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Checking and Cleaning the Print Head, Macintosh, Windows 7 and Windows Vista, Windows XP

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100 | Maintaining and Transporting the Printer Note: You can run a cleaning cycle by holding down the Menu button for three seconds. You can also use the printer's menu to run a power cleaning cycle. See page 102 for details. Checking and Cleaning the Print Head If your printed image shows a color shift or horizontal or vertical lines, you should check the print head to see if any nozzles are clogged. You can automatically check and clean the print head using the Auto Cleaning feature in your printer utility software. This enables the printer to print a nozzle check pattern, read it, and run a cleaning cycle if necessary. 1. Make sure several sheets of letter-size (or larger) paper are loaded in the auto sheet feeder. 2. Do one of the following to access the printer utilities: • Macintosh: Open the Applications folder and double-click Epson Printer Utility2. Select Stylus Pro 3880 and click OK. • Windows 7 and Windows Vista: Click , Control Panel, and then Printer. Right-click your printer icon and select Printing Preferences. Click the Utility tab. • Windows XP: Click Start and select Control Panel. Double-click Printers and Faxes. Right-click your printer icon and select Printing Preferences. Click the Utility tab. You see a screen like the following: 5-100

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Maintaining and Transporting the Printer
Checking and Cleaning the Print Head
If your printed image shows a color shift or horizontal or vertical lines, you
should check the print head to see if any nozzles are clogged.
You can automatically check and clean the print head using the Auto
Cleaning feature in your printer utility software. This enables the printer to
print a nozzle check pattern, read it, and run a cleaning cycle if necessary.
1.
Make sure several sheets of letter-size (or larger) paper are loaded in the
auto sheet feeder.
2.
Do one of the following to access the printer utilities:
•
Macintosh
: Open the
Applications
folder and double-click
Epson
Printer Utility2
. Select
Stylus Pro 3880
and click
OK
.
•
Windows 7 and Windows Vista:
Click
,
Control Panel
, and
then
Printer.
Right-click your printer icon and select
Printing
Preferences
. Click the
Utility
tab.
•
Windows XP
: Click
Start
and select
Control Panel
. Double-click
Printers and Faxes
. Right-click your printer icon and select
Printing
Preferences
. Click the
Utility
tab.
You see a screen like the following:
Note:
You can run a
cleaning cycle by holding
down the
Menu
button
for three seconds. You
can also use the printer’s
menu to run a power
cleaning cycle. See
page 102 for details.