Maintaining the printer, Maintaining ink cartridges, Checking ink levels – Lexmark S800 User Manual

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Maintaining the printer

Maintaining ink cartridges

In addition to the following tasks that you can perform, your printer performs an automatic maintenance cycle every
week if it is plugged into an electrical outlet. It will briefly come out of Power Saver mode or will temporarily power
on if it is turned off.

Checking ink levels

Using the printer control panel

From the home screen, touch

.

The graphic of the ink levels appears on the display.

Using the printer software

For Windows users

1

Click

or Start.

2

Click All Programs or Programs, and then select the printer program folder from the list.

3

Navigate to:

Printer Home > select your printer > Maintenance tab > Check ink levels

For Macintosh users

1

From the Apple menu, navigate to:

System Preferences > Print & Fax > select your printer

2

Click Options & Supplies or Print Queue.

3

Click Supply Levels.

Aligning the printhead

If the characters or lines on your printer image appear jagged or wavy, then you may need to align the printhead.

Using the printer control panel

1

Load plain paper.

2

From the home screen, navigate to:

> More Options > Align Printer

An alignment page prints.

Note: Do not remove the alignment page until printing is finished.

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