Cleaning The Print Head; Using The Head Cleaning Utility - Epson Stylus Photo 1270 Product Information

EPSON Stylus Photo 1270
7. Tilt the ink cartridge forward slightly as you lower it into its
holder.
Hang the tabs at the back of the cartridge on the hooks on
the holder clamps.
tabs
hooks
Don't place the cartridge tabs under the hooks on the
holder clamp; you may damage the clamp when you
close it.
8. Press down the ink cartridge clamp until it locks in place.
(The color clamp is a bit harder to close than the black
clamp.)
9. If you need to replace the other ink cartridge, repeat steps 4
through 8 before continuing with step 10.
10. Press the orange ink cartridge replacement button and close
the printer cover. The printer moves the print head and
begins charging the ink delivery system.
The Ppower light flashes, and the printer makes noise.
Charging takes about one minute. When it's finished, the
Ppower light stops flashing and stays on.
Never turn off the printer while the Ppower light is
flashing, unless the printer hasn't moved or made noise
for more than 5 minutes.
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Cleaning the Print Head

If your printed image is unexpectedly light or faint, or dots are
missing from the image, you may need to clean the print head.
This unclogs the nozzles so they can deliver ink properly.
Cleaning the print head uses ink, so clean it only if print
quality declines. You can clean the print head in either of the
following ways:
using the Head Cleaning utility (when the printer is
connected to a local port, not over a network), as described
below
using the printer's control panel buttons, as described on
page 9
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.

Using the Head Cleaning Utility

Follow these steps to run the Head Cleaning utility
(recommended method):
1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and
both the B black and A color ink out lights are off. (If an
ink out light is flashing, replace the ink cartridge instead.)
2. If you have an application running, access the printer
settings dialog box.
Or, with Windows, click
select . Right-click your
Printers
printer icon in the Printers window. Then select
1270
(
Properties Document Defaults
3. Windows: Click the
Macintosh: Click the
4. Click the
Head Cleaning
5. 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 Ppower light flashes.
Never turn off the printer while the Ppower light is
flashing, unless the printer hasn't moved or made noise
for more than 5 minutes.
6. When the Ppower light stops flashing, run a nozzle check
to confirm the print head nozzles are clean.
Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click
nozzle check pattern
pattern prints (see the next column for details).
7. If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps in its dots, click
.
Finish
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, point to
Start Settings
EPSON Stylus Photo
in Windows NT).
tab.
Utility
Utility button.
button.
. Then click . The nozzle check
Next
, then
Print