Your USB-connected inkjet printer is smearing the text of every line on every page you print, even text from different applications. Which of these would be the best method for troubleshooting this issue?
A) Check the physical cable connection
B) Update the printer driver
C) Increase the amount of printer memory
D) Clean the print heads
E) Scan the printed output and clean it up with a Photoshop sharpen filter
The answer: D) Clean the print heads
The inkjet print heads can become dirty, and those dirty heads affect every printed page. Many inkjet printers include an automated cleaning process that periodically runs, but you can also manually start the cleaning process.
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