Manually Aligning The Print Head - Epson Stylus Pro 7880 User Manual

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Tip: To properly align the
print head, you can also
use Epson Doubleweight
Matte Paper or Ultra
Premium Photo Paper
Luster.
9. When the uni-directional alignment is finished, press d until
is highlighted. Then press
2-COLOR
alignment process.
10. When the bi-directional black alignment is finished, press d until
is highlighted. Then press
ALL
11. When done, press the Pause button to exit head alignment mode.
If you want to fine-tune the automatic alignment process, you can perform a
manual head alignment; see the next section.

Manually Aligning the Print Head

1. Make sure the printer is turned on. Then load Epson Enhanced Matte
paper or the paper that came with the printer.
2. Press the button.
Menu
3. Press the button until
d
.
Menu PAPER THICKNESS
4. Press . The
Menu
correct thickness setting for most Epson papers.
5. Press to save the setting.
6. Press l, then press d to highlight
7. Press the button to highlight
Menu
8. Press d to highlight
alignment patterns.
Lc
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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to start the alignment process.
HEAD ALIGNMENT
is highlighted.
setting is selected by default. This is the
STANDARD
ALIGNMENT
MANUAL
, then press
BI-D 2-COLOR
VLm
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
BI-D
to start the bi-directional black
is highlighted, then press
.
, then press
Menu
to start printing the
BI-D
again.