Canon PIXMA iP8500 Series Quick Start Manual page 67

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With the printer on, load a sheet of Letter-sized plain paper in the Sheet
Feeder.
2
Open the BJ Printer Utility dialog box.
(1) Double-click the hard disk icon where the printer driver was installed, the
Applications folder, and then the Utilities folder.
(2) Double-click the Printer Setup Utility icon.
When using Mac OS X v.10.2, double-click the Print Center icon.
(3) Select the name of your printer from the Name list and click Utility.
When using Mac OS X v.10.2, select the name of your printer from the Name list
and click Configure.
(4) Select the name of your printer from the Product list and click Maintenance.
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Print the pattern.
4
Check the printed pattern.
If the pattern is printed as shown below, the Print Head is aligned automatically. The
printer is now ready to use.
Printing Maintenance
(1) Select Test Print from the
pop-up menu.
(2) Click Print Head Alignment.
(3) Read the message and click
Print Head Alignment.
It takes about 90 seconds to
start printing. Do not open
the Top Cover while printing.
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