Ricoh Epson Stylus Pro 7700 User Guide - Page 153

Windows XP, Mac OS X

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Maintaining and Transporting the Printer | 153 • Windows XP: Click Start and select Control Panel. Double-click Printers and Faxes. Right-click your printer icon and select Printing Preferences. Click the Utility tab. • Mac OS X: Open the EPSON Printer Utility3 in your Applications folder. Select your printer and click OK. You see a menu like the following: Windows Mac OS X 3. Select the Nozzle Check icon and follow the instructions on the screen. 4. After the pattern is printed, use at least a 10× eye loupe to examine it. • If the pattern looks good, as shown below, the print head is clean. Caution: Don't run a cleaning cycle while thick media is loaded in the printer. • If any dots or segments are missing or deflected, as shown below, run a cleaning cycle as described on page 155. Then print another nozzle check pattern to make sure the nozzles are clean. • If the nozzles are still clogged after three cleaning cycles, run a power cleaning cycle as described on page 155. 153

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Maintaining and Transporting the Printer
|
153
Windows XP
: Click
Start
and select
Control Panel
. Double-click
Printers and Faxes
. Right-click your printer icon and select
Printing
Preferences
. Click the
Utility
tab.
Mac OS X
: Open the
EPSON Printer Utility3
in your
Applications
folder. Select your printer and click
OK
.
You see a menu like the following:
3.
Select the
Nozzle Check
icon and follow the instructions on the screen.
4.
After the pattern is printed, use at least a 10
×
eye loupe to examine it.
If the pattern looks good, as shown below, the print head is clean.
If any dots or segments are missing or deflected, as shown below,
run a cleaning cycle as described on page 155. Then print another
nozzle check pattern to make sure the nozzles are clean.
If the nozzles are still clogged after three cleaning cycles, run a power
cleaning cycle as described on page 155.
Windows
Mac OS X
Caution:
Don’t run a
cleaning cycle while
thick media is loaded in
the printer.