Using The Control Panel - Epson Stylus COLOR 440 Manual

Caution:
Never turn off the
printer while the
2
power light is
flashing, unless the
printer hasn't moved
or made any noise for
more than 5 minutes.
Maintenance and Transportation

Using the Control Panel

Follow these steps to clean the print head:
1 Make sure the printer is turned on and not printing, and that the
black and color ink out lights are off.
2 Press the cleaning button and hold it down for three
seconds. Cleaning takes about two minutes, during which the
printer makes some noise and the
After the cleaning cycle is complete and the
flashing, you need to run a nozzle check to confirm that the
print head nozzles are clean and to reset the printer's cleaning
cycle.
3 Access the printer settings dialog box as described in
Printing.
4 Click the Utility tab. You see the Utility menu.
5 Click the Nozzle Check button. Then click Next. See the next
section for instructions on examining the nozzle check pattern.
If your print quality has not improved, repeat the steps above. If you
don't notice any improvement after doing this two or three times,
check the print quality solutions in
power light flashes.
power light stops
Improving Print Quality.
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