Dell P713w All In One Photo Printer - Manual (Page 87)

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
1 Click or Start.
2 Click All Programs or Programs, and then select the printer program folder from the list.
3 Select Printer Home.
4 Choose your printer from the printer drop-down list.
5 From the Maintenance tab, click Check ink 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 Align Printer:
> More Options > Align Printer.
An alignment page prints.
Note: Do not remove the alignment page until printing is finished.
Using the printer software
1 Load plain paper.
2 Click or Start.
3 Click All Programs or Programs, and then select the printer program folder from the list.
4 Select Printer Home.
5 Choose your printer from the printer drop-down list.
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