3.Press or to select Maintenance, then press

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4.Press or to select Clean Print Head, then press .

5.Confirm the messages on the LCD panel, then press OK to start head cleaning.

Cleaning takes several seconds, during which the message Print head cleaning is in progress. Please wait. appears on the screen.

6.When 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, press OK and load a sheet of photo paper, then press Print to print the nozzle check.

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

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

Okay

Needs Cleaning

8.If there are gaps, press OK to clean the print head again. If there are no gaps, press Back to go back to the Maintenance Menu.

Aligning 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.

1.Make sure that the printer is turned on and no warnings or errors are displayed on the LCD panel.

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Maintaining PictureMate

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