62 6 - Maintaining and troubleshooting ENWW
To align the printheads
Whenever you replace a printhead, the printer automatically aligns the printheads to ensure
the best print quality. However, if the appearance of your printed pages indicates that the
printheads are misaligned, you can align them manually.
z From the control panel
1 Press (Select button) on the control panel.
2 Press (Up Arrow button) until MAINTENANCE is highlighted, and then
press (Select button).
3 Ensure PRINT QUALITY is highlighted, and then press (Select button).
4 Ensure ALIGN PRINTHEADS is highlighted, and then press (Select button).
z From the Embedded Web server
1 Open the embedded Web server. See To open the EWS.
2 Click the Settings tab.
3 Click Diagnostic in the left pane.
4 In the Printheads section, select the option to align printheads from the drop-down list.
To clean printheads automatically
Note Clean the printheads only when necessary; cleaning uses ink and shortens the life of the
printheads. There are three levels of cleaning available. After one level of cleaning, perform the
next level of cleaning only if the results are not satisfactory.
z From the control panel
1 Press (Select button) on the control panel.
2 Press (Up Arrow button) until MAINTENANCE is highlighted, and then
press (Select button).
3 Ensure PRINT QUALITY is highlighted, and then press (Select button).
4 Press (Up Arrow button) until the option to clean printheads is highlighted, and then
press (Select button).
z From the Embedded Web server
1 Open the embedded Web server. See To open the EWS.
2 Click the Settings tab.
3 To clean the printheads, click Diagnostic in the left pane. Then, select the appropriate
cleaning level from the drop-down list in the Printheads section.
