Adjusting the Media Feed

If your printouts contain horizontal banding, uneven tint, or stripes, you need to adjust the feed of the media. You do this by printing and examining a test pattern, and then selecting the feed adjustments you need.

Adjust the feed using the same media type and print conditions you use for printing. You may need to adjust the feed again if you load media of a different width, change the feeding tension, or adjust the suction.

Before adjusting the feed, make sure you have correctly loaded the media you plan to print on and selected all the options you plan to use for printing.

Note: You can also adjust the feed during printing without printing a test pattern.
  1. On the product control panel, press the left or right arrow button to select the tab and press the OK button. The Paper menu appears.
  2. Press the up or down arrow button to select Custom Paper Setting and press the OK button. The Custom Paper Setting menu appears.
  3. Press the up or down arrow button to select a number for the set of media settings (from 1 to 10) and press the OK button.
  4. Press the up or down arrow button to select Paper Feed Adjust and press the OK button.
  5. Do one of the following:
    • To print an adjustment pattern, select Pattern and press the OK button. Press the OK button again to print an adjustment pattern and go to the next step.
    • To manually enter an adjustment value, select Value and press the OK button. Press the up or down arrow buttons to select an adjustment value and press the OK button.
  6. Measure the distance between the + symbols in the printed test pattern.


  7. Press the up or down arrow button to select the measured distance and press the OK button.
Parent topic: Media Handling
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