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Maintaining and Transporting the Printer | 6-3
6. Click the
Head
Cleaning
button and follow the instructions on the
screen to clean the print head. Cleaning takes about 60 seconds, during
which the printer makes some noise and the
Pause
light flashes.
7. When the
Pause
light goes off, make sure paper is loaded in the printer,
then:
Macintosh: Click
Confirmation
, then click
Next
.
Windows: Click
Print nozzle check pattern
, then click
Print
.
The nozzle check pattern prints (see the next section for details).
8. If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps in its dots, click
Finish
.
If the pattern is missing dots, click
Clean
to clean the print head again.
If you don’t see any improvement after cleaning three or four times,
check the solutions in “Improving Print Quality” on page 7-2.
If the lines on the pattern still appear broken after several cleaning
cycles, turn the printer off and leave it overnight, then clean the print
head again the following morning. If you still see no improvement,
contact EPSON for assistance.
Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern
Examine the nozzle check pattern you print. Each staggered horizontal
and straight vertical line should be complete, with no gaps in the dot
pattern.
If dots are missing from the pattern, as shown below, clean the print
head again.
Caution
To avoid damaging the
printer, don’t turn it off
until the cleaning cycle is
finished and the Pause
light has stopped
flashing.