Printing Tests and Cleaning
We recommend performing a printing test to check for problems such as dot drop-out before you carry out actual
printing. If problems such as dot drop-out are found, clean the print heads.
How to Perform a Printing Test
Hold down for one
second or longer.
Test pattern
Holding down
for one second or longer prints
a test pattern.
You can print the test pattern where you want by using
to move the print-head car-
riage, then pressing
left open during movement, but be sure to close it be-
fore you press
.
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Dot drop-out
. The front cover may be
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