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Manual alignment, Check substrate porosity

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Manual alignment To request a manual printhead alignment from the front panel, select the icon, then select Image quality maintenance > Align printheads > Manual PH alignment > Print alignment pattern. To request manual printhead alignment from the Embedded Web Server, select the Setup tab, then select Printhead alignment > Manual printhead alignment > Print. The printer prints 17 rows labelled from A to Q. Inspect the print and write down the number of the straightest line in each row (for example, A:9). When you have done this, enter the correction values into the front panel or the Embedded Web Server. To enter the correction values in the front panel, select the icon, then select Image quality maintenance > Align printheads > Manual PH alignment > Enter correction values. Enter each value into the window labelled with the same letter as the corresponding pattern. To enter the correction values in the Embedded Web Server, select the Setup tab, then select Printhead alignment > Manual printhead alignment, and enter each value into the window labelled with the same letter as the corresponding pattern. Check substrate porosity To check the porosity of your substrate, proceed as follows. 1. If the printer has any substrate loaded, unload it. 2. Cut a piece of self-adhesive vinyl white gloss 15 × 50 mm (0.6 × 2 in) in size. 3. Stick it to the platen as shown. 4. Load the substrate that you want to check. 5. Open your RIP software. 12 Chapter 4 Hardware maintenance ENWW

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Manual alignment
To request a manual printhead alignment from the front panel, select the
icon, then select
Image quality
maintenance
>
Align printheads
>
Manual PH alignment
>
Print alignment pattern
.
To request manual printhead alignment from the Embedded Web Server, select the
Setup
tab, then select
Printhead alignment
>
Manual printhead alignment
>
Print
.
The printer prints 17 rows labelled from A to Q. Inspect the print and write down the number of the
straightest line in each row (for example, A:9).
When you have done this, enter the correction values into the front panel or the Embedded Web Server.
To enter the correction values in the front panel, select the
icon, then select
Image quality maintenance
>
Align printheads
>
Manual PH alignment
>
Enter correction values
. Enter each value into the window
labelled with the same letter as the corresponding pattern.
To enter the correction values in the Embedded Web Server, select the
Setup
tab, then select
Printhead
alignment
>
Manual printhead alignment
, and enter each value into the window labelled with the same
letter as the corresponding pattern.
Check substrate porosity
To check the porosity of your substrate, proceed as follows.
1.
If the printer has any substrate loaded, unload it.
2.
Cut a piece of self-adhesive vinyl white gloss 15
×
50 mm (0.6
×
2 in) in size.
3.
Stick it to the platen as shown.
4.
Load the substrate that you want to check.
5.
Open your RIP software.
12
Chapter 4
Hardware maintenance
ENWW