Epson Stylus C68
8 - Epson Stylus C68 6/05
9. Close the printer cover and press the ink button. The
printer begins charging the ink delivery system.
The green power light flashes and the printer makes
noise. Charging takes about half a minute. When it’s
finished, the green power light stops flashing and stays
on, and the red light goes out.
Caution: Never turn off the printer while the green power
light is flashing, unless the printer hasn’t moved or made noise
for more than 5 minutes.
Note: If the red light stays on (not flashing), the ink cartridge
may not be installed correctly. Press the ink button again and
reinstall the ink cartridge until it clicks into place.
Aligning the Print Head
If your printouts look blurry or grainy, or you see light or dark
vertical 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
C68 Series in the printer list, click OK, and select
Print Head Alignment.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to print a black
vertical alignment test page. You see a window like this:
5. 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 an aligned pattern, choose the one that’s
closest to being aligned. 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 window 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 an aligned pattern, choose the one that’s
closest to being aligned. Click
Realignment to print
another alignment sheet and repeat this step.
