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Checking Jet Health 3-9
To purge-n-wipe a color (four printheads):
1. From the control panel Front Page screen, press the
(Menu) key.
2. Press the
) key to highlight Maintenance.
3. Press the (Menu In) key.
4. Press
)to highlight Purge a Color.
5. Press the (Menu In) key.
6. Press the ! (Proceed) key to continue.
The control panel displays a list of ink colors.
7. Press
)repeatedly to select an ink color to purge.
8. Press ! (Proceed) to continue.
The printer purges the printheads with air pressure, then
wipes them with the service station wipers. Approximately
1.7 milliliters of ink per color are expelled by this purge
(and the purges triggered by AutoTune and AutoRecover).
Note
Purging a single color is more effective because more
pressure is applied to each printhead, but a possible
side effect of repeated single-color purges is clogged
jets in other colors. Repeated single-color purges
should be followed by a purge of all printheads.
Print Jet-Out Lines
1. From the control panel Front Page screen, press the
(Menu) key.
2. Press the
) key to highlight Maintenance.
3. Press the (Menu In) key.
4. Press
)to highlight Print Jet-Out Lines.
5. Press the (Menu In) key.
The Jet-Out Lines pattern prints. Substituted jets are marked
with a black square.
Map Out Missing Jets If the Jet-Out Lines (above) reveal an blank or wavy lines, the
corresponding jets should be mapped out. For instructions, see
“AutoJet” on page 4-3 or “Manual Jet Mapping” on page 4-13.
When all missing jets have been substituted, printed output will
appear as if all jets are working.