Using The Control Panel To Clean The Print Head; Examining The Nozzle Check Pattern; Aligning The Print Head - Epson Stylus Photo 875DCS Manual

Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click
. Then click
nozzle check pattern
pattern prints (see "Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern"
for details).
7. If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps in its dots, click
.
Finish
If the pattern is missing dots, click
print head again. If you don't see any improvement after
cleaning three or four times, check the solutions in the
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.
Using the Control Panel to Clean the Print
Head
Follow these steps to clean the print head:
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. Press the R cleaning button and hold it down for three
seconds. 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.
3. After the Ppower light stops flashing, print a page to test
the print quality.
If your printer is connected directly to the computer, go
to step 4 to run a nozzle check.
If you're printing over a network, open an application and
print a short document containing black and color data.
Check the quality of your printout, then go to step 8.
4. 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
875DCS
.
Properties
5. Windows: Click the
Utility
Macintosh: Click the
6. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer, click the
button, and click
Check
prints (see the next section for details).
7. If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps in its dots, click
.
Finish
If the pattern is missing dots, click
head again.
Print
. The nozzle check
Next
to clean the
Clean
, point to , then
Start Settings
EPSON Stylus Photo
tab.
Utility button.
Nozzle
. The nozzle check pattern
Next
to clean the print
Clean
8. If you don't see any improvement after cleaning three or
four times, check the solutions in the 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.

Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern

Examine the nozzle check pattern you print. It should look
something like this:
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.
missing dots

Aligning the Print Head

If your printouts contain misaligned vertical lines, you may
need to align the print head. Your printer must be connected
to a local port, not on a network, to use the Print Head
Alignment utility. Follow these steps:
1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and
letter-size paper is loaded.
Load paper that's at least 8.27 inches (210 mm) wide to
prevent ink from spraying inside the printer and
smudging your printouts.
For the best results, load EPSON ink jet paper in the
printer whenever you check the print head alignment.
2. If you have an application running, access the printer
settings dialog box.
Or, with Windows, click
select . Right-click the
Printers
icon in the Printers window. Select
875DCS
3. Windows: Click the
Macintosh: Click the
4. You see the Utility menu. Click the
button.
5. Follow the instructions on the screen to print a test page.
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EPSON Stylus Photo 875DCS
missing dots
missing dots
, point to
Start Settings
EPSON Stylus Photo
Properties
tab.
Utility
Utility button.
Print Head Alignment
EPSON Stylus Photo 875DCS
, then
.
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