Aligning the Print Head Using the Product
Control Panel
You can
align the print head using the control panel on your product.
Make
sure there are no errors on the LCD screen.
Load a
few sheets of plain paper in the cassette (or in cassette 1 if your
product has two cassettes).
Press
the home button, if
necessary.
Select
Setup.
Select
Maintenance. You see a screen
like this:
Select
Print Head Alignment. You see
a screen like this:
Do one
of the following:
If your
printouts look blurry or vertical lines are misaligned, select
Vertical Alignment.
If you see
horizontal bands at regular intervals, select Horizontal Alignment.
Follow
the on-screen instructions to print an alignment sheet.
Note: Do not
cancel printing while you are printing head alignment
patterns.
Check
the printed patterns on the alignment sheet and do one of the
following:
If you
printed a vertical alignment sheet, select the number representing
the most solid printed pattern for each set on the LCD screen .
If you
printed a horizontal alignment sheet, select the number
representing the pattern with the least amount of separation or
overlap on the LCD screen.