Epson Stylus Photo R800 R800 User Manual
Product codes
R800
Epson Stylus Photo R800
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Epson Stylus Photo R800
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13. Press the H ink button. The printer begins charging the ink
delivery system.
The green P power light and red H ink lights flash and the
printer makes noise. Charging takes about 90 seconds.
When it’s finished, the green P power light stops flashing
and stays on, and the red H ink light goes out.
printer makes noise. Charging takes about 90 seconds.
When it’s finished, the green P power light stops flashing
and stays on, and the red H ink light goes out.
Caution: Never turn off the printer while the green
P
power light
is flashing, unless the printer hasn’t moved or made noise for more
than 5 minutes.
than 5 minutes.
Aligning the Print Head
If your printouts contain misaligned vertical lines, or you see
light or dark horizontal banding, you may need to align the
print head. You can have the printer automatically check and
align the print head or you can check and adjust the alignment
yourself.
light or dark horizontal banding, you may need to align the
print head. You can have the printer automatically check and
align the print head or you can check and adjust the alignment
yourself.
Automatically Aligning the Print Head
1. Turn on the printer.
2. Load plain, letter-size paper.
3. Do one of the following:
Windows: Right-click the
icon on your taskbar (in the
lower right corner of your screen). Select
Print Head
Alignment
.
Mac OS X: Open the
Applications
folder and select
EPSON Printer Utility
. Select
SP R800
in the printer list,
click
OK
, and select
Print Head Alignment
.
Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x: Choose
File > Page Setup
or
Print
.
Click the
utility icon, then select
Print Head
Alignment
.
You see a screen like this:
4. Click the
Automatic
button, if necessary, then click
OK
.
5. On the next screen, click
Start
. The printer then prints and
checks an alignment pattern. It then prints and checks two
more patterns.
more patterns.
6. When alignment is finished, click
Finish
on the last screen.
Manually Aligning the Print Head
1. Turn on the printer.
2. Load plain, letter-size paper.
3. Do one of the following:
Windows: Right-click the
icon on your taskbar (in the
lower right corner of your screen). Select
Print Head
Alignment
.
Mac OS X: Open the
Applications
folder and select
EPSON Printer Utility
. Select
SP R800
in the printer list,
click
OK
, and select
Print Head Alignment
.
Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x: Choose
File > Page Setup
or
Print
.
Click the
utility icon, then select
Print Head
Alignment
.
4. Click the
Manual
button, then click
OK
.
You see a screen like this as the printer prints an alignment
check pattern:
check pattern:
5. On the check page, select the box in each pattern that has
the least noticeable lines in it. You may need to use a
magnifying glass or loupe.
magnifying glass or loupe.
Select one box each for pattern numbered 1 through 3.
Then enter the box number for each pattern in the boxes on
the screen.
Then enter the box number for each pattern in the boxes on
the screen.
If box #5 is not the best-aligned box in each pattern, click
Realignment
to print another test page and repeat this
step.
6. When box #5 is the best-aligned in all the patterns, click
Finish
.