6. When alignment is finished, click Finish on the last screen.

Manually Aligning the Print Head

1.Turn on the printer.

2.Load plain, letter-size paper.

3.Do one of the following:

Windows: Right-click the icon on your taskbar (in the lower right corner of your screen). Select Print Head Alignment.

Mac OS X: Open the Applications folder and select EPSON Printer Utility. Select SP R1800, click OK, and select Print Head Alignment.

4.Click the Manual button, then click OK.

You see a screen like this as the printer prints an alignment check pattern:

5.On the check page, select the box in each pattern that has the least noticeable lines in it. You may need to use a magnifying glass or loupe.

Select one box for each pattern numbered 1 through 3. Then enter the box number for each pattern in the boxes on the screen.

If box #5 is not the best-aligned box in each pattern, click Realignment to print another test page and repeat this step.

6.When box #5 is the best-aligned in all the patterns, click Finish.

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