Epson WorkForce 500 Quick Guide - Page 32

Maintaining Your All-in-One, Checking the Print Head Nozzles - ink cartridge

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Maintaining Your All-in-One Follow the steps here to check and clean the print head, and replace ink cartridges. To align the print head, if necessary, see the on-screen Epson Information Center. Checking the Print Head Nozzles If your printouts are faint or have gaps in them, the print head nozzles may be clogged. Follow these steps to check the print head nozzles: 1. Load letter-size plain paper in the sheet feeder. 2. Press the Setup button. 3. Press r to select Maintenance and press OK. 4. Select Nozzle Check and press OK. 5. Press x Start. 6. Check the nozzle check pattern that prints to see if there are gaps in the lines. Nozzles are clean Nozzles need cleaning 7. If there are no gaps, press OK to continue printing. If there are gaps or the pattern is faint, press x Start to clean the print head. See page 33 for details. 32 Maintaining Your All-in-One

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Maintaining Your All-in-One
Maintaining Your All-in-One
Follow the steps here to check and clean the print head, and replace ink cartridges.
To align the print head, if necessary, see the on-screen
Epson Information Center
.
Checking the Print Head Nozzles
If your printouts are faint or have gaps in them, the print head nozzles may be
clogged. Follow these steps to check the print head nozzles:
1.
Load letter-size plain paper in the sheet feeder.
2.
Press the
Setup
button.
3.
Press
r
to select
Maintenance
and press
OK
.
4.
Select
Nozzle Check
and press
OK
.
5.
Press
x
Start
.
6.
Check the nozzle check pattern that prints to see if there are gaps in the lines.
7.
If there are no gaps, press
OK
to continue printing.
If there are gaps or the pattern is faint, press
x
Start
to clean the print head.
See page 33 for details.
Nozzles
are clean
Nozzles need
cleaning