Print isn't clear. Can I align the heads ?

Inkjet printers need to be used frequently to prevent ink drying out and blocking the print head nozzles.
If the print head cleaning maintenance routine does not clear the blockages, then print head needs replacing, but it may be expensive.
It may be more cost effective to buy a later model and better printer than replace the print head.

If Printer heads health condition is not good, alignment wont completes..
Four individual cartridges & Two print heads, each print head prints two colors.. Black& Yellow, Cyan & Magenta.. Verify which color is not printing properly(Color missing Or white bands)..
Perform 2 or 3 times print head cleaning through printer menu..Try for alignment.. If success end.. if no, replace the print head which is not printing properly.. Before replacing the printer head ensure that cartridge ink should be above 30%...

This device having auto alignment Technic,If print heads are clogged it will not print align page properly result alignment will not completed. In this condition it will ask for align print heads when ever printer switched on. To over come from this situation clean print heads fist, manually or though tool box, then try for align. If printer heads are out of health condition replace faulty print heads then perform align process.

Yes this can happen.
Inkjet printers need to be used frequently to prevent inkdrying out in the print head nozzles.
If the print head cleaning maintenance routine does not clear the blockages,then print head needs replacing, but it may be expensive.
It may be more cost effective to buy a later model and better printer thanreplace the print head.

change color cartridge then clean color head

If an inkjet printer has not been used for some time and several print head cleaning has been done and it still does not print properly then the nozzles in the print head are blocked.
Inkjet printers need to be used frequently to prevent nozzles blocking with dried ink.
You need to replace the print head to get the printer functioning again.
But these print heads are expensive to replace, it may be better to buy a better and a later model printer for not much more costs.

ok..first you will need to print the nozzle check and see if all the color are printed out fine.. this feature is under the printer properties , under the utility tab.... assuming all your colors nozzle are printed fine..then the next thing for you to do is do the Print Head Alignment.. it's under the same place where you print the nozzle check.. when you press the Print Head Alignment, it will print a page out with many lines.. choose the one with the best alignment.. once u done that..try printing the image again..
oh..if your nozzle check print out is not good.. then you will need to perform head cleaning to clear the clogged head..

1. During the cleaning of the print heads you probably clog some of the jets that distribute the ink.
If you didn't use the proper cleaning procedure you may have damaged the print heads.
the color heads are probably not affected therefore the pictures prints come out clear.

There is no way that a printer prints out of alignment unless the paper slips enroute. Meaning that the rollers are not holding the paper tight and the guides not pressing the paper snugly, as you put it. So, it could either be the rollers not aligned to each other properly or the guides not pressing the paper equally. The print head moves on a steel rod which is straight. So that can not be the culprit as the print head has to move in a straight line, irrespective of the paper being straight or slipped. So, that leaves us with the slipping paper for which there are the rollers and the guides. If you feel that the tension in the guides is not equal, then change the guides, else the rollers need a closer look. Or at least clean them with a damp soft cloth and allow them to dry up before using them.

1. Manually adjust color from the driver (Mac OS 9) 2. Manually adjust color from the driver (Mac OS X) 3. Manually adjust color from the driver (Windows) 4. Confirm that the recommended ink tanks are installed properly (iP1500 / iP2000) 5. Disable Monochrome Effects in the printer driver (Windows) 6. Perform print head alignment (Mac OS 9) iP1500 / iP2000 7. Perform print head alignment (Mac OS X) iP1500 / iP2000 8. Perform print head alignment (Windows) iP1500 / iP2000 9. Perform print head cleaning (Mac OS 9) iP1500 / iP2000 10. Perform print head cleaning (Mac OS X) iP1500 / iP2000

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