Press the Maintenance button repeatedly until y appears.Cleaning the Print Head deeply consumes more ink than the standard cleaning of the Print Head, so clean the Print Head deeply only when necessary. If print quality does not improve by the standard cleaning of the Print Head, clean the Print Head deeply. Note: If the problem is not resolved after cleaning the Print Head twice, clean the Print Head deeply. To check the print head condition, print the nozzle check pattern. When the cleaning is completed, the LED returns to the copy standby mode. The machine starts cleaning the Print Head.ĭo not perform any other operations until the machine completes the cleaning of the Print Head. Press the Maintenance button repeatedly until H appears.Cleaning the Print Head consumes ink, so clean the Print Head only when necessary. Cleaning unclogs the nozzles and restores the print head condition.

(B) Bad (horizontal white streaks are present)Ĭlean the Print Head if lines are missing or if horizontal white streaks are present in the printed nozzle check pattern. Check if horizontal white streaks are present in this pattern.Check if lines are missing in this pattern.Check if there are missing lines in the pattern (1) or horizontal white streaks in the pattern (2).The nozzle check pattern will be printed.Įxamine the nozzle check pattern, and clean the Print Head if necessary. Press the Maintenance button to display.Open the Paper Output Tray gently, and open the Output Tray Extension (3).Load a sheet of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper in the Rear Tray (2).Make sure that the power is turned on (1).You need to prepare: a sheet of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper Replace the FINE Cartridge whose ink is low. Note: If the remaining ink level is low, the nozzle check pattern will not be printed correctly. Print the nozzle check pattern to determine whether the ink ejects properly from the print head nozzles.

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