Check the State of the Print Head
If printouts are Blurry or Fuzzy/Streaks or Lines/Inaccurate or Bleeding Colors, perform from step 1 until step 6 in order and make sure that you need to replace the print head.
Printing Is Blurry
White Streaks Appear
Colors Are Wrong
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Step1 Print the nozzle check pattern.
After printing the nozzle check pattern, examine the pattern.
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From the printer
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From the computer
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For Windows:
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For macOS:
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If the pattern is not printed correctly, go to the next step.
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Step2 Clean the print head.
After cleaning the print head, print the nozzle check pattern and check the result.
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From the printer
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From the computer
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For Windows:
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For macOS:
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If it still does not improve, go to the next step.
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Step3 Clean the print head again.
After cleaning the print head again, print the nozzle check pattern and check the result.
If it still does not improve, go to the next step.
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Step4 Clean the print head deeply.
After cleaning the print head deeply, print the nozzle check pattern and check the result.
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From the printer
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From the computer
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For Windows:
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For macOS:
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If it does not improve, turn off the printer, wait for more than 24 hours, and go to the next step.
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Step5 Clean the print head deeply again.
After cleaning the print head deeply again, print the nozzle check pattern and check the result.
If it still does not improve, go to the next step.
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Step6 Perform ink flush.
After performing ink flush, print the nozzle check pattern and check the result.
Ink flush consumes a great amount of ink. Frequent ink flush can rapidly consume ink, so perform it only when necessary.
If the nozzle check pattern is not printed correctly even after performing ink flush, problems may be solved by replacing the print head.
For details, see here.
Important
Performing ink flush when the remaining ink level is not enough may damage the printer.
Before performing ink flush, check the remaining ink level of all colors.
