When to Calibrate
When to run | Calibration | Function |
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When printing a large group of print | Automatic jet maintenance during | |
jobs |
| extended printing periods. |
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When loading a new media (but not | Linearization (see documentation | Linearization of colors. |
when loading a new roll of the same | for |
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media) |
| Note: For maximum accuracy, the |
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| photodiode must be cooled by its |
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| fan before reading color patches. If |
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| the left UV curing lamp has been on |
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| for longer than 10 minutes, the pho- |
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| todiode cooling fan runs for 12 min- |
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| utes before taking readings; |
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| otherwise the fan runs for 7.5 min- |
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| utes. The control panel displays a |
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| countdown timer while the photo- |
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| diode is cooling. |
Banding | Calibrates the media advance. | |
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Poor output quality (apparent mis- | Calibrates the printhead positions | |
registration of colors, banding) |
| and inkjets. You can also run the |
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| Manual Calibrations if necessary. |
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When printheads have been moved | Head calibrations. Run Manual | |
or replaced | when calibrating transparent or | |
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| other media that the onboard digital |
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| image sensor cannot calibrate. |
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If Auto Calibrations do not improve | Aligns printheads, allows you to | |
print quality, or if printing on trans- |
| map out specific inkjets. Not nor- |
parent or other media that cannot |
| mally needed except when printing |
be detected by the printer |
| on “invisible” media. |
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When to Calibrate |