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Print Head Alignment, Aligning the Print Head Using a Computer Utility

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If you don't see any improvement after cleaning the print head up to 4 times, turn off the product and wait at least 6 hours. Then try cleaning the print head again. If quality still does not improve, the ink cartridge may be old or damaged and needs to be replaced. Parent topic: Print Head Cleaning Related concepts Print Head Nozzle Check Related topics Replacing the Ink Cartridge Print Head Alignment If your printouts become grainy or blurry, you notice misalignment of vertical lines, or you see dark or light horizontal bands, you may need to align the print head. Note: Banding may also occur if your print head nozzles need cleaning. Aligning the Print Head Using a Computer Utility Parent topic: Print Head Maintenance Related concepts Print Head Cleaning Aligning the Print Head Using a Computer Utility You can align the print head using a utility on your Windows computer or Mac. 1. Make sure no product lights are indicating errors. 2. Load a few sheets of plain paper in the product. 3. Do one of the following: • Windows: Right-click the product icon in the Windows taskbar. • Mac OS X 10.6/10.7/10.8: In the Apple menu or the Dock, select System Preferences. Select Print & Fax or Print & Scan, select your product, and select Options & Supplies. Select Utility and select Open Printer Utility. • Mac OS X 10.5: In the Apple menu or the Dock, select System Preferences. Select Print & Fax, select your product, and select Open Print Queue. Select Utility. 4. Select Print Head Alignment. 65

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If you don’t see any improvement after cleaning the print head up to 4 times, turn off the product and wait
at least 6 hours. Then try cleaning the print head again. If quality still does not improve, the ink cartridge
may be old or damaged and needs to be replaced.
Parent topic:
Print Head Cleaning
Related concepts
Print Head Nozzle Check
Related topics
Replacing the Ink Cartridge
Print Head Alignment
If your printouts become grainy or blurry, you notice misalignment of vertical lines, or you see dark or
light horizontal bands, you may need to align the print head.
Note:
Banding may also occur if your print head nozzles need cleaning.
Aligning the Print Head Using a Computer Utility
Parent topic:
Print Head Maintenance
Related concepts
Print Head Cleaning
Aligning the Print Head Using a Computer Utility
You can align the print head using a utility on your Windows computer or Mac.
1.
Make sure no product lights are indicating errors.
2.
Load a few sheets of plain paper in the product.
3.
Do one of the following:
•
Windows:
Right-click the product icon in the Windows taskbar.
•
Mac OS X 10.6/10.7/10.8
: In the Apple menu or the Dock, select
System Preferences
. Select
Print & Fax
or
Print & Scan
, select your product, and select
Options & Supplies
. Select
Utility
and select
Open Printer Utility
.
•
Mac OS X 10.5
: In the Apple menu or the Dock, select
System Preferences
. Select
Print & Fax
,
select your product, and select
Open Print Queue
. Select
Utility
.
4.
Select
Print Head Alignment
.
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