45Routine Maintenance
(3) Read the message and click Print Head
Alignment.
The print head alignment pattern is printed. Do
not open the Top Cover while printing. Printing
takes about 4 minutes to complete.
If the pattern is printed as shown to the right, the
Print Head is aligned automatically.
1 With the printer on, load a sheet of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper in the Auto Sheet
Feeder.
2 Press the Open Button to open the Paper Output Tray and extend the Output Tray
Extension.
3 Open the Canon IJ Printer Utility dialog box.
Note
Clicking Check Setting prints the current settings
and finishes Print Head Alignment.
Note
z The pattern is printed in black and blue.
z If the pattern is not printed successfully, see
“ALARM Lamp Flashes Orange” on page 76.
z If results of Automatic Print Head Alignment are not
satisfactory, see “Manual Print Head Alignment” on
page 47 and align the Print Head manually.