How do i calibrate my printer, Calibrate media advance – HP Designjet 8000 Printer series User Manual
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How do I calibrate my printer
You can adjust the mechanical and electrical settings of your printer based on a series of printed patterns.
These patterns allow you to calibrate your printer settings for the media you are using. Based on the results
of these patterns, you can optimize the performance of your printer.
Calibrate media advance
Your printer was calibrated at the factory to ensure that it advances the media accurately when using
supported media types in normal environmental conditions. However, you may find it useful to recalibrate
in certain circumstances:
●
Unsupported media: different media manufacturers provide media types with a wide range of
properties such as media thickness or stiffness, which may benefit from calibration. You can expect
the best print quality when using HP's recommended media types.
●
Abnormal but stable environmental conditions: if you are printing in unusual conditions of temperature
or humidity (see Tell me about…
Specifications
), and those conditions are expected to remain stable,
recalibration may be worthwhile.
However, media advance calibration assumes that you have an image quality problem and that you have
already followed the appropriate troubleshooting procedure for that problem. If you have no particular
problem, there is no need to perform the calibration.
NOTE
This procedure describes media advance calibration for all media loaded in the printer.
If you need to calibrate media advance for a specific media only, then define advance using
the MEDIA REG option.
1.
Load media widths larger than A1 size and longer than 1 m.
NOTE
If you intend to use TENSION winding on the take-up reel, set media advance in
tension winding mode.
A longer print length is required in the tension winding mode.
2.
Press the
ONLINE
key.
3.
Select M_ADV using the key.
Select MEDIA ADV PRINT and press
OK
.
Select the print mode you usually use for the media you are calibrating.
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