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Apple COLOR STYLEWRITER 2400 User Manual

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Printing the test page

To print the test page and clean the print head, follow these steps:

1

Turn off the printer.

2

Make sure you’ve loaded U.S. letter-size or A4 paper into the printer.

3

Press and hold down the power button until the power light starts to blink.

4

Release the power button and wait for the test page to print.

5

Examine the nozzle test pattern for broken or missing horizontal lines.

The nozzle test pattern appears near the bottom of the test page. The test
pattern for the four-color ink cartridge looks like this:

The test pattern for the black-only ink cartridge looks like this:

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If you see broken or missing lines, try the following:

m Print the test page again until the problem clears up or the ink runs out

completely.

m Replace the ink tank containing the missing color, or replace the black-

only ink cartridge if that’s what you used to print the test page.

Yellow

Magenta

A broken line means a nozzle on
the print head needs to be cleaned.

A missing color means you need to
replace an ink tank (or the black-only cartridge).

Cyan

Black

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