Cleaning the fuser

Run the printer cleaning page to keep the fuser free of toner and paper particles that can sometimes accumulate. Accumulation of toner and particles can cause specks to appear on the front or back side of print jobs. To ensure optimum print quality, HP recommends using the cleaning page every time the print cartridge is replaced, or on a preselected automatic interval. If an optional duplexer is installed, it is necessary to run cleaning pages manually.

The cleaning procedure takes about 2.5 minutes to complete. A message (either "CREATING CLEANING PAGE" or "CLEANING") appears on the printer control panel display while the cleaning is taking place.

Running the cleaning page manually

In order for the cleaning page to work properly, print the page on copier-grade paper (not bond, heavy, or rough paper). If an optional duplexer is installed, this cleaning method is the only one that can be used. To ensure that automatic cleaning is off, see “To run the cleaning page automatically” below.

If a duplexer is installed, open the rear output bin.

Press (Select) to open the menus.

Use (Up Arrow) or (Down Arrow) to scroll to CONFIGURE DEVICE, and then press (Select).

Use (Up Arrow) or (Down Arrow) to scroll to PRINT QUALITY, and then press (Select).

Use (Up Arrow) or (Down Arrow) to scroll to CREATE CLEANING PAGE, and then press (Select).

Follow the instructions on the cleaning page to complete the cleaning process.

Close the rear output bin.

Running the cleaning page automatically

Using the procedure below, it is possible to set the printer to print cleaning pages automatically at a preselected interval. In order for the cleaning page to run without intervention, the selected size and plain paper type must be kept available in the printer. The printer will not interrupt a printing job in process.

If an optional duplexer is installed, make sure that automatic cleaning is turned off. Run cleaning pages manually only. (See “Running the cleaning page manually” above.)

Press (Select) to open the menus.

Use (Up Arrow) or (Down Arrow) to scroll to CONFIGURE DEVICE, and then press (Select).

Use (Up Arrow) or (Down Arrow) to scroll to PRINT QUALITY, and then press (Select).

Use (Up Arrow) or (Down Arrow) to scroll to AUTO CLEANING, and then press (Select).

Use (Up Arrow) or (Down Arrow) to scroll to ON, and then press (Select).

Use (Up Arrow) or (Down Arrow) to scroll to CLEANING INTERVAL, and then press (Select).

Use (Up Arrow) or (Down Arrow) to scroll to the desired interval between 1,000 and 20,000 pages, and then press (Select) to save the selection.

Use (Up Arrow) or (Down Arrow) to scroll to AUTO CLEANING SIZE, and then press (Select).

Use (Up Arrow) or (Down Arrow) to scroll to the paper size that the printer is to use for cleaning pages (A4 or LETTER), and then press (Select) to save the selection.

The printer automatically prints a cleaning page at the interval and page size that have been selected. Discard the output page created by the cleaning process.

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