Manual BiDi Registration Bidirectional registration is a method to align each of the print- heads so that dot placement is accurate in both directions along the X axis (along the direction of printhead travel).
The bidirectional registration pattern consists of a series of vertical lines. Half the pixels in this pattern are printed in one direc- tion, half of them in the other direction. When the pixels are accurately aligned, the pattern is clear. When the dots are not aligned, the pattern appears fuzzy and
Note AutoBiDi Calibration is the automatic version of this calibration. Try AutoBiDi first before running this manual calibration (see “Auto Calibrations” on page
1.Press the Calibrate key from the Front Page screen, then press Manual Calibrations in the menu.
1.Press Manual BiDi Registration on the menu. The control panel displays this prompt:
Print a manual bidi registration page?
2.Press ! (Proceed).
The printer prints the calibration pattern you selected.
3.When the calibration page has printed, the control panel dis- plays this prompt:
Bidi registration
Head 1: 0
4.Examine the BiDi Registration pattern for the current head, and determine which pattern is the closest to perfectly aligned.
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