Printhead

Chapter 7

Printhead

The printhead dispenses the ink from the ink cartridges onto the paper. Printer maintenance involves:

„Calibration

„Clean the printhead

Calibration

The Kodak EasyShare AiO performs a calibration every time you install or replace a printhead. However, you can run a calibration if you are seeing changes in the image quality. Calibration aligns the printheads and performs a nozzle health check to enable high-quality prints.

To calibrate from computer

1Load the main tray or photo tray with photo paper.

IMPORTANT: If you don't have any photo paper, you can use plain paper, but photo paper is highly recommended for calibrations.

2Start the AiO Home Center.

3Click Calibration to open the Help panel.

4Under General Links, click Maintenance.

5Click Calibration to make a calibration print.

6Follow the instructions on the calibration print to calibrate the printer.

To calibrate from control panel

1Load the main tray or photo tray with photo paper.

IMPORTANT: If you don't have any photo paper, you can use plain paper, but photo paper is highly recommended for calibrations.

2Press Menu.

3Press b until Calibrate Printer is selected.

4Press OK. A new screen appears with Print Calibration Page selected.

5Press Start and follow the instructions on the LCD screen to complete the calibration.

Clean Printhead

If you notice a degradation in the quality of prints, the printhead may need cleaning.

To clean printhead from computer

1Start the AiO Home Center.

2Click To calibrate from computer to open the Help panel.

3Under General Links, click Maintenance.

4Click Printhead Cleaning.

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Kodak EasyShare 5300 AiO

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Kodak 5300 manual Calibration, Clean Printhead, To calibrate from computer, Under General Links, click Maintenance

5300 specifications

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