Back to Main Page

Cleaning the print cartridge nozzles

Clean the print cartridge nozzles when:

• Characters are not printing completely.
• White dashes appear in graphics or printed text.
• Print is smudged or too dark.
• Colors on the printout are faded, or they differ from the colors on the computer screen.
• Vertical, straight lines are not smooth.

From the control panel

1. Load plain paper.
2. Follow the steps in Performing maintenance tasks from the control panel.

From the Lexmark 4300 Series Utility

1. Load plain paper.
2. Open the Lexmark 4300 Series Utility.
3. From the Cartridges tab, click Clean Print Nozzles.
4. Print the document again to see if the print quality has improved.
5. To further improve print quality, try Wiping the print cartridge nozzles and contacts, and then print the document again.
6. If print quality has not improved, repeat step 3 through 5.

Related topic

Improving print quality