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Manual Bidirectional Registration 4-9
Manual Bidirectional
Registration
Bidirectional registration is a method to align each of the car-
tridges so that dot placement is accurate in both directions along
the X axis (along the direction of print head travel).
The bidirectional registration pattern consists of a series of verti-
cal lines. Half the pixels in this pattern are printed in one direc-
tion, half of them in the other direction. When the pixels are
accurately aligned, the pattern is clear. When the dots are not
aligned, the pattern appears fuzzy and ill-defined.
1. When loading fabric, begin with step 7.
2. Press
a
(Options) on the control panel to display the menus.
3. Press the
c
key to highlight the
Calibrate Printer
option.
4. Press
f
(Proceed) to display the Calibrate Printer menu.
5. Press the
c
key repeatedly to highlight the
EXPERT SET-
TINGS
option.
6. Press
f
(Proceed) to display the EXPERT SETTINGS menu.
7. Press
f
(Proceed) to select Manual BiDi Registration, the
default option.
The control panel displays this prompt:
Print a calibration
page now?
8. Press
f
(Proceed).
9. Press the
b
or
c
keys to select the Extra-Coarse, Coarse,
Medium, or Fine pattern.
10. Press
f
(Proceed).
The printer prints a calibration page.
11. When the calibration page has printed, the control panel dis-
plays this prompt:
BIDI REG
HEAD1 0
12. Examine the BiDi Registration pattern for the current head,
and determine which pattern is the closest to perfectly
aligned.
Use a printer’s loupe to select the pattern, since the lines in
the patterns may be difficult to discern otherwise.