Aligning The Print Head; Automatically Aligning The Print Head - Epson Stylus Photo R1800 User Manual

11. Press the
The green P power light and red
Charging takes about 90 seconds. When it's finished, the green P power light
stops flashing and stays on. The red
cartridge(s) go out.
Caution: Never turn off the printer while the green
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
your screen). Select
Mac OS X: Open the
Select
SP R1800
You see a screen like this:
4. Click the
necessary, then click
5. On the next screen, click
The printer then prints and
checks an alignment pattern. It
then prints and checks two more
patterns.
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Maintaining Your Printer
H ink button. The printer begins charging the ink delivery system.
Print Head Alignment
Applications
, click , and select
OK
button, if
Automatic
.
OK
Start
H ink lights flash and the printer makes noise.
H
ink light and the light(s) above the
icon on your taskbar (in the lower right corner of
.
folder and select
Print Head Alignment
.
P
power light is flashing,
EPSON Printer Utility
.
.