Lexmark C524, C520 Aligning the toner cartridges for color registration, Maintaining the printer

Maintaining the printer

Aligning the toner cartridges for color registration

When the new transfer belt was installed and all the photoconductor units were moved from the used transfer belt to the new one, the alignment of the toner cartridges and photoconductor units may have changed. For better color quality, complete the following steps for color registration:

1Turn the printer off.

2Press and hold and while turning the printer on.

3Release the buttons when the clock appears.

CONFIG MENU appears on the first line of the display.

4Press until Color Alignment appears, and then press .

5 Print Alignment Page is on the first line, so press .

Wait as four pages print. Examine each page for the letters A through L.

6Press until Set A appears, and then press .

A screen appears with a number shown in the box. The number is the current alignment.

7On the printed sheet, choose the straightest of the 20 lines beside the letter A.

8Press to decrease the number, or press to increase the number shown in the box to make it correspond to

the chosen number, and then press .

The Submitting Selection message appears.

9Repeat step 6 and step 8 to set the new alignment for letters B through L.

10Press .

11Press until Exit Config Menu appears, and then press to complete this procedure.

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