Cartridge Alignment
When to Align Cartridges
If you suspect that the plotter is not producing plots of the highest quality, you can run a simple cartridge1alignment routine that will ensure that the print cartridges are aligned. Perform this routine also after clearing a media jam.
The alignment is also automatically performed after each time you replace or reseat the print cartridges. In this case, the plotter uses the first sheet of media that you load to perform the alignment.
CarriageLED Calibration
The cartridge1alignment routine includes calibration of the carriage LED. This is the optical sensor on the cartridge carriage, used to find the left and right media edges during media loading. (This calibration is independent of the setup1sheet calibration. The setup1sheet calibration calibrates the same LED, but the values stored are used only for scanning a setup sheet and are separate from the values strored during the cartridge alignment.)
Aligning Cartridges
You do not have to enter service mode to align cartridges.
With the plotter switched on, ensure the media1jam lever (pinch1arm lever) is up and the window down. The Load Media light should be on.
Paper Load 
Media
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Type
Choose the correct Media Type on the front panel: If you are using plotting paper, as recommended in the following step, turn the Paper LED on. The Final and Draft lights have no significance for this procedure and either can be on.
Load an A1size or A41size sheet of good quality plotting paper. (You can also use larger media sizes.) The Ready LED lights up.
4Press the Align Cartridges key.
The plotter takes 3 to 4 minutes to perform its alignment routine using the sheet of paper you have just loaded. In the course of the routine, it draws lines and shaded areas and then ejects the paper.
5Wait one minute for the ink to dry and unload the paper.
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