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Cleaning the Print Head
If you find that the printed imag e is unexpectedly faint or dots in
the printed image are missing, you may be able to solve these
problems by cleaning the print hea d, which ensures that the
nozzles are delivering ink properly.
You can clean the print head from your computer with the Head
Cleaning utility in the printer software, or from the printer itself
by using the printer’s control panel buttons.
Note:
❏Print head cleaning uses both color and black ink. To avoid wasting
ink, clean the print head only if print quality declines ; for example,
if the printout is blurry or the color is incorrect or missing.
❏Use the Nozzle Check utility to confirm that the print head needs to
be cleaned. This saves ink.
❏When the Bblack or Acolor ink out light is flashing or on, you
cannot clean the print head. Replace the appropriate ink cartridge
first.
❏Do not start the Head Cleaning or Nozzle Check utility while
printing is in progress; otherwise your printout may be marred.

Using the Head Cleaning utility

For Windows users
1. Make sure that both Bblack and Acolor ink out lig hts are off.
Note:
If the Bblack or Acolor ink out light is flashing, you can not clean
the print head. Replace the appropriate ink cartridge first.
2. Click the Utility tab in the printer software window, then c lick
the Head Cleaning button.