Maintenance for Select Printheads
On the top of the carriage there are 4 or 5 purge valves. If you have performed a printhead
1.
maintenance and find that one or more printheads require additional maintenance, turn
off the valves of all the other colors.
Perform all of the steps for printhead maintenance again, but only on the affected print-
2.
heads.
Note:
Isolating individual colors to purge does not perform a stronger purge, but it does conserve
ink.
[184] Purge Valves with Yellow Turned Off
Remember to open any purge valves that were closed for this procedure.
3.
Note:
If a purge valve is left closed, there is no vacuum pressure to hold the ink and it will drip
out of the printhead. Drops of ink will appear on the media if you print with purge valves
closed.
If problems still persist, perform the swab procedure on the affected printhead.
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Printhead Maintenance
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