Cleaning The Print Head; Using The Head Cleaning Utility; Using The Control Panel To Clean The Print Head - Epson Stylus Photo 1280 Product Information

EPSON Stylus Photo 1280
7. Press down on the ink cartridge clamp until it locks in
place. (You may have to press a little more firmly on the
color clamp.)
8. If you need to replace the other ink cartridge, repeat steps 3
through 7 before continuing with step 9.
9. Press the ink cartridge replacement button and close the
printer cover. The printer moves the print head and begins
charging the ink delivery system.
The Ppower light flashes, and the printer makes noise.
Charging takes about one minute. When it's finished, the
Ppower light stops flashing and stays on.
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.

Cleaning the Print Head

If your printed image is unexpectedly light or faint, or dots are
missing from the image, you may need to clean the print head.
This unclogs the nozzles so they can deliver ink properly.
Cleaning the print head uses ink, so clean it only if print
quality declines. You can clean the print head in either of the
following ways:
Using the Head Cleaning utility (when the printer is
connected to a local port, not over a network)
Using the printer's control panel buttons
When you don't turn on your printer for a long time, the
print quality can decline. It's a good idea to turn on your
printer at least once a month to maintain good print
quality.
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Using the Head Cleaning Utility

Follow these steps to run the Head Cleaning utility
(recommended method):
1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and the
b maintenance light is off. (You can't clean the print head
if the b maintenance light is flashing or on. Replace the
appropriate ink cartridge instead.)
2. If you have an application running, access the printer
settings dialog box.
Or, with Windows, click
select . Right-click your
Printers
printer icon in the Printers window. Then select
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Properties Document Defaults
3. Windows: Click the
Macintosh: Click the
4. On the Utility menu, click the
5. 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.
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 confirm the print head nozzles are clean.
Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click
nozzle check pattern
(Macintosh). Then click
prints. (See page 11 for details.).
7. If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps in its dots, click
.
Finish
If the pattern is missing dots, click
head again. If you don't see any improvement after cleaning
three or four times, check the solutions in the Printer Basics
book. 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.
Using the Control Panel to Clean the Print
Head
Follow these steps to clean the print head:
1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and the
b maintenance light is off. (If the b maintenance light is
on or flashing, replace the appropriate ink cartridge
instead.)
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, point to
Start Settings
EPSON Stylus Photo
in Windows NT).
tab.
Utility
Utility button.
Head Cleaning
(Windows) or
Confirmation
. The nozzle check pattern
Next
to clean the print
Clean
, then
button.
Print