Maintaining the printer
Maintaining ink cartridges
In addition to the following tasks that you can perform, your printer performs an automatic maintenance cycle every
week if it is plugged into a properly grounded, working electrical outlet. It will briefly come out of Sleep mode or will
temporarily turn on if it is turned off.
Checking ink levels
Using the printer control panel
From the printer control panel, navigate to:
>
Setup
>
O K
>
Maintenance
>
O K
>
Check Ink Levels
>
O K
Using the printer software
For Windows users
1
Click
or
Start
.
2
Click
All Programs
or
Programs
, and then select the printer program folder from the list.
3
Navigate to:
Printer Home
> select your printer >
Maintenance
tab >
Supplies Status
For Macintosh users
1
From the Apple menu, navigate to:
System Preferences
>
Print & Fax
> select your printer
2
Click
Options & Supplies
or
Print Queue
.
3
Click
Supply Levels
.
Aligning the printhead
If the characters or lines on your printed image appear jagged or wavy, then you may need to align the printhead.
1
Load plain paper.
2
From the printer control panel, navigate to:
>
Setup
>
O K
>
Maintenance
>
O K
>
Align Printer
>
O K
An alignment page prints.
Note:
Do not remove the alignment page until printing is finished.
If you aligned the cartridges to improve print quality, then print your document again. If print quality has not improved,
then clean the printhead nozzles.
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