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Aligning the Print Head
If your printouts are grainy or blurry and contain vertical lines or faint text, you can realign the print head
for each platen size and each ink color.
Note: Before making any adjustments, select the registered media setting number you wish to save the
settings to. Redo the adjustments if you change the Platen Gap setting to Manual.
1. If the platen is not in the forward position, press the
2. Make sure the platen and media you want to make adjustments for are loaded.
3. Confirm the currently selected media settings on the printer's LCD screen.
Note: If you want to save the adjustments to a different media setting, select Media on the screen,
and then select Current Settings > Media. Select the media setting you wish to save the
adjustments to and then select the
4. Select Media on the screen and then select Print Adjustments > Print Head Alignment.
5. Select either Standard or Micro Adjust and then do one of the following:
• If you selected Standard, go to the next step.
• If you selected Micro Adjust, go to step 8.
6. Select the items to adjust according to the color of the media being used and then select Start.
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moveable base button to move it forward.
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