Manual Head Registration The printer creates images by firing dots of ink onto a sheet of media. Precise positioning of each dot is essential for optimal print quality. This is possible only if you register all printheads in the printhead assembly to each other in both the X (along the length of the platen) and Y (along the length of the media) direc- tions.

This is a two-part process:

Print a registration pattern.

Enter the X and Y registration data for each head.

Tip

AutoSet incorporates an automatic version of this

 

calibration. Try AutoSet first before running this

 

manual calibration (see “AutoSet” on page 4-2for

 

details).

 

 

1.Press the ￿ (Menu) key from the Front Page screen on the control panel to display the menus.

2.Press the ￿ (Menu In) key display the Calibrate Printer menu.

3.Press the ￿ key to highlight Manual Calibration.

4.Press the ￿ (Menu In) key.

5.Press the ￿ key to highlight Manual Head Registration.

6.Press the ￿ (Menu In) key to select the option.

The control panel asks whether you want to print a manual head-to-head calibration page.

7.Press the ￿ key.

The control panel displays a menu to allow you to select a Fine, Medium, or Coarse registration pattern.

8.Press the ￿ and ￿ keys to select a pattern, then press the ￿ key.

If you have a calibration pattern from a recent print, you can use it to calibrate the heads. Press ￿ (Cancel) and go to step .

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Manual Calibrations