Maintaining The Printer; Checking And Cleaning The Print Head; Checking And Cleaning The Print Head - Control Panel - Epson Expression Premium XP-7100 Series User Manual

User's Guide

Maintaining the Printer

Checking and Cleaning the Print Head

If the nozzles are clogged, the printouts become faint, there is visible banding, or unexpected colors appear. When
print quality has declined, use the nozzle check feature and check if the nozzles are clogged. If the nozzles are
clogged, clean the print head.
Important:
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❏ Do not open the scanner unit or turn off the printer during head cleaning. If the head cleaning is incomplete, you
may not be able to print.
❏ Because print head cleaning uses some ink, clean the print head only if quality declines.
❏ When ink is low, you may not be able to clean the print head.
❏ If print quality has not improved after repeating nozzle check and head cleaning about two times, wait for at
least six hours without printing, and then run the nozzle check again and repeat the head cleaning if necessary.
We recommend to turn off the printer. If print quality has still not improved, contact Epson support.
❏ To prevent the print head from drying out, do not unplug the printer while the power is on.

Checking and Cleaning the Print Head - Control Panel

1. Load A4-size plain paper in the paper cassette.
2. Select Maintenance on the home screen.
3. Select Print Head Nozzle Check.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to print the nozzle check pattern.
5. Examine the printed pattern.
❏ If you cannot see any broken lines or missing segments as in the following "OK" pattern, the nozzles are not
clogged. Print head cleaning is not necessary. Select
❏ If there are broken lines or missing segments as shown in the "NG" pattern, the print head nozzles may be
clogged. Go to the next step.
6. Select .
Maintaining the Printer
. No further steps are necessary.
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