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Epson 1280 - Stylus Photo Color Inkjet Printer Product Information

EPSON Stylus Photo 1280

7. Press down on the ink cartridge clamp until it locks in

place. (You may have to press a little more firmly on the

color clamp.)

8. If you need to replace the other ink cartridge, repeat steps 3

through 7 before continuing with step 9.

9. Press the ink cartridge replacement button and close the

printer cover. The printer moves the print head and begins

charging the ink delivery system.

The Ppower light flashes, and the printer makes noise.

Charging takes about one minute. When it's finished, the

Ppower light stops flashing and stays on.

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.

Cleaning the Print Head

If your printed image is unexpectedly light or faint, or dots are

missing from the image, you may need to clean the print head.

This unclogs the nozzles so they can deliver ink properly.

Cleaning the print head uses ink, so clean it only if print

quality declines. You can clean the print head in either of the

following ways:

Using the Head Cleaning utility (when the printer is

connected to a local port, not over a network)

Using the printer's control panel buttons

When you don't turn on your printer for a long time, the

print quality can decline. It's a good idea to turn on your

printer at least once a month to maintain good print

quality.

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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 the

b maintenance light is off. (You can't clean the print head

if the b maintenance light is flashing or on. Replace the

appropriate ink cartridge instead.)

2. If you have an application running, access the printer

settings dialog box.

Or, with Windows, click

select

. Right-click your

Printers

printer icon in the Printers window. Then select

1280

(

Properties

Document Defaults

3. Windows: Click the

Macintosh: Click the

4. On the Utility menu, click the

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 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.

Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click

nozzle check pattern

(Macintosh). Then click

prints. (See page 11 for details.).

7. If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps in its dots, click

Finish

If the pattern is missing dots, click

head again. If you don't see any improvement after cleaning

three or four 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 to Clean the Print

Head

Follow these steps to clean the print head:

1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and the

b maintenance light is off. (If the b maintenance light is

on or flashing, replace the appropriate ink cartridge

instead.)

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, point to

Start

Settings

EPSON Stylus Photo

in Windows NT).

tab.

Utility

Utility button.

Head Cleaning

(Windows) or

Confirmation

. The nozzle check pattern

to clean the print

Clean

, then

button.