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5. Examine the nozzle check pattern you print.
Each staggered horizontal and straight vertical
line should be complete, with no gaps in the
dot pattern. If your printout looks okay,
click
Finish
.
If any dots are missing, as shown here, click
Clean
and follow the instructions on the screen to clean
the print head again. (The actual test prints the
lower pattern in color.)
If you don’t see any improvement after cleaning three or four times, check the
solutions in “Problems Getting Good Print Quality” on page 35. You can also
turn the printer off and wait overnight—this allows any dried ink to soften—and
then try cleaning the print head again.
Using the Head Cleaning Utility
Follow these steps for your operating system to run the Head Cleaning utility:
1. Make sure the printer is plugged in but not printing.
2. Windows: Right-click the Status Monitor 3 icon on your Windows
taskbar, then select
Head Cleaning
in the menu that appears.
Or, if you have an application running, you can also run the utility by
accessing the printer settings dialog box as described on page 6. Click the
Utility
tab, then click the
Head Cleaning
button.
Macintosh: Access the printer settings dialog box as described on page 11.
Click the Utility button, then click the
Head Cleaning
button.
To right-click, place your cursor on the
Status Monitor 3 icon and
click the right mouse button.
missing
dots
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