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www.dell.com/supplies | support.dell.com Cleaning the ink cartridge nozzles To improve print quality, you may need to clean the ink cartridge nozzles. Clean the nozzles when: • Characters are not printing completely. • White dashes appear in graphics or printed text. • Print is smudged or too dark. • Colors on print jobs are faded or they differ from the colors on the screen. • Vertical, straight lines are not smooth. You can use the operator panel or the Dell Printer Solution Center to clean the nozzles. Using the operator panel Using the printer software 1 Load plain paper in the printer. For help, see page 15. 2 Press Options until Cartridges displays. 3 Press + until Clean displays. 4 Press Select. 1 Load plain paper in the printer. For help, see page 15. 2 Open the Dell Printer Solution Center. For help, see page 10. 3 Click the Maintenance tab. 4 From the Maintenance tab, click Clean to fix horizontal streaks. 5 Click Print. A nozzle page prints, forcing ink through the nozzles to clean the clogged nozzles. • Print your document again to verify your print quality has improved. • To further improve print quality, try wiping the ink cartridge nozzles and contacts (refer to your User's Guide), and then print your document again. • If print quality has not improved, try cleaning the ink cartridge nozzles up to two more times. 42 Maintenance

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Maintenance
www.dell.com/supplies | support.dell.com
Cleaning the ink cartridge nozzles
To improve print quality, you may need to clean the ink cartridge nozzles.
Clean the nozzles when:
•
Characters are not printing completely.
•
White dashes appear in graphics or printed text.
•
Print is smudged or too dark.
•
Colors on print jobs are faded or they differ from the colors on the screen.
•
Vertical, straight lines are not smooth.
You can use the operator panel or the Dell Printer Solution Center to clean the
nozzles.
A nozzle page prints, forcing ink through the nozzles to clean the clogged
nozzles.
•
Print your document again to verify your print quality has improved.
•
To further improve print quality, try wiping the ink cartridge nozzles
and contacts (refer to your
User’s Guide
), and then print your
document again.
•
If print quality has not improved, try cleaning the ink cartridge nozzles
up to two more times.
Using the operator panel
Using the printer software
1
Load plain paper in the printer. For
help, see page 15.
2
Press
Options
until Cartridges
displays.
3
Press
+
until Clean displays.
4
Press
Select
.
1
Load plain paper in the printer. For
help, see page 15.
2
Open the Dell Printer Solution
Center. For help, see page 10.
3
Click the
Maintenance
tab.
4
From the Maintenance tab, click
Clean to fix horizontal streaks
.
5
Click
Print
.