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Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern, Windows NT, or

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2. If you have an application running, access the printer settings dialog box as described on page 6 (Windows) or page 10 (Macintosh). Or, with Windows, click Start, point to Settings, then select Printers. Right-click your EPSON Stylus COLOR 880 printer icon in the Printers window. Then select Properties in Windows 98 or Windows 95, Document Defaults in Windows NT, or Printing Preferences in Windows 2000. 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. 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 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 below 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 three or four times, check the solutions in "Problems Getting Good Print Quality" on page 36. 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. 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, clean the print head again; see page 21 for instructions. missing dots 22 missing dots missing dots

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2.
If you have an application running, access the printer settings dialog box as
described on page 6 (Windows) or page 10 (Macintosh).
Or, with Windows, click
Start
, point to
Settings
, then select
Printers
. Right-click
your
EPSON Stylus COLOR 880
printer icon in the Printers window. Then
select
Properties
in Windows 98 or Windows 95,
Document Defaults
in
Windows NT, or
Printing Preferences
in Windows 2000.
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 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 below 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 three or four times, check the solutions
in “Problems Getting Good Print Quality” on page 36. 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.
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, clean the print
head again; see page 21 for instructions.
missing dots
missing dots
missing dots