ET-16150Series/L11160Series

User's Guide

> Maintaining the Printer > Improving Print Quality > Adjusting the Print Quality

Adjusting the Print Quality

If you notice a misaligned vertical lines, blurred images, or horizontal banding, adjust the print quality. If you want to adjust the print quality per paper, make this setting first. The setting value per paper is reset if you make this setting after adjusting per paper.

  1. Select Maintenance on the printer's control panel.

    To select an item, use the buttons, and then press the OK button.

  2. Select Print Quality Adjustment.

  3. Follow the on-screen instructions to check the printer to improve print quality.

    If a message is displayed recommending that you clean the print head, perform print head cleaning.

  4. Follow the on-screen instructions to load paper and print the patterns for print head alignment

  5. Examine the printed patterns and align the print head.

    • This pattern allows you to perform alignment if your printouts look blurry.
      Find and select the number for the most solid pattern.
    • This pattern allows you to perform alignment if vertical ruled lines appear misaligned.
      Find and select the number for the pattern that has the least misaligned vertical line.
    • This pattern allows you to perform alignment if you see horizontal banding at regular intervals.
      Find and enter the number for the least separated and overlapping pattern.