6-8 Phaser 6180 Color Laser Printer Service Manual
Adjustments and Calibrations
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The default values are different in each printer.
Parameter Setting
Item
Range
Description
Slow Scan K to P -128 to 127 Sets the registration in the paper feeding 
direction.
Slow Scan 600 Y/M/C -30 to 30
Slow Scan 1200 Y/M/C -60 to 60
Fast Scan (all items) -30 to 30 Sets the registration in the scanning 
direction.
Life Counter --- Reads the life counter and the printer.
Registration Values
Parameter Function Default
Adjustable 
Range
Slow Scan K to P
(shifts 0.17 mm/1 count)
Black registration adjustment --- -128 to 127
Slow Scan 600 M, Y, C
(shifts 0.042 mm/1 
count)
Color registration adjustment 
(600 and 1200 dpi)
--- -30 to 30
Slow Scan 1200 M, Y, C 
(shifts 0.021 mm/1 
count)
--- -60 to 60
Fast Scan K to M, Y, or C 
(shifts 0.042 mm/1 
count)
Color registration adjustment
Calculation of adjustment is 
shown below (exp. Yellow)
(Value of Fast Scan Reg K to Y + 
Value of Fast Scan Reg2 K to Y)/4
--- -30 to 30
Fast Scan 2 K to M, C,
or Y
(shifts 0.01 mm/1 count)
--- -1 to 2
Fast Scan Tray 1 (MPT), 
Tray 2, or Tray 3
(shifts 0.17 mm/1 count)
Black registration adjustment at 
side 1 print
--- -30 to 30
Fast Scan Duplex
(shifts 0.17 mm/1 count)
Black registration adjustment at 
side 2 print
--- -30 to 30