70201 Side Registration Adjustment

Adjust the misalignment of the paper feeding position with respect to the head center position.

important / 重要
  • There are 2 ways to adjust the side register.
    • Hardware: Change the paper guide position of the paper feed device.
    • Software: Change the ink ejection position by software control.
  • If try to adjust the misalignment of paper feed position on one side (first side), we recommend performing only hardware adjustment.
    *Adjustment width for software adjustment is approximately 2 mm, so if perform software adjustment on one side (first side), the adjustment width is insufficient and may not be able to adjust both sides (second side).
  • If try to adjust the misalignment of paper feed position on both sides (second side), perform software adjustment (because there is no mechanism to physically change the paper position on the duplex path).
Adjustment preparation
  1. Start the service support mode.
  2. Select [07 Installation Setting / Operation Check].
  3. Select [Additional Cassette] tab.
  4. Select [70201 Side Registration Adjustment].
  5. Press [Pattern Print].


  6. press each setting item button to make the print settings. the parameters that can be set are as follows.

    Check Point / チェックポイント

    select "c2" , "c3" or "c4" for the [paper feed tray] setting. [paper size] is optional.

    setting items

    choice

    feed tray

    c1, c2, c3, c4, Paper Tray

    available paper sizes

    a4, letter

  7. Press [Execution] to print the adjustment pattern.

Hardware adjustment procedure

  1. Scale the margin amount of # 1 and # 2 for adjustment pattern, and calculate the margin adjustment amount.

    Check Point / チェックポイント
    • Measure on the side with "Simplex side / surface" printed on it.
    • Standard value: The margin difference between the front and rear sides of the product is within 0.5mm.
    Note / 補足
    • The method for measuring the amount of blank space is as follows.
      • Distance from the paper edge to the "#1 mark"
      • Distance from the paper edge to the "#1 mark"
    • The formula and calculation example for the margin adjustment amount are as follows.
      • Margin difference between #1 and #2 (absolute value) ÷ 2
      • #1 (front side of the product): 4.0mm, #2 (rear side of the product): 8.0mm → (8.0 - 4.0) ÷ 2 = 2.0mm → Move the paper guide to the front side of the product 2.0mm.

  2. change the paper guide position for target paper feeder based on the margin difference.(Cassette paper guide position change procedure、Paper Tray paper guide position change procedure).

  3. Output the adjustment pattern from the service support mode again, check the adjustment result.

    Note / 補足
    • If the result is not satisfactory, repeat the hardware adjustment.
    • If the problem does not improve or cannot be adjusted, please understand the important information at the beginning of this page and perform software adjustments.
Perform Software adjustment in the following procedure.

  1. Measure the margin amount of #1 and #2 on the adjustment pattern.

    Check Point / チェックポイント
    • When measurements, be careful to the front and back sides of the adjustment pattern.
      • Single side (1st side):Measure on the side with "Simplex side / surface" printed on it.
      • Duplex sides (2nd side):For duplex (2nd side), use the printed with "Duplex side / rear side".
    • Standard value: The margin difference between the front and rear sides of the product is within 0.5mm.
    Note / 補足
    • The method for measuring the amount of blank space is as follows.
      • Distance from the paper edge to the "#1 mark"
      • Distance from the paper edge to the "#1 mark"



  2. Calculate the panel input value.

    Note / 補足
    • The calculation formula and example of the input value are as follows.
      • Input value = measurement value x 10
      • e.g.) Measurement value = 7.5mm, Input value = 75

  3. press each setting item button to make print settings. the parameters that can be set are as follows.

    Check Point / チェックポイント

    select "c2" , "c3" or "c4" for the [paper feed tray] setting. [paper type] setting is optional.
    setting items choice
    feed tray c1, c2, c3, c4, Paper Tray, all trays (duplex)
    paper type plain paper, cardboard, envelope
  4. Press [#1] and enter the input value #1 calculated by step 2.
  5. Press [#2] and enter the input value #2 calculated by step 2.

  6. Press [OK] to reflect setting value.

    Check Point / チェックポイント
    • If you press [OK] when all the values have not been entered, the following screen will be displayed.
    • If you press [Pattern Print] with all values entered, the adjustment values will be reflected. After the adjustment value is reflected, all the adjustment values input to the panel are cleared. Press [Close] to finish the adjustment.


      By execute printing as it is, output the adjustment pattern after reflecting the adjustment values.
    Note / 補足

    In the above-described procedure of the software adjustment, an adjustment for outputting an image to the center of the sheet is automatically performed by inputting a measured value of the margin amount to a panel as an input value.
    If you want to shift the image to any position (blue frame), determine the input value by referring to the following adjustment value specifications.

    Internal adjustment value = (input value #2-input value #1) / 2
    To shift the image 1 mm rightward from the current position (orange frame): Internal adjustment value = 10

    To shift the image 1 mm rightward from the current position (orange frame): Internal adjustment value =-10