Epson STYLUS Color 875DCS Printer Basics Manual page 56

Follow these steps to run the Head Cleaning utility:
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 window as
described on page 7 (Windows) or page 12 (Macintosh).
Or, with Windows, click
the
EPSON Stylus Photo 875DCS
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
50
, point to
Start
.
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 51 for details).
Next
, then select
Settings
printer icon in the Printers window. Then
Head Cleaning
button
Print nozzle check pattern
. Right-click
Printers
.