Printhead Calibration 3

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1 3 3 Printhead Calibration 3-2 Printhead Nozzle Position Adjustment 3-2 Printhead to Printhead Calibration

2 Printhead Calibration To ensure that the Printheads print correctly without any Print Quality defects, the Printheads must first be calibrated. The calibration sequence includes: 1 Printhead Nozzle Position Adjustment. 2 Printhead to Printhead Calibration. Printhead Nozzle Position Adjustment Perform the Printhead Nozzle Position Adjustment as follows: 1 When the "Printer Ready" message appears on the Front Panel, press the Online key to take the printer offline. PRINTER READY ROLL: 64/PAPER 2 When the following screen is displayed on the Front Panel, press the Shift key twice. INK MEDIA MEDIA REG M.ADV 3 When the following screen is displayed on the Front Panel, Press the key to enter into the Adjust menu. PRINTER ADJUST SETUP HEATER 4 In the Adjust menu, scroll to "Test Prints" and press the OK key. > NOZZLE PRINT 5 In the Test Prints submenu, scroll to "Nozzle Pos Adj" and press the OK key. * NOZZLE POS ADJ 6 Press the OK key to confirm that you want to print the Printhead Nozzle Position pattern. * OK? 3-2

3 7 The Printhead Nozzle Position pattern will begin to print. Use section 1 to identify the printhead nozzle to be used as the reference. Use section 2 to determine the correction value for the other printheads. 8 Identify the line of the printhead nozzle closest to the print platen (indicated as A in the image). In this example, the printhead nozzle (that is closest to the print Platen) to be used as the reference is indicated as B in the image. 9 For each printhead line, identify the value where the reference printhead is aligned. In this example image, for the Magenta line the correction value is 1 (indicated as A in the image). 10 In the Adjustment submenu, scroll to "Nozzle Pos Val" and press the key. # NOZZLE POS VAL # Y >0 3-3

4 11 In the Nozzle Pos Val submenu, select the color of the Printhead that you would like to adjust and press the OK key. If you would like to exit the Nozzle Pos Val submenu, press the key. # NOZZLE POS VAL # M >0 The different colors of the Printheads are as follows: K - Black. Lm - Light Magenta. Lc - Light Cyan. M - Magenta. Y - Yellow. C - Cyan. 12 Use the and keys to change the digits and use the and keys to select the digits. The numerical value can be changed in a range of 0 to 8 (1 unit = 1 dot). # NOZZLE POS VAL # M * 1 13 Press the OK key once you have entered the new value. Printhead to Printhead Calibration Perform the Printhead to Printhead Calibration as follows: 1 When the "Printer Ready" message appears on the Front Panel, press the Online key to take the printer offline. PRINTER READY ROLL: 64/PAPER 2 When the following screen is displayed on the Front Panel, press the Shift key twice. INK MEDIA MEDIA REG M.ADV 3 When the following screen is displayed on the Front Panel, Press the key to enter into the Adjust menu. PRINTER ADJUST SETUP HEATER 3-4

5 4 In the Adjust menu, scroll to "Test Prints" and press the Ok key. > NOZZLE PRINT 5 In the Test Prints submenu, scroll to "PH To PH" and press the Ok key. * PH TO PH 6 Press the OK key to confirm that you want to print the Printhead to Printhead pattern. * OK? 7 The Printhead to Printhead pattern will begin to print. 8 In the Adjust menu, scroll to "PH to PH Val" and press the key. # PH TO PH VAL # Y >+00 9 In the PH to PH Val submenu, select the color of the Printhead that you would like to adjust and press the OK key. If you would like to exit the PH to PH Val submenu, press the key. # PH TO PH VAL # Lc >+00 The different colors of the Printheads are as follows: Lm - Light Magenta. Lc - Light Cyan. M - Magenta. Y - Yellow. C - Cyan. 3-5

6 10 In the Printhead to Printhead pattern, identify the value where the vertical black line and the color printhead lines are perfectly aligned. In the image below, the correct value for Lc is Use the and keys to change the digits and use the and keys to select the digits. The numerical value can be changed in a range of -32 to +31 (1 unit = 1 dot). # PH TO PH VAL # Lc * Press the OK key once you have entered the new value. 3-6