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Service Station Calibration
   

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The purpose of this Service Calibration is to calibrate the Service Station in relation to the Carriage Assembly. The Service Station Calibration performs the following calibrations:

 

-Line Sensor to Black Pen.
-Drop Detector.
-Primer.

 
Perform the Service Station Calibration whenever:
 
 

-Carriage Assembly is disassembled or replaced.
-Service Station is disassembled or replaced.

 
  NOTE: If you get an error code, refer to Calibration Error Codes for its description and resolution.
 

Perform the Service Station Calibration as follows:

 
  NOTE: To perform this Calibration, make sure you load white medium that is minimum A3/B size.
 

1. In the Service Calibrations submenu, scroll to "2.2 Service Station" and press Enter.

If the Media loaded is not the right size, the following message is displayed. Press Enter to exit. Load the correct media and repeat the procedure.

2. If the correct media is loaded, the following message is displayed. Press Enter to confirm or Back to return to the Service Calibrations menu.

3. Once the media is detected, the calibration starts and the following message is displayed:

During this stage the Printer will print the following pattern.

4. On completing the Line Sensor to Black Printhead calibration, the following message is displayed:

5. On completing the Drop Detector calibration, the following message is displayed:

6. On completing the calibration successfully, the following message is displayed.

7. Press Back to return to the Service Calibrations menu.
If the Calibration fails, the following message is displayed. Error codes are displayed for L2K (Line Sensor to black Printhead), DD (Drop Detection) and Prim (Primer). Press Enter to continue.

 
  NOTE: Refer to Calibration Error Codes to troubleshoot error codes.
  NOTE After the Calibration has been performed, print the Service Configuration print to be sure that it has correctly been stored in the EEROM. For information on the Service Config Print.
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