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Colors are misregistered or front-to-back alignment drifts during a run — how do I correct it?
Posted by the SuperPrinters team · 7/26/2026
Color channels do not line up (fuzzy edges, color fringing on fine text and lines), or the image shifts front-to-back on duplex work, and the alignment can drift over a long run or when the stock changes. Most often caused by overdue automatic registration/alignment calibration for the loaded stock, among other possible causes — a full step-by-step diagnostic and fix follows below.
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