Analyzing the Print￿Quality Plot

The P,in.5Q/ali.y Plo. 1ill con.ain -ix pa..e,n- a- follo1-:

1￿a,.,idge Wa,m Up (See belo1).

2Nozzle P,in. Te-. (See belo1).

3Ve,.ical Line S.,aigh.ne-- Te-. ' page 657.

4￿olo, Alignmen. Q/ali.y Te-. ' page 659.

5￿olo, Va,ia.ion Te-. ' page 6511.

6Banding Te-. ' page 6512.

Test Pattern 1: ￿artr￿dge Warm￿up

Thi- pa..e,n 1a,m-5/p .he ca,.,idge-, lea0ing .hem in a pe,fec. ope,a.ing condi.ion. Yo/ can igno,e .hi- pa..e,n and con.in/e 1i.h Te-. Pa..e,n 2.

Test Pattern 2: Nozz￿e Pr￿nt Test

In .hi- .e-. all .he 96 nozzle- of each ca,.,idge a,e .e-.ed. Fo, each of .he 4 colo,- yo/ 1ill -ee .he n/mbe,- 1 .o 90 o0e, .he diagonally -.epped line- in inc,emen.- of 5. The-e n/mbe,- co,,e-pond .o .he nozzle n/mbe, .ha. p,in.- each -.ep.

The,e a,e .1o ca,.,idge nozzle e,,o,- (-ee Fig/,e 1):

DNozzle- no. p,in.ing.

DNozzle- mi-di,ec.ed.

Figure 1

Print Quality

HP DesignJet 430, 450C and 455CA Printers

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