5.Examine the nozzle check pattern you print.

Each staggered horizontal and straight vertical line should be complete, with no gaps in the dot pattern. 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 the print head again. (The actual test prints the lower pattern in color.)

missing dots

If you don’t see any improvement after cleaning three or four times, check the solutions in “Problems Getting Good Print Quality” on page 35. 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.

Using the Head Cleaning Utility

Follow these steps for your operating system to run the Head Cleaning utility:

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

2.Windows: Right-click the Status Monitor 3 icon on your Windows taskbar, then select Head Cleaning in the menu that appears.

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

Or, if you have an application running, you can also run the utility by accessing the printer settings dialog box as described on page 6. Click the Utility tab, then click the Head Cleaning button.

Macintosh: Access the printer settings dialog box as described on page 11. Click the Utility button, then click the Head Cleaning button.

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