Printing Maintenance

z If the patterns are not printed successfully, refer to “Eleven flashes” in “Handling Error Messages” on page 73.

zIf results of Automatic Print Head Alignment are not satisfactory, refer to “Routine Maintenance” of the User’s Guide and align the Print Head manually.

zClicking Check Setting prints the current settings and finishes the print head alignment.

zTwo different patterns other than the ones shown above may be printed if you align the Print Head automatically for the first time after installing the printer driver.

1With the printer on, load two sheets of Letter-sized plain paper in the Auto Sheet Feeder.

If other than Letter-sized paper is loaded, you cannot print the print head alignment patterns. Be sure to use Letter-sized plain paper.

2 Open the Canon IJ Printer Utility dialog box.

(1)Select Applications from the Go menu, and then double-click the Utilities folder.

(2)Double-click the Printer Setup Utility icon.

When using Mac OS X v.10.2.8, double-click the Print Center icon.

(3)Select the name of your printer from the Name list and click Utility.

When using Mac OS X v.10.2.8, select the name of your printer from the Name list and click Configure.

(4)Select the name of your printer from the Product list and click Maintenance.

3 Print the pattern.

(1) Select Test Print from the pop-up menu.

(2) Click Print Head Alignment.

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