Manually Checking And Cleaning The Print Head; Aligning The Print Head - Epson Stylus C12C890191 Quick Reference Manual

Checking and Cleaning the Print Head (continued)
Manually Checking and Cleaning the
Print Head
1
Make sure paper is loaded.
2
Menu button.
Press the
3
until TEST PRINT is selected, then press .
Press
NOZZLE CHECK is selected.
4
Press , then press OK to start printing the nozzle
check pattern.
If any dots or segments are missing or defl ected, run a
cleaning cycle as described below.
1
Menu button.
Press the
2
until MAINTENANCE is selected, then
Press
press .
3
until CLEANING is selected, then press .
Press

Aligning the Print Head

If your prints look grainy or blurry, or you see
misregistration or "ghosting," you need to align the
print head.
1
Make sure the printer is turned on. Load Epson
Enhanced Matte paper. (You can also use Epson
Doubleweight Matte or Ultra Premium Photo Paper
Luster.)
2
Menu button.
Press the
3
button until HEAD ALIGNMENT
Press the or
is highlighted. Then press .
4
Press and choose the type of paper you loaded.
Then press OK.
5
Press 3 times.
6
to highlight ALIGNMENT.
Press
7
to highlight AUTO, then press
Press
UNI-D (uni-directional) is highlighted. This is the
type of alignment to start with.
4
5
8
9
10
11
again.
5
Select one of the following, then press :
NORMAL CLEANING—Press OK to start the
cleaning cycle.
CLEAN EACH COLOR—Press , select the color
pair you want to clean, then press OK to start the
cleaning cycle.
POWER CLEANING—Press OK to start the
cleaning cycle. Use only if the normal cleaning process
is not suffi cient to clear the nozzles.
When cleaning is fi nished, print the nozzle check
again to confi rm that the head is clean.
Press , then press OK to start the alignment process.
Each head alignment takes about 7 minutes.
Caution: Make sure you don't open the front cover or
turn off the printer during the alignment process.
When the uni-directional alignment is fi nished, press
Menu button, select HEAD ALIGNMENT,
the
then select ALIGNMENT.
Select BI-D ALL, then press OK again to start the
bi-directional alignment.
When done, press the Pause/reset button.