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Cleaning the Ink Cartridge Nozzles, Clean Ink Cartridges

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An alignment page prints. The ink cartridges align when the page prints. You may discard the alignment page when the alignment is complete. Cleaning the Ink Cartridge Nozzles You may need to clean the nozzles when: White lines appear in graphics or solid black areas. Print appears smudged or too dark. Colors fade, do not print, or do not print correctly. Vertical lines appear jagged, or edges appear rough. To clean the nozzles from the operator panel: 1. Load plain paper. For more information, see Loading Paper. 2. Use the left and right Arrow buttons to scroll to MAINTENANCE, and then press the Select button . 3. Use the left and right Arrow buttons . to scroll to Clean Cartridges, and then press the Select button To clean the nozzles from the printer software: 1. Load plain paper. 2. In Windows Vista: a. Click ® Control Panel. b. Click Hardware and Sound. c. Click Printers. 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 V505 icon. 4. Click Printing Preferences. The Printing Preferences dialog box opens. 5. Click the Maintenance tab. 6. Click Clean Ink Cartridges. The cleaning page prints. 7. If the print quality has not improved, click Clean Again. 8. Print your document again to verify the improved print quality. If you are still not satisfied with the print quality, wipe the nozzles with a clean, dry cloth, and then print your document again.

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An alignment page prints. The ink cartridges align when the page prints. You may discard the alignment page when
the alignment is complete.
Cleaning the Ink Cartridge Nozzles
You may need to clean the nozzles when:
White lines appear in graphics or solid black areas.
Print appears smudged or too dark.
Colors fade, do not print, or do not print correctly.
Vertical lines appear jagged, or edges appear rough.
To clean the nozzles from the operator panel:
1. Load plain paper. For more information, see
Loading Paper
.
2. Use the left and right
Arrow
buttons
to scroll to
MAINTENANCE
, and then press the
Select
button
.
3. Use the left and right
Arrow
buttons
to scroll to
Clean Cartridges
, and then press the
Select
button
.
To clean the nozzles from the printer software:
1. Load plain paper.
2.
In Windows Vista:
a. Click
®
Control Panel
.
b. Click
Hardware and Sound
.
c. Click
Printers
.
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 V505
icon.
4. Click
Printing Preferences
.
The
Printing Preferences
dialog box opens.
5. Click the
Maintenance
tab.
6. Click
Clean Ink Cartridges
.
The cleaning page prints.
7. If the print quality has not improved, click
Clean Again
.
8. Print your document again to verify the improved print quality.
If you are still not satisfied with the print quality, wipe the nozzles with a clean, dry cloth, and then print your document
again.