Cleaning The Print Head; Aligning The Print Head - Epson C11C644001 - PictureMate Pal PM 200 Color Inkjet Printer Product Information Manual

Cleaning the Print Head

If your print quality is not as good as it used to be—if photos
are too light, are missing colors, or have lines running through
them—PictureMate Pal's print head may need cleaning.
Follow the steps below to clean the print head.
Note: If you see a Print Pack low message on the photo viewer, you
can't clean the print head until you replace the Print Pack.
1. Load paper in PictureMate Pal so you can print a nozzle
check pattern after cleaning the print head.
2. Press .
Menu
3. Press or to highlight
4. Press or to select
Auto Cleaning
5. Press again to clean the print head. Cleaning takes about
OK
60 seconds. PictureMate Pal makes some noise and you see
a message.
Cleaning
When cleaning is complete, PictureMate Pal prints a nozzle
check pattern.
6. Check the pattern to see if there are any gaps in the lines.
OK
Needs
cleaning
7. If there are no gaps, press
menu.
If there are gaps, press
Cancel
You may need to clean it two or three times before the
nozzles are clean.
If you don't see any improvement after cleaning three times,
refer to the on-screen User's Guide.
You can also turn PictureMate Pal off and wait overnight to
allow any dried ink to soften. Then try cleaning the print
head again.
and press
Maintenance OK
and press .
OK
to go back to the Maintenance
OK
to clean the print head again.

Aligning the Print Head

If you have moved PictureMate Pal and the print quality is
not as good as it used to be—if your prints look fuzzy or have
light or dark lines running through them—you may need to
align the print head.
1. Load paper in PictureMate Pal so you can print the head
alignment pattern.
2. Press
Menu
3. Press or
4. Press or
5. Press
Print
.
6. Look at the printed squares to determine which one is the
most even, with no streaks or lines. (You may need to use a
magnifying glass.)
7. Press or
to ). Then press
9
PictureMate Pal aligns the print head and exits the
Maintenance menu.
Note: The number that you enter becomes the default setting (#5)
the next time you align the print head.
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PictureMate Pal (PM 200)
.
to highlight
Maintenance
to select
Head Alignment
. The following alignment pattern is printed:
to highlight the number for the best square (
.
OK
PictureMate Pal (PM 200)
and press .
OK
and press .
OK
Best pattern
Misaligned pattern
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