Selecting The Print Direction - Oce CS 5050 User Manual

Selecting the print direction

The print direction determines whether the inkjets fire on both passes of the
carriage over the print area (bi-directional), or simply on the return pass
(unidirectional).
Unidirectional
image with solid fills and blends.
Bi-directional
more important.
To change the print direction
Press
1 Setup/Print Mode/Print Direction
Choose
2
Press
3 OK
When printing in bi-directional mode, the velocity of the carriage can cause
certain dots to miss the target area on the media. To alleviate this problem, use
the
colour deadband compensation
colour deadband test pattern lets you check the velocity deadband values and
adjust them for best printing results (see 'To print the colour deadband test
pattern' on page 38).
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printing can reduce running and ink bleeding if you have an
printing can decrease your printing time if printer speed is
or
Unidirectional Bidirectional
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feature to fine-tune dot placement. The