Aligning The Print Heads; Using The Print Head Alignment Utility - Epson Stylus Color 850 User Manual

If the print quality does not improve, repeat step 4, then print a few lines
to check the output. If print quality hasn't improved after repeating this
procedure four or five times, see "Problems and Solutions" in Chapter 9.

Aligning the Print Heads

If you find that the printed image is fuzzy, or the vertical or horizontal
lines in your printout are not properly aligned, you may need to align the
print heads with the EPSON Print Head Alignment Utility. This utility
aligns the print heads to print images clearly. You may need to align the
print heads when you transport the printer or move it to a different
environment.

Using the print head alignment utility

The print head alignment utility includes both black and color alignment
features. To install this utility on your hard drive, insert the EPSON
Printer Software CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive and then type
D:\SETUP (If your CD-ROM drive uses a different drive letter or you are
using the floppy version, substitute it for D:\) at the DOS prompt.
Depending on the country, the CD-ROM may contain multiple-language
versions of the printer software. If the procedure above produced an
error, type D:\then specify your proferred language by typing English,
Francais, German, Italian, Portugal, or Spanish, followed by \SETUP. Then
press Enter. Follow the directions on the screen. After running the setup
program, change to the drive and directory that contains the utility (or set
the path to the directory). Then type EPCALIB2 and press Enter. The
following window appears:
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