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If the prints are faint or streaks are printed, the print caput nozzles may be clogged. Those phenomena can be improved by performing print head cleaning or print head deep cleaning. Also, yous can bank check the cleaning results by printing the Nozzle Check Pattern after cleaning.

Notation: After confirming that the interface cable connects the printer to the computer and the printer is turned ON, please perform the following. Ostend that a print job is not in progress, then launch the IJ Printer Utility.

Note: In Nozzle Bank check Pattern printing afterwards print head deep cleaning, if missing lines in the pattern are not improved, the ink cartridges may exist defective.

1. Launch the IJ Printer Utility. From the Apple tree carte du jour click 'Organization Preferences'.

From 'System Preferences', open 'Impress & Fax'.

From the 'Impress & Fax' window, select your printer on the left, and so click 'Impress Queue'.

two. From the popular-up menu, select 'Test Print'.

3. Click the 'Nozzle Check' icon.

The layout of the Maintenance sail varies depending on the printer you are using.

iv. After Checking that A4 or letter size plainly paper is gear up in the machine canvas feeder, click 'Print Bank check Design'.

Notation: When Initial Cheque Items is clicked, the confirmation items before performing nozzle check pattern press will be displayed.

five. Nozzle check design printing will start.

vi. Examine the nozzle check blueprint output.

When the output is normal:

Black ink: The grid pattern is regular without missing lines.
Color ink: White streaks are not visible in the blueprint.

The output is non normal when:

No color is printed. (Nothing appears on the output.)
At that place is any color which is not printed at all.
There are white streaks in any of the ink patterns.

7. Determine whether the Nozzle Check Blueprint is normal or non, and perform the following based on the screen below:

When the output is normal:

Click 'Quit' to cease the pattern check.

When the output is non normal:

Click 'Cleaning' to perform print head cleaning.

8. Select the target ink for Cleaning, then click 'OK'.

Note: Impress caput cleaning consumes a certain amount of ink. Do print caput cleaning only when necessary. When Initial Check Items is clicked, the confirmation items before performing print head cleaning volition exist displayed.

9. Impress head cleaning starts.

The Power lamp will blink and print head cleaning of the impress head nozzles starts. The blink stops when print head cleaning is over. Until impress head cleaning completes, practise not try other operations. Impress caput cleaning will take about threescore seconds.

ten. Print the Nozzle Check Design again to examine the print head status.

Confirm that sheets of A4 or letter size plain newspaper are loaded in the motorcar sail feeder, and click 'Print Check Pattern'.

Note: When Initial Check Items is clicked, the confirmation items earlier performing nozzle check blueprint printing will be displayed.

11. Nozzle check pattern press will start.

12. Examine the printed Nozzle Cheque Design. (The examination method is the aforementioned as the step six and vii.)

13. Perform print head cleaning again. (Same as the steps nine to 12.)

Note: If the pattern is even so abnormal, perform print head deep cleaning. Print caput deep cleaning consumes a larger amount of ink than normal cleaning. Perform print head deep cleaning simply when necessary.

14. From the pop-upwards card, select 'Cleaning'.

xv. Click 'Deep Cleaning'.

xvi. Select the target ink for Cleaning, then click 'OK'.

Annotation: When Initial Check Items is clicked, the confirmation items before performing nozzle check blueprint printing will be displayed.

17. Print caput deep cleaning starts.

The Ability lamp will blink and impress head cleaning of the print head nozzles starts. The blink stops when print caput cleaning is over. Until print head cleaning completes, exercise not try other operations. Print head cleaning volition take nigh 2 to three minutes.

18. To check whether the clogged print head nozzles were improved, impress the Nozzle Check Blueprint once more.

19. If the printed blueprint is nevertheless abnormal, finish the blueprint check. The print head may not exist working properly.

Note: Plough the printer off and letting it sit for 24 hours or more, then do Deep Cleaning once more. The wait time may allow dried ink in clogged print caput nozzles to liquify, and resolve the problem.