Cleaning The Ink Cartridge Nozzles - Dell 966 User Manual

3. Right-click the printer icon.
4. Click Printing Preferences.
The Printing Preferences dialog box opens.
5. Click the Maintenance tab.
6. Click Align Ink Cartridges.
7. Click Print.
The ink cartridges align when the page prints.

Cleaning the Ink Cartridge Nozzles

You may need to clean the nozzles when:
White lines appear in graphics or solid black areas.
Print appears smudged or too dark.
Colors fade, do not print, or do not print correctly.
Vertical lines appear jagged, or edges appear rough.
To clean the nozzles from the operator panel:
1. Load plain paper. For more information, see
2. Press the up or down Arrow button
3. Press the Select button
4. Press the up or down Arrow button
5. Press the Select button
The cleaning page begins printing.
To clean the nozzles from the printer software:
1. Load plain paper.
2. In Windows XP, click Start® Control Panel® Printers and Other Hardware® Printers and Faxes.
In Windows 2000, click Start® Settings® Printers.
In Windows Vista:
® Control Panel.
a. Click
b. Click Hardware and Sound.
c. Click Printers.
3. Right-click the printer icon.
4. Click Printing Preferences.
The Printing Preferences dialog box opens.
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to scroll to Maintenance.
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to scroll to Clean Cartridges.
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Paper.