Maintaining Your Product 31
Maintaining Your Product
Follow the steps here to check and clean the print head, and replace ink cartridges.
To align the print head, if necessary, see the online User’s Guide.

Checking the Print Head Nozzles

If your printouts are faint or have gaps in them, the print head nozzles may be
clogged. Follow these steps to check the print head nozzles:
1. Load letter- or A4-size plain paper in the main paper tray.
2. Press
Home until Setup is selected, then press OK.
3. Press u or d to select Maintenance, then
press OK.
4. Select Nozzle Check, then press OK. You see
this screen:
5. Press xStart.
6. Check the nozzle check pattern that prints to
see if there are gaps in the lines:
7. If there are no gaps, the print head is clean. Select Finish Nozzle Check, then
press OK.
If there are gaps or the pattern is faint, select Head Cleaning, then press OK.
Then press xStart to clean the print head.
Nozzles
are clean
Nozzles need
cleaning