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Aligning the Print Head If your printouts look grainy or vertical lines appear jagged, you may need to align the print head. Note: You can also use the buttons on the RX500 to align the print head (see the on-screen Reference Guide for instructions). For best results, we recommend you use the print head alignment utility, as described in this section. 1. Make sure the RX500 is turned on and not printing, and the ! error light is off. 2. Load several sheets of plain letter-size paper (see page 13 for instructions). 3. Do one of the following: Windows: Right-click the Head Alignment. icon on the Windows taskbar and click Print Macintosh OS X: Double-click EPSON Printer Utility in your Applications folder. Select SP RX500 Series in the Printer List and click OK. Then click the Print Head Alignment button. Macintosh OS 8.6 to 9.x: From your application's File menu, choose Page Setup or Print. Click the button in the printer settings or page setup dialog box. Then click the Print Head Alignment button. Aligning the Print Head 115

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Aligning the Print Head
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Aligning the Print Head
If your printouts look grainy or vertical lines appear jagged, you may need to align
the print head.
Note:
You can also use the buttons on the RX500 to align the print head (see the on-screen
Reference Guide
for instructions). For best results, we recommend you use the print
head alignment utility, as described in this section.
1.
Make sure the RX500 is turned on and not printing, and the
!
error light
is off.
2.
Load several sheets of plain letter-size paper (see page 13 for instructions).
3.
Do one of the following:
Windows:
Right-click the
icon on the Windows taskbar and click
Print
Head Alignment
.
Macintosh OS X:
Double-click
EPSON Printer Utility
in your Applications
folder. Select
SP RX500 Series
in the Printer List and click
OK
. Then click
the
Print
Head
Alignment
button.
Macintosh OS 8.6 to 9.x:
From your application’s File menu, choose
Page
Setup
or
Print
. Click the
button in the printer settings or page setup
dialog box. Then click the
Print
Head
Alignment
button.