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Adjusting the Printhead
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Automatic Adjustment to Straighten Lines and Colors (Head Posi. Adj.) ....................................................
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Manual Adjustment to Straighten Lines and Colors (Head Posi. Adj.) ........................................................
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Troubleshooting Paper Abrasion and Blurry Images (Head Height) ...............................................................
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Adjusting the Printhead
If printed documents are affected by the following problems, try adjusting the printhead.
• Printing is faint or affected by banding in different colors
Execute
Nozzle Check to check for printhead nozzle clogging.
For instructions,
see "
Checking for Nozzle Clogging
."
→P.909
• Printed vertical lines are warped or colors are out of alignment
Execute
Head Posi. Adj. to adjust the printhead position.
Normally, execute Auto(Standard) , Auto(Advanced) , or Auto(Expansion) . However, when using special paper or if
printing is not improved after executing Auto(Advanced) , try Manual .
(See "
Automatic Adjustment to Straighten Lines and Colors (Head Posi. Adj.)
.")
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(See "
Manual Adjustment to Straighten Lines and Colors (Head Posi. Adj.)
.")
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• Paper rubs against the printhead, or image edges are blurred
Executing
Head Height to adjust the printhead height may improve printing results.
(See "
Troubleshooting Paper Abrasion and Blurry Images (Head Height)
.")
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Automatic Adjustment to Straighten Lines and Colors (Head Posi. Adj.)
If vertical lines in printed documents are warped or colors are out of alignment, execute Head Posi. Adj. . The printer will
print and read a test pattern, and the Printhead position will be adjusted automatically.
There are three modes for automatic Printhead adjustment:
Auto(Standard) , Auto(Advanced) and Auto(Expansion) .
• Auto(Standard)
Fixes slight distortion and color misalignment.
• Auto(Advanced)
Try adjustment in this mode if Auto(Standard) does not improve printing.
• Auto(Expansion)
Try adjustment in this mode if vertical lines are warped or colors are out of alignment when the printer driver option
High-Precision Photographs or High-Precision Text and Fine Lines is selected.
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