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Troubleshooting
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Improving print quality
Click the topic that best describes your problem.
Clean the print cartridge nozzles
Cleaning the print cartridge nozzles forces ink through the nozzles to clear any that are
clogged. A test page prints so you can see if the cleaning process is a success.
Clean the print nozzles when:
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Characters are not printing completely.
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White dashes appear in graphics or printed text.
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Clean the print cartridge nozzles
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Wipe the print nozzles and contacts
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Print is too dark or smudged
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Vertical straight lines are not smooth
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Print smears on the page
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Printed pages have alternating bands
of light and dark print
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Print quality is poor at the edges of
the page
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Printed characters are improperly
formed or misaligned
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Colors on the printout are faded or
they differ from colors on the screen
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Characters are missing or unexpected