Dell 944 All In One Inkjet Printer User's Guide - Page 31

Cleaning the Ink Cartridge Nozzles

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4. Press the Select button . The alignment page begins printing. During printing, the operator panel display reads Alignment page printing. The ink cartridges align when the page prints. You may also need to align ink cartridges when characters are not properly formed or are not aligned at the left margin, or when vertical or straight lines appear wavy. To align the ink cartridges: 1. Load plain paper. For more information, see Loading Paper. 2. In Windows XP, click Start® Control Panel® Printers and Other Hardware® Printers and Faxes. In Windows 2000, click Start® Settings® Printers. 3. Right-click the Dell Photo AIO Printer 944 icon. 4. Click Printing Preferences. The Printing Preferences dialog box opens. 5. Click the Maintenance tab. 6. Click Align Print Cartridges. 7. Click Print. The ink cartridges align when the page prints. Cleaning the Ink Cartridge Nozzles You may need to clean the nozzles when: l White lines appear in graphics or solid black areas. l Print appears smudged or too dark. l Colors fade, do not print, or do not print completely. l Vertical lines appear jagged, or edges appear rough. To clean the ink cartridge nozzles: 1. Load plain paper. For more information, see Loading Paper.

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4.
Press the
Select
button
. The alignment page begins printing.
During printing, the operator panel display reads
Alignment page printing
. The ink cartridges align when the page prints.
You may also need to align ink cartridges when characters are not properly formed or are not aligned at the left margin, or when vertical or straight lines
appear wavy.
To align the ink cartridges:
1.
Load plain paper. For more information, see
Loading Paper
.
2.
In
Windows XP,
click
Start
®
Control Panel
®
Printers and Other Hardware
®
Printers and Faxes.
In
Windows 2000,
click
Start
®
Settings
®
Printers.
3.
Right-click the
Dell Photo AIO Printer 944
icon.
4.
Click
Printing Preferences
.
The
Printing Preferences
dialog box opens.
5.
Click the
Maintenance
tab.
6.
Click
Align Print Cartridges
.
7.
Click
Print
.
The ink cartridges align when the page prints.
Cleaning the Ink Cartridge Nozzles
You may need to clean the nozzles when:
l
White lines appear in graphics or solid black areas.
l
Print appears smudged or too dark.
l
Colors fade, do not print, or do not print completely.
l
Vertical lines appear jagged, or edges appear rough.
To clean the ink cartridge nozzles:
1.
Load plain paper. For more information, see
Loading Paper
.