Checking And Cleaning The Print Head - Epson Stylus Pro 4000 Printer Manual

96 | 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
menus to run a power
cleaning cycle. See
page 98 for details.
To check the status of other printer parts, press
•
SERVICE LIFE
displayed, using the
pressing to see the status of the carriage motor, paper feed motor,
print head, and cleaning unit.
The status of the ink and printer parts is indicated with these symbols:
= 100–81% ink or service life remaining
E*****F
= 80–61%
E**** F
= 60–41%
E*** F
= 40–21%
E** F
= 20–11%
E* F
= less than 10% ink or service life remaining
%
4. Press the Pause button to exit the menu.
For more information about the Printer Status menu, see your electronic
Reference Guide.

Checking and Cleaning the Print Head

If your printed image shows a color shift or horizontal lines, you should
check the print head to see if any nozzles are clogged.
You can check the print head and select the Auto Cleaning feature at the
same time, using your printer utility software. This enables the printer to
print a nozzle check pattern, read it, and automatically run a cleaning cycle if
necessary.
1. Make sure paper is loaded in the paper tray.
2. Do one of the following to access the printer utilities:
Mac OS X: Open the EPSON Printer Utility in your Applications
•
folder. Select
Mac OS 9.x: Select
•
print dialog box.
4-96
, then press
Menu
symbols described below. Continue
E*****F
, and click
SPro 4000
, then click the
Print
until you see
. The status of the cutter is
.
OK
utility button in the