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roubleshooting
How to get good image quality
Cause
Action
Media feed is not adjusted properly.
Hint for media advance
correction value
(
P.5-23)
–
(1) Set the print quality mode to ON and print the media.
(
P.3-38
)
(2) Print the media advance correction pattern and adjust
the media feed amount. (
P.2-38
)
(3) Change the pressure force with the pressure control
knob. (
P.2-105
)
(4) Print the media advance correction pattern again and
adjust the media feed amount. (
P.2-38
)
(5) Print the media advance correction pattern (QUALITY )
and adjust the media feed amount. (
P.3-47
)
(6) Print the media in the QUALITY print mode. (
P.4-2
)
Nozzle missing of the print head
(1) Remove dust or dirt, if any, on the platen.
(2) Perform the daily maintenance. (
P.2-108
)
(3) Perform print head cleaning (NORMAL ALL) (
P.2-95
),
and then perform nozzle print to check that nozzle
missing has been improved. (
P.3-54
)
(4) Perform the fillcap operation and print head cleaning
(NORMAL ALL). Then perform nozzle print to check that
nozzle missing has been improved. (
P.3-54
)
(5) Clean the print head surface with a head cleaning sheet.
Then perform nozzle print to check that nozzle missing
has been improved. (
P.3-54
)
– Printing with color stripes reduces nozzle-
out. (
P.3-37
)
The ink does not match well with
the media./Ink dries fast.
(1) Print the media advance correction pattern and adjust
the media feed amount. (
P.2-38
)
– Hint for media advance correction value
(
P.5-23
)
(2) Lower the heater temperature. (
P.2-101
)
(3) Print the media in the QUALITY print mode.
(
P.4-2
)
(4) Print the media in the DENSITY print mode.
(
P.4-2
)
(5) Use proven media.
