Using The Control Panel To Clean The Print Head - Epson Stylus Photo 870 Printer Basics Manual

7. If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps in its dots, click
If the pattern is missing dots, click
don't see any improvement after cleaning three or four times, check the solutions
in "Problems Getting Good Print Quality" on page 73. 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 the steps below to clean the print head. (See page 67 for more control panel
information.)
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 before continuing.)
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 as
described on page 16 (Windows) or page 21 (Macintosh).
to clean the print head again. If you
Clean
cleaning
button
.
Finish
59