Instructions in this chapter tell you how to do the following to maintain and care for your printer:
❑Clean the print heads
❑Replace the ink cartridges
❑Clean the printer
❑Calibrate the printer
❑Transport the printer.
Cleaning the Print Heads
The printer periodically cleans its print heads automatically, so normally you should not need to manually activate a cleaning cycle. However, if print quality diminishes, you can run a cleaning cycle to unclog the print head nozzles so they deliver ink properly. To avoid wasting ink, do not run a cleaning cycle unless necessary.
You can clean one or both print heads, on at a time. (You cannot clean them both simultaneously.) Each cleaning cycle takes about one minute, during which the carriage moves and you hear the printer recharging the print heads. The Power light flashes throughout the cleaning cycle and then stays on when the cycle is finished.
To clean the color print head, make sure the printer is turned on but is not printing. Press the Cleaning N N N button. The cleaning cycle begins. When the cleaning cycle is over the Power light stops flashing.
To clean the black print head, press the Cleaning O button. The cleaning cycle is over when the Power light stops flashing.