Epson 4900 Users Guide - Page 119

Maintaining and Transporting the Printer, If any dots or segments are missing or deflected

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Maintaining and Transporting the Printer | 119 You see a menu like the following: Windows 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 122. 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 122. 119

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Maintaining and Transporting the Printer
| 119
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 122. 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 122.
Windows
OS X
Caution:
Don’t run a
cleaning cycle while
thick media is loaded in
the printer.