Testing the Printer
Use paper at least 8.27 inches (210 mm) wide; otherwise the print head sprays ink directly on the platen, which could smudge your next document.
1.Make sure the printer is turned off.
2.While holding down the Load/Eject button, press the Operate (
) button.
The self test begins by printing on the first and last lines of the first sheet of paper to measure the page length. Then the printer prints character samples on the next sheet of paper in the available fonts and colors.
3.To pause the test, press the Pause button. (The test may continue to print for a few seconds.) Otherwise, the test continues until the paper in the sheet feeder runs out. To resume the test, press the Pause button again.
4.To end the self test, press the Pause button and turn off the printer by pressing the Operate button.
Note:
Do not turn off the printer before pressing the Pause button. Otherwise, a cleaning cycle occurs when you turn it on again and ink is wasted.
If the quality of the test output is not good, clean the print heads as described in Chapter 5. Note that it might take as many as three cleaning cycles to solve the problem. If cleaning the print heads does not improve the print quality, see Chapter 6, “Troubleshooting.”