Printer Calibration

If labels or postcards don't line up correctly on the label stock, you should calibrate your printer. Printer calibration attempts to resolve this issue by adjusting the differences between what you see on the screen and what is printed out.

Calibration processes for labels and postcards are similar. All further inforamation will be given by the example of label calibration.

To setup printer calibration:

1. Choose File/Calibrate Printer...
2. Choose a printer from the pop-up menu.
3. Insert a sheet of the label stock into your printer.
4. Click the Print Calibration Sheet button. The calibration marks will be printed on the sheet.
5. Enter the values of the tick marks closest to the RIGHT side and BOTTOM side of the top-left label on the sheet into the Horizontal and Vertical boxes in the dialog.
6. Click the OK button when finished.

If after calibration you notice that the top rows of your labels print correctly, but the bottom ones get slightly offset, then you'll need to change the scale value. In the calibration dialog, enter the value of the tick mark closest to the TOP side of the bottom-right label into Scale field.

You can calibrate each printer you use - just select the printer and go through each of the above steps in the Printer Calibration dialog.

When you calibrate a label printer, the Scale value is absent because labels are on a rolled paper.

Note: Entering correction values do not affect the calibration table. The calibration rulers on the calibration sheet always show the real shift value between printer and program null points, even after calibration.