Dell P513w All In One Photo Printer - Manual (Page 83)

Maintaining the printer
Maintaining ink cartridges
In addition to the following tasks that you can perform, your printer performs an automatic maintenance cycle every
week if it is plugged into an electrical outlet. It will briefly come out of Power Saver mode or will temporarily power
on if it is turned off.
Checking ink levels
Using the printer control panel
1 From the printer control panel, press .
2 Press the up or down arrow button to scroll to Maintenance, and then press .
3 Press again to select Check Ink Levels.
Using the printer software
For Windows users
1 Click or Start.
2 Click All Programs or Programs, and then select the printer program folder from the list.
3 Select Printer Home.
4 Choose your printer from the printer drop-down list.
5 From the Maintenance tab, click Check ink levels.
For Macintosh users
1 From the Finder desktop, double-click the printer program folder.
2 Select Printer Utility from the list.
3 Check the ink levels from the Maintenance tab.
Aligning the printhead
If the characters or lines on your printer image appear jagged or wavy, then you may need to align the printhead.
Using the printer control panel
1 Load plain paper.
2 From the printer control panel, press .
Maintaining the printer
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