Examining The Nozzle Check Pattern - Epson 777 Printer Basics Manual

Or, with Windows, click
the
EPSON Stylus Color 777
(Windows 95 or 98),
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 to confirm the print
head nozzles are clean.
Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click
Then click
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 "Print Quality Problems" on page 32. 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 (the lower row will be in color).
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 here),
clean the print head again; see page 19
for instructions.
20
, point to
Start
printer icon. Then select
Document Defaults
(Windows 2000).
tab.
Utility
Utility button.
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.
. The nozzle check pattern prints (see the next section for details).
Print
, and select
Settings
(Windows NT), or
button.
Head Cleaning
Print nozzle check pattern
to clean the print head again. If you
Clean
missing dots
. Right-click
Printers
Properties
Printing
.
Finish
missing dots
missing dots
.