Filter
Top Products
AdjustingthePrinthead
AdjustmentsforBetterPrintQuality
AdjustingthePrinthead
CorrectingPrintMisalignment
Ifprintedverticallinesarewarpedorcolorsareoutofalignment,adjustthePrintheadalignment.Adjustthe
Printheadalignmentautomaticallyormanuallybyusingaprintedtestpattern.
Forinstructionsonautomaticadjustment,see“AdjustingthePrintheadAlignmentAutomatically”.(→P.572)
Forinstructionsonmanualadjustment,see“AdjustingthePrintheadAlignmentManually”.(→P.574)
AdjustingthePrintheadAlignmentAutomatically
Ifprintedverticallinesarewarpedorcolorsareoutofalignment,adjustthePrintheadalignment.Adjustthe
Printheadalignmentautomaticallyormanuallybyprintingandreadingatestpattern.
Therearetwomodesforautomaticadjustment:StandardAdj.andAdvancedAdj..StandardAdj.willx
mostslightimagedistortionorcolormisalignment,butifnot,tryAdvancedAdj..
Ifusingspecialmediaorprintingdoesnotimproveevenafterperformingautomaticadjustmentusing
advancedadjustment,trymanualadjustment.Forinstructionsonmanualadjustment,see“Adjustingthe
PrintheadAlignmentManually”.(→P.574)
FollowthesestepsforstandardautomaticadjustmentofthePrinthead.
1.Whenusingsheets,havetwounusedsheetsA4/Letter-sizedorlargerreadywhenStandard
Adj.isselectedor8whenAdvancedAdj.isselected.
Whenusingaroll,loadaroll10inches(254mm)orwider.
•LoadingSheetsManually(→P.151)
•LoadingRollsontheRollHolder(→P.119)
•LoadingRollsintheRollFeedUnit(→P.121)
•LoadingtheRollinthePrinter(→P.122)
Note
•UseStandardAdj.ifyouhaveswitchedtoanothertypeofpaperorifyouwanttheboundaries
betweencolorstoappearasattractiveaspossible.
•UseAdvancedAdj.tone-tunethespacebetweennozzlesorcolorsifyouhaveswitchedthe
printheadorifyouwantprinteddocumentstoappearasvividaspossible.Werecommendusing
AdvancedAdj.forprintingatahigherlevelofimagequality.
•Alwaysmakesuretheloadedpapermatchesthemediatypesettingontheprinter.Adjustment
cannotbecompletedcorrectlyunlessthesettingvaluematchestheloadedpaper.
•Werecommendusingthetypeofpaperyouusemostoftenforadjustment.
•ThisfunctionisnotavailableforCADTracingPaper,CADTranslucentMatteFilm,orCADClear
Film.Ifadjustmentisnotpossibleasexpectedusinghighlytransparentlmorsimilarmedia,try
anothertypeofmediaoradjustthePrintheadalignmentmanually.(→P.574)
572AdjustmentsforBetterPrintQuality