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Contouring Visible; 'Landscaping'
When gray-shaded areas print as visible hard steps instead of a smooth gradient — like contour lines on a hiking map — work the three-stage calibration escalation below: film calibration first, then CDM + film calibration, and finally a printhead profile calibration, re-checking the STI1 test print after each stage.
Applies to
Drystar 5300, Type 5365/100 — source Chapter 3.3, section 11.1.5 "Contouring visible; 'Landscaping'" (one of 6 contrast/density symptoms tabulated in section 11.1; symptoms 3–6 in that table overlap heavily in how a customer describes them, so if this doesn't clearly match, source advises starting instead from section 11.1.6, "Contrast and/or sharpness not okay").
Personnel
1 technician · Service-level technician able to perform a film calibration, a CDM calibration, and a Printhead profile calibration per source Chapter 3.6, and to print and visually check the STI1 test image (all stated directly in source; no densitometer model or numeric read-out is specified for this particular fault, since it's judged by eye on the test print).
Steps
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Source
DD+DIS346.05E — Drystar 5300 Repair and Service, Troubleshooting, Chapter 3.3 (item 11.1.5), p.178, Edition 1 Rev.7
Full step-by-step for Contouring Visible; 'Landscaping'
All 0 steps are documented in the FSELIB DryStar 5300 service manual — re-authored, web-first, with the real figures from the source.
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View all DryStar 5300 guidesSource: DD+DIS346.05E — Drystar 5300 Repair and Service, Troubleshooting, Chapter 3.3 (item 11.1.5), p.178, Edition 1 Rev.7. Preview re-authored by FSELIB — the full procedure with figures and steps is in the paid service manual.