Epson 875DCS Printer Basics - Page 56

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Follow these steps to run the Head Cleaning utility: 1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and both the B black and A color ink out lights are off. (If an ink out light is flashing, replace the ink cartridge instead.) 2. If you have an application running, access the printer settings window as described on page 7 (Windows) or page 12 (Macintosh). Or, with Windows, click Start, point to Settings, then select Printers. Right-click the EPSON Stylus Photo 875DCS printer icon in the Printers window. Then select Properties. 3. Windows: Click the Utility tab. Macintosh: Click the Utility button. 4. On the Utility menu, click the Head Cleaning button. 5. Follow the instructions on the screen to clean the print head. Cleaning takes about 30 seconds, during which the printer makes some noise and the Ppower light flashes. Head Cleaning button Never turn off the printer while the Ppower light is flashing, unless the printer hasn't moved or made noise for more than 5 minutes. 6. When the Ppower light stops flashing, run a nozzle check to confirm the print head nozzles are clean. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click Print nozzle check pattern. Then click Next. The nozzle check pattern prints (see page 51 for details). 50

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Follow these steps to run the Head Cleaning utility:
1.
Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and both the
B
black and
A
color ink out lights are off. (If an ink out light is flashing, replace the ink
cartridge instead.)
2.
If you have an application running, access the printer settings window as
described on page 7 (Windows) or page 12 (Macintosh).
Or, with Windows, click
Start
, point to
Settings
, then select
Printers
. Right-click
the
EPSON Stylus Photo 875DCS
printer icon in the Printers window. Then
select
Properties
.
3.
Windows
: Click the
Utility
tab.
Macintosh:
Click the
Utility
button.
4.
On the Utility menu, click the
Head Cleaning
button.
5.
Follow the instructions on the
screen to clean the print head.
Cleaning takes about 30 seconds,
during which the printer makes
some noise and the
P
power
light flashes.
Never turn off the printer while the
P
power light is flashing, unless
the printer hasn’t moved or made noise for more than 5 minutes.
6.
When the
P
power light stops flashing, run a nozzle check to confirm the print
head nozzles are clean.
Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click
Print nozzle check pattern
.
Then click
Next
. The nozzle check pattern prints (see page 51 for details).
Head Cleaning
button