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15. Click Next. 16. If you installed a new cartridge, continue with Aligning Ink Cartridges. Aligning Ink Cartridges Typically, you only align print cartridges after installing or replacing a cartridge. However, you may also need to align ink cartridges when characters are not properly formed or are not aligned at the left margin, or when vertical or straight lines appear wavy. To align the ink cartridges: 1. Load plain paper. For more information, see Loading Paper. 2. Click Start Programs or All Programs Dell Printers Dell Photo Printer 720 Printer Solution Center. 3. Click the Maintenance tab. 4. Click Align to fix blurry edges. 5. Click Print. Dell The alignment page prints. 6. Look at each row on the alignment page. Find the darkest arrow in each row, and then enter the number under the arrow in the fields on the screen. 7. When you have entered all the values, click OK. The ink cartridges are aligned. Cleaning the Ink Cartridge Nozzles You may need to clean the nozzles when: White lines appear in graphics or solid black areas. Print appears smudged or too dark. Colors fade, do not print, or do not print completely. Vertical lines appear jagged or edges appear rough. To clean the ink cartridge nozzles: 1. 2.

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Click
Next
.
15.
If you installed a new cartridge, continue with
Aligning Ink Cartridges
.
16.
Aligning Ink Cartridges
Typically, you only align print cartridges after installing or replacing a cartridge. However, you may also need
to align ink cartridges when characters are not properly formed or are not aligned at the left margin, or when
vertical or straight lines appear wavy.
To align the ink cartridges:
Load plain paper. For more information, see
Loading Paper
.
1.
Click
Start
Programs
or
All Programs
Dell Printers
Dell Photo Printer 720
Dell
Printer Solution Center
.
2.
Click the
Maintenance
tab.
3.
Click
Align to fix blurry edges
.
4.
Click
Print
.
5.
The alignment page prints.
Look at each row on the alignment page. Find the darkest arrow in each row, and then enter the
number under the arrow in the fields on the screen.
6.
When you have entered all the values, click
OK
.
7.
The ink cartridges are aligned.
Cleaning the Ink Cartridge Nozzles
You may need to clean the nozzles when:
White lines appear in graphics or solid black areas.
Print appears smudged or too dark.
Colors fade, do not print, or do not print completely.
Vertical lines appear jagged or edges appear rough.
To clean the ink cartridge nozzles: