Maintaining Your Printer

If you notice a decline in print quality, follow the instructions in this chapter for:

■“Checking the Print Head Nozzles” (see below)

■“Cleaning the Print Head” on page 17

■“Checking the Ink Cartridge Status” on page 18

■“Replacing Ink Cartridges” on page 19

Caution:

To keep your WorkForce 30 Series looking like new, don’t place anything on top of the cover or use it as a writing surface. If you need to clean the cover, use only a soft, non- abrasive microfiber-type cloth.

Checking the Print Head Nozzles

If your printouts are faint or have gaps in them, some of the nozzles in the print head may be clogged or ink may be running low in one or more of the ink cartridges. Follow the steps below to check the print head nozzles.

1.Turn off the printer.

2.Load letter-size paper in the sheet feeder.

3.Hold down the ) paper button as you press the P power button, then hold both buttons down until the P power light begins to flash. The printer turns on and prints a test pattern.

Print head nozzles are clean:

Print head needs to be cleaned:

If the pattern does not look good, try cleaning the print head. See page 17.

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