7.If you select Old Right cartridges in Step 4, press the Options button until the correct answer displays on the LCD panel. Press Start.
8.If any new cartridges were installed, then an alignment is required. An alignment pattern automatically prints. Go to step 6 of “Aligning Print Cartridges” in the next section below.
Aligning Print Cartridges
Cartridge alignment can be done from the computer by using the Compaq A1500 Printer Control Program, or from the A1500 front control panel.
The print cartridges should be aligned after installing a new print cartridge or if the black portions of graphics do not align with the color portions. The alignment pattern automatically prints after installing a new cartridge.
Aligning Print Cartridges using the Computer
To print the alignment pattern:
1. Access the Compaq A1500 Printer Control Program by right clicking on the A1500 Monitor icon, or by clicking Start Programs Compaq A1500
2.Click the Cartridges tab on the A1500 Printer Control Program.
3.Click the Align Cartridges button. The alignment test page will print and the “Ink Cartridge Alignment” dialog box will appear on your screen.
4.Enter the alignment information.
5.Depending on the cartridge combination you have installed on your printer, the A1500 prints a test page with two or more alignment patterns similar to those shown below. Each pattern has a number
under it. Your pattern may have more letters than those shown below.
6.Locate the number under the alignment pattern that comes closest to forming a perfectly straight line
from each group on the test page. For example, in sample group A above, pattern 5 comes closest to forming a straight line.
7.Enter the number you chose as the appropriate alignment setting for each group in the dialog box. Use the Up and Down arrow keys.
8.Click OK after you have entered a number for each of the groups.
Aligning Print Cartridges using the A1500
To print the alignment pattern:
1.Press Setup.
2.Press the Menu button until the following message appears on the LCD panel:
3.Press Start. The Cartridge Alignment page prints.
4.Enter the Cartridge Alignment information. Depending on the cartridge combination you have installed in your printer, a test page with one or more alignment patterns similar to the ones shown
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