In the menu for any inkjet printer is the nozzle check. What does it actually do? Why is it so important? How often should you use it and what to do if it fails. Making sure your printer is used often enough.

Paying attention to this simple test can prolong the life of your printer. If you then run cleaning cycles on your printer, how many should you carry out? And when is it a waste of time and only wasting more ink?

Based on years of testing and dozens of detailed printer reviews

00:00 Start
00:15 The nozzle check
01:05 What is a nozzle check
01:43 Printing a check on your printer
02:30 What does the check show?
04:06 What do problems look like
04:20 Additional information on the print
05:10 More printer info
06:30 Saving paper
08:00 How often to run a check
11:05 Leaving a printer unused?
11:50 What to do if the check fails
12:38 How many nozzle checks to run?
14:22 Avoiding power cleaning

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