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Maintaining Your Printer, Checking the Print Head Nozzles - ink cartridge

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Maintaining Your Printer Follow the instructions in this chapter for checking and cleaning the print head nozzles and replacing ink cartridges. To align the print head, if necessary, see your on-screen Epson Information Center. Checking the Print Head Nozzles If your printouts are faint or have gaps in them, some of the nozzles in the print head may be clogged. Follow the steps below to check the print head nozzles. 1. Load a few sheets of plain paper in the sheet feeder. 2. Windows: Right-click the printer icon in the bottom right corner of your screen (the taskbar) and select Nozzle Check. Macintosh: Open the Applications folder, open EPSON Printer Utility3, select your printer (if necessary), and click OK. Then select Nozzle Check. 3. Click Print. 16 Maintaining Your Printer

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Maintaining Your Printer
Maintaining Your Printer
Follow the instructions in this chapter for checking and cleaning the print head
nozzles and replacing ink cartridges. To align the print head, if necessary, see your
on-screen
Epson Information Center
.
Checking the Print Head Nozzles
If your printouts are faint or have gaps in them, some of the nozzles in the print
head may be clogged. Follow the steps below to check the print head nozzles.
1.
Load a few sheets of plain paper in the sheet feeder.
2.
Windows
:
Right-click the
printer icon in the bottom right corner of your screen (the
taskbar) and select
Nozzle Check.
Macintosh
:
Open the
Applications
folder, open
EPSON Printer Utility3
, select your
printer (if necessary), and click
OK
. Then select
Nozzle Check
.
3.
Click
Print
.