Instructions in this chapter tell you how to do the following to
maintain and care for your printer:
❑
Clean the print heads
❑
Replace the ink cartridges
❑
Clean the printer
❑
Calibrate the printer
❑
Transport the printer.
Cleaning the Print Heads
The printer periodically cleans its print heads automatically, so
normally you should not need to manually activate a cleaning
cycle. However, if print quality diminishes, you can run a
cleaning cycle to unclog the print head nozzles so they deliver
ink properly. To avoid wasting ink, do not run a cleaning cycle
unless necessary.
You can clean one or both print heads, on at a time. (You
cannot clean them both simultaneously.) Each cleaning cycle
takes about one minute, during which the carriage moves and
you hear the printer recharging the print heads. The
Power
light flashes throughout the cleaning cycle and then stays on
when the cycle is finished.
To clean the color print head, make sure the printer is turned
on but is not printing. Press the
Cleaning
N N N
button. The
cleaning cycle begins. When the cleaning cycle is over the
Power
light stops flashing.
To clean the black print head, press the
Cleaning
O
button.
The cleaning cycle is over when the Power light stops flashing.
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