Cleaning the Print Head

Maintenance

If the test page from "Test print head" is faint or uneven, confirm that you are printing on the correct side of the paper, and the driver setting and ink levels are correct. If these items are OK, then follow the steps below to clean the print head.

1

Click the "Advanced" tab in the properties dialog

box, and then click "Maintenance" button.

2

Click the "Start" button of "Auto head cleaning".

3

Click the "OK" button to clean both the black print head

and the color print head.

 

 

 

You can save the ink

 

 

 

consumption by checking the

 

 

 

 

 

 

box for the print head which

 

 

 

has poorer print result.

Cleaning the print head will begin.

The printer cannot perform other operations while cleaning the print head.

4

Click the "Start" button of "Test print head", and

then click "OK" button on the confirmation dialog

 

box to print a test page.

5

Check if the test page was printed cleanly.

If print quality is poor, return to step 2 and follow the

procedures again.

Do not clean the print head more than five times.

Excessive cleaning of the print head wastes ink.

Reference:If print quality is still poor, refer to Changing the Print Head.

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