Using The Head Cleaning Utility - Epson Stylus Color 740i Printer Basics Manual

Using the Head Cleaning Utility

1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and the B black and A color
ink out lights are off.
2. Start an application and open a document.
3. Open the File menu and choose
box.
4. Click the
the Utility menu shown to the
right:
5. Click the
Follow the instructions on the
screen to clean the print head.
Cleaning takes a little over a
minute, during which the printer
makes some noise and the Ppower
light flashes.
Caution:
Never turn off the printer while the P power light is flashing, unless
the printer hasn't moved or made noise for more than 5 minutes.
6. When the Ppower light stops flashing, run a nozzle check to test the results and
reset the cleaning cycle.
Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click
The nozzle check pattern prints; see page 22 for details.
7. If the nozzle check pattern is filled in completely, click
If the pattern is missing dots, click
don't see any improvement in the print quality after cleaning two or three times,
check the solutions on page 36.
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Utility icon. You see
icon.
Head Cleaning
. You see the main printer settings dialog
Print
Head Cleaning utility
Confirmation
to run another cleaning cycle. If you
Clean
. Then click
Next
.
Finish
.