Epson Stylus Photo 1200 User Manual page 118

Never turn off the
printer while the
P power light is
flashing, unless the
printer hasn't moved
or made any noise for
more than 5 minutes.
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Follow these steps to clean the print head:
1 Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and both the
B black and A color ink out lights are off.
2 Press the R cleaning button and hold it down for three seconds.
Cleaning takes a little over a minute, during which the printer makes
some noise and the P power light flashes.
3 After the P power light stops flashing, print a page to test the print
quality and reset the cleaning cycle.
If you're connected directly to the printer, run a nozzle check. Then go
to step 4.
If you're printing over a network, open an application and print a
document containing black and color data. Then go to step 8.
4 Start an application, open a document, and access the printer settings
dialog box as described in
Macintosh.
5 Click the Utility tab (Windows) or the
see the Utility menu.
6 Make sure paper is loaded in the printer, click the Nozzle Check icon,
and click Next. The nozzle check pattern prints on the printer; see
Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern
7 If the nozzle check pattern is filled in completely, click Finish. If the
pattern is missing dots, click Clean to clean again.
8 If you don't see any improvement in the print quality after cleaning two
or three times, check the solutions in
Printing from Windows
Utility icon (Macintosh). You
for details.
Improving Print
or Printing from a
Quality.