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Aligning the Print Head, Maintenance, Head Alignment, Print

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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 u or d to highlight Maintenance, then press OK. 4 Press u or d to highlight Head Alignment, then press OK. You see a confirmation screen: 5 Press OK again to continue. 6 Press Print. The alignment pattern is printed: Best pattern Misaligned pattern 7 Look at the printed squares to determine which one is the most even, with no streaks or white lines. (You may need to use a magnifying glass.) 8 Press u or d to select the number for the best pattern (1 to 9) in set #1. Then press OK. 9 Press u or d to highlight the number for the best pattern (1 to 9) in set #2. Then press OK. PictureMate aligns the print head and exits the Maintenance menu. Note: The pattern you select becomes the middle pattern (#5) the next time you align the print head. 62

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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
u
or
d
to highlight
Maintenance
, then press
OK
.
4
Press
u
or
d
to highlight
Head Alignment
, then
press
OK
. You see a confirmation screen:
5
Press
OK
again to continue.
6
Press
Print
. The alignment pattern is printed:
7
Look at the printed squares to determine which
one is the most even, with no streaks or white
lines. (You may need to use a magnifying glass.)
8
Press
u
or
d
to select the number for the best
pattern (
1
to
9
) in set #1. Then press
OK
.
9
Press
u
or
d
to highlight the number for the best
pattern (
1
to
9
) in set #2. Then press
OK
.
PictureMate aligns the print head and exits the
Maintenance menu.
Note:
The pattern you select becomes the middle
pattern (#5) the next time you align the print head.
Best pattern
Misaligned
pattern