Printer Adjustments - IBM 3 User Manual

Printer Adjustments

You can make adjustments to your printer to maintain print quality. The
adjustments can be set and then tested by running a print test without having to
exit the menu. There is a set of printer adjustment parameters for each forms path:
Front, Rear, Bin 1, Bin 2, Bin 3, and Manual. Chapter 11, "Printer Adjustments"
describes the procedures for checking and changing the values of the printer
adjustments. The following are the available printer adjustment parameters:
v Front Automatic Forms Thickness Adjustment (AFTA)
v Front Tear Position
v Front Left Margin Alignment
v Front Paper Load Position
v Rear Automatic Forms Thickness Adjustment (AFTA)
v Rear Tear Position
v Rear Left Margin Alignment
v Rear Paper Load Position
v ASF Bin 1 AFTA
v ASF Bin 1 Left Margin Alignment
v ASF Bin 1 Paper Load Position
v ASF Bin 2 AFTA
v ASF Bin 2 Left Margin Alignment
v ASF Bin 2 Paper Load Position
v ASF Bin 3 AFTA
v ASF Bin 3 Left Margin Alignment
v ASF Bin 3 Paper Load Position
v Manual Feed AFTA
v Manual Feed Left Margin Alignment
v Manual Feed Paper Load Position
v Bidirectional Adjustment (Available only in Operator Print Test Menu)
v Sensor Tune (Available only in Operator Print Test Menu)
v Quit From Menu (Available only in Operator Print Test Menu)
To check or change printer adjustments:
1. Press Test.
2. Press Scroll
3. Press Enter.
4. Press Scroll or Scroll until the desired value for Printer Adjustments is
5. Press Enter and change the values you wish to change.
6. Press Start to run a print test for acceptable quality and alignment.
7. Press Form Feed to see what you printed.
8. Press Cancel Print to make the printer ready or Return to make the printer not
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displayed.
If the quality is not acceptable, return to Step 3, otherwise, continue.
ready (see "General Test Instructions" on page 273).
until the printer displays