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Printing Maintenance
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To print a nozzle check pattern in Windows:
To print a nozzle check pattern in Windows: To print a nozzle check pattern in Windows:
To print a nozzle check pattern in Windows:
1.
Make sure the printer is on and paper is loaded.
2.
Click Start Start Start Start, then Settings Settings Settings Settings, then Printers Printers Printers Printers.
For Windows XP, click Start Start Start Start, then Control Panel Control Panel Control Panel Control Panel, then Printers and Printers and Printers and Printers and
Other Hardware
Other Hardware Other Hardware
Other Hardware, then Printers and Faxes
Printers and Faxes Printers and Faxes
Printers and Faxes. The Maintenance tab
may vary for Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
3.
Right-click the Canon S520 Canon S520 Canon S520 Canon S520 printer
icon and click Properties Properties Properties Properties.
4.
Click the Maintenance
Maintenance Maintenance
Maintenance tab, then click
the Nozzle Check Nozzle Check Nozzle Check Nozzle Check button.
5.
Click OK
OK OK
OK to start the nozzle test. The
nozzle test pattern will print.
6.
When done, click Close
Close Close
Close.
7.
Examine the printed nozzle check
pattern to verify that the ink is
consistent on the printout.
If indicated by the printout, clean the printhead (see next
page), or realign it (see “Aligning the Printhead” on page 23).
To print a nozzle check pattern in Mac OS: To print a nozzle check pattern in Mac OS: To print a nozzle check pattern in Mac OS: To print a nozzle check pattern in Mac OS:
1.
Make sure the printer is on and paper is loaded.
Unevenness in these
patterns indicates the
printhead requires
alignment.
Lines missing here
indicate the
printhead
requires cleaning.
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