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.
Maintenance and Transportation
Using the Control PanelFollow these steps to clean the print head:
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.Press the R 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.
After the cleaning cycle is complete and the Ppower 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.
3.Access the printer settings dialog box as described in Chapter 1.
4.Click the Utility tab (Windows) or the Utility button (Macintosh). You see the Utility menu.
5.Click the Nozzle Check button. Then click Next. See the next section for instructions on examining the nozzle check pattern.
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 on page