6-2Maintaining and Transporting the Printer

2.If you have an application running, access the printer settings dialog box as described on page 3-3 (Macintosh) or page 4-1 (Windows).

Or, with Windows, click Start, point to Settings, and select Printers. Right-click your printer icon, and then select Properties (Windows 95, 98, or Me), Document Defaults (Windows NT) or Printing Preferences (Windows 2000).

3.Macintosh: Click the utility button.

Windows: Click the Utility tab. You see the Utility menu:

Click to run a nozzle check

Click to run the head cleaning utility.

4.Click the Nozzle Check button and follow the instructions on the screen to print a nozzle check pattern.

5.When the pattern prints, check it for problems (see page 6-3 for details). If dots are missing from the pattern, continue with step 6.

If no dots are missing, your print quality problems are not caused by clogged print nozzles and you do not need to run a cleaning cycle. Click OK to close the Utility menu, then check the solutions under “Improving Print Quality” on page 7-2.