4When you see this message, press OK to begin cleaning the print head.

7If there are gaps, press OK to clean the print head again. If there are no gaps, press Cancel to go back to the Main Menu.

Cleaning takes several seconds, during which the message Cleaning print head. Please wait. appears on the screen.

5When cleaning is complete, you see a message asking if you want to print a nozzle check pattern. If you want to check to see if the nozzles are clean, load a sheet of photo paper, then press OK to print the nozzle check.

If you don’t want to print a nozzle check, press Cancel to go back to the Main Menu.

6Check the pattern to see if there are any gaps in the lines.

Okay

Needs

Cleaning

Align the Print Head

If you have moved PictureMate and print quality is not as good as it was before—for example, you see misaligned vertical lines or light or dark horizontal banding—you may need to align the print head.

1Load a sheet of photo paper. (See page 5.)

2On the Main Menu, press or to highlight More Options, then press OK.

3Press or to highlight Maintenance, then press OK.

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