Quick Guide

Maintaining Your Product 33
Maintaining Your Product
Follow the steps here to check and clean the print head, and replace ink cartridges.
If you need to align the print head, see the online User’s Guide.
Checking the Print Head Nozzles
If your printouts are faint or have gaps in them, the print head nozzles may be
clogged. Follow these steps to check the print head nozzles:
1. Load letter- or A4-size plain paper in the main
paper tray.
2. Press
Home if necessary, then press l or r
and select
Setup.
3. Select
Maintenance, then Nozzle Check.
4. Press x
Start.
5. Check the nozzle check pattern that prints to see if there are gaps in the lines:
6. If there are no gaps, the print head is clean. Select
Finish Nozzle Check.
If there are gaps or the pattern is faint, select
Head Cleaning. Then press
x
Start to clean the print head.
Nozzles
are clean
Nozzles need
cleaning