Maintaining Your Product
Follow the instructions in this chapter to check and clean the print head nozzles, check ink
levels, and replace ink cartridges. If you need to align the print head, or replace the
maintenance box, see the online User's Guide.
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 a few sheets of plain paper in the cassette.
2.
Press F
Setup
3.
Select
Maintenance
4.
Press one of the x
5.
Examine the nozzle check pattern that prints to see if there are gaps in the lines.
Nozzles are clean
6.
If there are no gaps, the print head is clean. Select
If there are gaps or the pattern is faint, select
the print head (see page 19).
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Maintaining Your Product
.
, then
Nozzle Check
buttons.
Start
.
Nozzles need cleaning
Finish Nozzle Check
. Then press
Head Cleaning
.
to clean
OK