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Maintaining Your Printer, Checking and Cleaning the Print Head

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Maintaining Your Printer Follow the steps in these sections to keep the R1900 Series working at its best: ■ "Checking and Cleaning the Print Head" below ■ "Checking and Aligning the Print Head" on page 35 ■ "Checking the Ink Cartridge Status" on page 36 ■ "Replacing Ink Cartridges" on page 37 Checking and Cleaning the Print Head You can check and clean the print head nozzles automatically using the Auto Nozzle Check and Cleaning utility in your printer software. It prints a check pattern that your printer then reads to see if you have any clogged nozzles, which it then cleans, if necessary. 1. Load a few sheets of plain paper in the sheet feeder (see page 6). 2. Do one of the following: Windows: Right-click the icon in the bottom right corner of your screen (the taskbar) and select Auto Head Cleaning. Macintosh: Open the Applications folder, open the EPSON Printer Utility2, select SP R1900, and click OK. Then select Auto Head Cleaning. 3. Click Start and follow the on-screen instructions to allow the printer to print and examine the nozzle check pattern. If necessary, the printer cleans the print head, and may print and check the nozzle check pattern a few times. If nozzles are still clogged, you see a message telling you to clean the print head manually. See the on-screen Reference Guide for instructions. 34 Maintaining Your Printer

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Maintaining Your Printer
Maintaining Your Printer
Follow the steps in these sections to keep the R1900 Series working at its best:
■
“Checking and Cleaning the Print Head” below
■
“Checking and Aligning the Print Head” on page 35
■
“Checking the Ink Cartridge Status” on page 36
■
“Replacing Ink Cartridges” on page 37
Checking and Cleaning the Print Head
You can check and clean the print head nozzles automatically using the Auto
Nozzle Check and Cleaning utility in your printer software. It prints a check
pattern that your printer then reads to see if you have any clogged nozzles, which it
then cleans, if necessary.
1.
Load a few sheets of plain paper in the sheet feeder (see page 6).
2.
Do one of the following:
Windows
: Right-click the
icon in
the bottom right corner of your screen
(the taskbar) and select
Auto Head
Cleaning
.
Macintosh
: Open the
Applications
folder, open the
EPSON Printer
Utility2
, select
SP R1900
, and click
OK
. Then select
Auto Head
Cleaning
.
3.
Click
Start
and follow the on-screen instructions to allow the printer to print
and examine the nozzle check pattern. If necessary, the printer cleans the print
head, and may print and check the nozzle check pattern a few times.
If nozzles are still clogged, you see a message telling you to clean the print
head manually. See the on-screen
Reference Guide
for instructions.