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AdjustingthePrinthead
AdjustingthePrintheadAlignmentManually
Ifprintedverticallinesarewarpedorcolorsareoutofalignment,adjustthePrintheadalignment.Adjustthe
Printheadalignmentautomaticallyormanuallybyusingaprintedtestpattern.
YoucanadjustthePrintheadalignmentautomaticallyormanually.Normally,chooseautomaticadjustment.If
usingspecialmediaorprintingdoesnotimproveevenafterperformingautomaticadjustmentusingadvanced
adjustment,trymanualadjustment.Forinstructionsonautomaticadjustment,see“AdjustingthePrinthead
AlignmentAutomatically”.(→P.599)
FollowthesestepsforstandardmanualadjustmentofthePrinthead.
Note
•IfManualHeadAdjisunusablealthoughdisplayedinthemenu,chooseAdvancedAdj.inAutoHead
Adj.ManualHeadAdjisavailableinthemenuafteryoutryAutoHeadAdj.once.
1.Whenusingsheets,haveanunusedsheetA4/Letter-sizedorlargerready.
Whenusingaroll,loadaroll10inches(254mm)orwider.
•LoadingSheetsManually(→P.165)
•LoadingSheetsintheCassette(→P.162)
•LoadingRollontheRollHolder(→P.121)
•LoadingRollsintheRollFeedUnit(→P.124)
Note
•Alwaysmakesuretheloadedpapermatchesthemediatypesettingontheprinter.Adjustment
cannotbecompletedcorrectlyunlessthesettingvaluematchestheloadedpaper.
•Werecommendusingthetypeofpaperyouusemostoftenforfeedamountadjustment.
2.PresstheMenubuttontodisplayMAINMENU.
3.Press▲or▼toselectAdjustPrinter,andthenpressthe►button.
4.Press▲or▼toselectManualHeadAdj,andthenpressthe►button.
5.Press▲or▼toselectYes,andthenpresstheOKbutton.
Atestpatternisprintedforprintheadadjustment.
Note
•Ifpaperisfedautomaticallyandnorollisloaded,selectthemediasourceandclicktheOKbutton.
Additionally,whenCassetteisselectedasthepapersource,choosethetypeandsizeofpaper.
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