Color print test from Freehand

I know I can do a printer test through Freehand, but I can't
figure out how. Do anyone knows? It's one of those tests when
colors in your printer are not printing correct colours then you do
some test prints and calibrate colours...

> Never mind, found it, it's called head cleaning.
Your head or printer heads?
Jukka

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