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Print head alignment method – Epson SureLab D1070 Professional Minilab Printer User Manual

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SL-D1000 Series User's Guide

Using the Maintenance Tool (Mac)

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Select

Normal

to clean the surface of the print

head and to clear clogged nozzles.

Power

cleans more powerfully than

Normal

.

Use this setting if the nozzles are still clogged
even after repeating

Normal

cleaning several

times.

Power

consumes more ink than

Normal

cleaning. If a message is displayed informing
you that here is not enough ink remaining,
replace the ink supply unit before continuing.

Cleaning is executed.

Cleaning may take some time depending on the
selected cleaning level.

A message is displayed on screen when cleaning
is complete.

3

Check the results of Forced Cleaning.

There are the following two ways to check the
cleaning results.

O

Execute a nozzle check to check for clogged
nozzles.

U

“Nozzle Check Methods” on page 103

O

Print a nozzle check pattern to check for
clogged nozzles.

U

“Print Nozzle Check Pattern Method”

on page 104

If the clogged nozzles are not cleared by
executing

Normal

cleaning, execute

Normal

cleaning again. If the clogged nozzles are not
cleared even by repeating this several times,
execute

Power

cleaning.

If the clogged nozzles are not cleared even by
executing

Power

cleaning, contact service

support.

Print Head Alignment Method

If the print results appear grainy or out of focus,
perform Print Head Alignment. The Print Head
Alignment function corrects print head misalignments
when printing.

After executing Print Head Alignment, go on to
execute Paper Feed Adjustment.

1

Load paper to print an adjustment pattern.

U

“Basic Operations” on page 29

2

Click

Print Head Alignment

on the main

screen.

The

Print Head Alignment

screen is displayed.

3

In

Paper Source

, select the paper source in

which you loaded paper in step 1.

If you selected

Rear Paper Feed Slot

for

Paper

Source

, then go to step 4.