Adjusting Print Quality; Print Head Maintenance - Epson C11CK57201 User Manual

Adjusting Print Quality

If your print quality declines, you may need to run a utility to clean or align the print head.
If running these utilities does not solve the problem, you may need to run a Power Cleaning or clean the
paper path.

Print Head Maintenance

Print Head Alignment
Cleaning the Paper Guide
Checking the Number of Sheets Fed
Print Head Maintenance
If your printouts become too light, or you see dark or light bands across them, you may need to clean the
print head nozzles. Cleaning uses ink, so clean the nozzles only if print quality declines.
You can check for clogged nozzles before you clean them so you don't clean them unnecessarily.
Note: You cannot clean the print head if the ink level has reached the lower line on the ink tank, and may
not be able to clean it when the ink level in any of the tanks is low. You must refill the ink tank first.
If you still see white or dark lines or gaps in your printouts after repeating nozzle check and head
cleaning 3 times, wait for at least 12 hours without printing, and then run the nozzle check again and
repeat the head cleaning if necessary. If print quality has still not improved, you can run a Power
Cleaning.
Print Head Nozzle Check
Print Head Cleaning
Power Cleaning
Parent topic:
Related concepts
Purchase Epson Ink and Maintenance Box
Related tasks
Refilling the Ink Tanks
Replacing the Maintenance Box
Adjusting Print Quality
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