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Adjusting Print Head Position Manually

Print Head Alignment corrects the installation positions of the print head and improves misalignment of colors and lines.

This printer supports two head alignment methods: automatic head alignment and manual head alignment.
Normally, the printer is set for automatic head alignment, but if the printing results are not satisfactory, such as if the borders are not aligned, perform manual head alignment.

The procedure for performing manual Print Head Alignment is as follows:

Important

  • Printing is required for adjusting the position of the print head. Do not open the top cover while printing is in progress; otherwise, printing will stop.

Print Head Alignment

  1. Open Canon IJ Printer Assistant Tool

  2. Check that the printer power is on, and then click Custom Settings

    The Custom Settings dialog box opens.

    Note

    • If the printer is off or if communication between the printer and the computer is disabled, an error message may appear because the computer cannot collect the printer status.
      If this happens, click OK to display the most recent settings specified on your computer.

  3. Switch head alignment to manual

    Check the Align heads manually check box.

  4. Apply the settings

    Click OK and when the confirmation message appears, click OK.

  5. Click Print Head Alignment

    The Print Head Alignment dialog box opens.

  6. Load paper in printer

    Load two sheet of A4 size or Letter size plain paper into the cassette 1.

    Important

    • The cassette 2 is not available for the Print Head Alignment procedure. Be sure to load paper in the cassette 1.

  7. Perform head alignment

    Click Start.
    Follow the instruction in the message.

  8. Check printed pattern

    In each entry field, enter the number of the pattern with the least prominent streaks or stripes from among the printed patterns.
    You can also enter numbers into the entry fields automatically by clicking relevant pattern in the preview.

    After completing the entries, click OK.

    Note

    • If the patterns are not uniform, select the pattern with the least prominent vertical streaks.
      (A) Less prominent vertical streaks
      (B) More prominent vertical streaks
    • If the patterns are not uniform, select the pattern with the least prominent horizontal stripes.
      (A) Less prominent horizontal stripes
      (B) More prominent horizontal stripes

  9. Check the displayed message and click OK

    The second pattern is printed.

  10. Check printed patterns

    In each entry field, enter the number of the pattern with the least prominent stripes or streaks from among the printed patterns.
    You can also enter numbers into the entry fields automatically by clicking relevant pattern in the preview.

    After completing the entries, click OK.

    Note

    • If the patterns are not uniform, select the pattern with the least prominent horizontal stripes.
      (A) Less prominent horizontal stripes
      (B) More prominent horizontal stripes
    • If the patterns are not uniform, select the pattern with the least prominent vertical streaks.
      (A) Less prominent vertical streaks
      (B) More prominent vertical streaks

  11. Complete head position adjustment

    Click OK.
    The adjustment of the head position is complete.

Note

  • To print and check the current setting, open the Print Head Alignment dialog box, and click Print Alignment Value.