Checking For Clogged Nozzles - Epson SC-P5000 SERIES User Manual

SC-P5000 Series User's Guide
On-Demand Nozzle Check Pattern
We recommend printing a nozzle check pattern and
performing a visual inspection before printing when
the printer has not been used for an extended period
or when printing important print jobs. Visually
inspect the printed pattern and clean the print head if
you notice faint or missing areas.
"Checking for clogged nozzles" on page 123
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Print Nozzle Pattern function (for roll paper
only)
A nozzle check pattern is printed at the top of the
specified page (every page or every 10 pages). When
printing a large reel of jobs, or when printing
important print jobs, you can check that there are no
clogged nozzles and determine if there are any
problems in the print results before and after printing.
"Printer Setup" on page 117
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Cleaning the print head
This function cleans the surface of the print head and
clears clogged nozzles.
"Cleaning the print head" on page 124
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Check And Clean Nozzle
Perform this to check the status of the nozzles and
automatically clean only the nozzle arrays that are
clogged.
"Maintenance" on page 111
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All Nozzles/Select Nozzles
All Nozzles does Head Cleaning to all the nozzles.
Select Nozzles lets you select for which nozzles to do
Head Cleaning. Select which one according to the
results of the printed check pattern. You can also
select whether to do Normal Cleaning or Heavy
Cleaning. Select Heavy Cleaning if the nozzles do not
unclog even after doing Normal Cleaning multiple
times.
"Maintenance" on page 111
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Adjusting print misalignments
(Head Alignment)
This function adjusts the print misalignment. Use this
if lines are misaligned or print results are grainy.
Maintenance
"Adjusting print misalignments (Head
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Alignment)" on page 126

Checking for clogged nozzles

Nozzle checks can be performing from a computer or
using printer's control panel.
From the computer
Explanations in this section use the Windows printer
driver as an example.
Use Epson Printer Utility 4 for Mac OS X.
"Epson Printer Utility 4 Functions" on page 64
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A
Make sure that the roll paper or a cut sheet of
A4 size or larger is loaded in the printer.
"Loading and Removing the Roll Paper" on
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page 30
"Loading Cut Sheets" on page 38
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B
Click Nozzle Check from the Utility tab in the
printer driver's Properties (or Printing
preferences) screen.
C
Click Print.
The nozzle check pattern is printed.
D
Check the nozzle check pattern.
If there is no problem: click Finish.
If there is a problem: click Clean.
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