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6 Maintaining and Transporting the Printer

Running a Cleaning Cycle

6-1

Using the Head Cleaning Utility

6-2

Cleaning the Print Head Using the Control Panel

6-3

Running a Printer Check

6-4

Replacing an Ink Cartridge

6-5

Aligning the Print Head

6-7

Running the Print Head Alignment Utility

6-7

Aligning the Print Head from the Control Panel

6-9

Running the Speed & Progress Utility for Improved

 

Windows Printing

6-11

Cleaning the Printer

6-12

Transporting the Printer

6-13

7 Troubleshooting

Diagnosing Problems

7-1

Improving Print Quality

7-1

Solving General Printing Problems

7-3

Solving Paper Problems

7-6

Uninstalling and Reinstalling the Printer Software

7-7

A Specifications

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Printable Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Safety Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Parallel Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

USB Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

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