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Printing Maintenance Aligning the Printhead Part of the setup procedure for a new S9000 photo printer includes aligning the printhead. Occasionally, you may need to realign it, as determined by the results of a nozzle check pattern (see "Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern" on page 24.) To align the printhead in Windows: 1. Make sure the printer is on and paper is loaded. 2. Click Start, then Settings, then Printers. For Windows XP, click Start, then Control Panel, then Printers and Other Hardware, then Printers and Faxes. The Maintenance tab may vary for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Follow the instructions when prompted. 3. Right-click the Canon S9000 printer icon, then click Properties. 4. Click the Maintenance tab, then click Print Head Alignment. When asked to start printhead alignment, click OK. 5. Follow the on-screen instructions to print an alignment pattern. 6. From each column of the printed alignment pattern, select the most uniform pattern and enter the number in the corresponding field. 7. Click OK to complete printhead alignment. 23

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Printing Maintenance
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Aligning the Printhead
Part of the setup procedure for a new S9000 photo printer includes aligning the
printhead. Occasionally, you may need to realign it, as determined by the results
of a nozzle check pattern (see “Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern” on page 24.)
To align the printhead in Windows:
1.
Make sure the printer is on and paper is loaded.
2.
Click
Start
, then
Settings
, then
Printers
.
For Windows XP, click
Start
, then
Control Panel
,
then
Printers and Other
Hardware
, then
Printers
and Faxes
. The
Maintenance tab may vary
for Windows 2000 and
Windows XP. Follow the
instructions when
prompted.
3.
Right-click the
Canon S9000
printer
icon, then click
Properties
.
4.
Click the
Maintenance
tab, then click
Print Head Alignment
. When asked
to start printhead alignment, click
OK
.
5.
Follow the on-screen instructions to
print an alignment pattern.
6.
From each column of the printed
alignment pattern, select the most
uniform pattern and enter the number
in the corresponding field.
7.
Click
OK
to complete printhead alignment.