Examining The Nozzle Check Pattern; Using The Control Panel To Clean The Print Head; Aligning The Print Head - Epson Stylus Scan 2500 Product Information

2. Start an application and open a document. Access the
printer settings dialog box.
3. Click the tab (Windows) or the
Utility
(Macintosh). You see the Utility menu.
4. Click the
Head Cleaning
on the screen to print a test page.
5. Follow the instructions on the screen to clean the
print head.
Caution:
Never turn off the EPSON Stylus Scan while the Operate light
is flashing, unless it hasn't moved or made any noise for more
than 5 minutes.
Cleaning takes a couple minutes, during which the EPSON
Stylus Scan makes some noise and the
flashes. When the
Operate
with the next step.
6. Make sure paper is loaded in the EPSON Stylus Scan and
click
Print nozzle check pattern
(Macintosh). The nozzle check pattern
Confirmation
prints. (See page 10 for details.)
7. If the nozzle check pattern is complete, click
If the pattern is missing dots, click
cleaning cycle.
Using the Control Panel to Clean the Print
Head
1. Make sure the EPSON Stylus Scan is turned on but not
printing. Also, make sure that there's no ink out message on
the LCD status display panel.
2. Press the R cleaning button and hold it down for three
seconds. Cleaning takes a couple minutes, during which the
EPSON Stylus Scan makes some noise and the
light flashes.
3. After the light stops flashing, start an application
Operate
and open a document. If you're connected directly to the
EPSON Stylus Scan, continue with step 4.
If you're on a network, print the document. Then go to
step 7.
4. Access the printer settings dialog box. Then click the
tab (Windows) or the
the Utility menu.
5. Click the
Nozzle Check
on the screen to run the nozzle check and clean the print
head.
Utility icon
icon. Follow the instructions
light
Operate
light stops flashing, continue
(Windows) or
.
Finish
to run another
Clean
Operate
Utility icon (Macintosh). You see
icon, then follow the instructions

Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern

Examine the nozzle check pattern you print. It should look
something like this (the upper pattern should be black; the
lower section is divided into blue, red, and yellow sections):
Each staggered horizontal and straight vertical line should be
complete, with no gaps in the dot pattern. If your printout
looks okay, you're done. If any dots are missing, as shown
below, clean the print head again.

Aligning the Print Head

Caution:
Load paper that's at least letter-size width to prevent ink from
spraying inside the EPSON Stylus Scan and smudging your
printouts. For best results, load EPSON ink jet paper whenever you
check the print head alignment.
If your printouts contain vertical bands or crooked vertical
lines, you may need to use the Print Head Alignment utility in
your printer software. Your EPSON Stylus Scan must be
connected directly to a local port, not over a network, to use
this utility. Follow these steps:
1. Make sure the EPSON Stylus Scan is turned on and paper
Utility
is loaded.
2. Start an application and open a document.
3. Access the printer settings dialog box.
4. Click the
(Macintosh). You see the Utility menu.
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Utility
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missing dots
Utility icon
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