Correcting for Misalignment in Bidirectional Printing (Simple)

This adjustment is necessary in the following situations.

IMPORTANT:

You must perform this adjustment to match the object to be printed on. Pay attention to the following points.

  • When printing a test pattern, use the actual object to be printed on or something that has the same height.
  • The size of the (simple) test pattern is 300 × 50 mm (11.8 × 2 in.). Ensure that the object to be printed on is large enough to print the test pattern.
  1. Press MENU.
  2. Press ▼ several times to display the screen shown below.


  3. Press ▶ to display the screen shown below.


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


  6. View the printed test pattern, and then determine the correction value.

    Select the value that gives the least misalignment between the two lines. In the case of the following figure, select "−6." 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").



  7. Press ▲ or ▼ to select the correction value.
  8. Press ENTER to confirm your entry.
  9. Press ◀ or ▲ 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.
    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, then ◀ to go back to the original screen.
    MEMO:

    If the print quality does not improve even after you make these corrections, perform the "ADJUST BI-DIR DETAIL SETTING" operation.