Maintenance and Transportation
Using the Head Cleaning UtilityFollow these steps to run the utility:
1.Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and that the B black and A color ink out lights are off.
2.Access the printer settings dialog box as described in Chapter 1.
3.Click the Utility tab (Windows) or the Utility button (Macintosh). You see the Utility menu.
4.Click the Head Cleaning button.
Caution:
Never turn off the printer while the Ppower light is flashing, unless the printer hasn’t moved or made any noise for more than 5 minutes.
5.Follow the instructions on the screen to clean the print head. Cleaning takes about two minutes, during which the printer makes some noise and the P power light flashes.
When the P power light stops flashing, you need to run a nozzle check to confirm that the print head nozzles are clean and to reset the printer’s cleaning cycle.
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.