6 aligning the print head – Canon i 550 User Manual

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6 Aligning the Print Head

This operation must be carried out when using the printer for the first time. Aligning the print head positions

allows you to print without shifts in the color registration.

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Aligning the Print Head – Windows

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Click Start and select Control Panel,

Printers and Other Hardware, and

then Printers and Faxes.

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Click the icon for your printer.

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Open the File menu and select:

• Windows XP/Windows 2000

[Printing Preferences...]

• Windows Me/Windows 98/Windows 95

[Properties]

• Windows NT

→ [Document Defaults...]

to open the setting screen.

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Click OK.

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Click the Maintenance tab, and click

Print Head Alignment.

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Check that paper is loaded in the printer

and click OK. If a message warning you

not to perform other operations

appears, click OK.

For non-XP Windows, click Start, then select

Settings, Printers.

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