Cleaning The Print Head - Epson Stylus Photo 780 Product Information

EPSON Stylus Photo 780
6. Tilt the new cartridge forward slightly as you place it in its
holder.
Locate the tabs at the back of the cartridge. Rest the tabs on
top of the hooks on the ink cartridge clamp. Make sure the
tabs are positioned above the hooks..
tabs
hooks
Don't place the cartridge under
the hooks; you may damage the
clamp when you close it.
7. Press down the ink cartridge clamp
until it locks in place.
8. If you need to replace the other ink cartridge, repeat steps 3
through 7 before continuing with step 9.
9. Press the e ink cartridge replacement button and close the
printer cover. The printer 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 and the
light goes out.
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 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, which is the recommended method
when the printer is connected to a local port, 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
Flix SM movies or your electronic Reference Guide for detailed
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.
Follow these steps to run the Head Cleaning utility:
1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and the
b
error light is off. (If the
you may need to replace the ink cartridge; see page 7 for
details.)
2. If you have an application running, access the printer
settings dialog box.
Or, with Windows, click
select
Printers
printer icon. Then select
Me),
Document Defaults
Preferences
3. Windows: Click the
Macintosh: Click the
4. On the Utility menu, click the
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.
6. When the Ppower light stops flashing, run a nozzle check
b to confirm the print head nozzles are clean.
error
Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click
nozzle check pattern
pattern prints (see the next section for details).
1/01
b
error light is off. See your Fix-it
b
error light is flashing or on,
, point to
Start
. Right-click the
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Properties
(Windows NT), or
(Windows 2000).
tab.
Utility
Utility button.
Head Cleaning
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.
. Then click
Print
, and
Settings
(Windows 95, 98, or
Printing
button.
Print
. The nozzle check