Maintaining Your Printer; Checking And Cleaning The Print Head - Epson SureColor P600 Series Product Manual

Maintaining Your Printer

Follow the steps in these sections to keep the P600 Series working at its best:
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"Checking and Cleaning the Print Head" below
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"Checking and Aligning the Print Head" on page 33
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"Checking the Ink Cartridge Status" on page 34
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"Replacing Ink Cartridges" on page 36
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"Switching Black Ink Types" on page 40
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"Cleaning the Rollers" on page 42

Checking and Cleaning the Print Head

If your printouts are faint or have gaps in them, some of the nozzles in the print
head may be clogged or ink may be running low in one or more of the ink
cartridges. Follow the steps below to check the print head nozzles.
1. Load a few sheets of plain paper.
2. Press the
3. Press the F button, select
.
Check
4. Press
Print
5. Check the nozzle check pattern that prints to see if there are gaps in the lines.
6. If there are no gaps, the print head is clean. Select
If there are gaps or the pattern is faint, select
page 33).
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Maintaining Your Printer
button or tap the printer's touch screen to open the main menu.
Maintenance
to print a nozzle check pattern.
Nozzles are clean
, then select
Print Head Nozzle
Nozzles need cleaning
.
Done
Clean the Print Head
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