Using Macintosh

1Load plain paper.

2From the Finder desktop, double-click the printer folder.

3Double-click the printer utility icon.

4From the Maintenance tab, click Print Alignment Page.

5Follow the instructions on the computer screen.

If you aligned the cartridges to improve print quality, print your document again. If print quality has not improved, then clean the print cartridge nozzles.

Cleaning the print cartridge nozzles

Using the printer control panel

1Load plain paper.

2From the printer control panel, press , and then press OK.

3Press the up or down arrow button until Clean Cartridges is highlighted, and then press OK.

4Press OK again.

A page prints, forcing ink through the print cartridge nozzles to clean them.

5Print the document again to verify that the print quality has improved.

Using Windows

1Load plain paper.

2Do one of the following:

In Windows Vista, click .

In Windows XP and earlier, click Start.

3Click All Programs or Programs, and then select the printer program folder from the list.

4From the printer folder, click Maintenance ª Clean Cartridges.

5Click Print.

A page prints, forcing ink through the print cartridge nozzles to clean them.

6Print the document again to verify that the print quality has improved.

Using Macintosh

1Load plain paper.

2From the Finder desktop, double click the printer folder.

3Double-click the printer utility icon.

4From the Maintenance tab, click Clean Print Nozzles.

A page prints, forcing ink through the print cartridge nozzles to clean them.

5Print the document again to verify that the print quality has improved.

Maintaining the printer

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4900 Series specifications

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