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:
6
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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