Epson Stylus COLOR 670 Special Edition Product Information Guide - Page 9

EPSON Stylus COLOR 670 Using the Head Cleaning Utility Follow these steps to run the Head Cleaning utility (recommended method): 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 before continuing.) 2. If you have an application running, access the printer settings dialog box. Or, with Windows, click Start, point to Settings, then select Printers. Right-click your EPSON Stylus COLOR 670 printer icon in the Printers windows. Then select Properties (Document Defaults in Windows NT). 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 Ppower light stops flashing, run a nozzle check to confirm the print head nozzles are clean and reset the cleaning cycle. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click Print nozzle check pattern. Then click Next. The nozzle check pattern prints (see page 10 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. If you don't see any improvement after cleaning four or five times, check the solutions in the Printer Basics book. 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. Using the Control Panel Follow these steps to clean the print head: 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 before continuing.) 2. Press the R cleaning button and hold it for three seconds. 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. 3. After the P power light stops flashing, print a page to test the print quality and reset the cleaning cycle. If your printer is connected directly to the computer, go to step 4 to run a nozzle check. If you're printing over a network, open an application and print a short document containing black and color data. Then go to step 8. 4. If you have an application running, access the printer settings dialog box. Or, with Windows, click Start, point to Settings, then select Printers. Right-click your EPSON Stylus COLOR 670 printer icon in the Printers windows. 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 four or five times, check the solutions in the Printer Basics book. 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. 2/00 EPSON Stylus COLOR 670 - 9