HP Designjet T2300 HP Designjet T2300 eMFP Printer series - Image Quality Trou - Page 47

Alignment, Diagnostic plot

Page 47 highlights

Alignment Looking at patterns 4, 13, and 14, you may find problems with the printer's printhead alignment, which can cause defects such as the following. Diagnostic plot Additionally, misalignment problems can be seen in patterns 4 and 9 in the form of color fringing (which is exaggerated below, on the right). That is, the limits between two strong colors are not well defined or a third color appears between them. Finally, a special pattern for checking the printer's printhead alignment can be found at the top left of the diagnostic sheet. This pattern has no number as it is not used for scanner checking. It is made of ENWW Visual check for errors while printing the diagnostic sheet 43

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51

Alignment
Looking at patterns 4, 13, and 14, you may find problems with the printer’s printhead alignment,
which can cause defects such as the following.
Additionally, misalignment problems can be seen in patterns 4 and 9 in the form of color fringing
(which is exaggerated below, on the right). That is, the limits between two strong colors are not well
defined or a third color appears between them.
Finally, a special pattern for checking the printer’s printhead alignment can be found at the top left of
the diagnostic sheet. This pattern has no number as it is not used for scanner checking. It is made of
ENWW
Visual check for errors while printing the diagnostic sheet
43
Diagnostic plot