Canon pixma mp600 Guide D’Installation Rapide

Routine Maintenance

If ruled lines are printed misaligned or print results are otherwise unsatisfactory, adjust the print head 
position.

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Make sure that the machine is turned on, and then load a sheet of A4 or Letter-
sized plain paper in the Auto Sheet Feeder.

Open the Paper Output Tray, and then open the Output Tray Extension.

(1) Put your finger in the rounded indent of the Paper Output Tray and open it gently.
(2) Open the Output Tray Extension.

Adjust the print head position.

(1) Select Settings on the HOME screen.

(2) Select Maintenance, then press the OK button.

The Maintenance screen is displayed.

(3) Select Auto head align, then press the OK 

button. 
The confirmation screen is displayed.

(4) Select Yes, then press the OK button. 

The print head is aligned automatically, and the 
print head pattern after the adjustment is 
printed out. This takes about 4 minutes.

Make sure that the Inner Cover is closed.

You cannot feed paper from the Cassette when performing Automatic Print Head Alignment. 

Always load paper in the Auto Sheet Feeder.

If you select Head alignment print, the machine 

exits the process after printing the current head 

position adjustment values.

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The print head alignment pattern is printed in 

black and blue.

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If adjustment was not done successfully, the 

“Auto head align has failed.” error message 

is displayed on the LCD. For details, see “Error 

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If results of Automatic Print Head Alignment 

are not satisfactory, perform Manual Print Head 

Alignment. For details, see “Manual Print Head 

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