Dell V505w All In One Wireless Inkjet Printer User Guide - Page 80

Aligning Ink Cartridges

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9. Lower the scanner base 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. 3. Right-click the Dell V505 icon. 4. Click Printing Preferences. The Printing Preferences dialog box opens. 5. Click the Maintenance tab. 6. Click Align Ink Cartridges. 7. Click Print.

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9. Lower the scanner base 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
.
3. Right-click the
Dell V505
icon.
4. Click
Printing Preferences
.
The
Printing Preferences
dialog box opens.
5. Click the
Maintenance
tab.
6. Click
Align Ink Cartridges
.
7. Click
Print
.