Epson Stylus PRO 7000, Reference Manual

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The Control Panel
If you find that any segments are missing from the test lines in the
pattern, you need to clean the print heads. Press the
Cleaning
button on the control panel for more than 3 seconds or access the
Head Cleaning utility from the EPSON printer utilities in your
software. See “Using the Printer Utilities” on page 2-20.
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Caution:
Before you start printing images, make sure that the nozzle check
pattern printing is complete. Otherwise, print quality may
decline.
Performing the head alignment
The procedure for head alignment using SelecType is described
below.
General flow of the head alignment procedure
Aligning the print heads
1. Load paper in your printer as described in “Using Roll Paper”
on page 4-3 or “Using Cut Sheet Media” on page 4-14.
Note:
When you load roll paper, select Roll Cutter Off. Depending on the
kind of paper used, automatic cutting may not be possible.
2. In SelecType mode, press the SelecType button until
is displayed on the LCD panel.
1. Load paper.
2. Set the paper thickness if necessary.
3. Print the alignment patterns (all or single).
4. For each alignment pattern, find the set that
has the smallest gaps and register that number.