Maintaining Your Printer; Checking And Cleaning The Print Head - Epson Stylus Photo R2000 Series Basic Manual

Maintaining Your Printer

Follow the steps in these sections to keep the R2000 Series working at its best:
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"Checking and Cleaning the Print Head" below
■
"Checking and Aligning the Print Head" on page 34
■
"Checking the Ink Cartridge Status" on page 35
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"Replacing Ink Cartridges" on page 37
■
"Switching Black Ink Types" on page 41
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"Cleaning the Rollers" on page 42

Checking and Cleaning the Print Head

You can check and clean the print head nozzles automatically using the Auto
Nozzle Check and Cleaning utility in your printer software. It prints a check
pattern that your printer then reads to see if you have any clogged nozzles, which
it then cleans, if necessary.
1. Load a few sheets of plain paper in the sheet feeder (see page 6).
2. Do one of the following:
Windows: Right-click the
the bottom right corner of your screen
(the taskbar) and select
. Open the
Settings
Auto Nozzle Check and Cleaning
and click .
OK
Mac OS X: Open the
folder, open the
folder, open the
, select
Utility4
and Cleaning
icon in
Printer
tab, select
Utility
Applications
Epson Software
EPSON Printer
, and click
SP R2000
.
,
. Then select
OK Auto Nozzle Check
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