Automatically Aligning The Print Head; Manually Aligning The Print Head - Epson Stylus Photo R800 Product Information

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
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
lower right corner of your screen). Select
.
Alignment
Mac OS X: Open the
Applications
EPSON Printer Utility
click , and select
OK Print Head Alignment
Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x: Choose
Click the utility icon, then select
.
Alignment
You see a screen like this:
4. Click the button, if necessary, then click
Automatic
5. On the next screen, click
checks an alignment pattern. It then prints and checks two
more patterns.
6. When alignment is finished, click
P
power light
icon on your taskbar (in the
Print Head
folder and select
. Select in the printer list,
SP R800
.
or
File > Page Setup
Print Head
. The printer then prints and
Start
on the last screen.
Finish

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
lower right corner of your screen). Select
Alignment
Mac OS X: Open the
EPSON Printer Utility
click
OK
Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x: Choose
Click the
Alignment
4. Click the
You see a screen like this as the printer prints an alignment
check pattern:
.
Print
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.
If box #5 is not the best-aligned box in each pattern, click
Realignment
step.
6. When box #5 is the best-aligned in all the patterns, click
.
Finish
.
OK
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Epson Stylus Photo R800
icon on your taskbar (in the
.
Applications
. Select
SP R800
, and select
Print Head Alignment
File > Page Setup
utility icon, then select
.
button, then click
Manual
to print another test page and repeat this
Epson Stylus Photo R800
Print Head
folder and select
in the printer list,
.
or .
Print
Print Head
OK
.
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