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How do I calibrate my printer

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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. How do I get the best image quality 118 Chapter 7 How do I get the best image quality ENWW

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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.
118
Chapter 7
How do I get the best image quality
ENWW
How do I get the best image
quality