Aligning the Print Head

If your printouts are grainy or blurry, you need to align the print head. The thickness of your print media determines the alignment options you select. You can store separate alignment values for each type of media you use for quick selection.

Before aligning the print head, make sure you have correctly loaded the media you plan to print on. Also check that the print head nozzles are not clogged.

On the product control panel, press the left or right arrow button to select the tab and press the OK button. The Maintenance menu appears.
Press the up or down arrow button to select Head Alignment and press the OK button.
Press the up or down arrow button to select one of these adjustment methods and press the OK button:
- If you are printing bidirectionally on your media, select the Manual(Bi-D) setting. If the print quality has not improved, repeat the steps here and select the Manual(Uni-D) setting.
- If you are printing unidirectionally on your media, select the Manual(Uni-D) setting.
Your product prints an alignment test pattern.
Examine the alignment test pattern to select the pattern number with the least visible white lines, as in pattern 3 shown here.
If the product control panel displays C1, press the up or down arrow button to select the number of the best pattern in C1 and press the OK button. Repeat this step for all the color patterns. After you select the final color pattern number, the control panel returns to its ready status.