44-2 Maintaining and Transporting the Printer

If your print quality has not improved, repeat the steps above. If you don’t notice any improvement after running four or five cycles, check the print quality solutions in Chapter 5.

Running a Printer Check

You can use the printer check to verify that your printer is operating correctly, and also to make sure the print head nozzles are clean. You can run the check without having the printer connected to the RIP. This verifies that the printer itself is operating correctly. You can also run the check while the printer is connected to the RIP, to determine whether any print head nozzles are clogged.

TO RUN A PRINTER CHECK:

1.Make sure the printer is turned off.

2.Make sure letter-size (or larger) paper is loaded in the main paper tray.

3.Hold down the Reset button and press the P Operate button to turn on the printer.

Release both buttons when the P Operate light comes on. The printer prints one page showing a series of nozzle check patterns, the version of your printer’s ROM, and the printer’s default settings, as in the following example:

4.Press the P Operate button to turn off the printer after the page has printed.

5.Check the printout.

•If the nozzle check pattern looks like the example above, the print head is clean and your printer is operating correctly.