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Printer Test Page

One page that shows which colour stopped arriving.

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Print this sheet and read it against the screen. Each block answers a different question: which inks arrive, whether they arrive evenly, and whether the printer still puts them in the right place.

Mode:

Only the sheet is printed: the page around it, the menu and this note stay on screen. Nothing is uploaded and no printer driver is contacted from here; the browser does the printing exactly as it would for any page.

How to use the printer test page

  1. 1 Press print and use plain paper. Colour is the default; switch to grayscale to test a black-only printer or to check whether a colour cartridge is being used when it should not be.
  2. 2 Look at the ink patches first. A missing or streaky patch names the cartridge or the nozzle that needs cleaning, which is faster than guessing from a photo that came out wrong.
  3. 3 Read the grey ramp from both ends. Steps that merge at the dark end mean too much ink; steps missing at the light end mean the printer is not laying down the smallest dots.
  4. 4 Check the grid and the hairlines for alignment. Doubled or wavy lines point at a print head that needs aligning, and text that blurs at 6pt says the same thing more gently.

Frequently asked questions

A colour is missing from the patches. What now?
Run the printer's own cleaning cycle once, then print this page again. If the patch is still missing after two cleanings, the cartridge is empty or the nozzle is blocked in a way cleaning will not fix.
The page prints without any colour.
Check the print dialogue for a grayscale or black-and-white setting, which many drivers remember from the last job. If the setting is right and the colour patches still print grey, the printer is out of colour ink and substituting black.
Why do the colours not match my screen?
They cannot match exactly. A screen mixes light and a printer mixes ink, and the paper changes what comes back. Use this page to see whether an ink arrives at all, not to judge colour accuracy.
Does it print the whole website?
No. The page is set up so that only the test sheet reaches the printer; the header, the menu and the explanations stay on screen where they belong.

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