The banding calibration is intended to eliminate the problem of banding, by optimizing the media advance settings to suit the printing material, and the environmental conditions such as humidity and temperature.

It is available only for paper types with short drying times; all HP coated papers, plus HP Bright White InkJet paper, HP Productivity Photo Gloss, and HP Productivity Photo Semi-Gloss.

The Banding Calibration is most likely to be useful in the fastest print modes (Max Speed and Production).

To perform the Banding Calibration:

1. At the printer’s front panel, choose the printer icon, then Utilities > Calibrations > Banding > Recalibrate. The printer will print the calibration print nice times using nine different media advance settings, in the print mode currently selected in the front panel. This takes about seven minutes, depending on the print mode and the printing material.

2. When prompted to select a print in the front panel, choose the print that shows the best image quality in your opinion; or select Cancel to cancel the calibration.

The Banding Calibration has now been completed for the selected printing material. Whenever the same printing material is used in the future, the media advance settings chosen will be used.
If required, the process can be repeated for another printing material.

If the Image Quality is worse after the Banding Calibration, the original settings can be returned: choose Utilities > Banding > Restore Factory.