Chapter 3:
Maintaining
and
Transporting
the Printer
Your EPSON Stylus Pro 9000 requires very little maintenance to keep
working at its best. This chapter describes the following routine procedures:
Running a nozzle check
•
Running a cleaning cycle
•
Aligning the print head
•
Replacing ink cartridges
•
Replacing the paper cutter blade
•
Cleaning the printer
•
Transporting the printer
•
Running a Nozzle Check
The nozzle check prints a pattern of dots that lets you see if any print head
nozzles are clogged. If any dots are missing, you can run a cleaning cycle to
clear the nozzles.
Follow these steps to print the nozzle check:
1. Load a sheet of paper in the printer, following the instructions on
page 1-13. (You can print the nozzle check on roll paper, but you will
use more paper.)
2. Press the
SelecType
on the display.
PRINT MENU
3. Press the
button. You see
Item
display.
1
button on the control panel until you see
NOZZLE CHECK=PRINT
TEST
on the