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CLEANING THE PRINT HEAD
A dirty print head will produce bad print quality.
Perform the following steps to clean the print head when it
becomes dirty.
Note: Use a cotton bud stick or other soft material to clean
the print head.
1. Click on file and select “Clean Print Head…” on the drop down
menu. (See Figure 7)
Figure 7
3. The Carriage will move to the cleaning position. Unplug the Power
Cable and the USB Cable before cleaning the Print Head.
Click Ok.
4. Use a cotton bud stick moistened with alcohol to clean the print
head. You can also use a commercially available cassette tape
recorder head cleaning kit to clean the print head. Insert the tip of
the cotton bud stick and slide it lightly back and fro along the area
shown in the Figure 8.
5. Plug the 2 cables back and continue printing.
Figure 8
2. Click OK to continue.
