Aligning the Print Head Using the
Product Control Panel
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.
Make sure there are no
errors on the LCD screen and the CD/DVD tray is not inserted for
printing.
Load a few sheets of plain paper in Cassette
2.
Press the home icon, if
necessary.
Select Maintenance. You see a screen like
this:
Select Print Head
Alignment.
Select one of the
following options:
Vertical
Alignment if your printout is blurry or contains vertical
ruled lines that are misaligned.
Horizontal
Alignment if your printout contains horizontal banding.
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
select the following on the LCD screen, depending on the alignment
pattern you printed:
Vertical Alignment: For each set of patterns,
select the number representing the pattern with the least amount of
separation or overlap.
Horizontal
Alignment: Select the number representing the pattern with
the least amount of separation or overlap.
Continue following the
rest of the on-screen instructions to finish the alignment.