Check out this article which addresses the details:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/178/
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With literally thousands of printers made over the years there's no way of telling you how. It's either a push of a button or two or you access it from the printer software.
Unless the printer is extremely old almost all the manufacturers usually have a pdf electronic version of the manuals on their web site. You may have to look around but just keep looking or e-mail them and ask. Look for their "Support" link.
# go to control panel # printer and other hardware # printers # get to printer properties # under maintence tab, click clean printer heads
Rubbing alcohol and a q-tip - using gentle pressure. This does not always work.
You can use the system tools in the printer app to clean the ink jet heads of an Epson printer. Windex or a damp cloth can be used for cleaning the outside of the printer.
Ink cartridge
The ink cartridge will quickly empty. Each time the print head is cleaned a small volume of ink is used in the cleaning, so wasting ink!
Ink cartridge
Ink cartridge
Ink jet printer is an output device.
The bubble jet inkjet printer applies heat to the print head and squirts ink through tiny nozzles in the print head and onto the paper.
ink jet printer
Laser printers work faster then ink type.
The bubble jet inkjet printer applies heat to the print head and squirts ink through tiny nozzles in the print head and onto the paper.
Yes, An ink jet printer can do any thing a Laser printer can do. It's just a matter of how well it does it.
An ink jet printer refers to a printer in which the characters are formed by the minute jets of ink.
An impact printer is a printer that works when a small needle like head with ink on it hits the paper in the shape of the letter which creates the letter. This is a more old fashion version of a printer, which have been replaced with ink jet printers which shoot ink from a jet, hence the name, in the shape of the letter.