An office's inkjet printer is producing documents with colors that seem to be slightly offset, creating a shadow effect on all printed images. Inspecting the printer, you find no error messages, and the inks are sufficiently filled. What maintenance action is most appropriate to rectify this print quality issue?
Replacing the feed rollers due to slippage
Reconfiguring color profile settings in printer properties
Cleaning a clogged print head nozzle with a maintenance kit
This offset or shadow effect, also known as a misregistration of colors, often indicates that the printer requires print head alignment. This misalignment can occur over time due to normal usage or after replacing ink cartridges. Inkjet printer calibration is necessary to realign the print head, so the colors are printed correctly on the paper. A clogged nozzle primarily leads to white lines or missing colors rather than an offset effect. A worn-out carriage belt might cause more drastic misalignment or erratic printer behavior, whereas misconfigured color profile settings in the printer software might lead to incorrectly matched colors, but typically do not produce a shadow effect.
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