Cleaning the printer

During the printing process, paper, toner, and dust particles can accumulate inside the printer. Over time, this buildup can cause print-quality problems, such as toner specks or smearing. This printer has a cleaning mode that can correct and prevent these types of problems.

To clean the printer using the printer control panel

 

1.

Press MENU to enter the MENUS.

 

2.

Press

to highlight CONFIGURE DEVICE.

 

3.

Press

to select CONFIGURE DEVICE.

 

4.

Press

to highlight PRINT QUALITY.

 

5.

Press

to select PRINT QUALITY.

 

6.

Press

to highlight CREATE CLEANING PAGE.

 

7.

Press

to select CREATE CLEANING PAGE.

 

 

A page with a pattern prints from the printer.

 

8.

Remove all paper from Tray 1.

 

9.

Remove the cleaning page and load it face-down in Tray 1.

 

If you are not still in the MENUS, navigate to PRINT QUALITY using the above instructions.

Note

 

10.

At the printer control panel, press to highlight PROCESS CLEANING PAGE.

 

11.

Press

to select PROCESS CLEANING PAGE.

 

 

The printer control panel displays the message Cleaning.... The cleaning process takes

 

 

a few minutes.

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