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Hi all,

Could someone help me please,

I was printing some documents when the text started to look smeared and dirty so I decided to change the black cartage as it was very low.

After doing so the printed text still looked smeared and dirty. I have done a auto head clean a few times but it is no better.

Could someone give me any advice on the matter please.

 

Regards Wev

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@Wev1 

 

 Troubleshooting  > Print > Print Quality

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Fixing Poor Print Quality

 

Step 13:  Manually clean the area around the ink nozzles

 

 

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Dragon-Fur

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I have exactly the same problem. Anyone got a suggestion? UPSers

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I have tried all that many times but still prints dirty smeared text

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