a. Click Control Panel.
b. Click Hardware and Sound.
c. Click Printers.
In Windows® XP, click Start Control Panel Printers and Other Hardware Printers
and Faxes.
In Windows 2000, click Start Settings Printers.
3. Right-click the Dell V305 icon.
4. Click Printing Preferences.
The Printing Preferences dialog box opens.
5. Click the Maintenance tab.
6. Click Align Ink Cartridges.
7. Click Print.
An alignment page prints. The ink cartridges align when the page prints. You may discard the
alignment page when the alignment is complete.
You may need to clean the nozzles when:
White lines appear in graphics or solid black areas.
Print appears smudged or too dark.
Colors fade, do not print, or do not print correctly.
Vertical lines appear jagged, or edges appear rough.
To clean the nozzles from the operator panel:
1. Load plain paper. For more information, see Loading Paper into the Paper Support.
2. Use the left and right Arrow buttons to scroll to MAINTENANCE, and then press the Select
button .
3. Use the left and right Arrow buttons to scroll to Clean Cartridges, and then press the
Select button .
To clean the nozzles from the printer software: