8 Maintenance
• Auto-off
• Installing print cartridges
• Aligning print cartridges
• Calibrating color
• Automatically cleaning print cartridges
• Manually cleaning the print cartridges
• Printing a test page
• View estimated ink levels
• Removing ink from skin and clothing
• Maintaining print cartridges
• Maintaining the printer body
• Printer toolbox
8.1 Auto-off
Use the Auto-off feature to place the printer in a low-power, energy-efficient mode
after it has been idle for 30 minutes. To turn on the printer, press the Power button.
Follow these steps to activate the Auto-off feature:
1. Open the printer Toolbox.
2. Click the Configuration tab.
3. Select the Activate the Hardware Auto-off feature check box.
4. Close the Printer Toolbox.
8.2 Installing print cartridges
Print cartridges
Print cartridge combinations
For printing most documents, use the tri-color print cartridge and the black print
cartridge. When printing photos, you can use either the photo print cartridge or the
gray photo print cartridge along with the tri-color print cartridge cradle.
Always install the tri-color print cartridge in the
left
print cartridge cradle
compartment.
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