QLS 2000/3000 Series Digital Color Printers
Printing
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Advance Media
Press the Form Feed/Advance button once and release to advance the media by
one label length. Press and hold the pushbutton to continually advance the
media.
If the printer has not been calibrated, the media will not advance and a menu
will be displayed prompting you to perform a printer calibration.
Print Quality
Test Print Quality
The printer can print four types of test patterns:
Line
Line test patterns can be used for evaluating the alignment of the printheads;
evaluating printhead intensity settings; or checking the printheads for worn
areas.
Text
The text test pattern allows you to examine the quality of text printing. In
particular, while printing process color on the QLS-3000, the text test pattern
allows you to ensure the fine color registration required for text. If the black
text appears fuzzy or with color shadows, you will want to fine tune web
alignment.
Flood
The flood test pattern prints a thick bar of each color, so that you can assess
color saturation. If areas of white appear in a bar, adjust heat intensity for that
printhead. You may also need to adjust printhead pressure.
Block
The block test pattern is most useful to assess registration by ensuring the colors
are aligned with each other.
