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Maintaining Your Printer, Checking and Cleaning the Print Head - ink cartridges

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Maintaining Your Printer Follow the steps in these sections to keep the R2000 Series working at its best: ■ "Checking and Cleaning the Print Head" below ■ "Checking and Aligning the Print Head" on page 34 ■ "Checking the Ink Cartridge Status" on page 35 ■ "Replacing Ink Cartridges" on page 37 ■ "Switching Black Ink Types" on page 41 ■ "Cleaning the Rollers" on page 42 Checking and Cleaning the Print Head You can check and clean the print head nozzles automatically using the Auto Nozzle Check and Cleaning utility in your printer software. It prints a check pattern that your printer then reads to see if you have any clogged nozzles, which it then cleans, if necessary. 1. Load a few sheets of plain paper in the sheet feeder (see page 6). 2. Do one of the following: Windows: Right-click the icon in the bottom right corner of your screen (the taskbar) and select Printer Settings. Open the Utility tab, select Auto Nozzle Check and Cleaning, and click OK. Mac OS X: Open the Applications folder, open the Epson Software folder, open the EPSON Printer Utility4, select SP R2000, and click OK. Then select Auto Nozzle Check and Cleaning. Maintaining Your Printer 33

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Maintaining Your Printer
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Maintaining Your Printer
Follow the steps in these sections to keep the R2000 Series working at its best:
■
“Checking and Cleaning the Print Head” below
■
“Checking and Aligning the Print Head” on page 34
■
“Checking the Ink Cartridge Status” on page 35
■
“Replacing Ink Cartridges” on page 37
■
“Switching Black Ink Types” on page 41
■
“Cleaning the Rollers” on page 42
Checking and Cleaning the Print Head
You can check and clean the print head nozzles automatically using the Auto
Nozzle Check and Cleaning utility in your printer software. It prints a check
pattern that your printer then reads to see if you have any clogged nozzles, which
it then cleans, if necessary.
1.
Load a few sheets of plain paper in the sheet feeder (see page 6).
2.
Do one of the following:
Windows
: Right-click the
icon in
the bottom right corner of your screen
(the taskbar) and select
Printer
Settings
. Open the
Utility
tab, select
Auto Nozzle Check and Cleaning
,
and click
OK
.
Mac OS X
: Open the
Applications
folder, open the
Epson Software
folder, open the
EPSON Printer
Utility4
, select
SP R2000
, and click
OK
. Then select
Auto Nozzle Check
and Cleaning
.