DisplayMaker Legacy X-12 - User Manual

4-22 Head Height Calibration
Head Height
Calibration
The printer offers an automatic head height calibration, in addi-
tion to two manual options.
◆ Auto Carriage Height uses the onboard image sensor to pre-
cisely set the height of the printheads above the media and
level the carriage. This method can be used if at least one
pair of ink reservoirs and printheads are installed in certain
positions, so that the carriage can be automatically leveled.
Due to the use of the image sensor, this method does not
work with film or canvas media.
◆ Manual Carriage Height uses sheets of paper as “shims” to
set the head height and level the carriage.
◆ Adjust Head Height can be used to raise or lower the left or
right side of the carriage without performing a full calibra-
tion, using paper shims as with Manual Carriage Height.
◆ Head Height Reset resets the head height to its position
after the previous Auto Carriage Height or Manual Car-
riage Height operation.
These options are designed to be used as follows:
The procedures for using Auto Carriage Height, Manual Car-
riage Height, and Head Height Adjust appear in the following
sections.
Auto Carriage Height This procedure calibrates the head height relative to the platen,
then uses the on-board image sensor to precisely set the head
height and level the carriage.
1. Verify that the appropriate Head Height setting is selected.
The options under Configure Printer - Printer Settings -
Head Height determine whether the head height will be set
to the Normal (0.050 inches/1.27 mm) or Custom height rel-
Ink Configuration If Image Sensor is OK...
If the Image Sensor is
disabled...
Ink reservoirs and printheads
installed in at least one of the
following positions: 1 and 9,
2 and 10, 3 and 11, or 4 and
12.
Auto Carriage Height Manual Carriage Height
Ink installed in all other con-
figurations
Manual Carriage Height Manual Carriage Height