Lexmark Pro715 User Guide

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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 Sleep mode or will temporarily turn on if it is
turned off.
Checking ink levels
Using the printer control panel
From the printer control panel, navigate to:
 > Setup > 
 >Maintenance > 
 > 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
Navigate to:
Printer Home > select your printer > Maintenance tab > Supplies Status
For Macintosh users
1
From the Apple menu, navigate to:
System Preferences > Print & Fax > select your printer
2
Click Options & Supplies or Print Queue.
3
Click Supply Levels.
Aligning the printhead
If the characters or lines on your printed image appear jagged or wavy, then you may need to align the printhead.
1
Load plain paper.
2
From the printer control panel, navigate to:
 > Setup > 
 >Maintenance > 
 > Align Printer > 
An alignment page prints.
Note: Do not remove the alignment page until printing is finished.
If you aligned the cartridges to improve print quality, then print your document again. If print quality has not
improved, then clean the printhead nozzles.
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