Figure 4-4. Black Head Angle Adjustment Sample - Epson Stylus Pro Service Manual

Adjustments
1. Connect the PC to the target printer, and turn the printer on.
2. Execute BASIC on the PC and run the program "VERxxx.BAS."
1. Destination Setting
2. Head Angle Confirmation Pattern Printing
(Black Head Spacer Selection)
3. Head Vertical Position Confirmation
4. Head Gap Adjustment
5. Bi-D Adjustment
6. Internal Timer Reset
7. END
3. When the main menu appears, choose "Head Angle Confirmation Pattern Printing" by typing
2 and ENTER. (The printer prints the check pattern, along with the sample name. )
When replacing both the black and color heads, always adjust the color head angle first.
The black head angle is based on the color head angle.
After you replace the black head and print the black head angle pattern, you only have
to insert an angular spacer if the pattern is incorrect.
4. The printer prints a pattern like one in the following sample. Only the nozzles in rows A and
D are fired (making it is easy to see the angle of the black head).
Black Head Angle Adjustment

Figure 4-4. Black Head Angle Adjustment Sample

5. In the figure above, pay attention to position A. (Do not look at position B.)
6. Using the following flowchart, replace the angular spacer for the black head, which is under
the right linear spacer. The procedure for this replacement is explained beginning with step 7.
Replace the right
angular spacer with
a thinner one.
4-6
WARNING
B
Check position A.
Position A
Figure 4-5. Spacer Selection
A
Position A
Replace the right
angular spacer with
a thicker one.
Stylus Pro XL
Rev. A