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6-2
6-2 | Maintaining and Transporting the Printer
2. If you have an application running, access the printer settings dialog box
as described on page 3-3 (Macintosh) or page 4-1 (Windows).
Or, with Windows, click
Start
, point to
Settings
, and select
Printers
.
Right-click your printer icon, and then select
Properties
(Windows 95,
98, or Me),
Document
Defaults
(Windows NT) or
Printing
Preferences
(Windows 2000).
3. Macintosh: Click the utility button.
Windows: Click the
Utility
tab.
You see the Utility menu:
4. Click the
Nozzle
Check
button and follow the instructions on the
screen to print a nozzle check pattern.
5. When the pattern prints, check it for problems (see page 6-3 for details).
If dots are missing from the pattern, continue with step 6.
If no dots are missing, your print quality problems are not caused by
clogged print nozzles and you do not need to run a cleaning cycle. Click
OK
to close the Utility menu, then check the solutions under
“Improving Print Quality” on page 7-2.
Click to run the
head cleaning
utility.
Click to run a
nozzle check