Tips Printer Cleanup in Windows 10 Operating System for Beginners

Printer is a must-have hardware, this is not without reason because the printer is often used to print the reports required for the job. Printers are not only for workers but also indispensable for students to college students. As a student or student, the printer becomes a must-have hardware for the purpose of collecting tasks or making papers up to scientific journals.

Printer printing will be a problem if its users pay less attention to printer cleaning issues. There are many problems that occur if the printer is poorly maintained for printer cleaning. Therefore the importance of cleaning this printer also has a goal to treat the printer to avoid damage. As for the purpose of cleaning printer.

• To avoid the overflowing ink from the nozzle. This can happen if the clogged ink is suddenly carried away to the nozzle and result in spilled ink on the paper.
• To launch a nozzle hole when ink comes out of the cartridge to the printer head. When there is ink that clumps on the nozzle, the ink flow from the cartridge gets clogged. Of course, it can interfere with the print or print process.
• Minimize bigger expenses due to damage to the nozzle or head printer that is quite expensive.

Here are the cleaning steps of the printer

1. On your Windows 10, click Start on the taskbar, then choose Settings.
2. Click on "Devices, Bluetooth, Printers, Mouse". Next, you will go to the Printers and Scanners windows. Scroll down, and you'll find the words "Devices and Printers".
3. Click on "Devices and Printers". Then you will see a window that contains a list of devices that were once connected or connected to your computer. In this window, look for the printer to do cleaning. For your convenience, look for the name of the printer that reads your printer brand name along with its type.
4. Once the printer is found, right-click on the printer's name, then select "Printer Preferences" or "Printer Properties" (the name depends on the brand of printer you are using). It aims to open the settings window of your printer.
5. Select the "Maintenance" tab. On this tab you will find some things related to your printer maintenance.
6. Click the "Head Cleaning" button. On some printers, you will find two cleaning options, namely "regular cleaning" and "more detailed cleaning". This more detailed cleaning is commonly known as Deep Cleaning for Canon printers or Power Cleaning for Epson printers. If you are the first time to do cleaning, just choose regular cleaning.
7. Click the Start button to start the cleaning process. Wait for the cleaning process to complete. During the process, you are not allowed to use the printer other than for maintenance purposes.
8. After the process is complete, run a paper-printing test on your printer after cleaning through the "Nozzle Check" technique. How, on the tab "Maintenance" or "Care", click "Nozzle Check". Follow the instructions that appear on the screen
9. Try to compare the results of the images printed on the paper with the image displayed on the screen. If the results are appropriate and the results are good, means that the cleaning process is done successfully. But if the cleaning is done less good, you can repeat the process again by clicking Cleaning.

If you've done twice cleaning but the result is still less, you can just do a deeper cleaning. Actually, this way is almost the same as regular cleaning. The difference is only when you are asked whether you want to do regular cleaning or deep cleaning, you select the second one. Then click the "Start" button and follow the instructions on your computer screen. However, you must turn off your printer for the next 1s after this type of cleaning, if the printed paper is still not showing any changes. Could be, the prints on the paper back good after 1 days because some ink sometimes takes time to function normally again after cleaning.

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