| Are you having printing issues with your Dell printer? | | | | Clean printout. But if the printout is still smudgy and |
| Specifically, is the print quality not as good as it used | | | | streaky, then you should open the printer, clean the |
| to be? Is the printout blurry or are there smudges or | | | | nozzle manually as well as the connection points on |
| horizontal lines where there should not be on the | | | | the printer ink cartridges. Doing this twice or thrice |
| printout? | | | | usually resolves most printing issues with the Dell |
| In that case, do not be frustrated. It is easy to be | | | | printer. You may have to check out the encoder strip |
| frustrated when this happens to your usually trusty | | | | on your Dell printer as well and clean it too. |
| Dell printer, especially when the print job that you | | | | Checking the Ink Cartridges |
| need to do is pretty urgent, but there are ways of | | | | Maybe the printing issues you are having with your |
| getting around whatever printing issues you may be | | | | Dell printer is not so much as a problem with the |
| experiencing with your Dell printer. | | | | printer itself but with the ink cartridges you are using. |
| Administering “First Aid” Treatment to | | | | As mentioned above, check out if the connection |
| Your Dell Printer | | | | points on the cartridges are clean so as not to |
| In case the printouts being produced by your Dell | | | | hamper the printing process. |
| printer are not presentable in that there are spots or | | | | You may also want to see if there is still ink in the |
| smudges or horizontal line, solving the problem could | | | | cartridge. A lot of printing issues lie with the fact that |
| be as easy as unplugging the machine for a few | | | | the ink cartridge is almost empty. You may want to |
| minutes before resuming the printing job. | | | | get yourself some new Dell printer ink cartridges in |
| If the printing issues that you have are still there, | | | | this case. |
| however, you may want to look at the Dell Solution | | | | When All Else Fails |
| Center software installed in your computer. If you | | | | If none of your first aid remedies for your printing |
| are using Windows Vista, you just need to click on All | | | | issues work, you can get additional help by checking |
| Programs on the Start Menu of Vista, then click on | | | | out the Dell official website or by calling the Dell |
| Dell Printers, and then open the Dell Solution Center. | | | | customer service hotline. You may have to prepare |
| Once the software is running, click on Maintenance, | | | | yourself to have your Dell printer pulled out for |
| and then choose the “Clean to Fix Horizontal | | | | repairs. |
| Streaks” option. It should produce a Nozzle | | | | |