This is a step by step guide on how to properly set the carriage gap alignment on the EFI 16H
Step 1: From the printer’s Control window, open the Parameter
Settings window.
Step 2: On the Parameter Settings windows Page Setting tab, choose
the Calibrate button.
Step 3: Slip the 1.5mm carriage gap tool under the carriage gap.
(NOTE: This can be done directly on the belt or on media.)
Step 4: Enter a correction value in the Carriage Height/Adjust
Height to achieve 1.5mm field. (The correction value is the +/-
amount needed to achieve a 1.5mm gap.)
Step 5: Choose the Adjust button.
Step 6: Use the carriage gap tool to check the carriage gap again.
Step 7: When the gap is good, choose Save.
Step 8: Choose the Save It as Home Height OK button.
Step 9: Choose OK to close the Parameters window.
Step 10: On the printer Control window, choose the left arrow to send the carriage to the home position.
Step 11: On the printer Control window:
- Clear the Auto-Gap Detect checkbox.
- Select the option button for Carriage Gap 1.5mm.
- Choose the Set Gap button
Step 12: Choose the Set Gap button again with different media, and the carriage moves to 1.5mm.
(NOTE: You should not have to recalibrate the carriage gap unless you change to a different thickness of media, experience
a media crash, power down the printer, or the printer comes out of sleep mode.)