Accurately Adjusting the Misalignment of the Ink Landing Position

This adjusts the landing position of the ink discharged from the print heads. You can make adjustments more accurately than "MEDIA GAP ADJ SIMPLE SETTING". The landing position varies according to the print head height and the thickness of the media, so we recommend that you make corrections to match the media you are using.

First, print a test pattern, and then determine and enter the correction value. After entering the correction value, print a test pattern again and check the correction results.

This adjustment must be performed in the following cases.

  • When using this machine for the first time

  • When changing the media to use

  • When you have changed the print-head height

  • When printing does not improve with "MEDIA GAP ADJ SIMPLE SETTING"

Procedure
  1. Press [MENU].
  2. Press [▼] several times to display the screen shown below.


  3. Press [▶], then [▲] to display the screen shown below.


  4. Press [▶] to display the screen shown below.


  5. Press [ENTER].
    Printing of the test pattern starts.
  6. When printing is finished, press [▼], then [▶] to display the screen shown below.


  7. View the printed test pattern, and then determine correction values from "MEDIA GAP ADJ. NO. 1" to "MEDIA GAP ADJ. NO. 4."
    Select the value that gives the least misalignment between the two lines. In the case of the following figure, select "+5" for NO. 1. When you cannot choose between two sequential numbers, select a value that is between them (you can set correction values in units of "0.5").


  8. Set the correction values from "NO. 1" to "NO. 4."
    1. Press [◀] or [▶] to select NO. 1 to NO. 4.
    2. Press [▲] or [▼] to select the correction value.


    3. When you have finished setting the correction values, press [ENTER].
      The screen shown below appears again.


  9. Press [▼] to display the screen shown below.


  10. Press [ENTER].
    Printing of the test pattern starts.
  11. Check the test pattern to see whether the correction was successful.
    For all the correction values, check that the misalignment is minimized for the two vertical lines indicated by (that is, the current correction value). If the misalignment is smaller for another set of vertical lines, set the correction value again.
  12. When you have successfully performed the correction, press [MENU] to go back to the original screen.