Contents

 

Maintain the printheads ..........................................................................................................

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To check printhead health ................................................................................................

59

To print the print quality diagnostic page ..........................................................................

59

To align the printheads .....................................................................................................

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To clean the printheads ....................................................................................................

61

To clean the printhead contacts manually ........................................................................

62

To calibrate the linefeed ...................................................................................................

64

To replace the printheads .................................................................................................

64

Store printing supplies ............................................................................................................

66

Store ink cartridges ...........................................................................................................

66

Store printheads ...............................................................................................................

66

Troubleshooting tips and resources ........................................................................................

66

Solve printing problems ..........................................................................................................

67

The device shuts down unexpectedly ...............................................................................

67

The device is not responding (nothing prints) ...................................................................

67

Printer lights are blinking ..................................................................................................

68

Device takes a long time to print .......................................................................................

68

Placement of the text or graphics is wrong .......................................................................

69

The device prints half a page, then ejects the paper ........................................................

69

Device is printing from the wrong input tray ......................................................................

70

Poor print quality and unexpected printouts ............................................................................

70

General print quality troubleshooting ................................................................................

70

Meaningless characters print ............................................................................................

71

Ink is smearing .................................................................................................................

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Ink is not filling the text or graphics completely .................................................................

72

Output is faded or dull colored ..........................................................................................

72

Colors are printing as black and white ..............................................................................

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Wrong colors are printing ..................................................................................................

72

Printout shows bleeding colors .........................................................................................

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The printout has a horizontal band of distortion near the bottom of a borderless print .....

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Colors do not line up properly ...........................................................................................

73

Text or graphics are streaked ...........................................................................................

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Something on the page is missing or incorrect .................................................................

74

Solve paper-feed problems .....................................................................................................

74

Optional Tray 2 cannot be inserted ...................................................................................

74

Media stops halfway .........................................................................................................

74

Another paper-feed problem is occurring ..........................................................................

74

Solve device management problems ......................................................................................

76

Embedded Web server cannot be opened .......................................................................

76

Solve network problems .........................................................................................................

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