Lexmark Optra Color 45 User Manual page 209

Caring for Your Printer
Printing the Test Page for Verifying Alignment
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Chapter 8: Maintaining Your Printer
For optimal printing, you should align the print cartridges. If you
replace print cartridges, your printer automatically prints a test
page to verify printhead alignment. If you need to print an
alignment test page, complete the following steps:
1
Press Menu> or <Menu to enter the menus.
2
Continue to press and release Menu> or <Menu until you
see TESTS MENU.
3
Press Select.
4
Press Menu> until Align Cartridges appears on the
second line of the display.
5
Press Select.
Printing Alignment Page appears on the display and the
cartridge alignment test page prints.
6
From the Test A alignment group on the test page, locate
the number under the alignment pattern that comes
closest to forming a perfectly straight line.
For example, in sample group A on page 190, number 5
comes closest to forming a straight line.
7
Press and release Menu> or <Menu to display the correct
alignment value based on the printed test page.
8
Press Select to choose the correct alignment value.
The next Test Alignment screen appears on the display.
9
Repeat steps 6 through 8 to select the alignment values
for Tests B, C, and D.
Once you press Select for the correct value for Test D Alignment,
the printer returns to the Ready state.