Epson Stylus Photo 2000P Printer Basics Manual page 43

3. If you have an application running, access the printer settings dialog box as
described on page 9 (Windows) or page 16 (Macintosh).
Or, with Windows, click
your
EPSON Stylus Photo 2000P
(
Document Defaults
Windows 2000).
4. Windows: Click the
Macintosh: Click the
button.
5. On the Utility menu, click the
Head Cleaning
6. 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.
7. When the Ppower light stops flashing, run a nozzle check to confirm that the
print head nozzles are clean. Load plain paper in the printer and click
check pattern
on page 39.
8. If the pattern has missing dots or lines, click
If the pattern looks complete, click
If you don't see any improvement after cleaning three or four times, check for
solutions in "Problems Getting Good Print Quality" on page 53. 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.
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Start
in Windows NT or
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.
. Then click
Next
, point to
Settings
printer icon, then select
Printing Preferences
tab.
Head Cleaning
button
. Examine the nozzle check pattern as described
Clean
.
Finish
, then select
Printers
Properties
in
to clean the print head again.
. Right-click
Print nozzle