Make a Clean Color Printer Test Page
A test page is printed for checking the graphics and text results of the printer. Printing a test page for a black ink printer is not difficult, as you can simply print any text. However, testing a color printer is a little more complicated in that you need to check every color to make sure the cartridges in the printer are providing correct colors to the page.
Instructions
1. Open Microsoft Word 2007 on your computer. Click the round big button with Office logo on the top left corner of the window. Select "New" and click on "Blank Document," then click "Create."
2. Go to the "Insert" tab on the top menu. Select "Table" and create a table with seven columns and six rows.
3. Go back to the "Home" tab. Locate the small "Shading" icon in the menu. Click the small arrow button next to this icon. Select a tone of gray that is approximately 80 percent white and 20 percent black. Click on each cell of the first row to fill the cells with the light gray shade.
4. Go back to the "Shading" icon and select an approximate darker shade of gray (for instance, 50 percent white and 50 percent black). Click on each cell of the second row.
5. Go back to the "Shading" icon and select an even darker shade of gray (almost black). Click on each cell of the third row.
6. Select black color from the color palette of the "Shading" icon. Click on each cell of the fourth row to fill it.
7. Select the lightest shade of red (approximate pink) from the color palette. Click the first cell of the fifth row to fill color in it. Now select a medium shade of red from the color palette and click the first cell of the sixth row to fill color in it. Select red and click the first cell of the seventh row.
8. Select the lightest shade of orange from the color palette. Click the second cell of the fifth row to fill color in it. Now select a medium shade of orange from the color palette and click the second cell of the sixth row to fill color in it. Select orange and click the second cell of the seventh row.
9. Select the lightest shade of yellow from the color palette. Click the third cell of the fifth row to fill color in it. Now select a medium shade of yellow from the color palette and click the third cell of the sixth row to fill color in it. Select yellow and click the third cell of the seventh row.
10. Select the lightest shade of green from the color palette. Click the fourth cell of the fifth row to fill color in it. Now select a medium shade of green from the color palette and click the fourth cell of the sixth row to fill color in it. Select green and click the fourth cell of the seventh row.
11. Select the lightest shade of blue from the color palette. Click the fifth cell of the fifth row to fill color in it. Now select a medium shade of blue from the color palette and click the fifth cell of the sixth row to fill color in it. Select blue and click the fifth cell of the seventh row.
12. Select the lightest shade of purple from the color palette. Click the sixth cell of the fifth row to fill color in it. Now select a medium shade of purple from the color palette and click the sixth cell of the sixth row to fill color in it. Select purple and click the sixth cell of the seventh row.
13. Print this page. The table must print with exactly the same shades and colors that you put in. If the shades are lighter or darker. or if they have a faded look, get your printer and cartridge checked as the printer is not printing correctly.
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