Epson Stylus Pro 4000 Field Repair Manual page 205

Stylus Pro 4000 Field Repair Guide
Horizontal Under-lap:
Illusion of Continuous Tone. A term that refers to "fooling" the human eye into perceiving a dot matrix image as a
Ink Color Contamination:
Ink Impurities:
Margin Shift:
Mechanical Alignments:
Media:
Metamerism:
Micro Weave:
Moiré Pattern:
Over Saturation:
Paint Brush Effect:
Pigment Ink:
Glossary
A type of horizontal banding, where multiple print head passes have a space
between them. The banding looks lighter than the intended image. Multiple passes of
the print head should place ink on the paper exactly next to earlier passes with no
space in between.
photograph (continuous tone image). Epson ink jet printers are not continuous tone
printers. However, when working properly, their printed images fool the human eye
into seeing continuous tone transitions
The intended color of the ink supply has been altered.
Foreign objects in the ink supply.
A term that refers to an image with irregular right and left side margins.
Printer adjustments, that requires physically moving parts of the mechanism.
The surface that is being printed on, usually paper.
The different appearance of colors caused by different light sources and viewing
angles
The way an Epson Ink Jet printer interlaces (weaves) bands of and image during
printing.
A repetitive pattern, within an image, which is not intended. I can appear like a pais-
ley or herringbone pattern.
Too much ink has been applied to the printable surface for the media to support.
Something horizontally across the printed surface, that was not intended. Usually
caused by an ink soaked fiber hanging off the print head.
Ink that deposits colored particles (pigment) on the printed surface to create an
image. It is more durable than dye based ink, but does not have as wide a color
range (gamut).
Printer Component, Software Item, LCD Display, Printer Button
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