Banding calibration is intended to eliminate the problem of banding, by optimizing the media advance settings to suit the printing material, and the environmental conditions such as humidity and temperature.

It is available only for paper types with short drying times: all HP coated papers, plus HP Bright White Inkjet Paper, HP Productivity Photo Gloss, and HP Productivity Photo Semi-Gloss.

Banding calibration is most likely to be useful in the faster print modes (Max Speed and Production).

To perform banding calibration:

1. At the printer's front panel, choose the icon, then Utilities > Calibrations > Banding > Recalibrate. The printer will print the calibration print nine times using nine different media advance settings, in the print mode currently selected in the front panel. This takes about seven minutes, depending on the print mode and the printing material.
2. When prompted to select a print in the front panel, choose the print that shows the best image quality, in your opinion; or select Cancel to cancel the calibration.

You have now completed banding calibration for the selected printing material. Whenever you use the same printing material in future, the media advance settings that you chose will be used.

You can, if you like, repeat the process for another printing material.

If you decide after calibration that your image quality is worse than before, you can return to the original settings: choose Utilities > Calibrations > Banding > Restore Factory.