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AdjustingthePrinthead
CorrectingPrintMisalignment
Ifprintedverticallinesarewarpedorcolorsareoutofalignment,adjustthePrintheadalignment.Adjustthe
Printheadalignmentautomaticallyormanuallybyusingaprintedtestpattern.
Forinstructionsonautomaticadjustment,see“AdjustingthePrintheadAlignmentAutomatically”.(→P.646)
Forinstructionsonmanualadjustment,see“AdjustingthePrintheadAlignmentManually”.(→P.648)
AdjustingthePrintheadAlignmentAutomatically
Ifprintedverticallinesarewarpedorcolorsareoutofalignment,adjustthePrintheadalignment.Adjustthe
Printheadalignmentautomaticallyormanuallybyprintingandreadingatestpattern.
Therearetwomodesforautomaticadjustment:StandardAdj.andAdvancedAdj.StandardAdj.willx
mostslightimagedistortionorcolormisalignment,butifnot,tryAdvancedAdj.
Ifusingspecialmediaorprintingdoesnotimproveevenafterperformingautomaticadjustmentusing
advancedadjustment,trymanualadjustment.Forinstructionsonmanualadjustment,see“Adjustingthe
PrintheadAlignmentManually”.(→P.648)
FollowthesestepsforstandardautomaticadjustmentofthePrinthead.
1.Whenusingsheets,havethreeunusedsheetsA4/Letter-sizedorlargerreadywhenStandard
Adj.isselectedor11whenAdvancedAdj.isselected.
Whenusingaroll,loadaroll10inches(254mm)orwider.
•SettingtheRollontheRollHolder(→P.177)
•LoadingtheRollinthePrinter(→P.180)
•LoadingtheSheetinthePrinter(→P.210)
Note
•UseStandardAdj.ifyouhaveswitchedtoanothertypeofpaperorifyouwanttheboundaries
betweencolorstoappearasattractiveaspossible.
•UseAdvancedAdj.tone-tunethespacebetweennozzlesorcolorsifyouhaveswitchedthe
printheadorifyouwantprinteddocumentstoappearasvividaspossible.Werecommendusing
AdvancedAdj.forprintingatahigherlevelofimagequality.
•Alwaysmakesuretheloadedpapermatchesthemediatypesettingontheprinter.Adjustment
cannotbecompletedcorrectlyunlessthesettingvaluematchestheloadedpaper.
•Werecommendusingthetypeofpaperyouusemostoftenforadjustment.
•ThisfunctionisnotavailableforCADTracingPaper,CADTranslucentMatteFilm,orCADClear
Film.Ifadjustmentisnotpossibleasexpectedusinghighlytransparentlmorsimilarmedia,try
anothertypeofmediaoradjustthePrintheadalignmentmanually.(→P.648)
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