If your Control Panel window uses Categories view instead of Icons view, you’ll instead click the View devices and printers link below the “Hardware and Sound” heading.
If your mouse doesn’t have a right-click button, click the right side of the mouse, or use two fingers to click the mouse. If your computer uses a trackpad instead of a mouse, use two fingers to tap the trackpad or press the bottom-right side of the trackpad.
Some printers keep the self-cleaning option in a More Options or a Tools tab as well.
If you can’t find an option to clean your printer’s print heads (or “nozzles”, or “cartridges”), consult your printer’s manual or online documentation. Your printer may not have a self-cleaning option.
If you can’t find an option to clean your printer’s print heads (or “nozzles”, or “cartridges”), consult your printer’s manual or online documentation. Your printer may not have a self-cleaning option.
If you can’t find an option to clean your printer’s print heads (or “nozzles”, or “cartridges”), consult your printer’s manual or online documentation. Your printer may not have a self-cleaning option.
You may have an option to print a test page that will verify whether or not the cleaning process worked. If your printing results still indicate clogged print heads, you’ll need to clean manually the print heads to fix the problem.
If there’s a drop-down box at the top of the window, click it and then click Cleaning in the drop-down menu if possible. [1] X Research source If you can’t find a “Cleaning” option, your printer may not support self-cleaning. Check the printer’s manual or documentation online to confirm.
If there’s a drop-down box at the top of the window, click it and then click Cleaning in the drop-down menu if possible. [1] X Research source If you can’t find a “Cleaning” option, your printer may not support self-cleaning. Check the printer’s manual or documentation online to confirm.
If there’s a drop-down box at the top of the window, click it and then click Cleaning in the drop-down menu if possible. [1] X Research source If you can’t find a “Cleaning” option, your printer may not support self-cleaning. Check the printer’s manual or documentation online to confirm.
You may have an option to print a test page that will verify whether or not the cleaning process worked. If your printing results still indicate clogged print heads, you’ll need to clean manually the print heads to fix the problem.
Isopropyl alcohol Water A bowl or pie tin Paper towels
You will most likely have to consult your printer’s manual or online documentation for the proper way to extract the cartridges.
Again, consult your printer’s manual or online documentation for the proper way to do this for your model. If your printer uses cartridges that have print heads on them, skip this step.
If your printer uses cartridges with built-in print heads instead, place the cartridge in the mixture instead.
You’ll want to dry completely the print head before proceeding.
If your printer still won’t print correctly, try leaving the print head unit (or cartridges) in the alcohol and water mixture overnight.
