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44 Maintaining Your Printer
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to print the nozzle check pattern.
5. If there are no gaps or lines, click
Finish.
If there are gaps or lines, or the test patterns are faint, click
Clean and follow
the on-screen instructions to clean the print head.
Cleaning the Print Head
If your printouts are unexpectedly light or dots or lines are missing, you may need
to clean the print head. This unclogs the nozzles so they can deliver ink properly.
Print head cleaning uses ink, so clean it only if quality declines.
Note:
Before you clean the print head, check the print head nozzles first to confirm that the
print head needs to be cleaned. This saves ink. For more information, see page 43.
This section explains how to clean the print head using the Head Cleaning Utility.
You can also clean the print head by holding down the H ink button on the printer
for three seconds. (This only works when the red H ink light is off.)
Before you clean the print head, make sure the CD/DVD tray is not inserted in
the printer.
Caution:
When you don’t turn on your printer for a long time, print quality can decline, so turn it
on and print a few pages at least once a month to maintain the best print quality.
Print head does
not need to be
cleaned:
Print head needs
to be cleaned: