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Cleaning the Print Head, Maintenance and Troubleshooting

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4. Lift the cartridge out of the printer and dispose of it properly. Do not take the used cartridge apart or try to refill it. Caution: lf ink does get on your hands, wash them thoroughly with soap and water. If ink gets into your eyes, flush them immediately with water. 5. Turn to page l-11 and follow the steps there to install the new cartridge. Note: When you replace the cartridge, the printer will not recharge the ink delivery system again. However, the print head may start moving as the printer performs normal maintenance procedures. This can take up to 40 seconds to complete. Cleaning the Print Head If print quality diminishes, use the printer's built-in print-head cleaning cycle to ensure that the nozzles are delivering ink properly. To avoid wasting ink, clean the print head only if print quality declines. Follow these steps: 1. Make sure the printer is turned on and the PAUSE light is on. lf the PAUSE light is not on, press the PAUSE button to pause the printer. 2. Hold down the ALT button and press the PAUSE button for two seconds. The cleaning cycle takes about 40 seconds. The PAUSE light flashes throughout the cycle and then stays on when the cleaning cycle is finished. 3. Press the PAUSE button to resume printing. Maintenance and Troubleshooting 3-3

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4.
Lift the cartridge out of the printer and dispose of it
properly. Do not take the used cartridge apart or try to refill
it.
Caution:
lf
ink does get on your hands, wash them thoroughly with soap
and water.
If
ink gets
into
your eyes, flush them immediately
with water.
5.
Turn to page l-11 and follow the steps there to install the
new cartridge.
Note:
When
you replace
the cartridge, the printer will not recharge the ink
delivery system again.
However,
the print head may start moving as
the printer performs normal maintenance procedures. This can take
up to
40
seconds to complete.
Cleaning the Print Head
If print quality diminishes, use
the
printer s built-in print-head
cleaning cycle to ensure that the nozzles are delivering ink
properly. To avoid wasting ink, clean the print head only if
print quality declines.
Follow these steps:
1.
Make sure the printer is turned on and the
PAUSE
light is
on.
lf
the
PAUSE
light is not on, press the
PAUSE
button to
pause the printer.
2.
Hold down the
ALT
button and press the
PAUSE
button for
two seconds.
The cleaning cycle takes about
40
seconds. The
PAUSE
light
flashes throughout the cycle and then stays on when the
cleaning cycle is finished.
3.
Press the
PAUSE
button to resume printing.
Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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