Epson Stylus COLOR 1160 Printer Basics - Page 45

Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern

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Or, with Windows, click Start, point to Settings, then select Printers. Right-click the EPSON Stylus COLOR 1160 printer icon in the Printers window. Then select Properties (Document Defaults in Windows NT). 5. Windows: Click the Utility tab. Macintosh: Click the Utility button. 6. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer, click the Nozzle Check button, and click Next. The nozzle check pattern prints (see the next section for details). 7. If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps in its dots, click Finish. If the pattern is missing dots, click Clean to clean the print head again. 8. If you don't see any improvement after cleaning three or four times, check the solutions beginning on page 55. You can also turn the printer off and wait overnight-this allows any dried ink to soften-and then try cleaning the print head again. Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern Examine the nozzle check pattern you print. It should look something like this: Each staggered horizontal and straight vertical line should be complete, with no gaps in the dot pattern. If your printout looks okay, you're done. If any dots are missing, as shown below, clean the print head again; see page 37 for instructions. missing dots 40 missing dots missing dots

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Or, with Windows, click
Start
, point to
Settings
, then select
Printers
. Right-click
the
EPSON Stylus COLOR 1160
printer icon in the Printers window. Then
select
Properties
(
Document Defaults
in Windows NT).
5.
Windows
: Click the
Utility
tab.
Macintosh:
Click the
Utility button.
6.
Make sure paper is loaded in the printer, click the
Nozzle Check
button, and click
Next
. The nozzle check pattern prints (see the next section for details).
7.
If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps in its dots, click
Finish
.
If the pattern is missing dots, click
Clean
to clean the print head again.
8.
If you don’t see any improvement after cleaning three or four times, check the
solutions beginning on page 55. You can also turn the printer off and wait
overnight—this allows any dried ink to soften—and then try cleaning the print
head again.
Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern
Examine the nozzle check pattern you print. It should look something like this:
Each staggered horizontal and straight vertical line should be complete, with no gaps
in the dot pattern. If your printout looks okay, you’re done. If any dots are missing, as
shown below, clean the print head again; see page 37 for instructions.
missing dots
missing dots
missing dots