The purpose of this Accuracy Calibration is to set the nominal advance of the media, changing the factory default values stored on the EEROM. This calibration is necessary to control the exact
movement of the media in order to avoid print quality problems like banding.

Perform the Service Accuracy Calibration whenever:

Perform the Accuracy Calibration as follows:

1. In the Service Calibrations submenu, select "2.3 Accuracy" and press Enter.

2. When the following message appears on the front panel, select "Create Pattern" and press Enter.

3. If media is not loaded, the following message appears on the front panel and you must load media into the Printer. Press the Load/Unload Media button (see the User's Guide for detailed information on loading media).

4. The Printer will start to print the Accuracy Calibration Pattern and the following message will be displayed on the front panel:

Below is a sample of the pattern printed.

5. Once the Accuracy Calibration Pattern is completed, the following message will be displayed. Select "Measure Pattern" and press Enter to automatically start the Load/Unload Media procedure.

6. The Printer will unload the media and request you to remove it from the Printer. Press Enter to continue.

7. The following message is displayed. Press Load/Unload Media to start the load procedure for the printed sheet.

8. When loading, rotate the pattern so that the edge with the arrows points to the leading edge, and then reload the pattern with the arrow edge print facing down. The Printer will load the pattern and then measure the alignment marks using the Line Sensor on the Carriage Assembly. The following message will be displayed while the Printer measures the pattern:

9. Once the calibration is completed, the following message will be displayed. Press Enter to return to the Accuracy Calibration menu.

If the Calibration fails the following message is displayed. Press Enter to continue.