1.   Turn On the printer while holding down the bottom three buttons:

Cleaning + Cut + Paper Feed

The display reads: CHECK: TEST

2.   Press the Paper Sources / Items button 5 times.

The display reads: CHECK: ADJUSTMENT

3.   Press Enter.

4.   Press the Paper Source / Items button 2 times.

The display reads: CHECK: CLEAN HEAD

5.   Press Enter.

6.   The display reads: PLEASE REMOVE CARTRIDGES

Remove the cartridges. The display reads: PLEASE LOWER THE INK LEVER

Lower the ink levers. The display reads: PLEASE REMOVE CARTRIDGES

Press Enter.

7.   The display reads: CLEANING

8.   When the display reads: SET CLEANING JIG

Press Pause twice.

9.   The display reads: CHECK ADJUSTMENT

Press the Paper Source / Items button 5 times.

10.   The display reads: CHECK CLEANING

Press Enter.

11.   The display reads: CLEANING: STD.KK0

Press the Paper Source / Items button once.

12.   The display reads: INIT: FILL

Load the cleaning cartridge set and lower the ink levers.

13.   Press Enter. The printer primes with cleaning fluid. This process takes around eight minutes.
When all activity has stopped, turn the machine Off.

14.   Turn the machine On. Perform a nozzle check. The pattern will be very faint as the cleaning fluid is a clear solution. Press the Clean button and after one clean, repeat the nozzle check. This runs the cleaning fluid through the nozzles of the print head.

15.   Turn the printer Off.

16.   Repeat steps 1 - 13 replacing the cleaning cartridges with your new ink set. Turn the machine Off.

17.   Turn the machine On. Load media and perform a nozzle test and, if necessary, a head clean. When the pattern of the lines in the nozzle test is unbroken, you are ready to print.

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