Maintaining Your Product; Checking The Print Head Nozzles - Epson WorkForce 840 Quick Manual

Maintaining Your Product

Follow the instructions in this chapter to check and clean the print head nozzles,
check ink levels, and replace ink cartridges. If you need to align the print head, see
the online User's Guide.

Checking the Print Head Nozzles

If your printouts are faint or have gaps in them, some of the nozzles in the print
head may be clogged or ink may be running low in one or more of the ink
cartridges. Follow the steps below to check the print head nozzles.
1. Load a few sheets of plain paper in cassette 1.
2. Press if necessary and select
3. Select
Maintenance
4. Press x.
5. Check the nozzle check pattern that prints to see if there are gaps in the lines.
6. If there are no gaps, the print head is clean. Select
If there are gaps or the pattern is faint, select
to clean the print head (see page 30).
Setup
, then
Nozzle Check
Nozzles are clean
.
.
Nozzles need cleaning
Finish Nozzle Check
Head Cleaning
Maintaining Your Product
.
. Then press
OK
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