Maintaining Ink Cartridges - Lexmark Pro5500 Series Quick Reference Manual

Ordering and replacing supplies
Notes:
• If Align Printer appears on the printer control panel, then touch Continue.
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Do not remove the alignment page until printing is finished.

Maintaining ink cartridges

In addition to the following tasks that you can perform, your printer performs automatic maintenance
cycles if it is plugged into a properly grounded, working electrical outlet. It will briefly come out of Sleep
mode or will temporarily turn on if it is turned off.
Aligning the printhead
If the characters or lines on your printer image appear jagged or wavy, then you may need to align the
printhead.
1
Load plain, unmarked paper.
2
From the home screen, touch > More Options > Align Printer.
An alignment page prints.
Note: Do not remove the alignment page until printing is finished.
Cleaning the printhead nozzles
Poor print quality is sometimes due to clogged printhead nozzles. Clean the printhead nozzles to improve
the quality of your prints.
Notes:
• Cleaning the printhead nozzles uses ink, so clean them only when necessary.
• Deep cleaning uses more ink, so try the Clean Printhead option first to save ink.
• If the ink levels are too low, then you must replace the ink cartridges before you can clean the
printhead nozzles.
1
From the home screen, touch > More Options.
2
Touch Clean Printhead or Deep Clean Printhead.
3
Select an option, and then wait until the printer is ready.
Moving the printer to another location
When moving the printer and optional trays to another location, follow these precautions:
• Any cart used to move the printer must have a surface able to support the full footprint of the printer.
Any cart used to move the options must have a surface able to support the dimensions of the options.
• Make sure the bin extender and the exit bin are in their original positions.
• Keep the printer in an upright position.
• Make sure to remove the ink cartridges from the printer.
• Store the used ink cartridges in a box with the nozzles faceup.
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Avoid severe jarring movements.
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If available, use the original packaging of the printer with the needed padding to keep the printer
protected during transport.
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