Manual Calibrations

When you run the calibrations from this menu, you evaluate the calibration test patterns visually and enter the calibration values via the control panel.

Note The manual BiDi and X head calibrations are time- consuming and can be error-prone, but is necessary when calibrating transparent media or other media that the printer’s digital image sensor cannot cali- brate.

Before calibrating the printer, first clean the printhead jets. See “Loading Roll-Fed Media” on page 3-16for tips on detecting and recovering missing jets.

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 Calibrations.

4.Press the  (Menu In) key.

The Manual Calibration menu consists of these options:

◆Manual BiDi Registration (page 4-11)— the manual ver- sion of AutoBiDi Calibration.

◆Manual X Head Registration (page 4-9)— the manual version of AutoH2H Calibration.

◆Manual Jet Mapping (page 4-13)— the manual version of AutoJet.

◆Jet Status Lines (page 4-19)— prints a quick test pat- tern that shows which jets are out.

◆Default Registration Data (page 4-19)— sets all regis- tration data to zero.

After calibration and jet mapping, perform a linearization or color calibration (as supported by your print server or RIP). For further information, see “Linearization” on page 4-24.

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Manual Calibrations