Using The Head Cleaning Utility - Epson 1160 Printer Basics Manual

Using the Head Cleaning Utility

Follow these steps to run the Head Cleaning utility (recommended method):
1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and both the B black and
A color ink out lights are off. (If an ink out light is flashing, replace the ink
cartridge instead.)
2. If you have an application running, access the printer settings dialog box as
described on page 15 (Windows) or page 20 (Macintosh).
Or, with Windows, click
the
EPSON Stylus COLOR 1160
select
Properties
3. Windows: Click the
Macintosh: Click the
button.
4. On the Utility menu, click the
Head Cleaning
5. Follow the instructions on the
screen to clean the print head.
Cleaning takes about 30 seconds,
during which the printer makes
some noise and the Ppower
light flashes.
6. When the Ppower light stops flashing, run a nozzle check to confirm the print
head nozzles are clean.
Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click
Then click
38
, point to
Start
(
Document Defaults
tab.
Utility
Utility
button.
Never turn off the printer while the Ppower light is flashing,
unless the printer hasn't moved or made noise for more than
5 minutes.
. The nozzle check pattern prints (see page 40 for details).
Next
, then select
Settings
printer icon in the Printers window. Then
in Windows NT).
Head Cleaning
button
Print nozzle check pattern
. Right-click
Printers
.