Lexmark Z53 User's Guide for Windows 95 and Windows 98 (1.9 MB) - Page 29

Cleaning print nozzles - ink

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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 line above the printed bars to the diagonal line below the printed bars. Look for a break in the diagonal lines above the printed bars. A broken line indicates clogged nozzles. If the bottom line still has 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. You do not need to complete the remaining steps. • If the print quality of both lines is not satisfactory after running the test three times, continue with step 4. 4 Remove and reinstall the print cartridges. Maintaining your printer 25

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Cleaning print nozzles
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Cleaning print nozzles
1
Load plain paper in the printer.
2
From the Control Program’s Cartridges
Cartridges
Cartridges
Cartridges tab, select Clean
Clean
Clean
Clean
Print Nozzles
Print Nozzles
Print Nozzles
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:
3
Compare the diagonal line above the printed bars to the
diagonal line below the printed bars.
Look for a break in the diagonal lines above the printed
bars. A broken line indicates clogged nozzles.
If the bottom line still has 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. You do not
need to complete the remaining steps.
If the print quality of both lines is not satisfactory after
running the test three times, continue with step 4.
4
Remove and reinstall the print cartridges.
Broken lines at the
top of the page
indicate clogged
nozzles.
Unbroken lines at the
bottom of the page
indicate the nozzles
were cleaned.
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.