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Recalibrating the printer for accuracy
When to recalibrate the printer
Your printer was calibrated at the factory to ensure that it operates with the greatest
accuracy in normal environmental conditions. If you are operating under
significantly different conditions, you should recalibrate the printer as explained
here. The printer’s environmental specifications are given on page 10–5. You may
also need to recalibrate the printer if you have image quality problems.
Before recalibrating the printer, you should always print the Print Quality Test
Print, to verify that you do have image quality problems. This is carried out by
pressing the front panel keys
Form Feed and Media Source, and is described on
page 5–12. If you need to recalibrate the printer, you will be told so in the Print
Quality Test procedure. You should recalibrate the printer after replacing any
cartridge that shows signs of failing:
If the vertical lines at bias 0 in Test 3 of the Print Quality Test Print are not
perfectly straight
If the test patterns in Test 4 show alignment problems
If the long vertical stripe at the left side of the print shows banding errors.
To recalibrate the printer
1 Set the media type to
Sheet. If recalibrating for a non-standard media type, use
that type. Otherwise use only HP-Matte Film. Plastic-based media is more
dimensionally stable than paper-based media.
2 Your media must be either E/A0 or D/A1 size. Load the media following the
instructions in Chapter 2. Be sure to select
Coated as the media type in the front
panel.
3 Let the media stabilize at the ambient temperature and humidity of the printer for
10 minutes.
4 To recalibrate, press the
Form Feed and Reprint keys on the front panel.
5 When the calibration print has finished, remove it (
1). The print has large arrows
on one side, and a dotted line across it.
Reconfiguring your printer
Recalibrating the printer for accuracy
RECONFIG–
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