When to Calibrate

The printer features several types of calibrations. Some should be run routinely, others only when necessary:

When to run

Calibration

Function

 

 

 

When Purge-n-Wipe does not

AutoJet (page 4-3)

To identify and map out non-

recover all missing jets

or Manual Jet Mapping (page 4-13)

working jets.

 

 

 

When printing a large group of print

AutoTune (page 4-4)

Automatic jet maintenance during

jobs

 

extended printing periods

When loading a new media (but not when loading a new roll of the same media); after changing the head height

Media Feed or media feed adjust-

Media advance accuracy

ment during printing (page 4-6)

 

Auto Bidirectional (page 4-20)or Manual Bidirectional (page 4-11)

Head calibration, run Manual when calibrating transparent or other media that the onboard digital image sensor cannot calibrate

When loading a new media (but not when loading a new roll of the same media)

Color calibration (page 4-24or

Linearization of colors

third-party RIP manual)

 

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When to Calibrate