Lexmark C792/X792 Color Product Study Guide Rev 2.1
For Training Purposes Only 6/24/2011
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- Skew caused by the Printhead typically looks different than skew from the rest of the printer.
Look at the examples below:
Print Engine Skew Adjustment
Once all the components listed above are eliminated as the source of the skew problem, the next step is
to adjust the printer to correct skew. Before performing any adjustments, make sure the skew is NOT
related to the Printhead, Flatbed and/or Scanner. These components have different skew correction
procedures.
1. Enter Diagnostics mode
2. From the Diagnostics menu, navigate to REGISTRATION > Quick Test to print the registration
page.
Note: If you can’t see both the right and left alignment marks on the top of the test page, adjust
the top margin until the marks are visible.
• To align the top margin:
1) From the REGISTRATION menu, select Top Margin.
2) Adjust the values to move the top alignment marks to the top edge of the page.
3) Increasing the value moves the alignment marks up the page.
4) Decreasing the value moves the alignment marks down the page.
5) Reprint the test page and make adjustments as needed until you are satisfied with the
alignment.
Printhead Skew – the image is
shifted into a Rhomboid shape.
Printer Skew – the image is
rotated on the page
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