Canon PIXMA iP7200 Series, Manual

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Home > Overview of the Printer > Maintenance > Performing Maintenance from a Computer > Aligning the
Print Head Position from Your Computer
Aligning the Print Head Position from Your Computer
Print head alignment corrects the installation positions of the print head and improves deviated colors and
lines.
This printer supports two head alignment methods: automatic head alignment and manual head alignment.
Normally, the printer is set for automatic head alignment.
If the printing results of automatic print head alignment are not satisfactory, see "
Aligning the Print Head
Position Manually from Your Computer ," and perform manual head alignment.
The procedure for performing automatic print head alignment is as follows:
Note
If the inner cover is open, close it.
The pattern is printed only in black and blue.
Print Head Alignment
1.
Select Test Print from the pop-up menu on the Canon IJ Printer Utility
2.
Click the Print Head Alignment icon
A message is displayed.
3.
Load paper in the printer
Load one sheet of A4 size or Letter size Matte Photo Paper (MP-101) into the cassette (lower).
Note
The type of media and number of sheets to be used differ when you select the manual head
alignment.
4.
Execute head alignment
Make sure that the printer is on and click Align Print Head .
Print head alignment starts.
Important
Do not open the top cover while printing is in progress.
Note
Wait until printing ends before performing other operations. Printing takes about 5 minutes to
complete.
After head alignment is completed, you can print and check the current setting. To do so, click
the
Print Head Alignment icon and when the message is displayed, click Print Alignment
Value .