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Cleaning the fuser
Run the cleaning page to keep the fuser free of toner and paper particles that can
sometimes accumulate. Accumulation of toner and particles can cause specks to appear
on the front or back side of your jobs (see “Specks” on page 97).
To ensure optimal output quality, HP recommends that you use the cleaning page every
time you replace the toner cartridge or that you establish an automatic cleaning
schedule.
You can run a cleaning page in two ways:
● manually as needed from the control panel display
● automatically at an interval that you establish
Note The cleaning procedure takes about 2.5 minutes to complete. A message on the control
panel display appears while the cleaning is taking place (either PROCESSING CLEANING
PAGE or PROCESSING AUTO CLEANING PAGE).
Running the cleaning page manually
To ensure that the cleaning page works properly, print the page on copier-grade paper
(not bond, heavy, or rough paper).
To run the cleaning page manually:
1 At the control panel, press M
ENU until the PRINT QUALITY menu appears.
2 Press I
TEM until CREATE CLEANING PAGE appears.
3 Press S
ELECT to create the cleaning page. A page with a black stripe prints.
4 Follow the instructions on the cleaning page to complete the cleaning process.
Running the cleaning page automatically
Using the following procedure, you can automatically print cleaning pages at any interval
that you choose. To allow the cleaning page to run without intervention, you must keep
the selected size and the plain paper available in the printer. The product will not
interrupt a printing job in process to print a cleaning page.
Discard the output page created by the automatic cleaning process.
To set the cleaning page to run automatically:
1 At the product control panel, press M
ENU until the PRINT QUALITY menu appears.
2 Press the Down navigation button until AUTO CLEANING PAGE=OFF appears.
3 Change OFF to ON and press .
4 Press the Down navigation button until AUTO CLEANING FREQUENCY=2000 appears.
Note The default frequency is every 2000 pages. To increase or decrease the frequency, press
the Up or Down navigation buttons until you reach the desired frequency, and then press
. The options are 1,000, 2,000, 5,000, 10,000, and 20,000 pages.
5 Once you have selected the page frequency, press to save the choice.
6 Press the navigation buttons to select CLEANING PAGE SIZE=LETTER. You can choose
to run the cleaning page on either letter or A4 paper. Use the navigation buttons to
select either A4 or LETTER and then press to save your selection.