To perform paper feed adjustments use the menu on the printer and navigate to the following
location: Media Setup>Customize Settings>Media X,>Paper Feed Adjustment. If a RIP is being
used, these settings can be adjusted through the RIP software interface however it is recommended
that you use the control panel for the best results.
While the automatic method to complete the media feed adjustments is
the easiest and quickest, if this process does not complete due to the
type of media you are using or the results are not to your expectations, it
Feed Adjustment
□ Auto
□ Manual
is best to do a media feed adjustment MANUALLY. This will require
printing 1 pattern (“Primary 500 mm” or “Primary 20 inch”) from the
printer control panel and then measuring this pattern manually. See your [OK] Proceed [↖] Back
documentation for more information on this process.
With many media alignments, you should only need to do this process ONE TIME unless you see
print quality issues in the future or change the platen gap or other media settings.
Even though you complete a one‐time automatic or manual media feed
adjustment it is sometimes necessary to do a media feed adjustment on
the fly (while printing) during large print jobs. This is especially true when
printing in 1 pass or 2 pass modes. To do this, while the printer is printing,
press the media feed button and then use the up and down arrows to
Paper Feed Adjustment
‐0.50%
adjust the media. Increase the number if there are dark gaps and decrease Range: ‐5% ‐ +5%
the number if there are white gaps. The percentage adjustment should not [OK] Done
be large. If you plan to do many prints at this “adjusted” speed, you can put
this adjustment value into the RIP software and save the print mode so you don’t need to remember
to set the media with this setting. When done with the print job, be sure to then reset this setting on
the control panel to 0.0%.
Automatic Print Head Alignments.
Print head alignments will have a large impact on grain and banding.
Before Head Alignments
After Head Alignments
To perform head alignments, using the printer control panel, select Media Setup>Customize
Settings>Media X>Head Alignment
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