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Registration

Follow the procedure below to adjust where to start printing on paper loaded in each paper tray after checking the test pattern printed.

  1. Press the [Menu] key.

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  2. Press the [Down arrow key] or [Up arrow key] key to display [Maintenance], and then press the [Yes] key.

    Maintenance?       Up arrow key
     OK=Yes / or 1-9   Down arrow key
  3. Press the [Down arrow key] or [Up arrow key] key to display [Registration], and then press the [Yes] key.

    6 Registration?    Up arrow key
     OK=Yes            Down arrow key
  4. Press the [Left arrow key] or [Right arrow key] key to display [Print Test Pattern], and then press the [Yes] key.

    *Print Test PatternRight arrow key
     Left arrow key,Right arrow key & Yes          

    To print the registration test pattern, load A4 or letter-size paper in the paper tray for which you want to carry out print registration.

  5. Press the [Left arrow key] or [Right arrow key] key to select a paper tray, and then press the [Yes] key.

    *Tray 1   Tray 2   Right arrow key
     Left arrow key,Right arrow key & Yes          
  6. Press the [Left arrow key] or [Right arrow key] key to select a paper type, and then press the [Yes] key.

    *Plain    Glossy   Right arrow key
     Left arrow key,Right arrow key & Yes          

    A test pattern to adjust the print start position is printed.

  7. Check the optimal adjustment values on the printed test pattern.

  8. Fold the test pattern sheet in half lengthwise.

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  9. The optimal adjustment value is the difference between the single vertical line and the cross's vertical line that you can see when the folded paper is held up to light. When the difference is one calibration mark in the “plus” direction, the optimal adjustment value for the [Plain(X)] is “plus1”.

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  10. Fold the test pattern sheet in half widthwise, and then check the adjustment value for the [Plain(Y)]

    Adjustment values are in 1 increments.

  11. Press the [Left arrow key] or [Right arrow key] key to display [Adjust], and then press the [Yes] key.

    Left arrow key*Adjust            
     Left arrow key,Right arrow key & Yes          
  12. Press the [Left arrow key] or [Right arrow key] key to select a paper tray, and then press the [Yes] key.

    *Tray 1    Tray 2  Right arrow key
     Left arrow key,Right arrow key & Yes          
  13. Press the [Left arrow key] or [Right arrow key] key to select the setting you want to adjust, and then press the [Yes] key.

    *Plain(X)  Plain(Y)Right arrow key
     Left arrow key,Right arrow key & Yes          
  14. Press the [Down arrow key] or [Up arrow key] key to enter the adjustment values (minus40 to plus40) in the [Plain(X)] from step9., and then press the [Yes] key.

    Adj=0              Up arrow key
     OK=Yes            Down arrow key
  15. Press the [Down arrow key] or [Up arrow key] key to enter the adjustment values (minus40 to plus40) in the [Plain(Y)] from step10., and then press the [Yes] key.

    Adj=0              Up arrow key
     OK=Yes            Down arrow key
  16. Press the [No] key to display “Cancel?”, and then press the [Yes] key.

    Cancel?             
     Yes / Continue=No  

    The Maintenance screen appears.

  17. Press the [No] key.

    The initial screen appears.