Caution:
Never turn off the printer while the P power light is flashing, unless the printer hasn’t moved or made any noise for more than 10 minutes.
Note:
If you installed a network interface card and the version of Status Monitor 2 that came with the card, you can use the Nozzle Check utility.
Maintenance and Transportation
6.Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click Print nozzle check pattern (Windows) or Confirmation
(Macintosh). Then click Next. See page
If your print quality has not improved, repeat the steps above. If you don’t notice any improvement after doing this two or three times, check the print quality solutions in Chapter 6.
Using the Control Panel
Follow these steps to clean the print heads:
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, then press the Y black or X color cleaning button and hold it down for three seconds. Cleaning takes about two minutes, during which the printer makes some noise and the Ppower light flashes.
3.When the Ppower light stops flashing, repeat step 3 for the other print head if necessary.
4.After you’re finished cleaning and the Ppower light stops flashing, you need to print a page to test the print quality and reset the cleaning cycle. If you’re connected directly to the printer, run a nozzle check. Go to step 5.
If you’re using DOS or you’re on a network, open an application and print a document containing black and color data. Then go to step 7.
5.Access the printer settings dialog box as described in Chapter 1. Then click the Utility tab (Windows) or the Utility button (Macintosh). You see the Utility menu.
6.Click the Nozzle Check icon, then click Next. See the next section for instructions on examining the nozzle check pattern.