Epson Stylus C68
9.Close the printer cover and press the 
ink button. The printer begins charging the ink delivery system.
The green 
power light flashes and the printer makes noise. Charging takes about half a minute. When it’s finished, the green 
power light stops flashing and stays on, and the red 
light goes out.
Caution: Never turn off the printer while the green 
power light is flashing, unless the printer hasn’t moved or made noise for more than 5 minutes.
Note: If the red 
light stays on (not flashing), the ink cartridge may not be installed correctly. Press the 
ink button again and reinstall the ink cartridge until it clicks into place.
4.Follow the instructions on the screen to print a black vertical alignment test page. You see a window like this:
5.Look at the four sets of patterns in your printout. For each set, if you see a pattern with no visible vertical lines, enter its number in the corresponding box on the screen and click
Next.
If you can’t find an aligned pattern, choose the one that’s closest to being aligned. Click Realignment and then Print to print another alignment sheet and repeat this step.
6.Click Print to print the color vertical alignment sheet. You see a window like this:
Aligning the Print Head
If your printouts look blurry or grainy, or you see light or dark vertical banding, you may need to align the print head.
Note: Banding may also occur if your cartridges are low on ink or you need to clean the print head.
1.Turn on the printer.
2.Load several sheets of paper.
3.Windows: 
printer icon on your taskbar (in the lower right corner of your screen). Select Print Head Alignment.
Note: If you don’t see the icon, go to your printer properties window, click the Maintenance tab, then select Print Head
Alignment.
Macintosh OS X: Open the Applications folder and
Print Head Alignment.
7.Look at the four sets of patterns in your printout. For each set, if you see a pattern with no visible vertical lines, enter its number in the corresponding box on the screen and click
Next.
If you can’t find an aligned pattern, choose the one that’s closest to being aligned. Click Realignment to print another alignment sheet and repeat this step.
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