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Maintaining Your Printer, Checking the Print Head Nozzles - cartridge

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Maintaining Your Printer Follow the instructions in this chapter for checking and cleaning the print head nozzles and replacing ink cartridges. To align the print head, if necessary, see your online User's Guide. Caution: To keep your printer looking like new, don't place anything on top of the cover or use it as a writing surface. If you need to clean the cover, use only a soft, non-abrasive microfiber-type cloth. Checking the Print Head Nozzles If your printouts are faint or have gaps in them, some of the nozzles in the print head may be clogged or ink may be running low in one or more of the ink cartridges. Follow the steps below to check the print head nozzles. 1. Load letter- or A4-size paper in the sheet feeder (see page 18). 2. Press the F Setup button on the printer's control panel. 3. Press x Start to select Nozzle Check. 4. Check the nozzle check pattern that prints to see if there are gaps in the lines. Nozzles are clean Nozzles need cleaning 5. If there are no gaps, press y Stop/Clear Settings to finish. If there are gaps or the pattern is faint, press x Start to clean the print head (see page 37). 36 Maintaining Your Printer

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Maintaining Your Printer
Maintaining Your Printer
Follow the instructions in this chapter for checking and cleaning the print head
nozzles and replacing ink cartridges. To align the print head, if necessary, see your
online
User’s Guide
.
Caution:
To keep your printer looking like new, don’t place anything on top of the cover or use it
as a writing surface. If you need to clean the cover, use only a soft, non-abrasive
microfiber-type cloth.
Checking the Print Head Nozzles
If your printouts are faint or have gaps in them, some of the nozzles in the print
head may be clogged or ink may be running low in one or more of the ink
cartridges. Follow the steps below to check the print head nozzles.
1.
Load letter- or A4-size paper in the sheet feeder (see page 18).
2.
Press the
F
Setup
button on the printer’s control panel.
3.
Press
x
Start
to select
Nozzle Check
.
4.
Check the nozzle check pattern that prints to see if there are gaps in the lines.
5.
If there are no gaps, press
y
Stop/Clear Settings
to finish.
If there are gaps or the pattern is faint, press
x
Start
to clean the print head
(see page 37).
Nozzles are clean
Nozzles need cleaning