Cleaning the printhead lenses

Clean the printhead lenses when you encounter print quality problems.

  1. Open the front door.

    picture shows printer front door open
    Warning—Potential Damage: To avoid overexposing the photoconductor units, do not leave the front door open for more than 10 minutes.
  2. Remove all four toner cartridges. Do not remove the photoconductor units for this procedure.

  3. Locate the four printhead lenses.

  4. Clean the lenses using a can of compressed air.

    Warning—Potential Damage: Do not touch the printhead lenses.
  5. Reinstall the four toner cartridges.

  6. Close the front door.