Running The Head Cleaning Utility - Epson Stylus Photo 960 Basic Manual

Running the Head Cleaning Utility

1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and the red
H
(If the
details.)
2. Windows: Right-click the
corner of your screen). Select
Macintosh OS 8.6 to 9.x: Open the File menu and choose
Click the
Macintosh OS X: Open the
. Select
Utility
3. Follow the instructions on the screen to clean the print head.
Cleaning takes about 45 seconds. The
printer makes noise and the green
P power light flashes.
Caution: Never turn off the printer
while the green P power light is
flashing, unless the printer hasn't
moved or made noise for more than
5 minutes.
4. When the green P power light stops
flashing, make sure paper is loaded in the printer, then do the following:
Windows: Click
Macintosh: Click
The nozzle check pattern prints (see the next section for details).
5. If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps or white lines, click
If the pattern has white lines, click
If you don't see any improvement after cleaning three or four times, check the
solutions beginning on page 79.
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.
58
Maintaining Your Printer
ink light is flashing or on, you need to replace a cartridge; see page 59 for
Utility button, then click the
in the printer list, click
SP 960
Print nozzle check pattern
Confirmation
printer icon on your taskbar (in the lower right
.
Head Cleaning
Head Cleaning
folder and select
Applications
OK
. Then click
, then click
Next
to clean the print head again.
Clean
H ink light is off.
Page Setup
button.
EPSON Printer
, and select
Head Cleaning
.
Print
.
.
Finish
or .
Print
.