Canon i550 print head alignment

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"Kevin" <kcorth@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> When I print pictures I get horizontal lines.
>
> I'm trying to align the print head using the printer maintenance
> software. I print the test page but on the B column there isn't a
> choice that has no vertical lines. -3 is the closest but it's still
> pretty bad. Can I manually align the print head or should I do
> something else?

The idea is nor to find a block with NO lines, but rather the block with the
least amount of lines.
So in you case use the -3