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4-6 Media Feed Calibration
Media Feed
Calibration
This calibration allows you to calibrate the accuracy of the
Media Feed process. You may want to do this when printed out-
put must be precise, as when tiling output. This calibration is
not included in the AutoSet process.
To perform this procedure you need a one-meter metric ruler.
1. Press the
a
(Options) key on the control panel to display the
menus.
2. Press the
c
key repeatedly to highlight the
Calibrate Printer
option.
3. Press the
e
(Menu Select) key to display the Calibrate Printer
menu.
4. Press the
c
key repeatedly to highlight the
Media Feed
Calibration
option.
5. Press
e
(Menu Select).
The control panel displays this prompt:
Print media feed
calibration marks?
6. Press
f
(Proceed).
The printer prints a calibration page.
7. When the calibration page has printed, cut it from the printer
and lay it on a flat surface.
8. Measure the distance between the cross-shaped targets
marked “MEDIA FEED CALIBRATION MARK.”
The distance should be exactly 900 mm.
9. Using the control panel, enter the measured distance.
You can enter the distance to a precision of 0.5 mm.
10. Press
f
(Proceed).
Media feed calibration is complete.