4. Perform position adjustment of the feed direction (reduce horizontal stripes).
Feed direction means the feed direction of the media. Perform the correction adjusting to the media in advance because horizontal strips are more likely to occur during printing when the movement distance of the media changes subtly depending on the media's thickness.
Procedure
Press [◀] to select "SET".
Press [ENTER] to confirm your entry.
Printing of the test pattern starts.
You can select "NEXT" and press [ENTER] to skip the current menu and proceed to the next menu.
Press [ENTER].
View the printed test pattern, and then determine the correction value.
The current correction value () is that of the figure indicated by "." Select the value to make the gap () and overlap () between the upper/lower squares smallest. In the case of the following figure, select "-0.40." When you cannot choose between two sequential numbers, specify a value that is between them.
Press [▲] or [▼] to select the correction value.
Press [ENTER] to confirm your entry.
Press [◀] to select "YES".
Press [ENTER] to confirm your entry.
The test pattern is printed again. Check that the gap and overlap are the smallest for the figure indicated by "" (that is, the current correction value). If the gap and overlap are smaller for another figure, return to step 5. to perform the setting again.
If you do not need to change the correction value, press [ENTER] again.