
HP Designjet T Series — Service Manual 1-15
Print quality troubleshooting
In high quality modes, graininess in ALL colors can indicate problems
either with alignment or Paper Advance.
Corrective Action
In order to solve problems that result in banding, try the following:
1 Check that the appropriate print quality settings are being used (refer to the
U
ser’s Guide for more information).
2 Check that the loaded media is the same type as selected in the printer. You
can
verify the media type selected through the Front Panel (Main Menu/
Paper menu/View loaded paper).
3 If
the customer is using low quality paper, try recommending better quality
pa
per (preferably HP paper). Printer performance can only be guaranteed
by using recommended papers.
4 P
erform the Paper Advance Calibration using the same type of paper that
w
ill be used for the final print (Main Menu/Image Quality Maintenance/
Paper Advance Calibration/Calibrate Paper Advance).
If there is white point banding in on
ly one color band and the problem
cannot be fixed using the Printhead recoveries, in some cases using the force
a drop detection option can fix this issue. See
Force Drop Detection on page
1-24.
No Printing Defects Found in the Diagnostic Print
If all the test patterns from the Diagnostic Print are correct and you still
exper
ience Image Quality problems, you can use the following procedures
to resolve the problem.
Reading the Advanced diagnostic Print Results
Printhead Alignment
Nozzle Health
Force Drop Detection
The Advanced Diagnostic Prints
What are the Advanced Diagnostic Prints?
Advanced Diagnostic Plot.
These tests provide more information of the IQ
defects found in the Image Quality Service plot.
The Advanced Diagnostic Plot is di
vided into the following parts:
Visual Media Advanced Diagnostic. Used to check advance reliability.
Printhead Alignment Diagnostic. Used to check pen alignment reliability.
Visual Nozzle health Diagnostic. Used to check nozzle health reliability.
Force Drop Detection. Used to reset the nozzle health historic data base
and force new drop detection.
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