Dell 948 User Guide - Page 57

Aligning Ink Cartridges, Arrow, Select, Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, Printers, Start - printer ink

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Maintenance 9. Lower the printer unit until it is completely closed. Aligning Ink Cartridges Your printer automatically prompts you to align the ink cartridges when they are installed or replaced. 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 from the operator panel: 1. Load plain paper. For more information, see Loading Paper. 2. Use the left and right Arrow buttons to scroll to MAINTENANCE, and then press the Select button . 3. Use the left and right Arrow buttons to scroll to Align Cartridges, and then press the Select button . An alignment page prints. The ink cartridges align when the page prints. You may discard the alignment page when the alignment is complete. To align the ink cartridges from the printer software: 1. Load plain paper. 2. In Windows Vista™: a. Click ® Control Panel. b. Click Hardware and Sound. c. Click Printers. In Windows® XP, click Start® Control Panel® Printers and Other Hardware® Printers and Faxes. In Windows 2000, click Start® Settings® Printers. file:///T|/htdocs/systems/prn948/en/en/d0e10317.html[10/10/2012 11:05:35 AM]

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Maintenance
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9. Lower the printer unit until it is completely closed.
Aligning Ink Cartridges
Your printer automatically prompts you to align the ink cartridges when they are installed or replaced. 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 from the operator panel:
1. Load plain paper. For more information, see
Loading Paper
.
2. Use the left and right
Arrow
buttons
to scroll to
MAINTENANCE
, and then press the
Select
button
.
3. Use the left and right
Arrow
buttons
to scroll to
Align Cartridges
, and then press the
Select
button
.
An alignment page prints. The ink cartridges align when the page prints. You may discard the alignment page when the
alignment is complete.
To align the ink cartridges from the printer software:
1. Load plain paper.
2.
In Windows Vista™:
a. Click
®
Control Panel
.
b. Click
Hardware and Sound
.
c. Click
Printers
.
In Windows
®
XP
, click
Start
®
Control Panel
®
Printers and Other Hardware
®
Printers and Faxes
.
In Windows 2000
, click
Start
®
Settings
®
Printers
.