Aligning the print head – Epson Stylus Photo R220 User Manual

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5. If the nozzle check pattern has no white lines or gaps (as

shown below),
click

Finish

If the pattern has white lines or gaps (as shown below), click

Clean

to clean the print head again.

If you don’t see any improvement after cleaning three or
four times, you can also turn the printer off and wait
overnight—this allows any dried ink to soften—and then
try cleaning the print head again.

Aligning the Print Head

If your printouts contain misaligned vertical lines, or you see
light or dark horizontal banding, you may need to align the
print head.

1. Turn on the printer.

2. Load several sheets of plain, letter-size paper.

3. Do one of the following:

❏ Windows: Right-click the icon on your taskbar (in

the lower right corner of your screen). Select

Print Head

Alignment

❏ Macintosh: Open the

Applications

folder and select

EPSON Printer Utility

. Select

SP R200 Series

in the

printer list, click

, then select

Print Head

Alignment

4. Follow the instructions on the screen to print the alignment

pattern.

You see a window like this one:

5. On the test page, select the square without any visible

bands. You may need to use a magnifying glass or loupe.

6. Select one square each for rows 1 to 4, then enter the

number of the best square in the corresponding boxes on
the screen. Then click

If you can’t find a square without visible bands, choose the
one that’s best. Then click

Realignment

to print another

test page and repeat this step.

7. After you click

, follow the instructions on the screen

to print the next test page.