Examining The Nozzle Check Pattern - Epson Stylus Photo 870 Printer Basics Manual

Or, with Windows, click
your
EPSON Stylus Photo
Properties
5. Windows: Click the
Macintosh: Click the
6. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer, click the
. The nozzle check pattern prints (see the next section for details).
Next
7. If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps in its dots, click
If the pattern is missing dots, click
8. If you don't see any improvement after cleaning three or four times, check the
solutions beginning on page 73. 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.

Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern

Examine the nozzle check pattern you print. It should look something like this:
Each staggered horizontal and straight vertical line should be complete, with no gaps in
the dot pattern. If your printout looks okay, you're done.
If any dots are missing, as shown below, clean the print head again; see page 57 for
instructions.
60
, point to
Start
printer icon in the Printers window. Then select
(
Document Defaults
tab.
Utility
Utility button.
missing dots
, then select
Settings
in Windows NT).
Nozzle Check
to clean the print head again.
Clean
missing dots
missing dots
. Right-click
Printers
button, and click
.
Finish