User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Welcome
- Special features
- Get started
- Connect to the printer
- Print photos
- Print photos from a digital camera
- Print other documents
- Printing tips
- Printing shortcuts
- Fast/economical printing
- General everyday printing
- Presentation printing
- Print in grayscale
- Set default settings for the printer
- Select a print quality
- Set the page order
- Print multiple pages on a single sheet of paper
- Print preview
- Set a custom paper size
- Select a paper type
- Print task quick sets
- Two-sided printing
- Resize a document
- Watermarks
- Printer software
- Maintenance
- Install print cartridges
- Set the auto-off feature
- Align the print cartridges
- Calibrate color
- Calibrate print quality
- Automatically clean print cartridges
- Print a test page
- View estimated ink levels
- Maintain the printer body
- Remove ink from your skin and clothing
- Manually clean print cartridges
- Maintain print cartridges
- Printer Toolbox
- Troubleshooting
- Printer does not print
- Paper jam
- Paper problems
- Printer is stalled
- Print cartridge problems
- Photos do not print correctly
- PictBridge problems
- Print quality is poor
- Document is misprinted
- Problems with borderless documents
- Error messages
- Printer lights are on or flashing
- Document prints slowly
- If you continue to have problems
- Supplies
- Specifications
- Environmental information
- Index
1 Selection number label
● Printer documentation: For a list of print cartridge selection numbers, see the
reference guide that came with the printer.
● Print Cartridge Information dialog box: For a list of print cartridge selection
numbers, open the printer Toolbox, click the Estimated Ink Level tab, and then
click the Print Cartridge Information button.
Note This feature might not be available in your operating environment.
Ink-backup mode
The printer can operate with only one print cartridge installed. For more information,
see Ink-backup mode.
Installation instructions
Follow these steps to install a print cartridge:
1. Verify that the printer is turned on.
2. Load Letter or A4 plain, white paper in the In tray.
3. Open the printer cover.
4. Wait until the print cartridge cradle moves to the right side of the printer and is
idle and quiet.
5. Press down on the print cartridge, and then slide it out of the print cartridge cradle.
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