HP Designjet 5000 series printer - User's Guide

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Test Pattern 4: Vertical Line Straightness
If a printer has Vertical Line Straightness problems,
lines are not straight or are fuzzy. The pattern seen
below is designed to highlight this kind of problem.
Check the lines on this test pattern, if they have any
defects like the ones described above perform the
corrective action.
Corrective Action
1. Perform the Aligning the Printheads
with the
same media you were experiencing unacceptable
image quality.
2. If there is no improvement in print quality, contact
Hewlett-Packard.
No Defects Found in the Image Quality Print
If the entire Image Quality Print contains no defects
and you still experience image quality problems, listed
below are some things to check:
The print mode in the printer is incorrect see
Changing the Print Mode
.
Check the driver you are using to print with, if it is a
non-HP driver, go to
http://www.hp.com/go/designjet
and download the correct HP driver.
The settings in the non-HP RIP are incorrect.
Refer to the documentation which came with the
RIP.
The software applications you are using have the
wrong settings.