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# Colors Are Uneven or Streaked

- Check 1: Did you confirm the paper and print quality settings?

  Print Results Not Satisfactory

- Check 2: Print the Nozzle Check Pattern and perform any necessary maintenance operations such as Print Head Cleaning.

  Print the Nozzle Check Pattern to determine whether the ink ejects properly from the print head nozzles.

  Refer to Routine Maintenance for the Nozzle Check Pattern printing, Print Head Cleaning, and Print Head Deep Cleaning.

  - If the Nozzle Check Pattern is not printed correctly:

    After performing the Print Head Cleaning, print the Nozzle Check Pattern and examine the pattern.

  - If the problem is not resolved after performing the Print Head Cleaning twice:

    Perform the Print Head Deep Cleaning.

    If the problem is not resolved after performing the Print Head Deep Cleaning, try it again.

  - If the problem is not resolved after performing the Print Head Deep Cleaning twice:

    Ink may have run out. Replace the FINE Cartridge.

- Check 3: Perform Print Head Alignment.

  Routine Maintenance

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