Cleaning the Print Heads If print quality diminishes, use the printer’ s built-in print head cleaning
cycle to ensure that the nozzles are delivering ink properly. You m ust
clean the color and black print heads separately.
To avoid wasting ink, clean the print heads only if print quality declines.
1. Make sure the printer is on.
2. Make sure the output tray at the front of the printer is lowered; then
open the printer cover. You see the
Y and
X cleaning butto ns.
3. Make sure the corresponding light for the print head you want to cle an
is off.
Note:
If the
B or
A ink out light is on or flashing, this operation will start the ink
cartridge replacemen t procedure. If you do not want to replace an ink
cartridge at this time, pr ess the
E load/eject button to return the print heads
to their home position.
4. Press the
Y or
X cleaning button for three seconds to clean the black or
color print head. The printer starts cleaning the print head and the
P
power light begins flashing. If you want to clean the other print head ,
wait until the
P power light stops flashing, then press the other
cleaning button (
Y or
X ) for three seconds. It takes about two
minutes to clean each print head.
cCaution:
Never turn off the printe r while the
P power light is flashing.
Doing so may damage the printer.
Note:
You cannot clean both black and color print heads at the same time.
5. Close the printer cover.
6. After the
P power light stops flashing, print a few lines to confirm that
the head is clean and to reset the cleaning cycle.
If you entered the print head cleaning mode while the printer was
printing a document, the printer feeds paper and resume s p rinting
automatically.
LEaster10 Ref. Guide
Rev.C
A5 size Appendix A
1-07-98 DR, pass 1
A-10 Using the Printer with DOS