Perform A Manual Print Head Alignment (Mac OS X) MP960
Article ID: ART127335 |
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Date published: 05/12/2015 |
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Date last updated: 08/14/2015 |
Description
Manual print head alignment instructions MP960 (Mac OS X).
Solution
Perform A Manual Print Head Alignment (Mac OS X)
Follow the steps below to perform a Manual Print Head Alignment (Mac OS X):
- Turn on the printer and open the paper output tray.
- Load three sheets of letter-sized plain paper into the Automatic Sheet Feeder.
- Launch The IJ Printer Utility. (see attachment for instructions)
- From the pop-up menu, select 'Custom Settings'.
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- Select 'Align heads manually', and click 'Send'.
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- Click 'OK' to send the settings to the printer.
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- From the IJ Printer Utility pop-up menu, select 'Test Print'.
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- Click on the 'Print Head Alignment icon'.
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- The message below is displayed. After confirming the two points below, click 'Print Head Alignment'.
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Note: Print head cleaning starts. The power lamp flashes during cleaning operation. Do not perform other operations. After cleaning has finished, the first head alignment pattern will be printed.
- Refer to the printed sheet, and select the pattern with the fewest visible vertical stripes in Column A.
- Enter the selected pattern's number in the Column A box.
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<1> Example of highly visible vertical stripes in the pattern.
<2> Example of the fewest visible vertical stripes in the pattern.
- Similarly, enter the selected numbers in the boxes for column B to F.
- After all numbers have been entered, click Send. The following message is displayed.
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- Click 'OK' after confirming that paper is set in the sheet feeder. Another pattern printing will print.
- Refer to the printed sheet, and enter the numbers on the next screen. Select the pattern with the fewest visible vertical stripes in columns G to K. If all the patterns seem to be similar, leave the fields at the default setting.
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- After entering all the numbers, click 'Send'. The third pattern prints. .
- Refer to the printed sheet, and enter the numbers on the Print Head Alignment window the same way as in step 11.
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- After all numbers have been entered, click 'Send'.