Cleaning The Print Head - Epson A381H Printing Manual

PictureMate Snap (PM 240)
7. Slide the lever all the way right, to the
Caution: If the cartridge is not inserted correctly, PictureMate
will not be able to print.
8. Close the cartridge door all the way.
PictureMate starts charging and displays a message.
9. When it's finished charging, press
PictureMate Snap (PM 240)
14 -
position.
Lock
.
OK
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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'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 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
see a confirmation screen:
5. Press again to clean the print head. Cleaning takes about
OK
60 seconds. PictureMate makes some noise and you see a
message.
Cleaning
When cleaning is complete, PictureMate 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
If there are gaps, press
No
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 for additional solutions.
and press
Maintenance
and press
Auto Cleaning OK
to finish.
Yes
to clean the print head again. You
.
OK
. You