2 Basic Operation

Bidirectional Correction

* Only when the printing direction at the [PRINT QUALITY] menu has been set to [BI-DIRECTION] (bidirectional)

This adjusts slippage when performing bidirectional printing.

Make this adjustment when you have replaced the material with a different type or adjusted the head height.

1

3

Press the [MENU] key and [ ] key to make the following screen appear on the display.

MENU

BIDIRECTION

Press the [ENTER] key to start printing a test pattern.

2

4

Press the [ ] key to make the following screen appear on the display.

BIDIRECTION

TEST PRINT

Check the test pattern and choose a value with no displacement.

Test pattern

To check the correction value for the high-speed mode (when [ENABLE] is selected for [HIGHSPEED MODE]), examine the upper row. To check the correction value for the normal mode (when [DISABLE] is selected for [HIGHSPEED MODE]), examine the lower row.

Value with no displacement

Current setting

+11 +10 +9 +8 +7 +6 +5 +4 +3 +2 +1

0

-1 -2 -3 -4 -5

 

-6

-7

-8

-9

-10

-11

-12

-13

-14

-15

-16

-17

-18

-19

-20

-21

-22

-23

-24

-25

-26

-27

-28

-29

-30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+15 +14 +13 +12 +11 +10

+9

+8

+7

+6

+5

 

+4

 

+3

 

+2

 

+1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-1

 

 

-2

 

-3

 

-4

 

 

-5

 

 

-6

 

 

-7

 

 

-8

 

 

-9

 

 

-10

-11

-12

-13

-14

-15

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Value with no displacement

Current setting

5

7

Press the [ ] key to make the following screen appear on the display.

BIDIRECTION

ADJUST

High-speed mode

BIDIRECTION

ADJUST(HS)

Use the [ ] and [ ] keys to set the value you checked in step 4, then press the [ENTER] key.

6

Press the [

] key to make the following screen

appear on the display.

ADJUST

+0 +0

High-speed mode

ADJUST(HS)

+0 +0

ADJUST

+0 +5

-15 to +15 (In steps of 1)

High-speed mode

ADJUST(HS)

+0 +7

-30 to +30 (In steps of 1)

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