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Hardware maintenance, Ink system tips, Align the printheads, Automatic alignment

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4 Hardware maintenance For the tasks in this chapter, you may need the User Maintenance Kit that was provided with your printer. Ink system tips For best results, always follow these guidelines: ● Follow the instructions on the front panel during installation. ● Allow the printer and the printhead cleaning cartridge to clean the printheads automatically. ● Avoid unnecessary removal of the ink cartridges and printheads. ● The ink cartridges should never be removed while the printer is printing. They should be removed only when the printer is ready for you to replace them. The front panel guides you through the replacement procedure. ● Make sure that you comply with all applicable laws and regulations when disposing of ink system consumables. NOTE: Shake the ink cartridges and printheads vigorously before installing them. Align the printheads The printer performs printhead alignment whenever printheads are replaced. If no substrate is loaded when a printhead is replaced, the printer will perform the alignment the next time you load substrate. You may also be recommended to align the printheads to solve a print-quality problem. Automatic alignment First make sure that you have a roll of opaque, white substrate loaded in the printer. Colored substrates, glossy canvas, and transparent materials such as translucent bond, clear film, tracing substrate, and vellum are not suitable for automatic printhead alignment; for these substrates, you should align the printheads manually (see Manual alignment on page 12). To request printhead alignment from the front panel (if the alignment is not performed automatically), select the icon, then select Image quality maintenance > Align printheads > Auto PH alignment. To request printhead alignment from the Embedded Web Server, select the Setup tab, then select Printhead alignment > Automatic printhead alignment > Print. The process takes about 10 minutes and starts immediately, unless an image is currently being printed. If a print job is in process, the alignment will be done as soon as the current print job is finished. ENWW Ink system tips 11

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Hardware maintenance
For the tasks in this chapter, you may need the User Maintenance Kit that was provided with your printer.
Ink system tips
For best results, always follow these guidelines:
●
Follow the instructions on the front panel during installation.
●
Allow the printer and the printhead cleaning cartridge to clean the printheads automatically.
●
Avoid unnecessary removal of the ink cartridges and printheads.
●
The ink cartridges should never be removed while the printer is printing. They should be removed only
when the printer is ready for you to replace them. The front panel guides you through the replacement
procedure.
●
Make sure that you comply with all applicable laws and regulations when disposing of ink system
consumables.
NOTE:
Shake the ink cartridges and printheads vigorously before installing them.
Align the printheads
The printer performs printhead alignment whenever printheads are replaced. If no substrate is loaded when
a printhead is replaced, the printer will perform the alignment the next time you load substrate.
You may also be recommended to align the printheads to solve a print-quality problem.
Automatic alignment
First make sure that you have a roll of opaque, white substrate loaded in the printer. Colored substrates,
glossy canvas, and transparent materials such as translucent bond, clear film, tracing substrate, and vellum
are not suitable for automatic printhead alignment; for these substrates, you should align the printheads
manually (see
Manual alignment
on page
12
).
To request printhead alignment from the front panel (if the alignment is not performed automatically), select
the
icon, then select
Image quality maintenance
>
Align printheads
>
Auto PH alignment
.
To request printhead alignment from the Embedded Web Server, select the
Setup
tab, then select
Printhead
alignment
>
Automatic printhead alignment
>
Print
.
The process takes about 10 minutes and starts immediately, unless an image is currently being printed. If a
print job is in process, the alignment will be done as soon as the current print job is finished.
ENWW
Ink system tips
11