue does. In Durban and Cape Town, overnight moisture in banner and vinyl can shift the first prints of the morning, so the opening checks need to reflect that.
Keep one phone photo of the first acceptable setup at the machine. That image should show the media loaded square, the heater values, and the queue name the operator used. When the next shift asks why a test strip looked cleaner earlier, there is a record tied to the exact run conditions.
Operator handover essentials
Training Day is meant to leave the team with one usable starting profile and a routine they can repeat without guesswork. The useful output is not a stack of options but a short check sequence for nozzle state, media feed, and queue choice. That suits onboarding, first test prints, and simple colour checks where consistency matters more than range.
Match Training Day to the relevant press note and swatch record before moving to more demanding media. For Bellville consignments, print the final nozzle check and keep it with the roll details before the courier pickup. ICC work starts from a test print on your usual roll, together with the RIP version you run.
- Starter profile for onboarding shifts
- Queue and heater checks first
- Machine photos kept with notes
Conditions that upset starter profiles
A Training Day routine in Crown Mines will not look identical to one near the coast. OR Tambo dispatch pressure can tempt operators to skip feed alignment, while smaller mall production sites often need quicker verification on common vinyl and banner stock. The point is to document what the machine is doing under the site conditions that affect daily output.
Coastal humidity can lengthen the time needed before media settles for a reliable first chart. Inland dust usually means more attention on wipes, capping areas, and sensor windows before blaming the profile. During load-shedding periods, note whether the accepted test print was produced after a cold restart or after the machine had been stable for a while.
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Notes to keep at hand
Use Training Day for onboarding, test prints and basic colour checks when the team needs a simpler starting profile.
Store the Training Day sheet with the RIP settings, the media name, and the date the operator used it. Add the first approved test print or a photo of it while the details are fresh. That gives the team a reference when the same stock returns and the output needs to match the earlier run.
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