Cleaning the ink cartridge | If the print head of the ink cartridge is dirty or the ink cartridge has not | |
print head | been used for a long period of time, it may not print properly. | |
| To clean the print head using the scanner, press the corresponding | |
| Custom Function button (F1 or F2) on the control panel. | |
| NOTE: You must assign the Clean Print Head function to one of the | |
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| Custom Function buttons (F1 or F2) using the Ngenuity |
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| Operator Utility to be able to clean the print head using the |
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| scanner. See the section entitled, “Settings button: Custom |
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| functions” in Chapter 4. |
| 1. | In the NOU, go to the Settings screen, select Clean Print Head for |
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| either F1 or F2 key assignment, and save to the scanner. |
| 2. | On the scanner, make sure print head(s) are positioned properly to |
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| print at a desired print location. |
| 3. | Load one or more sheets of blank scrap paper that are wide enough |
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| to pass under the current print head locations, and are at least 5 |
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| inches long. |
| 4. | Lower the skimmer and to allow the paper to load. |
| 5. | Press either the F1 or F2 (as assigned) key. A single sheet will be |
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| fed and the print head cleaning pattern (a solid black stripe firing all |
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| print head pins) will be printed on the page by each imprinter that is |
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| installed. |
| 6. | Take the sheet from the exit tray and examine the printing. There |
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| should be a relatively solid black stripe approximately 1.5 inches |
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| long, with no voids or stripes. Voids or blank stripes indicate one or |
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| more clogged ink jet nozzles. |
| 7. | Press either the F1 or F2 (as assigned) key to feed additional pages |
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| until the printed black stripe is uniform and solid. This may take |
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| several sheets. |
| 8. | If, after 6 to8 sheets, you cannot achieve a solid black stripe then |
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| the print head should be removed from the imprinter and cleaned |
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| manually. See the next section, “Additional print head cleaning” for a |
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| more |
| 9. | Restore any previously set F key function via the NOU (if |
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| necessary). |