Running The Head Cleaning Utility - Epson Stylus Photo R200 Printer Basics Manual

Running the Head Cleaning Utility

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 51 for details.)
2. Do one of the following:
■
Windows: Right-click the
corner of your screen). Select
■
Macintosh OS X: Open the
Printer Utility
select
■
Macintosh OS 8.6 to 9.x: Select
menu. Click the
3. Follow the instructions on the screen to clean the print head.
Cleaning takes about 45 seconds. The printer makes noise and the green
P power light flashes.
Caution:
Never turn off the printer while the green P power light is flashing, unless the
printer hasn't moved or made noise for more than 5 minutes.
4. When the green P power light stops flashing, make sure paper is loaded in the
printer, then do one of the following:
■
Windows: Click
■
Macintosh: Click
The nozzle check pattern prints.
5. If the nozzle check pattern has no white lines or gaps (as shown below),
click
Finish
50
Maintaining Your Printer
. Select
SP R200 Series
.
Head Cleaning
utility icon, then click
Print nozzle check pattern
Confirmation
.
icon on your taskbar (in the lower right
.
Head Cleaning
folder and select
Applications
in the printer list, click
Page Setup
Head Cleaning
, then click
, then click
Next
EPSON
OK
or from the File
Print
.
.
Print
.
, then