Checking Automatic Inspection Levels

Check the level of stains on the image that are detected during automatic inspections, and adjust as necessary.

Use the 2 types of test chart to check the automatic inspection level for [Stain]. During actual automatic inspections, the appearance of the spots (size and density) may differ depending on the paper or image, so be sure to use the test charts when checking or adjusting the automatic inspection level.

There are no test charts for checking the inspection levels for [Streak] and [Spot].

Reference charts:

Test charts for creating reference images for checking the inspection level. There are no dots on reference charts for indicating the stain level.

Inspection charts:

Charts for checking whether the automatic inspection was performed at the set level. There are dots on inspection charts for indicating the stain level.

Tips

• For details about how to acquire automatic inspection test charts, contact your service representative.

1

Configure settings such as automatic inspection standards or actions to be performed when something is detected.

For details about the settings, refer to Configuring Advanced Automatic Inspection Settings in Advance. In this section, the following settings are used as an example.

Item	Setting Value
[Automatic Reprint when Deviation/Out of Range was Detected]	[OFF]
[Output Tray for Out of Range]	[Same as the Job]
[Create Auto Inspection Report]	[ON]

2

Press [Detail Setting] on [Automatic Inspection Level Setting].

The [Auto Inspection Level Detailed Setting] screen is displayed.

Inspections for [Streak] (streak-like dirt) and [Spot] (spot-like dirt), and [Detection Level Adj. for Thin Paper] are optional functions. These are not displayed under default settings. To use this setting, please contact your service representative.

3

Configure the inspection level settings.

Here, change each setting for [Standard] to the value at which you want to confirm the inspection level.

Set [Detection Level Adj. for Thin Paper] to [ON].

For details about how to configure the settings, refer to the procedure detailed in [Automatic Inspection Level Setting].

4

Create reference images.

Perform Steps 1 to 6 on Creating New Reference Images and Performing Automatic Inspections to create reference images.

[Stain]: Use the reference chart to create a reference image.

[Streak] or [Spot]: There is no reference chart. Create a reference image with the print job.

5

Execute the automatic inspection using the reference image created in Step 4.

Execute the automatic inspection by following Step 7 through Step 9 detailed on Creating New Reference Images and Performing Automatic Inspections.

[Stain]: Execute the automatic inspection using the inspection chart and reference image created in Step 4.

[Streak] or [Spot]: Execute the automatic inspection with a print job using the reference image created in Step 4.

6

Check the automatic inspection report.

[Stain]: Check if the levels of those areas circled in red that were detected as dirt match the levels set in Step 3.

[Streak] or [Spot]: If there are any areas that have been detected, check that those sections match the levels set in Step 3 (in report images, streak-like dirt is shown as an arrow while spot-like dirt is shown as a square).

NOTICE

• The results of the automatic inspection may differ if there are minor changes between each print. Repeat the automatic inspection 3 to 5 times, and then make an overall judgment of the results.

7

Repeat Step 2 through Step 5 if adjustment of the inspection level is required.

Reference

• Though you can check the automatic inspection report using either the system’s Touch panel or from the browser, it is recommended to check using the browser as per data capacity limitations. For details, refer to Checking Automatic Inspection Reports Using the Browser.