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When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors Are Incorrect
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Cleaning the Print Head
Clean the Print Head if lines are missing or if horizontal white streaks are present in the printed nozzle
check pattern. Cleaning unclogs the nozzles and restores the print head condition. Cleaning the Print
Head consumes ink, so clean the Print Head only when necessary.
You need to prepare: a sheet of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper
1.
Make sure that the power is turned on.
2. Make sure that one or more sheets of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper are loaded in
the Cassette.
3.
Open the Paper Output Tray gently, and open the Output Tray Extension.
Important
If the Inner Cover is open, close it.
4.
Clean the Print Head.
(1)
Select Setup
on the HOME screen.
See Selecting Menus on the HOME Screen.
The Setup menu screen will appear.
(2)
Select Maintenance
, and press the
OK
button.
The Maintenance screen will appear.
(3)
Select Cleaning, and press the
OK
button.
The confirmation screen will appear.
(4)
Select Yes, and press the
OK
button.
The machine starts cleaning the Print Head.
Do not perform any other operations until the machine completes the cleaning of the Print Head. This takes
about 1 minute 30 seconds.
The pattern print confirmation screen will appear.
(5)
Select Yes, and press the
OK
button.
The nozzle check pattern will be printed.
5.
Examine the nozzle check pattern.
See Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern.
Note
Press the
HOME
button to exit Setup and display the HOME screen.
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