Canon 2159B002 Printer User Manual


 
AdjustingthePrinthead
Maintenance
AdjustingthePrinthead
CorrectingPrintMisalignment
Ifprintedverticallinesarewarpedorcolorsareoutofalignment,adjustthePrintheadalignment.Adjustthe
Printheadalignmentautomaticallyormanuallybyusingaprintedtestpattern.
Forinstructionsonautomaticadjustment,see“AdjustingthePrintheadAlignmentAutomatically”.(→P.599)
Forinstructionsonmanualadjustment,see“AdjustingthePrintheadAlignmentManually”.(→P.601)
AdjustingthePrintheadAlignmentAutomatically
Ifprintedverticallinesarewarpedorcolorsareoutofalignment,adjustthePrintheadalignment.Adjustthe
Printheadalignmentautomaticallyormanuallybyprintingandreadingatestpattern.
Therearetwomodesforautomaticadjustment:StandardAdj.andAdvancedAdj.StandardAdj.willx
mostslightimagedistortionorcolormisalignment,butifnot,tryAdvancedAdj.
Ifusingspecialmediaorprintingdoesnotimproveevenafterperformingautomaticadjustmentusing
advancedadjustment,trymanualadjustment.Forinstructionsonmanualadjustment,see“Adjustingthe
PrintheadAlignmentManually”.(→P.601)
FollowthesestepsforstandardautomaticadjustmentofthePrinthead.
1.PrepareoneunusedsheetA4/Letter-sizedorlargerwhenStandardAdj.isselectedorve
whenAdvancedAdj.isselected.
Whenusingaroll,loadaroll10inches(254mm)orwider.
LoadingSheetsintheCassette(→P.162)
LoadingSheetsManually(→P.165)
LoadingRollontheRollHolder(→P.121)
LoadingRollsintheRollFeedUnit(→P.124)
Note
UseStandardAdj.ifyouhaveswitchedtoanothertypeofpaperorifyouwanttheboundaries
betweencolorstoappearasattractiveaspossible.
UseAdvancedAdj.tone-tunethespacebetweennozzlesorcolorsifyouhaveswitchedthe
printheadorifyouwantprinteddocumentstoappearasvividaspossible.Werecommendusing
AdvancedAdj.forprintingatahigherlevelofimagequality.
Alwaysmakesuretheloadedpapermatchesthemediatypesettingontheprinter.Adjustment
cannotbecompletedcorrectlyunlessthesettingvaluematchestheloadedpaper.
Werecommendusingthetypeofpaperyouusemostoftenforadjustment.
ThisfunctionisnotavailableforCADTracingPaper,CADTranslucentMatteFilmorCADClearFilm.
Ifadjustmentisnotpossibleasexpectedusinghighlytransparentlmorsimilarmedia,tryanother
typeofmediaoradjustthePrintheadalignmentmanually.(P.601)
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