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Maintaining the Printer
Checking the Status of Consumables. . . . . . . . . . . 150
Improving Print, Copy, Scan, and Fax Quality. . . . 150
Adjusting the Print Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Checking and Cleaning the Print Head. . . . . . . 151
Running Power Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Preventing nozzle clogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Aligning Ruled Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Cleaning the Paper Path for Ink Smears. . . . . . .155
Cleaning the Scanner Glass and Document Mat 156
Cleaning the ADF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Cleaning the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Cleaning Spilled ink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Checking the Total Number of Pages Fed
Through the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Checking the Total Number of Pages Fed
Through the Printer (Control Panel). . . . . . . . . 161
Checking the Total Number of Pages Fed
Through the Printer (Windows). . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Checking the Total Number of Pages Fed
Through the Printer (Mac OS). . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Saving Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Saving Power (Control Panel). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Installing or Uninstalling Applications Separately. 162
Installing the Applications Separately. . . . . . . . 162
Adding the Printer (for Mac OS Only). . . . . . . .165
Uninstalling Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Updating Applications and Firmware. . . . . . . . 167
Transporting and Storing the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . 169
Solving Problems
The Printer Does Not Work as Expected. . . . . . . . 176
The Printer Does Not Turn On or Off. . . . . . . . 176
Power Turns Off Automatically. . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Paper Does Not Feed Properly. . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Cannot Print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Cannot Start Scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Cannot Send or Receive Faxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Error Code is Displayed on the Status Menu. . . 225
Cannot Operate the Printer as Expected. . . . . . 229
A Message is Displayed on the LCD Screen. . . . . . 234
Paper Gets Jammed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Preventing Paper Jams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
It is Time to Refill the Ink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Ink Bottle Handling Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Refilling the Ink Tanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
It is Time to Replace the Maintenance Box. . . . . . .241
Maintenance Box Handling Precautions. . . . . . 241
Replacing a Maintenance Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Printing, Copying, Scanning, and Faxing
Quality is Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Print Quality is Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
Copy Quality is Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Scanned Image Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
The Quality of the Sent Fax is Poor. . . . . . . . . . 261
Received Fax Quality is Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
Cannot Solve Problem After Trying All Solutions. .264
Cannot Solve Printing or Copying Problems. . . 264
Adding or Replacing the Computer or
Devices
Connecting to a Printer that has been
Connected to the Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Using a Network Printer from a Second
Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Using a Network Printer from a Smart Device. . 268
Re-setting the Network Connection. . . . . . . . . . . 268
When Replacing the Wireless Router. . . . . . . . .269
When Changing the Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Changing the Connection Method to the
Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Making Wi-Fi Settings from the Control Panel. .272
Connecting a Smart Device and Printer Directly
(Wi-Fi Direct). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
About Wi-Fi Direct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Connecting to an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
using Wi-Fi Direct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Connecting to Android Devices using Wi-Fi
Direct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Connecting to Devices other than iOS and
Android using Wi-Fi Direct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Disconnecting Wi-Fi Direct (Simple AP)
Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Changing the Wi-Fi Direct (Simple AP)
Settings Such as the SSID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Checking the Network Connection Status. . . . . . . 285
Checking the Network Connection Status
from the Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Printing a Network Connection Report. . . . . . . 286
Printing a Network Status Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Checking the Network of the Computer
(Windows only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Product Information
Paper Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Available Paper and Capacities. . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Unavailable Paper Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
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