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Contents ENWW 1 Getting started Finding other resources for the product 6 Understanding the printer parts 7 2 Using the printer Selecting print media 9 Tips for selecting and using print media 9 Understanding specifications for supported media 10 Setting minimum margins 12 Loading media 13 Configuring trays 14 Changing print settings 15 Canceling a print job 16 Printing on both sides (duplexing 16 Guidelines for printing on both sides of a page 16 To perform duplexing (Windows 17 To perform automatic duplexing (Mac OS 17 To perform manual duplexing (Mac OS 9, version 9.1 and later 18 Printing on special and custom-sized media 18 3 Maintaining and troubleshooting Replacing the ink cartridges 20 Maintaining the printheads 21 Calibrating the color 25 Troubleshooting tips and resources 25 General troubleshooting tips 25 Resolving printing problems 26 Printer shuts down unexpectedly 26 All printer lights are blinking 26 Printer is not responding (nothing prints 26 Printer does not accept printhead 28 Printer takes a long time to print 28 Blank page printed 29 Something on the page is missing or incorrect 29 Placement of the text or graphics is wrong 30 Poor print quality and unexpected printouts 31 Meaningless characters print 32 Ink is smearing 32 Ink is not filling the text or graphics completely 33 Output is faded or dull colored 33 Colors are printing as black and white 33 Wrong colors are printing 33 Printout shows bleeding colors 34 Colors do not line up properly 34 Lines or dots are missing from text or graphics 34 Resolving paper-feed problems 35 Tray cannot be inserted 35 Another paper-feed problem is occurring 35 Resolving printer management problems 36 Embedded Web server (EWS) cannot be opened 36 3

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ENWW
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Contents
1
Getting started
Finding other resources for the product
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Understanding the printer parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2
Using the printer
Selecting print media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tips for selecting and using print media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Understanding specifications for supported media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting minimum margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Loading media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Configuring trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Changing print settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Canceling a print job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Printing on both sides (duplexing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Guidelines for printing on both sides of a page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
To perform duplexing (Windows). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
To perform automatic duplexing (Mac OS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
To perform manual duplexing (Mac OS 9, version 9.1 and later) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Printing on special and custom-sized media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3
Maintaining and troubleshooting
Replacing the ink cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Maintaining the printheads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Calibrating the color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Troubleshooting tips and resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
General troubleshooting tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Resolving printing problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Printer shuts down unexpectedly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
All printer lights are blinking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Printer is not responding (nothing prints). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Printer does not accept printhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Printer takes a long time to print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Blank page printed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Something on the page is missing or incorrect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Placement of the text or graphics is wrong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Poor print quality and unexpected printouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Meaningless characters print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Ink is smearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Ink is not filling the text or graphics completely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Output is faded or dull colored. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Colors are printing as black and white. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Wrong colors are printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Printout shows bleeding colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Colors do not line up properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Lines or dots are missing from text or graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Resolving paper-feed problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Tray cannot be inserted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Another paper-feed problem is occurring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Resolving printer management problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Embedded Web server (EWS) cannot be opened. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36