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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.

1Press the [User Tools] key.

2Press [Login].

3Enter the login password, and then press the [OK] key.

4Press the [Up arrow key] or [Down arrow key] key to display [Maintenance], and then press the [OK] key.

5Press the [Up arrow key] or [Down arrow key] key to display [Registration], and then press the [OK] key.

6Press the [Up arrow key] or [Down arrow key] key to select a paper tray, and then press the [OK] key.

7Press the [B&W Start] or [Color Start] key.

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

Check the optimal adjustment values on the printed test pattern.

8Fold the test pattern sheet in half lengthwise.

illustration of registration

9The 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 "+" direction, the optimal adjustment value for the [Main Scan] is "+1.0".

illustration of registration

10Fold the test pattern sheet in half widthwise, and then check the adjustment value for the [Sub Scan].

Adjustment values are in 0.1 increments.

11Press [Adjust].

12Press the [Up arrow key] or [Down arrow key] key to enter the adjustment values (-4.0 to +4.0) in the [Main Scan] from step 9, and then press the [OK] key.

13Press the [Up arrow key] or [Down arrow key] key to enter the adjustment values (-4.0 to +4.0) in the [Sub Scan] from step 10, and then press the [OK] key.

14Press [Exit].

15Press the [Escape] key.