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Using the Control Panel to Clean the Print Head, power light flashes. - continuous ink system

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7. If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps in its dots, click Finish. If the pattern is missing dots, click Clean to clean the print head again. If you don't see any improvement after cleaning three or four times, check the solutions in "Problems Getting Good Print Quality" on page 75. You can also turn the printer off and wait overnight-this allows any dried ink to soften-and then try cleaning the print head again. Using the Control Panel to Clean the Print Head Follow the steps below to clean the print head. (See page 69 for more control panel information.) 1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and both the B black and A color ink out lights are off. (If an ink out light is flashing, replace the ink cartridge before continuing.) 2. Press the R cleaning button and hold it down for three seconds. Cleaning takes about 30 seconds, during which the printer makes some noise and the Ppower light flashes. cleaning button Never turn off the printer while the Ppower light is flashing, unless the printer hasn't moved or made noise for more than 5 minutes. 3. After the Ppower light stops flashing, print a page to test the print quality. If your printer is connected directly to the computer, go to step 4 to run a nozzle check. If you're printing over a network, open an application and print a short document containing black and color data. Check the quality of your printout, then go to step 8. 4. If you have an application running, access the printer settings window as described on page 15 (Windows) or page 20 (Macintosh). 61

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7.
If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps in its dots, click
Finish
.
If the pattern is missing dots, click
Clean
to clean the print head again. If you
don’t see any improvement after cleaning three or four times, check the solutions
in “Problems Getting Good Print Quality” on page 75. You can also turn the
printer off and wait overnight—this allows any dried ink to soften—and then try
cleaning the print head again.
Using the Control Panel to Clean the Print Head
Follow the steps below to clean the print head. (See page 69 for more control panel
information.)
1.
Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and both the
B
black and
A
color ink out lights are off. (If an ink out light is flashing, replace the ink
cartridge before continuing.)
2.
Press the
R
cleaning button and hold it
down for three seconds. Cleaning takes
about 30 seconds, during which the
printer makes some noise and the
P
power light flashes.
Never turn off the printer while the
P
power light is flashing, unless
the printer hasn’t moved or made noise for more than 5 minutes.
3.
After the
P
power light stops flashing, print a page to test the print quality.
If your printer is connected directly to the computer, go to step 4 to run a nozzle
check.
If you’re printing over a network, open an application and print a short document
containing black and color data. Check the quality of your printout, then go to
step 8.
4.
If you have an application running, access the printer settings window as
described on page 15 (Windows) or page 20 (Macintosh).
cleaning
button