26User Setup Utility

Adjusting the printer’s vertical alignment

While in the User Setup Utility, select Adjust. from the menu bar.

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Current Adjustment Setting

TAB

= Next Box

SPACE

= Set Function

=Scroll up

=Scroll down

F4 = Test

F5 = Test ALL

= Menu Select

The above window is used to test and adjust the vertical alignment of the printer in each printing mode. You may never have to use the procedure described in this section, but after you have been using your printer for some time you may find that the dots of some graphics do not align correctly. For example, what should look like:

may come out looking like one of the following:

or like this:

This is caused when mechanical parts of the printer get out of alignment. This happens only rarely and you may never experience it at all throughout the life of the printer. If you do have problems, use the following procedure to correct it.

Select the box for the mode you want to adjust (by clicking inside it with the mouse or by moving to it by pressing Tab).

Press your computer’s F4 function key to produce a test printing for that mode, or press function key F5 to produce a test of all the printing modes.

The printer will print something that looks like the following and feed the paper so you can see the printout clearly.

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Star Micronics LC-90 NX-1010 user manual Adjusting the printer’s vertical alignment, Draft-10/12cpiCURRENT +10

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