Printing A Nozzle Check - Epson Stylus COLOR 480SX Printer Basics Manual

Printing a Nozzle Check

Follow these steps to run the Nozzle Check utility:
1. Make sure the printer is plugged in
but not printing.
2. Right-click the
Monitor 3 icon on your Windows
taskbar, then select
in the menu that appears. You see
this window:
To right-click, place your cursor on the
click the right mouse button.
If you have an application running, you can also run the utility by
accessing the printer settings dialog box as described on page 10. Click
the Utilities tab, then click the Nozzle Check button.
3. Make sure letter-size or larger paper is loaded in the printer and click
print a nozzle check pattern.
4. Examine the nozzle check pattern you print.
Each staggered horizontal and straight vertical line
should be complete, with no gaps in the dot
pattern.
5. If your printout looks okay, click
If any dots are missing, as shown here, click
and follow the instructions on the screen to clean
the print head again. (The actual test prints the
lower pattern in color.)
If you don't see any improvement after cleaning three or four times, check the
solutions in "Problems Getting Good Print Quality" on page 36. You can also
turn the printer off and wait overnight—this allows any dried ink to soften—and
then try cleaning the print head again.
Status
Nozzle Check
Finish
Status Monitor 3 icon and
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Clean
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Print
missing
dots