Epson XP-970 Series User Manual page 162

Maintaining the Printer
Checking and Cleaning the Print Head (Control Panel)
1. Load two or more sheets of A4-size plain paper in the printer.
"Loading Paper in the Paper Cassette 2" on page 36
2. Select Maintenance on the home screen.
3. Select Print Head Nozzle Check.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to print the nozzle check pattern.
5. Check the printed pattern to see if the print head nozzles are clogged.
❏ A:
All lines are printed. Select
❏ B or close to B:
Some nozzles are clogged. Select
❏ C or worse than C:
If most lines are missing or not printed, this indicates most nozzles are clogged. Select
Power Cleaning on the next screen.
6. Follow the on-screen instructions to perform print head cleaning or Power Cleaning.
7. When cleaning is finished, print the nozzle check pattern again. Repeat cleaning and printing the pattern until
all lines are printed completely.
Important:
c
If print quality has not improved after repeating nozzle check and head cleaning 2 times, wait for at least 6
hours without printing, and then run the nozzle check again and repeat the head cleaning if necessary. We
recommend turning off the printer using the
Cleaning.
Related Information
"Running Power Cleaning (Control Panel)" on page 164
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Improving Print, Copy, and Scan Quality
. No further steps are needed.
, and then select Cleaning on the next screen.
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button. If print quality has still not improved, run Power
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Checking and Cleaning the Print Head
, and then select