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Chapter 4: A Wide Variety of Operations

4-5 Making Corrections for Printing
Bidirectional Correction

This adjusts for misalignment that occurs during bidirectional printing. Perform adjustment for bidirectional correction

in situations such as the following.

• When media is replaced with a different type

• When the head height has been adjusted

• When using in a location subject to large changes in temperature

Setting Adjustment Value

1

Press the [MENU] key, and press the [ ] key

to make the following screen appear on the dis-

play.

2

Press the [ ] key to make the following screen

appear on the display.

3

Press the [ENTER] key to start printing a test

pattern.

After the printing test has finished, the media is fed to a
position that lets you to view the test pattern.
4

Check the test pattern and choose adjustment

value (a value with no displacement).

5

Check the adjustment value, then press the

[ENTER] key.

The media returns to its position when the printing test
ended.
Bidirectional correction is enabled only when performing bidirectional printing.
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(The value with no
displacement)
MENUADJUST BI-DIR
ADJUST BI-DIR
TEST PRINT
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