Checking And Cleaning The Print Head - Epson Stylus Pro 3880 User Manual

100 | Maintaining and Transporting the Printer
Note: You can run a
cleaning cycle by holding
down the Menu button
for three seconds. You
can also use the printer's
menu to run a power
cleaning cycle. See
page 102 for details.

Checking and Cleaning the Print Head

If your printed image shows a color shift or horizontal or vertical lines, you
should check the print head to see if any nozzles are clogged.
You can automatically check and clean the print head using the Auto
Cleaning feature in your printer utility software. This enables the printer to
print a nozzle check pattern, read it, and run a cleaning cycle if necessary.
1. Make sure several sheets of letter-size (or larger) paper are loaded in the
auto sheet feeder.
2. Do one of the following to access the printer utilities:
Macintosh: Open the
•
Printer Utility2
Windows 7 and Windows Vista: Click
•
then
Printer.
. Click the
Preferences
Windows XP: Click
•
Printers and Faxes
Printing Preferences
You see a screen like the following:
5-100
Applications
. Select
Stylus Pro 3880
Right-click your printer icon and select
tab.
Utility
and select
Start
. Right-click your printer icon and select
. Click the
Utility
folder and double-click
and click .
OK
,
Control Panel
Printing
. Double-click
Control Panel
tab.
Epson
, and