Menu Descriptions; Maintenance - Epson SC-P5000 SERIES User Manual

SC-P5000 Series User's Guide

Menu Descriptions

Maintenance

Item
Nozzle Check Printless Nozzle Check
Print Check Pattern
Head Cleaning Check And Clean Nozzle
All Nozzles
Select
Nozzles
Head Paper
Alignment Thickness
Alignment
Adjust Cut -3 to 3 mm
Position
Using the Control Panel Menu
Normal, Heavy
C/VM, Normal,
PK(MK)/LY, Heavy
OR/GR,
LGY(LLK)/Y,
VLM/LC
Paper Type
Paper Thickness
Auto Uni-D, Bi-D
5-Color, Bi-D
All
Manual Uni-D, Bi-D
2-color, Bi-D
All
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Description
When you press the Z button, you can check the
status of the nozzles, and the results of clogging
detection are displayed on the control panel. When
clogged nozzles are detected, if you press the
[ button, then cleaning starts automatically.
Press the Z button to print a nozzle check pattern.
Inspect the pattern visually and perform head cleaning
if you detect faint or missing colors.
"Checking for clogged nozzles" on page 123
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When you press the Z button, you can check the
status of the nozzles and automatically clean only the
nozzle arrays that are clogged.
Select both the ink colors for head cleaning and the
strength of the cleaning. Only use this menu when
nozzles are clogged.
"Cleaning the print head" on page 123
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Ink colors to be cleaned
Check the ink colors with faint or missing segments in
the check pattern, and then specify which nozzles to
clean. The displayed items differ depending on the ink
sets.
❏
If there are faint or missing segments in all colors:
Select All Nozzles.
❏
If there are faint or missing segments in only a few
colors: Select Select Nozzles, and then select the
specific ink colors you want to clean.
Cleaning strength
Normally, select Normal. If nozzles are clogged even
after performing Normal head cleaning several times,
perform Heavy cleaning.
Perform print head alignment when the print results
look grainy or out-of-focus.
First, do Paper Thickness, and then do Alignment.
"Adjusting print misalignments (Head Alignment)"
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on page 126
You can fine tune the cut position when printing to roll
paper with no margins in all directions. The cut position
can be adjusted in increments of 0.2 mm.