Maintaining Picturemate; Cleaning And Checking The Print Head Nozzles - Epson PictureMate PM 240 Manual

Maintaining PictureMate

Cleaning and Checking the Print Head
Nozzles
If your print quality is not as good as it used to be, if
your photos are light or faint, or you are missing colors
in your prints, your print head nozzles may be clogged.
Note:
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Print head cleaning consumes some ink. To avoid
wasting ink, clean the print head only if print quality
declines; for example, if the printout is blurry or the
color is incorrect or missing.
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Use the Nozzle Check function first to confirm that
the print head needs to be cleaned. This saves ink.
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If a message on the LCD screen tells you that the
cartridge needs replacement or is low on ink, you
cannot clean the print head. You must first replace
the photo cartridge.
1. Make sure that PictureMate is turned on and no
warnings or errors are displayed on the LCD
screen.
2. Load a sheet of paper. See "Loading Paper" on
page 20.
3. Press the Menu button.
4. Press the d button to highlight the Maintenance
menu, then press the right soft key.
5. Press the d button to highlight Auto Cleaning,
then press the right soft key.
6. If a confirmation message is displayed, press the
right soft key to select OK. The cleaning starts.
The processing icon appears on the screen while
cleaning is in progress.
7. Press the right soft key, then press the z Print
button to print the nozzle check pattern.
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