Epson CX5600 User Guide - Page 71

Print Nozzle Check Pattern

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You may need to clean the print head up to 2 times. You can also turn the Epson Stylus CX5600 Series off and wait at least 6 hours. Then try printing again. From the Computer 1. Load a few sheets of plain paper in the sheet feeder. 2. Windows: Right-click the printer icon in the bottom right corner of your screen (the taskbar) and select Head Cleaning. Macintosh: Open the Applications folder, open the EPSON Printer Utility 2, select Stylus CX5600, and click OK. Then select Head Cleaning. 3. Follow the on-screen instructions to start the cleaning cycle, which lasts around 1 minute. The light flashes throughout the cleaning cycle and stays on green when the cycle is finished. Caution: Never turn off the Epson Stylus CX5600 Series during a cleaning cycle or you may damage it. 4. When the light stops flashing and remains on, you can check to see if the nozzles are clean: Windows: Click Print Nozzle Check Pattern and click Print. Macintosh: Click Confirmation and click Next. 5. Check the nozzle check pattern that prints to see if there are gaps in the lines. Nozzles are clean. Nozzles need cleaning 6. If there are no gaps, click Finish. If there are gaps or the pattern is faint, click Clean to clean the print head again. You may need to clean the print head up to 2 times. You can also turn the Epson Stylus CX5600 Series off and wait at least 6 hours. Then try printing again. 71

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You may need to clean the print head up to 2 times. You can also turn the Epson Stylus CX5600
Series off and wait at least 6 hours. Then try printing again.
From the Computer
1.
Load a few sheets of plain paper
in the sheet feeder.
2.
Windows
: Right-click the
printer icon in the bottom right corner of your screen (the
taskbar) and select
Head Cleaning
.
Macintosh
: Open the
Applications
folder, open the
EPSON Printer Utility 2,
select
Stylus
CX5600
, and click
OK
. Then select
Head Cleaning
.
3.
Follow the on-screen instructions to start the cleaning cycle, which lasts around 1 minute.
The
light flashes throughout the cleaning cycle and stays on green when the cycle is
finished.
Caution:
Never turn off the Epson Stylus CX5600 Series during a cleaning cycle or you may damage it.
4.
When the
light stops flashing and remains on, you can check to see if the nozzles are clean:
Windows
: Click
Print Nozzle Check Pattern
and click
Print
.
Macintosh
: Click
Confirmation
and click
Next
.
5.
Check the nozzle check pattern that prints to see if there are gaps in the lines.
6.
If there are no gaps, click
Finish
.
If there are gaps or the pattern is faint, click
Clean
to clean the print head again.
You may need to clean the print head up to 2 times. You can also turn the Epson Stylus CX5600
Series off and wait at least 6 hours. Then try printing again.
Nozzles are clean.
Nozzles need cleaning