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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 Epson SureColor P800 Series working at its best: ■ "Checking and Cleaning the Print Head" below ■ "Checking and Aligning the Print Head" on page 33 ■ "Checking the Ink Cartridge Status" on page 34 ■ "Replacing Ink Cartridges" on page 36 ■ "Replacing Maintenance Cartridges" on page 39 ■ "Switching Black Ink Types" on page 41 ■ "Cleaning the Rollers" on page 43 Checking and Cleaning the Print Head If your printouts are faint or have gaps in them, some of the nozzles in the print head may be clogged or ink may be running low in one or more of the ink cartridges. Follow the steps below to check the print head nozzles. 1. Load a few sheets of letter-size plain paper. 2. Press the button or tap the printer's touch screen to open the main menu. 3. Press the F button, select Maintenance, then select Print Head Nozzle Check. 4. Press Print to print a nozzle check pattern. 5. Check the nozzle check pattern that prints to see if there are gaps in the lines. Nozzles are clean Nozzles need cleaning Maintaining Your Printer 31

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Maintaining Your Printer
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Maintaining Your Printer
Follow the steps in these sections to keep the Epson SureColor P800 Series
working at its best:
■
“Checking and Cleaning the Print Head” below
■
“Checking and Aligning the Print Head” on page 33
■
“Checking the Ink Cartridge Status” on page 34
■
“Replacing Ink Cartridges” on page 36
■
“Replacing Maintenance Cartridges” on page 39
■
“Switching Black Ink Types” on page 41
■
“Cleaning the Rollers” on page 43
Checking and Cleaning the Print Head
If your printouts are faint or have gaps in them, some of the nozzles in the print
head may be clogged or ink may be running low in one or more of the ink
cartridges. Follow the steps below to check the print head nozzles.
1.
Load a few sheets of letter-size plain paper.
2.
Press the
button or tap the printer’s touch screen to open the main menu.
3.
Press the
F
button, select
Maintenance
, then select
Print Head Nozzle
Check
.
4.
Press
Print
to print a nozzle check pattern.
5.
Check the nozzle check pattern that prints to see if there are gaps in the lines.
Nozzles are clean
Nozzles need cleaning