Pitney Bowes DM800i Series manual Select Maintenance Select Print Test Pattern

9 • Maintaining and Updating

Printing a Test Pattern

Cleaning the Printer Nozzle

You can print a test pattern to check the quality of the meter imprint without spending any of your postage funds.

To print a test pattern:

1.From the IntelliLink® Control Center, press the Menu key.

2.Select Maintenance.

3.Select Print Test Pattern.

4.The “Print Test Pattern” screen appears and prompts you to “Press Tape or print an envelope”.

5.Load an envelope on the feed deck and press Start, or press Tape to print on a tape.

6.Once the test pattern prints, the system asks you if the test pattern printed correctly.

If the test pattern looks like the sample shown here, press the Yes, Lines are unbroken screen key. Go to step 10.

If the test pattern has missing or incomplete lines as shown here, press

No, clean the print nozzle screen key. Go to step 7.

7.The “Cleaning Print Nozzle” screen displays until the cleaning operation completes.

8.Once the cleaning operation completes, the “Print Test Pattern” screen appears again.

9.Repeat steps 5 and 6 again. If the print pattern still has broken or miss- ing lines, you may need to replace the ink cartridge (see Replacing the Ink Cartridge) or printhead (see Changing the Printhead).

If the test pattern is ok, go to step 10.

10.Press the left arrow key to return to the postage screen.

You can clean the printer nozzle at any time by following these steps:

1.From the IntelliLink® Control Center, press the Menu key.

2.Select Maintenance.

3.Select Clean Printer Nozzle. The “Cleaning Print Nozzle” screen dis- plays until the cleaning operation completes.

4.Once the cleaning operation completes, the “Print Test Pattern” screen appears.

5.Print a test pattern as described above in Printing a Test Pattern to ver- ify that you can print a clean and clear meter stamp.

6.Repeat this operation at least one more time.

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