Epson stylus c84 Manuel D’Utilisation

EPSON Stylus C84

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EPSON Stylus C84

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If your printouts contain misaligned vertical lines, 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

.

Macintosh OS X: Open the 

Applications

 folder and 

double-click the 

EPSON Printer Utility

 icon. Select 

C84 

Series

 

in the printer list, click 

OK

, and select 

Print Head 

Alignment

.

Macintosh OS 8.6 to 9.x: 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 this screen:

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 and click 

Realignment

. Then repeat this 

step.

6. Click 

Print

 to print the color vertical alignment sheet. You 

see this screen:

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 and click 

Realignment

. Then repeat this 

step.

8. Click 

Print

 to print a black horizontal alignment sheet. You 

see this screen:

9. In your printout, select the pattern with no gap or line 

between the rectangles. Enter its number in the box on the 
screen and click 

Next

.

If you can’t find an aligned pattern, choose the best pattern 
and click 

Realignment

. Then repeat this step.

Macintosh

Windows

Windows

Macintosh

Windows

Macintosh