Head Cleaning; Types Of Head Cleaning; Head Cleaning Procedure - Epson SC-S80600 Series User Manual

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Important:
Always remove clogs from the nozzles of all
colors before resuming use. If clogged nozzles
(including clogged nozzles for colors that are
not used) remain when printing after
resuming use, the clogs can no longer be
removed.
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The menus close when printing is complete.

Head Cleaning

Types of Head Cleaning

Head cleaning is split between the following two types.
Perform head cleaning as necessary.
Print a check pattern again and check for faint or
missing segments to confirm if there is any clogging
after performing head cleaning.
You can perform head cleaning while printing by
pausing the job. Note, however, that color tones in the
printout may change when printing is resumed.
See the following for details.
"Head cleaning procedure" on page 86
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Auto Maintenance Options
To prevent nozzles from regularly clogging, the printer
features two handy auto maintenance options for
performing regular head cleaning.
❏ Periodical Cleaning
Although you can set a print distance and number
of pages at which time head cleaning is performed,
it is also performed automatically at a suitable time
according to the media settings.
Periodical Cleaning U
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❏ Btw Pages Nozzle Check - Auto Nozzle Check
When printing for the set number of pages is
complete, the printed check pattern is read by the
sensor to confirm that there is no clogging. If
clogging is detected, head cleaning is automatically
performed and another check pattern is printed to
confirm that there is no clogging. If no clogging is
detected, printing continues. If clogging is not
Maintenance
"Customize Settings" on
cleared even after performing this operation twice,
a message asking if you want to continue printing is
displayed.
"The Printer Setup Menu" on page 107
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Head cleaning procedure

Buttons that are used in the following settings
A
After confirming that the printer is ready, press
the # button.
The Maintenance menu will be displayed.
To clean while printing, press the W button.
B
Use the d/u buttons to select Cleaning and press
the Z button.
C
Select a cleaning level, and then press the Z
button.
There are three levels available for head cleaning.
Perform Cleaning (Light) first. After cleaning,
print a check pattern and if there are still faint or
missing segments, perform Cleaning (Medium).
If this still does not solve the problem, perform
Cleaning (Heavy).
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Select the cleaning method you want to use for
each row of nozzles.
When Cleaning (Light) is selected, only All
Nozzles is available.
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