Maintenance and Transportation
6.Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click Print nozzle check pattern (Windows) or Confirmation
(Macintosh). See page
If your print quality has not improved, repeat the steps above. If you don’t notice any improvement after doing this four or five times, check the print quality solutions in Chapter 6.
Using the Control Panel To Clean the Print Heads
Follow these steps to clean the print heads using the control panel buttons:
1.Make sure the printer is turned on and not printing, and that the B black and A color ink out lights are off.
2.Open the printer cover.
3.Press the Y black or X color cleaning button and hold it for three seconds. Cleaning takes about two minutes, during which the printer makes some noise and the Ppower light flashes.
4.When the Ppower light stops flashing, repeat step 2 for the other print head if necessary.
After you’re finished cleaning and the Ppower light stops flashing, you need to run a nozzle check.
5.Access the main printer settings dialog box as described in Chapter 1.
6.Click the Utility tab (Windows) or the Utility button (Macintosh). You see the Utility menu.
7.Click the Nozzle Check icon. See the next section for instructions on examining the nozzle check pattern.