Epson SureLab D3000 - Double Roll Administrator's Manual page 30

Checking with Detect Clogging
The printer checks the status of the nozzles, and displays any clogged nozzles on the screen. Perform Print Head
Unit cleaning according to the check results.
Tip:
The method for confirming the status of the nozzles also includes the method for printing a check pattern.
U "Printing the check pattern" on page 32
A
Click Detect Clogging.
Clogging detection starts, and the status of each nozzle is indicated by the colors.
Clogging detection takes about one minute.
Reading the Results:
Color
Green
Yellow
Red
Gray
White
B
Select the head where clogged nozzles were detected, and then click Normal or Powerful.
To clean all of the print head units, check All.
The color changes to gray for the heads that have been cleaned.
Item
Normal
Powerful
C
Check the results after cleaning.
Go back to step
If any nozzles are clogged, perform step
Settings/Maintenance
The nozzles are not clogged.
Clogging is detected.
Perform Normal cleaning.
Clogging is detected.
Perform Powerful cleaning.
Head cleaning is complete.
Detect Clogging is still in progress.
Cleans the surface of the head, and clears clogged nozzles.
Cleans more powerfully if the results of Detect Clogging are still red or nozzles are clogged after
repeating head cleaning several times. Because Powerful consumes more ink compared to
Normal, prepare new ink cartridges before performing cleaning if ink levels are low.
, and then use Detect Clogging to check the status of the nozzles.
Explanation
Explanation
to clean the nozzles.
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