Click Start, point to Settings, then click Printers.
For Windows 95 and 98, select your printer, then click Properties on the File menu. For Windows NT 4.0, select your printer, then click Document Defaults on the File menu. The printer software window appears. for windows 2000 look at the image below.
Turn off your printer.
Make sure that A4 or Letter size paper is loaded in the sheet feeder.
Hold down the load/eject button and press the power button to turn on the printer. Then release both buttons.
The printer prints an operation check page including your printer's ROM version information, the ink counter code, and a nozzle check pattern.
Click on Nozzle check and follow instructions. If any part of the pattern is missing ( see image opposite ) run a print head clean by clicking on the Head Clean button
Using the control panel buttons
Make sure that the power light is on and that both the black and color ink out lights are off.
Note:
If the black or color ink out light is flashing or on, you cannot clean the head, and this operation will start the ink cartridge replacement procedure. If you do not want to replace an ink cartridge at this moment, press the cleaning button to return the print head to its home position.
Hold down the cleaning button for three seconds.
The printer starts cleaning the print head and the power light begins flashing. Print head cleaning takes about thirty seconds to complete.
Caution:
Never turn off the printer while the power light is flashing. Doing so may damage the printer.
When the power light stops flashing, print a nozzle check pattern to confirm that the head is clean and to reset the cleaning cycle.
If print quality hasn't improved after repeating this procedure four or five times, turn the printer off and leave it alone overnight. Then do the head cleaning again.
If the print quality still has not improved, one or both of your ink cartridges may be old or damaged and may need to be replaced
The printer starts cleaning the print head and the power light begins flashing. Print head cleaning takes about thirty seconds to complete
If the black or color ink out light is flashing or on, you cannot clean the head, and this operation will start the ink cartridge replacement procedure. If you do not want to replace an ink cartridge at this moment, press the cleaning button to return the print head to its home position.
Caution:
Never turn off the printer while the power light is flashing. Doing so may damage the printer.
When the power light stops flashing, print a nozzle check pattern to confirm that the head is clean and to reset the cleaning cycle.
If print quality hasn't improved after repeating this procedure four or five times, turn the printer off and leave it alone overnight. Then do the head cleaning again.
If the print quality still has not improved, one or both of your ink cartridges may be old or damaged and may need to be replaced
