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1 From the main front-panel menu, with the correct paper loaded, select the Paper menu ( ) and 3 Select Create pattern and press Enter . The printer prints its calibration pattern (as represented opposite) and cuts or ejects the paper. 2 Select Advance calibration and press Enter . press Enter . 22 Advance Calibration Routine It is important that the paper loaded for this calibration is exactly that used for normal printing, both in quality (for example, glossy paper) and in width (for example, A0 or 36-inch). Either roll or sheet paper can be used. The routine prints a pattern and then cuts the roll or ejects the sheet; it requires paper that is at least 65 cm long and at least 50 cm wide.

You must then reload that piece of paper as a sheet , so that the printer can accurately measure the pattern, and make whatever adjustments are appropriate to the amount it advances between printing swaths of data. (See page 45, “Load a Sheet of Paper” on the reverse of this Pocket Guide .) The pattern printed is solely for the use of the printer; you are not expected to relate any of its characteristics to the quality of your images. Advance Calibration Routine