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Maintain the print cartridge, Clean the print cartridge, Wipe the print cartridge contacts – HP 600 User Manual

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52 Care and maintenance

Maintain the print cartridge

Maintain the print cartridge

To maintain good printing quality, we recommend you occasionally maintain

the print cartridge and its associated parts:

Clean the print cartridge

If characters are not printing completely or white streaks appear in your text, you

may have clogged nozzles. Clean the print cartridge as described below:

1. Press Menu repeatedly until TOOLS

appears and press OK.

2. Scroll to Clean Cartridge

by pressing

and press OK.

3. Examine the printed test pattern.

• If print quality does not improve, reinstall the cartridge and repeat these

steps.

• If the line is still broken, wipe the print cartridge contacts. For more

information, see Wipe the print cartridge contacts on page 52.

Wipe the print cartridge contacts

If cleaning the print cartridge as discussed above does not help and you are

certain the cartridge has plenty of ink, the problem may be caused by dried ink

on the print cartridge contacts or the print cartridge carrier contacts. Follow

these two sets of instructions for manual cleaning.

Clean the contacts

1. Press Access Cartridge.
2. Open the control panel and cartridge compartment cover and remove the

cartridge. See Replace the print cartridge on page 48.

3. Gently blot and wipe the contacts dry.

• Use a clean cloth dampened with

water to gently clean the entire

copper-colored contacts.

• To dissolve any dried ink, hold the

damp cloth against the contacts for

about three seconds.

CAUTION: Do not touch or clean the ink

nozzles.

1 Copper-colored contacts

2 Ink nozzles (do not clean)

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