Cleaning The Print Head - Epson Stylus COLOR 600 User Manual

Cleaning the Print Head

If print quality diminishes, use the printer's built-in print head cleaning
cycle to ensure that the nozzles are delivering ink properly.
To avoid wasting ink, clean the print head only if print quality declines.
1. Make sure that the printer is on and the and
Note:
The print head cannot be cleaned if the or
Replace the ink cartridges as needed before proceeding.
2. Press the
begins flashing, and the printer ejects any paper in the paper path
and starts cleaning the print head. This operation takes about two
minutes to complete.
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Caution:
Never turn off the printer while the
may damage the printer.
3. After the
the head is clean and to reset the cleaning cycle.
If you entered the print head cleaning mode while the printer was
printing a document, the printer feeds paper and resumes printing
automatically.
If the print quality does not improve, repeat step 2, then print a few lines
to check the output. If print quality hasn't improved after repeating this
procedure four or five times, see Chapter 8, "Troubleshooting." If the
print quality still has not improved after following the recommendations
listed in Chapter 8, contact your dealer.
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Using the Printer with DOS
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cleaning button for three seconds. The
power light stops flashing, print a few lines to confirm that
ink out lights are off.
ink out light is flashing or on.
power light
power light is flashing. Doing so