Using the Control Panel
1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and the B black and
A color ink out lights are off.
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it down for three seconds. Cleaning |
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takes a little over a minute, during |
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Never turn off the printer while the P power light is flashing, unless the printer hasn’t moved or made noise for more than 5 minutes.
3.After the P power light stops flashing, print a page to test the print quality and reset the cleaning cycle.
If you’re connected directly to the printer, run a nozzle check. Go to step 4.
If you’re printing over a network, open an application and print a document containing black and color data. Then go to step 8.
4.Start an application, open a document, and access the printer settings dialog box as described in “Printing with Windows” on page 13 or “Printing with a Macintosh” on page 16.
5.Click the Utility tab (Windows) or the 
Utility icon (Macintosh). You see the Utility menu.
6.Make sure paper is loaded in the printer, click the Nozzle Check icon, and click Next. The nozzle check pattern prints on the printer; see “Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern” on page 30 for details.
7.If the nozzle check pattern is filled in completely, click Finish. If the pattern is missing dots, click Clean to clean again.
8.If you don’t see any improvement in the print quality after cleaning two or three times, check the solutions in “Problems Getting Good Print Quality” on page 42.
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