HP Designjet 4500 Printer series - Manual (Page 230)

NOTE There are separate paper advance settings for Optimized for drawings/text and
Optimized for images: each must be calibrated separately.
NOTE Papers from different manufacturers may require different paper advance settings
even if they are of the same type, therefore the calibration will be useful only for the particular
paper you calibrated. Remember that, when you perform the calibration, you will overwrite any
previous paper advance settings for this paper type.
The calibration process in detail
Step 1. Load the printer with the type of paper that you plan to use for printing subsequently. The
paper must be at least 41 cm wide (16 in) and 75 cm long (30 in).
Step 2. At the front panel, highlight the or icon. If you are using an HP Designjet 4500 series
printer, and you have two rolls loaded, make sure that the roll you intend to calibrate is ready to print
(it should be highlighted on the front panel).
Step 3. Press the Select key, then Paper advance calibration.
Step 4. Select Optim. for drawings/text or Optimize for images, depending on the type of prints
you wish to make subsequently.
NOTE It is very important to use the same setting that you will later use for printing in the
driver, the Embedded Web Server, or the front panel (Optimized for drawings/text or
Optimized for images). Otherwise the calibration has no effect.
Step 5. Select Print Patterns. The printer will print a series of numbered patterns (1 to 7), each
looking like this if you selected Drawings/text:
or like this if you selected Images:
The Optim. for drawings/text print takes about three minutes, the Optimize for images print takes
about five minutes. When the calibration print has finished printing, the printer will cut the paper.
Step 6. Look at each of the printed patterns (1 to 7) and decide which one shows the best quality.
Each pattern has one part on the left that is a continuous color gradient (A), and another part on the
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