Head Gap Adjustment - Epson STYLUS COLOR 3000 Service Manual

Adjustment

Head Gap Adjustment

This operation vertically aligns the black and color printheads when one or both are removed or replaced.
1. Connect the printer to the host computer with a parallel interface cable.
2. Run the adjustment program on the host computer.
3. Enter the market setting (Refer to page 4-4).
4. Select Adjustment & Check from the main menu and press Enter; the Adjustment & Check menu
appears.
5. Select Gap and press Enter; the printer prints the head gap adjustment patterns in LQ and SLQ mode.
6. Follow the flowchart on Page 4-11 to align the black and color lines. Adjust the gaps until they meet
these criteria:
LQ mode:
SLQ mode:
7. The following options are available in the Gap screen:
[0] Corrects values if you input wrong values.
[SPACE] Print to view the results.
[ENTER] Quit the operation and return to the Adjustment and Check menu.
[ESC] Return to the Adjustment and Check menu without changing the current values.
8. After returning to the adjustment and Check menu, you may:


Return to the main menu: select Return and press Enter.


Perform other adjustments: select the desired adjustment and press Enter.
9. To exit the adjustment program, return to the main menu, select END and press Enter.
4-10
Less than 1/3 of the line width
Less than 1/4 of the line width
EPSON Stylus Color 3000 Service Manual