Dell 962 All In One Photo Printer - Manual (Page 75)

Ink Cartridge Maintenance 75
You may also need to align ink cartridges when characters are not properly formed or are not
aligned at the left margin, or when vertical or straight lines appear wavy.
To align the ink cartridges:
1 Load paper in the paper support. For more information, see "Loading Paper" on page 34.
2 Click Start
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Dell Printer Solution Center.
3 Click the Maintenance tab
4 Click Align to fix blurry edges.
5 Click Print.
The ink cartridges align when the page prints.
Cleaning the Ink Cartridge Nozzles
You may need to clean the nozzles when:
• White lines appear in graphics or solid black areas.
• Print appears smudged or too dark.
• Colors fade, do not print, or do not print completely.
• Vertical lines appear jagged or edges appear rough.
To clean the ink cartridge nozzles:
1 Load the paper. For more information, see "Loading Paper" on page 34.
2 Click Start
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Programs or All Programs
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Dell Printers
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Dell Photo AIO Printer
962
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Dell Printer Solution Center.
3 Click the Maintenance tab.
4 Click Clean to fix horizontal streaks.
5 Click Print.
When the page prints it forces ink through the clogged nozzles to clean them.
6 Print your document again to verify the improved print quality.
7 If you are not satisfied with the print quality, wipe the ink cartridge nozzles, and then print
your document again.