Improving Print Quality - Lexmark Z51 User Manual

Tips
Align the print car-
tridges when:
• Characters are not
aligned correctly at left
margin.
• The black portions of a
graphic or text do not
align properly with
the color portions.
• Vertical lines appear
"wavy."
• A yellow halo appears
around black text or
graphics.
Tips
Print quality sug-
gestions:
• Make sure you are
using a paper intended
for inkjet printing.
• If you are using
specialty media, make
sure the print side is
facing you.

Improving print quality

If your print quality is not satisfactory, you may need to refresh your
print cartridges. A simple cartridge alignment may improve your print
quality. However, if your printer still is not printing to your
satisfaction, you may need to clean the print nozzles.
Aligning print cartridges
Normally, you only align the print cartridges after you have installed
a new print cartridge. However, if the black portions of a graphic or
text do not align properly with the color portions, you need to realign
the print cartridges.
The following illustrations show a sample result of aligned and
misaligned print cartridges:
Aligned Misaligned
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