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Epson PictureMate - Aligning the Print Head

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PictureMate
4/04 PictureMate - 9
2. Press or to highlight Maintenance, then press OK.
3. Press or to highlight
Clean Print Head, then press
OK.
4. When you see this message, press
OK to begin cleaning the
print head.
The cleaning takes several seconds, during which the
message
Cleaning print head. Please wait. appears on the
screen.
5. When cleaning is complete, you see a message asking if you
want to print a nozzle check pattern. If you want to check to
see if the nozzles are clean, load a sheet of photo paper (see
page 2), then press
OK to print the nozzle check.
If you don’t want to print a nozzle check, press
Cancel to
go back to the Main Menu.
6. Check the pattern to see if there are any gaps in the lines.
If there are gaps, press
OK to clean the print head again. If
there are no gaps, press
Cancel to go back to the PictureMate
Main Menu.
Aligning the Print Head
If you have moved PictureMate and print quality is not as
good as it was before—for example, you see misaligned
vertical lines or light or dark horizontal banding—you may
need to align the print head.
1. Load a sheet of photo paper (see page 2).
2. On the Main Menu, press or to highlight
More
Options, then press OK.
3. Press or to highlight
Maintenance, then press OK.
4. Press or to highlight
Align Print Head, then press
OK.
5. Press
Print when you see the next message.
6. After the pattern prints, look at it to see which line pattern
is the straightest. (You may need to use a magnifying glass.)
7. Press or to highlight the number for the best pattern
(1 to 15) in set #1, then press
OK.
8. Press or to highlight the number for the best pattern
(1 to 15) in set #2, then press
OK.
9. Press
OK to exit the alignment screen. The Main Menu
appears on the screen.
Okay
Needs
cleaning
Example of
straightest
line pattern

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