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Running the Head Cleaning Utility

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Running the Head Cleaning Utility 1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and the red H ink light is off. (If the H ink light is flashing or on, you need to replace a cartridge; see page 51 for details.) 2. Do one of the following: ■ Windows: Right-click the icon on your taskbar (in the lower right corner of your screen). Select Head Cleaning. ■ Macintosh OS X: Open the Applications folder and select EPSON Printer Utility. Select SP R200 Series in the printer list, click OK, then select Head Cleaning. ■ Macintosh OS 8.6 to 9.x: Select Page Setup or Print from the File menu. Click the utility icon, then click Head Cleaning. 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 one of the following: ■ Windows: Click Print nozzle check pattern, then click Print. ■ Macintosh: Click Confirmation, then click Next. The nozzle check pattern prints. 5. If the nozzle check pattern has no white lines or gaps (as shown below), click Finish. 50 Maintaining Your Printer

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Maintaining Your Printer
Running the Head Cleaning Utility
1.
Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and the red
H
ink light is
off. (If the
H
ink light is flashing or on, you need to replace a cartridge; see
page 51 for details.)
2.
Do one of the following:
■
Windows:
Right-click the
icon on your taskbar (in the lower right
corner of your screen). Select
Head Cleaning
.
■
Macintosh OS X:
Open the
Applications
folder and select
EPSON
Printer Utility
. Select
SP R200 Series
in the printer list, click
OK
, then
select
Head Cleaning
.
■
Macintosh OS 8.6 to 9.x:
Select
Page Setup
or
Print
from the File
menu. Click the
utility icon, then click
Head Cleaning
.
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 one of the following:
■
Windows:
Click
Print nozzle check pattern
, then click
Print
.
■
Macintosh:
Click
Confirmation
, then click
Next
.
The nozzle check pattern prints.
5.
If the nozzle check pattern has no white lines or gaps (as shown below),
click
Finish
.