Epson R2880 User's Guide - Page 36

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 R2880 working at its best: ■ "Checking and Cleaning the Print Head" below ■ "Checking and Aligning the Print Head" on page 37 ■ "Checking the Ink Cartridge Status" on page 38 ■ "Replacing Ink Cartridges" on page 40 ■ "Switching Black Ink Cartridge Types" on page 44 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. Mac OS X: Open the Applications folder, open the EPSON Printer Utility3, select SP R2880, and click OK. Then select Auto Nozzle Check and Cleaning. 36 Maintaining Your Printer

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Maintaining Your Printer
Maintaining Your Printer
Follow the steps in these sections to keep the R2880 working at its best:
■
“Checking and Cleaning the Print Head” below
■
“Checking and Aligning the Print Head” on page 37
■
“Checking the Ink Cartridge Status” on page 38
■
“Replacing Ink Cartridges” on page 40
■
“Switching Black Ink Cartridge Types” on page 44
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
.
Mac OS X
: Open the
Applications
folder, open the
EPSON Printer
Utility3
, select
SP R2880
, and click
OK
. Then select
Auto Nozzle Check
and Cleaning
.