Maintenance and Transportation Page 105
Using the Control Panel
Follow these steps to clean the print head:
1 Make sure the printer is turned on and not printing, and that the
B
black and
A
color ink out lights are off.
2 Press the
R
cleaning button and hold it down for three
seconds. Cleaning takes about two minutes, during which the
printer makes some noise and the
P
power light flashes.
After the cleaning cycle is complete and the
P
power light stops
flashing, you need to run a nozzle check to confirm that the
print head nozzles are clean and to reset the printer’s cleaning
cycle.
3 Access the printer settings dialog box as described in Basic
Printing.
4 Click the Utility tab. You see the Utility menu.
5 Click the Nozzle Check button. Then click Next. See the next
section for instructions on examining the nozzle check pattern.
If your print quality has not improved, repeat the steps above. If you
don’t notice any improvement after doing this two or three times,
check the print quality solutions in Improving Print Quality.
Caution:
Never turn off the
printer while the
P
power light is
flashing, unless the
printer hasn’t moved
or made any noise for
more than 5 minutes.
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