Lexmark Z43 Color Jetprinter User's Guide for Windows 95 and Windows 98 - Page 29

5 After you have entered a number for all of the patterns, click OK. Maintaining your printer Cleaning print nozzles 1 Load plain paper in the printer. 2 From the Control Program's Cartridges tab, select Clean Print Nozzles. For help, see page 21. The printer feeds a sheet of paper and prints a nozzle test pattern, similar to the one shown: Cyan, magenta, yellow, and black purge lines (shown here in black and white) print when ink is forced through the print nozzles. If any of these colors do not print, you may need to replace your print cartridge. Broken lines at the top of the page indicate clogged nozzles. Unbroken lines at the bottom of the page indicate the nozzles were cleaned. 3 Compare the diagonal lines above the printed bars to the diagonal lines below the printed bars. Look for a break in the diagonal lines above the printed bars. Broken lines indicate clogged nozzles. • If the bottom lines have breaks, run the test up to two more times. If the print quality is satisfactory after running the test three times, the print nozzles are clean. • If the print quality of both lines is still not satisfactory, wipe the print cartridge nozzles. For help, see the next section. Maintaining your printer 25