Printhead

Chapter 8

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.

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.

1Press Menu to display the Main Menu.

2Press b until Clean Printhead is selected.

3Press OK to go to the Clean Printhead menu.

4Press OK to perform a Basic Clean.

or

Press b to select Deep Clean and press OK to perform a Deep Clean.

Replace Printhead

1Make sure the AiO printer is on.

2Open the printer access door. The carriage moves to a center position.

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Kodak 5500 manual Calibration, Clean Printhead, Replace Printhead

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