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 Epson Stylus C86

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5. If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps or white lines, click 

Finish

.

If the pattern has white lines, click 

Clean

 to clean the print 

head again. 

You can also turn the printer off and wait overnight—this 
allows any dried ink to soften—and then try cleaning the 
print head again. 

Examine the nozzle check pattern you printed. Each staggered 
line should be solid, with no gaps, as shown. 

❏ If your printout looks okay, you’re done. 

❏ If you see any gaps (as shown below), clean the print head 

again.

If your printouts look blurry or grainy, or you see light or dark 
horizontal banding, you may need to align the print head. 

Note: Banding may also occur if your cartridges are low on ink or you 
need to clean the print head. 

1. Turn on the printer.

2. Load several sheets of paper.

3. Windows: Right-click the 

 printer icon on your taskbar 

(in the lower right corner of your screen). Select 

Print Head 

Alignment

.

Note: If you don’t see the icon, go to your printer properties 
window, click the Maintenance tab, then select Print Head 
Alignment

Macintosh OS X: Open the 

Applications

 folder and 

double-click the 

Epson Printer Utility

 icon. Select 

Stylus

 

C86 

in the printer list, click 

OK

, and select 

Print Head 

Alignment

.

Macintosh OS 9: From the File menu, select 

Page Setup

 

or 

Print

. Click the 

 

Utility button, then click the 

Print Head Alignment

 button.

4. Follow the instructions on the screen to print a black 

vertical alignment test page. You see a screen like this:

5. Look at the five sets of patterns in your printout. For each 

set, if you see a pattern with no visible vertical lines, enter its 
number in the corresponding box on the screen and click 

Next

.

If you can’t find a pattern without any vertical lines, select 
the best pattern. Click 

Realignment 

and then

 Print 

to 

print another alignment sheet and repeat this step.

6. Click 

Print

 to print the color vertical alignment sheet. You 

see a screen like this:

7. Look at the four sets of patterns in your printout. For each 

set, if you see a pattern with no visible vertical lines, enter its 
number in the corresponding box on the screen and click 

Next

.

If you can’t find a pattern without any vertical lines, select 
the best pattern. Click 

Realignment

 to print another 

alignment sheet and repeat this step.