Cleaning Around the Print Head

Clean around the print head to remove any ink, lint, or dust that could affect print quality.

Before you clean around the print head, move the print head into maintenance position.
Open the left maintenance cover.
Dampen a cleaning stick with ink cleaner.
Wipe off any ink from the parts shown here in the direction of the arrow. Use the tip of the cleaning stick to remove any lint or dust from the area.

Note: Do not touch the parts shown here during cleaning or you could adversely affect the print quality.
Using the tip of a small cleaning stick dampened with ink cleaner and wiping in one direction, clean any ink from between the nozzles on both print heads as shown here.

Caution:

Do not press on the nozzles with excessive force or you may damage them. Do not move the cleaning stick back and forth; wipe in one direction only.
Dampen a large cleaning stick with ink cleaner and use it to wipe all sides of the blade on the cleaning wiper.
Use the cleaning wiper to clean the print head by pulling it once over the surface as shown here.

Caution:

Do not wipe back and forth with the cleaning wiper or you may damage the print head.

Your cleaned print heads should look like this:

If not, repeat these steps using fresh cleaning sticks and ink cleaner.
Close the left maintenance cover.
Wipe any stains from the cleaning wiper and store it away from dust and out of direct sunlight.