Lexmark Prospect Pro208 - Manual (Page 11)

4 Remove the ink cartridge from the pack, and then remove the protective cap from the ink cartridge.
If your ink cartridge comes with a muzzle cap, then remove the cap.
If your ink cartridge comes with a twist cap, then twist and remove the cap.
5 Install each ink cartridge. Use two hands to install the black cartridge.
Note: Install the new ink cartridges immediately after removing the protective cap to avoid exposing
the ink to air.
6 Close the printer.
Maintaining ink cartridges
In addition to the following tasks that you can perform, your printer performs an automatic maintenance
cycle every week if it is plugged into an electrical outlet. It will briefly come out of Power Saver mode or
will temporarily turn on if it is turned off.
Aligning the printhead
If the characters or lines on your printed image appear jagged or wavy, then you may need to align the
printhead.
Using the printer control panel
1 Load plain paper.
2 From the printer control panel, navigate to:
> Maintenance > > Align Printer >
An alignment page prints.
Note: Do not remove the alignment page until printing is finished.
Using the printer software
For Windows users
1 Load plain paper.
2 Click or Start.
3 Click All Programs or Programs, and then select the printer program folder from the list.
4 Navigate to:
Printer Home > select your printer > Maintenance tab > Align cartridges
5 Follow the instructions on the computer screen.
For Macintosh users
Note: This feature is available only in Mac OS X version 10.5 or earlier.
1 Load plain, unmarked paper.
2 From the Finder desktop, double-click the printer folder.
3 Double-click the Printer Utility icon.
4 From the Maintenance tab, click Print Alignment Page.
5 Follow the instructions on the computer screen.
If you aligned the cartridges to improve print quality, then print your document again. If print quality has
not improved, then clean the printhead nozzles.
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