Cleaning The Print Head; Running The Head Cleaning Utility - Epson Stylus C62 Product Information

6. Press down firmly on the ink cartridge clamp until it clicks
in place.
7. If you need to replace the other ink cartridge, repeat steps 2
through 6 before continuing with step 8.
8. Press the e ink replacement button and close the printer
cover. The printer begins charging the ink delivery system.
9. Wait until ink charging is finished (the P power light stops
flashing and the red b error light goes out).

Cleaning the Print Head

If your printouts are unexpectedly light or faint, or dots or
lines are missing from the image, 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.
This section explains how to clean the print head using the
Head Cleaning utility. This is the recommended method
when the printer is connected directly to your computer (not
over a network).
You can also clean the print head by holding down the
b maintenance button on the printer's control panel for three
seconds when the red b error light is off. See your Print Show
movies for instructions.
When you don't turn on your printer for a long time, the
print quality can decline. It's a good idea to turn on your
printer at least once a month to maintain good print
quality.

Running the Head Cleaning Utility

1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and the
red b error light is off. (If the red b light is flashing or on,
you may need to replace the ink cartridge; see page 6 for
details.)
2. Do one of the following:
❏ Windows: right-click the
the Windows taskbar. Then click
❏ Macintosh OS 8.5.1 to 9.x: Open the File menu and
choose
Page Setup
button, then click the
❏ Macintosh OS X: Open the
select
EPSON Printer Utility
printer list, click
3. Follow the instructions on the screen to clean the print
head. Cleaning takes about 30 seconds, during which the
printer makes some noise and the green P power light
flashes.
Never turn off the printer while the P power light is
flashing, unless the printer hasn't moved or made noise
for more than 5 minutes.
4. When the green P power light stops flashing, run a nozzle
check to confirm the print head nozzles are clean.
Make sure plain paper (not special ink jet paper) is loaded
in the printer and click
click . The nozzle check pattern prints (see the next
Print
section for details).
5. If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps or lines, click
If the pattern has white lines, click
head again.
If you don't see any improvement after cleaning three or
four times, check the solutions in your Printer Basics book.
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.
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Status Monitor 3 icon on
Head Cleaning
or . Click the
Print Utility
button.
Head Cleaning
folder and
Applications
. Select
C62 Series
, and select
OK Head Cleaning
Print Nozzle Check Pattern
to clean the print
Clean
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in the
.
. Then
.
Finish
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