Epson Stylus Pro 3880 Designer Edition User's Guide - Page 104

Aligning the print head manually, Menu/Right, Paper Feed/Down, Ink Cover Open/Up

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104 | Maintaining and Transporting the Printer 5. Press d or u to select the type of paper you loaded: PREM. GLOSSY/LUSTER, P Q INK JET PAPER (Epson Presentation Paper Matte), or ENHANCED MATTE PAPER (Ultra Premium Presentation Paper Matte). Then press r. 6. Press Enter to start printing. After printing is complete, the printer starts aligning the print head. It takes several minutes to run the head alignment. The printer's white beam sensor reads the alignment pattern and adjusts the printer automatically. Make sure you don't open the top cover or turn off the printer during this process. If you want to verify or fine-tune the alignment process, you can perform a manual head alignment. Aligning the print head manually When you want to use the non-Epson special media, you can perform the head alignment manually. To perform head alignment manually, follow the steps below. 1. Press the Menu/Right r button to enter Menu mode. 2. Press the Paper Feed/Down d or Ink Cover Open/Up u button to display HEAD ALIGNMENT, and press the Menu/Right r button. 3. Press the Paper Feed/Down d or Ink Cover Open/Up u button to select MANUAL, and then press the Menu/Right r button. 4. Press the Paper Feed/Down d or Ink Cover Open/Up u button to select actual paper thickness value between 0.1 mm and 0.5 mm. 5. Press the Menu/Right r button to register your value. 5-104

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Maintaining and Transporting the Printer
5.
Press
d
or
u
to select the type of paper you loaded:
PREM.
GLOSSY/LUSTER
,
P Q INK JET PAPER
(Epson Presentation Paper
Matte), or
ENHANCED MATTE PAPER
(Ultra Premium Presentation
Paper Matte). Then press
r
.
6.
Press
Enter to start printing. After printing is complete, the printer
starts aligning the print head.
It takes several minutes to run the head alignment. The printer’s white
beam sensor reads the alignment pattern and adjusts the printer
automatically. Make sure you don’t open the top cover or turn off the
printer during this process.
If you want to verify or fine-tune the alignment process, you can perform a
manual head alignment.
Aligning the print head manually
When you want to use the non-Epson special media, you can perform the
head alignment manually. To perform head alignment manually, follow the
steps below.
1.
Press the
Menu/Right
r
button to enter Menu mode.
2.
Press the
Paper Feed/Down
d
or
Ink Cover Open/Up
u
button to
display
HEAD ALIGNMENT
, and press the
Menu/Right
r
button.
3.
Press the
Paper Feed/Down
d
or
Ink Cover Open/Up
u
button to
select
MANUAL
, and then press the
Menu/Right
r
button.
4.
Press the
Paper Feed/Down
d
or
Ink Cover Open/Up
u
button to
select actual paper thickness value between
0.1 mm
and
0.5 mm
.
5.
Press the
Menu/Right
r
button to register your value.