Epson 2200 Service Manual - Page 62

EPSON Stylus PHOTO 2100/2200 ! Manual cleaning This product provides four different manual cleanings to remove ink coagulated by air bubbles, viscous material or foreign matter. Perform the following manual CL operations by operating the panel or using the utility included in the printer driver. Independently of the printing path after the previous CL, perform manual CL from CL1 to CL4 in order if the cumulative printing timer counter is less than 2H. Only when the cumulative printing timer counter is more than 2H, execute only CL1. " CL1: Each color - Ink suction 0.889g (0.127g per color) - Wiper operation Clean the nozzle surface with the right-half rubber part of the wiper. - Flushing operation Prevent color mixture. Stabilize the ink surface inside the nozzles. " CL2: Each color - Ink suction 1.827g (0.261g per color) - Wiper operation Clean the nozzle surface with the right-half rubber part of the wiper. - Flushing operation Prevent color mixture. Stabilize the ink surface inside the nozzles. " CL3: Each color - Ink suction 3.885g (0.555g per color) - Wiper operation Clean the nozzle surface with the right-half rubber part of the wiper. - Flushing operation Prevent color mixture. Stabilize the ink surface inside the nozzles. Revision B " CL4: Each color - Ink suction 4.004g (0.572g per color) - Wiper operation Clean the nozzle surface with the right-half rubber part of the wiper. - Flushing operation Prevent color mixture. Stabilize the ink surface inside the nozzles. When the nozzle check pattern and the above manual CL are executed alternatively, the cleaning order is CL1 to CL2 to CL3 to CL4 to CL1. If the remaining ink amount of the monochrome or color I/C is short or the I/C is in an Ink low/end status, all manual cleanings are disabled and STM3 shows the condition. OPERATING PRINCIPLES Printer Mechanism 62