Improving Print Quality

5Close the cover, pressing down firmly to make sure it clicks into place.

Cleaning the housing

Wipe the external parts and surface of the machine with a dry cloth.

Caution: Do not use benzene or thinner. These solvents may damage or discolor the machine.

Improving Print Quality

Aligning the print cartridge

If print quality is not satisfactory, first try aligning the print cartridge.

Note: Make sure that paper is loaded before beginning this procedure.

FUNCTION

1Press , then until [PRINT SET-UP] appears.

2Press , then until

[ALIGN CARTRIDGE] appears.

3Press to print an alignment page. (To enter an alignment value without printing a page, press

.)

4In the page that the machine prints, locate the line that is closest to a completely straight line.

In this example, “15” is closest to a straight line.

5Enter the number of the straightest line with the number keys.

To clear a mistake, press .

6Press . [CLEAN NOZZLES]

STOP

7 Press to exit.

Cleaning the print cartridge nozzles

If print quality is still not satisfactory after aligning the print cartridge, clean the print cartridge nozzles.

FUNCTION

1Press , then until [PRINT SET-UP] appears.

2Press , then until [CLEAN NOZZLES] appears.

3Press .

The machine prints a test pattern similar to the one shown in the following step.

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