Selecting The Media Type Setting; Printing Borderless Cut Sheets; Automatically Checking And Cleaning The Print Head - Epson Stylus Photo R800 Product Information

Selecting the Media Type Setting

Select the correct or
Type
knows what kind of paper you're using and adjusts the ink
coverage accordingly.
Paper or other media loaded
Plain paper sheets
Envelopes
Epson Premium Bright White Paper
Epson Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper
Epson Photo Quality Ink Jet Cards
Epson Photo Quality Self Adhesive
Sheets
Epson Enhanced Matte Paper
Epson Matte Paper Heavyweight
PremierArt Matte Scrapbook Photo
Paper for Epson
Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper
Epson Premium Luster Photo Paper
Epson Premium Semigloss Photo
Paper
Ink-jet printable CDs or DVDs
Ink-jet printable CDs or DVDs with a
premium surface

Printing Borderless Cut Sheets

You can print your photos with no margins, extending the
image all the way to the edges of the page. Although borderless
printing is a bit slower, you get beautiful portraits and
enlargements, without trimming, on the papers and sizes listed
below. See the User's Guide for details.
Paper name Sizes
4 × 6, 5 × 7,
Premium Glossy Photo
8 × 10
Paper
8 × 10
Matte Paper
Heavyweight
setting so your printer
Media Type
Type or Media Type setting
Plain Paper
Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper
Enhanced Matte Paper
Matte Paper - Heavyweight
Premium Glossy Photo Paper
Premium Luster Photo Paper
Premium Semigloss Photo
Paper
CD/DVD
CD/DVD Premium Surface
Media Type setting
Premium Glossy Photo
Paper
Matte Paper -
Heavyweight
Cleaning the Print Head
If your printouts are unexpectedly light, or dots or lines are
missing, 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.
Caution: When you don't turn on your printer for a long time, print
quality can decline, so turn it on at least once a month to maintain
good print quality.
This section explains how to clean the print head using the
Auto Nozzle Check and Cleaning utility and the Head
Cleaning utility.
You can also clean the print head by holding down the H ink
button on the printer for three seconds (when the red H ink
light is off).
Automatically Checking and Cleaning the
Print Head
The Auto Nozzle Check and Cleaning utility prints a nozzle
check pattern that the printer then reads to see if you have any
clogged nozzles. If cleaning is needed, the printer
automatically cleans the print head.
1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and the
red H ink light is off. (If the H ink light is flashing or on, you
need to replace a cartridge; see page 11.)
2. Load several sheets of plain, letter-size paper in the printer's
sheet feeder.
3. Do one of the following:
Windows: Right-click the
lower right corner of your screen). Select
.
Cleaning
Mac OS X: Open the
EPSON Printer Utility
select
Auto Nozzle Check and Cleaning
Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x: Choose
Click the utility icon, then click
.
and Cleaning
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Epson Stylus Photo R800
icon on your taskbar (in the
Auto Head
folder and select
Applications
. Select , click
SP R800 OK
.
or
File > Page Setup
Auto Nozzle Check
Epson Stylus Photo R800
, and
.
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