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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
❑ Transport the printer
❑ Calibrate the printer when printing from DOS.
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.
You can clean one or both print heads. Each cleaning cycle
takes about one minute, during which the carriage moves and
you hear the printer recharging the print heads. The
Pause
light flashes throughout the cleaning cycle and then stays on
when the cycle is finished.
To clean the color print head:
1. Make sure the printer is turned on and press the
Pause
button.
2. Hold down the
Alt
button and press
Print Mode
. The
cleaning cycle begins.
3. Press the
Pause
button.
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Maintenance