User manual HP COMPAQ IJ1200

[. . . ] User's Guide for Windows 95 and Windows 98 First Edition: 2000 The information in this guide is subject to change without notice. COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR TECHNICAL OR EDITORIAL ERRORS OR OMISSIONS CONTAINED HEREIN; NOR FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE FURNISHING, PERFORMANCE, OR USE OF THIS MATERIAL. This guide contains information protected by copyright. No part of this guide may be photocopied or reproduced in any form without prior written consent from Compaq Computer Corporation. [. . . ] Follow the instructions on the Alignment screen to complete the cartridge installation. For help, see page 24. Maintaining your printer · · · 23 · · Improving print quality If the print quality is not satisfactory, you may need to align your cartridges or clean the print nozzles. Aligning print cartridges 1 Load plain paper in the printer. 2 From the Control Program's Cartridges tab, select Align Cartridges. Your printer prints an alignment test page and the Align Cartridge dialog box displays. The test page that prints has several alignment patterns, depending on the cartridge combination installed. The test page that prints is similar to the one shown: In this example, in alignment group A, 16 comes closest to forming a straight line. 3 From each alignment group on the test page, find the number under the alignment pattern that comes closest to forming a straight line. 4 In the Align Cartridges dialog box, enter the pattern numbers from the printed test page that come closest to forming a straight line. 24 · Chapter 3 · · · · 5 After you have entered a number for all of the patterns, click OK. Cleaning print nozzles 1 Load plain paper in the printer. 2 From the Control Program's Cartridges tab, select Clean Print Nozzles. The printer feeds a sheet of paper and prints a nozzle test pattern, similar to the one shown: Cyan, magenta, yellow, and black purge lines (shown here in black and white) print when ink is forced through the print nozzles. If any of these colors do not print, you may need to replace your print cartridge. Broken lines at the top of the page indicate clogged nozzles. Unbroken lines at the bottom of the page indicate the nozzles were cleaned. Maintaining your printer 3 Compare the diagonal lines above the printed bars to the diagonal lines below the printed bars. Look for a break in the diagonal lines above the printed bars. · If the bottom lines have breaks, run the test up to two more times. If the print quality is satisfactory after running the test three times, the print nozzles are clean. · If the print quality of both lines is still not satisfactory, wipe the print cartridge nozzles. For help, see the next section. Maintaining your printer · · · 25 · · Wiping print nozzles If print quality does not improve after cleaning the print nozzles (see page 25), you may need to wipe the print nozzles. Refer to the "Troubleshooting: Print Quality" section of the printer driver Help. For help accessing the printer driver Help, see page 6. Preserving print cartridges To ensure the longest life from your print cartridge and optimum performance from your printer: · Keep a new print cartridge in its packaging until you are ready to install it. · Do not remove a print cartridge from the printer except to replace, clean, or store it in an air-tight container. The print cartridge does not print correctly if removed from the printer and left exposed for an extended period of time. · If a print cartridge runs out of ink, leave the empty cartridge in the printer until you are ready to replace it. [. . . ] If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: · Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. · Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. · Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. · Consult your point of purchase or service representative for additional suggestions. [. . . ]