Adjustingthefeedamount
AdjustingtheFeedAmountManually
Ifprintedimagesareaffectedbybandingindifferentcolors,adjusttheamountthatpaperisfed.
Thistopicdescribeshowtoadjustthefeedamountmanually.
Whenusinghighlytransparentmediaforwhichautomaticadjustmentisnotsupported,adjustthefeedamount
manually.Werecommendautomaticadjustmentforothertypesofmedia.Forinstructionsonautomatic
adjustment,see“AdjustingtheFeedAmountAutomatically”.(→P.587)
Note
•Toadjustthemeasurementscaleandensureaccuracy(sothatlinesinCADdrawingsareprinted
atexactlytherightlength,forexample),specifytheamountofpaperstretchingorshrinkagewhen
adjustingthefeedamount.(→P.594)
Important
•Usepaperofthesametypeandsizeforadjustmentasyouwilluseforprinting.
Followthestepsbelowtoadjustthefeedamountmanually.
1.LoadunusedpaperLetter-sizedorlarger.
TwosheetsarerequiredwhenAdjustBandisselected,andonesheetisrequiredwhenAdj
FarEdFeedisselected.
•LoadingRollsontheRollHolder(→P.114)
•LoadingRollsintheRollFeedUnit(→P.116)
•LoadingtheRollinthePrinter(→P.117)
•LoadingSheetsintheCassette(→P.152)
•LoadingSheetsManually(→P.155)
Note
•Alwaysselectthepapertypewhenloadingpaper.Usingpaperthatyouhavenotselectedonthe
printermaycausefeedingproblemsandaffecttheprintingquality.
(→P.146)
(→P.112)
(→P.147)
2.Printatestpatternandchoosetheadjustmentvalue.(→P.591)
Therearetwotypesoftestpatternforadjustingthefeedamount,asfollows.Witheithertype,
youwillfollowthesamestepsinprintingthepatternandchoosinganadjustmentvalue.
•Testpatternforfeedamountadjustmentbyadjustingbands(ManualBandAdj>AdjustBand)
•Testpatternforadjustingthefeedamountforthetrailingedge(ManualBandAdj>AdjFarEd
Feed)
Note
•Whenyouprinttestpatternsonsheets,twosheetsarerequiredforthetestpatternforband
adjustmentandonesheetforthetestpatternforfeedadjustmentofthetrailingedge.
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