Skew
One printhead houses the four color planes. The black plane is aligned to the printer, and the other color planes are
internally aligned to black. Electronic alignment fine tunes the alignment of the color planes to the black plane once
the printhead is installed. See
must be performed before color skew adjustment is attempted. The following illustration shows proper alignment
versus skewed alignment.
Quick Test
The Quick Test contains the following information:
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Print registration settings
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Alignment diamonds at the left, right, top, and bottom
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Horizontal lines to check for skew
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General printer information, including current page count, installed memory, serial number, and code level
"Alignment Menu" on page 168
Service menus
or instructions on setting printhead alignment. This
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