Owners manual

Maintenance Procedure
Follow these steps to restore print quality if printing becomes faint or uneven, colors are incorrect, or printing
results are not as expected (as when parallel lines are not printed parallel).
Note
• Increasing the print quality in the printer driver may give better results.
Changing the Print Quality and Correcting Image Data (Windows)
Changing the Print Quality and Correcting Image Data (Mac OS)
To Correct Faint or Uneven Printing:
Step1
Print the nozzle check pattern.
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Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern
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Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern (Windows)
Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern (Mac OS)
Step2
Examine the nozzle check pattern.
Some missing lines or horizontal white streaks in the pattern:
Step3
Clean the print head.
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Cleaning the Print Head
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Cleaning the Print Heads (Windows)
Cleaning the Print Heads (Mac OS)
After cleaning the print head, print and examine the nozzle check pattern again: Step1
Problem not resolved after you perform from step 1 to step 3 twice:
Step4
Perform deep print head cleaning.
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Deep Print Head Cleaning
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Cleaning the Print Heads (Windows)
Cleaning the Print Heads (Mac OS)
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