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Manually aligning the print head – Epson R800 User Manual

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Maintaining Your Printer

You see a screen like this:

4. Click the

Automatic

button, if

necessary, then click

OK

.

5. On the next screen, click

Start

.

The printer then prints and
checks an alignment pattern. It
then prints and checks two more
patterns.

6. When alignment is finished, click

Finish

on the last screen.

Manually 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

.

4. Click the

Manual

button, then click

OK

.

You see a screen like this as the printer
prints an alignment check pattern:

5. On the check page, select the box in each

pattern that has the least noticeable lines in
it. You may need to use a magnifying glass
or loupe.

Select one box each for pattern numbered
1 through 3. Then enter the box number
for each pattern in the boxes on the screen.