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14 Maintenance and Transporting

Maintenance and Transporting

Improving Print Quality

Cleaning the print head

If your printouts are unexpectedly light or faint, or

dots or lines are missing, you may need to clean the

print head. This unclogs the nozzles so they can

deliver ink properly. Print head cleaning uses ink, so

clean it only if quality declines.

c Caution:

When you do not turn on your printer for a long time, the print quality

can decline, so turn it on at least once a month to maintain good

print quality.

Follow these steps to clean the print head from the

printer’s control panel:

1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not

printing, and the ink low or ink end error is not

displayed. If so, you may need to replace an ink

cartridge; see page 12 for details.

2. Press the Setup button.

3. Press the l or r button to display Clean Print

Head , then press the x Start button. The

printer makes noise and cleaning takes about 30

seconds.

4. When cleaning is done, run a nozzle check to

confirm the print head nozzles are clean. Make

sure A4 plain paper is loaded in the printer, press

the r button to display Check Ink Nozzles ,

then press the x Start button.

c Caution:

Do not turn off the printer or interrupt the cleaning process.

5. Examine the nozzle check pattern you printed.

Each staggered horizontal and straight vertical

line should be complete, with no gaps in the

pattern, as shown below:

■ If your printout looks okay, you are done.

Press the y Stop/Clear button to finish.

■ If there are any gaps (as shown below), press

the x Start button to clean the print head

again.

If you do not see any improvement after cleaning three

or four times, check the solutions beginning on

page 18. You can also turn the printer off and wait

overnight—this allows any dried ink to soften—and

then try cleaning the print head again.

Aligning the print head

If your printouts contain misaligned vertical lines or

horizontal banding, you may need to align the print

head.

You can align the print head either from the printer’s

control panel or using your printer software.

Note:

For the best results, load A4 Epson Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper in

the printer whenever you check the print head alignment.

1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not

printing, and A4 paper is loaded.

2. Press the Setup button.

3. Press the l or r button to display Align Print

Head , then press the x Start button.

4. The following alignment sheet is printed.

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