Basic manual

Maintaining Your Printer

Aligning the Print Head

If your printouts contain misaligned vertical lines, you may need to align the print

head. Your printer must be connected directly to your computer (not over a network)

to use the Print Head Alignment utility.

Load plain paper that’s at least 8.27 inches (210 mm) wide to prevent

ink from spraying inside the printer and smudging your printouts.

1. Make sure the printer is turned on, but not printing, and letter-size plain paper is

loaded.

2. Do one of the following:

■

Windows: Right-click the printer icon on your taskbar (in the lower right

corner of your screen) and select

Print Head Alignment

■

Macintosh: Open the File menu and choose

Page Setup or Print.

Then click

the Utility button. In the Utility menu, click the

Print Head

Alignment

button.

3. Follow the instructions on the screen to

print a test page. You see this window:

4. On the printed page, select the pattern

that shows the two vertical lines most

precisely printed on top of each other.

You may need to use a magnifying glass.

Select one pattern each for rows 1, 2, and

3. Then enter the number of the best

pattern for each row in the

corresponding boxes on the screen.

5. Click

Realignment

to print another test page. Make sure the pattern numbered 8

in each row is the best aligned. If not, repeat steps 4 and 5.

6. When you’re finished, click

Finish