Using The Printer Control Panel - Epson colour 640 Printer Basics Manual

6. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click Print nozzle check
pattern. Then click Next. The nozzle check pattern prints on your printer;
see page 23 for instructions on examining the nozzle check pattern.
7. If your print quality has improved, click Finish.
If your print quality has not improved, click Clean to run another cleaning
cycle. If you don't notice any improvement after doing this three or four
times, check the print quality solutions on page 36.

Using the Printer Control Panel

Follow these steps to clean the print head:
1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and that the black and
color ink out lights are off. If either ink out light is on, you must replace
the ink cartridge before cleaning the print head.
2. Press the
Cleaning takes about one minute, during which the printer makes some
noise and the
After the cleaning cycle is complete and the
you need to confirm that the print head nozzles are clean and reset the
printer's cleaning cycle. You can do this by printing a page. You can also
run the nozzle check utility; see the previous section.
3. If your print quality has not improved, run another cleaning cycle. If you
don't notice any improvement after doing this three or four times, check the
print quality solutions on page 36.
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cleaning button and hold it down for three seconds.
power light flashes.
Caution:
Never turn off the printer while the
printer hasn't moved or made any noise for more than 5 minutes.
power light stops flashing,
power light is flashing, unless the