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Aligning the Print Head, Maintenance, Head Alignment, Print

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● If the pattern is OK, select Yes and press OK to finish. ● If the pattern has gaps or missing lines, select No and press OK to clean the print head again. You may need to clean it two times before the nozzles are clean. If you don't see any improvement after cleaning two times, see "Print Quality Problems" on page 43. You can also turn off PictureMate and wait for at least 6 hours to let any dried ink to soften. Then try cleaning the print head again. Note: You can run a nozzle check before you clean the print head. Follow steps 1 through 3 on page 37. Then select Nozzle Check. Aligning the Print Head If you have moved PictureMate and print quality is not as good as it used to be-if your prints look fuzzy or have light or dark lines running through them-you may need to align the print head. 1 Load paper in PictureMate so you can print the head alignment pattern. 2 Press Menu. 3 Press l or r to highlight Maintenance, then press OK. 4 Press l or r to select Head Alignment, then press OK. You see a confirmation screen: 5 Press Print. The alignment pattern is printed: Best pattern Misaligned pattern 39

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If the pattern is OK, select
Yes
and press
OK
to finish.
●
If the pattern has gaps or missing lines, select
No
and press
OK
to clean the print head
again. You may need to clean it two times
before the nozzles are clean.
If you don’t see any improvement after cleaning two
times, see “Print Quality Problems” on page 43. You
can also turn off PictureMate and wait for at least 6
hours to let any dried ink to soften. Then try cleaning
the print head again.
Note: You can run a nozzle check before you clean the print
head. Follow steps 1 through 3 on page 37. Then select
Nozzle
Check
.
Aligning the Print Head
If you have moved PictureMate and print quality is not
as good as it used to be—if your prints look fuzzy or
have light or dark lines running through them—you
may need to align the print head.
1
Load paper in PictureMate so you can print the
head alignment pattern.
2
Press
Menu
.
3
Press
l
or
r
to highlight
Maintenance
, then press
OK
.
4
Press
l
or
r
to select
Head Alignment
, then press
OK
. You see a confirmation screen:
5
Press
Print
. The alignment pattern is printed:
Best pattern
Misaligned
pattern