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Calibrating the Printer

The printer is calibrated at the factory so that vertical lines in

your text and graphics are properly aligned. If you notice

misaligned images in printouts, however, calibrate the

printer with the Bi-D Calibration Utility. You may need to do

this after moving the printer to a new location, for example.

Using a PC

Follow these steps to calibrate the printer using a PC:

1. If you did not install the Bi-D Calibration Utility on the

hard disk, insert the Windows printer driver diskette in

your computer’s diskette drive.

2. Make sure Windows Program Manager is running.

3. Choose

Run

from the File menu. The Run dialog box

appears.

4. Type the directory name where the utility is located. For

example, type

A:CALIBRAT

(or

C:\

directory

\CALIBRAT

on your hard disk). Then press

Enter

5. When you see the Calibration Utility screen, make sure

Stylus Pro or Pro XL

is selected as the printer. If it isn’t, use

↑ or ↓ to select it.

Also make sure

Print calibration pattern

is selected at the

bottom of the screen. (Use the

Tab

key to move down, if

necessary.)

6. Press

Enter

to start calibrating.

7. The next screen prompts you to align the black and color

heads. Press

Enter

to choose

Yes

. (To align only the black

print head, press

Tab

to select

Wait for 1 minute while the printer prints a page of

multiple patterns of vertical lines, each identified by an

offset value. In most patterns, the vertical lines are slightly

misaligned. Look for the pattern that is most closely

aligned.

| |

Aligned Not aligned

8. Enter the offset value of the pattern that is most closely

aligned. The printer prints a confirmation sheet with the

offset value for the pattern you selected.

9. If the lines are not aligned, press

Tab

to move to

Re-Align

;

then press

Enter

to repeat the calibration.

10.When you are satisfied with the alignment, press

Enter

select

Done

Using a Macintosh

Follow these steps to calibrate the printer using a Macintosh:

1. Open the Stylus COLOR folder and double-click

Bi-D Calibration Utility

2. You see a prompt asking you to choose the interface type.

Click

Serial

Network

, as appropriate.

3. You see the Bi-D Calibration Utility screen. First specify

whether you connected the printer to the modem or

printer port by clicking the appropriate icon.

4. Click the

Pattern 1

button to align the print heads using

the first pattern page.

Wait for about two minutes while the printer prints a page

containing multiple patterns of vertical lines, each

assigned with an offset value. In most patterns, the

vertical lines are slightly misaligned. Look for the pattern

that is most closely aligned.

| |

Aligned Not aligned

5. Enter the offset value of the pattern that is most closely

aligned in the

No.

box and click

. The printer prints a

confirmation page.

6. Repeat steps 4 and 5, selecting the

Pattern 2

through

Pattern 5

buttons and entering the offset value of the

pattern that is most closely aligned on each pattern page.

7. When you finish, click

Quit

If you notice later that the vertical alignment of your printed

pages is off, repeat the calibration procedure.

Loading Plain Paper

The following procedure describes how to load plain bond

paper. You can load up to 100 sheets of plain paper. For

information on loading oversized paper or special types of

media, see the next sections.

Always load paper with the printable surface down. The

printable surface is marked with an arrow on most plain

paper packaging.

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