Printing a Nozzle Check

Follow these steps to run the Nozzle Check utility:

1.Make sure the printer is plugged in but not printing.

2.Right-click the Status Monitor 3 icon on your Windows taskbar, then select Nozzle Check in the menu that appears. You see this window:

To right-click, place your cursor on the Status Monitor 3 icon and click the right mouse button.

If you have an application running, you can also run the utility by accessing the printer settings dialog box as described on page 10. Click the Utilities tab, then click the Nozzle Check button.

3.Make sure letter-size or larger paper is loaded in the printer and click Print to print a nozzle check pattern.

4.Examine the nozzle check pattern you print.

Each staggered horizontal and straight vertical line should be complete, with no gaps in the dot pattern.

5. If your printout looks okay, click Finish.

If any dots are missing, as shown here, click Clean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and follow the instructions on the screen to clean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

missing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the print head again. (The actual test prints the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dots

lower pattern in color.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you don’t see any improvement after cleaning three or four times, check the solutions in “Problems Getting Good Print Quality” on page 36. You can also turn the printer off and wait overnight—this allows any dried ink to soften—and then try cleaning the print head again.

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