Auto Adjustment Method; Print Quality Calibration - MUTOH XpertJet XPJ-1641SR Training Manual

5. Unpacking and Initial Setup
5.8. Setting the Printing Precision (4/13)
Calibrating your printer
Head alignment (XPJ-1682SR Only)

Auto Adjustment Method

1. Select the adjustment pattern from "ALL", "Standard", or any specific pattern
between "Adjust Pattern A" and "Adjust Pattern F".
・ The selected adjustment pattern is printed.
・ The printer scans the print using the embedded color sensor, then automatically
corrects the dot placement.
2. Once successfully completed, the message "Auto Adjust Succeeded End->Enter" will
appear on the panel.
・ If failed, the message "Auto Adjust Failed End -> Enter" will appear on the panel.
Tap [Enter] to end the adjustment.
・ Try Auto Adjust again or perform Standard or Custom adjustment.
3. Tap [Enter] to exit the menu.
・ If failed in the middle of the calibration, the adjustment value for the pattern which
has been successfully calibrated will be saved in the printer, but the adjustment
value for the pattern which has been failed to calibrate or has not been calibrated yet
will not be saved in the printer.
・ Warm up the heater before printing the Adjustment pattern.
"Skip Heater Warm Up? No" is displayed on the front panel.
・ You can start printing while the printer is warming up.
・ If print defects (like banding or grainy look) still appear on the print, try an auto
calibration again, or go to "Adjust Print1/ Standard" or "Adjust Print2/ Custom" to
perform calibration.
・ If a roll media starts to cockle during calibration, load the media again.
While "Warming Up" is displayed, do not touch Media guide.
You could burn yourself.
CSTM-XPJ16xxSR(E)_1.00
cf. Operation Manual(Rev.01-p.98)
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Print quality calibration

Before printing an image on your printer for the first time, follow these steps to
calibrate your printer to ensure accurate print quality.
This menu calibrates the dot placement of bidirectional printing. Print the alignment
pattern to see if dot placement is perfectly aligned.
If misaligned, enter the alignment value to correct the accuracy of dot placement.
・ If you are suffering from print quality defects after changing installation site or a roll
media loaded on the printer, perform the print quality calibration.
・ If you change the user type after performing the Standard calibration, you need to
perform the print quality calibration for the print mode chosen.
・ Since all print modes are adjusted at once after performing Custom adjust print,
adjust print is not required even after changing the print mode.
When specifying a print mode for RIP software, etc, that is different from the mode
set in the user type setting, perform Custom head adjustment and check all patterns
(A to F), and then adjust any patterns that are misaligned beforehand.
・ If you experience following problems, the head alignment can help to improve print
quality:
・ Print quality is poor when using the uni-direction print mode.
・ Print quality does not improve by print quality calibration.
・ After you have performed head adjustment, make sure you perform print quality
adjustment.
There may be misalignment caused by head adjustment.
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