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Aligning the print head, Automatically aligning the print head – Epson R800 User Manual

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Maintaining Your Printer

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11. If you need to replace any other ink cartridges, repeat steps 6 through 10 before

continuing with step 12.

12. Close the cartridge cover, then close the printer cover.

13. Press the

H

ink button. The printer begins charging the ink delivery system.

The green P power light and red

H

ink lights flash and the printer makes noise.

Charging takes about 90 seconds. When it’s finished, the green P power light
stops flashing and stays on, and the red

H

ink light goes out.

Caution: Never turn off the printer while the green

P

power light is flashing,

unless the printer hasn’t moved or made noise for more than 5 minutes.

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. You can have the printer
automatically check and align the print head or you can check and adjust the
alignment yourself.

Automatically Aligning the Print Head

1. Turn on the printer.

2. Load 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

.

Mac OS X: Open the

Applications

folder and select

EPSON Printer Utility

.

Select

SP R800

in the printer list, click

OK

, and select

Print Head Alignment

.

Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x: Choose

File > Page Setup

or

Print

.

Click the

utility

icon, then select

Print Head Alignment

.