Bi-D (Bidirectional Printing) Alignment Adjustment - Epson Stylus 1500 Service Manual

Adjustments

4.1.7 Bi-D (Bidirectional Printing) Alignment Adjustment

The bidirectional adjustment is required when the printer mechanism, main board, or printhead (board) is
replaced, or when the carriage mechanism is disassembled. Performing this adjustment sets a compensation
value to correct for deviations in the print position. The deviation can be caused by different print speeds, by
tolerances in the mechanical components, or by differences in print timing between odd- and even-numbered
lines in bidirectional printing. The printer stores the compensation data in the EEPROM on the C172 MAIN
board and refers to this data when performing bidirectional printing. Make the adjustment using the
adjustment program, and set the Adjustment mode ID = 4 (100 CPS), 5 (200 CPS), and 6 (100 CPS) on the
control panel (see Section 1.4.5).
1. Connect a PC to the target printer using a parallel interface cable, and turn the printer on.
2. Load BASIC on the PC and run the program ST1500.BAS. Then the main menu appears, as shown
below:
Customer Data
Printer Setting[********]
3. Using Table 4-3, input the appropriate 8-digit ID number for the destination as the printer setting for
"Customer Data." (For example, EAI: 20000A00 ). Then the main menu appears, as shown below.
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Customer Data <********> 95/**/**
<< Menu 1 >>
Head Data Writing
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Black Head Angle Adj.
Uni-D Adj.
Bi-D Adj.
Color Head Angle Adj.
Select:<Up> or <Down> Go:<SPACE> or <ENTER> Change menu:<1> or <2>
4.
Move the cursor to "Bi-D Adj." by pressing 1, 2, , and
5. Press SPACE and ENTER to enter the adjustment mode. The adjustment selection menu appears, as
shown below
<Bi-D Adjustment>
400 CPS ..... 1
200 CPS ..... 2
100 CPS ..... 3
Select speed
END
6. Choose the number for printer speed you are using for the adjustment. If you choose 1, the Bi-D
adjustment pattern is printed out at 400 cps, as shown in the next illustration.
4-16
..... ENTER
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<<Menu 2>>
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Color Ink Counter Rest
END
Destination Data Writing only
Initial Black Ink Charging
Black - Color HV Adj.
Head Gap Adj.
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