EPSON Stylus COLOR 500
8.Highlight the number of the line group with the best appearance and click Next to calibrate the printer. Click Next to go to the next screen.
9.To check the calibration results, click Print Current Alignment Sheet and click Finish.
Calibrating the Printer Using DOS
If you need to calibrate the printer from DOS on the PC, follow the steps below. This utility is designed to be run in DOS with or without a mouse; these steps are witten for use without a mouse.
1.If you did not install the Windows printer software on the hard disk, insert the Windows Setup Disk 1 in a diskette drive.
2.Type A:\SETUP (or B:\SETUP) at the DOS prompt and press
Enter.
3.Follow the directions on the screen to install the software, removing Disk 1 and inserting Disk 2 when prompted.
4.After running the Setup program, change to the drive and directory that contain the Calibration utility (or set the path to the directory). The default directory is C:\CALIBRAT. Then type ECALIB and press Enter. You see the EPSON Printer Calibration screen.
5.Make sure the printer is selected. If not, follow the instructions on the screen to select the correct printer from the list shown.
6.Follow the instructions on the screen to choose the print head you want to calibrate. Then select Next.
7.Make sure the printer is on and paper is loaded. Then select Next to print the Current Alignment Sheet.
8.Select the misaligned pattern. (If more than one pattern is misaligned, select a misaligned pattern now. After you finish the steps in this section, repeat steps 4 through 11 to select and calibrate each remaining misaligned pattern.)
9.Select Next twice to print the pattern’s Test Alignment Sheet. This printout contains numbered line groups with varying alignment.
10.Select the number of the line group with the best appearance and then select Next to calibrate the printer.
11.To check the calibration results and exit the Calibration utility, select Print.
Calibrating the Printer Using a Macintosh
If you have a Macintosh, follow the steps below to calibrate the printer.
Note:
If the Status Monitor utility is running, click Quit to close it before you start the Calibration utility.
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2.When you see the screen to select a printer type, choose the printer name from the list and click OK.
3.Select the port to which the printer is connected.
c Caution:
Make sure that the printer name you selected and the actual printer to be calibrated are the same, and confirm that this printer is connected to the port you selected. Otherwise, the printer will be damaged.
4.In the next screen, click the Preview button to print the calibration patterns in the Choose pattern
5.Look at the printed patterns, and select the misaligned pattern in the Choose pattern
The printer prints some alignment patterns. Each pattern is associated with an offset value. Look for the alignment pattern that is most closely aligned.
6.After the pages have printed, you see a dialog box requesting the number of the pattern that is most closely aligned. Enter the appropriate number and click OK.
7.Repeat steps 5 and 6 until you are satisfied that all of the patterns are aligned.
8.To close the calibration utility, click Quit.
9.Turn off the printer to save the settings.
Note:
The settings made with the
Calibrating the Printer from the Control Panel
If for some reason you cannot use any of the calibration utility programs that came with the printer, you can calibrate the printer from the control panel. This is called the Printer adjustment mode. Follow these steps:
1.Make sure the printer is turned off and paper is loaded.
2.Hold down the Cleaning O and Load/Eject buttons and turn on the printer to enter the Printer adjustment mode.
The printer prints an instruction sheet in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish that shows you how to calibrate the printer. Follow these instructions.
3.After calibrating the printer, exit the Printer adjustment mode by turning off the printer.
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